Sound Off Extra - WWE WrestleMania 33 Review, Undertaker Retires!

[@fyrewatermelons]

Long ago, there once was a powerful group in WWE that went by the name of 3MB. They were so powerful, they had to be disbanded out of fear from the rest of the roster. The members of 3MB were thought to be lost in obscurity forever until they all 3 members were found once again. To prevent them from reaching it's former glory, each member were sent to Raw, Smackdown Live, & NXT to divide their power equally amongst the kingdoms.

[@rosharma7443]

honestly man, my WrestleMania isn't complete till I hear your review, it's becoming a tradition for me. Always a consistently compelling podcast.

[@dilshanization]

Been waiting for this podcast for 20 hours, finally it's here!

[@pestyobsrvr4278]

When Cole said "I'm a huge fan of the Final Fantasy games" ...😕Who you think you fooling?!

[@nutzpdug]

that sounded like an obvious joke

[@TONYGILLEY]

Jim Ross hasn't lost a beat in his commentary style. I can't speak for everyone else but his commentary Exposed how BAD the current commentary team is. My personal opinion is that Cory Graves needs to pull double duty on Raw and Smackdown. I'm not offended by Cole on Raw, but JR needs to do Smackdown.

[@tisvelocity290]

Cole's fine, however since he's apparently wanted to be more behind the scenes and leave the commentary team, I'd love to see JR take his role and have Mauro return to be Smackdown's play by play. The only thing I hate is Otunga and Saxton.

[@TONYGILLEY]

The big thing that I never really thought about or noticed until JR came back is the periods of silence in the commentary. I get it when the talent do something in the ring to tell their story. Ex: HBK telling Ric Flair "I love you" before putting him down. But it's ridiculous the amount of quiet time in the commentary I started to notice the crowds not reacting much.

[@fuckingyellow4125]

but diversity....

[@Leg3ndKilla687]

MrTonyForever ..I wish JbL fucks off somewhere else

[@masterbates335]

MrTonyForever Nope, gotta have a brotha on each show, even NXT now LOL

[@GoldenLeaves13]

Really good review, only thing I really disagree with is when Roman went for that final spear, I think him hitting the ropes on either side was part of the storytelling, looked to me like it was to confuse Undertaker and supercharge a spear, since the normal ones couldn't get the job done?

[@Llolo75]

William Godfrey even I thought it was to gain more momentum. ...in kayfabe of course. Like a super spear or something

[@williamschaeffer409]

Bruce Wayne you really are the worlds greatest detective

[@TheVarietyVendor]

Reminds me alot of Warrior hitting the shoulder block on Savage at Mania 7

[@417Graphix]

The Warrior always did that, Big E does it too with his splash, I'm actually surprised Solomonster didnt pick up on that

[@chrisbonde7488]

I agree with you, I think that added a lot to the ending, not only did it give Roman more power in the spear, but it confused the Undertaker. I think it was on purpose.

[@michaelfarrow5817]

The Tokyo dome comment was me. 😁 Disproportionately proud.

[@lightning116]

Unfortunately, yes. JBL was insufferable at times during the main event. More so than Michael Cole and that's saying a lot. Jim Ross, as always, was awesome. AND......Jim Ross put over Roman Reigns in under 30 seconds with TALKING ALONE, making him look like a million bucks as opposed to the 3-year timeframe that they've failed at. Not to mention, Jim Ross pretty much exposed how BAD the announcing is on all of the WWE programs. Easily, he blew everyone away with his commentary. And he wasn't even at 100%. Obviously, with his wife tragically dying, he wasn't all there. But even that didn't stop him for being really good at the announce table.

[@ChrisWolff2013]

THAT is talent.

[@micktee316]

bummed wasnt able to make it to the meet up but think I saw you downtown Orlando after mania.. hope you had a great time thanks for all the years of excellent audio content. huge fan.

[@TheBatman602]

I'm glad Solomonster gave taker respect.

[@Agambiification]

Delightful review by "The Monster of Sounds" lol I really enjoyed the round table special with Noah Mark and Bryan Blade, great scholars they bee. Thanks once again solomonster for a Marvelous wrestlemania weekend coverage.

[@tthomaselli2]

0:04-0:10.; Was that clip of The Solomonster from a prior episode of the 'The Solomonster Sounds Off' podcast, or, something?...

[@tay7044]

Another great KZbin extra 💯 Keep up the good work man!

[@jonathancoleman7148]

thanks solomonster been waiting for this.

[@dr.mofongo9001]

Another great review Solomonster. Thank you.

[@lucristianx]

They sold Taker's last Survivor Series way better than his Mania match

[@Steadysphere]

I am so fucking glad I didn't try to stay up for this Mania like I did last year. Five hours, plus two for the pre-show, and I'd be sleeping all of the next day lol. Quantity over quality (though this Mania was pretty decent).

[@Steadysphere]

But I did watch it, just the day after.....?

[@Steadysphere]

I even stated this Wrestlemania was decent because I WATCHED it, maybe you should read first and speak second...

[@saiqanazam3263]

I never thought undertaker would main event

[@fadelowe]

The fans booed the holy fuck out of Roman on Raw my goodness he is money!

[@Nooblet92Ca]

Rodney Wilson he took those boos and then say this is my yard and leaves bad ass

[@fadelowe]

And that was all that was needed to be said, I hope the writers let him keep this going no need to be a heel or a face let the lines be blurred with him.

[@jonathanlewis13jl]

Rodney Wilson he's money as a heel, not as a babyface

[@Leg3ndKilla687]

Rodney Wilson *Stands in silence*. "SHUT THE FUCK UP!".... "SHUT THE FUCK UP""

[@fadelowe]

Leg3ndKilla687 lmao, I 100% get why the fans are irritated with Roman he doesn't have to be THE guy they could've shared the wealth but hey man I'm just being optimistic if he's the top merch seller and he's getting the loudest reaction then he's at least doing some things right.

[@tisvelocity290]

I'm beyond happy that I live in Australia and the PPV's/Weekly TV shows start in the late morning to lunchtime.

[@UnboundOwl]

I agree that the Wyatt/Orton match wasn't very good, but I always expected Orton to win. That was the story they were telling: Orton loses to Bray last year (thanks to Harper), he joins the Family in order to tear them apart, then triumphs at the end & wins the title. I still say their story didn't need the title involved in the first place, but they did what they did. Bray's been mishandled for a long time now.

[@rashadsims7255]

PkmnChmp5 I don't even get why they gave him the title in the first place only to lose it at mania

[@UnboundOwl]

I don't either. Their story was strong enough to carry itself. It didn't need the title. They coulda come up with another title feud (maybe involving AJ?).

[@tibbs3165]

The whole idea of a pre show is kind of pointless now that everything is on the network and no one buys PPV anymore.

[@tisvelocity290]

It's put on KZbin for free. To promote the Network.

[@rohitkalita9530]

I was back there in Orlando. University exchange. I did have a good time toh

[@ameysingh997]

*Solomonster, when are you doing a KZbin exclusive mailbag?*

[@jcaceres516]

Amey Singh been awile

[@ameysingh997]

Jose Caceres yeah

[@Tajaihcoolset]

When your opinion matters

[@ayellojesse]

1:13:14 - yeah undertaker has done that a few times in matches. The most recent instant I can think of him doing that spot was back in 2009 at No Way Out. Him and Triple H were the last 2 in the elimination chamber match and did that spot where taker goes for the tombstone, but the other guy reverses it and taker reverses it back.

[@kaind.badguy]

I just looked through WWE's KZbin channel and saw the Cena/Bella proposal has well over 3 million views. I wish the two of them would buy an island somewhere and NEVER be on my television ever again. While other people cry and want to worship their marriage. WWE's audience has such a wide range of differing ideas of what's entertaining and they try to please everyone. That's something I think WWE does deserve credit for.

[@ant0586]

For me, that moment at the end with Taker completely overshadowed the match itself. That was special, very special

[@OvnicentAparatus]

It was about time! Grab some popcorn and enjoy it!

[@78Bigtank]

awesome review homie keep up the great work

[@juanitomane23]

Jason you're the man!!!!!!!

[@juanitomane23]

You got yourself a new subscriber 👍

[@TheSolomonster]

Thanks, hope you enjoy!

[@wftbanks5737]

Solomonster Sounds Off did you ask Mean Gene about the cigarette?

[@DLGames95]

Redskins Banks He did!

[@dylansheridan2055]

"First of all, number one fuck off" hahaha Classic solomonster!

[@andrewjones3295]

I think the reason Trips didn't work on Rollins knee in the beginning is because they didn't know how it would react until the went through a few minutes. If you noticed in the beginning H pulled him out with his left leg

[@jwnj9716]

Interesting highlight, Rollins frog splashed on Triple H's ass, we just witnessed a rape.

[@tylerd4815]

I like the way he dusted off the coat before he placed it in the ring.

[@LadyMourne]

becky lynch was dressed as the main character from horizon zero dawn

[@Critty1981]

gotta tell ya Jason, what you are saying about the Undertaker affecting you/people..... you are so right. I have only gotten emotional one other time watching wrestling (been watching since 1992, you and I are roughly the same age... and btw. yes, 1992 was a GREAT year.. but back to the point) and that was HBK's RAW speech the night after 26, because i lived, breathed and died HBK all my wrestling life, and I was always an Undertake fan, but not a die-hard, but wow, that really affected me. Eyes did ball up a little, and thought back to me watching superstars in 92 with my Dad in our living room and this grey gloved guy with the creepy manager holding the urn. Wow. and everything flashed in front of me in an instance. A 1/4 century in a flash. That got to me. This man is .... an "Institution" you could not have said it any better.

[@MikeyMUnited]

It definitely felt powerful on TV as well. My wife pointed out that the way he laid his effects down was similar to the way you lay effects down for someone who's deceased. Like the character had died, and he left as Mark Calloway.

[@C0wboyzfan4life]

Thank you solomonster, listening bout taker retirement made me teard up again...feel like we held funeral for undertaker😳

[@Bassmanhill84]

Solomonster .Jr did Amazing ! love the show . Big Fan!

[@richfranklin9270]

I've been waiting for this all day..whoooop whoop

[@phillipbowman7779]

Who thought WM33 was better than WM32?

[@saiqanazam3263]

Roman regins 3 main events in a row have been bad

[@LukesYuGiOhChannel]

Thanks very much.

[@xGodofAcidx]

AJ has said the only way you can get injured from the Styles Clash is if you tuck your head, and he tells every opponent not to do that, no matter what.. and the injuries have come from guys who have reacted that way out of panic.

[@denniscatanese4846]

While the Tombstone reversal botch was very cringe, I thought the spot where Reigns hit the ropes twice for the last spear was brilliant psychology. It made Taker look strong (it took the extra momentum to finally finish him with a THIRD spear), and at the same time it made him look weak (he just couldn't keep up with the young guys anymore). In my opinion, it was a great way to finish Taker's last match.

[@almightycinder]

Yeah, that was Goldberg's first clean loss. WWE has a countdown video that has all Goldberg's losses, and all of them had the opponent cheating massively in some way.

[@tbgamingytyt284]

that arena was cool . love how when wrestlers came down the ramp it lit up that was cool .

[@CallMeGaffer]

We haven't seen the last of The Undertaker because we ain't seen his final form yet. He's yet to evolve into....THUNDERTAKER!!!

[@AntonioLopez-mb9jj]

They did show him reput everything and took it off and left it in the ring. Solomonster where you able to see the malfunction of the piro machine that caugth part of the stage on fire?

[@TheSolomonster]

I did not

[@AntonioLopez-mb9jj]

Solomonster Sounds Off Oh okay so not everyone could tell but few people took videos of it I think when Undertaker going down it shownba bit because his left side rigth side of the dcreen you see only flames other side is piro mechanics shooting up as plan doing the effects as planned

[@Gwolf888]

excellent review facts about wrestle mania 33

[@jacjacdoby8]

Undertaker last match hahahahahah funny to listen back. He has tarnished his legacy my opinion. End of Era should have been his official last wrestling match. Came back as a character but never wrestled again

[@417Graphix]

"people chanting we cant see shit" LMAO if I heard that Id wouldve laughed hard as shit

[@Jygerthe2nd]

I'm just glad that Seth is okay, because not only does he have the thing with the knee, but I heard that he had a fever that morning. And I was thinking to myself "So he's got a fever, and he's gonna go into this match in an outdoor arena where they're calling for rain. He's gonna catch pneumonia". But no, apparently, he's fine.

[@nitramletnan]

Lawyer's quip saying they had soft voices about the Russian announcer audio issue was classic.

[@wftbanks5737]

Taker reminded me of Warrior by putting his jacket back on after the match

[@cf2228]

the running back and forth on the ropes was to make the last spear seem for powerful.

[@TheDylan2395]

Jim Ross said on his podcast that he would like to call Golbergs match, that's probably why people thought he'd call that.

[@JackSledgeIV]

Fans can voice their opinion on Reigns all they want and you're right about that but the fact is Reigns is money and Vince gives zero fucks about the fans voice when money speaks louder.

[@pestyobsrvr4278]

Jack Sledge IV I wanna dislike your comment cause it makes me sad, but there's so much truth

[@StarryStarryNocturne]

I was shocked to learn Reigns is now their top merch seller. AJ Styles was killing it just prior but I guess something changed... inexplicably. At any rate, I haven't heard any news about him drawing house show numbers, last I heard (about three months back) was that he wasn't a draw. And just last month Dave Meltzer reported that Reigns main evented Raws weren't really making a difference when it came to moving the needle as far as ratings. So, until he starts doing so, I wouldn't go so far as to call Reigns "money" just yet. Vince certainly wants him to be and has done everything in his power (even going so far as censoring crowd noise and editing crowd reaction from other wrestlers/matches into Reign's and his matches) to twist public perception of Roman as being money, but he's not just yet. I really don't understand the Roman Reigns fandom (cause while it's not the majority, it does exist) and their constant dislike of the "hate" Reigns' push has gotten. I mean it's pretty merited. He does have the look and he's now the second best wrestler of the Shield (Dean just didn't bother to improve as much as Reigns in this regard) but his push is full of so much corporate, manipulative BS that if this were coming from anything other than wrestling a lot more people would be appalled and outraged to the point of repulsion.

[@CamberRockerCamber]

booing Reigns is just a trend fans jump on.

[@StarryStarryNocturne]

+VpY22 Yeah, that's it... nothing at all wrong WWE's consistently done with his push, or anything Reigns has done in interviews to help contribute to the backlash against his poorly executed and consistently compounded for the worse push... it's all just a trend, yep. No merit to it at all.

[@masterbates335]

Jack Sledge IV Yeah just like gamers who hate COD games, only cause it's trendy...dumbass.

[@sosarickgrimes5301]

The stage caught on fire after the show.

[@kobemac3436]

I didn't mine when shane kicked out of the styles clash because aj did it when the triangle choke was locked in so it was incomplete

[@kylem2712]

22:00 Someone got DELETED lol

[@mvea82]

guess I'm not sleeping for a little while longer. thanks solo! Safe travels home!

[@DJBANnumb3r1]

Watching the taker sent off on tv was sad It hit until he folded his jacket I started crying and it was like a pit in my wrestling heart the caved in

[@clachapelle]

Bayley's match 29:10

[@miskatonic6210]

And nobody ever complain again about HBK ending his career early enough and never ever wrestle again as an old man risking to have a last match as tragic as this Taker match. Especially with his faster style.

[@anitarastogi6536]

EXACTLY

[@jerelminter]

I was only interested in the Bayley match because she's my favorite wrestler now but the other matches blew me away. Shane McMahon did a lot of moves to AJ Styles I've never seen him do before : submission holds, shooting star presses, small package pins. The Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens match was excellent, even though Y2J came up short. So was the Bayley match (which was all I cared about at first) then the Hardy Boyz coming back was the icing on the cake even though it was also sad because this is the last time we see The Undertaker.

[@miskatonic6210]

They protected the Styles Clash quite well. I guess you couldn't see it and you had no commentary. Styles only locked one of Shanes arms in so the impact was sold as a lot weaker and it really looked weaker and safe. It was very well done.

[@Efstarforce330]

Yo when I saw that tiny ass women rush over to Gronkowski to stop him I belly laughed so fucking hard. I did for a few seconds notice that something was off then kind of forgot.

[@wweRamz]

Man if I was a wwe wrestler I would try to have the solomonster as my manger

[@AdamCopeland2]

It was exactly like you described on TV

[@ElGranSanto]

I loved Nia Jax being added to the match. Wasn't there long but they made her look strong.

[@zachjohnson637]

I didn't know who that Gronk guy was...and I'd imagine a large part of the audience that came from outside the U.S. didn't either.

[@RedeyeBlackfire]

I have no problem with the length of the PPV because its WM and it should be a long show. What I do have a problem with is at Mania all the belts should be on the line and if you do a 2hr pre-show there is no reason to not have USO's vs. Alpha

[@ezmokonnen]

I think Shane kicking out of the Styles clash was just about iffy because it actually looked like a properly applied hold. But I've seen Shinsuke kick out of two similar Styles clash that weren't properly applied so I have no problem with it

[@MaverickAC69]

Shane McMahon vs AJ Styles: B+ [Solid opener] Chris Jericho vs Kevin Owens: B [Good match] Bayley vs Charlotte Flair vs Sasha Banks vs Nia Jax: C [Just average] Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows vs Enzo Amore & Big Cass vs Cesaro & Sheamus vs The Hardy Boyz: B+ [Great surprise return, decent match] John Cena & Nikki Bella vs The Miz & Maryse: B [Decent] Seth Rollins vs Triple H: C- [Underwhelming] Bray Wyatt vs Randy Orton: D [Bad match, bad decision, very disappointing...] Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar: B+ [Satisfying] Alexa Bliss vs Naomi vs Mickie James vs Becky Lynch vs Carmella vs Natalya: C [Meh...] The Undertaker vs Roman Reigns: C [It was what it was...] Overall grade: C+ [Just another average WrestleMania...]

[@Wolvilax]

I was enjoying WM until the match between Orton and Bray bc after Orton pin Bray, I turn off the pc and went to bed bc fuck WWE for once AGAIN fucking up Bray booking.

[@TheBlindEye90]

The Red Wolf N.R 👏👏👏

[@rashadsims7255]

The Red Wolf N.R i actually agree with u on that shit I'm not even a bray fan but wtf seriously smdh what's the point of having him win it in the first place

[@eyes1184]

WWE Creative have screwed the character, and the stable, up so much that I just want them to put the entire thing out of its misery. Seeing Bray Wyatt getting buried deeper and deeper is just hard to watch and I have to feel for the man portraying him.

[@Sickside540]

Becky Lynch was dressed as a recent Video Game character. It was pretty awesome

[@AbyssalZones]

The closest thing to a *sort of* semi-clean loss for Goldberg that I can remember was the Triple Threat Match with Kane and Triple H at Armageddon 2003. I mean, there was interference after Goldberg hit them both with spears, but that wasn't unambiguously the decisive moment in the match. The finish was Kane and Goldberg choking eachother, then Triple H low blowed Goldberg (which was legal), and Kane chokeslamed him. Batista pulled Kane out of the ring, and Triple H pins him. So yeah, Triple H wins with interference, but it was more Kane who gets screwed out of the World Title rather than Goldberg.

[@MASwaim]

Jr seemed to be getting pushed into silence at first but he asserted himself mid way through the match. As for Becky, her hair and face paint was from a new video game (horizon zero dawn)

[@Reason_over_Dogma]

I prefer to have JR be the lead and King be the color, like the old days. I don't see why he needs to be second fiddle to Cole. I understand why last night. JR said he didn't have any notes [on reigns] so I can see why, but moving forward, we should let JR be JR. Be the main guy with just one color guy at least on ppvs.

[@LilBlAcK76]

tbh i really think its just the return of the Hardys that makes this mania so good

[@1112-m9d]

they did it with rock to, WM15,16,17 and also probably you can say his mania with Hogan at 18 was the main event

[@deathtrap2672]

I had almost cried when the deadman retired :(

[@deandreparker5820]

People can be mad all they want about taker losing to Roman but we all know he chose him to put him down it's a sign of respect for you to go out looking at the lights

[@LURADZ]

hey solo!

[@TheSolomonster]

Hey!

[@Jay-nf8sp]

Solomonster Sounds Off hey I think taker will still go against Cena next year. what do u think?.

[@TheSolomonster]

Possible, but I really do think he's done

[@ajk]

someone on wrestling news source suggested (supposedly from WWE creative but take that as you will) that he'll do a retirement "speech" on Raw (next week I'd guess if he was gonna now since he didn't tonight, makes sense too if so since it will feature the entire roster in a draft shake up), and Sting will interrupt it....leading to the match with them everyone always wanted to see. Whether it happens remains to be seen, but it'd be something.....if they did do that, I'd LOVE to see the Bad Ass Taker come out one last time for it (I thought he might at Mania even with the whole yard discussion thing going in), and see him go out (along with Sting) as himself basically since he has hung up the Taker outfit seemingly for good. Time will tell though but that would be amazing. (BTW as a sidenote you left out my favorite part of the Cena/Miz mixed tag w/Roker....him calling himself chocolate thunder, I was like "he really just said that didn't he?" lol)

[@Llolo75]

Solomonster Sounds Off The Romans final spear was to gain more momentum. ....in kayfabe of course. like a super spear or something

[@SuperMarcoPolo7]

Paige proposed to Alberto Del Rio in a wrestling ring, before it was cool to do so

[@anitarastogi6536]

Agree with you on everything except Taker vs Roman. I really like the match for what it was & especially for the condition he is in. You misinterpreted the final spear as a botch. Roman intentionally ran across the ropes to get more speed and momentum to launch into a super spear sort of cause Taker kicked out of 3 normal spears in a row. It was LOGICAL just like a super AA from the middle ropes is.

[@Leg3ndKilla687]

I laughed when hhh took the pin off 1 pedigree

[@ThunderForce2000]

Overall I thought WrestleMania 33 was a good show. I would say it was very similar to WrestleMania 21; the first two thirds of the show was very good, with a pretty mediocre final third.

[@turtlehead2]

There wasn't enough water in that cup. Hinder drank what was in it and threw an empty cup at Gronk.

[@TheodoreCaesarMoseby]

The only thing entertaining thing about Roman to me is his WrestleMania entrances.

[@J-Nigma]

7 hours of WrestleMania is longer than Raw, SD, NXT and 205 Live put together.

[@eltondilworth3148]

you the best i was there it was fun

[@johnfalcetta5431]

Mojo played College ball at Maryland with Gronk's brother Dan

[@MrGidget97]

Baffled that Solomonster thinks this show was better than Mania 31. That show had even less hype going into it than this one, and every single match delivered. IC Ladder match had the Bryan win, Orton hit the best RKO yet, nWo vs DX, Rusev came out on a freakin tank, Ronda rousey, and the best MITB cash in of all time. This show had a good Shane and AJ match, and Lesnar v Goldberg was good. The rest was not on the level of 31 imo

[@SteelersLakersFan]

There's no way to thumbs down a 7 hour show. That's why the poll is so favorable. This show was below average, only good moment was the tag title match Lesnar - Goldberg sucked Orton - Wyatt sucked Reigns - Taker was BORINNGGGG Cena proposal - cool good for him Tag match was the only top tier match Aj - Shane - cool match I guess

[@killedbychidori8523]

That was no way to settle a land dispute smh... shoulda taken their asses to court (shoutout to the facebook group btw)

[@LordDestroProductions]

Didn't Goldberg lose clean to Booker T in WCW?

[@djray369]

Ernest Miller interfered.

[@LordDestroProductions]

DJ Ray thanks.

[@gerrymcwilliam]

Yes if Takers last match put it as the main event... But Vince also gets his way and the weird hard on in putting Reigns on last.

[@eyes1184]

It's a shame TNA/Impact Wrestling are still putting The Broken Gimmick through a legal wrangling. That's why we haven't seen Matt and Jeff fully in character. Hints were dropped here and there, the fans chanted "Delete! Delete! Delete!" and "Obsolete! Obsolete! Obsolete!" , Matt ran with it, he's still using the "Broken Jargon" every now and then, sliding a bit into the accent and so on. But until the lawsuit is over and The Hardyz come out victorious, I'm afraid the "Broken" gimmick will remain dormant.

[@SoulzStealer01]

The answer is simple to your question Solomonster. Who does AJ feud with if he stays on Smackdown? Shinsuke Nakamura, that's who. That will be awesome