| 1 | 01.07.2025 | Ruthless Attitude | 8.0 | Another good WrestleMania hype show where almost the entire card is put together at this point and the matches are kinda there as a preview. There was an impressive debut for both Spike and Rhyno as they was added to a fun 6 man tag where they team with the Dudleys and E&C and that had some fun spots with a chair getting destroyed by Edge and Rhyno looking explosive hitting the Gore on Spike through a table. There was a great 4D chess type set up with Triple H where he lures Taker into a trap by attacking him and him arrested again with Big Show and Triple beating Kane in a handicap match and afterwards, they go a huge beatdown spot on him, Taker attacked the cops, who are revealed to be fake impersonators as they help Triple H give him a beat down with a huge blade job to sell it after Triple H hits him with a sledgehammer. It's so brutal the replay is actually turned black and white! There's an excellent face-to-face interview segment with JR conducting it with Austin and Rock and while they didn't come to blows this time, you certainly see a very different and more aggressive side to both of them as this was looking personal. The main event was alright even if I didn't particularly like how Rock was booked to win a handicap match with Benoit and Angle with only minimal fall out happening until afterwards, but the aftermath was strong where Rock again finds himself in the Ankle Lock and Austin enjoys it backstage and doesn't lift a finger to help him. |
| 2 | 14.02.2025 | MMSuperBoyo | 7.0 | |
| 3 | 09.09.2023 | AugustBurnsRed | 8.0 | |
| 4 | 20.07.2023 | qaywsxed | 7.0 | |
| 5 | 19.07.2023 | Turnbuckle Breath | 7.0 | Matches were eh, but great storytelling throughout. Rock and Austin face-to-face interview was great. Great hype for Trips/Taker, TLC II, and now we're seeing a potential Angle vs. Benoit angle no pun intended. I also liked Tazz getting into it with RTC. |
| 6 | 25.10.2022 | MotherOfThreeKids | 8.0 | Funny opener, good interview with Rock and Austin, terrific segment with Triple H and others. Solid show. |
| 7 | 18.09.2022 | Mudshow Idol | 6.0 | A very hype heavy show going into Wrestlemania. This is most notable for the sit down interview between Rock and Austin which does a great job of building their match. |
| 8 | 10.09.2022 | flightaker321 | 7.0 | This was another good show in the build up to mania. The Austin/Rock interview was great and anyone who thinks Rock was just catchphrases should watch that. The Taker/HHH story continues to have intriguing angles every week. Benoit gets screwed by Angle in the main event, and for the first time Austin doesn't come to The Rock's aid. |
| 9 | 25.02.2017 | Smi-48 | 6.0 | William Regal sorgt schnörkellos für einen Erfolg Ravens, der sich aber als undankbarer Champion erweist. Und während man X-Factor grundlos ins Nirvana pusht, wird der Undertaker abgeführt und somit ein Handicap-Match für Kane angesetzt - irgendwie ja auch die richtige Strafe für dessen Einmischen in die Fehde zwischen seinem Bruder und Helmsley. Er wehrt sich dann beherzt, muss sich aber der numerischen Überlegenheit geschlagen geben. Als Kane dann nach Matchende von Helmsley und Big Show noch weiter zerlegt wird, ist es sogar dem Taker zu viel und er zerlegt die Pseudo-Cops für den Safe - ist mit Handschellen aber schwierig. Das Interview-Segment mit den beiden Faces Austin und Rock ist essentiell - das bringt die Hauptstory von Mania ordentlich voran und gibt der Konstellation auch neue Tiefe. Spike Dudley geht übel durch den Tisch. Ich weiss nicht, ob Rocky da am Ende umbedingt zwei der besten Heels der Company abkochen muss, aber immerhin bekommt er im Nachlauf noch was verbraten. Er und Austin sind sich da dann wirklich nicht ganz grün. Die Show schraubt ein wenig am Finetuning für Mania - und das ist auch notwendig. Obwohl das ab und an etwas gesprintet wirkt, ist die Show überwiegend kurzweilig. |
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