 Samoa Joe demolishes Bull Dempsey. By Graham "GSM" Matthews
American Alpha def. Corey Hollis and John Skyler Even in squash matches, American Alpha are entertaining as hell to watch in the ring. The only drawback to this match, other than going longer than it needed to, was that we weren't afforded the amazing hot tag from Jason Jordan because they were up against two no-namers that didn't stand a chance. Dallas should come unglued when they win the NXT Tag Team Championship from The Revival at TakeOver, assuming they go over. Hopefully they don't swerve us like they did with Enzo and Cass in London. Baron Corbin def. Michael Cuellari Typically, I complain at length about Corbin competing in short-lived squash matches, but I actually didn't mind this at all, mostly because we haven't seen him take part in one in a while. This show was filled with squash matches, and if any bout should have been a minute long, it was this one. Corbin's promo on Austin Aries later on in the evening was also excellent. For a match with little build behind it, I'm hyped for it.
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Pentagon Jr. Interrupted Dario Cueto Words can't begin to describe how happy it makes me to see Dario back in the temple where he belongs. It's been too long! I'm excited at his announcement of another Trios tag team tournament because last year's was incredible. Pentagon nearly breaking Cueto's arm to get a title match was perfectly in line with what his character would do and the crowd ate it up. Lucha usually strays away from doing talking segments to kick off the show, but because they are far and few between, they are effective whenever done, as was the case here. The Crew def. Johnny Mundo and Taya Well, this was a weird matchup. Who was the crowd supposed to cheer for in a match with two heel teams? And are The Crew no longer aligned with Chavo Guerrero? I probably missed something in the last few weeks that explained that. Anyway, the match was decent for what it was, but at least it helped further the feud between Mundo and Cage and Cage was able to exact a measure of revenge by costing them the contest.  By Graham "GSM" Matthews
Roderick Strong def. Adam Page, Moose and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Matt Sydal in a Four Corner Survival Match I was hoping that with the fresh batch of tapings, most of the matches on these shows would mean something, but this was rather random featuring four guys with no bad blood between them at the moment. I would have understood if there was something at stake such as a future title shot, but apparently not. Don't get me wrong, it was a very entertaining opener, but the only storyline progression we got here was with BJ Whitmer interfering and costing Page the victory, a feud I don't care to see continue to be honest. Matt Taven Confronted Adam Cole Cole made a great point when he said Kyle O'Reilly shouldn't have been in his world title match last month at the 14th Anniversary show because he beat him at Final Battle back in December. It's nice to know wins and losses still mean something in Ring of Honor unlike in WWE or in other promotions. Taven returning was a pleasant surprise, as was his apparent split from Cole, and he justified it nicely by talking about how he kept Cole relevant while he was injured last year. I'm looking forward to seeing these two feud in the future, but I'm just curious as to what purpose this segment served in the interim since Taven will supposedly be out for a little while longer.  By Graham "GSM" Matthews
Here on WrestleMania Recall, I will be ranking my top 31 favorite matches in WWE WrestleMania history. A new installment will be posted every day in the month of March, culminating with my No. 1 favorite match on Thursday, March 31st, mere days before WrestleMania 32. Each article will offer an in-depth look at each match and an analysis of why it is among my favorites. Up until last year, WrestleMania 28 was my favorite WrestleMania of all-time. Its card was simply stacked from top to bottom, but especially the top three main events. I'm not arguing it's the greatest ever, but rather my personal favorite because of my emotional attachment to it and the fantastic build it had in the weeks preceding the event. What's funny about this specific selection is that I had zero desire to see The Undertaker vs. Triple H again at WrestleMania, and as a result, I was vehemently against the idea of yet another rematch between the two. Not only did they face off the year prior at WrestleMania 27, but they wrestled against each other a decade earlier at WrestleMania 17 as well. That would be three times in total! And I wasn't down for that whatsoever. Prior to that point, I had never seen their WM17 match, and the hype for their WM27 match was decent at best. I was in the minority that was bored by their 2011 match, although watching it back in recent years has made me appreciate it more. Nevertheless, I wouldn't be sold on the idea of HHH vs. 'Taker happening at WrestleMania 28 until the program officially kicked off. RJ’s Two Cents - 5 Best/Worst Booked WWE Superstars & Divas Since WrestleMania 31: Edition #43/30/2016  By RJ Marceau
Over the past year, the landscape of the WWE has taken twists and turns with Superstars and Divas being featured in prominent roles and now on the outside looking in. This is the fourth edition of this series. I decided to not include injured wrestlers because even if they had a great 2015 we don’t know how they would be booked going into WrestleMania 32. It may however include Superstars or Divas that debuted after WrestleMania 31. |
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