Raw Thoughts... On Undertaker vs Triple H.

The opening of Raw with the Undertaker was very impressive, a little been there said it and just repeated what's been said in the past but the goal was to announce it was a No Hold Barred match which congratulations they have done. Now lets list these 18 other individuals who have lost to the Undertaker at past Wrestlemanias...

WrestleMania VII: Jimmy (Superfly) Snuka
WrestleMania VIII: Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WrestleMania IX: Giant Gonzales
WrestleMania XI: King Kong Bundy
WrestleMania XXI: Diesel
WrestleMania 13: Sycho Sid
WrestleMania XIV: Kane
WrestleMania XV: The Big Boss Man
WrestleMania X-Seven: Triple H
WrestleMania X-8: Ric Flair
WrestleMania XIX: Big Show & A-train (Handicap match)
WrestleMania XX: Kane
WrestleMania 21: Randy Orton
WrestleMania 22: Mark Henry
WrestleMania 23: Batista
WrestleMania 24: Edge
WrestleMania 25: Shawn Michaels
WrestleMania 26: Shawn Michaels


That's right as much as they want to praise the 18 different men Undertaker has beaten in truth he has only beaten 17 and that counting both men at Wrestlemania 19 which is fine but please stop claiming it especially while fans have both Michaels matches fresh in their mind. What else pisses me off about this storyline is the fact that neither man acknowledges there past match as Wrestlemania X-7, why? Because in the end it's not either man is failing to mention it, its the fact they are purposely trying to make it sound like a first time ever bout. I am looking forward to the match, I don't know how either man will pull it off but if they do it will be the match of the night.

WRESTLEMANIA 27 UPDATE!!

The Undertaker vs Triple H has been officailly made for Wrestlemania 27 in the Georgia Dome, as yet the match doesn't have any stipulations but you can expect that Hall Of Fame bound Shawn Michaels will feature in the bout in some way.

Would of been nice, right?

Wrestlemania - Personal Favourites.

Growing up throughout my life as a wrestling fan I have seen every Wrestlemania and I have fond memories of all... even Wrestlemania 9. Being pretty young, my first Wrestlemania I ever saw was Wrestlemania 12 and I was blown away by the amazing Iron man match, in my opinion that match is the greatest hour long match I have ever seen. Keep your Ring Of Honor CM Punk/ Samoa Joe matches, you will never top the 'Mania 12 iron man match, nothing could top how angry I got when Gorilla Monsoon made Bret Hart continue after the tie.

Another memory of mine was Wrestlemania 14 when Austin won his first title against Michaels, that night you felt like the WWE was changing and for the next few years the Austin era reigned supreme.

Wrestlemania 16 saw possibly my favourite 'Mania moment when Triple H retained the title in the main event. At this time I was a real mark for Hunter and couldn't stand The Rock purely because of how popular he was. The amount of trash which was thrown into the ring at the end of the night just made my day. This Wrestlemania also blew my mind with the ladder match, but I must admit I still to this day prefer the No Mercy 1999 ladder match between the Hardys and Edge/Christian.

By Wrestlemania 17 I had improved my knowledge of the wrestling business and seen the Austin heel turn coming from a mile away,the fact I was right though still shocked me at the time. Also for some reason the gimmick battle royal still makes me smile seeing Doink the clown.

Other thing from the 'Manias post 17 which I thought were cool was the Lesnar/Angle match and the shooting star gone wrong. Undertakers return at Wrestlemania 20 and Edge's money in the bank win at Wrestlemania 21.

I was annoyed and and shocked when Cena made Hunter tap at Wrestlemania 22 I felt my younger mark getting very mardy when then happened. 24 saw the incredible Edge vs Taker match at Wrestlemania 24 and 25 saw well two words Michaels/Taker.

WrestleMania Classic Matches - My Top 26

WrestleMania 26 is now only days away, and from the look at the post's on this site and on others, it's the only thing on wrestling fans minds. To carry on the build up to this huge event, I am going to give you my all time top WrestleMania matches. Normally people rate their matches in a top 10 or even top 20, but with this being WrestleMania 26, I'm going for my best 26 'Mania matches. Some of them you will agree with, while others, you will be shocked at, but these matches are why I love WrestleMania and I hope you enjoy my countdown.

WrestleMania 23 - World Heavyweight Championship Match: Batista vs The Undertaker

WrestleMania VII - Loser Leaves The WWF Match: 'Macho Man' Randy Savage vs The Ultimate Warrior

WrestleMania VI - WWF Championship vs Intercontinental Championship Match: Hulk Hogan vs The Ultimate Warrior

WrestleMania X8 - The Rock vs 'Hollywood' Hulk Hogan

WrestleMania X - Brother vs Brother: Bret Hart vs Owen Hart

WrestleMania XV - WWF Championship Match: The Rock vs 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin

WrestleMania XIX - Shawn Michaels vs Chris Jericho

WrestleMania XII - The Undertaker vs 'Big Daddy Cool' Diesel

WrestleMania 13 - Submission Match: Bret Hart vs 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin

WrestleMania 24 - Shawn Michaels vs Ric Flair

WrestleMania 23 - WWE Championship Match: John Cena vs Shawn Michaels

WrestleMania X7 - The Undertaker vs Triple H

WrestleMania 2000 (16) - WWF Tag Team Championship Triangle Ladder Match: The Dudley Boyz vs Edge and Christian vs The Hardy Boyz

WrestleMania X7 - No-Holds-Barred WWF Championship Match: The Rock vs 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin.

WrestleMania XXV - Shawn Michaels vs The Undertaker

WrestleMania XII - WWF Championship Iron Man Match: Bret Hart vs Shawn Michaels

WrestleMania XIX - The Rock vs 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin

WrestleMania 24 - World Heavyweight Championship Match: Edge vs The Undertaker

WrestleMania XIX - WWE Championship Match: Kurt Angle vs Brock Lesnar

WrestleMania XX - World Heavyweight Championship Triple Threat Match: Triple H vs Chris Benoit vs Shawn Michaels

WrestleMania XXI - Kurt Angle vs Shawn Michaels

WrestleMania 22 - No-Holds-Barred Match: Shawn Michaels vs Vince McMahon

WrestleMania X - Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match: Shawn Michaels vs Razor Ramon

WrestleMania 22 - WWE Championship Match: John Cena vs Triple H

WrestleMania 2000 (16) - WWF Championship Fatal 4 Way Match (A McMahon In Every Corner): Triple H w/ Stephanie McMahon vs The Rock w/ Vince McMahon vs The Big Show w/ Shane McMahon vs Mick Foley w/ Linda McMahon

WrestleMania VIII - Intercontinental Championship Match: Rowdy Roddy Piper vs Bret Hart

iMPACT ratings, Wrestlemania build up.

So Wrestlemania is just 8 days away and we basically have the final card. The problem however is what will go on last? My guess would most likely be Cena vs Batista as Wrestlemania 18 proved the McMahon's like a title match to go on last. Talking of Wrestlemania 18 i'm currently re-watching the DVD and Drowning Pool suck.

Shawn Michaels is currently telling his close friends and family that he will retire at Mania, my personal guess is that its all kayfabe. One popular idea would be for Triple H to screw Michael's out of the match. That would definatley freshen up The Game's gimmick.

Onto TNA and its recent ratings, I think its 0.8 rating against RAW on Monday was a good rating when you account for the variables, which are that TNA was a taped show so many people would just read the spoilers, that it was going up against Austin, Hart and McMahon and finally that this is the hottest time on the WWE calender "The Road to Wrestlemania". TNA's true test will be the period after Mania when they have had to establish there Monday time slot. Personally TNA should have gotten a time slot in which they start 1 hour prior to Raw.

Thats basically it for now, its now the Kane vs Angle match on the WM18 DVD why did they ever take Kane's mask off?