6 Ups And 11 Downs From WWE Crown Jewel
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11. WrestleMania Rollup
It might have been more than a decade ago, but once upon a time, Rey Mysterio versus Randy Orton was two-thirds of a WrestleMania headlining match.
Friday, they were a curtain-jerking five-minute act that ended with a botched backslide rollup.
While you could argue that they were holding back a bit because Mysterio still had further to go in the tournament, it’s ridiculous that they sleepwalked through a five-minute match that could have taken place at any house show. For the opening match of what ostensibly was a PPV.
Sure, both men are exceptional professionals, so the match wasn’t bad by any standard. But if you logged in a few minutes late and missed it, you didn’t miss anything. The post-match beatdown was more newsworthy than the entire bout itself.