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. It's weird for match that occurred long before I started watching wrestling to rank this high on my list of favorite WrestleMania matches, but if you have ever had the pleasure of seeing this classic contest from WrestleMania 21, no explanation is needed. That event, to me, marked an all-new era in WWE, an era that featured the rise of several fresh faces including John Cena, Batista, Randy Orton, Edge and others. But in the midst of the youth movement, two men remained cornerstones of the company: Shawn Michaels and Kurt Angle. You might be saying to yourself, "Wait, Michaels and Angle had never gone on-on-one prior to WrestleMania 21?" It's crazy to think about, but in actuality, when would they have faced off? Angle debuted in WWE in November 1999, a year and half after Michaels was put on the shelf indefinitely with a back injury. By the time The Heartbreak Kid returned to the ring in the summer of 2002, Angle was already a part of the SmackDown brand and the two remained on separate shows for the next three years.
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By RJ Marceau Since watching my first WrestleMania there have been mostly good shows. When I look over the 14 years there are three shows that stick out that were not good then and watching them again they weren’t good. My first WrestleMania was 18 but 25, 27 and 29 are the three shows that fell flat. I will analyze each show and judge which WrestleMania was the worst. By Graham "GSM" Matthews Shane McMahon Interrupted The Undertaker Following a lackluster build for their WrestleMania match, they desperately needed to deliver a strong segment here to get fans amped for the match and they certainly succeeded. They kept their back-and-forth on the mic short, sweet and to the point and the subsequent brawl was excellent. I was surprised to see Shane actually connect with the flying elbow through the commentary table, but it made for an awesome spot and the Brooklyn crowd ate it up. This is exactly what the episode needed to set the right precedent for the rest of the night. Zack Ryder def. Chris Jericho The "Y-2-Jackass" chants have been pretty lame, but everything else about the AJ Styles-Jericho feud has been great and I'm happy to hear their match is finally official for WrestleMania. I was pulling for an Iron Man or Ultimate Submission match of some sort, but I'm actually kind of glad it will be a standard singles match considering all the other gimmick matches on the card. Ryder scoring the upset victory was a pleasant surprise and he was the perfect person to benefit from it since fans need to be able to take him seriously in the upcoming Intercontinental Championship Ladder match. #AskGSM Edition #122: Preview and Predictions for WWE WrestleMania 32 and NXT TakeOver: Dallas, More3/28/2016 By Graham "GSM" Matthews #AskGSM is a weekly Q&A video where I, Graham "GSM" Matthews, answer fan questions from Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in regards to the world of wrestling. Nothing is off limits, and this week’s edition touches upon a variety of topics including:
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