WWE WrestleMania XXX (2014)

What makes it different from others?

It is a performances centric movie

Expected more

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

The pornographic sounding WrestleMania is the best one so far this decade and one of the best ones in over 20 years. Honestly, this is one of my top 10 WrestleMania events ever.WrestleMania is WWE's SuperBowl; WWE's Stanley Cup; so everything has to be very high calibre. WWE did all they could to make this a night to remember. And did they ever succeed.The best part of this show was that there was not a bad match. The worst matches were a bit better than the ones to see on RAW.The first match was the fatal 4-way tag-team match for the title during the pre-show. Usos won. Pretty good. 7.5/10The host was the returning Hulk Hogan. Stone Cold and Rock came out too. I loved this segment! 10/10The first regular match was Daniel Bryan defeating Triple H. I totally hate the Authority storyline!!!! They really screwed up so many stories. I know it is all the writers' faults, as they simply did not feel like trying. The pipsqueak defeated the bigger man in a very believable way and was an awesome bout. 9.5/10The next match received negative flack. The Shield defeated the New Age Outlaws and Kane in a short, but sweet match. I love the participants, (not Kane) so I loved the match. 8.5/10The first ever Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal was awesome. There's a battle royal at every Mania, so why not make a big deal out of it? Cesaro won by lastly eliminating the Big Show: the new Andre and the guy my money was on. Cesaro winning was a pleasant surprise and I knew it would propel him for a push. That push hasn't happened yet, but this match made me an official fan of his. 9/10John Cena defeating Bray Wyatt was not as bad as everybody says. The good guy won the feud a few weeks later and now Wyatt is said to have been buried. You want buried? Look at Damien Sandow or Zack Ryder! Anyway, this Cena bout was not as great his match at 22 or 28, but I still liked it. 8/10Brock Lesnar defeating the Undertaker is the biggest shock in pro-wrestling history. When the ref hit the 3 count, the audience went silent in a massive state of shock. I love shocks at this magnitude. But the match suffered from a lacking build-up and a lack of amazement. Taker has been on a role with perfect matches at Mania. Unfortunately, this was not one of them. I also don't like giving the victory to a part-timer. But for the night, I will grade Undertaker's entrance to his exit and have the same state of mind as when I first saw it. 8/10The Diva's match was all clustered and I consider it to be the worst match of the night. 7/10The final match saw Daniel Bryan advancing to defeat Randy Orton and Batista for the WWE Title. It wasn't supposed to have happened, but good thing it did! Batista won the Royal Rumble and was supposed to win at Mania at help promote Guardians of the Galaxy. The angry WWE Universe demanded Daniel Bryan be put in the main event and win anyway. WWE listened. For the 10th anniversary since WrestleMania XX, it only made sense to replace the phenomenal ending that WWE will never be able to show again. Chris Benoit had a similar underdog story to Daniel Bryan and won the title in a triple-threat bout at Mania. His best friend Eddie Guerrero came and they embraced. Easily one of the finest moments ever. But unfortunate incidents in 2007 caused WWE to erased Chris Benoit from their history forever. Daniel Bryan is literally Chris Benoit's double. After WWE decided to listen to the audience, the new plan was have CM Punk defeat Triple H in the first match and Daniel Bryan win the main event and have a massive blast from the past. CM Punk left WWE, so the story just made Daniel Bryan stronger than ever and made it HIS night. It is very rare that a WM can be centred around one man. 99% of the match was an exact replica of WM XX's main event. While the latter's was a bit better, this match was phenomenal. 10/10There's practically nothing not to like. Whole event: 8.6/10

I liked this ppv a lot it had 8 matches including the pre show match The show kicked off in its pre show with the usos defending the tag titles against rybaxel vs Los matadores vs the real Americans. Solid way to start off Wrestlemania some good spots could have been better but a good match, usos win 8/10The show started off with Hogan the Rock and Steve Austin all in the ring a cool moment for a wrestling fan The first match was Triple H vs Daniel Bryan winner moves into the main event, a great technical match. Some good spots but just an awesome match and ranks up there with one of the greatest matches. Daniel Bryan wins 10/10The Shield vs New Age Outlaws & Kane. Kind of a weird pairing if you ask me. I was excited for this match but lack of time hurt this match was about 4 minutes long, very disappointing. Shield Wins 5/10Next was the Andre the giant battle royal, not a bad battle royal, some cool spots like Cesaro recreating the Wrestlemania 3 moment when Hogan lifting Andre up and Cesaro throwing Big Show over the top rope and winning. 7/10Bray Wyatt vs John Cena, when I first heard that they would have this match a Mania I was very upset because Bray only had a handful of matches and most were not very good. The thing that helped this feud was Bray Wyatt's promos absolutely great promos. The match itself was kind of disappointing it took a long for it to pick up but when it did it wasn't bad a few good spots though. John Cena wins 7/10Brock Lesnar vs The Undertaker, this match for the time it had should have been match of the night, the match was good but I blame it all on the crowd, 70,000 people in the arena and it felt like you could hear a pin drop. I liked this match it was good but I wish the crowd was into it. Then out of no where Lesnar f5s Undertaker and wins. The biggest shock in pro wrestling History. 8/10Divas championship match Aj Lee vs all the divas. A good divas match had some good spots and was better than shield vs Outlaws and Kane. Winner Aj LeeNext the main event Daniel Bryan vs Randy Orton vs Batista for the WWE world heavyweight championship. A great main event had great spots like the Batista bomb and Rkp through the announce table. I thought Orton had it when he rko Batista closest near fall ever! A well deserved victory for Daniel Bryan and new WWE world heavyweight champion, hats off to him.All in all the good Wrestlemania had some great matches and some bad but not the worst and not the best Mania.Overall show 9/10

Diary of an insane wrestling nerd: Rock/Austin/Hogan's opening segment was pretty cheesy and lame; worst of all running far longer than it should have. I weep for when they took their characters seriously. Probably took time out of the other matches if that's how it works, even though it doesn't make any sense for ppv's to have a strict run time, especially 'Mania. I will ponder this by my pond; shall we continue?Triple H/Daniel Bryan was great. Might go down as one of my favorites. The main event hit all the right notes as well. It's a shame that Bryan's injuries have finally caught up with him; I don't know why they let him use the diving head-butt after the Benoit tragedy.'Taker and/or Vince wanted the sad "broken-down-warrior-dies-fighting" ending, but it just came off as anti climactic. Lesnar was as gassed as 'Taker; pretty mundane affair. The shock ending was a great moment just on fan/Heyman/Lesnar reactions alone.I liked Cena/Wyatt though the way they booked who won at each ppv over the course of the feud was completely off & made the whole thing pointless(Cena should've only beaten him in the Last Man Standing match).The Shield match was pointless and almost killed Billy Gunn(oh the humanity!). They had to immediately hit the rewind on Kane afterwords to make up for it.Everyone else was thrown into a decent battle royal; kiss any solid under-card matches goodbye.I either skipped or blocked the opening tag match out of my mind, I'll let you decide, though the wrestlers involved are good so I might have to go with the former if I were you.AJ destroyed the other divas; at least the right girl won.All in all, this ppv proves that filler matches matter on the Grandest Stage of the all, as most of the marquee matches delivered, yet a feeling of emptiness pervades once its all said and done.

* This year marked the 30th Anniversary of WrestleMania! I give my thoughts in parenthesis after the match result.1. Daniel Bryan b. Triple H to advance to the main event. (Great opening match.) 2. The Shield b. Kane and The New Age Outlaws. (The Shield won another match at Mania. While the match was nothing to ride home about The Shield brings it and are so fun to watch. As for the Outlaws, I had been very interested in seeing where they were going but after dropping the tag titles they have seemingly gone nowhere. I just am not interested in seeing them anymore especially considering the direction the WWE is now moving into.3. Cesaro b. 30 Superstars to win the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal. (Nice win for Cesaro and even more impressive was how he lifted Big Show and got him over the top rope!) 4. John Cena b. Bray Wyatt. (I like most figured Cena would win, but Bray and the family have lost nothing here.) 5. Brock Lesnar b. The Undertaker to end his undefeated streak. (What a move! In no way what so ever should this have ended this way. If Undertaker was ready to retire he should have retired undefeated at WrestleMania. How this all went down will never be forgotten and as sad as it is its truly the end of an era. The biggest match of the year we all looked so forward to will now be no more. This match was why I gave the show 8/10 this year.) 6. A.J. Lee b. The Divas Division to retain the Divas Championship. (Not much to say as AJ was never in doubt of losing her title.) 7. Daniel Bryan b. Randy Orton and Batista in a Triple Threat match to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. (What an awesome moment and something that Bryan truly deserved. YES! YES! YES! YES!!)