I don’t want to be typing this. I just want to go play Animal Crossing. It’s that kind of a day.
Greetings from my hovel on the shores of the Bow.
I watched Night 1 of Wrestlemania (not live, but they didn’t perform it live either). I’ve been a huge wrestling fan my whole life but in the past few years I’ve watched precious little WWE programming. I started watching less of it when New Japan Pro Wrestling stuff became easier to get ahold of and now that AEW is a going concern I am completely checked out of the current WWE product. I still know who everyone is and keep up with big news and whatnot, but I’m mostly ignorant of the product these days.
I’ve watched 35 Wrestlemanias and this one sounded like it was going to be WEIRD, so I had to watch.
For the most part? It’s just like I remember. Mostly really talented roster with just wretched booking and match layouts. Not having a crowd is weird, but I got used to it, sadly it REALLY impacted some of the matches (the ladder match in particular was hurt BAD by having noone to react. Ladder match selling and dramatic tension spots just looks stupid in silence). Of the “matches” on the show the only one actually worth seeing was Kevin Owens VS Seth Rollins, but even that one suffered from stupid booking and layout.
Then came the “Boneyard Match”. The Undertaker VS AJ Styles.
It’s been many years since the Undertaker had anything resembling a good match, and they knew that this year would be no exception so they did something different… and it ruled. Regardless of your interest in wrestling, I’d recommend checking out this match. It’s the natural next evolution in the “cinematic wrestling storytelling” of things like Matt & Jeff Hardy’s “Final Deletion” or the crazy shit DDT has been doing in Japan for years. Pretty Special.
Currently Playing: Nothing. Watching Wrestlemania 36 Night 2 to talk about tomorrow.
Currently Reading: NORWEIGAN WOOD, Haruki Murakami
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