Welcome to my Wrestlemania 19 Review. This is Part 3 with only two matches remaining.
Part 1 is here - http://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/wrestlemania-19-review.html
Part 2 is here - http://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/wwe-wrestlemania-19-review.html
The Rock vs Stone Cold Steve Austin
I wasn't really interested in this one going into it. Austin had just returned and The Rock had just returned as well. The Rock fought Hogan a little bit before this and got mad that Austin won the "Superstar of the Decade" Award. It was Rock/Austin III at Wrestlemania but we kind of already had been there and done that and the match seemed to be thrown together. There wasn't much build to it either. Starting in 2002, Steve Austin just kind of felt like old news to me in WWE and it was clear that his best days were gone.
I should also state again that Steve Austin was hospitalized the night before this. He was stressed and had too many energy drinks and ended up in the hospital from it.
One last note is that this ended up being Stone Cold Steve Austin's last match.
The pin |
WWE Championship - Kurt Angle vs Brock Lesnar
As I stated in Part 1, Kurt Angle broke his neck a few weeks before this and I was mostly hoping he would make it out alive. I was very excited to see this one though as Lesnar and Angle just seemed like natural opponents for each other.
Take a look at the back of Kurt Angle's neck. Holy crap. |
The finish |
Overall thoughts: This is still my second favorite Wrestlemania of all-time. Great show from top to bottom. Only Triple H's match was bad and even then, it wasn't that bad. The main, Austin/Rock, HBK/Jericho and Hogan/Vince were all pretty good and it was a great effort altogether. I really loved WWE at this time and if I could go back in time and watch a few shows live, this would have been one of them. This is a must see show and it is great from top to bottom!
agreed. WM 17 is the greatest and 19 is truly the one behind it and both are 2 of the greatest shows of all time !
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