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|  #1 Posted on 26.3.09 2050.09 | Instant Rating: 4.18 | The matches:
Carlito def. John Morrison
This ended up being a lumberjack match after Morrison and the Miz tried to flee the match. Teddy Long also announced the the Wrestlemania unification match will also be a Lumberjack match. Matt Striker explained the origin of the match goes all the way back to Paul Bunyan's days.
Tommy Dreamer & Evan Bourne def. Jack Swagger & Tyson Kidd
Bourne landed his Shooting Star press just about as perfect as it can be landed to pin Kidd. The announcers went back and forth on Swagger 'did-you-know' factoids that were pretty funny.
The end was MVP's VIP Lounge with the participants of the MiTB match. No real shenanigans, just a lot of jawing between everyone especially Sheldon Benjamin and MVP. Kane said nothing, only looking on in the back until MVP asked him for a comment - he instead triggered his pyro - end show.
Pretty good show this week but one more match would have been nice. The two matches that were on were pretty good tho.
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|  #2 Posted on 27.3.09 0018.13 | Instant Rating: 5.66 | Originally posted by djp
Teddy Long also announced the the Wrestlemania unification match will also be a Lumberjack match.
AKA The Everyone-gets-a-payday match. They have one every Wrestlemania, I think.
That main-event interview did nothing for me. Part of the reason is that I don't think that the MitB needs any storyline or these long drawn-out interview segments to get people excited. It's 8 guys, going for a title shot, in a brutal match. I think that premise is good enough to sell the match. They could've easily done some combination/permutation of the standard MitB showcase match they've been running the past few weeks and I would've been a happier camper.
Decent show nonetheless.
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| #3 Posted on 27.3.09 0807.32 | Instant Rating: 5.03 | | Having to do the hard sell for Wrestlemania really hurt this show, I thought. All the recap segments and whatnot killed the pace, and like you said, the show really could have used another match. I get why they're doing a lumberjack match, but I wouldn't have done it for the tag match. A title unification doesn't need an extra gimmick. Otherwise, I thought that the matches that were on the show were all pretty good, and that the main event interview went about as well as could be expected. |
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