wrestlemania 29 thoughts and what not...

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so, my wrestlemania 29 in-game didn't go on as i planned. covered only the last three matches. i really wanted to have a running commentary of the matches as it happened or even have my comments up right after each match. it didn't pan out as planned but still... anyway, here are my thoughts about the matches. for easier reference, i'll just go on per match: *first is the intercontinental championship match at the pre-show. seriously? one of the most important titles in wwe history and it is relegated to a pre-show??? just doesn't make sense nor does it sit well for me. i remember a good amount of wrestlers who held the intercontinental belt and had very memorable intercontinental matches... macho man randy savage vs ricky 'the dragon' steamboat... bret 'the hitman' hart vs british bulldog... british bulldog vs shawn michaels...stoen cold steve austin vs owen hart... the rock vs stoen cold steve austin and the list goes on and on and on. i mean, wwe could have bumped the match in the main wrestelmania card and instead made the 8-man mixed tag team between tons of funk vs team rhodes scholars instead (which wasn't shown for reasons unknown). the miz wins this one but without a fight from wade barrett. i don't know what wwe is planning for this miz-barrett feud. it seems to have run its course. i think the miz can move up to the league and start getting pushed seriously once again. he had headlined wrestlemania before and for sure he can do it again. he needs to have a serious feud going on with another superstar. wade barrett is a superstar in the making and one of the few that i really think that the company shoudl pin its hopes on. he had a feud going on with bo dallas after the royal rumble and that seem to just fizzle out. anyway, hopefully, this new chapter for both the miz and wade barrett bring them more featured matches and better storylines. *tag team championship match between team hell no and the team of dolph ziggler and big e langston was entertaining but really came as a surprise since i had initially thought that team hell no will drop the titles to dolph ziggler and big e langston. i love that both kane and daniel bryan got a big pop from the crowd during the different times in the match. these two are very entertaining, skilled, and hard working wrestlers so although they may appear to be 'mismatched' as a tag team, they are highly effective. much as they have been a good tag team, i personally think they have run their course as a tag team and i would love to see them drop the tag team titles to a deserving team, possibly team rhodes scholars or perhaps the usos or perhaps the prime time players. *a battle of the heavyweights with mark henry versus ryback. i had initially thought and said that ryback wins this one. mark henry wins this match although it isn't a clear win. ryback surprised a lot when he had mark henry up on his shoulders fro a shell shock but mark henry grabbed the top rope and 'fell' on top of a 'knocked out' ryback for the 1-2-3 count. after the win, mark henry made the mistake of going back to the ring and getting shell shocked by ryback twice. so talk about being declared a winner but ending up a loser after the match. this loss continues ryback's losing streak in pay per view events. *chris jericho versus fandango is mind boggling to me. i know jericho has said that he really doesn't care if he wins or loses a match as long as he gives a good show, he is contented with it. i for one had this match circled as a win for jericho and was surprised how it ended. this is a big push for fandango and hopefully we see wwe creative start the build up process of future stars. i think we haven't seen the end of this feud and i do hope chris jericho wins their next match up possibly at extreme rules. *the shield versus randy orton, sheamus, and big show was another good match. the shield won this one and they continue their win streak at ppv's to 4-0. another good showing for the shield and although i think that individually, each wrestler in the shield will be better off once they start to branch out in their respective careers, their current showing as a group ain't that bad. it was a back and forth affair for both teams with each wrestler getting hyped up. finally a spear on randy orton sealed the fate of the collectione of previous champions. in the end, the shield escapes with the win. many had thought that a loss would drive randy orton to being a heel but surprisingly it is big show that ended up giving the ko punch to both sheamus and orton. with the win, this shield storyline continues but i do hope they break this group up sooner than later and see each of the three wrestlers in singles competition. *alberto del rio retains the championship belt with a cross arm breaker on jack swagger. nuff said. i do hope this feud continues but there are questions as to what will happen with jack swagger after wrestlelmania in connection to his dui arrest a couple of months back. perhaps at extreme rules they can have a match again with a different stipulation. i expect wwe to continue to push alberto del rio as a champion. him and ricardo rodriguez clearly are made to appeal to the latin/mexican demographic of the wwe. ricardo is a goofball of a character, he reminds me so much of santino marella. ricardo is a good mouthpiece to the character of del rio. i have a running commentary and some of my thoughts on the other three matches. kinda pressed for time so i'm going to leave this discussion for now. anyway, my fellow mylotters, what's your take on wrestlemania 29? what were your favorite matches? what were your favorite highlights of the show? feel free to chime in. cheers everyone!!!