8 Ups And 11 Downs From WWE WrestleMania 33

1. Lather, Rinse, Repeat If Necessary

Four spears. Four Superman punches. A bunch of chair shots. A drive-by dropkick. And a Samoan Drop. That might have been the entire arsenal of offense that Roman Reigns used during his third consecutive main event WrestleMania match, this one against the Undertaker.

Reigns closed out what had started out as a really good Mania with a wounded duck of a match, a slow, plodding affair that didn’t make Taker look like an old gunslinger. It made him look like a shell of his former self. And Roman was the jerky “hero” who took his spot.

If it wasn’t for the end and the postscript, there’s no way this should have closed out WrestleMania. It was a troll job of every fan who’s booed Roman consistently for the past two years, as he’s shown zero character development since then, but we’re supposed to love him now that he’s defeated the Phenom. Plus, it simply wasn’t a good match.

Sorry if you disagree, but it objectively wasn’t a good match, and it was the wrong dynamic. If you have a guy you view as your babyface of the future who gets booed more than cheered, having him beat an all-time legend into retirement isn’t going to make that situation better. Period.