WWE Wrestlemania XX
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Actor: Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Kurt Angle, Paul Levesque, Shawn MichaelsDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Limited Edition, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 275 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-04-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: World Wrestling
Movie Reviews of WWE Wrestlemania XX
Movie Review: My most memorable Wrestlemania
Summary: 5 Stars
I was fourteen-years-old when I watched Wrestlemania XX, I took the day off school and sat on the edge of my seat virtually the whole way. It was one of the most awesome and memorable times for me as a wrestling fan watching my favourite wrestlers win and retail titles.
Six years later, I thought I'd go back and watch it again. Here's my review:
{WWE United States Championship}
Big Show (c) vs. John Cena
This was John Cena's first Wrestlemania, being with the WWE for nearly two years by this point already. But it was still a good debut for him. He and Big Show had been feuding somewhat recently, both of them being involved in a triple threat with Kurt Angle at No Way Out a month beforehand.
Their match was far from great or memorable, it was almost entirely dominated by Big Show barring a few punches from Cena here and there.
But Cena ended up winning after nailing Big Show with a pair of brass knucks and hitting with the FU, which I have to admit is impressive to see on someone the mass of Big Show.
This is noteworthy I guess as being both Cena's first Wrestlemania and his first title win in the WWE.
6/10 (because it was slow and one-sided, but still good to see Cena win.)
{World Tag Team Championship Match}
{Fatal Four Way}
Rob Van Dam & Booker T (c) vs. La Resistance vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. Mark Jindrak & Garrison Cade
Ehh... I'm a huge fan of Rob Van Dam and Booker T as singles wrestlers, but I hate when two guys like these, who should be in the main event, are thrown together and given the tag team titles because the writing team can't find anything else for them to do. The Tag Team Championship should be reserved for legitimate tag teams like the Dudleyz or La Resistance. It's also disappointing to see Booker T here since he was wrestling for the World Heavyweight Championship at the Wrestlemania before this.
Anyway, the match was short and, as can be expected from a match with four tag teams, quite jumbled and hard to follow at times. There were lots of random tags with no team really getting an upperhand anywhere.
Somewhere towards the end, all chaos broke out and everyone started fighting ringside for some reason, Booker T then hit Rob Conway with a Scissors Kick which RVD followed up with a Five Star Frog Splash to win and retain the titles.
There was a lot of talent in this match, however, I can't help but feel that it was only made so that the smaller teams of La Resistance and Jindrak & Cade were able to get onto a Wrestlemania card. Ideally, I think I would've actually preferred to see The Dudley Boyz turn heel and just have a straight forward 2-on-2 match with RVD and Booker T.
6.5/10 (because I'm a mark for RVD and seeing him win a title match - any title match - is awesome)
Christian vs. Chris Jericho
This was the first standout match of the night. Christian and Jericho had a long lasting alliance as heels dating back to 2002. But this match turned Jericho face. It also had a romance storyline behind it, with Chris Jericho falling for Trish Stratus, and Christian becoming jealous. I felt Jericho's face turn off of such a sappy angle was kind of weak, but still, it worked for me.
Jericho and Christian put on an excellent match, a lot of high spots and back and forths and it had an ending that I don't think anyone really predicted.
Trish Stratus ran out to the ring towards the end of the match, Christian dragged her into the ring involving her in the match. Trish then inadvertently smacked Jericho with an elbow by mistake letting Christian roll him up and get the surprise win.
After the match, it looked as though Trish was about to apologize to Chris Jericho, instead, she gave him two the hardest slaps ever, followed by an Unprettier from Christian. Christian then made out with Trish on the stage, effectively turning Trish Stratus into a heel for the first time in years, and Chris Jericho into a full fledged fan favourite.
8.5/10
{Handicap Match}
Randy Orton, Batista & Ric Flair vs. The Rock 'n' Sock Connection
It was great to see The Rock 'n' Sock Connection reunite, regardless of if they won or lost. And the fact that The Rock and Mick Foley were involved with Wrestlemania 20 added to the scope and excitement of the show overall.
The match itself was pretty good, some parts of it did drag a bit, with Evolution getting the upperhand for most of it. But hey, we got to see a People's Elbow and a Rock Bottom, and a mandible claw.
But Randy Orton managed to get the pinfall on Mick Foley with a surprise RKO just as Foley pulled out Mr. Socko.
This is the last match that The Rock has been in, so it would have been nicer to see him in a legitimate match. Maybe one day we'll see The Rock vs. Randy Orton one-on-one? But either way, it was just good to see this match, and as much as it sucked to see Evolution get the win, it did give Orton the heat he needed to get the main event push and the world title later in the year.
7/10
{Interpromotional Playboy Evening Gown Match}
Stacy Keibler & Miss Jackie vs. Torrie Wilson & Sable
This was time filler and eye candy. You know you're not going to really get a wrestling match when it has divas in it and "playboy" is in the title of the match stipulation.
The match was extremely short - which worked in its favour. But it wasn't much of a match. All the girls decided they'd rather wrestle with their evening gowns off and stripped down, although Miss Jackie had to be forceably coerced into taking her dress off.
Torrie and Sable ended up getting the win and what was quite a forgettable match.
4/10 (they only get a 4 because they're hot.)
{WWE Cruiserweight Championship}
{Cruiserweight Open}
Chavo Guerrero (c) vs. Ultimo Dragon vs. Shannon Moore vs. Jamie Noble vs. Funaki vs. Nunzio vs. Billy Kidman vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Tajiri vs. Akio
This was a sort of gauntlet kind of match. Basically two guys started in the ring, every time one wrestler was pinned or tapped out, he would leave and another cruiserweight would enter at random. Last man standing is the new champion.
I won't go through the details, but I will mention a highlight being Billy Kidman's springboard shooting star press out of the ring onto two other enemies.
The match came down to Rey Mysterio and Chavo Guerrero whom had been feuding. But Chavo, with help from his dad, Chavo Guerrero Snr, cheated and won.
Much like the tag match, I saw this as a way to get ten wrestlers who normally wouldn't be on Wrestlemania, into the spotlight for a few minutes. Still, the match had some good moments and made it entertaining enough.
7/10
Brock Lesnar vs. Goldberg
{Special Guest Referee: Steve Austin}
This match was nothing but hype. Lesnar and Goldberg had been having an interpromotional feud for a few months where they kept invading each other's shows, culminating Goldberg costing Lesnar the WWE title at No Way Out.
I guess in someways, this match made sense. I mean, Goldberg, the guy that was unstoppable in WCW with that massive undefeated streak of his, and Brock Lesnar - the WWE's own home made version of Goldberg, having a match at Wrestlemania. But it just didn't work.
The match seemed to drag forever, and it was obvious that the audience were against both of them and the match in general. By now it was public knowledge that Goldberg's contract was at an end and Brock Lesnar was leaving pro wrestling.
Goldberg hit a spear and a jackhammer to win, no surprise there.
After the match, Austin gave both Lesnar and Goldberg a stunner each, which was the only time the crowd seemed to pop at all.
This was the worst match of the night. And I sat through the evening gown match. It was horrible and made me want to hit the skip button as soon as possible. No one really wanted either Lesnar or Goldberg to win, no one cared when Goldberg did win. People were just happy that the match was over.
2/10 (the only reason it gets higher than 1 is because Austin saved it at the end).
{WWE Tag Team Championship}
{Fatal Four Way}
Rikishi & Scotty 2 Hotty (c) vs. The Basham Brothers vs. The World's Greatest Tag Team vs. The APA
My sentiments on this match echo my feelings on the Raw Tag Team match. This was an excuse to fill time and give some smaller names a shot on a Wrestlemania card and had very little build up.
I think the best team in this match was The World's Greatest Tag Team, but Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty, the fan favourites, left with the win.
It is interesting though, to see Bradshaw here in the APA wrestling on an undercard match, losing to Rikishi & Scotty 2 Hotty. A few months after this, he'd be main eventing pay-per-views as John Bradshaw Layfield, holding the WWE Championship.
5/10 (too short and the mediocrity of the Lesnar/Goldberg match rubbed off onto this one.)
{WWE Women's Championship}
{Hair vs. Title Match}
Victoria (c) vs. Molly Holly
I'm glad they made this match, Victoria and Molly, along with Trish, were probably the best in-ring divas at the time of Wrestlemania XX. Wrestling wise, this match heavily overshadowed the other diva match of the night. However, I think it still could have been better. If they gave them maybe a few extra minutes, they could have done a lot more and made the match even better. But as it stands, the match wasn't amazing and could have just as easily taken place on Raw.
Victoria ended up rolling up Molly to get the win. Then she dragged her to the barber's chair, strapped her in and proceeded to cut her hair, which admittedly was funny to watch.
5.5/10 (it needed a little bit more time and it could have been miles better.)
{WWE Championship}
Eddie Guerrero (c) vs. Kurt Angle
Finally, where Christian and Chris Jericho left off, Kurt Angle and Eddie Guerrero pick up here, by which I mean, the good wrestling part of the show.
Eddie and Kurt put on a stellar match with Eddie being the underdog. This match would also prove whether or not Eddie would be a mainstay in the SmackDown main event scene or if he'd just be a transitional champion. It would also test how much faith the WWE had in him, giving him a main event match at Wrestlemania.
Turns out they had a lot of faith. They gave him and Kurt Angle 20+ minutes which was full of amazing wrestling moments, which ended with Eddie slipping his boot off in the middle of an Ankle Lock, then rolling up Kurt Angle into a small package and using the ropes for the win.
This was definitely in strong competition for match of the night, and it also washed that bad Lesnar/ Goldberg taste out of my mouth.
9/10 (couldn't ask for much better than that.)
Kane vs. The Undertaker
I think that the buildup for this match was excellent. The writers actually put a lot of time, effort and creativity into it. As popular as The Undertaker always has been, I don't think he has ever gotten over with the fans as well as he should have when he was going through with his biker gimmick. It's his Deadman gimmick that people will always remember him for, not riding to the ring on a motorbike, wearing sunglasses and referring to the ring as his "yard."
I have to admit, I had my eyes glued to the screen for The Undertaker's entrance when I watched this for the first time. It felt very surreal and exciting seeing all of The Undertaker's hooded minions holding flaming torches as well as Paul Bearer himself leading the way for The Undertaker's return.
The match itself - it wasn't great. Although I wasn't necessarily expecting great. The role of this match was mostly just to bring The Undertaker back from the dead and renew the fan's interest in him.
We saw vintage Undertaker, all the moves that he's famous for barring the Last Ride.
He ended up hitting with a Chokeslam and a Tombstone Piledriver to get the win.
6/10 (I'm rating the match itself here. If I were to rate the buildup and the excitement of seeing The Undertaker's return, then the rating would be a lot higher.)
{World Heavyweight Championship}
Triple H (c) vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Benoit
This was as good of a main event that you could ask for, and probably the best triple threat match I can ever remember seeing. When I first watched it, I legitimately had no idea which way it would go. I was so torn. I wanted desperately for Chris Benoit to finally get the win, but at the same time, I was a huge HBK fan and I loved his feud with Triple H regardless of how long it was dragging on for. But at the same time, I had seen Triple H go main event after main event without putting anyone over, so I probably wouldn't have been shocked if he left still the champion.
But I managed to have a sigh of relief as Triple H tapped out to the Crossface at just over 25 minutes into the match. It was a stellar match. Pretty much everyone was busted open and bloodied. We saw all the trademark moves, Sweet Chin Music, Pedigree, Crossface, Flying Headbutt. We saw Chris Benoit get suplexed through an announcers table. We even saw Triple H and Shawn Michaels teaming up briefly, but only so that HBK could get what he wanted - Triple H one on one.
But Benoit managed to get back into the ring, reverse a super kick and hurl Michaels out of the ring before countering the pedigree into the crossface on Triple H for the win.
After the match, Eddie entered the ring and celebrated with Chris Benoit in what was a great and memorable moment, seeing two fan favourites and best friends together at Wrestlemania with the two heavyweight championships.
10/10
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Overall:
Wrestlemania XX definitely has a lot of highs and a lot of lows. It has a lot in the way of time fillers, what with the evening gown match, the tag matches and the cruiserweight open, however, entertainment can still be found in these time fillers. No matter how irrelevant a match with so many wrestlers as the Cruiserweight open might be, you can still find entertainment in the highflying and impressive stunts pulled off by the likes of Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio. You can still enjoy seeing Rob Van Dam and Booker T coming out of Wrestlemania as champions, and you can still enjoy the evening gown match for the obvious reason that it has four hot women leaving very little to the imagination.
It's lowest point, if you haven't already guess, is the Goldberg and Lesnar match, but even then you can find some entertainment in the audience's reaction, how heavily they're against the match. And you can find entertainment in Stone Cold Steve Austin. If he can't entertain you as a wrestling fan, then I don't know who can.
And it's high points are great. Chris Jericho and Christian put on a memorable and excellent match for the undercard, while both the WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship matches are in a class of their own.
And of course, it's a great sight to see The Undertaker returning as the Dead Man.
I will note that I found it strangely uncomfortable to watch in some ways, especially the Chris Benoit segments. It's an understatement to say that it's difficult to root for someone who did what he did. Double murder-suicide aside, that won't ever take away the fact that he was one of the industries most hard working and intense workers and he, along with Triple H and Shawn Michaels, put on an amazing main event well worth your money.
I would definitely recommend Wrestlemania - it has loads of DVD extras as well, the usuals that you can come to expect from a WWE DVD (pre and post match interviews etc.) as well as a ton of other features.
Summary of WWE Wrestlemania XX
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