Sin Cara got some spotlight, but Zayn cut him off trying to climb. Dolph hopped up a ladder on one leg, but Owens grabbed him and delivered a powerbomb off the ladder. Ziggler sold injuring his left knee on the landing. Ryder and Ziggler then climbed a ladder and battled before knocking each other down from the ladder. Ryder cut off Owens, then climbed to the top of a ladder and delivered a giant elbow drop to Miz as his head brushed against the title belt hanging from the ceiling. But, Owens shook him off and delivered a pop-up powerbomb. Owens sold injuring himself with the splash, giving Miz an opening to attack him from behind. Owens then climbed to the top turnbuckle and delivered a giant frogsplash to Zayn, crunching the ladder. But, Owens cut him off and put him on a ladder. Owens chucked the polka-dot ladder out of the ring, then Zayn attacked him. But, Owens returned to the ring to smash Miz with a neckbreaker across his leg. Stardust, fired up, cleaned the ring of opponents.
Suddenly, Stardust went under the ring to retrieve a black polka-dotted ladder, popping the crowd for the Papa Dusty tribute. But, Owens pushed him down and both men superkicked each other. WrestleMania Shawn Michaels with a superkick before trying to climb the ladder.
Sin Cara then wiped out dudes on the floor with a springboard top-rope splash.īack in the ring, Ziggler paid tribute to Mr. Zayn tried to get back in the ring and take the belt, but Sin Cara cut him off on the ladder. He then ran across the floor to Torpedo DDT Owens on the outside of the ringside area. Zayn suddenly went nuts with a trademark flip dive through a ladder taking out five dudes on the floor. Hard to tell if the crowd was booing (wanting someone besides Ryder to win) or wooing like three years ago. Ryder then smashed Owens and teased climbing. “Who do you think you are? This is KOMania! Go back to NXT!” he shouted. Owens then back-dropped Zayn onto a ladder.
SILENT HUNTER 3 TORPEDO BOUNCES OFF CRACKED
Stardust, in Dusty Rhodes black & gold polka-dots, cracked them across the back with a ladder to get some ring time. The match started with Owens and Zayn, popping the crowd for the match-up they wanted to see for the belt. SIN CARA - seven-way Intercontinental Title ladder match Funaki at the Japanese table!ġ - IC champion KEVIN OWENS vs. Before the match started, WWE cut to the International Announcer section on the floor to show all of the different live language broadcasts. Kevin Owens’s music then brought out the defending champion for KOMania. The crowd was about 6/10 for Ryder when if in this same position a few years ago they would have been 10/10. Zack Ryder’s music then played, fulfilling his dream to hear his music at WrestleMania. After a word from the German announce team, Lucha Dragons’s theme played to bring out Sin Cara in a super-bright white, angelic-like suit. After a word from the Spanish announce team, Stardust’s music played to bring out the former Cody Rhodes. He sold being fired up and he bounced to the ring as the crowd sang along to his tune. Sami Zayn was out next to a loud reaction. In-ring: Ladders were shown ringside, then Dolph Ziggler’s music played to bring out the first challenger in the IC Title ladder match.
SILENT HUNTER 3 TORPEDO BOUNCES OFF FULL
Live report is about 90-95 percent full at the start of the show. Michael Cole introduced the show, saying a record crowd of over 100,000 is expected in the building (if they can get in there). Live inside the stadium, full pyro and fireworks shot off. The video really captured the grandeur of WrestleMania, but it’s too bad the storylines have been poor leading up to this year’s event.
Now, WWE brings WrestleMania forward to the biggest one yet in Texas. Andre the Giant, Ultimate Warrior, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Edge, TLC, The Undertaker, Stone Cold, John Cena, and Daniel Bryan were highlighted. WrestleMania started proper with an historic video package on the History of WrestleMania. WWE cut to crowd shots as fans continued to file into the building. Lilian Garcia started the show by announcing Fifth Harmony to the stage to perform America the Beautiful.
Announcers: Michael Cole, JBL, and Byron Saxton.Andre the Giant 20-man Battle Royal (bumped up from pre-show).Tag Team situation: WWE tag champions New Day vs.Dean Ambrose in a No Holds Barred Street Fight Report by James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor ( USERS: IMPORTANT – Press HERE for the real-time Report and VIP members Press HERE. SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN).