WrestleMania XX (2004) (TV)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Kevin Dunn

Writer:

Ed Koskey (writer)

Release Date:

14 March 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Sport

Tagline:

Where it all begins... again.

Plot:

- United States Champion, Big Show vs John Cena - Raw Tag Team Champions, Rob Van Dam and Booker T vs The Dudley Boyz...

Plot Keywords:

Obscene Finger Gesture | Wrestlemania | Wrestling

Cast

Paul Levesque	...	Triple H
Chris Benoit	...	Himself
Shawn Michaels	...	Himself
Eddie Guerrero	...	Himself
Kurt Angle	...	Himself
Brock Lesnar	...	Himself
Bill Goldberg	...	Himself
Steve Austin	...	Himself
Paul Wight	...	Himself (as The Big Show)
John Cena	...	Himself
Booker Huffman	...	Himself (as Booker T)
Rob Van Dam	...	Himself
Rob Conway	...	Himself
Rene Dupree	...	Himself
Mark LoMonaco	...	Himself (as Bubba Ray Dudley)

Runtime:

USA:275 min

Country:

USA

Language:

Spanish | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

Australia:M | USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

Felt Forum, Madison Square Garden - 4 Pennsylvania Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Titan Sports

Trivia:

Near the end of the Goldberg vs Lesnar match a Hulk Hogan impersonator in the nosebleeds managed to get nearly the entire crowd focused on him instead of the match. This lead to many of the fan members noticeably turning their heads to the upper right of the TV screen and as well as "popping" for him and starting many "Hogan" chants. The crowd's attention would remain on the man until redirected to the match by a Goldberg Spear.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Ultimo Dragon slips on the entrance ramp.

Quotes:

Paul Bearer: [to Kane as The Undertaker made his entrance] You're no son of mine!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Hard Knocks: The Chris Benoit Story (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

Touché

Wrestlemania XX

This was supposed to be the best Wrestlemania ever, but it wasn't. WWE crammed too many performers on the card, many matches were crap.

Match 1 sees 'The Doctor of Thugonomics' John Cena battling the Big Show for the US title. The crowd goes crazy for Cena. The action was fair at least by Cena's standards, but the most impressive part of this match was when Cena F-U'd Show and got the win! Next up 4 teams from Raw battle it out in a crap match. Rob Van Dam and Booker T put their worthless tag titles on the line against Mark Jindrak and Garrison Cade, The Dudley Boyz and La Resistance. RVD and Booker retained, but I didn't care.

Then Christian and Chris Jericho had a respectable match but I've seen better from both individuals. One point in the match Christian hit a nasty DDT on Y2J. Christian wins when Trish Stratus turns on Y2J. This was a good shocker and it certainly opened my eyes.

Next up one match I was looking forward to. It should have been a classic, but did the 5 participants make this a classic? No. The Rock and Mick Foley took on Ric Flair, Randy Orton and Batista in a comedy match, which made me angry. I was looking forward to this and thank you Rock and Flair for spoiling this.

Then in what should have been a great match up turned into a slump. The Cruiserweight Battle Royal which consisted of Rey Mysterio, Shannon Moore, Funaki, Jamie Noble, Nunzio, Akio, Tajiri, Kidman, Ultimo Dragon and Cruiserweight Champ Chavo Guerrero had a fair match, but it was allocated in a mere time slot of 9 minutes and 45 seconds. The match didn't stand a chance.

Next up the Hall of Fame takes place. Superstars such as Tito Santana, Greg Valentine and Bobby Heenan take their Hall of Fame honors and they deserve it, unlike Pete Rose! WTF has he done to deserve that!? Boy did the fans let WWE know they made a mistake by giving Rose a Hall of Fame invitation, they booed his arse out of Madison Square Garden and rightfully so. Apparently Bob Backlund was so upset by this that he more or less told McMahon to shove his invitation up his arse, and I don't blame him! Next up The Smackdown! Tag Champs Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty took on the APA, The Bashams and Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin in a poor, crap, useless match. Rik and Scotty won but like the Raw tag match I didn't care.

Bill Goldberg and Brock Lesnar's match proved to be a failure. Fans knew they would be leaving and killed it stone dead! Taker and Kane's match was memorable for the wrong reason (Taker's entrance was better than his match!) Victoria and Molly put on a fair match which saw Molly getting her hair shaved! And Eddie Guerrero and Kurt Angle put on a fantastic battle, which saw 'Latino Heat' keep his WWE title, from some lying, cheating and stealing.

The best match on the card was the fantastic battle between World Champ Triple H, Shawn Michaels and Chris Benoit. Benoit won the match and the fans approved.

Overall Grade - B-