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WWE WrestleMania XXII - April 2, 2006
| HugeRockStar760 | Posted on 04/02/06 at 21:15:07 WWE WrestleMania XXII Date: April 2, 2006 Location: Chicago, IL Triple Threat Tag Team Match: MNM (Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro) defeated The Hooliganz (Paul London and Brian Kendrick) and The Mexicools (Super Crazy and Psicosis) when Mercury pinned Psicosis after the Snapshot in 0:04:18. Rating: *** (MNM retained the World Tag Team Titles.) This match was added just a few days ago on Smackdown! after MNM complained about being left out of WrestleMania XXII at that point. However, since The Hooliganz and Mexicools ended their match in a double countout, Teddy Long decided to make this match a triple threat match. As advertised by Teddy Long, this was definitely an appropriate way to open WrestleMania. The Boogeyman pinned Booker T with the Supernatural Driver in 0:14:15. Rating: ** 1/2 For weeks, The Boogeyman has stalked Booker T and his wife Sharmell on Smackdown! Booker T was reluctant to take this match but under pressure from Smackdown! General Manager Teddy Long and to defend the honor of Sharmell, accepted the match. The Boogeyman made a grand entrance on the grandest stage of them all, WrestleMania. Due to his entrance and his natural charisma, The Boogeyman was the clear fan favorite here tonight. Booker T did an admirable job of going one on one against The Boogeyman, as he took the match to the outside to brawl with him. However, much like that chairshot on Smackdown! on Friday night, nothing really phased The Boogeyman for too long in this match, which frustrated Booker T. Booker T did score more offense on Booker T than JBL was able to at the Royal Rumble, but it wasn't enough to defeat The Boogeyman. As Booker T went for the Axe Kick, Boogeyman grabbed Booker T before he could make contact and hit a chokeslam. From there, The Boogeyman hit the Supernatural Driver and got the three count. Afterwards, The Boogeyman grabbed some worms out of his pockets and dropped them on Booker T as a terrified Sharmell watched on the outside of the ring. Mickie James pinned Trish Stratus with the Tornado DDT in 0:05:52. Rating: * 3/4 (Mickie James won the WWE Women's Title.) For months, Trish Stratus and Mickie James have had a tenuous friendship at best. At Saturday Night's Main Event, the friendship ended with a Mick Kick and a declaration that Mickie James was going after the WWE Women's Championship, which Trish has held for over a year. That reign is now over as Mickie James defeated her former idol, Trish Stratus after hitting her with a Tornado DDT. Carlito and Chris Masters defeated Kane and The Big Show when C. Masters defeated Show when Show passed out in the Masterlock in 0:02:17. Rating: *** (Carlito and Chris Masters won the WWE World Tag Team Titles.) Kane and The Big Show have held the WWE World Tag Team Titles since November of 2005 and haven't had any team mount any kind of serious challenge for the belts. Their challengers tonight, Carlito and Chris Masters, were another one of those teams that had a lot of promise, but no one gave them much of a chance entering this event. A big reason was due to their miscommunication problems they've had for months. However, tonight, they surprised the champions, who maybe did not take this match as seriously as they should've. The result? New WWE World Tag Team Champions in Carlito and Chris Masters! However, this ending of this match was hardly immune from controversy. While Carlito and Kane were on the outside of the ring, with the referee distracted, Chris Masters threw powder in the eyes of The Big Show. Unlike last week, Chris Masters was able to lock in the Masterlock as The Big Show was stunned from the powder in his eyes. The referee turned his attention back to the ring and asked The Big Show if he was going to submit. Meanwhile, Carlito prevented Kane from helping his tag team partner out by slamming a chair to his right leg continually. With the Masterlock firmly locked in place on The Big Show in the center of the ring, he passed out. You have to believe that Kane and The Big Show will be looking for retribution against the new WWE World Tag Team Champions. Interview: The 2006 Hall of Fame class is introduced to the Chicago crowd. One by one the Hall of Famers walk out, and the mention of Eddie Guerrero and the appearance of his nephew Chavo receives a huge pop and tons of "EDDIE" chants. When Bret Hart was announced, curiously, he was nowhere to be found, which received a chorus of boos. The theme music for Bret Hart is stopped and out walks Vince McMahon to a massive amount of boos and "WE WANT BRET" chants. Vince McMahon said that he wanted Bret to show up at WrestleMania as well. But apparently, Bret Hart just couldn't take the pressure of WrestleMania. Vince lets it be known that Bret Hart isn't the same man we remember from 1997 when Vince screwed Bret Hart out of the WWE Championship. Bret Hart suffered a stroke, and isn't the same man since that happened. Also, Bret Hart refusing to show up tonight at WrestleMania shows that he is a liar and most importantly a hypocrite. Bret Hart gave the WWE his word that he would show up on the pay per view tonight. Instead, he is in Calgary being a miserable son of a bitch. Vince said that Bret's actions here tonight validated what he did back in 1997 by screwing Bret Hart and sending him to WCW. Vince knows Bret will be watching WrestleMana and is listening to what he is saying. Vince sends a message to Bret Hart that tonight, history will repeat itself. Vince McMahon screwed Shawn Michaels at Saturday Night's Main Event, and he will do it again tonight at WrestleMania! Chris Benoit defeated John Bradshaw Layfield via pinfall in 0:08:24. Rating: ** 1/2 (Chris Benoit retained the United States Heavyweight Title.) This match featured two former World Champions. The United States Heavyweight title reigns of Chris Benoit have really elevated that title on Smackdown! Recently, this match picked up steam after Chris Benoit broke JBL's hand. JBL was also looking for revenge after Chris Benoit helped Steve Austin embarass him on Saturday Night's Main Event. This was an impressive match that was as hard hitting as it gets. Chris Benoit retained the title, despite the attempted interference from JBL's image consultant, Jillian Hall. In fact, her last attempt at interference backed fired on JBL. Jillian Hall tried to connect with a chairshot to Chris Benoit, but he moved out of the way and she instead hit JBL with the chair accidentally! Chris Benoit made the pinfall and retained the United States Heavyweight Title. Casket Match: The Undertaker defeated Mark Henry in 0:11:28. Rating: * 1/4 Entering this match, The Undertaker entered WrestleMania XXII with a staggering 13-0 record. The latest challenger, Mark Henry, entered this match having taken out the former World Heavyweight Champion, Batista, and holding a pinfall over the current World Heavyweight Champion, Kurt Angle. This was no ordinary match, though. No, it wasn't a wrestling match. It was a Casket Match. This match pointed to a clear advantage going to The Undertaker, not to mention the spectre of WrestleMania and the undefeated streak of The Undertaker at this event. However, if Mark Henry was intimidated by The Undertaker, he didn't show it. Despite his confidence, Mark Henry could not become the first wrestler to defeat The Undertaker at WrestleMania. In the end, The Undertaker hit a Tombstone Piledriver on Mark Henry and put him into the Casket and slammed the lid shut to win the match. Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Rob Van Dam defeated Shelton Benjamin, Ric Flair, Bobby Lashley, Finlay and Matt Hardy in 0:24:30. Rating: *** 1/4 After The Road Warrior injured Matt Hardy on Smackdown! two days ago, most believed there was no way Matt Hardy would even show up to WrestleMania XXII, much less participate in the Money in the Bank match. However, he did and credit that to Matt Hardy's drive and determination. Obviously, though, Matt Hardy's injured right ankle hindered him through the match. What he did to remain in the match was to simply stay out of the way of the other five competitors, who were too concerned about grabbing the briefcase to notice Matt Hardy. The feud between Bobby Lashley and Finlay on Smackdown! has been one of the most intense in recent history in the WWE. With both being involved in this match, it was an opportunity for the two to get their hands on each other. These two went right for each other at every opportunity. A lot of people thought Finlay was out of his element in this match. Considering the kind of brawler Finlay is, giving him a weapon like a ladder seems exactly right for him. He made use of the ladder quite a few times. At one point, Bobby Lashley attempted to give a spear to Finlay, but Finlay managed to hold the ladder up and block the attempt, whiched knocked Bobby Lashley silly. Later on, Bobby Lashley would get retribution on Finlay when he hit the Dominator from on top of the ladder and down to the mat, which effectively took out Finlay and took Lashley out as both men were out cold. Ric Flair was also considered to be out of his element in this match. While he had a decent showing against Edge in a losing effort in a Ladder Match, it's still not what he's most effective at, which is mainly a straight up one on one wrestling match. However, he held his own in this match. However, with him not being too familiar with his surroundings, he was unaware of Rob Van Dam climbing the ladder as Ric Flair was on the top rope about to hit a kneedrop onto Shelton Benjamin. Amazingly, Rob Van Dam surprised Ric Flair and everyone by hitting a Van Terminator from the ladder to Ric Flair on the top turnbuckle. The move knocked Ric Flair out of the ring and to the mat out cold. The interesting dual that started to develop was between Shelton Benjamin and Rob Van Dam. Shelton Benjamin was thought to be the favorite in this match as he was the only one with any prior experience in the Money in the Bank. Shelton nearly won the Money in the Bank last year and had that memorable spot where he catapulted himself onto the ladder to clothesline Chris Jericho to the mat. These two used their athleticism and quickness against each other. With Ric Flair, Finlay, and Lashley basically out of contention, the match came down to Shelton Benjamin, Rob Van Dam, and Matt Hardy, who sat in the corner of the ring grabbing his ankle in agony. So in essence, the match really came down to Shelton Benjamin and Rob Van Dam to see who would become the 2006 Money in the Bank winner. The two would start to climb on the ladder on opposite sides. Once to the top, the two exchanged punches, and each tried their best to grab the briefcase. However, unknown to them, Matt Hardy had gotten back up and pushed the ladder. The result was Rob Van Dam landing hard on the mat and Shelton Benjamin landing on the ropes, and the momentum knocked him out of the ring. The crowd were on their feet cheering the underdog Matt Hardy, who shouldn't even be competing tonight. Matt Hardy, who is already hobbled by that broken right ankle, set the ladder up and began his march to the top of the ladder. With his broken right ankle, it wasn't going to happen quickly. However, when Matt Hardy was within reaching distance of grabbing the briefcase, The Road Warrior ran down to the ring and entered it. The Road Warrior smiled at Matt Hardy and pushed the ladder down, knocking Matt Hardy out cold to the mat. The Chicago WrestleMania crowd, which is The Road Warrior's hometown, booed him loudly. It surprised The Road Warrior at first, but he didn't care as he had other plans in store. The Road Warrior picked up the ladder and set it up underneath the briefcase. The Road Warrior began to slowly climb the ladder. What is he doing? He's not involved in this match. The Road Warrior was also within reaching distance when he received a shock. Rob Van Dam, having recovered enough to climb on the top turnbuckle, hit a dropkick to the ladder and knocked it and The Road Warrior to the mat. Rob Van Dam made his way to the ladder and set it up. Rob Van Dam climbed the ladder and grabbed the briefcase successfully! Rob Van Dam has won the Money in the Bank match and with it, has a guaranteed shot at either the WWE Title or the World Heavyweight Title and it is good for a year. Hardcore Match: Edge pinned Mick Foley with the Spear in 0:17:40. Rating: ***** Edge blames the fact he is not the WWE Champion right now solely on Mick Foley. This match was made so Edge could prove to Mick Foley that he has no business being considered one of the greatest WWE superstars. Over the past few months, Mick Foley has turned from the usual good natured author of books to his past hardcore wrestling persona of Cactus Jack. Saturday Night's Main Event provided a preview of what we would see in this match: barbed wire, flaming tables, tacks, baseball bats. And all of those were used in this match. Mick Foley truly did live up to his nickname of the "Hardcore Icon" as he showed Edge the meaning of hardcore. However, it was Edge that would get the win after using the hardcore style to his advantage. Mick Foley had set up a table in the corner of the ring and put barbed wire all over it. Mick Foley attempted to whip Edge into that table, but Edge countered the move into an Edgeuction. Edge put Mick Foley by the table and then hit a spear on Mick Foley through the table! Edge went for the cover and got the three count. Edge continues his winning ways at WrestleMania, with this perhaps being his biggest win in his career at WrestleMania. No Holds Barred Match: Shawn Michaels defeated Mr. McMahon by pinfall in 0:19:13. Rating: ** 1/2 With this match being No Holds Barred, it was the perfect opportunity for Shawn Michaels and Vince McMahon to try and destroy the other man. For weeks, these two have been feuding and it all began simply with Shawn Michaels telling Vince McMahon to move on from the 1997 Survivor Series incident with Bret Hart. The match ended curiously as a man in a mask came down to the ring with a steel chair. When he entered it, Shawn Michaels had just hit Vince McMahon with Sweet Chin Music. When Shawn Michaels turned around he was met with a chairshot from this unknown person. Vince McMahon began to stir and got himself back to his feet and looked at the masked man who was holding a chair and he saw Shawn Michaels lying on the mat out cold. Vince McMahon connected the dots and a smile came to his face. Vince McMahon began shouting that he knew it, he knew this masked man was on his side all along. However, to Vince's surprise, the masked man knocked him out cold with a chairshot of his own. The masked man then put Shawn Michaels on top of Vince McMahon and left the ring. The referee made the three count, giving Shawn Michaels another WrestleMania win, thanks to the assistance of this masked man. The question is, just who was the masked man, and why was Vince McMahon so sure he was on his side? Triple H pinned John Cena with the Pedigree in 0:31:56. Rating: ***** (Triple H won the WWE Title.) For weeks, Triple H has taken a lackadaiscal approach to this match. A match that he was challenging for the WWE Championship against John Cena, Triple H acted as if the result of this match was a foregone conclusion and that he would take back what was rightfully his. The WWE Champion, John Cena, has gone through a rough period in his WWE career as the fans have been booing him at every opportunity available. The Chicago crowd was no different as they booed him at the beginning of the match and cheered Triple H. Considering how much Triple H is usually disliked, this obviously irritated the WWE Champion as he surveyed the crowd with a look of disdain on his face. Much to Triple H's surprise, this would not be a walk over for him over John Cena. This was clearly obvious as the match went past 25 minutes. John Cena looked determined and showed a fire we haven't seen from him in quite a long time in the WWE. Inevitably, this match had a referee bump after Triple H inadvertently knocked into the referee after Triple H whipped John Cena off the ropes to attempt a flying clothesline. Triple H looked down at the referee and this distraction allowed for John Cena to surprise him with the F-U! John Cena went for the pin, but the referee was barely getting up from earlier. John Cena got back up and shook the referee until he came to. The groggy referee did get back up and John Cena went back to Triple H, who was still on the mat. John Cena picked Triple H up and tried another F-U, but Triple H countered and surprised John Cena with the Pedigree to get the three count and the WWE Championship! The crowd cheered the new WWE Champion, Triple H, while a stunned John Cena just looked on. After the match, John Cena grabbed his chain necklace and put it around his neck and acted like he was going to leave and allow the new WWE Champion, Triple H, celebrate his 11th world championship. However, John Cena turned around and entered the ring. He confronted the new champion, but extended his hand out. Triple H accepted the handshake and even told John Cena he was wrong about him, and that he wrestled one of best matches tonight. John Cena thanked Triple H and went to leave but stopped. With Triple H's back to him, John Cena took off his steel chain necklace and hit Triple H in the back of the neck with it! The crowd booed John Cena and this time, he just didn't care. John Cena has snapped! John Cena picked Triple H up and hit him in the face with the necklace! This was supposed to be Triple H's victory celebration, but John Cena had other plans. John Cena went to the outside of the ring and grabbed a steel chair. John Cena attacked Triple H with the chair. John Cena set the chair up in the sitting position. Then, John Cena picked Triple H up and hit the F-U onto the chair! Triple H is out cold while John Cena stood over the new champion grinning as the crowd boos him. John Cena demanded the microphone and told the crowd that he finally gave the crowd a reason to boo him. He has one message for everyone and that he already gave it to Triple H: F-U! Triple Threat Match: Kurt Angle defeated Randy Orton and Rey Mysterio when K. Angle made Mysterio submit to the Ankle Lock in 0:36:06. Rating: ***** (Kurt Angle retained the World Heavyweight Title.) Rey Mysterio won the 2006 Royal Rumble match and earned a guaranteed world title shot at the main event of WrestleMania XXII. However, the arrogant Randy Orton stole the title shot away from Rey Mysterio at No Way Out. But thanks for the generosity of Smackdown! General Manager, Teddy Long, Rey Mysterio was given another shot to face the World Heavyweight Champion, Kurt Angle, and Randy Orton in a Triple Threat Match. Rey Mysterio was the definite long shot in this match, even with his Royal Rumble victory. However, Rey Mysterio didn't look like an underdog in this match. He kept this match going with high energy and fast paced action. Kurt Angle was able to keep up with Mysterio as the two have wrestled previously in the past few years, however, Randy Orton seemed to have trouble dealing with Rey Mysterio's high flying antics. This match also featured many near falls, which were near falls due to the third man being in the match. The big rallying point of this match was that Rey Mysterio wanted to win this match to honor the late Eddie Guerrero, while Randy Orton wanted to redeem himself from his first, disappointing title reign, while Kurt Angle just wanted to prove to everyone that no one can beat the wrestling machine. The ending of this match was not surprising in that it mimicked the entire match: it was a fast paced, exciting finish. Randy Orton had just thrown Rey Mysterio out of the ring and to the mat. Randy Orton had Kurt Angle setup for the RKO, but Kurt Angle pushed off and attempted the Angle Slam. Randy Orton slipped through the Angle Slam, and attempted to counter back with the RKO but all of a sudden Rey Mysterio jumps off the top turnbuckle with a West Coast Pop. On the other side of Rey Mysterio was Kurt Angle, who took advantage by hitting the Angle Slam, and quickly followed it with the Ankle Lock in the middle of the ring. Rey Mysterio tried his best to get out of the move, but he was unable to and submitted to the move, as a groggy Randy Orton was unable to break the submission hold. After the match, the crowd gives a standing ovation to not just Kurt Angle, but Rey Mysterio. Also, Eddie Guerrero's family enter the ring and all hug Rey Mysterio. Kurt Angle seemed moved by the overwhelming show of emotion and in a true sign of respect for the Guerrero family, handed Vickie Guerrero the World Heavyweight Championship. The crowd chanted "EDDIE" as Kurt Angle hugged Rey Mysterio, Vickie Guerrero, and Chavo Guerrero. Interview: After The Guerrero Family, Rey Mysterio, and Kurt Angle leave the ring, Vince McMahon walks out to a chorus of boos from the crowd. Vince McMahon says WrestleMania is not ending until the masked man that cost him his match against Shawn Michaels makes his identity known tonight, right now. After a few moments, a masked man does indeed walk down the aisle and into the ring. Vince McMahon begins to berate the masked man and demands he unmask himself. The masked man doesn't so Vince McMahon begins making some wild guesses to who the masked man could be. Eric Bischoff? The Ultimate Warrior? Hulk Hogan? Goldberg? What about Ted Turner? He's out of the wrasslin' business and also out of Time Warner, maybe he's looking for some revenge himself against Vince McMahon. And it seems Vince has convinced himself that he believes it is Eric Bischoff. Vince begins to berate who he thinks is Eric Bischoff and says that the time for payback should've came back in 2001, when Eric Bischoff should've had enough business sense to buy WCW, but he didn't. So then Vince McMahon hired Eric Bischoff just to fire him. Vince is so sure the masked man is Eric Bischoff that he says he will turn his back to him and let the masked man unmask himself. Vince turns his back to the masked man, and it seems the idea has worked. The masked man slowly removes his mask, and he receives one of the loudest pops in WrestleMania history. When Vince McMahon turns around, he is met by Bret Hart! Vince McMahon is in shock and he can't move, he's too afraid to do anything. Bret punches Vince and beats him up thoroughly before applying the Sharpshooter to him. In the back, many of the heel wrestlers try to go help Vince, but the face wrestlers block the entranceway. Bret Hart lets go of the Sharpshooter and goes to the outside of the ring and grabs a chair. He brings it back into the ring and repeatedly hits Vince McMahon in the legs with it. He then takes Vince to one of the corners and applies a Figure Four Leglock around the turnbuckle! The crowd loves it! Bret lets go of the hold and he grabs a microphone. Bret says that tonight, the final chapter has been written in the entire saga between Vince McMahon, Shawn Michaels, and Bret Hart. Bret thanks the fans for everything and all the support they gave him when he was wrestling and now in his retirement. Bret Hart's theme music plays and he poses around the ring for the fans as the show comes to a close. Card rating: *** 3/4 |
| Trance | Posted on 04/03/06 at 17:02:07 A few of those matches were dead on the spot. |
| HugeRockStar760 | Posted on 04/03/06 at 17:24:08 Yeah, but the glaring difference is that there was no Bret Hart appearance. :-( Of note, my circuit's WrestleMania had 3 five star matches, which I've never had before, but considering the participants, wasn't surprising. Although, I didn't think Cena had it in him to deliver a five star match either. I also think the WWE should've turned him full fledged heel like I did. He's not a face, no matter how hard the WWE tries to convince themselves of it. When Howard Finkel said Bret Hart wasn't appearing, I thought my circuit's WrestleMania was going to mimic the real WrestleMania, but I guess Bret really was uncomfortable with appearing. |
| Trance | Posted on 04/03/06 at 20:25:30On 04/03/06 at 17:24:08, HugeRockStar760 wrote:Yeah, but the glaring difference is that there was no Bret Hart appearance. :-( Of note, my circuit's WrestleMania had 3 five star matches, which I've never had before, but considering the participants, wasn't surprising.I personally think John Cena drew more heel heat VS. face heat and think WWE was stupid for trying to fix something that was never broken, to start with. McMahon wanted to shove John Cena as a face, down our throats, and it backfired. Just like it happened with Mickey James... she got more pops than Trish Stratus. Same way with Steve Austin. Austin was a heel, no matter how you slice it. He didn't do anything different to Bret Hart than he did to Shawn Michaels |
| Anubis | Posted on 04/04/06 at 11:14:05 That's how the real thing should have gone down! Well, except for Kurt Angle retaining, of course, but then again, any of them winning would have been fine with me (I just thought Rey Mysterio was the best booking choice, on the assumption that Rob Van Dam would cash in his money in the bank at the ECW PPV to face him for the belt) . . . Anyway, yeah, your version would have been much more worth the price of admission than the nonsense Vince put on! Absolutely fantastic card, man! |
| HugeRockStar760 | Posted on 04/04/06 at 17:29:15On 04/04/06 at 11:14:05, Anubis wrote:That's how the real thing should have gone down! Well, except for Kurt Angle retaining, of course, but then again, any of them winning would have been fine with me (I just thought Rey Mysterio was the best booking choice, on the assumption that Rob Van Dam would cash in his money in the bank at the ECW PPV to face him for the belt) . . . Anyway, yeah, your version would have been much more worth the price of admission than the nonsense Vince put on! Absolutely fantastic card, man!Thank you. And yes, I thought about Rey Mysterio winning the match, but right now, I just don't buy him as a World Heavyweight Champion. Even though, in the WWE it'll be RVD vs. Rey probably, I think One Night Stand would be better served by a RVD/Angle match for the World Heavyweight Title. And the Bret Hart appearance was just an ideal view of what I thought would've been nice to have seen. To me, it would've been a way to put an end to the whole Vince/Bret/HBK nonsense. |
| rey619 | Posted on 04/04/06 at 21:35:20 Angle vs RVD at ONS had made sense as well, at least if they had played the fact that Angle once left an ECW event.. |
| HeatSeek | Posted on 05/10/06 at 09:38:37 Wow there are some huge similarities to WWE's WM22 here, was this all determined by TNM? I had a Bret Hart like situation in my WLOW Circuit (not advertising haha) Bret Hart lost a championship match, then quit right after that event, So maybe he was screwed over again? |
| HugeRockStar760 | Posted on 05/10/06 at 18:11:41On 05/10/06 at 09:38:37, HeatSeek wrote:Wow there are some huge similarities to WWE's WM22 here, was this all determined by TNM?No, I booked this card and as you can tell from the time this card was posted, it was before the actual WrestleMania card. There are some similarities, but the actual winners compared to who I had win the matches are pretty much different. A lot of the angles (Cena and HHH double turn, Bret Hart returns to end the HBK/Bret/Vince saga) had a small chance of happening, but I decided to book them since it made sense to me. Also, in my TNM, Randy Orton did not act like an ass, thus, he was not being de-pushed. However, he still lost the match. And while I like Rey Mysterio, I felt like Kurt Angle winning and then honoring the Guerrero Family with the World Heavyweight Title belt after the match was a nice WrestleMania moment too. But there are some similarities, but I'm sure anyone could've predicted those matches the same way. :-) |