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Kind of underwhelming overall. Most of the matches felt like they could have happened at any Raw or Smackdown outside of a few like Seth vs Brock, Main event, Kofi/Bryan, and Miz/Shane. NXT TakeOver New York was so, so much better.

My star Ratings: NXT Edition

00000 - NXT Tag Championship - Fast paced, well balanced, absolutely looooooved the ending with the respect shown to Black and Riccochet.
0000- - NA Championship - Started a little slow but picked up the pace and ended with an absolute bang! Loved it!
00000 - UK Championship - Long and hard hitting but despite being long was engaging all the way through and kept me on the edge of my seat!
0000- - Women's Championship - A little on the short side and didn't like the ending but damn it was full of great spots and was high octane!
00000 - NXT Championship - Not only was it filled with outstanding spots throughout, but even with a screwey finish we got the result we wanted! Unexpected!

Every match was great to excellent and I'd argue that all five matches on the NXT Card were better than juuuust about everything on the Wrestlemania card. Only Kofi/Bryan and Ronda/Charlotte/Becky were even on the same level as the WORST match on the NXT Card.

On for my wrestlemania Star Ratings:

000-- - Cruiserweight Championship - It was alright. A little short and light on story but the action was good throughout.
----- - Women's Battle Royale - I hated this match. Chock full of botches, shitty ending, had an opportunity to make a star and we got more Carmella. fuck this match.
000-- - Raw Tag Championship - Basic match but I loved the ending. It's so nice to see Zack and especially Hawkins get a wrestlemania moment.
00--- - Men's Battle Royale - Kinda boring, honestly. Had some really cool spots and eliminations but went short, ended poorly, and far too much of it was dedicated to celebrities. Bland but not terrible.
000-- - Universal Championship - Match/event was boring as hell (0 stars for the match itself) but I loved the outcome (Brock basically jobbing to rollins). Bye Bye Brock.
00--- - AJ Styles vs Randy Orton - Outside of a few clever reversals and misdirections, this felt like a random Smackdown main event, not a Wrestlemania moment.
0000- - Smackdown Tag Championships - I'm as surprised as anyone here, but this match was pretty fun! all over the place, kept me guessing, lots of fun!
0000- - Miz vs Shane - not a classic but the story was there and had the second or third best ending of the night. what a bump!
----- - Women's Tag Championships - Honestly found this one boring, short, and I absolutely haaated the result. Can't stand the Iiconics at all.
00000 - WWE Championship - Fantastic match, great story, great build, great payoff, lovely mix of action and technicality, and post match celebration made me happy!
0---- - US Title - I like that Samoa Joe looks like a beast, single star for having the balls to do it but the match was garbage.
0---- - Reigns vs McIntyre - Reigns has some ring rust on him and I could tell WWE was just going for the feel-good win, match was boring and slow and short.
0---- - HHH bs Batista - Started out interesting and intense with entrances and some real violence, but both men got gassed within minutes and the remaining 20 minutes of the match were garbage; slow, boring, and full of botches.
----- - Kurt Angle vs Baron Corbin - disrespectful. Not only did this FEEL like a Raw filler match, it's literally a match we've seen many times before. Poor Kurt deserved better and yet of the two he was the one who couldn't keep up. So very sad. Can't give this a single star.
000-- - Intercontinenta Championship - Honestly kinda liked this match. It's silly and goofy but I love seeing Demon Balor do his thing and Lashley still got some offense in! Went a little short or long depending on stance. Decent match, but nothing special.
0000- - Women's Championship - Loved this match from the entrances up to the end, but that botched finish really ruined the lasting impact of this match.

So yeah, most of Wrestlemania was forgettable and boring. Like, almost all of the matches either were cut short, had wrestlers who were so far past their prime it showed, or underwhelmed and were no better than your weekly programming. The only matches i actually liked or loved was Shane vs Miz, the Smackdown Tag Championship (Sleeper hit of the night), Kofi vs Bryan, and the Main event. Nothing else felt special or lived up to even the least ambitious expectations.

Overall I give the event a 4/10. Four good to great matches, a handful of meh, and a whole lot of no thanks. But hey, at least Brock lost so I don't have to watch his uniformly terrible work while he holds the belt hostage for months at a time.