WWE WrestleMania XXV

2009 "The 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania"
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Released: 05 April 2009 Released
Producted By: WWE Home Video
Country: United States of America
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Official Website: http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/25
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WrestleMania XXV was the twenty-fifth annual WrestleMania PPV. It was presented by the National Guard and took place on April 5, 2009 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. The first main event was a singles match for the WWE Championship that featured the champion, Triple H, defending against Randy Orton. The second was a Triple Threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship, between defedning champion Edge against John Cena & Big Show. The third main event was The Undertaker versus Shawn Michaels. Featured matches on the undercard included, Jeff Hardy versus Matt Hardy in an Extreme Rules match, Chris Jericho versus the team of Roddy Piper, Ricky Steamboat and Jimmy Snuka, and the annual Money in the Bank ladder match featuring Kane, MVP, Mark Henry, Shelton Benjamin, Kofi Kingston, CM Punk, Christian, & Finlay. With an attendance of 72,744, it is the 6th largest attendance in WrestleMania history.

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Drama, Action

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Kevin Dunn

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WWE WrestleMania XXV Audience Reviews

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.
Peereddi I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.
Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.
Staci Frederick Blistering performances.
davielee15 Sure this is disappointing and sure the match card did not live up to its hype but by golly it is not the worst wrestlemania ever! Match #1- MITB Ladder match- Probably the least of my favorite MITB matches but it was still a great way to start the show particularly from Kofi Kingston and Shelton Benjamin's performances. 8/10 Match #2- A diva battle royal match to declare wrestlemania queen or something like that- Abmysal 0/10 Match #3- Chris Jericho vs. Legends Stemaboat,Piper and Snuka- This put me back into the show. Ricky Steamboat looked tremendous.WOW! 7.5/10 Match #4- Extreme Rules match- Hardy vs. Hardy- While it lacked surprises, it sure did deliver some shock and AWE moments. The Hardy that won deserved to win. 7.5/10 Match #5- Intercontinental Title match- JBL vs. Mysterio- Like last years ECW title match I cannot rate it. However, JBL was hilarious and Mysterio had an awesome outfit.Mtch #6- Undertaker vs. HBK- This is the greatest wrestlemania match ever and one of the greatest wrestling matches ever to see again and again. You will be literally on your for feet the entire time and I was just exhausted after this match. Wish I can rate it 100/10 but of course 10/10.Match #7- 3 Way World Heavyweight Title match- Edge vs. Big Show vs. Cena- Very good triple threat title match 7/10.Match #8- WWE title match HHH vs. Orton- I've read reviews for this match and it wasn't horrible it was just not the right way to end the show and I agree Taker vs. HBK should have ended the show but this wasn't a complete waste of time. It has its moments but this main event is far from great and it is the least favorite main event since Wrestlemania 21. But overall over decent match. 6/10.The performances of Taker and HBK obviously saved the show but other reviews said it was one of the worst wrestlemanias of all time-I absolutely don't agree with that. This is a very solid show saved from being decent. OVERALL: 7/10
ThePunisherr Overall Wrestlemania 25 fulfilled my expectations, I didn't expect to see the most historical event in wrestling history or anything, I was just expecting a fairly good, entertaining Wrestlemania, which it was.4,25/5 Money in the bank ladder match: The money in the bank ladder match featured the following superstars; CM Punk, Kofi Kingston, MVP, Shelton Benjamin, Finlay, Kane and Mark Henry. I think the match was a really good Wrestlemania opener match,it included very good high risk moves (especially Shelton's suicide dive), almost no botched moves (except Shelton's sunset flip power bomb attempt to MVP from the ladder)and all the superstars in it made a really good performance. Everything until the ending in the match was spectacular I really enjoyed watching it, but I think CM Punk shouldn't have won for the second time in a row. I was hoping to see Kane or Christian win and get a championship opportunity, but overall a very good match.1/5 25-Diva Battle Royal: I thought this match was pretty much pointless and a waste of time, when I Watched it I didn't even know what was happening in the beginning, a ring full of divas just hitting on each others. There wasn't any high risk moves at all and the ending was literally just stupid. I guess it was supposed to be very funny that "Santina Marella" became the Miss Wrestlemania, but I didn't find it very funny. I think that a "proper" diva should have won.3,75/5 Chris Jericho vs The legends (Ricky Steamboat, Roddy Piper and Jimmy Snuka): I thought this was a fairly decent match, Ricky Steamboat's performance was AMAZING for someone his age. I think that they should have gotten some other Legend to replace Jimmy Snuka, because as you probably saw his performance wasn't very good and was sloppy (many botched moves and he was only slapping Jericho's chest). Roddy Piper was decent in the match, but was nothing compared to Ricky Steamboat's performance. The thing that made this match decent was the fight with Jericho and Steamboat after the other two legends had been eliminated. Steamboat literally stole the show in this match and saved the match from being terrible.4/5 Matt Hardy vs Jeff Hardy: Overall in my opinion this match was good; because it had a fair amount of hardcore in it and since Jeff and Matt are both "hardcore experts" the quality of the hardcore in the match was really good. Both Matt and Jeff's performances were really good and I didn't see any badly botched moves. Many people were hoping that Jeff Hardy would win and kick Matt's ass and were disappointed that Jeff Hardy lost. I think that the chair Twist of Fate was literally amazing, well done and a good way to end the match.2/5 Intercontinental Championship: JBL vs Rey Mysterio: The entrance and the speech of JBL before the match was literally ridiculous, when he said he will give us the most dominant victory in Wrestlemania history. Rey Mysterio's entrance was nice, respecting Heath Ledger (The Joker). The match itself was a bit stupid and humiliating for JBL that he lost in 21 seconds at Wrestlemania and at HIS LAST MATCH. It's a bit stupid that a guy who's weighs 100 pounds less, is almost 1 foot shorter and is always considered as the ultimate underdog wins a much bigger guy in 21 seconds at Wrestlemania. The 619 itself wasn't very spectacular, it was nearly botched. I was hoping to see at least a 10 minute match and I think that the idea of a 21 second match is boring, because on Wrestlemania 24 there was a 7 seconds ECW championship match.10/5 The Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels: I had very high expectations for this match, two legends, probably the best superstars in WWE history. After I had watched this match I was literally shocked, IT WAS AMAZING. The performances of Shawn and Undertaker were superb. As I was watching the match at a moment. I actually thought that Shawn Michaels could maybe break the streak, but he didn't. Everybody should respect these two men who gave us one of the best fight of all time! After I had seen Kurt Angle vs Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania 22, I thought that a non-hardcore match can't get any better than this, but after seeing this I was definitely wrong. Both of these amazing athletes showed amazing resiliency taking many finishers. Shawn and Taker proved everybody that said they would retire at WM 26 wrong and instead they gave them the fight of their lives. The crowd reaction was amazing, because both superstars had about the same amount of fans. 10 years from now when people will remember Wrestlemania 25, they will remember this match. You rarely see such performing and matches these days. This match definitely should have been the main event. 4/5 World Heavyweight Championship: John Cena vs Edge vs Big Show: It was a good match, but the fact that Big show was in it, made the fans sure that it would be either Cena or Edge who will win. Like Big Show winning the title at the 25th anniversary of Wrestlemania, that would never happen. I think the match could have been longer. Cena showed some real POWER in the end lifting Big Show and Edge. Overall it was a good entertaining match, but could have been better.3/5 WWE Championship: Triple H vs Randy Orton: A disappointment, I was hoping for a much better main event for WM25. Well the match wasn't very bad, there was a lot of good stuff in it too, but it just didn't feel like a good main event and people are getting tired of Triple H and Randy Orton always fighting in the main event. Many people say the ending was bad, well it wasn't a good WM25 last match ending.WM25 overall 8/10
wrestlingsitewebmaster Wrestlemania was held in Houston, Texas and the show was decent. That said 2 of the WWE's most reliable superstars (Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker) saved this show from being mediocre.The Money in the Bank Ladder match was good but was let down by botched moves, like for instance Shelton Benjamin was going to sunset flip power bomb MVP off a ladder but Porter was late releasing his grip, which resulted in both men falling to a heap on the floor. WWE didn't need to have Mark Henry, Finlay or Kane in there, they could have put the likes of R-Truth, The Brian Kendrick or Evan Bourne in with Kofi Kingston, Christian, MVP, CM Punk and Shelton Benjamin to make it more interesting.The Rey Mysterio vs JBL match was a waste of time, 21 seconds long? Why bother putting it on a super show? Oh yeah to make room for Kid Rock's abysmal singing which lasted 11 minutes but seemed like 11 hours. This was one of the reason's why the WWE unified tag team title match pitting Carlito and Primo against The Miz and John Morrison was cut from the PPV to make room for Kid Rock. If Kevin Dunn generally believes that he done good making this decision he needs his head testing.The 25 Diva battle royal was abysmal. Not memorable at all, Trish Stratus made the right decision turning the offer down to appear on it and Santino..... oops sorry Santina Marella winning it seemed like someone's idea of a joke.I was hoping that WWE would have put Chris Jericho in there with Ricky Steamboat alone. My fears were confirmed when they announced that Steamboat would be teaming with the ancient 64 year old Jimmy Snuka and the barely mobile Roddy Piper. Give Steamboat his due he had a very good 4 minute scrap with Jericho at the end. But the result with anti-climatic, fans sensing a feel good ending were baffled when Steamboat lost.The Triple Threat match between Edge, Big Show and John Cena was OK but not the best, Big Show was totally knackered but looking at Show's age (37) weight (440 pounds) and his condition (knackered)it's no wonder he's feeling the strain of wrestling long matches. This isn't the same Paul Wight who wrestled in WCW were he was billed as the Giant. Wight who could execute moonsaults and standing drop kicks in WCW, has never really fulfilled his true potential and never will.The Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels was outstanding. Possibly the best match at a Wrestlemania. Undertaker won with a Tombstone. Watch out for when Taker landed on the camera man, that was Sim Snuka (yes the same Sim Snuka who used to wrestle as Duece in the tag team with Domino, and hasn't been seen for months) Results from the show: CM Punk won the MIBL match which also featured, Kane, Finlay, Kofi Kingston, Christian, Shelton Benjamin, MVP and Mark Henry.... Rey Mysterio downed John Bradshaw Layfield in 21 seconds to win the Intercontinental Championship.... Chris Jericho downed Jimmy Snuka, Roddy Piper and Rick Steamboat in an elimination match.... John Cena defeated Big Show and Edge in a passable triple threat match to win the Heavyweight title.... Matt Hardy pinned Jeff Hardy in a good Extreme Rules match.... Santina Marella won the diva Battle Royal.... The Undertaker pinned Shawn Michaels in a superb match.... Triple H defeated Randy Orton in a disappointing match to retain the WWE title.Overall grade - B/C
jts0405 Match 1: Money in the Bank Ladder Match - CM Punk, Kane, Kofi Kingston, MVP, Christian, Mark Henry, Finlay and Shelton Benjamin all do battle for the briefcase. A brilliant start to the show. Finlay was in his element for this match, he dominated the first half with the small step ladder. Then we see some nice ring spots. In the end Christian looks to have it with the rest of the combatants on the floor, but last year's winner CM Punk springboards onto the ladder to stop him. Crowd seemed a little unhappy with that. Kane then ascends the ladder and ends up chokeslamming Christian off. CM Punk then nails Kane with some kicks and knocks him off the ladder. CM Punk then wins the Money in the Bank for the second year in a row.Match 2: 25 Diva Battle Royal - Crowd was a little bored during Kid Rock's mini-concert and mostly through this match. Santino is disguised in it as Santina, supposedly his twin sister from Italy. The match was dull and the returning divas didn't get their recognition for their return. In the end "Santina" eliminates Beth Phoenix to become Miss Wrestlemania. Pretty funny way to end, but match was pretty dull.Match 3: Roddy Piper, Ricky Steamboat &Jimmy Snuka vs Chris Jericho in a Handicap Match - I was looking forward to seeing the Legends take the win, but Jericho starts by making Snuka submit. Then Piper gets nailed with the Codebreaker and is eliminated as well. We are down to Steamboat and Jericho. Crowd was extremely behind Steamboat, but just like Piper he gets nailed with the Codebreaker and Jericho wins the match. Crowd hated it, but seeing Mickey Rourke knock out Jericho with a punch picked them back up.Match 4: Jeff Hardy vs Matt Hardy (Extreme Rules Match) - A lot of spots in this one, Jeff did most of the work. The double table dive was pretty good and the defining moment of this match. Jeff then brings in two ladders and tries to do a legdrop onto Matt, but he moves. Then probably the coolest thing I ever saw Matt do, a twist of fate with a steel chair around Jeff's neck. After that Matt scores the pinfall.Match 5: JBL (c) vs Rey Mysterio for the Intercontinental Championship - JBL wanted to deliver a dominating victory and attacked Rey before the match, then when the bell rung Mysterio took over and hit a splash to win the title. Plus Rey Mysterio's attire was the best of the night.Match 6: Shawn Michaels vs Undertaker - The match of the night and probably the match of the year. They carried the show and dominated all of the other matches on the card. Michaels really looked like he was going to end the streak this year. He kicked out of the first tombstone and honestly Undertaker's facial expression had me laughing hysterically. The diving outside of the ring spots were fantastic and the almost ten count on the Undertaker was brilliant. In the end Michaels goes for a moonsault and gets caught with a tombstone. The Undertaker gets the pin this time and goes 17-0.Match 7: Edge (c) vs John Cena vs Big Show in a Triple Threat for the World Heavyweight Championship - The better of the two title matches. Big Show dominated early on and was taken out quickly by both Cena and Edge. He then was tied up in the ropes and speared through the guardrail by Edge, but came back into play both times. In the end Cena lifted both men for the Attitude Adjustment. Big Show fell to the mat, but Cena continued by Attitude Adjusting Edge onto the Big Show, knocking him out of the ring in the process. With Big Show down Cena made the cover and reclaimed the World Heavyweight Championship. Better match than expected.Match 8: Triple H (c) vs Randy Orton for the WWE Championship - A real let down for a main event. Rhodes and DiBiase didn't event try to interfere for Orton, even though they might have been barred from ringside there wasn't even an attempt once the referee was down. Orton performed pretty horribly along with Triple H. The only good thing about this match was Triple H's entrance with the glass in front of him. In the end a sledgehammer came into play, even though Triple H could have been disqualified and lost the title, he hits Orton with the sledgehammer while the ref is down then punches him repeatedly and follows through with a pedigree for the win. Not even a great finish. Orton is all beaten and bruised and Triple H retains the WWE title. Horrible main event.