WWE WrestleMania XI (1995)

Wow! Such a good movie.

The Worst Film Ever

the audience applauded

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

In general, WrestleMania delivers. Its professional wrestling's biggest night where each wrestler tries to put on the best matches they can. Sometimes blunders can happen. The eleventh annual event is a good example.The opening match was the underrated team of Lex Luger and the British bulldog against the short-lived Jacob and Eli Blu. Luger and Bulldog won in an average bout. 6.5/10Next up was Razor Ramon trying to take the Intercontinental title back from Jeff Jarrett. The match was decent, although inferior to their Summerslam bout. 7/10Then there was Undertaker against King Kong Bundy. None of Taker's Mania matches were that good at this point. This was no exception. 6.5/10The final tag team match was for the tag team titles, seeing Billy and Bart Gunn defend it against Owen Hart and Yokozuna. Owen and Yokozuna win. That's it. 6/10Bret Hart and Bob Backlund have an "I Quit" rematch from Survivor Series. Hart has called this his worst match ever. Wrestlers always see things differently than the fans. From a fan's point of view, this isn't THE worst match of Bret's career. But it was still a dull one. 5.5/10The match that really should have closed the show was Diesel against Shawn Michaels for the WWF title. Pamela Anderson and Jenny McCarthy were in the guys' corners and Jonathan Taylor Thomas was the timekeeper. Diesel is the longest reigning champion of the 90s as well and the least-drawing champion and most underrated. This was easily match of the night with Big Daddy Cool retaining. 7.5/10Football legend Lawrence Taylor faces Bam Bam Bigelow in a terrible main event. LT is not a wrestler! WWE likes to have non-wrestlers compete, so this should have been the opener. LT won. Bam Bam could have been the victor and it would have sucked the same. 3/10So there's not really a whole lot to say about this Mania. The matches were either average or bad. Nothing more or less can be said.Overall 6/10

1. British Bulldog/Lex Luger Vs. Jacob/Eli Blu 5.5/10 2. Intercontinental Title Match: Champ-Jeff Jarrett Vs. Razor Ramon Decent match with DQ ending. 6/10 3. King Kong Bundy Vs. The Undertaker - Undertaker always has got super stiff wrestler like opponents. The matches suffer from that. This feud was quite boring 5/10 4. WWF Tag Title Match: Owen Hart/Yokozuna Vs. Champs-The Smoking Guns - Solid match, new champs. 7/10 5. Submission match: Bob Backlund Vs. Bret Hart - We have to look on multi idiot Backlund and Piper (as referee) simultaneously. That hurts hard. Fortunately the match wasn't too long. 5/10 6. WWF Heavyweight Title Match: Shawn Michaels Vs. Champ-Diesel -Shawn is class better athlete than this woodman Diesel, he can't even Gorilla-press him up. Oz retains. For Shawn 5/10 7. LumberJack Match: Lawrence Taylor Vs. Bam Bam Bigelow - One of the comedy matches that I don't like. For Bam Bam 4.5/10 Remember previous WM? That was event! This was pure sh*t.

I have saw some pretty good Wrestlemanias like X-Seven, and 28, but I have saw some pretty dreadful ones like 7, IX and 27. Wrestlemania XI was downright awful. Showcase of the immortals; more like the showcase of B-List celebs. WWE focus more on the guest stars that were at the show more than the wrestlers that wrestle for them year long. Not only did Lawrence Taylor get the top billing of the show when Diesel and Shawn Michaels should have, but there were a number of celebrities taken over the show to the point, that they had nothing to do with wrestling. For a show that supposed to focus on targeting, it's wrestling fans; we got instead Baywatch's bimbo Pamela Anderson, tween heartthrob Jonathan Taylor Thomas, and scary Jenny McCarthy. Oops, I forgot about Nicholas Turturro from NYPD Blues. I forgot he was a celebrity, too. You probably forgot that, too. Musical guests Salt 'N' Pepa was there to sing the song or two for LT. It was celeb-mania. The match between Lawrence Taylor and Bam Bam Bigelow brought the WWF mainstream press coverage which they kinda needed at the time. Wrestling was in an all-time low due to the steroids scandal. Then there was the venue, WWE at the time was really hurting as well. It went from selling outs large stadiums to hosting its biggest PPV in an arena connected to a shopping mall in Hartford, CT. Yes, the mall, a place you can go get Orange Julius, Panda Express, and shop a bit at Forever 21, then go see Wrestlemania. To make matters worse, the whole event was plagued by technical difficulties, which was evident in the very first minute of the live broadcast when the microphone picked up only the last few seconds of Vince McMahon's introduction of America 'The Beautiful'. Throughout the show, the microphone goes in and out. The matches weren't that great. Allied Powers, the infamous pairing of Lex Luger and the British Bulldog whom their respective countries' flags on their crotches against the Blu Twins, the hillbillies managed by Uncle Zebekiah AKA Zek Coulter. The match was badly botched as Lex slammed his opponent onto the Bulldog's head at one time. Intercontinental Championship Jeff Jarrett(Champion) vs. Razor Ramon was a mediocre match with a bad ending. Undertaker vs. King Kong Bundy was limited movement due to how big these wrestlers are. Tag Team Championship Smoking Guns (Champions) vs. Owen Hart & Yokozuna- Second best match of the evening that's not saying a lot. The next match was Quit Match Bret Hart vs. Bob Backland. Great match, but nobody says 'I Quit' here, I heard a choking sound, but it wasn't words. WWF Championship Diesel (Champion) vs. Shawn Michaels was pretty good, but limited with botches moves. Bam Bam Bigelow Vs Lawrence Taylor is what you might have though a pro-wrestler VS football player would have been. Unpleasantly. Conclusion- I own all of the WrestleMania's and in my opinion (as well as the opinion of many others) this is the worst WrestleMania ever. Give it a watch if you want to, but in my opinion, just watch a highlight video or something.

In the main event of WrestleMania XI WWF Champion Diesel defended the belt against accomplished wrestler Shawn Michaels. Diesel was quite good as champion during 1995 and he put on a good match against Shawn Michaels.The undercard for this event was truly great. Razor Ramon and Jeff Jarrett had a good match (those two always had chemistry in the ring). The ever popular Undertaker did his usual burial, this time pinning the monstrous King Kong Bundy. And Tag Team champions The Smoking Gunns put on an entertaining match against Yokosuna and Owen Hart. Bret Hart elevated Bob Backlund to a decent match as well.Lex Luger and Davey Boy Smith made an appearance too as The Allied Powers. They beat identical twins Jacob and Eli Blu. The Allied Powers had so much potential which the WWF never exploited.There was the usual celebrities such as Salt N Peppa and the beautiful Pamela Anderson to make this a memorable event.