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The early consensus seems to be that it was better than last year's and I'd have to agree, though I thought some parts weren't as good as they could've been.

The Tag Title match was a fun way to start, but as has been said, way too short. Even another 3 or 4 minutes could have given them a chance to do some more stuff. Good to see Big Show get a win at WM (the only other time he's won was at WM22, another Tag Team Title defense....).

The Triple Threat was OK, but mainly after Rhodes and DiBiase started fighting, as slashsfro said. But the only one of these guys I can personally take to is DiBiase and he was the one who got pinned. I still don't get what makes Orton so popular. That weird spasming he does very time he hits a damn move.... stop it! Not quite sure where these leaves any of these guys now; Rhodes/DiBiase feud??

Swagger winning MITB was a nice surprise even though I'd read what Hammy said in the MITB thread before the show. It didn't seem too..... clusterfucky (and yes, that should be a word) considering there were ten guys in it. None of the spots seemed too awkward and choreographed, as past MITB Matches have had. Aside from Swagger taking half an hour to unhook the briefcase, I thought this was a very good MITB Match. Plus, Swagger got me loads of points in the WWE game too.

HHH/Sheamus was alright, but I expected Sheamus to win this one. I don't really have much to say about this one really. I'm not quite sure where Sheamus goes from here aside from a rematch at Extreme Rules....

Mysterio/Punk, from what I remember, was good. Punk was great, ranting at the crowd all the way down the ramp. He says pretty much the same thing every week, but he's still highly entertaining. I didn't even realise Mysterio's outfit was based on Avatar until Cole mentioned it.

Personally, I thought Bret/Vince dragged on a bit. I didn't expect Bret to land however many chair shots he did on Vince, but the stuff with the Harts on the outside and the crowbar-type thing seemed to go on a bit long I thought. Plus, the crowd seemed a bit dead, but at least they came alive for the Sharpshooter. I guess you can't really expect Bret to take many bumps, but I guess I was just expecting a 'faster' match.

Jericho/Edge was enjoyable too, and the Jericho win will likely mean a rematch next month, which might be even better, considering it'll be a gimmick match of some sort. The ending did seem to come out of nowhere though.

The divas match was a bit meh as was to be expected. I'm surprised the heels won, consider it was Wrestlemania.

Cena and Batista had a very good match I thought. Wasn't ever going to be a great wrestling match, but it was a good brawl. I think they could have good matches in the future, hopefully they don't overdo it like Cena/Orton. Cena posing with the guys wearing the "WE HATE CENA" t-shirts was amusing.

The main event perhaps wasn't as good as last year's match, but still a very good main event. The high likelihood of Shawn losing took some of the drama away but still, for two guys in their mid-forties to still be able to go like that is impressive. I liked Taker telling Michaels to stay down instead of Tombstoning him (then promptly Tombstoning him after getting **** slapped ).


So yeah, I enjoyed it. Probably would have enjoyed it more if I'd been watching it live; that can add to the feel of a show. Most of the matches were at least somewhat enjoyable and hopefully the likes of Cena/Batista, Edge/Jericho and Mysterio/Punk can be built on. Overall, better than WM25. Plus, Melina made an appearance! That entire Santino segment was bizarrely funny.