WrestleMania 23

1. Mr. Kennedy defeated King Booker, Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, Edge, Randy Orton, Finlay, and CM Punk in a Money In The Bank Ladder Match

This was a definite step up from the previous year's match, partly due to the fact that they got a few more minutes to do some crazy spots. The crowd ate it up and at the time, Mr. Kennedy going over looked like the right move.

Rating: 4 (out of 5)

2. Great Khali defeated Kane by pinfall

This match really deflated the crowd and it's too bad that they felt this was necessary to add to the show.

Rating: .25

3. Chris Benoit defeated MVP by pinfall

I had high hopes for this at the time and what we got was a decent match. MVP stepped it up, but the finish out of nowhere really hurt this one.

Rating: 2.75

4. Undertaker defeated Batista by pinfall to win the World Heavyweight Championship

This one was a million times better than I ever thought it would be. This was probably Batista's best match up to this point and they both definitely used the fact that they were on so early as motivation.

Rating: 3.5

5. Rob Van Dam, Tommy Dreamer, Sabu + Sandman defeated Elijah Burke, Kevin Thorne, Matt Striker + Marcus Cor Von by pinfall

It's too bad this wasn't an extreme rules match because they could have put on a much better match that way. They got the opportunity a couple of nights later and it rocked the house. This was basically an apology to the ECW Originals for the new ECW sucking so bad. The scary thing is that none of the New Breed are actively wrestling for WWE.

Rating: 2.25

6. Lashley defeated Umaga by pinfall

A lot of people are pretty hard on this match, but it wasn't horrible considering that Lashley was involved in it. It was late 90s style wrestling and it worked okay for these two.

Rating: 2.25

7. Melina defeated Ashley by pinfall

This is another match that just totally just killed the crowd and really shouldn't have been on the card. Ashley is one of the worst Diva wrestlers ever.

Rating: .25

8. John Cena defeated Shawn Michaels by submission

***Match Of The Night***

This was great stuff from two guys who were really on a roll at this point. This was a great way to end the show and the crowd ate it up.

Rating: 4.25

This is kind of an odd show. The first and last matches are absolute must-see's and the Undertaker/Batista showdown is definitely worth a look as well. The whole Trump/McMahon is what made this show go over the 1 million buy mark, so if you were into that, you probably loved this show. This was my first WrestleMania that I attended live, so I am a little biased towards this one, but it seems like this one got a fairly favorable reaction. So with that being said, this is definitely a top ten WrestleMania, but definitely not top five.

Overall Rating: 89%