WrestleMania X-Seven

in my view wrestlemania 17 wasn't just the best wrestlemania ever it was the best event ever! intercontinental championship Chris Jericho def William regal:a good opener but not that great. 6/10 apa & tazz def right to censor:in my view the second worst match of the night. Steven Richards looked poor. 4/10 hardcore championship Kane def raven & the big show: i loved this match,where Kane & big show went through the wall and raven through the window. 7/10 European championship Eddie Guerrero def test:not bad but forgettable. 5/10 Kurt angle def Chris Benoit:fantastic match. the technical prow ace of these men is great. they put on one hell of a match. 9/10 womens championship chyna def ivory:rubbish.1/10 street fight Shane McMahon def Vince McMahon: a OK match. i like the bit where Linda McMahon sat up from the chair and kicked Vince in the balls. 6/10 world tag team championship TLC match edge & Christian def the hardy boyz & the Dudley boyz:brilliant.this was great. the high flying. Jeff speared of the ladder by edge. Matt and bubba falling through 4 tables was great. 9/10 gimmick battle royal which the iron sheik won:3/10 the undertaker def triple h: good, i love the bit where undertaker choke slams hhh of the scaffolding thing.8/10 wwf championship stone cold def the rock:how can anyone forget this.Mr McMahon coming in and at the end striking a beer with Steve austin.9/10 overhaul this was so good it was unreal. 10/10

When sitting down to watch this I hoped that what I would see would be impressive and maybe even match some of the WWF's highlights over the last few years (Survivor Series 1998 springs to mind). I was not disappointed. With the exception of the Women's title match and the European title match every fight was better than average match. Particular highlights were:

Kurt Angle v Chris Benoit. An excellent and brave match considering how out of vogue purely technical matches seem to be these days.

Vince McMahon v Shane McMahon. A bit predictable at times but it shows that despite being the son of a multi-millionaire (billionaire?) Shane is a superb athlete and is willing to put his body on the line for the company (see Backlash 2001 for further proof).

T.L.C. II. I thought the original Tables, Ladders and Chairs match was impressive, this one was better, more competitors, more destruction of tables and more destruction of bodies. How the wrestlers manage to do this is beyond me.

Triple H v The Undertaker. Everything about this match was good, from Triple H's entrance to a live performance of his music by Motorhead to the ending with some excellent wrestling in between. Triple H really has proven himself to be the best in the WWF. Not the most popular or the most photogenic, but the best at selling his own moves and selling his opponents moves. He seems to be one of the few wrestlers who will make himself look bad or cowardly to make others look good.

The Rock v Stone Cold Steve Austin. What was looking to be a good match between the WWF's two most popular fighters was taken far beyond expectations with the most unexpected and shocking heel turn for a long time. When The Rock turned heel at Survivor Series 1998 it was surprising, and made that Pay-Per-View the best I had ever seen. Stone Cold's turn was more shocking and pushed this one close to Survivor Series 1998.

What totally confirmed this PPV as the WWF's best ever was the highlights shown immediately afterwards. As 'My Way' by Limp Bizkit played over action from earlier in the night the full extent of how good this event had been was shown. Hopefully somehow this will be improved upon but I have absolutely no idea how.

The Event was the best, A crowd of 67,925 fans watching the event in the arena and the Billions watching around the world. The 3 best matches in that event was TLC, Triple H and The Undertaker, and Stone Cold vs The Rock. TLC was a great match the only bad thing is the The Champions walking in left the with the titles. Triple H and the Undertaker, Motorhead did a fantastic job playing THE Game to the Ring it was great publicity for them and The Undertaker Entering the Ring with a HIGH rate of speed on his Motorcycle. The Match was great and The Undertaker ended the match with his record of 9-0 undefeated at Wrestlemania. Stone Cold and The Rock was the BEST OF THE BEST Stone Cold definitly had more fans on his side in the match you can tell. The Rock was basically a heel in the match because every time he would hit austin the more fans would boo him and the fans that were cheering him you couldn't hear from all the boos. I think Austin should have won that match because he deserved it more then any wrestler he came back after a year of healing from spinal surgery. Fans new it was his time to shine in the WWF and he went to rule the WWF for most of 2001.

A crowd of 67,925 fans set a new attendance-record for the Astrodome in Houston, Texas at April 1, 2001. And those 67,925 fans got their money's worth because Wrestlemania X-Seven is one of the best Wrestlemania's ever and even one of the best PPV's ever. Of course this Wrestlemania isn't without any stinkers. The match between Eddie Guerrero and Test for the European Championship is bad in every way and is nothing more than an average "Raw-is-War"-match. Ivory vs. Chyno for the WWF's Women's Championship is one of the worst matches I've ever seen. Chyna is a talented wrestler, but you can clearly see that Ivory isn't. She's better of as a henchman than as a wrestler. The rest of the fights are good or even very good. The Acolytes and Tazz vs Right to Censor isn't bad, but it's also rarely memorable. The Triple-Threat Hardcore Championship Match between Raven, Big Show and Kane is one of the highlights of the evening. It's brutal and it features the two largest athletes in the WWF: Big Show (7"2, 500 pounds) and Kane (7", 330 pounds). Chris Jericho vs. William Regal for the Intercontinental Title is also a entertaining match. Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit is a good technical wrestling match, Shane McMahon vs. Vince McMahon with Mick Foley as a special guest referee turned out to be a lot better than I thought. The Gimmick Battle Royal was a lot of fun to watch and it brought up a lot of memories with wrestlers like Hillbilly Jim, The Iron Sheik, Sgt. Slaughter, Eathquake and Nikolai Volkov but it could have been a lot better if there were a little bit more famous gimmicks like Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, Ricky Steamboat or Randy Savage. The other 3 highlights of the evening are the TLC II match for the Tag-Team Championship between The Hardy Boyz, The Dudley Boyz and Edge & Christian. Just like Wrestlemania 2000 (where these 3 teams also battled each other) this is a high-risk and very entertaining match. Triple-H vs. The Undertaker is also a great match and it truly uses the talents of both superstars. The main-event is a WWF Championship match between The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin. This match was a lot better than their match at Wrestlemania XV, because it's a lot less predictable. This is definitely one of the best main-events in WWF history. Wrestlemania X-Seven is great and it's almost perfect. So far the year 2001 is one of the best years in WWF-history.

The best part of 70 thousand peeps the huge aisle & tight ringside made for an Incredible atmosphere.Lots of bumps brawling & brilliance before a main event that was simply unforgettable.

-IC Championship: Jericho's entrance Is as gooder way to kick off as any but overall the match was pretty tame. Regal looks like a pasty tourist

-6 man tag: Not auspicious for RTC Stevie Richard's gets 3 words on the mike, Bradshaw nearly takes the reformed PIMP's head off In a brief but entertaining knock about

-Hardcore title: You just knew Raven was In for a pasting. Interesting to see the layout backstage and the Big red Machine taxiing the ref about! Kane lands on his arse apparently for the win.

-Euro Championship: Two fabulous power moves from Test - the tiltawhirl suplex & spin out powerbomb don't hide the fact this was a cheap miserable victory for Eddie. That was some big Boot! Smack

-Angle/Benoit: Methodical & technically top notch featuring 2 of the best In the business, sappy weak ending though.

-Women's Champ: Ivory's fit In a sort of 15 yr old teacher crushing way but she got squashed good & proper

Regal's encounter with Kamala Is funny an upside down splash would have been perfect.

-Mcmahon street fight:Always great to see Vince getting a beating never thought that jump would come off.

-TLC 2: Not as mad as Mania 16 the run In's were patently a case of having to do something different. Kudos to Jeff Hardy for being such a masochist although he botched the ladder walking bit. Lita half stripping before eating the 3D gets the rewind every time. Don't see why E/C needed to win again

HHH/Taker: A fight with very little wrestling. Deadman's last ditch reversals are horribly predictable but still get me cheering

WWe Championship: A classic. Rock especially puts In a great performance despite being booed out of town. Austin's face whilst stuck In the shapshooter will remain one of the most memorable stills In wrestling history. I'll never view a steel chair so Innocently ever again!

A couple gripes. Both guys obviously blading somehow lessened the protagonists - what was already a nailed on classic living true to the hype didn't need them to look slightly ridiculous covered In red. And re watching this there are several moments where I've had to turn the sound down due to Paul Heyman being such a loudmouthed tool. He nearly ruined the TLC match and gamely tried to spoil the main event with his rubbish overstatement, repeatedly leaving JR swinging In the wind with his hollered nonsense.

Overall In terms of feeling and climax this Is one of the greatest Wrestlemania's.