The show-opening 'Belfast Brawl' delivered an unexpected WrestleMania gem for the audience and a boy-popping unexpected WrestleMania Moment - one so unexpected that one of the participants appeared to not even know it was coming.
Hornswoggle absorbed just one of several ruthlessly brutal shots dished out by Finlay and JBL in a mesmerising clash, though his p*ss-funny pasting threatened to leave the crowd laughing too hard to appreciate the bruising closing stretch.
Having been lodged at the commentary desk 12 months earlier, he was gone from the ring again one year later following another surprisingly satisfying WrestleMania match. Less was always way, way more with the former WWE Champion.
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