WrestleMania Hangover

It's all over for another year!

Here are a few points I would like to make about the entire WrestleMania weekend.

- I can't believe the WWE wrestler known as 'Robbie McCallister' was naive enough to attend the TNA Impact taping on Thursday night. He was shown on camera and the TNA even refered to him under his real name. This was bad on both counts. TNA should have been professional enough to know this could cost him his job yet, he should also have known it would result in trouble from his employers. He was sent home from the WrestleMania festivities for going against an order telling the wrestlers not to be seen with friends from the rival organisation during the weekend.

- Speaking of TNA, can you believe they had the audacity to hire a plane and have it circle the Citrus Bowl advertising their television show? I don't know if it made them look like a second-rate outfit (which they are) or great promoters for taking up a great advertising opportunity. (EDIT: I just found out that the plane wasn't advertising TNA wrestling but a local strip club. There were rumours in the days leading up to Mania that the TNA was planning on flying a plane over the stadium. Instead, a strip club decided to advertise T & A!)

- Ric Flair's career is finally over. The end where Shawn Michaels said, 'I'm sorry, I love you,' before he super-kicked him was one of the most emotional moments I have seen in wrestling. Flair walking back to the dressing room in tears and getting a standing ovation from the crowd was a good, yet heartbreaking, visual. It's going to be strange not having Flair as an active performer in pro wrestling.

- There's a lot of debate about how many stars the Flair vs Michaels match deserves. Wade Keller at the Pro Wrestling Torch gave it five stars which is the maximum any match can be rated. I'm not sure whether it was that 'great'. It was an excellent match with good storytelling and I would rate it highly but I just cannot see how it could be given five stars. Anyone who knows me is aware I am a massive Shawn Michaels and Ric Flair fan so I am not being negative for the sake of it. It was a brilliant match but not great. I give it four stars. I can't wait until June to see it again.

- I preordered the DVD yesterday afternoon. I wasn't going to spend £15 watching it on TV when I can get the original DVD for £20! I watched the event live over the Net.

- Mayweather vs Big Show was the shock match of the night. I didn't think it would work out as well as it did. A lot of people in the chat room I watched it in were angry at the match but they need to understand that Floyd Mayweather isn't a wrestler. It was his first match in pro wrestling and he did what was asked. Did you really think he was going to be involved with the WWE and WrestleMania if he was going to tarnish his name by losing?

- I am glad Randy Orton managed to retain the WWE title in his match against Triple H and John Cena. I was angry at the way he had been booked to look weak in the build-up to the event and I guess the plan all along was for him to walk away the winner.

- The Undertaker against Edge match was a good finish to the show. The Undertaker's entrance is always a spectacle and last night was no exception. I don't think the company should ever have him lose at WrestleMania.

- WrestleMania XXV takes place in three hundred and seventy days!

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