WrestleMania 21 (2005) (TV)

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:

Following the tradition of WWE divas posing for Playboy magazine, Christy Hemme received a match at WrestleMania, but she became the first Playboy cover girl to lose her match at WrestleMania.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Braveheart (1995)

Soundtrack:

Bigtime

A bad Mania from a bad year for Wrestling as a Whole.

The worst Wrestlemania I've ever seen was 21. This is coming from someone who missed 1-14,22 and 23. The main reason it flopped was its two horrendous main events and its misuse of talent(a major problem at the time especially).

Rey Mysterio def. Eddie Guerrero- It was perplexing to see Eddie open the show for the first time(after co-main eventing WM 20) and lose to Rey Mysterio. Even then I thought Eddie deserved the win and a better match on top of that. This match was okay. They could have done better. It was hampered by having nothing at stake(They could have made it a U.S title match), no buildup, or any special stipulations. It felt like a regular Smackdown match. (3/5)

Money in the Bank Ladder Match Edge def. Chris Benoit, Shelton Benjamin, Chris Jericho, Christian and Kane- This match was alright, nowhere near as good as other ladder matches, but like the last match, these competitors would have served better spread out across the show. Benoit and Jericho were worthy of main eventing Wrestlemania,something WWE only exploited once for each. (3.5/5)

Interpromotional Match Undertaker def. Randy Orton- The match of the night. The tombstone flip into a tombstone was a great spot, something not seen before at the time. (4/5)

Women's Championship Match Trish Stratus def. Christy Hemme w/ Lita to retain-This match was so bad I don't even remember it.(2/5)

Interpromotional Match Kurt Angle def. Shawn Michaels- This match was pretty slow and never seemed to take off, which is a surprise considering the competitors. People that say this was one of their favorite matches of all time obviously never saw Jericho v.s Michaels a couple years back, which was probably the best Mania match of all time.(3.5/5)

Sumo Matach Akebono def. Big Show-Hands down the biggest waste of time in WWE history.(1/5)

WWE Championship Match John Cena def. JBL to become new champion- People that complain about HHH, Cena, more recently Orton or anyone else for holding the title forgot about JBL's terrible 1 year reign as World Champ that felt twice as long. they still haven't learned their lesson, which is: World Title Reigns shouldn't last a year unless the CHamp a) is a great wrestler/entertainer or b) has considerable star power. WHile JBL is entertaining, he has neither of these qualities in spades. His reign should've ended at Summerslam. This reign single handedly murdered Smackdown, which was twice as good as Raw for quite some time beforehand. It still hasn't recovered. It should have been Eddie vs Cena. At least it was over quick. (2/5)

World Heavyweight Championship Match Batista def. Triple H to become new champion- This match, like most of HHH's matches of this period were just plain boring, which means it lasted twice as long as it should've and HHH just bled a lot(The worst of these was his craptacular 40 minute snoozefest with HBK at Bad Blood 2004). (2/5)

Overall=6/10