Review of WrestleMania XXVII

Honestly, you would think of a Wrestlemania where the Rock AKA Dwayne Johnson is hosting would be awesome, but sadly this Pay Per View from WWE wasn't that good. WrestleMania XXVII was just disappointing. I sat through the show when it aired live on April 3, 2011, and its replay value is hard to watch again. There is a lot of reasons why this show didn't live up to the hype. First off, you got the Rock performing as a guest host rather than wrestling. I know, they (WWE), at the time didn't want the Rock to wrestle, because just in case, if he get injury that might ruin his Hollywood run. After all, he was just back to wrestling to help promote, 2011's Fast Five. Indeed, after Wrestlemania 27, he was gone for another year, until 2012 to promote 2013's G.I. Joe: Retaliation. At less, in Wrestlemania 28 & 29, he help made the show way better, by risking his movie career by wrestling. As a wrestling fan, I think most fans would take the Rock wrestling in the ring over anything else. Unlike other Attitude Era wrestlers who left the WWE and came back for guest hosts. The Rock has always been athletic enough to return to the ring. While, the Rock is great on the mic and continue to electrifying audiences with his one-of-a-kind verbal talents. Most of his promos, were just old "Fruity Pebbles" jokes at Cena, kissing grandma joke, meeting Pee Wee Herman and running through his catchphrases. Seriously, over ten minutes were wasted on Rock speaking. He can't carry the whole show, just doing this. Another reason why the PPV suck. The scheduled United States Championship bout between Sheamus and Daniel Bryan was bumped to the pre-show due to time constraints. Both are great athletes and deserve a spot on the card. Both would get a spot, next year for the World Championship, but it was just an 18 second match. It wasn't until Wrestlemania 30, that the most popular wrestler got a real one on one match. 10 minutes in the PPV and the show finally gets a match. Edge defends the World Heavyweight Championship against Alberto Del Rio. Without spoiling it, the match was just alright. Still, it's odd to see the World title defended so early on the card. Sadly, this would be Edge's final match, as he would be forced to retire a week later, due to a wealth of spinal injuries during his career. The next match had lot of build to it, Cody Rhodes VS Rey Mysterio. It was one of my favorite storyline of the year. Mysterio injure Rhodes' face with his knee-brace, a year earlier. As a result, Rhodes' self-esteem took a downturn, as he began to wear a face shield. The match live up the build. Then the show got bad fillers. I just can't stand the awful singing contest hosted by Snoop Dogg. The next match was Big Show, Kane, Kofi Kingston, and Santino Marella vs. The Corre. It was short and boring. What a disappointment because Wade Barrett was then Intercontinental Champion & Heath Slater, Justin Gabriel was then Tag Team Champions and Ezekiel Jackson was then ECW Championship and they only got 1 minute and 34 second match. Lame! The next match, CM Punk and Randy Orton put on a damn fine match. Still, it was forgettable. The Hall of Fame class wasn't forgettable, as the class made out of Shawn Michaels, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Sunny, The Road Warriors, Paul Ellering, Abdullah the Butcher, and Bullet Bob Armstrong was great. Still, why is Drew Carey in this!? A two minute cameo in the 2001 Royal Rumble is Hall of Fame's material. Whatever! The next match shouldn't be on the card. Michael Cole VS Jerry Lawler. Yes, an announcer vs an ex-wrestler at Wrestlemania. What on earth, were WWE thinking? Awful match with a horrible ending. The next match is Undertaker VS Triple H. Honestly, I thought this was pretty OK match, as Triple H was seeking revenge for Undertaker retiring HBK, the previous year, Wrestlemania and help him, the next year, Hell in the Cell match. Still, the match here didn't live up to their previous match at 2001's Wrestlemania X7. The match is most famous for both wrestlers get fined for hitting each other in the head with a chair. Another reason why this show really suck is because they had the lovely Trish Stratus return from retirement to have her team with a disrespectful John Morrison and B-List celeb skunk Snooki from MTV Jersey Shore to fight Dolph Ziggler, Michelle McCool, and Layla. It was short, and just not watchable. The main event really wasn't great as The Miz defend the WWE Championship against John Cena. Honestly, the Miz at the time wasn't really ready for this role, and this match proves that. John Cena continue to get mixed reaction with fans. Overall, the match was rushed and generic. The Miz even injury himself with a concussion, half way in. Originally, the match ended in a double count out, which is pretty horrible to end the show, but the match restarted so fans don't end up hating the show. In the end, most fans left unhappy as the show ended with the heel winning the main bout. Who does that!?! This isn't Wrestlemania 2000 with a crowd of 18,034. This crowd is 71,617, and you screw them over with no happy ending. At less, in Wrestlemania X7 made sense, because Steve Austin turn heel in his home state. This doesn't make any sense. Overall: One of the worst PPVs of the Modern era. At less, it's not 1995's Wrestlemania 11.