WWE WRESTLEMANIA 40 NIGHT 2 FULL SHOW REVIEW (ENDGAME)

in January of 2002 I became a

professional wrestling fan and since

then I've watched every single

WrestleMania from WrestleMania 18 all

the way through to tonight's

Wrestlemania 40 and I don't know if you

can tell in my voice but I'm a little

bit emotional because I firmly believe

that we just witnessed the greatest

professional wrestling show ever

especially if you include both kns and

you include NXT Stand and Deliver this

was the greatest weekend of professional

wrestling ever I don't love starting the

video by telling you that this is the

greatest WrestleMania of all time

because I'm basically spoiling my

opinion here but I do sincerely hope

that you stick around because I'm going

to be reviewing Wrestlemania 40 Night 2

I'm going to be going through every

single match I'm going to dissect what I

thought and tell you overall whether or

not I liked it and then we'll sum up the

whole show and give it a thumbs up or a

thumbs down and as always don't forget

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to everyone that came to the watch along

with us because we had over 20,000

people there we got to watch History

unfold I remember when I was in college

watching wrestling by myself with no one

to share my thoughts with specifically I

remember when the Undertaker lost his

streak and I couldn't share my emotions

with anyone but this time we got to

witness professional wrestling history

and I was surrounded by wrestling nerds

like me and you to gush about it with so

sincerely from the bottom of my heart

heart thank you for giving me that

opportunity so let's gush some more in

yesterday's review I basically clowned

on the Philadelphia crowd well I can

tell you right now folks that the

Philadelphia crowd heard the complaints

heard that everyone was clowning on them

and they came back harder than ever

before because that was an incredibly

electric WrestleMania crowd from

beginning to end this is actually the

Wrestlemania crowd that has now made it

so that open roof stadiums no longer

have this excuse that oh well you know

it's not as loud because of the open

roof nah nah now you have to watch

Wrestlemania 40 night2 to see what open

roof Stadium crowds can sound like

because that crowd was Immaculate take a

freaking bow Philadelphia crowd you help

make tonight's WrestleMania absolutely

amazing so from me to you I want to

formally apologize for doubting your

game after what wasn't a very great

performance on night one crowd of

Philadelphia so now let's jump into

things match by match and let's start

with the World Heavyweight Championship

match between Seth freck and Rollins

defending the world heavyweight

championship against Drew McIntyre and

both of these guys got their grandiose

WrestleMania style entrance with Drew

McIntyre making his way through a group

of of Scottish Highlanders all holding

up swords and eventually bowing as Drew

McIntyre walked past them as well uh he

was played in by a group of bagpipers is

that the proper term for them bagpipers

and then Seth Rollins also got a really

great entrance as well which was bizarre

I compared it to what looked like a

World of Warcraft Clan running around

doing a dungeon they were the Mummers

group of Philadelphia anyways they had

all kinds of in instruments like

trumpets they had accordion and they

played Seth Rollins to the ring there

was like 70 of them that walked out with

him he kind of looked like Adam Rose

with his rose buds with that

WrestleMania entrance but honestly he

looked drippy he had his awesome

WrestleMania Tire everyone around him

was dressed like a clown as CM Punk was

saying as well as Pat McAfee uh so

overall I did like the entrance we also

had CM Punk on commentary for this match

who was absolutely brilliant doing his

best job at helping get the storyline

between these two over while also being

absolutely hilarious and roasting both

of them whenever he got a chance but the

match immediately started off with a

bang because right when the bell rang

Drew McIntyre hit Seth Rollins with a

nasty Claymore and we're thinking oh no

this is a barrial we are getting a Seth

Rollins that is just so beaten and

battered that he's just walking in here

eating a claymore and that's it that's

all she wrote and no that doesn't go

over well with fans we saw it with

Daniel Bryan and Sheamus all the way

back in Wrestlemania 28 but I'm happy to

tell you that this wasn't one of those

cases in fact this match went on for

double digit minutes now the match

really ultimately was a finisher Fest it

was more or less just going back and

forth between these guys uh with close

calls close pins uh Claymores we had

pedigrees we had Future Shock ddts we

have Stomps and it was all about like

the super close calls and I'm usually

not a big fan of finisher Fest but this

one for some reason worked especially

well and I think it was because of the

visual frustration between both of these

guys that couldn't do anything to put

each other away you could see the

frustration in Drew McIntyre and you

could see the frustration in Seth

Rollins so they were doing a hell of a

job of acting and getting us emotionally

involved in what they were feeling in

that moment in the ring like quite

seriously they were hitting each other

with every single possible finisher that

they had and it was just a constant

rinse and repeat of that but I liked it

I got to give Drew McIntyre an extra

bonus thumbs up here because of his

extra character work at one point he

grabbed his wife's phone and tweeted in

the middle of the match LOL board at

work which was absolutely hilarious he

also had a lot of banter back and forth

with CM Punk who again was on commentary

and was fantastic for this match and

what started as a finisher Fest Ended as

a finisher Fest as Drew McIntyre had to

hit Seth Rollins with back-to-back

Claymores to finally put him away to

finally win the big one Drew McIntyre

finally got his WrestleMania moment

until what's funny is that Drew McIntyre

would then go out and just Mock and bade

CM Punk to the point where CM Punk

finally snaps and starts beating the

piss out of Drew McIntyre in fact he

completely removed his uh guard for his

arm for his torn tricep perhaps hinting

that CM Punk's recovery is going way

better than expected so I'm expecting CM

Punk to maybe be ready for something

like money in the bank in Toronto maybe

bash in Berlin or maybe as late as

SummerSlam and it's poetic really what's

about to happen because not only did

Drew McIntyre get his big moment but

Drew McIntyre's entire narrative was

that he was angry at Seth Rollins for

not paying attention for not being

mentally ready for being overly obsessed

with something else that didn't matter

in the bloodline as opposed to being

focused on being a fighting champion

and what happened here the second that

Drew McIntyre finally won he took his

eyes off the ball he became overly

obsessed with CM Punk as opposed to

being obsessed with being a champion

which is what he should have been right

then in that moment because after CM

Punk leid the beat down on him Damien

priest music hits he runs down faster

than I've ever seen anyone run the

fastest cashing that I've ever seen

because this referee did not go you sure

are you are you sure you want to do this

are you positive that you want to cash

in no no no this ref is like okay I get

you Damian we're cashing this in right

now Damen hits a beautiful south of

Haven choke slam gets the Victory and

steals the title from Drew McIntyre who

was Champion for all of five minutes

this was brilliant the match honestly

because it was a finisher Fest I

wouldn't give it more than like an 8.5

out of 10 because it was still really

really fun but the interactions that

happened afterwards between between CM

Punk and Drew McIntyre the cash in when

you encapsulate all of that what a

brilliant way to start Wrestlemania 40

right then and there I knew that we were

in for a hell of a show 40 40 thumbs up

for Wrestlemania 40 for the first

segment this was absolutely fantastic do

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treat of bubble Ray Dudley of ECW

original from Philadelphia being

announced as the special guest referee

for the street fight honestly it was it

was pretty cool the street fight itself

was fine like it wasn't anything crazy I

wish they had have done a lot more but

everyone got to look good it got violent

we had the Kendo sticks all members got

to do something cool at some point or

another definitely the coolest thing was

Mones Ford flying from one corner of the

Ring to the outside nearly flying over

the freaking barricade that was badass

but honestly the two most badass people

in this match wasn't any of the guys in

the actual match it was scarlet and bab

scarlet got in there and she was using

Kendo sticks to try and take out Bobby

Lashley bab got in there and started

evening out the odds and even put

Scarlet through a table where they both

went through it shout out to scarlet and

bab I feel like they really made the

most out of their their their small spot

at WrestleMania but yeah there's nothing

particularly like too special about this

it really was just a quick to Theo car

wreck that was fun we did have a quick

Nostalgia pop with car and cross getting

mad that bubble Ray Dudley didn't count

to three fast enough and then car and

cross starts pushing Bubba Ray Dudley

only for Bubba Ray Dudley to grab in go

into his pocket and grab his old ECW

glasses because he had just awoken Bubba

Ray Dudley now Bubba doesn't actually

get physically involved he actually is

giving instructions to the street

profits as to how to do the what up to

really get that extra ECW pop the match

even had a botched ending but honestly

even then it was an endearing botch

ending because they put carry and cross

on a table and Montes was going to do a

frog Splash but the table wasn't set up

properly so as soon as car and cross

lied on it it broke so they had to go

and get another table do it again with a

beautiful amazing Montes Ford frog

Splash where he got like 35 ft of air to

put Carri and cross through the table

for Bobby Lashley to get the pin look it

was fun this is probably the low light

of the show but I still liked it more

than Jimmy versus Jay Uso because at the

very least this match knew what it was

it was quick and it was just a a quick

little burst of of of extreme I enjoyed

it it still gets a thumbs up from me

next up we have La Knight taking on AJ

Styles and AJ Styles got to debut a new

entrance theme and I'd like to get your

opinion on it let me know down in the

comments below whether you like or

dislike AJ Styles new entrance theme but

this was another match that was really

elevated by the crowd the crowd was

Rowdy for J Styles and La KN from

beginning to end funny enough they were

Rowdy for things outside of the match

because I guess the stadium turned on a

light that made it really difficult to

see what was happening in the ring so

people in the arena like the entire

Arena was chanting things like we can't

see and turn the light

off the crowd was having a tremendous

amount of fun even if they paid good

money to Nazi but the actual match

itself I'm happy to tell you was a

really good match it wasn't just a good

match for AJ Styles and La Knight I

think it was a good match to be on

WrestleMania and I loved how it started

because AJ Styles doesn't just walk out

to the ring as soon as he's close enough

to see La Knight he Sprints down the

ramp and these guys start just wailing

on each other it also seems like La

Knight saved his most Innovative offense

for this particular match because this

man pulled off a springboard DDT he also

did a German suplex on AJ Styles from

the top rope and fli flipped him on his

face that was awesome there was also a

moment where they exposed the concrete

it wasn't concrete but like we're

supposed to believe that they exposed

the concrete and AJ Styles slams La

Knight onto it and I'm not usually a

huge fan of the really close oh my God

the baby face gets back into the ring at

the nine count but they did one of those

and it weirdly got a pop out of me I was

super hyped that La n was able to beat

the 10 count of all things this is a

match where I I really felt like it

needed a stipulation with how much these

guys hated each other other I feel like

maybe a cage match would have been good

or a street fight or something but then

again maybe this match did need it

because I still really enjoyed it at the

end of the day I love that the crowd was

into it from beginning to end AJ Styles

looked good La Knight looked good I love

the ending with the bftt AJ Styles sold

the hell out of it because the bft to me

is typically a really shitty looking

move but AJ Styles made it look real

good so I'm going to give this a thumbs

up as well shout out to la9 first ever

WrestleMania and the man delivered one

of his better matches in my opinion I

just hope that you guys can now maybe

realize that that's this wasn't a

demotion for La Knight he was on the

Wrestlemania card for his first time

ever let him enjoy the moment against a

Bonafide Legend of this business in AJ

Styles not everything has to be for

titles titles will come for Lai Knight

they absolutely will the company clearly

trusts him and AJ Styles and La Knight

delivered a really great match in its

own right thumbs up next up we have the

triple threat for the United United

States Championship in a match between

Logan Paul going in as the champion

versus Kevin Owens and Randy Orton up to

this point this to me was the match of

the night because it was a tremendous

amount of fun it all started with the

great entrances we had Logan Paul come

in with his incredibly obnoxious Prime

truck with a prime Cannon where he's

shooting and we're getting fireworks

coming out of it uh and he's coming out

with another dancing Prime bottle which

leads you to ask okay who's in the

costume again is it going to be KSI or

is it going to be Jake Paul and then

Kevin Owens had his cool entrance just

like Sami Zayn where he came from the

back and the camera followed him and

Sammy was waiting for him right at the

entrance and and got him hyped up I

think that was a really neat moment and

then Kevin Owens grabs his golf cart

rides down to the ring but then Randy's

music hits and Kevin Owens puts it in

reverse tells Randy to get in they ride

back into the ring and just start

beating the piss out of Logan Paul

because the first five minutes of this

match is just the the utter Annihilation

and destruction of Logan Paul it was

basically just a handicap match at one

point after the major Beatdown of Logan

Paul who was doing everything in his

power to try and get Kevin Owens and

Randy Orton to actually fight each other

eventually Randy Orton and Kevin Owens

agree okay let's fight each other let's

do this right now and then it became a

proper triple threat match from there

this was a very good triple threat match

on its on right is it as good as obafemi

die Jack and Josh Briggs I don't think

so but to be frank I feel like that's

the Pinnacle of Triple Threat matches at

this point but I loved just about every

single offensive sequence here because

there were numerous moments where all

three guys were bouncing amongst one

another hitting each other with finisher

transitioning into into signature moves

it was honestly like a really really

free flowing triple threat match Randy

Orton was looking like a million bucks

he had a beautiful RKO where Kevin Owens

threw him up for a popup Power Bomb only

for Rand the Orton to come down with a

majestic RKO and as Randy Orton is about

to hit Logan Paul with a punt who gets

involved but the goddamn Prime bottle

who pull who pulls Logan Paul away from

danger and the reveal was I show speed

for God's sake now in the world of

professional wrestling ISO speed is an

unknown but he is a massive social media

meast star in his own right on YouTube

and just about everywhere that he's

online but it was really random but I

was like okay

hey I'm down for it if this becomes a

yearly bit where some social media

superstar that Logan Paul is friends

with is in the prime suit I'm here for

it and I show speed I guess is known for

barking at people and as soon as he

revealed himself he starts barking at

Randy Orton and pushes him only sorry

I'm laughing just thinking about it only

for Randy Orton to just spart kick him

right into Oblivion then Randy puts him

on the table grabs him by the face and

Randy goes oh and starts working at is

show speed and it's a beautiful RKO onto

the table shout out to is show speed I

feel like he was a ridiculously good

addition to this but that was enough

time for Logan Paul to really recover in

the final sequence there where they're

all countering each other's finishers

they're all countering who's grabbing

the brass knuckles who's hidden who with

the brass knuckles ultimately Logan Paul

is able to take advantage of the fact

that Randy hit that beautiful RKO from

the pop-up Power Bomb because Logan Paul

throws Randy out of the ring hits Uh

Kevin Owens with a beautiful almost like

a modified frog Splash because he was

was doing a bunch of things with his

hands and in his feet uh to ultimately

pick up the victory this was a fun chaos

I love this match up like I said up to

this point it was my favorite match of

the night so yes this gets so many

thumbs up as well and then we got bayy

and EOS sky in a singles match for the

WWE Women's Championship Bailey got a

special entrance looking like Queen

Nefertiti or somebody from Egyptian

times as she was carried by uh four men

that are probably going to be future WWE

world champions into into the ramp and

then she got a new entrance theme as

well which was pretty neat but man the

aura of eios Sky's entrance it was

nothing special it was just it was just

I don't know it just a regular EOS Sky

entrance that worked especially well in

that WrestleMania stage that made her

feel special but shout out to EOS Sky

she did not come down with anyone from

damage control she went into this war

completely by herself and I'm of the

mind that this was a Bonafide classic of

women's wrestling in fact I dare say

that at this point it was better than

the triple threat match between Logan

Kevin and Randy when I look at it from a

technical point of view this was a

masterpiece of professional wrestling we

had some incredibly Innovative offense

from Bailey who was pulling out some

moves that I had never seen before iOS

Sky being the goddess of the Skies that

she's known for being hitting so many

moon Sals either from from inside of the

Ring the outside or her patented moon

salt and there was even a sequence where

she hit a triple moons Sal from the

bottom of the turnbuckle to the middle

to the top that was awesome but there

were so many awesome back and forths and

reversals that at one point when you

squinted it sort of felt like we were

watching a Daniel Bryan match they even

have this awesome sequence of of EOS Sky

continuously countering everything that

Bailey does and putting her into a

crossface even countering the top rope

Macho Man elbow drop catch ing her while

on the ground and putting her in the

cross face but the magic of this match

really came from the close pinfalls of

iOS Sky just coming inches away from

putting away Bailey but bayley's

resilience allowing her to kick out the

finishing sequence had everyone hitting

their finishers I love the fact that

Bailey hit a clean roast plant on eios

sky for eios Sky to actually kick out of

it as well but that was enough for

Bailey to have enough of an upper hand

to hit another Macho Man elbow drop and

hit iok Skai with yet another roast PL

to pick up the victory a much deserved

Victory Bailey absolutely deserved their

flowers iOS Skai deserve their flowers

in this match it's possible that I might

come away from this thinking that this

may have been better than Rio Ripley

versus Charlotte I thought this this

match was fantastic I might be

overrating it right now it might be

recency bias but the fact that I'm even

comparing it to that match should tell

you that this is a classican women's

wrestling this is a thumbs up and then

folks to end the show we have arguably

the greatest Main event in professional

wrestling period Cody rhods taking on

Roman Reigns for the WWE Undisputed

Universal championship and right from

the rip you knew that this was special

because Cody rhods got an awesome

entrance got to come up with Brandy

rhods with which right off the bat you

just knew that this was going to be a

special match because of the star power

that was coming out as both of them got

amazing cool WrestleMania entrances with

Roman Reigns getting played by an entire

Orchestra feeling like Ganondorf from

The Legend of Zelda like the final I

guess not the final boss that's that's

that's still the rock uh but then Cody

rhods got to come out to like a a new

more violent version of himself because

there were these like bloody war banners

and and fire and he was wearing this

this Kingdom skull mask and even got to

come out with Brandy it was it was two

superstars man I was getting chills

watching their entrance but here's a

thing this was two matches these was

entirely two separate Tales here and I'm

happy to say that this wasn't your

traditional bloodline match where it

starts off super slow I dare say that

this was high octane right from the

get-go because we even had like right in

the beginning these guys going to the

outside taking advantage of the fact

that it was bloodline rules um putting

each other through tables using weapons

like they they they took advantage of

the fact that this was bloodline rules

and it wasn't just okay we're only going

to get violent and and super fastpac

towards the end like I I feel like it

was fastpaced right from the the

beginning there were moments that

allowed Roman Reigns to play that

character where he's trash talking as

he's beating people up my favorite of

his trash talks came when he hit Cody

rhods with a Crossroads but then Cody

rhods kicked out at 2.9 to which Roman

Reign turns to Paul Heyman and says see

this is a garbage move ain't nobody

winning with this move which I thought

was absolutely brilliant but yeah they

were like stealing each other's

finishers in this first portion of the

match with Cody rhods I think maybe hit

more Spears in this match than Roman

Reigns did weirdly enough so the actual

first portion of this match that was

just Roman Reigns and Cody rhes in my

eyes was fantastic in its own right it

didn't need all of the crazy other over

booking stuff that happened afterwards

which made this amazing but if that

stuff didn't happen if this was just

Cody rhods vers Roman Reigns they put

together a really really intriguing

fantastic Main Event caliber match but

this wasn't just any match mat this was

end game this was the end of the

bloodline story this was bloodline rules

and after having a traditionally very

good five-star match just hits the

fan because Cody rhods is about to put

Roman Reigns away with the classic

triple Crossroads that he tried to win

with at WrestleMania 39 but as he's

about to hit the third of course a

member of the bloodline gets involved

the first one being Jimmy Uso and then

from here there's no turning back

because this is adrenaline in our soul

because Jay Uso comes out they start

brawling they start fighting in the ramp

and then Jay Uso Spears Jimmy from the

top of the ramp they fall what looked

like 10 ft through a set of tables which

was absolutely insane in fact that like

thre minute brawl that they had was more

interesting and way better than their

entire WrestleMania night one match but

now that Jimmy was taken out then Cody

rhods once again has Roman Reigns

exactly where he wants him and goes to

hit again the triple Crossroads only for

finally solo seoa to come out solo sakoa

then hits Cody rhods with the with the

Samoan Spike but Roman Reigns tries to

pin him but he kicks out a 2.9 then solo

screams at Roman to hey let's finish the