WrestleMania 21 (2005) (TV)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Kevin Dunn

Writers:

Ed Koskey (writer)
David J. Lagana (writer)

Release Date:

3 April 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Sport

Tagline:

WrestleMania Goes Hollywood

Plot:

Rey Mysterio vs Eddie Guerrero, Money in the Bank Ladder Match - Edge vs Kane vs Christian vs Chris Benoit vs Shelton Benjamin vs Chris Jericho...

Plot Keywords:

WWE | Sumo Wrestler | Wrestling | Wrestlemania

Cast

Akebono	...	Himself
Kurt Angle	...	Himself
Matt Anoai	...	Rosey
Apl.de.Ap	...	Himself (as Black Eyed Peas)
David Arquette	...	Himself
Steve Austin	...	Himself (as Stone Cold Steve Austin)
Doug Basham	...	Himself
Dave Batista	...	Himself
Shelton Benjamin	...	Himself
Chris Benoit	...	Himself
Eric Bischoff	...	Himself
Michael Bucci	...	Simon Dean
Carlos Cabrera	...	Himself
Mark Calaway	...	The Undertaker
John Cena	...	Himself
Tony Chimel	...	Himself
Mike Chioda	...	Himself
Jonathan Coachman	...	Himself
Michael Cole	...	Himself
Carlos Colon Jr.	...	Carlito (as Carlito Caribbean Cool)
Rob Conway	...	Himself
Adam Copeland	...	Edge
Billy Corgan	...	Himself
Ice Cube	...	Himself
Shawn Daivari	...	Himself (as Khosrow Daivari)
Lou D'angeli	...	Himself
Nick Dinsmore	...	Eugene
Jack Doan	...	Himself
Amy Dumas	...	Herself (as Lita)
Rene Dupree	...	Himself
Carmen Electra	...	Herself
Lillian Ellison	...	The Fabulous Moolah (as The Fabulous Moolah)
Stacy Ferguson	...	Herself (as Fergie)
Howard Finkel	...	Himself
Ric Flair	...	Himself
Nelson Frazier Jr.	...	Viscera
Sho Funaki	...	Himself (as Funaki)
Lilián García	...	Herself
Jackie Gayda	...	Herself (as Miss Jackie)
Terry Gerin	...	Rhyno
Billy Gibbons	...	Himself
Joy Giovanni	...	Herself
Nora Greenwald	...	Molly Holly
Sylvain Grenier	...	Himself
Peter Gruner	...	Billy Kidman
Eddie Guerrero	...	Himself
Oscar Gutiérrez	...	Rey Mysterio
Charlie Haas	...	Himself
Jimmy Hart	...	Himself
Brian Hebner	...	Himself
Earl Hebner	...	Himself
Bobby Heenan	...	Himself
Jon Heidenreich	...	Himself (as Heidenreich)
Marg Helgenberger	...	Herself
Shane Helms	...	The Hurricane
Christie Hemme	...	Herself (as Christy Hemme)
Brooke Hogan	...	Herself
Hulk Hogan	...	Himself
Linda Hogan	...	Herself
Nick Hogan	...	Himself
Dan Hollie	...	Danny Basham
Bob Howard	...	Hardcore Holly
Booker Huffman	...	Booker T
Maven Huffman	...	Himself (as Maven)
Matt Hyson	...	Himself (as Spike Dudley)
Glenn Jacobs	...	Himself (as Kane)
Chris Jericho	...	Himself
Mark Jindrak	...	Himself
Orlando Jordan	...	Himself
Maria Kanellis	...	Herself
Stacy Keibler	...	Herself
Anthony Kiedis	...	Himself
Jimmy Korderas	...	Himself
Jerry Lawler	...	Himself
John Layfield	...	Himself (as John Bradshaw Layfield)
Lemmy	...	Himself (with Motorhead)
Paul Levesque	...	Triple H
Paul London	...	Himself
Mark Magnus	...	Muhammad Hassan
Darren Matthews	...	William Regal
Michelle McCool	...	Herself
Linda McMahon	...	Herself
Marissa McMahon	...	Herself (as Marissa Mazzola)
Shane McMahon	...	Himself
Stephanie McMahon	...	Herself
Shawn Michaels	...	Himself
Candice Michelle	...	Herself
Chris Mordetzky	...	'The Masterpiece' Chris Masters
Sean Morley	...	Val Venis
Gene Okerlund	...	Himself
Paul Orndorff	...	Himself
Bob Orton	...	Himself
Randy Orton	...	Himself
Nick Patrick	...	Himself
Chad Patton	...	Himself
Josip Peruzovic	...	Nikolai Volkoff
Roddy Piper	...	Himself (as 'Rowdy Roddy' Piper)
Jason Reso	...	Christian
Charles Robinson	...	Himself
Jim Ross	...	Himself
Adam Sandler	...	Himself
Will Sasso	...	Himself
Hugo Savinovich	...	Himself
Rob Schneider	...	Himself
Peter Senerchia	...	Tazz
Gene Snitsky	...	Himself
Sylvester Stallone	...	Himself
James Stone	...	Nunzio
Trish Stratus	...	Herself
Taboo	...	Himself (as Black Eyed Peas)
Yoshihiro Tajiri	...	Himself (as Tajiri)
Scott Taylor	...	Scotty 2 Hotty
Travis Tomko	...	Tyson Tomko
Ren Urano	...	Sumo Referee
Khosrow Vaziri	...	Himself (as The Iron Sheik)
Matt 'Horshu' Wiese	...	Luther Reigns
Paul Wight	...	Big Show
Will i Am	...	Himself (as Black Eyed Peas)
Torrie Wilson	...	Herself
Jimmy Yang	...	Himself (as Akio)
Mark Yeaton	...	Himself
Mae Young	...	Herself

Runtime:

USA:275 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Staples Center - 1111 S. Figueroa Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)

Trivia:

This is the first Piper's Pit segment at a WrestleMania since WrestleMania V.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Yours, Mine and Ours (2005)

Soundtrack:

Behind Those Eyes

Wrestlemania 21

Match one pitted Rey Mysterio against his friend and partner, Eddie Guerrero. To be honest this was a minor disappointment. Although one angle was seriously botched, Rey's adjusting of his mask, was distracting to the viewers then it was too him.

Next up was the brilliant ladder match which consisted of Kane, Chris Jericho, Edge, Christian, Chris Benoit and the all improving Shelton Benjamin. The match contained less suicidal bumps then Wrestlemania 17 TLC match, but it was a huge enjoyable effort. Edge won the bout.

Then Eugene (whom no one cared about) came down to talk about his favourite wrestlemania moment, which sent everyone to sleep. The relief came when Muhammad Hassan came to the ring with Daivari. They attacked poor Eugene, when all of a sudden Hulk Hogan came down and beat the crap out of the two villains. However Hogan did not check on Eugene and he posed for a couple of minutes, which seemed like 5 hours.

In match number 3 , The Legend Killer - Randy Orton battled The Undertaker, in a surprisingly good encounter. Taker won when he Tombstoned Orton. Next up was the poor Women's encounter between Christy Hemme and Trish Stratus. This was poor and even though Trish tried to get the best out of Christy, it wasn't good enough. Trish won when she hit the chick kick.

Then perhaps the best match of the night, Kurt Angle battled Shawn Michaels. This was excellent and even though these two men aren't in their prime, they showed everyone that age isn't important. Angle won when he made HBk tap to the ankle lock. Then unfortunately, the event goes down hill. The Big Show battles Japanese sumo wrestler Akebono, in a crap sumo match. Akebono won (obviously) when he threw Show out of the ring.

Next up John 'Bradshaw' Leyfield battled John Cena in a poor match. Cena hit the F-U on Bradshaw to win the WWE title. However the fans knew that Cena was going to win, and it seemed like someone won a raffle as opposed to winning the title.

Then in the main event, Triple H battled Batista in an average match. The match went on for 22 minutes, which was probably long enough in Dave Batista's eyes. Batista won when he power bombed HHH and lifted the World Heavyweight Championship up, but no one cared! Overall 7/10