WrestleMania XXIV (2008) (TV)

Director:

Kevin Dunn

Writers:

Christopher DeJoseph (writer)
Jenifer Bloodsworth

Release Date:

30 March 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Sport

Tagline:

The Biggest WrestleMania Under the Sun.

Plot Keywords:

Champion | Wrestlemania | World Championship | Wrestling | Wrestler

Cast

Mark Calaway	...	Himself (as The Undertaker)
Adam Copeland	...	Edge
Floyd Mayweather Jr.	...	Himself (as Floyd 'Money' Mayweather)
Paul Wight	...	Big Show
John Cena	...	Himself
Paul Levesque	...	Triple H
Randy Orton	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mike Adamle	...	Himself
Ken Anderson	...	Himself (as Mr. Kennedy)
Antonio Banks	...	Himself (as Montel Vontavious Porter)
Dave Bautista	...	Himself
Shelton Benjamin	...	Himself
Barbie Blank	...	Herself (as Kelly Kelly)
Gerald Brisco	...	Himself
Jack Brisco	...	Himself
Elijah Burke	...	Himself
Garrison Cade	...	Himself (as Lance Cade)
Anthony Carelli	...	Himself
Elizabeth Carolan	...	Beth Phoenix
Jonathan Coachman	...	Himself
Carlos Colón Jr.	...	Himself (as Carlito)
Cliff Compton	...	Himself (as Domino)
Michael Coulthard	...	Himself
Snoop Dogg	...	Himself
Kara Drew	...	Herself (as Cherry)
Jim Duggan	...	Himself
Layla El	...	Herself (as Layla)
Peter Fanene Maivia	...	Himself (archive footage)
Eddie Fatu	...	Himself (as Umaga)
Howard Finkel	...	Himself
Dave Finlay	...	Himself (as Finlay)
Ric Flair	...	Himself
David Fliehr	...	Himself
Jamie Gibson	...	Himself (as Jamie Noble)
Ray Gordy	...	Himself (as Jesse)
Eddie Graham	...	Himself (archive footage)
Mike Graham	...	Himself
Sal Guerrero	...	Himself (as Chavo Guerrero)
Jillian Hall	...	Herself
Andrew Hankinson	...	Himself (as Festus)
Matt Hardy	...	Himself
John Hennigan	...	Himself (as John Morrison)
Bob Howard	...	Himself (as Hardcore Holly)
Glenn Jacobs	...	Kane
Mickie James	...	Herself
Chris Jericho	...	Himself
Dwayne Johnson	...	Himself (archive footage) (as The Rock)
Rocky Johnson	...	Himself (also archive footage)
Maria Kanellis	...	Herself (as Maria)
Kim Kardashian	...	Herself
Steve Kaufmann	...	Himself
Brian Kendrick	...	Himself
Tom Laughlin	...	Himself
Jerry Lawler	...	Himself
John Layfield	...	Himself (as John 'Bradshaw' Layfield)
John Legend	...	Himself
Carmel Macklin	...	Herself
Michael Manna	...	Himself (as Stevie Richards)
Ashley Massaro	...	Herself (as Ashley)
Michelle McCool	...	Herself
Shawn Michaels	...	Himself
Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin	...	The Miz (as Mike Mizanin)
Shannon Moore	...	Himself
Sean Morley	...	Val Venis
William Mueller	...	Himself (as Trevor Murdoch)
Maryse Ouellet	...	Herself (as Maryse)
Chuck Palumbo	...	Himself
Melina Perez	...	Herself (as Melina)
Dylan Postl	...	Himself (as Hornswoggle)
C.M. Punk	...	Himself
Raven-Symoné	...	Herself
James Reiher Jr.	...	Himself (as Deuce)
Jim Ross	...	Himself
Cody Runnels	...	Himself (as Cody Rhodes)
Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah	...	Kofi Kingston
Peter Senerchia	...	Himself (as Tazz)
Dalip Singh	...	Himself (as The Great Khali)
Gene Snitsky	...	Himself (as Snitsky)
Gordon Solie	...	(archive footage)
Joey Styles	...	Himself
Eve Torres	...	Herself
Lisa Marie Varon	...	Herself (as Victoria)
Katarina Leigh Waters	...	Herself (as Katie Lea Burchill)
Mae Young	...	Herself (also archive footage)
Jimmy Yun	...	Himself (as Jimmy Wang Yang)
Freddie Prinze Jr.	...	Himself (uncredited)
Brenda Song	...	Herself (uncredited)
Andrew Stevens	...	Himself (uncredited)
Donny Watrous	...	Man in Water - promotional spot (uncredited)

Directed by
Kevin Dunn

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jenifer Bloodsworth
Christopher DeJoseph		writer

Produced by
Vince McMahon	....	producer

Production Management
Brian Petree	....	production manager

Art Department
Peter Castellano	....	motion graphics artist

Sound Department
Andrew Tills	....	sound mixer

Music Department
Alberto Domínguez	....	composer: additional music

Other crew
Ryan H. Jackson	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

280 min | USA:240 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Australia:MA | UK:15 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Citrus Bowl - 1610 W. Church Street, Orlando, Florida, USA

Company:

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)

Trivia:

The first WrestleMania held in the state of Florida.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Just as Umaga and Batista are about to start their match commentator Michael Cole pronounces Batista as "Bootista".

Quotes:

Shawn Michaels:[before sending Ric Flair into retirement] I'm sorry, I love you.

Movie Connections:

References Old Yeller (1957)

Soundtrack:

Snow ((Hey Oh))

WWE Wrestlemania 24, 2008

WWE pulled out all the stops, to make this Wrestlemania memorable and they certainly did that in more ways then 1, some of which where beyond the company's control. For instance as viewers may have been aware after The Undertaker vs Edge match as Taker was celebrating his win, the fireworks shot into the crowd and injured about 40 people.

The Batista vs Umaga match was disappointing, and as Big Dave had a match with The Undertaker last year and in my opinion his match last year was the best match of 2007, it reminded me that Batista can have a dire match with even the best of workers, in this case Umaga. Listen when Umaga makes his way down the ramp for his match, William Regal announces him as "You - Manga", no surprise there.

By putting the Edge vs Undertaker match on last WWE did the right business decision, because if WWE had put HHH vs Randy Orton vs John Cena match on last I would be suffering from HHH overkill.

As usual the Money in the Bank Ladder Match was very good but was let down by a couple of botched moves, The Big Show vs Floyd Mayweather match was very good and exceeded my expectations, however this writer is baffled on why the WWE would pay Mayweather $2 million for one worked match, when Edge, The Undertaker, Randy Orton and John Cena wouldn't even earn that in 1 year, disregarding royalty bonuses of course.

Results from the show before a crowd of 70,000 in Orlando, Florida at the Citrus Bowl are as follows: JBL downed Finlay in a decent Belfast Brawl.... CM Punk beat John Morrison, Montel Vontavious Porter, Chris Jericho, Carlito, Shelton Benjamin and Mr Kennedy in a thrilling Money in the Bank Ladder Match.... Floyd 'Money' Mayweather defeated The Big Show in a good no DQ brawl.... Shawn Michaels pinned Ric Flair in an emotional career ending match.... Kane downed Chavo Guerrero to win the ECW title in about 10 seconds.... Randy Orton downed Triple H and John Cena to retain the WWE title in a good match.... Beth Pheonix and Melina downed Ashley and Maria (the lights failed in this match, but not that anyone was complaining and afterwards Snoop Dogg close lined Santino Marella and then gave Maria a giant snog, lucky him).... Batista defeated Umaga in a mediocre match.... The Undertaker beat Edge to win the World Heavyweight Championship in a superb worthy main event.

I attended a Raw House Show in Liverpool, England on the 11th April and this was called The Wrestlemania Revenge Tour, if you want the results for these please e-mail me at [e-mail] Overall Grade - A