Wrestlemania 41. What a show, eh?
Now. I would describe the build of this entire season as French Fries. It tasted good when it was hot and fresh (John Cena’s heel turn and a few great segments like the Bianca Belair, Jade Cargill and Naomi segment), but quickly turned stale if not untouched after a couple of hours at room temperature.
If you can’t tell by the analogy that let’s admit made y’all extremely hungry, I’m disappointed with the build, mainly because it didn’t have that spark going into it and the ones that do often have that spark quickly turned off. It didn’t have that “Will Cody finish his story” kinda of angle where you were invested in like
I’m not saying it’s a bad wrestling build to a show, but rather, it’s a bad Wrestlemania build, and based on the past few months, you can tell that the creative juices were already finished.
However, did the 41st edition of Wrestlemania deliver, or is it Wrestlemania 27 part 2? It isn’t the latter, thank God, but it isn’t great either. It’s just like eating cheesecake from Pizza Hut. Enough to satisfy your craving but it’s not gonna blow you away. In other words, it’s aight and here’s why:
Jey Uso finally defeated Gunther, winning the world title and is now 3-1: Also known as my typical Tekken win-loss streak. 3 losses and a single win. A decent opener, though.
The New Day (booooo) became the 13-time tag team champions, defeating War Raiders: Bless the WWE video package team because they made this match believe it had an actual build. Nevertheless, the match was solid.
Jade Cargill wins her first singles match at Wrestlemania against Naomi: This is probably the greatest Jade Cargill match in her WWE tenure so far. She did good. Pretty good in fact.
Jacob Fatu is now the US champion, defeating LA Knight: Hey. There’s something Fatu loves other than Solo. A decent encounter.
El Grande De Americano beat Rey Fenix using a metal object on his head: To quote Jeezy, “CTE. You know what it is”. I will say. This match actually ruled, and “El Grande” did a fantastic job embodying himself as a luchador.
Charlotte Flair cashed in her “Charlotte In The Bank” and lost her chance to win the women’s title: To my surprise, Charlotte actually lost a match. Hopefully, their second match is even better.
CM Punk finally main evented Wrestlemania and went to dick kick city (to quote Brian Zane) alongside Roman Reigns. In return, Seth Rollins wins the bout, aligning himself with Paul Heyman: Fantastic match. Look. Heelish Seth Rollins vs Jey Uso for the world title? I’m just saying, man.
Iyo Sky pinned Bianca Belair to retain the women’s world title in a fantastic 3-way dance: Honestly, way better than last night’s main event triple threat match. It’s so good that I rewatched it 3 times after the show ended.
Drew McIntyre finally got his year-long revenge, beating Damian Priest: Long-term booking if you count unintentional and coincidental ones.
Dominik Mysterio followed his “deadbeat dad” as he won the Intercontinental title at Wrestlemania against 3 other guys in Bron Breakker (c), Finn Balor and Penta: Damn. Finn Balor is like his favourite team, Tottenham. Taking Ls like it’s nothing. A solid bout with a satisfying ending.
Wave your hands from side to side and say, “Oh, I believe in J….. and he lost to Randy Orton with an RKO and then took another one: If you told me in 2010 that the TNA world champion faced Randy Orton at Wrestlemania and lost. One, I wouldn’t believe you, but the last part of a TNA world champion losing at Wrestlemania? Now that I would believe you, besides, there’s a reason why LOLTNA was a thing for a while.
Logan Paul defeated AJ Styles: John Oliver’s voice cool.
The man is back as she teamed up with Lyra Valkyria to beat. Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez and win the tag belts: Why wasn’t Bayley teaming with Valkyria instead? Why can’t they wait another night for Becky Lynch to return? RAW After Mania is literally the day after night 2. A strange booking. Almost as strange as watching an AJ Styles match and saying, “meh”.
John Cena is officially 17 time world champion, beating Cody Rhodes with the help of the guy who doesn’t want you to open up that window: I was fiening for Travis Scott to leave the ring as soon as he showed up. The right man won, which is the best part about this main event. Also, if this is how John Cena “ruins wrestling” by delivering this match, then he did his job, I guess.
Well, that was a long weekend. Hoping you loved Wrestlemania 41. See you next time!
