Ranking all the matches from WWE WrestleMania 33
WrestleMania 33 is now in the books. The annual wrestling spectacle was characterised by a polarising mix of exciting matches early on and a series of lukewarm matches towards the end.
The show was capped by one of the most depressing moments in wrestling history as the Undertaker, the most revered wrestler of all time, officially retired. The sight of him removing his gloves, coat and hat and leaving them in the ring left many people, myself included, in tears.
Though it was something many of us had long expected, to actually witness the Undertaker’s final WWE appearance is something that will still take some time to grasp.
But this show was about more than just the Undertaker. There were thirteen matches on a show that lasted a whole seven hours from the opening match on the preshow to the final bell of the last one.
Even as a diehard wrestling fan, this is an exhausting amount of time to be spent watching wrestling. That played into the overall quality of the matches that took place, as we take a look and rank all of WrestleMania 33’s matches from worst to best, with each match being given a rating between * and *****.
#13 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal
I, like many others, had high hopes for this year’s battle royal. I had hoped the winner would be an easy one to predict because it made the most sense. I expected that WWE would actually use this random battle royal as a vehicle through which they could elevate a lower-card star into someone more substantial.
They had done a good job with Baron Corbin, so hopefully, they could do the same with someone in this match. And it’s not like they didn’t have options. Braun Strowman, Sami Zayn, Luke Harper, Apollo Crews, any one of these men would’ve been an appropriate and logical choice for winner.
But out of all of them, they chose Mojo Rawley, a bona fide jobber, whose ‘stay hyped’ gimmick is completely unrelatable. It seems that this choice was only made because a famous football player was in the audience, and WWE’s desperate to seem relevant to other sports.