30 Week Journey: Wrestlemania XXI (2005)
This week The Lapsed Fan goes Hollywood as WWE brings a pivotal event to Staples Center that launched the runs of two future superstars.
TLF enters the final third of its 30-week WrestleMania journey by sizing up the World Title wins of John Cena and Batista at WrestleMania 21.
Hosts Jack Encarnacao and JP Sarro dive deep into a turning-point evening, including:
- Which Hollywood-esque trailers for the show hit and which ones missed.
- The final Mania match of Eddie Guerrero’s life in an underappreciated battle with longtime friend Rey Mysterio.
- HHH tells WWE Champion JBL to “keep telling yourself you’re good and I’m sure after a while somebody will believe you.”
- The very first Money in the Bank launches Edge’s headline run. Plus, what ever became of Shelton Benjamin’s potential?
- Hogan returns to dispatch Muhammad Hassan.
- Taker versus Orton in the last WM match it felt like Taker could actually lose.
- Angle v. Michaels
- Why Cena pulled ahead of Batista
That and so much more, including Dave Meltzer on what this successful 2005 show represents.
Head down the home stretch with TLF’s WrestleMania 21 review, available for download now!
TLF enters the final third of its 30-week WrestleMania journey by sizing up the World Title wins of John Cena and Batista at WrestleMania 21.
Hosts Jack Encarnacao and JP Sarro dive deep into a turning-point evening, including:
- Which Hollywood-esque trailers for the show hit and which ones missed.
- The final Mania match of Eddie Guerrero’s life in an underappreciated battle with longtime friend Rey Mysterio.
- HHH tells WWE Champion JBL to “keep telling yourself you’re good and I’m sure after a while somebody will believe you.”
- The very first Money in the Bank launches Edge’s headline run. Plus, what ever became of Shelton Benjamin’s potential?
- Hogan returns to dispatch Muhammad Hassan.
- Taker versus Orton in the last WM match it felt like Taker could actually lose.
- Angle v. Michaels
- Why Cena pulled ahead of Batista
That and so much more, including Dave Meltzer on what this successful 2005 show represents.
Head down the home stretch with TLF’s WrestleMania 21 review, available for download now!
2015-08-10
314 min
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