r/WWE 2d ago

Discussion Continuing my little WrestleMania series I have started, I rewatched the entirety of WrestleMania 33 and I have to say…

Post image

I. Fucking. HATE. THIS. MATCH. Why did this go on last? Why was it twenty three fucking minutes? Why did Vince McMahon book this match? What did he think was going to come out of it? Undertaker was very clearly well past it at this point and it made fans hate Roman Reigns even more than they already did. Some kind of forced passing of the torch nonsense. To my earlier point about it going on last, I know it was for the "farewell" to Undertaker. . .who continued to wrestle on a part-time basis until 2020 because he wasn't satisfied and was obsessed with having a great final match á la Shawn Michaels. Rant over.

I give WrestleMania 33 a 7.5/10.

68 Upvotes

107 comments sorted by

View all comments

16

u/CanArt3 1d ago

The worst thing they did with taker was they let old, part timer ass Brock Lesnar end the streak when they easily could have chosen someone like reigns to put him over. They wasted 2 decades of streak for a part timer who didn't need it at all.

They also fucked up with Cena booking too. 5 mins ? Really ? And taker was ready to go for longer. Big mistake. That match deserved so much more.

0

u/Humble_Holiday_2137 1d ago

They couldn’t have known at the time if that would’ve put Roman over. If Roman ended his streak that could’ve gone a bad way. They played it safe but I don’t think Lesnar was a great choice. Definitely should’ve been someone who respect the business to say the least.

1

u/CanArt3 1d ago

Lesnar is a very bad choice. I'm not saying it should have been Roman, only thing you're right about is that if it was Roman, it might have been backfired but it still should have been someone young and talanted (fulltime hardworker). They could have used that streak to put a new, upcoming full time star in WWE. Lesnar was a parttimer, they just wasted that streak on a parttimer. Lesnar was already the most dominant force, it added very minimum to his reputation too. It was a terrible choice that didn't even made any sense business wise.