WrestleMania XXVIII

Daniel Bryan (w/AJ Lee) vs. Sheamus

 Bryane asks for his good luck kiss from AJ and then turns into a Brogue Kick for the three. Sheamus is the new champion. The commentators claim this was a record 18sec

Randy Orton vs. Kane

Kane takes over with an uppercut and pounds on Orton. He tries the chokeslam but Orton counters and stomps the crap out of him. He takes over on offense and hits his low dropkick for a nearfall and he wears Orton down with a chinlock. Randy and Kane get into a slugfest which Kane wins with a thrusting uppercut. Randy comes out with a swinging neckbreaker. Orton tries to toss him into the buckles but Kane maintains control and hits a boot. Kane with a nice vertical suplex for two

Randy tries a head-butt and then flips out of Kane’s side slam attempt for the stretch backbreaker. Orton hits a view clotheslines which barely hurt Kane, the scoop-powerslam does though, and the Viper DDT follows. kane counters the RKO with another big boot, which garners a two count. Kane to the top and leaps right into a dropkick and Orton thinks punt kick to the skuul but charges right into a chokeslam for two.Orton looks for the superplex but Kane counters and hits a second-rope chokeslam for the 3.

Cody Rhodes vs. Big Show:

The bell rings and Cody runs away he makes Show chase him and tries a pescado but gets caught and press-slammed back into the ring. Rhodes tries offense but gets tossed across the ring.

Show then misses the reverse avalanche and Rhodes takes over with dropkicks and then a low one to the knee. Cody stomps, which is all he really can do with Show, and adds some rope assisted knee drops. Show erects himself and Rhodes is in trouble now. Show gets a brief flurry before Rhodes heads to the top to sucker Show in and then hangs his arm off the top rope. He tries another one and gets speared out of the sky.Rhodes with the WMD and wins the IC title.

Kelly Kelly & Maria Menounos vs. Eve Torres & Beth Phoenix

Kelly hits a nice Frankensteiner for two. Eve misses a clothesline in the corner and Kelly tries the handspring elbow but meets a pair of boots to the back. Eve to the top but Kelly crotches her and tags in Minoans.

Torres chokes her in the ropes and Phoenix adds some nice cheap shots. Eve applies a chinlock followed by a body scissors. Beth finally tags and the Diva’s champ applies a side bearhug; she releases to knock Kelly off the apron and tags in Eve. she heads to the top rope for a Molly-Go-Round for  Eve breaks it up tossing Kelly into the buckles. Maria thinks top rope but takes forever so Beth snatches her in a press-slam; Kelly saves her and they shove Beth into Eve and Maria rolls her up for three. 

Undertaker vs. Triple H

 The bell rings and they meet in the center with punches and kicks. Taker has what looks like a Mohawk as he pounds on HHH in the corner; Hunter gets a few shots in but Taker tosses him to the floor. Taker dominates on the floor as a huge Undertaker chant rings out in Miami. Shawn tries to separate them a little on the floor but Taker shoves him aside and continues to toss Helmsley into the cell and then into the steel steps.Back in the ring, Hunter scores with a facebuster, which is no-sold, and a clothesline puts HHH down again. Helmsley gets sent to the floor again where Taker dismantles the other steel steps and levels Hunter between the eyes. He goes for it again but elects to slide the base of the steel steps into the ring; Taker drapesTriple H on the apron and hits the guillotine legdrop. Helmsley slams Taker’s face into the steps that Taker himself brought into the ring. HHH moves in slowly but Taker catches him in Hell’s Gate! Since the hold last year was applied after thirty minutes of action it elicited a tapout, Taker lands against the ropes so tripleH sets the steps horizontal against the ropes and tosses him into them. Hunter refuses as Michaels asks Taker if he wants to continue. An impatient Helmsley grabs Shawn by the hair, tosses him down into the ropes, and continues to beat on the Undertaker with the chair. TripleH continues to yell at HBK to end it or he will. Undertaker gets up again as Shawn begs him to let him ring the bell, fearing for Taker’s life as well.

Hell’s Gate to Triple H! Shawn is still writhing in pain on the mat as, just like last year, tripleH struggles in the Hell’s Gate and fumbles for the nearby sledgehammer. Taker hits a chokeslam and gets two

Taker tries another Tombstone but tripleH turns it into a Pedigree for two. Someone is going to have to shoot someone to get a win here. Taker grabs a chair as tripleH brandishes the sledgehammer. Taker lays out tripleH with the chair. Revenge is a bitch as Taker pounds on HHH’s back with the chair. Triple H gets the hammer as Taker moves in.Hunter cannot lift the hammer, but he finally does and lunges at Taker but gets rebuffed. Helmsley uses Taker’s body to pull himself up but meets a throat cut gesture and Tombstone to FINALLY get the three and Taker moves to  Post-match, Shawn helps Taker to his feet and they embrace. HBK and Taker help Triple H to his feet and they help him out of the ring and the three of them leave the ring together with Michaels and Taker walking tripleH.

 CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho 

They lock up and fight over a wastelock and Punk takes him down with it. Punk gets some strikes in and backs off to sell the DQ stipulations.Jericho SLAPS him in the face trying to enrage him to get disqualified. Punk stomps away in the corner and breaks on four.

Jericho pounds on him with knee strikes. I like the psychology and story they’re telling in there, as a matter of fact this whole ‘Mania has been about storytelling in the ring. Punk rolls to the apron so Jericho looks for the springboard dropkick. Punk counters and tries a GTS on the apron but Jericho saves himself with elbows to the head. Jericho gets a soccer kick on the floor and chucks him back into the ring for a nearfall.

Jericho applies a chinlock as the crowd seems edgy. Punk tries to come back again with a springboard move but Jericho yanks him off the top, right onto his back, for a two count. Punk frees himself with a reverse mule kick. Jericho counters the knee in the corner with a boot but then Punk tit-for-tats back, countering Jericho’s bulldog shoving him face-first into the buckles.

 Punk twists himself free and kicks Chris’ head off for two. He opens up with kicks but misses the roundhouse; Chris sits on the top rope but takes too long and Punk catches him with some double chops and a head-butt. Punk lunges at him with a tope Jericho recovers and leans against the ringpost so Punk charges with a double knee squashing Jericho’s skull against the post. Back in the ring, Punk tries a springboard move and lands right into the Codebreake for two. Punk crawls for the ropes and Jericho drags him to the center again, to the surprising roar of the crowd, but Punk grabs the ankles and they trade cradle nearfalls and Punk turns into the Anaconda Vise. Jericho turns it into a nearfall and then counters the move outright into another Walls of Jericho attempt.Punk counters again into the Vise and FINALLY Jericho taps out

The Rock vs. John Cena

 They lock up three times. Cena bounces off the ropes into a pair armdrags and a Majestral cradle, for two. Cena looks on is disbelief. The Rock is ready and has ZERO ring rust. Another lock up and they run the ropes as Cena leapfrogs into a hiptoss and headlock takeover; Cena works a chinlock. The Rock takes Cena out and tries a Sharpshooter so Cena sides to the floor. Back in the ring, Cena catches the Rock in the corner with a pair of running shoulderblocks and a stiff looking clothesline. Rock stays down so Cena applies a wastelock bearhug and he rises to his feet and charges, Cena low bridges him, and the Rock tumbles to the floor.

Cena takes over with a belly-to-belly suplex, for two. Rocky tries to mount a comeback but Cena catches him in a bearhug which goes on for a while. The fans get restless waiting for the Rock to make his move and he finally answers with a DDT, for two. Rocky finally recovers but Cena peppers him with punches the Rock comes back and hits a leaping clothesline

The Rock pounds away in the corner but Cena catches him in a sidewalk slam, for two. Cena heads to the top and, waits for the Rock, to SKY through the air with a Cena Slice, for two. Cena NEVER taps so this hold is fruitless and Cena makes the ropes. Rock pounds on his face and tries another Sharpshooter, Rock stumbles, but Cena makes the ropes again and smartly pulls himself to the apron cutting off any possibilities third one. The Rock drags Cena to the floor and tosses him into the steps and then back into the ring.

 They both struggle to their feet again and tease finishers. Rock catches Cena with the ‘Pinebuster again and finally connects with the People’s Elbow, but Cena kicks out yet again. Rock moves in slowly and almost gets caught with an inside cradle. They both lie around again and the fans begin to chant loudly and Cena slingshots Rocky into the buckles for a nearfall. Cena changes strategy and hoists the Rock onto the top rope and they battle up there, Rock wins that battle and shoves Cena off. Rocky tries comes off the top with a crossbody but Cena rolls through and powers the Rock up into the AA for two. Cena thinks a Five-Knuckle Shuffle but tries to rub it into Cena’s face with a People’s Elbow but it proves fatal as he charges right into the Rock Bottom for the three count.