April 05, 2005

Hulkamania Runs Wild Again, Brother

Wrestlemania 21 took place Sunday night, and while it clearly wasn’t up to the level of either the mid-‘80s or late-‘90s heyday, it was a successful event with lots of memorable moments.

The best in-ring moments were the six-man ladder match- including an amazing walk-up-one-ladder-onto-another spot by Minnesota Gopher-turned-Intercontinental champion Shelton Benjamin- and the later clash between Shawn Michaels and Kurt Angle. Later in the evening, young stars Dave Batista and John Cena defeated veterans Triple-H and JBL to win the Raw and Smackdown titles (respectively); it remains to be seen whether this latest attempt to “create new superstars” will pay off. Last year, the two winners were Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero, both of whom appeared Sunday in early matches that they lost.

In addition, longtime buffs such as myself were treated to such nostalgic moments as a faceoff between Stone Cold Steve Austin and Rowdy Roddy Piper, and the Hall of Fame induction, featuring Piper, Hulk Hogan, The Iron Sheik, and others. For good measure, the Hulkster made a surprise appearance during the actual show- looking noticeably chubby and even more orange than usual, he came out to attack Arab villain Mohammad Hassan, the pro-Iraqi Sgt. Slaughter apparently not available.

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Posted by Stephen Silver at April 5, 2005 12:04 AM
Comments

You are such a LOSER for covering this BLOGGER and I'm sure Becca would agree ;)

Posted by: A at April 5, 2005 09:14 AM

ironically, i was at Mike Schmidt and Richie Ashburn's Hall of Fame induction in Cooperstown in 1995. Decidedly less violence, although with 25,000 Phillies fans in attendance, there was a good amount. Fun times.

Posted by: LilB at April 5, 2005 01:20 PM

sup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: at April 26, 2005 02:02 PM

hulkamania is gonna run wild on u brother!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Posted by: at April 26, 2005 02:02 PM
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