Wrestlemania 23


release year: 2007
genre: vintage wrestling pay-per-view
viewing setting: home DVD 7/13-19/24

synopsis: This 23rd annual wrestling mega-event was the 2007 edition, which was a solid card with some humorous moments and great announcing.

where it happened: Detroit

impressions: This one had a total of 8 competitions. As always, I won't go into great detail, but just mention the highlights:
  • three pairs of commentators this time, including JBL; overall, the funny quotes were just flying out
  • a money in the bank ladder match with eight people, and a lot of jumping from high altitudes, and also some pint-sized intervention by Hornswoggle
  • a contest of giants (Kane and Kkahi)
  • a backstage segment with a bunch of random people dancing
  • an athletic match between Chris Benoit and MVP
  • a weird backstage segment with Donald Trump complaining
  • the 2007 Hall of Fame inductees
  • a very physical big-guys match between Batista and Undertaker
  • a 4 vs 4 person ECW match
  • the Battle of the Billionaires (or their champions) in which the losing bilionaire would get his head shaved...Vince vs Trump...with Steve Austin as the referee
  • some sort of womens' match with a bunch of others surrounding the ring
  • a very physical 28-minute heavyweight championship match between John Cena and Shawn Michaels
    •

    fun quote #1: 
    (about Hornswoggle)
    "He's not a little bastard...now call him by his damn name! He's a leprechaun!"

    fun quote #2: 
    (before an attack with a ladder)
    "Here's one for you, Randy Orton!"

    fun quote #3: 
    "That spear took out three men."
    "The spear took out one man...the ladder took out two!"

    fun quote #4: 
    "And damn that Jeff Hardy! Damn him to hell! He could have won the damn match...instead he wants to be the human highlight reel, and he destroyed himself and Edge!"

    fun quote #5: 
    "The match continues. Randy Orton avoided disaster...and the ladder."

    fun quote #6: 
    "Finlay bleeding from the top...from the top of his head."
    "He's a tough Irish bastard! That doesn't faze him."

    fun quote #7: 
    "Well, if Kane can body slam this monster, he can damn sure choke slam him!"

    fun quote #8: 
    "And the referee is a little bit intimidated...he's not going to physically try to get Khali out of there. Thank God he's leaving on his own. I don't know if you can call Khali a human being. Now that I think about it, he's a monster...an animal."

    fun quote #9: 
    "MVP, perhaps overzealous, ran into the elbow."

    fun quote #10: 
    "Unbelievable! MVP is handing Benoit his own ass!."

    fun quote #11: 
    "Look at the Undertaker fight. There's never been a guy who has more fight in his heart and grit in his soul, than the Undertaker. He wears scars...like badges of honor. He smells like smoke because he's been through fire, and dammit, this is where he's home, and that's in battle!"

    fun quote #12: 
    "These fans came here to see the streak, and damn it, he delivered!"

    fun quote #13: 
    "Umaga refusing to listen to the referee's instructions."
    "I don't know if Umaga even understands the referee's instructions."

    fun quote #14: 
    "If McMahon's looking for divine intervention...no one's accepting your calls, sir!"

    fun quote #15: 
    "JR, it looks like we're gonna have ourselves a bald billionaire!"

    fun quote #16: 
    "One of the great mysteries of life has just been discovered...it was Mr. McMahon's hair all along!"

    fun quote #17: 
    "Divas everywhere! It's lumberjill pandemonium!"

    fun quote #18: 
    "That poor Mustang...right through the Wrestlemania glass. The champ is here!"

    fun quote #19: 
    "You can throw all the statistics out the window...because Shawn Michaels is a man with tremendous passion...a man with tremendous heart...and he is capable of just about anything in big-match situations."

    fun quote #20: 
    "John Cena's eyes...you saw as well as I did, Cena wasn't there for a minute or two."

    fun quote #21: 
    "Is there anything left, that these two men have not left in the ring tonight?"

    fun quote #22: 
    "When was the last time you saw a living human being kick out of the FU?"

    final word: Decent but not spectacular Wrestlemania.

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