Wrestlemania XIX Review

It's Wrestlemania! What more do you want?

• Matt Hardy (w/Shannon Moore) defeated Rey Mysterio to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Championship (5:39)
o Hardy pinned Mysterio using leverage from the ropes.
o **
Too short to be anything.

• The Undertaker defeated The Big Show and A-Train in a Handicap match (9:45)
o Undertaker pinned A-Train after a Tombstone Piledriver.
o Nathan Jones, who was scheduled to be Undertaker's partner for the match, made a brief run-in to help Undertaker in the end.
o Limp Bizkit performed The Undertaker's entrance music live.
o *
This probably should have had a few minutes chopped off and given to the 1st match.

• Trish Stratus defeated Victoria (w/Stevie Richards) (c) and Jazz in a Triple Threat match to win the WWE Women's Championship (7:17)
o Stratus pinned Victoria after a Chick Kick.
o *3/4
Just a generic triple threat match with women.

• Team Angle (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) defeated Los Guerreros (Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero) and Chris Benoit and Rhyno in a Triple Threat match to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship (8:46)
o Benjamin pinned Chavo after Rhyno hit Chavo with the Gore.
o **3/4
Not a thing happening here.

• Shawn Michaels defeated Chris Jericho (22:33)
o Michaels pinned Jericho after a rollup.
o ****1/4
Great match. Great build up as well.

• A pillow fight between Stacy Keibler and Torrie Wilson and the Miller Lite Catfight girls, Kitana Baker and Tanya Ballinger went to a no contest.
Fast forward.

• Triple H (w/Ric Flair) defeated Booker T to retain the World Heavyweight Championship (18:47)
o Triple H pinned Booker after a Pedigree.
o ***
HHH hit the Pedigree and waited like 15 seconds before he pinned Booker. Only in the WWE could you have a rivalry based on race and have the racist WIN!

• Hulk Hogan defeated Vince McMahon in a Street Fight (20:48)
o Hogan pinned McMahon after three Leg drops.
o **1/2
Just an overblown Mcmahon match.

• The Rock defeated Steve Austin (17:53)
o Rock pinned Austin after three Rock Bottoms.
o This was Austin’s last match.
o ***3/4
Not as strong as X-7 but better than XV.

• Brock Lesnar defeated Kurt Angle to win the WWE Championship (21:04)
o Lesnar pinned Angle after a F-5.
o After the match, Lesnar and Angle shook hands.
o ****1/4
Crowd was dead for it but fuck 'em. This was a great way to send Angle out. I though he was gonna be out for at least a year, but Angle is some kind of alien and he came back 3 months later.

~ 3 matches at at least ***1/2 with 2 being ****1/4. Good enough for me.