• MITB
• Kane/Khali
• Originals/New Blood
• Benoit/MVP
• Battle of The Billionaires
• Women's Title
• Taker/Batista
• HBK/Cena

Instead, they actually went like this:

• MITB
• Kane/Khali
• Benoit/MVP
• 'Taker/Batista (side note: wtf?)
• Originals/New Blood
• Battle of The Billionaires
• Women's Title
• HBK/Cena

Yes, folks. ECW was booked higher then Batista/Undertaker. The Women's Title was booked higher then Batista/Undertaker. Hair vs. Hair was booked higher then Batista/Undertaker. What, the fuck?

But, onto the actual show:

• My friend and I were hoping and praying that the Money in The Bank match wouldn't be first off. But, sadly, it was. As my buddy Garrett said, "what do we have to look forward to the rest of the night?" As we would soon find out, not much. But, one thing at a time. MITB, was by far, the best match of the night. It started off as you'd expect; everyone brawling outside with two guys in the spotlight in the ring. Went back and forth and everyone had their moments. Highlights of the match included:
• CM Punk blasting everyone with a stepladder.
• Punk getting a spear from Edge and the ladder hitting Finlay & Booker.
• Little Bastard trying to get the briefcase for Finlay, puncing Kennedy twice before getting a Ken-Ton from Kennedy.
• The Hardyz stacking two ladders on top of one another and dropping....someone on top. Can't remember who exactly.
• Kennedy going for a swanton off the top onto...someone who was on a ladder...missing and cracking his head. This was followed by Jeff Hardy going for a swanton and connecting.
• Biggest spot of the night: Jeff Hardy, while close to getting the briefcase, foolishly listens to Matt Hardy, and leaps off a 20 foot ladder onto Edge....who was laid across a ladder stretching from the barricade to the apron. This move BROKE THE LADDER IN HALF and resulted in Edge being taken out on a stretcher.
• So, after a hot opening bout we expected something good to follow. We got, Kane Vs. The Great Khali. Now, come on. No one was expecting much out of this. But my friend is a huge Kane mark. Which is why he got so upset here. This match wasn't even FUCKING HOUSE SHOW WORTHY! Punch, kick, punch, kick, clothesline, blah blah blah. Best part was Kane body slamming Khali (which someone in the production crew compared to Hogan slamming Andre in the ending video of the show, again, wtf?) In the end, Khali wins after a choke bomb and a FOOT on Kane. Yes, ONE FOOT PIN on Kane.
• This was followed by Benoit vs. MVP. I had hope for this one. I like MVP, I think he's cool. The entrance with the cheerleaders was good but short of what I expected. Benoit had his usual entrance. Nothing special. This match...was not Mania quality. More like Smackdown quality, barely. Mild back and forth stuff. Clean pinfall by Benoit after three Germans and a headbutt from the top. Only THREE Germans? It's fucking 'Mania and he only does THREE German suplexes?
• Now then, I think someone in the WWE is completely FUCKED IN THE HEAD. Because now it's time for UNDERTAKER VERSUS BATISTA! Yes, the FOURTH match on the fucking card is Title vs. Streak. ....The hell? ...Anyway. I was expecting a cool 'Taker entrance. Which it was but it fell below expectations; his levitation to the ring a few years ago was better. Instead we had Druids (a lot of fuckin' Druids)  come out, a large blast of pyro and then 'Taker walked out, while a bunch of flames shot out. ....Batista was already in the ring at this point, having made his entrance first and allowing my friend and I to notice for the first time how fucking wide the stage was. Anyway, the bell rang, and off we went.
  
  It was a solid match, and entertaining. But I'm a 'Taker mark anyway. Cole put it best; it was a roller coaster. Back and forth, back and forth. Batista hit a big time powerslam through the ECW announce table. That's the main highlight. Finally, after a tombstone 'Taker sealed the deal and walked out with the title. I was happy, and worth my half of the $50 cost of the show.
• This was followed by ECW Originals vs. The New Breed. Yes folks; Matt Striker, Sabu, The Sandman, and even TNA's Monty Brown (or Marcus Cor Von, w/e) are booked after The Undertaker. No wonder they all looked so ecstatic in the ring. The match was alright but it wasn't hardcore rules or anything. Mainly just one big spotfest. Then again it was the second match with eight guys in it in one night. The Originals picked up a win when RVD frog splashed Striker. This was followed by Joey Styles having an orgasm in his chair by the sound of his voice.
• Then we had the 'Battle of the Billionaires'. I thought it would be later on in the night ,but meh. ....Now, as my friend stated, before it was even said on TV....the fucking barber chair got ITS OWN ENTRANCE. Yes, they played some cheesy music as the BARBER CHAIR made its way to the ring. It got to levitate, but 'Taker didn't?
  
  The match started off and it was about as hard hitting as you'd expect from Lashley & Umaga. The action really picked up when Umaga got out of hand and Austin pulled him off, getting the Samoan Spike for his troubles. At this point Shane McMahon was out to check on Vince who had been knocked off the apron. Shane would get into the ring, lay in some punches to Lashley before asking his head for a trash can. Shane did a coast-to-coast on Lashley before taking off his shirt to reveal a ref shirt.  The match went on a bit longer and Shane went to make the count until Austin recovered and pulled him out of the ring. He tossed Shane into the steps, got in the ring, and got ANOTHER spike. I think somewhere around this time, Trump had enough, came over and speared McMahon the floor and "punched" (more like tapping his fist) on Vince's head. Anyway, eventually Austin would recover, get in the ring, hit Umaga with a stunner, Lashley would get a spear in on him, and pick up the win. McMahon tried to slink away, but Lashley chased him and grabbed him and carried Vince to the ring. (he should've speared him) Austin got a stunner and then VINCE GOT SHAVED. And believe it or not, the biggest pop of the night at this point came for Donald Trump; or more accuratly the ELECTRIC RAZOR TRUMP HELD UP. Yes a fucking ELECTRIC RAZOR got one of the biggest pops of the night. Anyway, after all this, Vince cried, covered in shaving cream....and then Austin hit Trump with a stunner! I made a joke they should bag some of Vinnie Mac's hair and put it up at WWEshop.com. Guaranteed people would bid on it.
• Now....for like, maybe the second Wrestlemania in the past couple of years, the pre-main event is the fucking Women's title match. Wtf again? The ladies looked very nice as they all came out. Melina came out minus Johnny Nitro. Weird. The match was decent, but less then 10 minutes long. Ashley actually hit a few moves. End came after a series of pinfall reversals which lead to Melina getting the pin with a bridge. Then of course came the inevitable Diva cat fight, and then Melina left with the heel divas, namely Trinity and Jillian from what I saw.
• Finally, HBK versus Cena. I think Taker/Batista should have been last but the bookers are idiots anyway. Cena's entrance was sorta cool. Crap compared to his mafiaso one a few years back. Basically it showed a Ford driving through the streets to the FORD Centre, driving in and breaking through the Wrestlemania Glass (WM has glass now?) Then he got out of the car and hit the ring. HBK came out to DX music in an outfit reminiscent of his 90s matches. As for the match, it was good. But as with ANY and ALL John Cena matches, he got his ass kicked most of the match. Highlights were a springboard moonsault from HBK onto Cena on the announce table (which didn't give), HBK giving Cena a piledriver on the steel steps, a series of finisher reversals from both guys and two really nasty sounding superkicks; one to Cena and one to the ref. Both guys bled which was good. In the end, after a series of reversals, Cena got the STFU in and HBK tapped.

And that was it. Lackluster? Better believe it. Worth $49.99? No. Maybe half that. My friend and I thought that maybe Kennedy would come out and cash in his MITB shot at the end of the night, but that was when we thought Taker/Batista was at the end.  The matches were booked in a horrible order; odd how Vince can hate ECW so much he books them higher on the card then Undertaker. All the pyro they talked about on WWE.com seemed to have dissapeared; I mean 14 guys working like 12 hours days for a week and we get so little pyro? WTF?!

Also, they mentioned an un-aired match. It was a TAG TEAM LUMBERJACK MATCH! ....How many of those have you ever seen? It was Ric Flair & Carlito versus Gregory Helms & Chavo Guerrero, with the lumberjacks being essentially everyone who didn't get booked. Any buildup? No. Any heat behind it? No. But I would have rather watched it then Kane/Khali or the Lumberjill match.

People think of Wrestlemania III as one of the best ever; I recently saw Wrestlemania 2 featured on Wrestlecrap.com. My friend asked me if WM23 was a WM 2, a WM3 or in between? I'd say it's in between. For all the hype, it wasn't that good. Previous Wrestlemanias I've watched, even stretching back to WM19, were better then this.

And just an odd side note personally; usually my friend orders WM, we go to watch it, and it's good. My friend & I order it, stay at my place, and it sucks ass. ...Interesting isn't it?

So, that's my take on the show. What's yours?