Is Brock Lesnar/Goldberg the Worst Mania Match Ever? Wrestlemania 20 Review

[@dahappyhamster5600]

I can explain the crowd shouting "Hogan!" during Lesnar v. Goldberg, because I was there. There were two guys in the crowd dressed as Hogan and Savage, and they were doing like a mock pose/flex-off, and I guess the crowd was so bored with the match, that they just focused on those two in the crowd, instead. I am honored to see one of the coveted 0-star matches from you live! Huge fan!

[@Kaltagstar96]

The Hogan and Savage cosplayers genuinely sounds more interesting than Goldberg vs. Lesnar.

[@TheFame5000]

I was there too and totally forgot about those two fools acting like hogan and savage. You totally brought back the memories of that night. Thanks!

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

This comment should be pinned.

[@atifqavi2054]

Was Shane McMahon in the crowd? I have always heard that he was leading the crowd in chants against Lesnar and Goldberg but he was seated away from the camera angles.

[@neoWhite]

Being there live at night, Hogan and Savage were the best thing about this match!

[@Drinkabeerandplayagameofficial]

“I had bit of a crush on Trish at that time” Aka, every wrestling fan at any time

[@markymark718]

Yupppp

[@Mikefrank333]

Mark Reynoso I didn’t have a crush on Trish.... wait why did my nose suddenly grow?

[@markymark718]

@@Mikefrank333 LOL

[@emberlily7]

I'm telling you right now, I DID NOT fantasize about 3 ways with Trish and Stacy Keibler almost every night

[@wendigo1619]

I prefered Lita, was never into blondes

[@Mental_Health_Matters]

I sincerely miss the visuals of flashbulbs from the audience. It's a small visual detail that I think it is sorely missing from modern wrestling shows

[@mozeyad4573]

this i miss dearly

[@toptenguy1]

At least we have fireflies now lol

[@codekhalil6437]

It looked gorgeous is that final match with the superkicks and german suplexes. It looked gorgeous in old school hockey games too when a player took a shot on net or goalie making a save. And nothing better than flashbulbs on a penalty shot!

[@SatoshiKong]

Never really thought about it before, but you're totally right.

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

Me thinks they should force them to use old cameras

[@BigJasonMc]

I showed my daughter the Undertaker intro when she was 2. Whenever she would hear the "gong", she would gasp and whisper "Undertaker..". Its the most adorable thing in the world and if life ended today, I'd die a proud Father.

[@foof811]

It’s hilarious to imagine Paul Bearer yelling “I’m trying to fucking keep kayfabe.” In his high pitched voice.

[@kevrulz06]

Props to anyone who just read this and tried to do it out loud! lol

[@eastxsidexswagg]

“Yoooouu fucking MAAAARKS!” 😂😂😂

[@bryanj5747]

According to WrestlCrap, there were Hogan and Savage cosplayers cutting promos on each other during Lesnar/Goldberg; the crowd was more into those guys than this match.

[@speedy316uk]

To be honest that sounds awesome I would have loved to have seen that!

[@MysticRhythms87]

Yep. Former WC contributor Kelly (AKA Triple Kelly, whom I'm friends with on Facebook) wrote the induction for this match. In it, she included a few words from the Hogan cosplayer, who coincidentally encountered a Macho Man cosplayer nearby. They proceeded to cut promos on each other, posing with their replica belts and almost everyone nearby stopped watching the match and started watching those guys. Security eventually stepped in to break it up, but apparently thought it was funny regardless. So congrats to those guys. They got a better reaction from the crowd than both Lesnar and Goldberg. :p

[@nickmontoya3001]

Wouldn't surprise me. A tickle fight between kane and big show would be better then Lesner v goldberg wmxx

[@Hatchbasic]

I was there and this was true

[@plcthelegacy4131]

"Sable has the Mania streak..." So that's why Brock broke the streak....There can be only one!

[@munchmahquchi4050]

This is an underrated comment😂

[@aztecwrrior1997]

RVD has a streak too

[@Y2JHHHDX]

Hector Rodriguez and Michael Cole

[@aztecwrrior1997]

@@Y2JHHHDX oh yeah i forgot about that

[@michaelprestexzzon4052]

Sable was never as hot as Torrie Wilson

[@insanesuperstar]

"Fuck this match; zero stars." Best quote ever.

[@christoskettenis880]

"Eddie Guerrero STOLE my title!!!!" Also the best moment after Benoit winning is Eddie coming out for both of them to celebrate their world championships. A very touching moment indeed.

[@mikeyo3675]

It's not touching fuck Chris

[@Sapsterr]

"I would love to see Wrestlemania move from big fields to places like Madison Square Garden" 2020: "I think we need to go a bit smaller than that.."

[@BadDayLp]

2020: Cutting the crowd by only 2/3? LOL

[@reloadpsi]

Ouch.

[@hibachiagent0249]

Damn I remember Ultimo Dragon. WWE did him so dirty, guy was a legend and a beast in the WCW and Japan.

[@abedfo88]

He is a joy to watch

[@paulk6399]

You gotta remember, if you become a legend without Vince’s approval, don’t go to WWE

[@Lastmanezah3441]

Ultimo is better than rey

[@SteeleZack]

He is in my boy stable

[@danieldrayet2364]

Ultimo Dragon vs Rey mysterio were excellent matches in wcw they cpuldve brought that to wwe, same if they put juventud, psicosis or super crazy with rey if rey wasnt WHC

[@haydenhume4088]

The whc triple threat was an absolute classic

[@timbartschwolfman]

I remember watching that when Raw had the Benoit "Tribute Show" before we would all find out what really happened

[@ChrisWolff2013]

One of the greatest matches in the history of WWE. 5 Star classic. So much so they did it 10 years later with Daniel Bryan, down to the table spot.

[@g_o-a_t]

Def one of the best triple threats !!! Everything was so smooth and perfectly planned!! No botches..

[@g_o-a_t]

Very dramatic at the end

[@enigmaskull3495]

Easily one of the best Triple Threats ever. Too bad WWE will never acknowledge it again.

[@phreak811]

I loved that at the end of the Main Event Benoit is yelling "TAP! TAP!" It added such real feeling to the match. That one little thing made you feel like he was really cranking on that hold and trying to break Triple H.

[@treyoftriphorya]

Fun fact he said the same thing to Daniel and Nancy

[@codekhalil6437]

@@treyoftriphorya It's lost it's spark now

[@atifqavi2054]

@@treyoftriphorya Not funny at all.

[@treyoftriphorya]

Atif Qavi Scott Hall disagrees

[@pushon10]

I wish he had killed Triple H instead of his family

[@pallyboy6005]

Boy, oh boy, remember when Wrestlemanias were hosted in "Basketball-Sized Arenas"? Good old days!

[@stutteringcris468]

The ending commentary done by JR at the end was LEGENDARY! "INCH AFTER INCH! MILE AFTER MILE! BENOIT CAME EVER SO CLOSE BUT NOW, FINALLY, BY GAWD FINALLY THE CRIPPLER CROSSFACE CAN SAY I WON THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP!"

[@masteroflions1183]

"Chris Benoit 18 yr oddysey has culminated in wrestlemania" - Jim Ross

[@namikstudios]

Considering that Benoit had already won the World Heavyweight Championship in WCW four years earlier at Souled Out 2000 before he switched to WWE, JR's commentary was just complete nonsense.

[@JennaLeigh]

​@@namikstudiosno, it isn't. At all. WCW was and is eternally portrayed as second rate, not as good, forever below WWE. Benoit was winning the WWE world heavyweight championship - in the world of WWE, a MASSIVE accomplishment, at the biggest show of the year, in the company's most cherished arena. That "WCW desperately trying to make good" title win held little to no importance at that point as WCW had devalued their own title so badly by then. Beyond that, Benoit had a foot out the door at that point.

[@Trollface696]

It was in WCWs dark days and it lasted just one day@@namikstudios

[@jdbruiser]

Hold the phone, Cena picked Show up for an F-U at Survivor Series 2003 during the smackdown Survivor Series elimination match, so WM20 wasn't the first time he picked Show up.

[@GayLatinoBear]

Was just about to post this

[@dukes1993724]

I was looking for this comment

[@imowrestling2274]

@@GayLatinoBear Me too. :D

[@jdbruiser]

@@GayLatinoBear Brian also forgot to mention that Cena and Booker T feuded over the US title in a best of 5 series after Angle stripped Cena of the championship that was then won by Booker in an eight-man elimination match. Doesn't matter really, but we expert fanatics like knit-picking.

[@88fanforlife]

When he said mania was the first time he FUed show I was thinking that can’t be right

[@akiespady5176]

Goldberg vs Lesnar worst WM match ever King vs Michael Cole: hold my beer

[@SuperPEACEMAKER786]

aj vs nak was boring as hell, that might be worst ever..

[@briwanderz]

but nobody had big expectations for king vs michael cole... and in fairness i'm fairly sure it had more wrestling in it and less posing / staring / awkward grunts.

[@gray007nl]

@@SuperPEACEMAKER786 AJ vs Nak might be one of the most dissapointing Mania matches, but far from the worst tho.

[@nunu850]

HHH vs Orton, Wyatt vs Orton 😩😩

[@thqp]

Bret hart vs Vince mcmahon....

[@JayPoole1986]

Always seems like people miss the symbolism of Benoit throwing the only other person to go coast to coast in the Rumble over the top rope to basically eliminate him from the match. Tremendous story telling.

[@hellshakeyanojr3584]

it's like he's telling everybody "This is my moment now"

[@Deathpool_04]

He eliminated the big show to which symbolized things even more. Being told he wasn’t big enough or tall enough, could never be the “big show” but still finds a overcome that and live his dream.

[@robertjackson1987]

Holy shit. You're right.

[@TimTE01]

How about Benoit foreshadowing Taker throwing HBK out in ‘07 too? Not his plan, but still...

[@robertanderson2898]

Well #s 1 and 2 both start the match, so Rey Mysterio would also qualify. I don't count Vince McMahon because he spent only about 4 1/2 minutes in the entire match. Michaels lasted as long as the Rock did in 2001 for his "coast to coast."

[@JeffreyJetsKohut]

3:10 - Rest in Peace Little Richard - Passed away today.

[@knavnishvlog331]

Rest in Peace

[@nicholasokeefe3632]

The evaporating grunt from Lesnar was so spot on insane that you could do that

[@therainmakerinsider]

That Main Event between HBK vs. Triple H vs. Stevie Richards was awesome. 😏

[@secondpower993]

I'LL SHOW YOU! YOU'LL SEE! *shitty riff* (you'll see you'll see you'll see)

[@BiggestDub231]

It really was

[@jeffcarroll1990shock]

Fuck you.

[@porkfat71]

No mercy lol hahahaha

[@TheNaturalPatHarris]

The Insider WWF Nooo Meerrrrcy

[@gaming6feetunder925]

My all time favorite WrestleMania. Benoit and Gurrerro together at the end makes me emotional to this day. Thank you Wrestling with Wregret.

[@gaming6feetunder925]

Wow so many people agree with me

[@lololololololol]

@@gaming6feetunder925 But Benoit vs his son was a better match

[@gaming6feetunder925]

@@lololololololol his older son is actually training right now. But I get it, you were mocking a child and a mental patient's tragic incident. Whatever floats your boat.

[@lololololololol]

@@gaming6feetunder925 If he he was a mental patient why was he able to do promos and wrestling matches a few days before he killed his son and wife?

[@AuroDHikoshi]

For everything that happened afterwards with Benoit... He was an amazing talent in the ring. This proved it.

[@mdeangelo2434]

If your review for XX is 50 minutes, I can't wait for your review for WM35. LOL

[@enigmaskull3495]

It will probably be over an hour long.

[@mdeangelo2434]

@@enigmaskull3495 I say atleast 1 1/2 since WM35 will be atleast 7 hours

[@pwncorperation]

Holy shit i didn’t realize this video was 50 minutes until i read this comment. This video was so well made that it did not seem like 50 minutes.

[@facepalmedgodzilla7999]

Get your popcorn ready

[@enigmaskull3495]

FacePalmed Godzilla And Red Bull

[@TheSBleeder]

44:35 I'm an attorney. I will advise everyone that kicking someone in the face and then signing your name on their contract is perfectly valid.

[@Phicheee]

Stephen P. New, is that you?

[@TheSBleeder]

​@@PhicheeeNo, I'm Clarence Mason.

[@murrymirage5904]

Just seeing Eddie and Chris celebrating together, two underdog blue collar type wrestlers, makes 20 my personal favorite and best ending ever

[@cjones3710]

Seeing Chris Beniot at all makes me really saddened at the evil that man did. Its not enjoyable watching his stuff anymore. Its just ruined.

[@halocraze9839]

​@C Jones it was not evil. It was human with a damaged brain

[@wstine79]

The entrance of the Undertaker was epic.

[@michaelbandada9887]

He is back and he is once again the Dead Man that we all know, fear and love

[@ricstormwolf]

Greatest entrance I've ever seen.

[@speedy932key4]

wstine79 I still remember watching that entrance and hearing Paul bearer's voice before the Druids come out. One of the best wrestlemania entrances ever

[@jjenk911]

Chris Benoit had a decent five-month World Heavyweight title run when he drops the belt to Orton.

[@speedy932key4]

Jeremy Jenkins it's just a shame that Benoit was fueding with triple h for most of his title reign. It's similar to Rollins, where his reign as universal champion could have been better if he didn't face Corbin so many times

[@thealjohnsonshow2188]

@@speedy932key4 #FACTS

[@Deathpool_04]

speedy932 key It was a decent time run and how he lost it is very memorable as well. Probably the best way it could’ve ended. I do wish that he had other people to make a feuds out of and a lot of them just weren’t available at the time. Eddie was the other champion, so he couldn’t face him. Angle and taker were on smackdown as well. Cena wasn’t ready yet. Benoit had already beaten HHH and HBK. Nowadays, Benoit would’ve been champion a lot more.

[@bookaki4160]

@@Deathpool_04 I feel like the one thing missing from his reign was a proper program with HBK because there had never before been a good feud between the two of them (just one title match on Raw iirc)

[@Deathpool_04]

Booka Ki If it’s just those two, yeah, I wish they did. Two of the greatest in ring performers in the business, of all time, also the two only winners who won a rumble from number 1, having a real feud. They still had great matches but man, I think they could’ve done a lot more. Another good feud Benoit could’ve had with the title, would be Chris Jericho too. I don’t know why they didn’t do this.

[@igtheking]

"It's insane to see wrestlemania without a womens match" Cant wait for your review on wrestlemania 29

[@ChrisJProductionz]

The end of that Wrestlemania with Chris and Eddie sharing their moment is easily the GREATEST moment in Wrestlemania history

[@SirPunzalot]

Wrong. The end of WMs 3, 6, 10, 14, 26, 30, 31 were at least as cathartic and momentous - especially 14 and 30.

[@Whasteen]

@@SirPunzalotI respect your wrong opinion

[@carter3369]

It was the moment when WrestleMania was last relevant

[@dkres82]

@@SirPunzalot a lot of those moments are great but ending of 20 is number 1.

[@murkwell17]

It's really sad that Benoit made it so that match can't get the justice it deserves. Obviously not the biggest tragedy to come from that terrible situation but still a shame regardless

[@Probblems]

“To JR everything is a modified something” 😂😂

[@twitertaker]

I never realized it, but if Gonzales vs Taker is the worst WM match, Taker probably is in the best and the worst WM match.

[@toptenguy1]

At least Taker/Gonzalez told a decent story in the ring, despite the moves not being exactly crisp. It was about the indestructible Taker possibly finally meeting his match, so I was into it as a kid.

[@FirstLast-yh7gj]

Worst? No

[@thomasc.5219]

@@FirstLast-yh7gj it is in top 5 for sure. But I dont think HBK vs Taker is the best WM match. I think 25 match is good but far from greatest.

[@FirstLast-yh7gj]

Huh?

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

Gonzales and taker- meh very boring and not fun to watch at all Brock and berg- udder garbage! At least Gonzales and taker had some bumps and a decent crowd

[@TristunYTAccount]

Brian spending over 50 minutes on my favourite mania, I feel spoiled

[@kieranwalsh5779]

Spoiled*

[@TristunYTAccount]

Kieran Walsh thanks !

[@TristunYTAccount]

D A N K hiiiiiiiiilarious

[@TristunYTAccount]

D A N K I did say OVER 50 mind😉

[@TristunYTAccount]

D A N K nope that was from when someone corrected my spelling of spoiled. Better luck next time chief! Go find something better to do😂

[@GATguy98]

Ventura looks like early 2000's Macho Man here

[@KegOfMeat]

Demonetisation B fuck he does. They would look like twins together.

[@TheFEARSlayer01]

I thought the same thing lol

[@enigmaskull3495]

Send for the Body!

[@Theoneandonlyadammurphyryan]

Thought it was As Well

[@SoggyHotDoggy]

Molly Holly was pretty damn under appreciated

[@HunterPhenomMakoy]

I remember bearer being pissed that he was the only one trying to keep kayfabe.

[@jah-shwa]

I just started watching your Classic PPV Reviews and I really like how you use actual footage. Unlike other Wrestling Channels I subscribe to who just use photos. It really makes the video better

[@Noobsaibot21]

He will get randomly hit by WWE sometimes though so often he might have to reupload with some tweaks or host elsewhere (ie: DailyMotion). I think it's newer stuff that WWE tend to whine about but they are fickle and will make random takedowns sometimes (eg: Goldberg in WWE was perfectly fine until suddenly not fine building up to his mini return)

[@PapaCoco1128]

*cough* whatculture *cough*

[@PolarisCastillo]

I hate the use of photos in a VIDEO as well, especially when reviewers are talking about specific moments and actions and we can't see it. I get that the powers that be will wanna take a video down but resorting to photos just isn't as immersive. I tune out. But this channel is doing things right.

[@reloadpsi]

@@PolarisCastillo Well until KZbin implements a system for the copyright strikes to affect the commenters who go "awww c'mooonnnn" instead of the content creators you'll just have to deal.

[@Mr_Leo_DS]

@@PolarisCastillo that's not the creators' fault tho, stop being nitpicky, they are doing their best

[@ELPerroQliao]

I have always considered this ending, like the Series Finale of WWF, is just perfect.

[@thealjohnsonshow2188]

+ELPerroQliao How so?

[@ELPerroQliao]

@@thealjohnsonshow2188 I watched the show as the ending of a lot of guys I used to like when I was a child. And the culmination of two "underdogs" capturing the gold at the biggest stage, it was a real feel good moment, see Eddie and Chris celebrating, hugging each other, the confetti, the tears, I liked that moment, to me, is the perfect pay off to the career of both guys, watching them from WCW, jumping ship to WWF, then going back and fort on the midcard to finally win against the best performer the company had at the moment (Angle) and two of the biggest name in the industry (but personal opinion, way too overrated) do the job to a little canadian guy who got inserted in the main event, was shocking, was good, was as Bryan said, a cathartic moment. I like to think about WM XX like that, everything that came after is fun and shaped WWE to the company that we watch today, but that moment was good, was watching two of my boys achieving something really important

[@guess6635]

😂😂😂 what? The WWF's been switched in nearly two years and if you're talking about "The Feeling of WWF" well than the last Wrestlemania to have that feeling was 18 since 19 had HHH and his reign of Terror, Lesnar being the next big thing, and for 20 it was Cena's, Orton's and Batista's first Wrestlemanias and those three guys along with Edge represented the Ruthless Aggression Era

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

ELPerroQliao wwf ended 2 years earlier stoopid

[@ericebjonesii1378]

guess 66 nah hè tellin the truth. This event was the end of the first half of the ruthless aggression. Everything after this until late 2005 was a transitional period to the second half...

[@distemic]

Playboy pillow fight happens because Stacy and Jackie think they should be in Playboy. Match starts and Jackie refuses to be in her underwear

[@KMmouse20]

Dude, Eddie was totally selling - he even had that stumble limp in the footage you used. o:

[@Stopcommentingthesamecomments]

I thought same thing lol my favorite mania ever I was Benoit biggest fan he was my idol as a young boy Eddie was 2nd I watched this a thousand times so I remember him selling it

[@chrisrosevids]

My favorite part is how people complained at Bearer about him lying that he wasn't going to be at WM when the tagline of his website is "Where Kayfabe is NOT a Memory!".

[@christopherstead1203]

The ending to Wrestlemania 20 is my personal favorite Mania ending. The emotion, Chris Benoit and Eddie holding their respective titles up high. It's simply amazing. If anyone disagrees, come at me. Also, 50 minutes?? This will be good.

[@DyingBeauty1]

@biggtexaz Chris put his son in that move as well.

[@vampirascoffin870]

@biggtexaz just remember his wrestling career you moron

[@MrBoboliciousness]

Still the greatest heel turn. Too bad it had to go down that way.

[@christopherstead1203]

@Rolf Anderson The wrestling world will never be the same without them. RIP to both of those legends

[@thealjohnsonshow2188]

@@vampirascoffin870 Agreed.

[@SCWhisperer]

This was the first PPV I remember ever seeing. My late mother brought me the DVD and Cena vs Big Show is one of my fav matches of all time because it was the first match I ever remember seeing. Thanks Brian! Great memories.

[@doomfm713]

Literally the same as me, my mum rented it at blockbuster for me first one I ever watched so good man

[@moreblack]

AJ Lee and her dad were in the nosebleed seats for this Mania I believe she says in her book.

[@matthewpunk2012]

Who the fuck is AJ Lee?

[@ChrisWolff2013]

@Joey G It's insane how you look at Charlotte at WM 24 and you see her now. Completely different woman.

[@ChrisWolff2013]

@Joey G Don't forget that she's a fucking amazing athlete and , yes her Dad did help her career out, she still busts her ass and outs on great matches.

[@zach346]

Matt M I think your joking but she carried the Divas division in the mid 2010s (2013-2015) The Bella’s Kaitlyn and Natalya were good but she was the best

[@thealjohnsonshow2188]

@@ChrisWolff2013 #FACT

[@tthomaselli2]

To think: 'WWE 2K14' has the Brock Lesnar/Goldberg match from 'WWE WrestleMania 20' as one of the many classics you play through in '30 Years Of WrestleMania' mode... I was embarrassed to have gone through that match, again--even though it was in a video game.

[@tylercox1875]

I think that was just so they could put Goldberg and 1st run Brock in the game

[@texaspete3487]

Eddie vs Kurt Angle WAS RIGHT THERE

[@tthomaselli2]

@@texaspete3487- I know... It's crazy, too. Even if they wanted to, I think they couldn't put Kurt Angle in the game, anyways because he was still under contract with TNA, at the time & still didn't want anything to do with WWE, but, that's another story for another day... I'm just going on a wild guess, but, I could be wrong. They got Eddie Guerrero in the game, so, they at least got that part right...

[@tthomaselli2]

@@tylercox1875- I don't think so. You bring up a good theory, however & although I disagree, I respect your opinion, though. As cool as it was seeing Brock Lesnar & how he looked in early-2004/mid-2003 & being able to play as him like that, I find that to be a little bit of a cop-out answer/guess & a lame excuse, in my opinion. You know what I mean?...

[@tylercox1875]

@@tthomaselli2 what other good Brock lesnar and Goldberg wrestlemania matches could they have put in there that would’ve been a better option

[@neitherhereorthere7131]

The perfect time to have gone back to the garden would have Wrestlemania 36 during the Covid lockdown. The size wouldn’t have been an issue as no fans were allowed in, and the magic of the arena might of helped it feel a bit more like Wrestlemania in such a weird time.

[@billa107]

I always thought that the behind the scenes story of Molly Holly vs. Victoria at WrestleMania was more interesting than the actual match.

[@pauldavis6232]

Good on Molly Holly for standing her ground and sacrificing her hair to get her and Victoria on the card.

[@DouglasBanksgoham]

I always tear up or cry lmao depends on how I'm feeling at the end with Chris and Eddie hug at the end just so many memories from both guys I wish we could give Chris his respect for his wrestling career but we all know why we can't

[@Al7249]

@@Alsebra yeah tbh I can agree with that. Like with Austin. People love him. Despite him being an abuser. Like wow dude

[@Hu-WhyteMan]

​@@Alsebra Sometimes it's hard to separate art from artist but I get what you mean, the man was an amazing athlete regardless of the horrendous thing he did. Just a tragic story all the way around.

[@HARAMBEAKAGEORGEFLOYD]

Lmfao 😂 what a baby cry 😂😂😂

[@bobbypowles]

The controversy with Benoit and hbk was that Benoit was a smackdown wrestler when he won the royal rumble so he was the first to use the loop hole of challenging for the world heavyweight championship instead of the expected WWE title on his show. After that was where WWE made the point of including the rumble winners decision on which title they go for.

[@TheBadGuuy]

I was at this Mania. I remember during the Brock/Goldberg match, the fans were chanting Hogan's name because there were two dudes in the crowd dressed up, one as Hogan, and one as Macho. Hogan was winning that at that moment 😆🤣

[@TalkernateHistory]

"For JR, everything is a modified something. Nothing is original, everything is a modified version of some basic thing" Very Plato-esque

[@sebastianraphaelbiggs127]

mania 17-20 were incredible, and 17-24 was just super consistent, the worst manias during that period were either 18 or 22 which were both good shows

[@enigmaskull3495]

Then the WrestleManias bounces in quality until 30. 25 - Alright except Taker/HBK 26 - Good 27 - Bad 28 - Good 29 - Bad 30 - Good

[@uainjansun]

23- bad except taker vs baab (sorry i kept laughing at ytp), mvs vs benoit and cena vs michaels

[@buntongngy2287]

18 and 22 are very good.I think 21 is the worst out of all of them

[@KiddsWorldEntertainment]

@@enigmaskull3495I don’t think 29 was that bad, wasn’t good but wasn’t bad, 25 was horrible imo besides Taker Michaels

[@CaptainEggcellent]

51 minutes?! Praise be!

[@pablowoods1848]

True story

[@rh33cymcgeegee80]

Love your channel mate

[@PolarisCastillo]

Praise be!

[@renearguello6950]

yeah i usually play this in the background and i have ocd where i HAVE to finish what i started but goddamn this just kept on going and going so i tapped out and stopped

[@joshuaouellette2818]

@@pablowoods1848 We

[@Rahimo]

11:51: helluva clothesline bump by Trish Stratus!

[@ChattGM]

All I can think was damn she was folded up like an accordion.

[@robertm6590]

Turned her inside out. That was brutal looking if only because of the size difference, glad she wasn't hurt.

[@Bleinsfield]

This was the first Wrestlemania that happened when I started watching so I'm super nostalgic for it. Your impression of Brock going "GOOOOLDBERRRGGGGHGUGH" was too perfect. Eddie vs. Angle is still one of my favorite WM matches.

[@danieldrayet2364]

Honestly they couldve taken off stacy, jackie vs torrie and sable and given that time to the cruiserweight match

[@The_General_Zubas]

48:25 I cried dude. Ill admit to that. The amount of emotion the WWE Universe (didn't know That's what it was at the time) Had was amazing. That was a super special moment. That I hope one day....we can look back on in a good light.

[@georgeoneil8917]

Give me your email

[@mikeyo3675]

Fuck Chris Benoit

[@reloadpsi]

@@mikeyo3675 You're a bit obsessed with letting everybody know that you're better than a man who killed his own family aren't you? Is that like your only positive attribute or something? Because that's more a basic expectation than a flex.

[@jaycerrito3142]

Also, I'm still upset that it was the last Wrestlemania to be in Madison Square Garden. I thought that Wrestlemania 29 or 30 would be at MSG but no. WWE prefers stadiums nowadays

[@vampirascoffin870]

Facts i agree with you

[@LiberatorGalore]

I agree 100% about that ending moment with Eddie and Benoit, when they debuted as the radicalz in wwf 2000 I remember thinking, someday, they will be bigger than just mid card. Sure enough, I was right, as well as others who did follow them and enjoyed wrestling for what it was back then and how over looked they were as well as Y2J and many others.

[@killerklown9359]

The Hogan chant from the Lesnar Goldberg match was because of a fan dressed as Hogan was taunting a fan dressed as Savage. I was sitting right behind the Randy Savage impersonator. It was, by far, the most entertaining part of that match.

[@danielsnow1940]

Whenever I get upset, I watch (and rewatch) your videos and they make me happy. Thank you for all the great content.

[@EyeSixx]

Eerie. I was just thinking last night how I wanted to see you review Wrestlemania XX. Personally it's one of the Mania's I have fondest memories of. I had the WWE Magazine with pictures of the event. Such a good time.

[@ChrisWolff2013]

Watching this on PPV was great. That ending will stay in my mind forever.

[@EyeSixx]

@@ChrisWolff2013 Same to me.

[@thealjohnsonshow2188]

@@ChrisWolff2013 Same.

[@speedy932key4]

I love this wrestlemania so much,I still own the dvd set for this one. Eddie Guerrero vs Kurt angle, John cena vs big show, Chris Jericho vs Christian, and the triple threat main event were my favorite matches to go back and watch

[@Cursed_Mark]

Jericho vs. Christian was great, very underrated

[@speedy932key4]

Nathan Zimmerman it really was, it's a shame wwe never really took a chance with Christian

[@uainjansun]

Same i own the dvd

[@spetterman2916]

How stupid is it that Chris Jericho revealed that Vince McMahon said Kevin Owens Vs Chris Jericho was the worst WrestleMania match ever.

[@atifqavi2054]

And the wrinkled old man didn't mind the shitfest of his son in law vs. Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 32.

[@NhBleker]

Guess that’s another reason why he left WWE.

[@speedy932key4]

Spetterman well, Vince also thinks that his son Shane is the most important man in the company right now, so him thinking that a match between two great wrestlers was horrible doesn't surprise me. But man is Vince delusional to think that

[@jamesvelasquez6118]

Taker vs Gonzalez is the worse

[@orlandoperez1616]

Atif Qavi that match wasn’t bad tho a dumb smarky crowd doesn’t mean the match is bad

[@TheRealDustinNunn]

The best match at WM 20 was Triple H vs Shawn Michaels vs Chris Benoit, which is sadly never talked about anymore by WWE.

[@kevinpayton2664]

One of the greatest matches I've ever seen. It was the best match that night by far.

[@jrsmith1998]

No. That match was a snooze fest. The best match was Brock vs. Goldberg

[@zach346]

The greatest world title match that will never be remembered by WWE

[@Jack_Hyde]

Both the Angle/Guerrero and Triple H/Shawn Michaels/Chris Benoit matches were amazing! The ending with Chris and Eddie was both epic and emotional. It’s really sad to look back on that moment now since both guys have passed away. And it’s an even bigger shame in the case of Benoit as well. Guerrero has legendary status in the WWE, but Benoit has been permanently erased from the history books forever. If he hadn’t of killed his family, WWE would have been more than happy to keep his whole legacy behind him.

[@thealjohnsonshow2188]

#FACTS

[@thomasjenkins7506]

at that point, benoit was the best wrestler in the world. he outclassed even guys like angle and guerrero, though he wasn't nearly as well rounded with the rest of his skills as they were. if he had just killed himself, he would be considered one the greatest of all time.

[@Jack_Hyde]

Thomas Jenkins Yeah. If he only killed himself, WWE would have kept all his matches and bios, which is sad because a lot of them were extraordinary.

[@TheRealDustinNunn]

@Jack Hyde Benoit's legacy is NOT completely erased. All of his matches are on the WWE Network, but there are no skip points for his matches.

[@Jack_Hyde]

@@TheRealDustinNunn Well, it's great they kept some of his legacy by showing his matches on the Network. That's ok. If the die hard wrestling fans who both knew and watched Chris Benoit, they would want to remember him not for what happened during those 3 days in June, but for his wrestling. In my eyes, he was and still is one of the best.

[@bt4yodiggity]

The world heavyweight triple threat is definitely one of my favorite matches of all time.

[@LordRaptor]

HBK v HHH v [REDACTED] was amazing, Guerrero v Angle was also pretty decent, but Lesnar v Goldberg was horrendous, ironically, it reminds me a lot of recent Lesnar matches lmao...

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

Hbk vs hhh vs WWE: uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the camera man! FANS: 😕 WWE: it ended in a draw................

[@ChadBenjamin]

Recent Lesnar matches are good. Brock vs AJ, Brock vs Bryan and Brock vs Balor were awesome.

[@revans100591]

That's because both people involved in that match half assed the match and both continue to do it to this day.

[@darrenang7742]

5:53 Actually he has, at Survivor Series 2003, when Cena eliminated the Big Show to win it for Team Angle. The FU at Mania was the 2nd and 3rd time he's done it.

[@chabbab6698]

Cheap Research from w³

[@Michael-eq8th]

Somewhere out there there is a new wrestling fan who has enough knowledge of wrestling history to know who Austin, Lesner and Goldberg are, but isn't aware of this match. They are going to be so disappointed.

[@supervazquez645]

Wrestlemania 50 should be in MSG.

[@johnriley7312]

I'd love that myself but it depends if MSG is still open by then

[@CenationTroop]

John Riley - Why wouldn’t it still be open? It’s one of the busiest arenas in the world with the amount of events that are held in it

[@johnriley7312]

@@CenationTroopIt could be knocked down with a new MSG by then, it wouldn't be the first time

[@CenationTroop]

John Riley - True. Let’s just hope it is back in MSG again some day. It’s a shame they don’t go there as much now. Any show in MSG just has a special feel to it

[@jrod132]

WM 40 should be at MSG

[@olszewski422ify]

There are 2 times wrestling made me cry, Eddie and Beniot doing this. And Undertaker "retireing".

[@DuckTheHeel]

SuperPikachu Jexs isn’t dreamer still wrasslin

[@unlimitedrabbit]

The Retirement Match between Ultimate Warrior and Randy Savage didn't make you cry?

[@dirty.dan.69]

Baba Booey losing his smile made me cry.

[@illusioNery]

Career threatening match: Ric Flair vs HBK

[@SatoshiKong]

Foley's family being in the front row during the I Quit match is probably the most emotional I've ever gotten over anything wrestling related. Seeing that for the first time was just gut-wrenching, and I still have trouble watching it to this day.

[@dwaynefrierson991]

One of the best Wrestlemanias by far, give it an 8.5 out of 10

[@codyman5540]

dwayne frierson Agreed.

[@jrod132]

Not really the only good matches were the championship matches, rock and Foley vs Evolution, and Y2J vs Christian. The rest of the matches were ass

[@lwvmobile]

Its too bad WWE won't do MSG, or similar arenas. I loved when the hard cam faced the side entrance like they did with some of the older shows and even some of the RR matches of the same era. Its so intimate and close up. Those smaller venues with a great crowd is far better than 100,000 fans that you can't really see or hear.

[@evansprouls]

They can't because the renovation in MSG made the alley way smaller

[@BlackhornLynx]

"Straps her in the barber's chair with like Hot Topic belts"

[@King_Goat_JJ]

2004 was my first year watching wrestling (both WWE & TNA) & the ending was F'ing incredible. Didn't get to see a lot of Chris & Eddie, but these two were & still are among some of my favourite & best wrestlers I've ever seen.

[@lbj20xx27]

I have always said pro wrestling would make great radio and Brian Zane would be a perfect radio announcer. I have listened/watched to so many of your reviews while I am working and even when I only am listening, everything you do works and paints a perfect picture of what is going on for me. Great work, boss man. Keep 'er up.

[@theinvincible316]

Anyone else find it hilarious that Brock Lesnar is married to the female Undertaker?

[@lucaslonchampt613]

@Rich Affinito she's the woman with the longest undefeated streak at WrestleMania

[@twistedgambit9084]

@Rich Affinito you didnt watch the video

[@RileyPaige]

"I want to see them do Wrestlemania in a smaller venue" well... good news and bad news, lol

[@illusioNery]

Wrestlemania 24?! :D “The following is a career threatening match, should Ric Flair lose, he MUST retire...” *HBK theme hits*

[@SnakeCharmer31]

I gotta go back and watch Orton Vs Cactus Jack at Backlash 2004 now because that match was awesome.

[@wstine79]

Playboy in WWE. You don't see that now a days.

[@BabysitterSky]

Well yeah....playboy died years ago.

[@al112v4]

Sadly.

[@napalmblaziken]

Internet exists.

[@BabysitterSky]

@The EdRay Report it was dead way before that. The internet killed it, Not some old perv dying.

[@bashcrash9148]

They’re on PornHub now.

[@ChristaCrow]

That was actually a really solid Jesse impression!

[@bcgamerkid]

"Do you think she shaves down there?" in an old granny voice. That cracked me up!

[@taylormademyself89]

Who didnt have crush on trish back then hell i still do lol

[@bashcrash9148]

I remember being excited to see Deadman Undertaker return and then being disappointed he was just wearing his ABA attire with eyeliner.

[@robertm6590]

Only thing I was disappointed in seeing his entrance was the style of hat he wore. I was a huge fan of the rounded top flat brim black hat and have always assumed that either they couldn't find one in time or just plain forgot what his signature hat looked like until later. I think he was wearing the old style the following SmackDown.

[@RC99_Productions]

I always used to call Christian's Reverse Tornado DDT the "Tornado CLB"

[@johnboy9166]

8:42 "We get our first of 2 Tag Team Fatal 4 Way Macthes of the night." Sounds familiar....lol

[@thealjohnsonshow2188]

Unfortunately.

[@Stopcommentingthesamecomments]

This is so nostalgic for me as a kid this was my first mania to watch we had on DVD I watched all the time I was a big Chris Benoit fan and I remember literally every match my absolute favorite mania The tripple threat is my favorite match ever period Also that set is just amazing to look at

[@joshculver4381]

"The crowd is begging for death" that was great analysis!

[@tonyd3752]

My first pay per view, and wrestling event I watched live. I missed the attitude era. But watched all of that after I got into the ruthless aggression era. Eddie and Chris celebrating together with the belts. Still crazy what happen...

[@SAI-st4uu]

5:55 I dont think that was the first time cena picked up Big Show. I think it was Survivor Series 2003. Picked up Big Show without shenanigans, definitely, but not the actual first time.

[@firemarshal2629]

A proper build? I'd pay to watch the rock and orten have lunch.

[@briwanderz]

not sure if they have those 2 on there (or either of them on any of them actually) but they do have a show on the network "table for 3" that is literally just 3 superstars having lunch.... and it's surprisingly good. (obviously they talk about wrestling mostly) so yeah.. could happen. but not very likely. who would be the third person? if it's another 3rd gen star.. shane mcmahon? (3rd gen in the business, not sure if vince sr wrestled) bray wyatt?

[@IanNewYashaTheFinalAct]

You should probably search "Vidgeo RAMPAGE RKO" lol

[@MrNobody91]

Am I the only one who always loved Shawn’s red pants like those and also when HHH would wear the black tights with white boots as well?

[@carrigster]

The Eddie/Benoit celebration at the end is one of the Mania moments that will stick with me forever. As a heel vs the Rock/Austin or as a face I always wanted to see Benoit as champion. Seeing him do it while Eddie held a World title too...one of wrestlings great moments.

[@Demiglitch]

The Hogan chants were for a pair of spectators dressed as Macho Man and Hogan who were riffing on each other.

[@RoyStantz]

Just to let you know, Zane,.Rikishi and Scotty would drop the SmackDown Tag-Team Titles to the odd couple of Charlie Haas and Rico Constantiano the following month because Rikishi wouldn't lose weight and got shit-canned from WWE, post-haste.

[@toshitvaidya9901]

"Goldberg is really good at 2 min squash matches" I don't know whether it is a compliment or an insult.

[@TheProphegy]

Man that Benoit, HHH, and HBK match was so good.

[@tashrif46]

I actually love the Undertaker look from 2004-05, but my favourite look of the Undertaker was the 1997-98 one