6 Ups And 11 Downs From WWE Crown Jewel

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11. WrestleMania Rollup

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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.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.