WM thoughts, second hour and a half

As with the first match of the first portion, I'm skipping the first match of the second portion. Watching the Boogeyman with worms in his mouth grosses me out like none other. I'd rather watch Hogan v. Warrior II than this guy and that's NOT hyperbole. Seeing DiBiase do the basketball dribbling for money skit with Eugene was pretty cool, even though it was part of a goofy "Booker is a freak magnet" segment. I don't think an arrogant millionaire who belittles kids and retards is a freak. That's pretty much normal, actually.

The Women's Title match was as good as you could expect in wrestling terms and they're both decent workers, but with Trish Stratus being a hot, hot, goddamn hot woman and Mickie James fighting to keep her salads in her shirt this match gets seven or eight stars. I think Trish's injury is worked, seeing as Mickie worked that leg for the rest of the match as the main "story." Also, Mickie grabbed Trish by the crotch and licked the hand she used to grab the crotch and holy Jeebus that was awesome. Various other lesbian themed spots also ruled. Botched finish brings the match down to an infinity-minus-one count. Ahh, hot lesbians: God's gift to mankind.

I always find it odd that the WWE never seems to play up any particular ties between the Undertaker and Survivor Series, seeing as how he debuted at that show in 1990, won the World Title there in 1991, his retribution against Yokozuna in the second casket match in 1994, his first major victory over Mankind in 1996, but they do make a big deal about his undefeated streak at Wrestlemania. That's not unreasonable, given Mania's status as the Granddaddy of 'em All, but he has a few victories over less-than-notable opponents, such as Giant Gonzalez, King Kong Bundy (way past his prime), Big Boss Man, A-Train, and now Mark Henry. Ok, that leaves nine opponents worthy of mention, but I'm not typing those out. Anyway, this paragraph is more exciting and less predictable than the Casket Match that put the Undertaker at 14-0. 1 count, because I will always have a soft spot for the the Undertaker.

I don't care much for the feud between Shawn Michaels and Vince McMahon, mainly because it's largely unoriginal, going nowhere and unneccessary. Neither one of them can give the other any heat, given their respective positions in the industry, yet either one of them, or even both of them, could do a lot to build up some younger guys into to main event stars. But we've seen this story a million times before in the wrestling business; two guys stroking their own egos for personal satisfaction under the delusion that they're putting asses in the seats. At this point, on sheer momentum, Wrestlemania is gonna sell out in five minutes and get a million buys or whatever unless they put on a card comprising solely of midget and women's matches. Michaels v. McMahon is not a particular selling point. Not one ticket or one buy was predicated on that match. That said, Shawn snapped and got fuckin' vicious, which was actually interesting. In the bigger picture, though, they completely wasted that with the match they've setup for Backlash, where Shane and Vince will team up against Shawn and "God." Now, I'm all for mocking religion, but there's really nowhere they can go with that idea that will make it worth not having the Mania match be the big blowoff, unless Kevin Nash returns dressed as Oz to play "God," which would be pretty fuckin' hilarious. 1 and a half count, solely based on Shawn getting evil for the finish. The match itself was nothing special.

Tomorrow: the big finish.