Wrestlemania Count-Up – Wrestlemania XXVII (2015): Rock’s Wrestlemania
IMG Credit: WWE
Wrestlemania XXVII
Date: April 3, 2011
Location: Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
Attendance: 71,617
Commentators: Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler, Josh Matthews
Pre-Show: US Title: Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan
Pre-Show: Battle Royal
R-Truth, Great Khali, David Hart-Smith, Mark Henry, Johnny Curtis, Evan Bourne, Trent Barretta, Chris Masters, JTG, Yoshi Tatsu, Chavo Guerrero, Ted DiBiase, Tyler Reks, William Regal, Drew McIntyre, Curt Hawkins, Tyson Kidd, Primo, Zack Ryder, Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso, Daniel Bryan, Sheamus
Curtis is a generic guy who would later be known as Fandango and I think you know the Usos. Khali throws out Reks and Hawkins in the first twenty seconds and Henry tosses Tatsu a few seconds later. The match slows down a lot and everyone brawls with everyone with no one getting close to an elimination. Jimmy Uso is hanging onto the ropes and pulls them down to eliminate Truth.
Henry dumps both Usos a few seconds later and a big group of people gets rid of Mark. Primo and Ryder go out in quick succession and Drew has to last on the apron. Chavo tries to knock McIntyre out but gets backdropped to the floor and Khali knocks out Hart-Smith. JTG is dumb enough to go up top and gets chopped out by Khali. Bryan throws Kidd out and McIntyre eliminates Trent.
Keri Hilson sings America the Beautiful.
The cylinder from last year has been replaced by an even bigger cube.
The opening video is the standard operating procedure: talking about the history of the event with the major highlight clips before an assortment of stuff on the major matches. This still works so why mess with it?
Smackdown World Title: Alberto Del Rio vs. Edge
Alberto (who won the 2011 Royal Rumble to earn this shot) is challenging and comes out in a Rolls Royce (he was a car guy, to put it mildly) with his personal ring announcer Ricardo Rodriguez doing his introduction. Del Rio also has Brodus Clay as his bodyguard so Edge brings out Christian as backup. Feeling out process to start until Edge gets shoved into the corner but he comes out with a slap to the face.
Back in and Edge heads up top, only to get armdragged back down to the mat in a big crash. A big boot and flapjack get two for the champ but a Codebreaker to the arm looks to set up the armbreaker. Edge counters into the Edge-O-Matic for two but Del Rio grabs the armbreaker a few seconds later, only to have Edge roll his feet into the ropes. Del Rio follows up with a running enziguri but Edge gets his foot on the ropes again. Rodriguez tries to break it up, triggering a brawl between Christian and Brodus.
Tough Enough ad.
Cole brags about his Slammys and promises to win tonight.
Cody Rhodes vs. Rey Mysterio
Kane/Big Show/Santino Marella/Kofi Kingston vs. Corre
CM Punk vs. Randy Orton
Jerry Lawler vs. Michael Cole
Austin Stuns Matthews for making the announcement.
Wrestlemania week video.
JR and King are doing commentary now.
HHH vs. Undertaker
19-0 flashes on the screen and both guys are done. HHH slowly gets up as the trainer comes in to check on Undertaker (thankfully in silence). Undertaker gets out of the ring and falls on his face, eventually needing to be carted up the ramp.
Wrestlemania XXVII is in Miami.
Dolph Ziggler/Laycool vs. John Morrison/Trish Stratus/Snooki
The new attendance record is announced. Notice that they said for any entertainment event, which excludes football.
Raw World Title: The Miz vs. John Cena
Miz takes over in the corner and whips Cena hard across the ring, setting up his running clothesline for two. A gutwrench suplex gets the same for Cena as the crowd is just silent. Miz misses the second running corner clothesline and takes the top rope Fameasser for two. The champ slowly stomps him down and a baseball slide sends Cena out to the floor. Back in and a knee lift gets two as Cena has shown no fire so far.
Ratings Comparison
Edge vs. Alberto Del Rio
Original: C+
2013 Redo: C+
2015 Redo: C+
Cody Rhodes vs. Rey Mysterio
Original: B
2013 Redo: B-
2015 Redo: B
Corre vs. Kane/Santino Marella/Kofi Kingston/Big Show
Original: N/A
2013 Redo: N/A
2015 Redo: N/A
CM Punk vs. Randy Orton
Original: B-
2013 Redo: B
2015 Redo: B-
Michael Cole vs. Jerry Lawler
Original: C
2013 Redo: D-
2015 Redo: D
Undertaker vs. HHH
Original: B
2013 Redo: B
2015 Redo: A-
Snooki/Trish Stratus/John Morrison vs. Dolph Ziggler/Laycool
Original: N/A
2013 Redo: D+
2015 Redo: D
Miz vs. John Cena
Original: C-
2013 Redo: D-
2015 Redo: D-
Overall Rating
Original: C-
2013 Redo: D
2015 Redo: C-
That HHH vs. Undertaker match really is great.
http://kbwrestlingreviews.com/2011/04/03/wrestlemania-27-not-sure-on-this-one/
And the 2013 Redo:
http://kbwrestlingreviews.com/2013/04/05/wrestlemania-count-up-wrestlemania-xxvii-rocky-cant-save-this-one/
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