WrestleMania 27 Results

     Wrestemania 27 was an exciting show with a lot of huge matches and stars. The show started with Keri Hilson singing America the Beautiful followed by the introduction of the gyest host, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.The card for this show included the following: Edge vs Alberto Del Rio for the World Heavyweight Championship, Cody Rhodes vs Rey Mysterio, Randy Orton vs CM Punk, Jerry "The King" Lawler vs Michael Cole, The Undertaker vs Triple H, Dolph Ziggler and Lay-Cool vs John Morrison, Trish Stratus, and Snooki, and John Cena vs The Miz for the WWE Championship.

 

     First up was Edge against Alberto Del Rio for the World Heavyweight Championship. In Del Rio's corner was Brodus Clay and accompanying Edge was Christian. So this match started pretty evenly with both superstars feeling each other out and shaking off the Wrestlemania jitters. Del Rio was working the arm as usual and Edge connected with a couple of big boots to gain momentum momentarily. Del Rio got Edge in the cross arm breaker but Edge quickly got to the ropes. Alberto then went for a quick pin, this time when Edge's foot was on the ropes Ricardo Rodriguez knocked Edges foot off. Christian took care of the outside of the ring, but when the ref's back was turned Edge missed a spear and Brodus Clay pulled Edge into the ring post. Del Rio took advantage and locked in the arm breaker once again. This time Edge countered with a near fall followed by a submission of his own. When the hold was broke, Edge hit a spear and pinned Del Rio to retain his Championship. Then Edge and Christian went to work on Del Rio's Rolls Royce.

 

     Next on the card was Cody Rhodes against Rey Mysterio. Cody started out all over Mysterio, he even connected with a superplex holding Rey up for a good 20 sec on the ropes. However, Rey always finds a way to turn it around and got Rhodes out of the ring to gain momentum. Rhodes seemed to have a counter for everything that Rey would throw at him, when Rey finally did get Cody in position for a 619, which was also countered. Rhodes then went after the knee of Mysterio and removed the brace. Rey countered by getting Cody's mask off, he then connected with a 619. Rey put on Rhodes mask and hit a head butt from the top rope. Rhodes picked up Mysterio’s knee brace on the outside of the ring and hit Rey when the referee's view was obstructed and followed it up with crossroads to steal a win.

 

     After a brief talent show hosted by Teddy Long and Snoop Dogg We had an 8-man tag team match between the Corre and Big Show, Kane, Santino Marella, and Kofi Kingston. This match quickly erupted into all 8 members being in the ring and when all was cleared, Santino connected with a cobra on Heith Slater, one of the legal men, and the Big Show followed with a huge right hand to knock Slater out and gain the pin fall.

 

     Now a huge rivalry was to be settled between Randy Orton and CM Punk. Right from the opening bell Randy exploded on punk, that is until Punk got a good shot on his injured knee. From that point on every time Orton got the upper hand, Punk found a way to attack that leg. Then Punk went to the top rope and got caught by Orton. Randy would follow with a superplex but that would not be enough. Punk went back to work on the leg and Orton gained momentum for a minute, then Punk locked in the Anaconda Vise, but Orton made it to the ropes. CM Punk then got caught outside of the ropes and Orton hit the DDT off the ropes. Setting up for an RKO Randy had a change of heart and decided to go for a Punt. His leg however would not hold up and when he tried to hit an RKO Punk countered. Playing possum, Orton was successful on his second try, catching Punk off of the ropes with an RKO and pinned him for the win.

 

     Talk about heated rivalries, Jerry Lawler finally gets to face Michael Cole in the ring. Stone Cold Steve Austin was the referee in this match as Jack Swagger would be in Coles corner. After Michael Cole came out running his mouth, he ran and hid in his cage. Stone Cold ordered the bell to ring and The King jumped the wall into the cage with Cole and escorted him to the ring. However, when Austin's back was turned, Swagger attacked Lawler, first slamming him into the ring, then with the ankle lock. Cole was able to take advantage and work Jerry over a little bit but when he tried his an”cole” lock, The King flipped it and kicked Cole off of him. Swagger tried to throw in the towel but Austin refused. When Swagger tried to argue his case Stone Cold hit him with a Stunner. Jerry then got some long awaited retribution and let Cole have it ending with an ankle lock that Austin made very sure that Cole wanted to give up. After the match, as The King and Stone Cold celebrated with some Steveweisers, Booker T joined in only to walk into a Stunner of his own. The RAW GM sent in a message that Josh Matthews read. It stated that since after Michael Cole put his hands on the referee and the referee pushed him that Lawler was disqualified and Michael Cole is the winner. Jerry was not happy and tossed Josh into the ring so he to could experience a stunner.

 

     Now a streak plays The Game in a no holds barred match. Triple H entered the ring first appearing confident. Then the Undertaker made his way to the ring intimidating as usual. Triple H was quick off of the bell until the Undertaker threw him over the ropes. On the outside of the ring The Game also got the upper hand before meeting the steps. As the Undertaker was clearing the table, Triple H put him through the Cole mine. Back in the ring things started to even up, then Triple H left the ring to clear a table to attempt a pedigree but instead got flipped off of a table. Taker then waited in the ring prowling, when The Game started stirring, The Dead man launched himself out of the ring onto him. The two rearranged the furniture by throwing each other around outside of the ring, and then returning to the ring the future hall of famers exchanged momentum, as well as signature moves yet to no avail. A Tombstone Pile driver or 3 pedigrees would not do the job. A chair to the back of the Dead man about 10 times and then 1 huge shot to the head, still not enough. Triple H tried a Tombstone himself, but it would take more than that to hold down the Undertaker at Wrestlemania. Bring in the sledgehammer, but The Game got caught in Hells Gates and tapped out.

 

     Next a mixed tag team match between Dolph Ziggler with Lay-cool against John Morrison, Trish Stratus, and Snooki. McCool and Stratus started off after the ref broke up all of the competitors in the ring. Trish Stratus got the upper hand on McCool and would have finished her off but Dolph got involved and pulled her off. Morrison took care of Ziggler and Stratus tagged in Snooki to let her finish off McCool for the win.

 

     Last on the card would be the Miz against John Cena for the WWE Championship. This match was also very evenly matched with both stars displaying their strengths and seeking out their opponent’s weakness. Miz took one of the turnbuckle covers off but Cena still countered and locked in the STF but the Miz got to the ropes. Then when the ref’s back was turned, Alex Riley got Cena from behind. The Miz caught him with a skull crushing finale but Cena kicked out. After this the ref got knocked out for a few minutes in which John Cena pinned the Miz but there was no one to count. MIz then tried to catch Cena with a brief case but instead hit Alex Riley with it. Cena got one more near fall when the Miz decided he was leaving. Cena however chased him down and blasted himself and the Miz over the wall and they both got counted out. The Rock then entered the ring and ordered that this match be restarted with no disqualifications and no count outs. Cena got into position for an attitude adjuster on the Miz but the Rock got Cena from behind with a Rock bottom and allowed the Miz to win and retain his title. However, when the Miz was celebrating, the rock took to the ring again to take care of the Miz and finished him with the peoples elbow.