Raw Women's Champion Bayley and Sasha Banks def. Charlotte Flair and Nia JaxThe pre-match promos from all four women were an appreciated attempt to make me care about the upcoming Raw Women's Championship match at WrestleMania, though Charlotte is far and away the best mic worker of the bunch at the moment. Banks could be better once she eventually turns heel. Charlotte questioning Banks' loyalty to Bayley was the story of the segment and I'm sure that will play a major factor in the Fatal 4-Way match. As for this matchup, they were given a ton of time and they made the most of it. We have seen pretty much every combination of these four women against each other in recent months, but it was a good tag match that benefited from opening the evening. It was also encouraging to see Bayley score a meaningful win for a change in clean fashion, though it was Jax who stood tall afterward. I didn't mind that because she has been an afterthought in this title program lately. Austin Aries def. Noam DarFirst and foremost, I was disappointed to hear the WWE Cruiserweight Championship match would be relegated to the Kickoff show at WrestleMania. Perhaps it means they'll receive more time, but I was looking forward to that more than anything else and it isn't even on the main card anymore. Regardless, this was a really fun match, better than most Cruiserweight matches we tend to see on Raw. The hype for Aries vs. Neville has been excellent and I loved how Aries introduced his Last Chancery submission maneuver days ahead of their encounter.
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By RJ Marceau In less than a week I will be live at WrestleMania 33 in Orlando, FL. This will be my second WrestleMania I will be attending with my first WrestleMania at WrestleMania 30 in New Orleans, LA. I am stoked for WrestleMania 33 and I think the card has a lot of diversity for all fans.
Last WrestleMania season, I took on the tough task of ranking my top 31 favorite matches in 'Mania history. And this wasn't a single article, either. Every day in the month of March, I wrote an article breaking down each bout, culminating in my favorite WrestleMania match of all-time on March 31, mere days ahead of WrestleMania 32. I enjoyed putting the series together, despite the long time it took to do it.
This year, I thought I would do something a bit different, yet not quite as arduous. Instead of looking at 'Mania matches I loved, why not talk about those I wasn't too fond of? And I'm not talking about matches I didn't care about, either; I'm referring to bouts that I straight-up did not like. For my WrestleMania Recall series, every 'Mania match ever was eligible, but this list will only take into consideration matches from WrestleMania 25 onward, because that was my first Show of Shows as a fan. Trust me, there are many, many matches I could include from those early installments, so I decided to limit it to the last eight years of 'Mania only. Davey Richards def. SuicideWhile I honestly couldn't care less about the Suicide character returning, it was weird for him to lose his first two matches back. That said, I don't desire to see him get pushed, so he's fine in an enhancement role. He was able to incorporate a few of his signature spots, but the match was all about Richards as it should have been. He has done well with his new heel character thus far and I enjoy his pairing with Angelina Love. They do a great job of making fans hate them. Shera, Laredo Kid and Garza Jr def. Idris Abraham, Fallah Bahh and Mario BokaraI was initially skeptical about how well this match would go over when three of the combatants were total unknowns and two of the other three just debuted last week, but this turned into a really fun match. Abraham, Bahh and Bokara all impressed in their own way and each of them were given time to shine. Shera does zero for me, but Kid and Garza are great and Garza is especially entertaining to watch. The simultaneous moonsaults at the end were crazy cool. They're a part of the tag team title chase, so it was logical for their team to go over.
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