WM40 NIGHT 1

WWE WRESTLEMANIA 40 - NIGHT 1

Rhea Ripley vs. Becky Lynch
This was a good opener. Both Rhea & Becky busted out some pretty cool big match offense and wrestled a very physical back & forth match. Good selling, fun arsenals showcased by both. A good match. ***

The Judgment Day vs. #DIY vs. Awesome Truth vs. New Catch Republic vs. Austin Theory & Grayson Waller vs. The New Day
This was a fun car-crash multi-man ladder match. Didn't overstay its welcome & featured neat spots throughout. Kind of exactly what it needed to be. ***1/4

Andrade & Rey Mysterio vs. Dominik Mysterio & Santos Escobar
This was a solid little midcard number. Action packed from start to finish. Certainly nothing memorable in any way, but a pretty good one. **3/4

Jey Uso vs. Jimmy Uso
I don't think this was as awful as most of the people seem to be calling it, but it definitely ended up being a bit ridiculous. At first I thought they were actually having a solid little match, but then they upped the melodrama to almost-overkill levels. *3/4

Damage CTRL vs. Bianca Belair, Jade Cargill & Naomi
This was awesome! Textbook tag action with the entire match being great build to the eventual tag to Jade. Damage Ctrl did awesome work throughout controlling things, that said eventual tag to Jade was pretty good & Bianca was an absolute beast overall. She casually reminded everyone that she has one of the deepest, best bags in the entire women's division. ***1/4

Gunther vs. Sami Zayn
I wasn't really feeling this until the moment Zayn kicked out from the 2 powerbombs. After that, the match reaches a beautiful apex with Gunther's beatdown being wonderful, Sami's selling being equally wonderful & the drama just hitting all the right levels. BRAINBUSTAAHH was a cool as hell moment as well & a fitting ending to Gunther's reign. ***1/2

Cody Rhodes & Seth Rollins vs. Roman Reigns & The Rock
This definitely showed its runtime in some periods of the match, as I found myself bored & not interested in the thing, but all in all I thought this was a pretty good main event. Some really good moments & the last 10 minutes or so were especially quite good. **3/4