nice recap nowie!
my biggest complaint with the show was the decision to block crowd noise. one of my favorite parts of any wrestling event is hearing the crowd go crazy at certain moments, be it a suprise guest, an amazing finisher, or whatever. for mania, we were treated to none of that -- only muted, distant crowds over the crystal clear announcing team. great.
some of my favorite moments:
orton's reversal of taker's finisher. that was sweet. one of the best RKO's ever. that whole match i was expecting to be pretty bad, and it really impressed me, delivering far more than what i thought.
kurt takin the straps down... then pullin'em back up... then down again! the 7 angle locks were just amazing. he's friggin awesome. and hbk wore his gayest gladiator gear to the ring yet. ...send his ass to smackdown!
the ladder match was frustrating, just because it seemed like 4 outta the 6 guys would simply disappear for huge blocks of time on end. for no reason! ...and yet they kept adding more ladders to the ring! 4 laddres and 2 people? dumb.
i was off on batista winning 'clean.' actually, i
did sorta expect him to win clean, but its not at all what i wanted. that was a pretty good match.
i was also off on the arabs squashing hogan -- and was delighted with what we got instead!
