• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 2, 2017) – WrestleMania 33
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on April 2, 2017, WrestleMania 33 took place. The event featured Brock Lesnar defeating Goldberg to win the Universal Championship, Randy Orton defeating Bray Wyatt to become a 13 time WWE World Heavyweight Champion and Roman Reigns defeating The Undertaker in the main event (this was Reigns’ 3rd straight WrestleMania main event and The Undertaker’s first since 2010).
The Undertaker wrestled his record 25th WrestleMania match and his WrestleMania record became 23-2 after the match.
A ceremony took place in the ring after the match was over where The Undertaker took off his gloves, jacket & hat and placed it in the center of the ring. WWE & The Undertaker managed to make the fans believe that The Undertaker is finally retired.
However, that isn’t the case as The Undertaker is returning for this year’s WrestleMania.
During this 2017’s Q1 conference call, WWE revealed big success for WrestleMania 33, including this show becoming the most watched WrestleMania ever.
1.95 Million households watched “The Ultimate Thrill Ride” WrestleMania 33 on the WWE Network alone, while many others watched on PPV as well (and on free TV in countries like India). Below is what Vince McMahon had to say about this:
“We are pleased with the continued growth of WWE Network, which is a critical building block of our content strategy. The recent production of WrestleMania set records for network viewership as well as digital and social engagement. As we leverage continuing innovation to extend our reach in India, China and around the world, we are confident that the enduring and increasing global power of our brands will provide a solid foundation for long-term growth.”
Below are the results from the show:
– WWE Cruiserweight Championship Match (Kickoff Show): Neville (c) def. Austin Aries to retain the Title.
– Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal (Kickoff Show): Mojo Rawley won by last eliminating Jinder Mahal.
– Intercontinental Championship Match (Kickoff Show): Dean Ambrose (c) def. Baron Corbin to retain the Title.
– AJ Styles def. Shane McMahon
– United States Championship Match: Kevin Owens def. Chris Jericho (c) to win the Title.
– Raw Women’s Championship Match: Bayley (c) def. Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks & Nia Jax to retain the Title.
– Ladder Match For The Raw Tag Team Championship: The Hardy Boyz def. Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson (c), Big Cass & Enzo Amore and The Bar (Cesaro & Sheamus) to win the Titles.
– John Cena & Nikki Bella def. The Miz & Maryse
– Non-Sanctioned Match: Seth Rollins def. Triple H
– WWE Championship Match: Randy Orton def. Bray Wyatt (c) to win the Title.
– Universal Championship Match: Brock Lesnar def. Goldberg (c) to win the Title.
– SmackDown Women’s Championship Match: Naomi def. Alexa Bliss (c), Carmella, Becky Lynch, Natalya & Mickie James to win the Title.
– No Holds Barred Match: Roman Reigns def. The Undertaker
Below are some of the final moments from WrestleMania 33 involving Reigns & Undertaker:
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— World Wrestling News (@WWENewsMafia) April 2, 2018
— World Wrestling News (@WWENewsMafia) April 2, 2018
• Triple H Reveals WWE’s Recent Fear
During a recent interview with ESPN, 14 time World Champion & Old School WWF Legend Triple H revealed that him & WWE were afraid of Daniel Bryan leaving WWE and going somewhere else to wrestle and then risk his health because other companies don’t care as much as they do.
Below is what “The Game” said:
“Part of me was so afraid in the period of time when it was all going down that he was going to walk and say ‘forget it’ and go wrestle for someone else that doesn’t care, that doesn’t take their health into consideration — because that’s pretty much everywhere else — and risk his life and his health and his family and his baby and risk all of it.
And it’s not worth that. We take enough risk every day in what we do. Every day. Luckily we never got there, and luckily things worked out. It’s funny, because as Bryan was putting out things like, ‘I’m going to do this if they won’t let me do that,’ he was already working the information. He was already getting those tests done. He was already getting that stuff done. Looking back on it, he was already prepping. He was prepping everything about it.”
