John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE WrestleMania 21 from April 3, 2005, featuring John Cena & Batista winning their first world titles, the very first Money In The Bank ladder match, Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels, and Big Show vs. Akebono.
On this podcast:
- Is WrestleMania 21 overrated?
- WWE goes Hollywood with movie-parody commercials
- Why WWE pivoted away from Orton vs. HHH as the original plan
- Michaels vs. Angle: one of the best Mania matches of all time
- Akebono vs. Big Show: one of the worst Mania matches of all time
- Edge wins MITB while the Matt Hardy–Lita scandal breaks
- Motörhead’s Lemmy doesn’t know the words to Triple H’s theme song
- Eddy and Benoit, one year after WMXX
- Roddy Piper vs. the “What?” chant
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WrestleMania 21
Sunday, April 3, 2005
Los Angeles, California, at Staples Center
- World Heavyweight Championship: Triple H (c) vs. Batista
- WWE Championship: JBL (c) vs. John Cena
- Sumo Match: Big Show vs. Akebono
- Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels
- Women’s Championship: Trish Stratus (c) vs. Christy Hemme
- The Undertaker vs. Randy Orton
- Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Chris Jericho vs. Kane vs. Christian vs. Chris Benoit vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Edge
- Eddy Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio
(Click the links above to watch the matches on YouTube)
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