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

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.

This is the best Wrestlemania I have ever seen! The matches on here are all great, my favourite was TLCII (tables, ladders and chairs 2). All the other matches are very enjoyable and fun to watch, such as the gimmick battle royal. The main event Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Rock is a very good match and a dramatic end that changes the face of the WWF forever. All in all this WWF event is possibly the best WWF event, let alone the best Wrestlemania I have ever seen! Make sure you watch this one you cant afford to miss it!

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 best Mania ever, but some matches were still crap.

First match didn't catch my eye and that's a shame. William Regal and Chris Jericho have all the tools to be brilliant in every match they star in, but something didn't click in this match unfortunately. Y2J wins.

Match 2 was OK. Tazz and the APA taking on Right to Censor members Val Venis, Bull Buchanan and the Goodfather. APA and Tazz win when Bradshaw clotheslines the Goodfather.

Next match was just awful! I mean I was laughing at how Kane, Big Show and Raven acted this one out. Kane threw Raven through a window backstage which was sugar glass, Big Show and Kane went through a paper wall together. Kane made the error of accidentally running over Raven's ankle in a golf buggy! and at the end of the match Kane jumped on top of Big Show and Raven for no apparent reason, and made many fans and viewers wandering what on earth he was doing! Kane won this 'match'.

Next up Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle put on an excellent match, and this is followed by the famous TLC match pitting Edge and Christian, The Hardy Boyz and The Dudley Boyz against each other. Edge and Christian won.

Next up The Undertaker battles Triple H in a solid outing, even though the match seemed to drag on for about 5 hours, but Taker gets the win after delivering the Last Ride to The Game. Next up was the gimmick Battle Royal which consisted of The Iron Sheik, Sgt Slaughter, Tugboat, Earthquake, The Goon, Repo Man, Kamala, Doink the Clown, Nikolai Volkoff, James E Cornette, Michael Hayes, The Gobbledy Gooker, The Buswackers, Brother Love, Hillbilly Jim, Kim Chee, Harvey Wippleman, One Man Gang and Duke Drosse. Nothing to say except it was nice seeing the old faces coming back. Shiek got the win.

Then 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin takes on The Rock for his WWE title. This was a no DQ match up, which saw Austin turning heel and becoming allies with Vince McMahon!

Regal vs Y2J - 5/10 Tazz/APA vs Right to Censor - 6.5/10 Vince McMahon vs Shane McMahon - 7.5/10 Kane/Raven/Big Show - 4/10 Gimmick Battle Royal - 3.5/10 Taker vs HHH - 7/10 TLC match - 8.5/10 Test vs Eddie Guerrero - 7/10 Benoit vs Angle - 9/10 Austin vs Rock -8/10