The Shock of WrestleMania 33
With The New Day hosting WrestleMania 33, one of their biggest surprises had nothing to do with them. Instead, they announced another team entering the RAW Tag Team Championships. That team was Matt and Jeff Hardy, who came to WrestleMania 33 with the biggest reaction of the night. It is really unbelievable how they have gotten even bigger and better since they left WWE. Recreating a tag team with a few chants and a few new moves.
The Hardy Boys won the RAW Tag Team Championships. Yes, you read that correctly. For the first time in recent memory, I was legit shocked and awed by the reaction, the match and the outcome. A Swanton through a ladder from Jeff and Matt climbed the ladder to retrieve the championship.
Thank God that WWE got this right and got their return scripted to absolute perfection.
Bray Wyatt vs. Randy Orton
The WWE World Championship match was unique to say the least. During the match, the lights went out a few times and graphics appeared in the ring with worms and dirt. The remains of Sister Abigail seemed to overtake much of the match, but the psychology was really good. Tonight was more about the continued rebuilding of Randy Orton. Whether you love it or hate it, Randy Orton is more marketable than Bray Wyatt. Personally, this was the most surprising outcome of the night for me. Does WWE think that Wyatt is too much for the WWE World Championship?
Randy Orton still looks great in the ring and I am excited to see both of these men continue to work together. I do think we get a few stipulation matches with the two men, culminating in June or July. They can do still so much, add more pieces to the feud and continue to make sure that everything they have done with Bray is not completely squashed.
The Kingslayer vs. Triple H
The spectacle of a match against Triple H at WrestleMania. Seth Rollins came out looking badass and intense and the match did not disappoint. Result via WZ Live Coverage:
Flying clothesline by Rollins. Back in the ring Rollins springboards for a flying knee, but Triple H catches him by the leg. Rollins fights out of it. Triple H rolls to the outside. Rollins lands two suicide dives onto Triple H. Rollins slams Triple H head first into the announce table. Rollins sets Triple H up for a Pedigree on the table. Triple H reverses it into a DDT on the table. Triple H hits Rollins in the bad knee with a steel chair. Rollins pulls himself up on the apron. Triple H hits Rollins in the knee with the chair again. Triple H sets Rollins leg up on the announce table. Triple H climbs the barricade and knee drops Rollins bad knee. Triple H sends Rollins back into the ring.
Triple H works over Rollins’ knee. Triple H chops Rollins in the corner. Triple H sets Rollins’ knee on the middle rope and kicks it over and over again. Rollins tries to fight back. Rollins catches Triple H with a flatliner into the middle rope. Rollins tries to go up top, but Triple H cuts him off. Rollins tries to sunset flip powerbomb, but Rollins’ knee gives out. Triple H laughs. Rollins gets up and picks up Triple H for a running powerbomb, but Rollins collapses. Triple H calls for the Pedigree, but Rollins reverses it into a buckle bomb. Rollins whips Triple H into the corner. Triple H tumbles over the top rope. Rollins stands on the top turnbuckle and dives off for a splash. Rollins hits the splash but hurts his knee even more in the process. Rollins throws Triple H into the ring post. Rollins pulls a few chairs from under the ring and a table. Frog splash off the top to Triple H’s back for a two count. Rollins grabs a chair and Triple H begs off. Triple H kicks Rollins in the knee. Triple H spine busters Rollins. Triple H wraps a chair around Rollins’ knee. Triple H stomps the chair, then elbow drops it.
Triple H goes up top but Rollins gets up and tosses the chair at Triple H’s head. Rollins superplexes Triple H off the top. As soon as they hit the mat Rollins rolls through and hits a falcon arrow for a two count. Rollins goes back up top but Stephanie McMahon pulls him off the top rope. Triple H locks in the reverse figure four. Rollins reverses the hold and lock in a Gargano Lock. Triple H hits Rollins’ knee over and over again. Rollins has no choice but to let go of the hold. Rollins rolls to the outside. Triple H locks int he reverses figure four on the outside. Rollins digs under the ring and tosses a few chairs at Triple H. Rollins tosses a sledghammer as well. Triple H lets Rollins go and picks up the sledgehammer. Rollins rolls into the ring and Triple H follows. Triple H hits a facebuster. Rollins hits a spin kick. Triple H bounces off the rope and destroys Rollins with a clothesline. Triple H grabs the sledgehammer, but Rollins catches him with a leaping enziguri. Rollins picks up the sledgehammer. Rollins is about to hit Triple H with it but Stephanie grabs it from Rollins. Triple H hits the Pedigree, but Rollins somehow kicks out.
Triple H pulls up Rollins for a top rope Pedigree, but Rollins back body drops Triple H off the top. Phoenix splash by Rollins. Triple H kicks out! Triple H tries another Pedigree, but Rollins reverses it and attempts a Pedigree of his own. Triple H chop blocks Rollins. Stephanie gets on the apron and grabs Rollins from behind. Triple H charges at Rollins, but Rollins moves out of the way. Triple H almost hits Stephanie, but Triple H stops himself. Rollins superkicks Triple H and Triple H stumbles into Stephanie. Stephanie falls off the apron through a table! Triple H turns around and Rollins Pedigrees Triple H for the win.
A great match thatthe beginning of the Seth Rollins championship push. At first, the crowd was a little tired. After, they got rolling with chants for the man from Davenport, Iowa. Ring psychology between these two men were off the charts and it was more of a wrestling match than I expected. The knee, the reversals and the ultimate ending was when Stephanie McMahon took a bump through the table and Rollins hit a Pedigree for the win. Great match and a strong reminder that Triple H might go down as one of the best ever.
