10 Fascinating WWE Facts About WrestleMania 21

[@TheJordanWS]

The 'WrestleMania Goes Hollywood' ads are, in my humble opinion, some of the funniest stuff WWE's ever produced!

[@Nolti90]

You talking to me?

[@quentinkaasa47]

You must be ta!king to me. I don't see anyone else around.

[@HellBrYnger]

ric flair wooo'ing his ass off on a donkey :D

[@BmanTheChamp]

So what's the line? You talking to me? Yeah, I'm talking to you. What's my line? Are you talking to me? You gotta be kidding me, man. Is this a joke?

[@Djstudiosgold]

Big show's ads still make me laugh my ass off.

[@Les1987]

Thank you, Jericho on bringing us the Money In The Bank concept. Changed the business forever. He truly is full of gifts, isn't he?

[@JulioHernandez-wy8nh]

Mike cushinberry Thats True, the man deserves more love, also................. YOU JUST MADE THE LIST!!!!!!

[@gamechanger700]

Well WWE destroyed the money in the bank concept with Brock winning with the worst way possible

[@mikeawesome9212]

@@gamechanger700 naw, it just sucked for that year. NEVER comment again. You don't know enough about wrestling.

[@mikeawesome9212]

Hasn't had a good idea since leaving WWE. All he has done in the independent promotion he works for is destroy his own legacy.

[@CubbieBlue902]

This was back when they knew how to make stars. Cena, Orton, Batista, and Edge all become true stars around this time.

[@razza119]

The first mania I was allowed to watch live, and one of my favourite matches of all time with angle vs michaels

[@RemRockVersion1]

Sadly, this was Eddie Guerrero's last Wrestlemania.

[@DFTLewis]

Fantastic match to say goodbye to mania though

[@DFTLewis]

@@axelidris8076 no

[@TheTimeBomb75]

Since I attended it live, I hold Wrestlemania 21 in a place close to my heart. I've always thought it was underrated.

[@LemonadepieX]

Bonus fact: Undertaker wanted Randy to break the streak at Mania 21.

[@htv768]

Additional fact: Randy Orton was offered to end the Undertakers streak but refused due to respect towards the deadman

[@Just_JoshE]

Nicholas Giovannone Randy himself said that wasn't true.

[@htv768]

Joshua Elsner .. Oh really , can you link me ?

[@kylekralik3207]

Wasn't Orton scheduled to beat the Undertaker originally?

[@DuFREAKY]

Kyle Kralik Taker wanted to give Orton the streak

[@kylekralik3207]

Ethan DuFresne-Brown oh alright my bad

[@willow7610]

Kyle Kralik Orton himself said no he wouldn't be the one to break the streak

[@jayNicks10]

That's what Undertaker wanted, but that's not what the booker wanted.

[@wrestlingfan-yq1wh]

Kyle Kralik yes he was but orton declined out of respect for taker

[@ceulgai2817]

This was my first 'Mania.

[@luckykoopa9892]

Mine too. I enjoyed the four marquee singles matches, and this was before I had knowledge of anything prior. I didn't realize just how much of a dream match Angle v. HBK was.

[@ceulgai2817]

Lucky Koopa I had a similar experience with wrestling! What about that?

[@mundial200]

My first Wrestlemania too and also didn't acknowledge the Angle vs HBK was more focus on the Rey Misterio vs Eddie Guerrero and the world titles matches xD

[@Carl_Johnson_from_grove_street]

same

[@bj71000]

I think it was mine also

[@Dramatic_Gaming]

The first 'Mania I ever saw, and still one of my favorites.

[@UCNXonline]

"I'm just a sexy Kurt! I'll make your ankle hurt!"

[@burkeycfc5129]

Don't let this distract you from the fact that Brad Maddox and Xavier Woods tag teamed Paige

[@cbfall]

:-))

[@luisalbertoarenasaraya4579]

They did a weird Doomsday Device

[@dxp5393]

They took Road Dogg’s Pump handle slam too seriously

[@lexlam2752]

Can't wait for him to do wrestlemania 22. The best one in my opinion. The whole card was amazing

[@lolbrunopt]

lex lam I've been waiting for WW22 since this series started

[@lexlam2752]

lolbrunopt Exactly!

[@quentinkaasa47]

Also the best theme.

[@lexlam2752]

Quentin Kaasa "Big Time!"

[@lolbrunopt]

Quentin Kaasa what about the ending song? 'I Dare You' amazing

[@KattleProductions]

This series is fascinating and fantastic. Double F's bro. It's great to track the history of the WWE through it's Wrestlemania's. It is a good snapshot in to the life and times of WWE.

[@shinsukenakamura1288]

Remember when we used to love John Cena? Yeah gotta love the Ruthless Aggression Era.

[@Ummidk1]

Shinsuke Nakamura W I still love him now though, due to his work ethic and because he's constantly evolving...

[@jordan12118]

Shinsuke Nakamura Smackdown John Cena

[@AzureDragoonGX]

I still love Cena. His workhorse routine and consistent improvement is very admirable. Not to mention his recent US title reign being the best thing the minor championships have seen in a long while.

[@assketchum3868]

I never like cena, he crushed all my hopes and dreams as a kid

[@CaptainEnglehorn]

I loved Cena from the start still do

[@ruffhouse00x]

I didn't really care for John Cena's match with JBL at Wrestlemania 21. I thought their I Quit match at Judgment Day 2005 was superior.

[@marcovanbasten8035]

On god and with blood it was a classic.

[@Shishio28]

I just loves these videos. Keep up the great work Whatculture

[@j.p.walkman9671]

Also it was my first Wrestlemania Experience. It was an awesome feeling. And just to be in the audience during HBK vs Kurt Angle was a treat.

[@yrnxthing]

This was my first 'Mania. It will always be my true love. ❤

[@dukes1993724]

2005 was a very good year for WWE storyline wise

[@DarrenNoFun]

this was the first wwe PPV I watched live at my towns theatre on the big screen. I was casually into wrestling before but this is what turned me into a hardcore fan, and go on to want to consume every bit of wrestling I could get my hands on.

[@domesticfishy]

Kurt Angle and Shawn Michaels are two of the best to ever step foot in the squared circle 👍🏼👍🏼

[@TheDirtySouth404]

I miss the 90s and 00s... videos like this remind me why 😔

[@DarkManX16]

When I look back on this Wrestlemania the theme seemed to be: WWE taking risks and with their young talent. Whether it was the first MITB being won by Edge, to Chrsty Hemme getting a match Trish Stratus, tag champs facing off, Carlito and Muhammad Hassan both being in segments with HOFers, a young Orton taking on Taker, a Sumo match, and two fresh new babyfaces getting a chance to be world champion. Also it's last Wrestlemania during the brand split where both world titles changed hands.

[@chair9368]

Imagine the face on whoever got Paul's plaque.

[@shutinpaladin6811]

I hope they recognized it. The worst thing would be if it was someone who didn't know, or care. Just dropped it in the garbage.

[@richieakilov]

Awesome videos like always

[@Tedaus20]

I remember watching this WM vividly. Such good times!

[@devinmain6299]

This is my favorite wrestle mania of all time. It was the first one I ever had the privilege to watch. So many great moments for me

[@mtn9272]

rather watch this on repeat then 3 hours of raw.

[@netz9248]

another fascinating fact, is that it's also a fantastic Xbox game

[@ceulgai2817]

It's a so-so wrestling game, which tends to be the trend for XBox wrestling game.

[@netz9248]

Ceul Gai think it is more on a nostalgia thing for me since I owned a ps2 and a ps1 and just had access to smack down games, and me and a couple friends would rent a Xbox to play Raw, Raw2, and WM21....we would be up all night playing them

[@TheTopTurnchuckle]

the game was a step up from the raw games. The graphics were way good! but it was rather slow.

[@TheDistantman]

Brad Netz Ha!!! that game had a lot of bugs but Super Best Friend's Play made that game the funniest game in God's Green Earth

[@domfabio8850]

Definitely a fun game but i would only call it average at best.

[@RobertPaceII]

This Mania is special for me cause this was around the time when I got back into pro wrestling after being away from wrestling for about 5 plus years. I got back into wrestling about 2 weeks before this Mania aired. It was just refreshing to be around wrestling again, and seeing my first Mania since 2000. This Mania looking back was a good Mania. You had the Austin, and Pipers Pit segment where Austin called Carlito "Nappy Headed", and Hogan made a surprise appearance. A lot of highlights at this Mania. You had Batista going over HHH, and this match may had been the weakest on the card excluding the Akebono and Big Show sumo match, and also that Trish Stratus VS Christy Hemme Womens title match which was not very good. I still though Batista and HHH told a good story in the ring. Just the weakest in number of good matches on this card. You had the coronation of Cena. Randy Orton, and The Undertaker tore the roof off and for me I remember not having very high expectations for this matchup, but it to me it overachieved. We had the first Money In The Bank Ladder natch which was incredible. I will never forget that Shelton Benjamin spot of him running up the later to clothesline Jericho. Unbelievable. Then we had one for the ages in Michaels VS Angle. This match was almost flawless. It was a masterpiece between two of the greatest. Last thing which is sombering, this was Eddie Guerrero's last Mania appearance. Very good show.

[@BRUK1423]

You literally missed the best 5 years of Manias then!

[@elijahjacob872]

Wrestlemania 21 is one the best Wrestlemanias ever and extremely underrated. If were talking about the card from top to bottom, its top 5 all time imo

[@KEPA000]

Underrated because it wasn't good at all it had it some good matches but they were missing a lot of Great moments for trish an lita was supposed to have a ladder match but we got that Christy match and The Big show and whoever that sumo wrestler was didn't had a good showing

[@troyancheta3803]

WrestleMania 20 and 21 holds a special place in my heart up to this day

[@handsomesquidward5906]

I always loved the pants on HBK rather than the tights. They always had cool designs and remind me of the ruthless aggression era.

[@JCalhoun2000]

First Wrestlemania I ever watched. The Angle vs. Michaels match is what got me into WWE

[@Michael_Jopling]

Love this series

[@ohhhkingslayer]

21 was my first PPV I watched live loved it

[@james_the_animator]

I guess if Randy faced Triple H for the World title, Batista would've challenged the streak two years earlier?

[@michaelcharles0107]

The MITB entry was the best entry so far of these 21 lists. Also DAMN was 2005 good as was Mania 21.

[@TheEdFather]

My first Wrestlemania! Was waiting for this one!

[@jamieknowsnada]

That Batista vs Triple H storyline was so good. Booked perfectly imo

[@ryanak]

This was the one and only live wrestling show I've attended, was a good time

[@Mimekiller]

11th fun fact, I was at Universal Studios the Saturday before this event and saw Kurt Angle and my gift to him was not to bother him before his big Wrestlemania match haha

[@MisterHearn]

Was at this Mania and remember people going nuts for HBK and Angle. Cena got a huge pop, too. But the biggest oversight here is that this was Eddie Guerrero's​ final WrestleMania.

[@BrianMontesQ]

I was just waiting for this one.

[@davidbarraza1294]

This was such a a good WM. So underrated

[@randomname092708]

love the fasinating wrestlmania videos

[@chair9368]

"It's a tag team match playa" not tonight Teddy, but Orton got "to go one on one, with the undertaka"

[@phyzlatte]

Eddie/Rey is such an underrated match. It was amazing.

[@payableondeath7]

HBK vs Angle is my favorite WWE match of all time. The build was so simple and it was performed so perfectly

[@troyancheta3803]

Are you talking about the actual build that happened during the match or the build before WrestleMania?. The build before WrestleMania was cool, started at the rumble then having Angle break Marty Janetty and Sherri's ankle

[@SolidSonicTH]

CONTROVERSIAL: I liked the rematch at Vengeance more than this one. I thought the first match was too slow for the dream match I was envisioning but their rematch later that same year hit every high I was hoping it would and that could very well be my favorite match in the company's history.

[@lionwolf2797]

the wrestlemania that changed my life and made me love wwe

[@AJ24773]

I loved this WM, first WM i copped on dvd

[@AnitaMartini7]

I was at that show, 3rd row. My bro had just gotten back from Bagdad after his first deployment. He's a huge fan. Big show sumo was crazy.

[@jupiterthekitty]

*Is anybody retaining their title at WrestleMania this year ?*

[@jupiterthekitty]

Bayley maybe 🤔

[@metalheadwrestling5928]

gooch butter Hopefully Bray

[@jupiterthekitty]

+Demon Prince I agree.

[@dannyliebs702]

Yeah. Orton isn't winning. He's my all time favorite wrestler, but Wyatt is definitely winning.

[@anw568]

gooch butter Neville

[@michaellyden2580]

To date, this is the only Wrestlemania that I've actually watched in its initial broadcast.

[@cantguard26]

The Ruthless Aggression Era was very underrated ‼️‼️‼️

[@ixd2]

That outro though. Lol how old is the AJ styles mag ad?

[@WCWThunderRosa]

WM24 had two world title changes. Idgaf what you say, the ECW title was a world title regardless of how Vinnie Mac treated it

[@Jewety]

wwfwrestlingfan4ever Yea. I never understood why ppl always tried to discredit it, when its literally the ECW WORLD title. And for some reason everybody's favorite come back is "it wasn't treated like a world title". Well after ECW disbanded and before the relaunch of the titles now, the world heavyweight title wasn't treated as such either, but no one discredits that

[@adrumus2]

If you go to Axxess the ECW title is encased next to the IC and US titles. Guess that's how Vince sees it

[@Orephiuchus]

I started watching wrestling in 1999. but I didn't get to see a WrestleMania live on PPV till 2005. this is the first WrestleMania I saw :) and it was great

[@randyleonard5911]

Keep em coming adam

[@10TheDevil]

This is imo the best Wrestlemania of recent years. The whole card was stacked with unforgettable matches. Game changer forsure

[@Carl_Johnson_from_grove_street]

one of my favorites for sure

[@realekedolphin]

Loving the series.

[@babyl2729]

I was at WrestleMania 21!

[@MCguy52]

I remember the commercials for this one. Probably the best thing about it besides the HOF ceremony.

[@SolidSonicTH]

Shawn Michaels vs. Kurt Angle was a dream match for me but I actually think the WrestleMania 21 match didn't deliver on that. The pace was off. Their match at Vengeance later that year was absolutely the match it deserved to be. More energy all around.

[@markironside9818]

Binge watching these WrestleMania fact videos while sick with the flu

[@mikeawesome9212]

Feeling better now??

[@SHEEMBA]

This is actually the first mania from when I went on to watch RAW & Smackdown every single week, havent stopped since

[@SHEEMBA]

Was only 10 at the time

[@DigiTensei]

You know RVD winning the Hollywood dream match and saying his wish is for ECW to come back is very interesting to me and I wish that I could've seen that play out.

[@troyancheta3803]

It still came true the next year though haha, RVD even winning the ECW and WWE championship. But that would be very interesting if the Hollywood Dream Match happened

[@1Juansfield]

This wrestlemania had the best commercials!

[@octo20]

The Wrestlemania goes Hollywood commercials that aired leading up to this were great.

[@blindterrytucci2752]

"This" Roddy Piper didn't need help with mic work but that Roddy Piper and the Roddy Piper that was inducted were far, far different. I love the guy and he is in my top 5 wrestlers and talkers of all time...but Piper from 1998 on was a shell of his former self on the mic.

[@chaosstorm8307]

WWE: Give me you're body, I'll make billion's. Also WWE: here's you're $20 plack... Sounds like any other job to me.

[@ShadowRealmFox]

Eddie Guerrero's last WM... thats how I will always remember WM 21.

[@PrinceIsot]

This is one of the most important WrestleManias. I love it

[@aaronchapman6994]

Can’t come close to X-seven,XIX,X or XXX

[@ReoHimZ]

The show that made me a wrestling fan!

[@ReoHimZ]

When i was a kid

[@Jackrob16]

This wrestle mania meant so much to me growing up

[@TooSix]

OMG how could I have forgotten about that Big Show sumo match!

[@pedroponce8600]

0:13 "big show declaring war on his dignity" 😂😂

[@johnnytrever6315]

#11: WM 21 was Eddie Guerrero's final wrestlemania

[@nikhiliyengar1510]

10 things WWE wants you to forget about: The Miz Bret Hart Rob Van Dam Mick Foley Cody Rhodes Rey Mysterio AJ Lee Cesaro Rikishi Goldust Booker T Beth Phoenix Wade Barrett

[@habibayub1822]

Nikhil Krishnan paige

[@nickg3462]

Nikhil Krishnan The Miz is headlining SD, Beth is entering the hall of fame, Rikishi is a hall of famer retired, Cesaro is featured on WrestleMania. What the actual Fuck are you talking about.

[@nikhiliyengar1510]

Nick G Dude, you do know that there is a series that Whatculture makes called "WWE wants you to forget", right? This is just my checklist for it or ideas for it, if you will.

[@catdog12204]

Love big Dave !

[@jamiereid3271]

Probably my favorite other mania (everyone loves 17 and 18)

[@GerritCoulter]

Most underrated WM imho

[@abrahamfarraj84]

MITB is one of the greatest creations anyone in WWE has ever came up with.

[@Wreck1990]

"Two Man Shit Shower Trip" HOLY SHIT THAT WAS AWESOME!

[@icedcoffee2279]

This was my favorite and first wrestlemania id ever seen

[@HORSEYANIME2024]

Pls upload more Wwe wrestlmanias matches from the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s

[@theemagicalwendigo5070]

That last one needs to change considering that WrestleMania 33 had both major brand world titles changed too. Goldberg lost his Universal Title to Brock and Bray lost his WWE title to Orton.

[@godmademefunky95]

Always been my favourite of HBK's attire.

[@Gwolf888]

classic and events over the years wrestle mania if you like wrestle mania then give it a thumbs up the best of all time sporting event . I love it . if you agree with me then you a diehard wrestling fan.

[@iamking7134]

I definitely remember the awesome movie trailer spoofs they did

[@ikerants745]

well this is great and all but where shall I ever learn "10 fascinating facts about Wrestlemania 22" *Sigh* I guess I'll never know "10 fascinating facts about Wrestlemania 22"

[@srodriguez39411129]

wwe needs to hire this man

[@woods5671]

Adams comment on Shawn and angle I loved “in other words both men are freaks lol”

[@TheTrixster690]

What about Trish and Lita having a ladder match for the Women's Championship which Lita was supposed to win

[@Frog19-e9z]

The wording "the streak" wasn't used but undertaker being undefeated at wrestlemania was actually mentioned at WMX7

[@huffy6192]

After he beat flair.

[@TheGoddamnJefe]

They did a video on Wrestlemania 21 because I asked them to in their last Wrestlemania video. Gee, thanks fellas. 😘

[@ashvinanissexy6546]

Cesar Lazcano lol I hope this is a joke

[@TheGoddamnJefe]

1000000 Subscribers Absolutely not. They falkin love me here. #truth

[@southbeachtalent]

@@TheGoddamnJefe you are a strange, strange person. Rock on

[@TheGoddamnJefe]

southbeachtalent 😂😂😂

[@youforget1000thingsaday]

I regard this as one of the best wrestlemanias of all time. The build up was insanity.