Well, so far, worse for night 2.
Opening match was a tag team spotfest, and it was fine. High energy opener. Did its job.
Lashly vs Amos was better than one might have expected. Omos is no Big Show, but he's competent enough to work a decent match with the right opponent. A bit early to have Omos lose, but Lashley has a legit claim to a title match, so keep him strong.
And, Sami Zayn vs Knoxville went ridiculously long. I found his schtick sophmoric when I was sophmoric. To sum this match up,
So, if you are like homer and find people getting hit in the nuts amusing, there you go.
As for the women's match, that just started, but already match of the night since they sent out Liv Morgan in black leather.
Edit: So, women's match was about as good as you could expect in a fatal four way tag. It was a Young Bucksish spotfest, so the type of people who like that sort of thing will probably like this. For me, the cooperation was too obvious at points which took me out of it. But as far as this sort of thing goes, it was one of the better of its ilk. Just kind of a bummer there are so many talented people thrown in here instead of having a bigger spot light. Probably could have taken out Omos vs Lashley or Mcyntyre vs Corbin and built up something worthwhile for Banks or Rhipley.
Edit Again: AJ Styles vs Edge was good because of course it was. Two of the best having a good old school match. Ending was kind of a bit odd. I don't know why they had Damian Priest just distract AJ by standing there doing nothing. It doesn't protect Styles cause he just looks like a moron, and it doesn't make Edge seem more dastardly. Just... weird choice.
Seamus and New Day were bumped from last night, so they gave them the match tonight and gave it like 5 minutes. Kind of pointless.
Pat Macafee vs Austin Theory was surprisingly good. Everything after the match itself was some of the dumbest stuff I've seen in wrestling history. I fucking loved it. There is a time and a place for sports entertainment, and this was it. It didn't happen at the expense of a legit wrestler, and it let us have the nostalgic fun of Austin stunning McMahon one last time. And, as I get older, I kind of appreciate a 76 year old man getting to go out there and have the time of his life.
The main event was fine. Just kind of missing something considering how much they hyped it. The build was good in the sense that both guys were so unbeatable that it seemed impossible for either of them to lose. On the other hand, both guys win so much that it's hard to get excited about one of them winning. The match itself was fine, but we've seen better matches out of each guy with other people, and even better matches between the two of them. And, we've seen better matches today and yesterday. It was good just couldn't live up to the hype. Reigns run as a heel has been great, and I'm glad Lesnar wasn't the guy to end it. But, now is really time to get on to the guy that will.
Overall it was a mostly enjoyable day of watching wrestling (watched both the shows today). Saturday's event was very good, and today was just ok. I like the two day Mania in theory, but they didn't build up enough good feuds to fill 2 days. If you took the best stuff, AJ vs Edge, Rollins vs Rhodes, Bianca Belair vs Becky Lynch, KO vs Austin, MacAfee vs Theory, and Lesnar vs Reigns, you have one of the better manias on record. But, while I like more people getting a chance, there was a lot of stuff that just felt thrown in. They just didn't have enough material.
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