WrestleMania 22 (2006 TV Special)
9/10
Probably the third best Wrestlemania
11 January 2007
Warning: Spoilers
Now this was definitely a good Wrestlemania, even better than last year's. But the best Wrestlemania's in my opinion is X7 & XX.

FIRST MATCH- BIG SHOW & KANE VS. CARLITO & CHRIS MASTERS FOR THE WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP Great opener. Carlito & Masters worked really well to try topple down Kane & Big Show but to no avail. Carlito goes off the top rope & goes to nail Kane, but accidentally hits his own partner. Which leads to Big Show tossing out Carlito, then both Kane & Big Show nail a double-Chokeslam on Masters for the win to keep their World Tag titles. 5/10 SECOND MATCH- ROB VAN DAM VS. MATT HARDY VS. RIC FLAIR VS. BOBBY LASHLEY VS. SHELTON BENJAMIN VS. FINLAY IN A MONEY IN THE BANK INTERPROMOTIONAL LADDER MATCH Very great match. A lot of high risk moves & double teams in this match. Both Benjamin & Hardy are on the top ladder fighting it out, when RVD comes pushes them both down & grabs the MITB briefcase to become the new Mr. Money In The Bank. 7/10 THIRD MATCH- CHRIS BENOIT VS. JBL W/ JILLIAN HALL FOR THE WWE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP This was also a good technical match. Benoit & JBL put on a good fight in a battle for the United States Championship. Benoit locks in the Crossface on JBL. Suddenly JBL reverses the Crossface & gets a roll-up on Benoit using the ropes for the win to become the new United States Champion. 5/10 FOURTH MATCH- EDGE W/ LITA VS. MICK FOLEY IN A HARDCORE MATCH I like Hardcore matches, & if you watch this match you'll see why. Both men busted pretty badly open as they tried to hurt each other very badly. Edge spears Mick Foley through the apron & to the table outside {Which was lit on fire}. Edge makes the cover & gets a 3 count to get the victory over Mick Foley in this brutal Hardcore match. 5/10 FIFTH MATCH- BOOKER T & SHARMELL VS. BOOGEYMAN IN A 1-2 HANDICAP MATCH Just a plain squash. Don't know why they had to put it on the Wrestlemania match card. While Sharmell runs backstage {After Boogeyman put worms on her}, Booker T misses a slam on Boogeyman in the corner which leads to Boogeyman nailing his Special called The Boogeyslam for the win here against Booker T at Westlemania. 2/10 SIXTH MATCH- TRISH STRATUS VS. MICKIE JAMES FOR THE WWE WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP This match was better than their encounter at New Year's Revolution. Great athletic moves by both Divas {Even though I think most Diva matches are boring}. Mickie James wins after nailing a modified Stratusfaction on Tish for the win to become the new WWE Women's Champion. 4/10 SEVENTH MATCH- UNDERTAKER VS. MARK HENRY IN A CASKET MATCH I'm not really a fan of Casket matches, this one was just a solid match nothing really special. The only highlight of the match is when Undertaker leaped over the ropes & nailed a nice Dive to knock Henry down. Undertaker in the ring nails a Tombstone on Henry, then puts him in the Casket for the win & to keep his Wrestlemania Streak alive. 4/10 EIGHT MATCH- SHAWN MICHAELS VS. VINCE MCMAHON W/ SHANE MCMAHON IN A NO HOLDS BARRED MATCH I liked this match. Because it showed Michaels beating up both Shane & Vince with everything he had. He even went far to tie Shane on the ropes with handcuffs, then threw the keys in the crowd & beat Shane with a cane. Even the Spirit Squad tried to interfere during the match, but Michaels took them all out. Michaels then put Vince on a table which a garbage bin under it. Got on a big ladder & jumped off the top nailing a elbow on Vince & crashing him through the table. Michaels finishes him off with Sweet Chin Music & covers for the 3 count to get the cool victory over Mr. McMahon at Wrestlemania. 5/10 NINTH MATCH- KURT ANGLE VS. RANDY ORTON VS. REY MYSTERIO IN A TRIPLE-THREAT MATCH FOR THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP This was really a good triple-threat match. Only if it was more longer I would have given it a very good rating. Mysterio arm drags Angle out of the ring, & finishes Orton off with a 619 to get the historical win as Mysterio has won the World Heavyweight Championship here in a memorable moment at Wrestlemania. After the match, Mysterio celebrates his big win with Vickie & Chavo Guerrero as dreams do come true for Rey Mysterio. 6/10 TENTH MATCH- CANDICE MICHELLE VS. TORRIE Wilson IN A PLAYBOW LINGERIE PILLOW FIGHT Boring. Why is this match on the card. Torrie wins after a roll-up on Candice. 2/10 ELEVENTH MATCH- JOHN CENA VS. TRIPLE H FOR THE WWE CHAMPIONSHIP This is the big one. This match is going to be a classic & I was half-right. It was a bit slow at times but it picked up pretty good in the end. After the referee was knocked down, HHH tried to use a sledgehammer but Cena fought his way out & nailed a F-U, but to Cena's shock HHH broke out. Later Cena got the STFU on HHH & unbelievably made him tap out to get the win & retain his WWE Title. 5/10 This Wrestlemania was definitely better than last year's as it had more matches & more titles on the line.

Overall: I'll give it 9/10 & a A
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