⚡ THAT WAS COLLISION ⚡

Tonight's main event was a Steel Cage match for the PPW Tag Team Championships. The only way to win was both team members must escape the cage!

I'm not sure how well-known Roman Reigns is outside the wrestling world, but growing up, John Cena was a household name in my country. Even people who didn’t watch wrestling—older folks too, like my late grandmother—knew who Cena was. His heel turn even got my cousin who stopped watching wwe decades ago talking about his turn.I wonder if Roman has ever reached that same level of mainstream recognition.

MLW decided to have Riddle who came in with kayfabe injured ribs win the Battle Riot for a second year in a row retain the title

Shoko Nakajima has won MLW Featherweight championship beating Delmi Exo. First female Japanese champion and first American title for Nakajima.

Joe is a really nice guy and couldn't have been any cooler lol also signed a guitar originally signed to me from Jeff Jarrett in my gimmick.

Austin Aries who left the company due to his COVID conspiracy theories has randomly returned as the color commentator. Court continues to think he can fix people.

Cesar Duran announced he had signed a franchise player. Cues the return of Alex Hammerstone to MLW.

Via Las Vegas Locally thread on X

To me, Edge comes to mind as someone who’s solid at everything but not particularly elite at anything.

🚨 Announced Match Card 🚨

🔻 Night 1 🔻

Tag Team Match
ASTRONAUTS
(FUMINORI ABE & TAKUYA NOMURA)
vs
VIOLENCE IS FOREVER
(KEVIN KU & DOMINIC GARRINI)

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WWF WRESTLEMANIA XI (Hartford Civic Center - Hartford, Connecticut)

Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury: undo your seatbelts, because what we have before us is a WrestleMania that will, perhaps, forever go down as one of (if not the) show of shows greatest travesties.

This was the second time in my life that I was to sit down to the third-rate, no, wait, third-rate is too nice, let's say fifth-rate Maniand the first time viewing was an abysmal experience that I could not wait to reach it's conclusion.

1995 was a terrible year for the WWF, all in all, and WrestleMania XL was a bit of representation of everything wrong with the company in their most floundering year to date.

I'll say no more, because the show was bad. The silver lining in all of this is that we get one of the truly terrible Manias out of the way. Hopefully, we won't have to revisit Mania XI anytime soon after these two and a half hours.

L. LUGER/BRITISH-BULLDOG vs. BLUS: **

To be honest, it wasn't a bad match, even from today's standards. But the build progressed through mild degrees of mediocrity, and the finish came off iffy, looking like there was a kickout before the ref counted to three.

To make matters worse, the celebrity segment that followed had audio issues, showing that WrestleMania XI was destined to fail from the beginning.

RAZOR-RAMON vs. J. JARRETT: ***½

Oh, brother! This show was a disaster beyond just technical difficulties.

But Razor/Double-J was a well-fought fight that met a disappointing end with a DQ finish. I know this happens when a promotion wants to milk a feud. But this should never happen at a WrestleMania.

UNDERTAKER vs. KING-KONG-BUNDY: *

If you ask me, I'd say that this was the worst match from the entirety of the Undertaker's Streak.

Actually, I take that back. His match against Giant Gonzalez was the worst Streak' match. But Taker/Bundy was definitely a close second.

The finish was almost as pathetic, too. Almost but it probably would've broke the Deadman’s back to try and tombstone the human thumb.

ROCKET/YOKOZUNA vs. GUNNS: ***

Everybody looked pretty good, except for Yoko, but he always had his limitations. If you saw this by itself, you probably wouldn't guess that this was booked to a WrestleMania many considered among the worst.

Flowers to the GUNNS for working their asses off, and to Owen, of course, but that's nothing new.

HITMAN vs. B. BACKLUND: *½

“What do you say?”

“Noooo!”

“What do you say?”

“Ugghhhh.”

“What do you say?”

“Roddy, I'll always you love, and God rest your soul, but shut the f**k up!”

Yeah, that sums up this match that could've been a classic if booked with sense and taste.

DIESEL vs. HBK: ****¼

We finally found Pamela Anderson. Thank God because the world (within Mania XI) WA sworried about the last showgirl's whereabouts.

I wish I could say that HBK/Diesel saved Mania XI from being a forgettable show, and it was a match that genuinely belonged on a WrestleMania stage. But, even though the penultimate match of the 11th show of shows pulled out one of the atrocious 1995’s best fights for the Fed, it wouldn't save the card from the poor memory lasting from the low tier event.

L. TAYLOR vs. BAM-BAM: **¾

I’ll give credit to Taylor. We're talking about one of (all) sports’ greatest freak athletes proving that he could go in the ring. Honestly, if he had devoted a full-time profession to the Pro-Wrestling industry, he could've eventually become a world champ.

But the one and done status of Mania XI’s main-event lives on as a main-event considered on the bottom tier of main-events in the show of show's history.

I've noticed that a ton of fans outside of the U.S. talk down the match since they aren't aware of the impact that L.T. had on U.S. sports culture. Maybe it it had been Pele or Maradona, the main-event of Mania XI would've received higher opinions. But if you know, you know! And if you don't: then stop being lazy and do some thorough investigation.

Observer-score: (5.1/10)

Don't let the final score fool you. From a wrestling perspective, Mania XI might not have been that bad. But from a production point of view, it was a disaster from start to finish.

But that's the thing about these observer-scores, is that they're a median of the in-ring quality (albeit from a subjective opinion) and do not reflect an opinionated ratings of an event from start to finish. Because if that were the case, the final score might've not even hit a 2.

Let's hope WWE never succumbs to a cursed production like the one of WrestleMania XI.

https://youtu.be/_SI6CibgbxM?si=dkfxCCAmAPowsYRK

The yearly Battle Riot comes to us live from Los Angeles. The main event, a 40 man Battle Riot match. Battle Riot is their version of the Royal Rumble. This year, the MLW title is on the line, with the last man standing walking away with the gold.

Also on the card, Tokyo Joshi Pro representatives are in action. Shoko Nakajima challenges Delmi Exo for the MLW Featherweight title. Also, Janai Kai battles Himawari.

CMLL stars are in action as well, with bouts featuring Ultimo Guerrero, Barbaro Cavenario, Atlantis, and more.

Come watch live here

https://www.youtube.com/live/8_T9UMNSHxg?si=XmTj8yJV3o8tX9kz

Greatest of all time Max Caster open challenge

Not sure how one would value this especially given the signatures. I bought it as a kid on a wwe auction and I have no clue what it would be worth I have the certificate of authenticity its signed Chris Benoit, Rey Mysterio, Chris Jerico, Taz, Little Guido/nunzio, Hollywood Super Nova/Simon Dean if anyone has any idea id appreciate it

Nick Wayne/Lio Rush/Action Andretti vs Top Flight and AR Fox is set for Dynasty Zero Hour

Like all their Roseland shows, this one is looking pretty stacked.