What made WrestleMania 20 a big disappointment?

WM20 is actually among my favourites ever, and is my stand-alone favourite in recent history, being trumped only by X8 for WM of the decade in my eyes. 21 culminated the awful rise of Batista, 22 saw Cena begin his tear as superman, 23 was just a little flat, 24 was good but not great,

It wasn't.

WM20 is actually among my favourites ever, and is my stand-alone favourite in recent history, being trumped only by X8 for WM of the decade in my eyes. 21 culminated the awful rise of Batista, 22 saw Cena begin his tear as superman, 23 was just a little flat, 24 was good but not great, 25 I think was better than some people say but was dragged down in a few areas, particularly the anticlimactic finish of the main, and the lack of reason to care about the triple threat.

The card opened with Cena before we all got sick of him. I think we were all amazed the first time he got Show up for an F-U (now it's not a big deal, we see it coming and it's hurting his neck), and everybody cheered for the win.

8 tag-teams being on display shows how far the tag division has fallen, with each brand offering more teams than the entire company can now. Sure a few of them were pretty bland and neither match was stellar, but if you like tag team wrestling it was a nice fix.

The Jericho/Christian feud was a little bit amazing in my eyes, with a nice slow build, and Jericho managed to stop being stale as a face for the first time since 2000. Christian showed flashes of the brilliance he's risen to in the last few years, the turn was unexpected and the image of Trish and Christian making out was both shocking and gold for future feuds.

Yeah, the Evolution/Rock'N'Sock match wasn't so hot, but good, bad or indifferent, it's nice to see The Rock return if only for one match, and seeing him work with guys he hasn't before is another treat. I enjoyed it, particularly as it was kept short.

The divas tag was bad, but hey, hot chicks got half naked, I'm not going to complain.

The cruiserweight open is probably remembered more for Ultimo Dragon embarrassing himself and likely getting fired due to his entrance malfunction than the actual wrestling content, but go back and actually watch it, this was a really good match, with Jamie Noble shining brightly and proving why he deserved the ROH world title. Lots of action, lots of pins, can't go too wrong.

Goldberg and Brock was very disappointing and likely the bitter taste left in the mouths of critics of the entire PPV stems from it. I was excited heading into it because I didn't realise both were leaving, and on paper it was somewhat of a dream match. Austin's involvement excited me all the more. But then boredom set in as the two refused to do any moves. The finish was nice, with Goldberg rolling and hitting his signature combo for the win, and then we got the standard double stunner and drinking beer finish for Austin, which is the equivalent of a dark match main event to send the crowd home happy.

I don't remember Victoria vs Molly, suggesting it was bad, but I remember thinking it was annoying the head shaving was continuing through the vignette and into the entrances for the next match.

Eddie vs Angle was a really, really good match in my opinion. I hadn't been watching wrestling for a few months (hence why I didn't know Brock and Goldberg were leaving (this was before my days of checking sites for results)), so I was shocked Eddie was holding a World title at Wrestlemania, and even more surprised when he got to retain. There was great chemistry between the two and they put on a good match.

Undertaker returned in his best gimmick. He beat Kane with a Tombstone. Kane wrestled one of his last good matches before his eternal losing streak (there were some nice ones during his ECW run, but they didn't mean as much as this.) It worked for me.

Then the main event, which was really really good and saw Benoit do the improbable and get a clean submission win over Triple H in the main event of Wrestlemania, denying Shawn Michaels and capturing his first world title. That list of things alone is insane, but the match being even half decent to boot is just a bonus.

Then the fantastic feel good ending of Benoit and Eddie on top of the WWE world.

I loved this Wrestlemania and don't think any that followed it have managed to match it. X8 was amazing, 19 was pretty damn good, but bottom line is 20 was not a disappointment.

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