The 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania (2009) (TV)

Release Date:

5 April 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Sport

Plot Keywords:

Referee | Professional Wrestler | Victory | WWE | Undertaker

Cast

Paul Levesque	...	Triple H
Randy Orton	...	Himself
Adam Copeland	...	Edge
Paul Wight	...	Big Show
Mark Calaway	...	The Undertaker
Shawn Michaels	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tony Atlas	...	Himself
Steve Austin	...	Himself (as Stone Cold Steve Austin)
Antonio Banks	...	MVP
Shelton Benjamin	...	Himself
Barbie Blank	...	Kelly Kelly
Richard Blood	...	Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat
John Cena	...	Himself
Tony Chimel	...	Himself
Michael Cole	...	Himself
Edward Colon	...	Himself
Carlos Colon Jr.	...	Carlito
Victoria Crawford	...	Alicia Fox
Ted DiBiase Jr.	...	Ted DiBiase
Layla El	...	Layla
Howard Finkel	...	Himself
David Finlay	...	Finlay
Ric Flair	...	Himself
Dory Funk Jr.	...	Himself
Terry Funk	...	Himself
Brianna Garcia	...	Brie Bella
Lilián García	...	Herself
Nicole Garcia	...	Nikki Bella
Jackie Gayda	...	Herself
Joy Giovanni	...	Herself
Nora Greenwald	...	Molly Holly
Todd Grisham	...	Himself
Salvadore Guerrero Jr.	...	Chavo Guerrero
Vickie Guerrero	...	Herself
Oscar Gutiérrez	...	Rey Mysterio
Jillian Hall	...	Herself
Jeff Hardy	...	Himself
Matt Hardy	...	Himself
John Hennigan	...	John Morrison
Mark Henry	...	Himself
Evander Holyfield	...	Himself
Ronnie Hughes	...	John Cena Look-a-Like
Glenn Jacobs	...	Kane
Mickie James	...	Herself
Chris Jericho	...	Himself
Maria Kanellis	...	Maria
Matthew Kaye	...	Matt Striker
Kid Rock	...	Himself
Gail Kim	...	Herself
Jerry Lawler	...	Himself
John Layfield	...	John 'Bradshaw' Layfield
Santino Marella	...	Himself
Michelle McCool	...	Herself
Shane McMahon	...	Himself
Vince McMahon	...	Himself
Candice Michelle	...	Herself
Mike Mizanin	...	The Miz
Natalie Neidhart	...	Natalya
Maryse Ouellet	...	Maryse
Melina Perez	...	Melina
Beth Phoenix	...	Herself
Roddy Piper	...	Himself
Dylan Postl	...	Hornswoggle
C.M. Punk	...	Himself
James Reiher Jr.	...	Injured Cameraman
Jason Reso	...	Christian
Justin Roberts	...	Himself
Jim Ross	...	Himself
Milena Roucka	...	Rosa Mendes
Mickey Rourke	...	Himself
Cody Runnels	...	Cody Rhodes
Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah	...	Kofi Kingston
Nicole Scherzinger	...	Herself
Frank Shamrock	...	Himself
'Superfly' Jimmy Snuka	...	Himself
Tammy Sytch	...	Sunny
Taryn Terrell	...	Tiffany
Eve Torres	...	Herself
Lisa Marie Varon	...	Victoria
Kevin von Erich	...	Himself
David Ware	...	Koko B.Ware
Katie Lea Waters	...	Katie Lea Burchill
Bill Watts	...	Himself
Torrie Wilson	...	Herself
Mae Young	...	Herself

Also Known As:

The 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania (USA)
WWE WrestleMania XXV (USA) (informal title)
WrestleMania 25th Anniversary (USA) (poster title)

Runtime:

USA:240 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Reliant Stadium - One Reliant Park, Houston, Texas, USA

Company:

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)

Trivia:

Jimmy Superfly Snuka is the oldest wrestler to ever wrestle an official WrestleMania match at 65 years of age.

Goofs:

Factual errors: While it's promoted as the 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania, it's actually the 24th anniversary. It's the 25th edition, but not 25th anniversary which is still until 2010 since WrestleMania started in 1985.

Movie Connections:

Features The Wrestler (2008)

Soundtrack:

America The Beautiful

Not as good as expected!

'WrestleMania 25' is supposed to be a grand affair, a brand which has been the most prominent affair in the history of WWE. But sadly the event doesn't live up to its mark.... Minus HBK vs Undertaker, no other match makes you go wow!! WM 25 could've been the best event ever, but sadly it joins the league of events like 'Summer Slam', 'Royal Rumble' and 'Survivor Series', not WM.

Things which left a mark: HBK vs Undertaker. The-duo once again proved that they are the true legends of WWE, delivering a fantastic match. Easily, The best WrestleMania in recent times. The Showstopper and The Deadman deserve a standing ovation for their contribution in WWE. Mickey Rourke's cameo was entertaining, knocking Y2J down.

The disappointments: Everything else. The Money In The Bank match was plain mediocre. Y2J vs The Legends was good, not great. The match reminded me of RAW. Triple H vs Randy Orton was a yawn. The built up for the match was instigating, but the result was narrow. Santina winning miss WM was unintentionally funny. Jeff vs Matt was boring, ditto for the other matches.

Being a hardcore fan of WWE since childhood, I expected a lot from WM 25, but sadly it didn't reach my expectation. HBK vs Undertaker, will surely be remembered as one of the greatest matches of WWE history. The performers didn't disappoint, the event did.