Wrestlemania 15 sucked

[sludgehammer]

It was definitely underwhelming. The most memorable thing about the PPV was the stage design

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

In fact, I would consider Royal Rumble '99 much more memorable now that I think about it

[The Ichi]

Not that it counts for much, but it had my favourite Wrestlemania logo.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Awful but over show, and I don't think it's even a one-match show because the main even was dog shit.

[Metalheadbanger Man]

I would say its one of, if not the worst Wrestlemania ever. There was another thread where people said 11 was worse, but I don't think it was.

[CM Parish]

Mar 9, 2012 3:37:21 GMT -5 rapidfire187 said:

Mar 9, 2012 1:59:33 GMT -5 CM Parish said:

Ahem. The cat fight was 1 on 1.

I actually knew that but I refuse to count that s***. I think I pooped during that match.

I figured that was the case. ;D

[sludgehammer]

Royal Rumble 99 is one of my fav ppvs of all time. I Quit match was epic

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Mar 9, 2012 4:37:41 GMT -5 Metalheadbanger Man said:

I would say its one of, if not the worst Wrestlemania ever. There was another thread where people said 11 was worse, but I don't think it was.

Wrestlemanias 9 and 11 are worse than 15, and maybe 2 is below 15 as well.

But yeah, pretty crappy WM, and not a great year for PPVs in general. WWE really upped their game for PPVs in 2000, and the only below par PPV I can think of from 2000 was Wrestlemania 16, and even that had a couple of good matches. Also, it gave us one of the top 5 greatest non-'big four' PPVs of all time (Backlash 2000).

[MichaelMartini]

I still like it. Removed from it's era it's not as good since almost every match was entertwined with a bunch of storylines. It was more story driven than match driven.

[Citizen Snips]

The infamous Bart Gunn/Butterbean affair was also the last ever appearance of Gorilla Monsoon.

[Big Daddy Bad Booking]

Mar 9, 2012 4:37:41 GMT -5 Metalheadbanger Man said:

I would say its one of, if not the worst Wrestlemania ever. There was another thread where people said 11 was worse, but I don't think it was.

Oh yes it was. Sure HBK/Diesel was close to 4-stars, but, and I mean a big BUT, the atmosphere and the crowd seemed like just another PPV. At least Wrestlemania XV had the feel, while the show didn't deliver.

There were little things on that card that don't make it the worst ever:
- Boyz II Men's stirring rendition of "America the Beautiful"
- The sheer absurdity of Brawl for All
- Michael Cole trying to comment on Triple H turning on DX, only for Road Dogg to correct that he called Triple H a 'jackoff'.
- Big Show knocking out McMahon to a huge pop.
- Shawn Michaels' appearance got a HUGE pop, biggest one all night.
- At the end of Michaels' segment going back up the ramp, Shawn shows Vince a "Vince is Gay" sign.

The Anthology version of this event is atrociously edited.

[That Mickie Fan]

The Crowd was horrible for the HIAC. They were either on Ambien or just not caring

[Allie Kitsune]

<Vince> HAW HAW HAW, "RAGIN' CLIMAX!" IT'S FUNNY, GERALD! LAUGH, DAMN IT!

<Brisco> *sighs* Yes, Mister Mac Man. *resigned fake laugh*

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

Mar 9, 2012 7:41:35 GMT -5 That Mickie Fan said:

The Crowd was horrible for the HIAC. They were either on Ambien or just not caring

The entire match may as well been on Ambien, really.

[Porky's Butthole]

Thoughts on this PPV:

-I really thought Snow was gonna go over. Shame he didn't.
-I never liked Billy Gunn.
-I laughed out loud for like 10 minutes when Bart was turned into a Bobblehead.
-Michael Cole SPOILED the main event during the live broadcast while they were lowering the Cell. He was pimping out the Home Shopping Channel live event after the show and said 'The new WWF Champion will be there.'
-It was sad to see Monsoon in the state he was in.

[What?]

I think the time frame gives it a sweet spot in my heart. When I think of WrestleMania XV I think of working my first job at McDonald's, with all of my friends, ordering pizza puffs with them at every ppv and having WWF parties, the Rock's funeral sermon for Austin, shooting pool 5 nights a weeks, 2am skillet fiascoes at Denny's, the RAW episodes - it was a period in my life where things on t.v. and in my life were simple and cool, so it ages well for me, I guess.

With that said, it was weird how Vince HAPPENED to have a mic on his collar so that he could yell at Big Show and we could hear it as plain as day

[derrtaysouth95]

It was largely underwhelming.

I enjoyed WM 2000.

I made a thread yesterday about WM X8 and how it wasn't that good.

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Mar 9, 2012 1:59:33 GMT -5 CM Parish said:

Mar 9, 2012 1:50:35 GMT -5 rapidfire187 said:

I wouldn't say 16 sucked. It had a few great matches. Benoit/Angle/Jericho 2 out of 3 falls, the triple threat ladder match, and the main event were all great (though HHH winning pissed me off big time, and still does kind of). I think the problem witb WM 2000 was that there weren't any singles matches. Which is funny because I didn't even notice that until last year.

Ahem. The cat fight was 1 on 1.

But the winner wasn't even decided by a pinfall. It was "who can throw the other one out of the ring".

So even that match had a gimmick to it.

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Mar 9, 2012 0:02:52 GMT -5 Banjo Is Broken said:

But, it had the epic, Rocky-like encounter between Bart Gunn and Butterbean.

Don't forget Big Show's WrestleMania debut, where he just had the wind knocked out of his sails by losing to Steve Austin in very short order.

But, Big Show's first year or so in the WWF was full of blunders.

[Chip Jordan]

All I remember was a really terrible performance from Michael Cole.

“Is this symbolic, King? Could it be symbolic?”

Symbolic.