Wrestlemania Review: Maybe Shane McMahon Should Have Won

I think we were all mad about the ending

It's been a few years since I watched a Wrestlemania- you can make of that what you will- but when a few of my buddies went in on getting the WWE Network from Royal Rumble through Wrestlemania and asked me to get in on it with them to drop the price to $7, I was totally game. The sheer entertainment value was worth $7, so there was no loss in it. I got my hopes up a bit though- I was a bigger wrestling fan back in the "Attitude" era, and well, that era is over.

I'll never question the genius that is Vince McMahon, a business tycoon who took pro-wrestling from Ag-Hall in Allentown to a global business. I'll just question where his commitment is these days. The ending of this Wrestlemania had no special twist, wasn't sold to the crowd in Dallas, and was just kind of dull. None of the matches had the kind of exciting twist that you wait for in pro wrestling. Frankly, the highlight of the night was Shane McMahon jumping off a 20 foot high cell and crashing through a table. On a night where Vince McMahon could have interfered in a match, the Rock could have played a role in an actual major match, or where they could have tied together any number of feuds, they just didn't. The consistent "clean" endings, and attempts to put over younger stars quite frankly was kind of boring.

This isn't to say that there were no interesting matches. The Rock was, as usual, awesome. While Cena's return was sort of awkward, but it made for more interesting television. The Shane McMahon-Undertaker match was actually pretty good. DDP's appearance was cool, thought it would have been more cool if he had made it to the end of the Battle Royale. Same for Shaq's appearance. Rick Flair interfering to help his daughter was a fitting way to end that match too. The event on the whole just didn't have any dramatic turning points. It was dull.

In the end it was a funny event to watch with my buddies, and they did give us five hours of event, which is a lot. I just question how pro-wrestling survives in the MMA world without good storylines. Tonight didn't further any interesting storyline going forward. Yes, the Rock is still cool, and Triple H had to go out and "do the job" of losing to another young star to try and put them over, and the fans hated it. Undertaker is still cool too, and Wrestlemania can still get a star like Shaq. The event itself was kind of dull though. Maybe they actually should put Shane in charge of the company.