Friday, November 28, 2008

WrestleMania XI

1. Lex Luger and British Bulldog defeated Jacob and Eli Blu by pinfall

I still can't believe that was a match on the biggest card of the year. It's not like they had 14 matches like the old WrestleManias either. This wasn't horrible, but just pointless.

Rating: 1 (out of 5)

2. Razor Ramon defeated Jeff Jarrett by disqualification

This was a big improvement over their Royal Rumble matchup. Real solid effort by both guys and unfortunately they had the stupid DQ ending.

Rating: 3

3. Undertaker defeated King Kong Bundy by pinfall

Ugh.

Rating: .25

4. Owen Hart and Yokozuna defeated The Smoking Gunns by pinfall to win the WWF Tag Team Championships

The Gunns actually were a decent team, despite the lame gimmick. Owen was at the top of his game, there was just a little bit too much Yoko time.

Rating: 1.5

5. Bret Hart defeated Bob Backlund by submission

This is probably the only Bret Hart match I've ever seen that I've been disappointed in. This should have been better, but it felt like a Raw match.

Rating: 2

6. Diesel defeated Shawn Michaels by pinfall

***Match Of The Night***

No one seems to talk about this match, but I still think it is great. The ending is weak, but everything leading up to that point is very well done. Michaels certainly brought his A game, despite losing.

Rating: 4

7. Lawrence Taylor defeated Bam Bam Bigelow by pinfall

This is probably the best celebrity match in wrestling history. LT is a tremendous athlete and seemed to take this very seriously and it showed. Good effort to make this entertaining.

Rating: 2.5

This was a down time for WWF. The Diesel era is typically looked down upon and there wasn't a whole lot of depth on the roster. Despite that, there were two good matches on the card and an entertaining celebrity match. This show just lacked that classic WrestleMania feel, mostly because the undercard didn't feel important.

Rating: 52%

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