Sunday, March 12, 2006

Another wrestlemania review as we lead to wrestlemania 22 by reader theantichrist4@activemail.co.uk
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Card=Bad News Brown won a 20 man battle royal. The match wasn't the most
exciting battle royal in the world but looking at the rest
of the card it was proberbly the only way to kick off the show 3.5/10.
Ultimate Warrior beat Hercules in a boring brawl 1.5/10 (WWF
Title Tourney:Round 1)Ted Dibiase beat Jim Duggan in a very poor match
1.5/10. Don Muraco beat Dino Bravo by DQ in a dull bout 2.5/10-Muraco was
well past his prime by 1988. Greg Valentine beat Ricky Steamboat in a
boring but passable match 4/10-thats
Savage/Steamboat II out the window then! Randy Savage beat Butch Reed in a
forgettable match 2/10. One Man Gang beat Bam Bam Bigelow by countout in a
poor battle of the beasts 2/10(for Bigelows athleticism!) Jake Roberts &
Rick Rude wrestled to a draw in a good, underrated match which
might have bored some, but the purpose of the match was to be a gruelling
epic and both men played their roles perfectly. 6/10 Bobby Heenan &
Islanders beat Bulldogs & Koko B'Ware in a decent enough match,
unsurprisingly thanks to The Bulldogs and Islanders 4.5/10-Heenan added some
decent comic value too. (WWF Title
Tourney:Round 2) Hulk Hogan & Andre
went to a double DQ in a very poor excuse for a rematch 3/10. Ted Dibiase
beat Don Muraco in a disappointing match 3.5/10 Randy
Savage beat Greg Valentine in a dull match
2.5/10.(WWF Tag Title)Demolition beat Strike Force in a solid match 5.5/10
(WWF
Title Tourney:Semi Final Match)Randy Savage beat One Man Gang in a
predictable bout 2/10. (I-C Title)Brutus Beefcake beat Honky Tonk Man by DQ
in a typical 80's style match, that the crowd made passable 2.5/10.(WWF
Title
Tournament:Finals)Randy Savage beat Ted Dibiase in a great but way too
short match that was definetly the best match of the
night. 8.5/10-On a downside though, Hulk Hogan just had to interject
himself into this one and Savage's title win didn't mean as much as it
should have since Hogan interfered in the match on Savage's behalf, giving
The Macho Man an unclean win.

Overall=A contender for worst Wrestlemania of alltime as well as most
disappointing Wrestlemania of alltime because there was so much potential
for great matches within the WWF Title Tournament, most notably Savage vs
Steamboat II, which Savage could have won, making him and Steamboat even.
Hogan vs Andre II was an atrocity! Hogan should have beat Andre, then
jobbed to Dibiase(thanks to
Andre's interference). This would have kept the Hogan/Andre feud going,
plus it would have made more sense for Hogan to cost Dibiase the Title in
the finals against Savage. We'd also have our Summerslam 88 main event set
with Savage/Hogan vs Andre/Dibiase too! Wrestlemania IV doesn't have one
must-see match on it, although Savage/Dibiase is a very good and underrated
match, it's hardly what a Wrestlemania main event should be, especially
given it's length. Up until 1988, Wrestlemania 2 was considered the worst
but Wrestlemania IV would certainly pose strong competition to it cause
while on the whole Wrestlemania 2 was a terrible show, it at least had one
must see match on it(Bulldogs/Dream Team) 2/10-Wrestlemania IV was 4 hours
of missed opportunities and
wasted potential! Best Match=Savage/Dibiase. Worst Match=Warrior/Hercules

My WM-IV Card=Tournament 1st Round-Dibiase vs Muraco(Dibiase
wins) Bigelow vs One Man Gang(Bigelow wins). Steamboat vs
Valentine(Steamboat wins)Savage vs Honky(Savage wins) Jake vs Rude(Rude
wins). Warrior vs Hercules(Double Countout).(Rude gets bye to Semi Finals)
Tournament 2nd Round-Hogan vs Andre(Hogan wins), Dibiase vs
Bigelow(Dibiase wins), Steamboat vs Savage(Savage wins). Semi Finals-Hogan
vs Dibiase(Dibiase wins), Savage vs Rude(Savage wins). Tournament
finals-Savage vs Dibiase(Savage wins). (WWF Tag Titles)Strike Force vs Hart
Foundation. Tag Team Battle Royal(Demolition win over Bulldogs, Islanders,
Rougeau's, Stallions, Boshovieks and Bee's)