History Awesome / WrestleMania

-->'''Cole:''' ''(in time with the referee's 3-count)'' FINISH. THE. '''STORY!'''\\

** Points to Grayson Waller, who still clings to the SmackDown Tag Team Championship belt while being ''powerbombed through a ladder on the outside.''

* Bayley vs IYO Sky has Bayley arriving in an all Egyptian inspired entrance with a pyramid and four men carrying her all while wearing Anubis masks.

* Cody Rhodes vs Roman Reigns at Night 2 can only be described with four words: Cody finished the story.

** Later, Cody has Roman dead to rights in the Cross Rhodes when Solo Sikoa shows up and sucker punches him with a Samoan Spike. Solo drags Roman over Cody for the cover only for the latter to kick out at two. It is at that moment that John Cena himself shows up to knock Solo out of the ring and deliver an Attitude Adjustment to Roman before proceeding to give Solo an AA on the Spanish announcers table, paying him back for Crown Jewel.

** Cue the words: "[[Wrestling/TheShield Sierra. Hotel. India. Echo. Lima. Delta. SHIELD.]]" as Seth Rollins, battered and bruised from the match with the Bloodline on and his title defense against Drew [=McIntyre=] earlier that night, makes his way to the ring through the crowd in his old Shield gear, chair in hand. But as he tries to strike Rock from behind, Rollins gets waylaid from a Superman Punch by Roman. With all of his allies down, it seems the clock is about to strike midnight for Cody's story...

** Roman gets to his feet first and grabs the chair as Cody and Rollins struggle to their feet. Roman is ready to strike Cody down when he notices Rollins on the opposite rope with his back turned and delivers a chair shot to Rollins instead, [[CallBack paying him back for his betrayal of the Shield back in 2014]]. He then tosses the chair aside and goes to the turnbuckle as he readies to finish off Cody with a Spear...only for Cody to counter with a kick to the midsection and deliver three Cross Rhodes in the center of the ring. He goes for the cover as Michael Cole makes the call:

** Cue the words: "[[Wrestling/TheShield Sierra. Hotel. India. Echo. Lima. Delta.]]" as Seth Rollins, battered and bruised from the match with the Bloodline on and his title defense against Drew [=McIntyre=] earlier that night, makes his way to the ring through the crowd in his old Shield gear, chair in hand. But as he tries to strike Rock from behind, Rollins gets waylaid from a Superman Punch by Roman. With all of his allies down, it seems the clock is about to strike midnight for Cody's story...

** Cue the words: "[[Wrestling/TheShield Sierra. Hotel India. Echo. Lima. Delta.]]" as Seth Rollins, battered and bruised from his match with the Bloodline on Night 1 and his title defense against Drew [=McIntyre=] earlier that night, makes his way to the ring through the crowd in his old Shield gear, chair in hand. But as he tries to strike Rock from behind, Rollins gets waylaid from a Superman Punch by Roman. With all of his allies down, it seems the clock is about to strike midnight for Cody's story...

* Cody Rhodes vs Roman Reigns at Night 2 can only be described with five words: Cody finished the story.

** #DIY have amazing spots trying to stop New Catch Republic with amazing spots like a DDT onto a table by Gargano or Ciampa's Avalance Air Clash from the ladder.

* Sami Zayn being the one to end Gunther's longest reign Intercontinental Championship is nothing short of impressive, he was on the losing end throughout the match but his sheer determination as well as a well executed brainbuster paid off, adding another achievement of ending the longest running reign of a championship in [=WrestleMania=]. Doing it while his wife and son was watching makes it a heartwarming moment as well.

** This match inspired two young fans, both of whom were {{Canad|aEh}}ian, to pursue wrestling careers - Adam Copeland (Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}}, who was in attendance) and Chris Irvine (Wrestling/ChrisJericho). Fellow Canadians William Jason Reso (Wrestling/{{Christian}}, Edge's BFF) and Wrestling/LanceStorm were also in attendance and went on to become pro wrestlers. It doesn't hurt that [=WrestleMania=] VI took place at the then-new [=SkyDome=] (now the Rogers Centre) in UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}}, and this would happen a second time with ''[=WrestleMania=] X8''.

* Wrestling/JohnCena hands Wrestling/{{Rusev|AndLana}} his first clean defeat. Highlights include Rusev's entrance ''[[TankGoodness on a tank]]'', with the Russian National Anthem playing, and Cena hitting him with a springboard Stunner from the second rope. Props also to [[Wrestling/RusevAndLana Lana]] for taking a bit of a hit at the final moments of the match.[[note]]Definite YMMV on this one; this was the match that is blamed for delivering a ''massive'' hit to Ruzev's momentum that he never really recovered from in a classic example of Cena bringing out the golden shovel and refusing to put over an up-and-comer yet again.[[/note]]

--> ''Wrestling/RicFlair'': WWE bet the house on a little idea called ''[=WrestleMania=]'' *pushes a pile of casino chips onto a blackjack table*. [[{{Understatement}} It all paid off big time.]]

* The pre-show opens with a fun 4-way Tag-Team Championship match between Wrestling/TysonKiddAndCesaro, Wrestling/TheUsos, Wrestling/TheNewDay, and Los Matadores, which includes Jimmy Uso and Wrestling/{{Naomi}} doing a double top rope plancha onto all the other teams, and Wrestling/{{Natalya|Neidhart}} putting El Torito in the Sharpshooter.

* Wrestling/{{Naomi}} reclaiming the [=SmackDown=] Women's Championship from Wrestling/AlexaBliss after she was forced to vacate the title due to an injury scare, and doing so in [[UsefulNotes/{{Orlando}} her hometown]].

-->'''Crowd:''' ''(begins chanting "Who?" as Kofi takes his hat off and the New Day pause and take a step forward onto the ramp)''

* After weeks of speculation and rumors, who did Wrestling/VinceMcMahon choose as the opponent for Wrestling/SethRollins? None other than The American Nightmare himself, Wrestling/CodyRhodes, who delivers a banger of a match against Seth.
** Props as well for having Cody enter to [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic "Kingdom"]] as well.

* The Tag Team Showcase Match in Night One blew everyone's expectations out of the water. What was expected to be a filler match grabbed everyone's attention and gave each tag team time to shine at the showcase of the immortals. The highlight of the match was after ''everyone'' was basically stacked on top of another, Ricochet cross-bodies them and all eight men fall onto the mat like a house of cards.
* Wrestling/ReyMysterio vs Wrestling/DominikMysterio was an action packed Father vs Son match starting with their entrances. First, Dominik arrives in a prison van with police guards. The door to the van opens and out pops Dominik in black and purple gear and one of Rey's masks, harkening back to Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio's famous WCW ''Bash at the Beach 1997'' match (when Rey's outfit was based off The Phantom). Rey decides to one-up his son with Snoop Dogg, a low rider and ''[[Wrestling/EddieGuerrero Viva la Raza!]]'' to the crowd. Other moments include Rey taking his belt off to give his son a spanking, the newly-reformed LWO (Latino World Order) and Judgment Day getting involved outside the ring, and even Bad Bunny (who was on Spanish Announcer duty) interfering by stealing the chain Dominik was going to use to attack Rey, giving the father an opening for a 619.
* Rhea Ripley manages to redeem herself in Night One, by defeating Charlotte Flair for the Smackdown Women's Championship in what was Match of the Night in an entire card of fantastic wrestling. The match was so good, Charlotte broke kayfabe after it was over and was beaming in pride at the loss.
* The Usos vs. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn for the Unified Tag Team Champions main evented Night One of [=WrestleMania=] 39. This historic match not only marks the first time the Tag Titles are defended on a prestigious spot, it has already given the participants accolades in their resumes as well.
** Kevin Owens now has main evented two consecutive [=WrestleManias=] and has become the 22nd Grand Slam Champion with his and Sami's victory over The Usos for the tag team championship.

** The Usos not only defended the Tag Team championships twice a [=WrestleMania=] under the same reign, but they join their fellow [[Wrestling/SamoanDynasty family members]] Yokozuna, Roman Reigns and The Rock in being the 4th and 5th members of the Anoa'i Family to main event the show as well.

** The ending deserves special mention. Owens suplexes Jey Uso off the top rope, making him open for the pin. However, Owens then notices Sami begging to be tagged in and decides to let his friend exact some long overdue payback. After giving Jey three corner Helluva Kicks, and with Owens delivering a Stunner to Jimmy to prevent him from breaking the pin, Sami goes for the cover as Michael Cole gives the call.

* Snoop Dogg gets an unexpected one in Day 2. After Shane [=McMahon=] got injured in his match against Miz, Snoop saves the segment by punching Miz in the jaw before giving the People's Elbow!

* Edge vs Finn Balor in Hell in a Cell had dark and demonic entrances. Balor emerges in his Demon King makeup with a spiky mohawk while Edge dives deep into his Brood days with fire, a skull-like mask made of mosaic and vampire wings, complete with Music/{{Slayer}} blaring in the background with the properly titled "South of Heaven".

* The Intercontinental Triple Threat between Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre, Wrestling/{{Sheamus}}, and [[Wrestling/{{WALTER}} Gunther]] was less of a wrestling match, more of a brutal European pub brawl in the best possible way, as all three lads took turns battering each others' chests and delivering chops and blows that resonated throughout [=SoFi=] Stadium, pumping the crowd from beginning to end. This too also earned a 5-Star rating from Dave Meltzer, making this Mania to be the first one to feature two 5-Star matches on the same show. (Even with each being on separate nights)

-->'''Wrestling/JimRoss''': OH MY GOD! EDGE WITH A TWENTY-FOOT LADDER, WITH A SPEAR ON JEFF HARDY!
* A highly entertaining Gimmick Battle Royale with a slew of retired greats, including Wrestling/TheBushwhackers, Wrestling/TheGobbledyGooker, Wrestling/TheIronSheik (the eventual winner), Wrestling/HillbillyJim, Wrestling/JimCornette, Wrestling/{{Kamala}} and Wrestling/SgtSlaughter, among others.

** Hogan's hulking up generated a massive pop from the gigantic crowd & even Wrestling/JimRoss and Wrestling/JerryLawler were marking out when Hogan started Hulking up, with the final line in the quote below widely considered the greatest piece of wrestling commentary ever.
--> (after Hogan kicks out of a pin attempt)

--> (Rock hits Hogan, causing Hogan to do his classic finger point, which causes Jerry to squeal with excitement)

--> '''Jerry''': Whatcha gonna do, Rock?
--> '''J.R.''': My God, The Rock can't believe it!

--> (as Hogan hits the legdrop)

--> '''J.R.''': ''The leg drop! He beat Andre the Giant with that move!''

* The Intercontinental Triple Threat between Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre, Wrestling/{{Sheamus}}, and [[Wrestling/{{WALTER}} Gunther]] was less of a wrestling match, more of a brutal European pub brawl in the best possible way, as all three lads took turns battering each others' chests and delivering chops and blows that resonated throughout [=SoFi=] Stadium, pumping the crowd from beginning to end.
* Edge vs Finn Balor in Hell in a Cell had dark and demonic entrances. Balor emerges in his Demon King makeup with a spiky mohawk while Edge dives deep into his Brood days with fire, a skull-like mask made of mosaic and vampire wings.

* Rey vs Dominik was an action packed Father vs Son match starting with their entrances. First, Dominik arrives in a prison van with police guards. The door to the van opens and out pops Dominik in black and purple gear and one of Rey's masks, harkening back to Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio's famous WCW ''Bash at the Beach 1997'' match (when Rey's outfit was based off The Phantom). Rey decides to one-up his son with Snoop Dogg, a low rider and ''[[Wrestling/EddieGuerrero Viva la Raza!]]'' to the crowd. Other moments include Rey taking his belt off to give his son a spanking, the newly-reformed LWO (Latino World Order) and Judgment Day getting involved outside the ring, and even Bad Bunny (who was on Spanish Announcer duty) interfering by stealing the chain Dominik was going to use to attack Rey, giving the father an opening for a 619.

* The Tag Team Turmoil Showcase Match in Night One blew everyone's expectations out of the water. What was expected to be a filler match grabbed everyone's attention and gave each tag team time to shine at the showcase of the immortals. The highlight of the match was after ''everyone'' was basically stacked on top of another, Ricochet cross-bodies them and all eight men fall onto the mat like a house of cards.