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It was great seeing Hornswoggle back and he even got involved. As a bonus, a card with a filmstrip of a scene from a past Wrestlemania is included - Shawn Michaels vs Steve Austin. Belfast Brawl: Finlay (w/ Hornswoggle) vs JBL. The match itself was very entertaining - I find most triple threats/fatal 4 ways to be. I'm a huge Shawn Michaels fan, so to see him in a huge match such as this was just amazing. The Biggest vs The Best: Big Show vs Floyd "Money" Mayweather (w/ his HUGE entourage xD).
Playboy Bunnymania Lumberjack Match: Maria & Ashley vs Beth Phoenix & Melina (w/ Santino Marella). This match also lead into a superb feud between Batista, Shawn and Chris Jericho that culiminated in some amazing matches at subsequent PPVs, too. Beth & Melina won, but Maria and even Ashley got in some good offence. (5/5). Everything else was either good (Show vs Mayweather, Belfast Brawl), ok (Divas), mediocre (Batista vs Umaga) or just funny with how ridiculous it was (ECW title). Money In The Bank Ladder Match: Chris Jericho vs Shelton Benjamin vs John Morrison vs Carlito vs CM Punk vs MVP vs Mr.
I find Floyd Mayweather incredibly annoying though and I was rooting for Big Show the whole time (so was the crowd I noticed). (4/5). I can't give it a high mark though. Kennedy.
Loads of attempted pins and breakups of pins, loads of crazy moves and the such. It was great to see a new ECW champion and the whole thing was just funny. The moving moment when Shawn mouthed "I'm sorry, I love you" made me cry and the standing ovation Ric got after ity was over was a perfect ending. My Mum got me the limited edition tin case edition of WM24 for my 21st birthday on 13/07. It was a good event, worth the time and money, but in my personal opinion, it wasn't as good as the past few WMs. This was the first match for a title, and yes it was only 8 seconds long but it was damn brilliant. I enjoyed it, but I felt it wasn't the best WM I've seen to date. I was glad Kane won.
Career Threatening Match: Ric Flair vs Shawn Michaels. I don't think so. Triple Threat Match For The WWE Championship: Randy Orton (champion) vs Triple H vs John Cena. Brilliant end to the PPV. Both men had their strong moments, and I winced when Shawn did the moonsault onto the announce table and cracked his ribs.
Highlights included Shelton Benjamin's fall onto a ladder (and Carlito's facial expression afterwards), Matt Hardy running in to stop MVP getting the briefcase and CM Punk and Chris Jericho's fight at the top of a ladder to get said briefcase. World Heavyweight Championship Match: Edge vs The Undertaker. But he won, and that's good. Before I get into the match, how hilarious was John's entrance. (5/5).
CM Punk won and I'm glad. (5/5). I've never watch the HOF in full before but I wanted to see The Rock and Ric Flair's speech so I watched the whole thing. That makes it lose a star. Of course the best moment was Taker locking on the submission move and Edge tapping out.
It was on before WM went to air, and was quite entertaining. Epic and should have been nearer the end of the card, for sure. A cool collectable. w/ Snoop Dogg as the Master Of Ceremonies. Mayweather won after hitting Show with brass knuckles. They put a lot of effort into the packaging of the DVD and it shows. I can't stand Chavo, so to see him lose that fast was just hilarious.
Overall, a superbly made DVD, a great Wrestlemania and one of the best matches of 08 in Shawn vs Ric. I was laughing all the way through it. A great buy. I know some people say this match was predictable considering it was Edge's title vs Taker's reign, but there were moments when I thought that Edge might have actually beat Taker. I was going to buy it anyway, so that was a bonus.
Battle For Brand Supremacy: Batista vs Umaga. Especially the Spear, I was on the edge (hah bad pun) of my seat, willing for Taker to kick out. It was pretty good for the match containing a celebrity. (2/5 - just for the funny). And Batista was wasted in this match, they could have found a way better match for him. It ruined the flow for me.
This match was kinda boring. It was uber long but really entertaining. Show did get offence in on Mayweather that I enjoyed and he even got some of his entourage too. I was expecting this match to be absolutely horrible, and I was pleasantly surprised to find it was rather entertaining. Match of the night, without a doubt. The tin case is superbly made, the DVDs themselves have a full colour photo on them and the whole thing is gorgeously made.
Speaking of which, Batista won, which means Smackdown is the better brand. Raw has been way better then Smackdown since the beginning of 2008. (5/5). ECW Championship Match: Chavo Guerrero (champion) vs Kane. Shawn vs Ric, the WWE title match, MITB and the WHC title match were the best matches. Loads of weapons were involved and there were a few great spots. I think most people were surprised that Randy retained though, as most people predicted John to win.
The only downer was that JBL won. A mediocre match and Batista messed up the Batista Bomb, so that ruined it. First off, I have to commend the WWE for the packaging of the DVD. (3/5). The one thing I didn't like is how it was on 2 DVDs, half of the HOF was on the 2nd DVD and the other half on the 3rd. Overall, the show was good but not outstanding.
I think everybody knew that Ric was going to lose and retire, but it didn't ruin the match. I was expecting this match to be boring because of JBL, who can't wrestle to save his life, but it was actually really exciting and a good opener to the show (I know the battle royal was the actual opener, but this was the opener on TV). Lumberjacks: Mickie James, Michelle McCool, Kelly Kelly, Cherry, Jillian Hall, Victoria, Layla, Katie Lea Burchill, Eve Torres & Maryse. Jerry Lawler got involved, taking down Santino and even Snoop attacked him after the match.
(3/5). The other thing on the DVD is the 2008 Hall Of Fame induction ceremony. He had a whole brass band play his entrance music xD I had no idea who the hell was coming out until his video began to play on the Titantron. Good match though. It wasn't up to WM standard and could have been featured on Raw or Smackdown. A great match.
(4/5). I think I'm the only person who didn't think this match was that bad. The Rock is very funny - I laughed when he made fun of Chris Jericho's hair and The Marine (John's face was so funny) xD Ric's speech was both funny and moving. I would have preferred a Women's Championship match though. This one was worth the money of the PPV alone. Now, onto WM itself.
Another exciting MITB match, I think this one was better then last year's. Edge got help from the cronies (Hawkins & Ryder) and overall the match was exciting. Also on the DVD is the 24 Man Battle Royal that Kane won to qualify for the short ECW title match. Let's rundown the matches:. Wrestlemania 24 was the second WM I've seen on PPV (WM23 being the first). It was really a match to calm people down after the Shawn vs Ric match right before it.
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