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WrestleMania 37 is here and night one is over. To be honest, it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. There were some real good matches and some real good performances put on by some wrestlers. So with out further ado, let's get into it.... Bobby Lashley (champion) vs Drew McIntyre Now, I'll be honest going into this I shit all over Bobby Lashley, but god damn this was actually a pretty good match to open the show. Lots of hard hitting spots back and forth, at one point McItrye hit 3 huge future shock DDT's on Lashley to which Lashley kicked out of. Almost 18 minutes of back and forth hard hitting spots, but in the end Lashley locked on the "Hurt Lock" to retain the title, but a great way to start the show. Womens Tag Team Turmoil Match(winner receives tag title shot on night 2) Yeah, talk about a come down from the first match, this was just clunky with just some overall bad wrestling. Natalya and Tamina won the match, I've been on record saying Natalya is only still here because of her uncle.....she is in my opinion one of the most overrated women's wrestlers in the company and I will firmly stick to that belief. Cesaro vs Seth Rollins I mean, what more can you say? These two dudes have been putting on amazing matches with whoever they are in the ring with and this was no exception. Cesaro even brought back the big swing, for a mid card match I am genuinely not sure if you'll see one better. This dudes put on a master class of wrestling with big spots mixed in. Cesaro got the win, clean and maybe will finally get his long awaited push the fans have been waiting for. The New Day (Champions) v's AJ Styles and Omos To be honest? This was an ok match but it almost felt like a squash match. For a team like the New Day who shows out every time they're out there, I dunno this just wasn't a good match. AJ Styles and Omos get the win to become the new tag champs, first title change of Mania weekend and AJ Styles is officially a WWE grand slam champ. Braun Stroman vs Shane McMahon Standard Shan O'mac match, he got some offense in....looked like maybe he'll win. Took a huge spot by getting thrown off the cage, Braun Stroman wins, for me not much to talk about or elaborate on this match. Every mania season its the same recycled shit that they do with Shane. Not to say Shane isn't an absolute crazy person, but the schtick is just getting old to me. Bad Bunny and Damian Priest vs The Miz and John Morrison OOOOOOOF again your standard Mania bullshit. The "Celebrity Match"....The Celebrity wins, gets a couple "big moves" in and the announcers blow their loads acting like the guy can wrestle even a little bit. I'll be completely honest I had the match on, I didn't play close attention, because I couldn't give a shit. Sasha Banks(Champion) vs Bianca Belair I said before, this was the match i was genuinely excited to watch. I think Sasha Banks is one of the best females wrestlers in the world and I think Belair is one of the top young wrestlers in the world. These two didn't disappoint at all, Belair showed off her BIG time strength in this match by holding up banks for a gorilla press slam and walking her up the ring steps. Banks went for the "bank statement" but Belair responded and reversed it with the K.O.D for the win and Belair becomes the new Smackdown women's champion. WWE got this one 100% right, I think Belair could be a legit superstar in the WWE if they promote her correctly. Let's not forget the botched ending by Michael Cole after saying "A kick out by Sasha" and it wasn't even close, even in real time you could tell there wasn't a kick out haha. Michael Cole sucks and congrats to Bianca Belair! NIGHT 2: TONIGHT, Recap tomorrow!
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