 What's good jobs your boy Ross back at him with another video So we're gonna check out a WrestleMania 31 retrospective last great WrestleMania. You know what? I've thought about this before WrestleMania 31 in my personal opinion was probably one of the last WrestleMania's where one they didn't over stack the card. So it wasn't like a two-night Epic and two it just felt like a WrestleMania I feel like that's one of the last WrestleMania's that felt like a WrestleMania the main event ended off in an exciting way He was excited to see what happened on Monday. What was gonna happen on Monday night Raw and I don't know. It just it worked granted. There were some things I didn't like about this WrestleMania Obviously a lot of people didn't like to finish with steam and Triple H And then there were some good things. I like like the match between Seth Rollins and Randy Orton was fantastic I want to say Daniel Bryan ended up winning the Intercontinental Championship in a very good ladder match I want to say it had some highs it had some lows, but it was definitely one of the last like WrestleMania's in my opinion that felt like a WrestleMania in a sense of it wasn't too long It wasn't two nights. It just it worked not to say the recent years didn't work I know I did like last year's night two mainly because I was enjoying, you know, how the Triple Threat match ended with Edge Roman and Daniel Bryan at the time. I thought that was pretty good I thought that was a pretty good way to end off WrestleMania But in there has been some highlights in in recent WrestleMania's but they haven't compared to this one and WrestleMania 30 kind of really shocked the world. So this one was a nice follow-up So let's get into this video by none other than super kick studios y'all make sure y'all go subscribe to them I'm gonna like the video even before checking it out because I know it's gonna be some dope stuff And let's get right into this bad boy 15 was WWE level buffoon re turned up to 11 Trolling the fans by putting Shattered Dreams right after fan favorite Daniel Bryan was eliminated Seth Rollins is Architects being leaked for the entire world to see and the Roman Reigns experiment blowing up in the company's face Causing people to cancel their network subscriptions There was a lot wrong with this year But without a doubt one of the biggest bright spots was WrestleMania 31 the next Pacing the placement measure what happened the larger than life moments the arena the aesthetic of how the show looked as it turned from Scorching heat to the setting California Sun and all was said and done no wrestling fan would ever forget where they were on this night So let's go back to 2015 and take a look back at WrestleMania 31. I definitely enjoyed it. I Definitely enjoyed this pay-per-view. This particular WrestleMania. I think this is the first WrestleMania I actually watched on the WWE Network. I had the WWE Network at the time Want to say I could be wrong up in the Santa Clara Sun with alo black singing America the beautiful Then LL Cool Jane kicks off the show runs through the history of WrestleMania and ties in the new age of social media The theme for this WrestleMania was the WWE Network. I think I did They shoehorned it into the graphics this stage in the opening video, but the continuity was very well done So we start the show and Michael Cole tells us that it'll be a night forever etched in history a night Where legends will be born Levi's stadium was buzzing and ready to go We kick off the show in one of the best ways we could have with a seven-man ladder match for the intercontinental Yep, yep, yeah, Nambros Dolph Ziggler bad news Barrett stardust our truth Who probably thought this was the roller-rumble? Luke Harper rest in peace man who ended the previous year's WrestleMania on top Daniel Bryan the match started And it was beautiful chaos We watching it back. I realized just how good this match truly was it was Pacing the spots the people in it Everyone did so well right off the hop Ambrose hits a dive onto the outside Soda's truth stardust hits a falling star and then Dean Ambrose just casually saunters up a 16 foot ladder And he takes out everyone except for our truth So we're less than two minutes into this match and so much has already happened But this was just the starting yeah Where a surgically repaired neck was going crazy hitting flying knees taking ladder shots to the head code I mean stardust brought out his custom bedazzled ladder. Yeah, I think at the exo ex-mospheric Starboard sometimes you got to be stopped and then Barrett had two doses of bad news for stardust First he broke his ladder and then he chucked him off a ladder with the suplex The biggest question on my mind isn't Mentally stable, but how Wade Barrett didn't become a world champion in the WWE Yeah, that's that's a thing that a lot of people are you know always wanted to know like people like this gimmick the bad news gimmick he got over WWE didn't really want to catapult him past the big card. Oh, yeah Just as the oh yeah down in this match John see the GG for Dean Ambrose powerbomb from the inside Yeah Ladder breaks and so does Ambrose. That's it. Yeah going straight to a hospital So everyone was out and there were two men left Daniel Bryan and Dolph Ziggler Both having a headbutt parade at the top of the ladder and by the end of it Ziggler fell and Daniel Bryan was left on his own unhooks the IC title and we start off WrestleMania 31 Yep, the same way we ended WrestleMania 30 the crowd yelling yes at the top of their lungs and Daniel Bryan Once again a champion and that was good I'm not sure what's going on my camera camera stripping out right now If you guys notice as I get darker like I don't know what's going on, but that was dope Starting off WrestleMania with Daniel Bryan winning crowd chanting. Yes. That's how you do it got the crowd hype I was definitely excited Enjoyable opening match This match was so much fun. No bullshit. No filler. Just consistent action wherever you looked something was going on Each competitor had something creative to do in the match whether it was a high spot or just acting high like our truth It was just executed and after this it was snake versus snake All right, I had to adjust the brightness on my light Maybe it'll stop doing what it's doing on the camera right now Rawlins versus Randy Orton Randy Orton had turned on Seth Rollins Well trading the authority gaining Seth Rollins trust Last moment putting the middle fingers in the air and turning on Rawlins Yeah, but it was all Rawlins' fault from making this a mess curb stomping Orton into steel steps And now it was coming for a good few came out and they put on a solid match But the thing here was Seth Rawlins was in his phase of being the biggest scum on God's green earth Coming out with the cruiserweight division and having them do his dirty work This match was fun and it had some near falls Randy Orton was cleaning house And there was even a point where Rawlins ate an RKO and we thought that it might have been it But Rawlins kicked out and little did we know we were in for Seth easily one of the best RKO transitions of all time and for this to be the next match up after we had a great Ladder match to start things off. I was like, okay They are really showing out. This is this is pretty good I was interested in this feud and the right person one But we just didn't know how the night was gonna end That's Rawlins as Orton measured for a stomp Orton flings Rawlins up with his trap muscles Sends him flying and catches him with a picture perfect RKO and that was it Seth Rawlins became posterized for the rest of the time at this point It looked like it was game over for Seth Rawlins Even though he had the money to bank contract it looked like we weren't gonna be seeing him at any time soon But now it was time for a literal dream match. Yeah, the unthinkable Sting was in the WWE It was gonna be WCW versus the WWF WCW's final soldier versus the King of Kings a match in my wildest dreams I never thought that I would see ever story going in was that Sting cost the authority their job And now he was gonna fight Triple H not because he wanted to fight for WCW But because he was tired of Triple H's bullshit the build pretty subpar if I'm being honest But seeing Sting in a WWE ring No words. Yeah Sting's intro hits and Audi comes with the drummers behind him and he was ready for triple You saw the sign and say one in the old Sting. I wish my guy. Oh I wish oh My god, if we can just turn back the hands of time if we would have got that then I'm willing to bet Probably that next year. We would have probably got Undertaker versus Sting. Oh, I'm getting goosebumps now. Just thinking about it California Sun cast a shadow in the ring Terminator fucking triple eight that shit. What the hell Yeah Wouldn't believe that Sting was 55 years old Yeah, he was moving pretty well everyone was chanting you still got it But I gotta talk about JBL's boner for the WWE in this match The man at every point was just shitting on Sting saying that he played in the minor leagues and making fun of WCW So as the match wore on it just got more and more annoying But as the match did wear on things just got crazier and crazier Sting had triple H in a scorpion deathlock and then out came DX so 55 year old Sting just casually Outside and takes out everyone. Yeah, but as soon as he got back into the ring He ate a pedigree and he kicked out just when you thought things couldn't get any more crazy Outcomes the NWO Kevin Nash Hulk Hogan and Scott Hall the same group that Sting rebelled against in WCW But that aside they were here to help Sting It was the Monday Night War only it wasn't 1998 it was 2015 Levi's Stadium was just having so much. Yeah, and then triple H looked for old reliable his sledgehammer I'm not sure what's going on The two groups are brawling and out of nowhere come Shawn Michaels. It's a sweet chun music on Sting But that's still not enough So triple H calls for his sledgehammer Billy Gunn hands it to him and he's got Sting dead to rights But the NWO had Sting's back all hands Sting a bat and the odds were even Sting breaks triple H A sledgehammer goes for a Stinger splash But when he's going for a second one triple H catches him with the head of the sledgehammer and that's it Yeah, it gets the win afterwards. Everybody just became best friends. Like bro. Was I watching the WWE or was I watching Hannah Montana? Yeah, I That was a low point for me I'm like, bro, you guys didn't need that win. It's like WCW is done You didn't need that win. Why bring this guy in just to have him fucking lose at WrestleMania Come on, bro. That's still one of the most annoying booking decisions It's triple H for you, bro triple H at that time Sting and triple H shake hands and the clock was turned back I wasn't watching the Monday night war because I was a baby, but I felt this I knew how big of a moment this was the two companies who fought tooth and nail Coming into the ring and giving the world one final showcase. Did triple H need to win this? No, probably not Does it really matter in retrospect? I don't think so. This match was fun It's what it should have been the wrestling kept to a minimal all about the legends and turning back time We go from these legends to legends backstage Roddy Piper, Ricky Steamboat, Pat Patterson, Bret Hart and Ric Flair All congratulating the new IC champion Daniel Bryan They were hoping just as much as the next guy that Daniel Bryan would be the one to bring prestige back to that title They were having woo-offs chanting Yes, and then Ron Simmons just stepped to everybody and you all know what he's yeah musical performance nice The theme song was good. I felt like it gave it that WrestleMania vibe up beat not too much else to add here And next up it was the only women's match on the show Pigeon AJ the two women who one year ago were competing for the Divas title now against the Bellas Nikki Bella the Divas champion and her sister brief as always horny Jerry Commentary and the crowd was pretty silent at this point. Yeah, but you know respect where it's due This was an easy watch. It wasn't your average two-minute squash. It was a competitive match It was fast-paced, but I think the highlight of the match was the guy in the front row with the sign that read Nikki I'll give you babies Our boy John Cena. He's not scared of much, but for some reason reproduction seems to be his weakness No children were produced, but AJ and Paige produced a W We honored the Hall of Fame class, which was actually pretty stacked if I'm being honest The likes of Rikishi Alondra blaze Macho man and Kevin Nash What's that was over? It was time for one of the feature matchups John Cena the ultimate American Patriot versus Yeah, the ultimate foreign heel and Vladimir Putin's son. Yeah, pretty much United States Championship and can I just say that at this time it seemed like Rusev was gonna be the next big Dominating The story leading up was Rusev wanted Cena to admit that Russia was better than America Anytime you go with an American Russian or American any foreign country story line, I can tell you now They're not dead. It would be interesting if they pulled the swerve and had Rusev win But nah, you already knew it was John Cena to in the map. Yeah, you knew John Cena was winning this wouldn't have Rusev disrespect this country Wouldn't let him cheat and diminish the US title Cena forces way into a US title match and it was Lana who agreed to give it to him So Rusev's entrance starts and the USSR National Anthem plays and Lana. Well, Lana Oh my god, don't do this, bro If you say that you didn't search this up at one point or another you are nothing but a liar I don't want to hear it. Lana was dropping jaws to the floor like she was Manny Pacquiao and then out came In a tank that was pretty Rusev came out on a tank like this was a war zone waving the Russian flag even though he's Bulgarian Yeah, and apparently Rusev took Lana to Machka town inside the tank. So Respect words do oh wow I didn't even hold on Huge WWE star Lana real she had sex with Rusev in the tank at WrestleMania 30 31 ahead of the match Hey, that's a good way to relieve some stress. If you know what I mean inside the tank so Respect words do soon exit Cena and his video package is all about America and how the US was able to develop the genius of man Sports environment landmarks miracle on ice Everything you could think of by the end of this me as a Canadian even I felt like I was American Chance of USA USA USA and now comes John Chai and I mean Cena This match got underway and it was actually pretty fun The crowd threw up was chanting Let's go Lana But Cena and Rusev were the ones that the commentators wanted us to focus on as hard as that was Leave us stadium was cheering for the foreign heel and booing the face Yeah, they were Cena would hit a big move Rusev would just stand in his face screaming at Cena in what I assume is Bulgarian But this man Rusev on this night would not be denied He survived an STF until Lana chucks in her high heel to cause a distraction Johnny boy was calling spots so loud. You can hear them in India later in the match He locks in the accolade the move that only Cena had come close to fully breaking out of of course coming in Rusev hadn't been pinned or submitted Yeah, he breaks out of the accolade drop toll holes and then Lana comes to the Apron caused a distraction But instead she gets pounds to the floor a from Cena and that's all she wrote Yeah, John Cena was the new US champion just like it was 2004 only this time He elevated the US title to heights that it hadn't seen I will say this the John Cena US Open challenge. That was good. That was good for that belt. I will say this I Didn't like Rusev losing but I knew it was gonna happen But the belt did get elevated when John Cena had it I will say that in a while that match was now over and the California Sun was slowly setting on the night Outcome Triple H and Stephanie McMahon announcing an attendance number, which probably wasn't right Yeah, hosting about how good they were and then out comes the people's champ Makes an entrance so long that it would make the undertaker tear up pumps up the crowd and tells Triple H That he left his balls and Stanford Connecticut So triple H is about to square up to the rock But Stephanie gets in the way slaps rock in the face. What's he gonna do hit a woman live on pay-per-view? Come on not 1998 anymore So rock goes to the outside There's seated is UFC women's champion the undefeated Rhonda Rouse at that time with their Shayna Baszler Jessamine Duke and Marina Shafir So rock goes to the outside Rhonda hops the barricade makes her way into the ring and two worlds were colliding WWE and UFC Rock unloads on triple H They really teased us with Rhonda and rock versus triple H and Stephanie that match would have been one of the most anticipated matchup ever Actually did it. Oh, yeah, that would have been fantastic So rock and Rhonda had their mania moments in the ring Meanwhile backstage during this time and the shirt the tank she had on over 9,000 fantastic view delicious Another mania moment was being set up. We'll get to that one in just a bit next up It was time for the reaper to return Instilled fear into WWE fans for over 20 years the undertaker going against the man Who called himself the new face of fear Bray Wyatt a year after his legendary undefeated streak was snapped undertaker was coming back Bray was just poking the bear poking the bear and wanted to take your back But take her on the road to WrestleMania didn't shy away. He even set Bray's rocking chair on fire So both men come out amazing entrances for both of them and then they go back and forth Bray had apparently injured himself in rehearsal But you wouldn't be able to tell this match was actually pretty fast paced looking back at it Most of that was actually Bray Wyatt undertaker was still out here proving that he still had it Chokeslam the Wyatt followed by a tombstone and why it kicks out sister Abigail to undertaker Undertaker kicks out too. So Bray rises up into a skirmish. That was a cool moment The undertaker rise Bray doing this little crab walk. That was pretty cool Spider pose an undertaker does his iconic setup tombstone one two three and taker was 22 and one at WrestleMania. Could Wyatt have used the win? Yeah Bray Wyatt would have benefited big time from this win I mean the year before he lost to Cena and now he took an L to the undertaker. Here's the thing Maybe unpopular opinion, but I do think if Bray Wyatt would have been one of the individuals to beat the undertaker instead of Brock I would have been okay with that. I would have It's like the passing of the torch passing of the torch from a one dark character to a new fresh dark character That instantly puts him over That's just my opinion Trying to build them up as this mystical supernatural cult leader. It would have been the perfect tipping points Give them the win here, but what happened happened? That's one of the biggest problems with this Rang is a ton of up-and-coming stars lost to the vets Rollins vs. Orton Orton wins Rusev or Cena Cena wins take her versus Wyatt take her wins But there was one more at generational clash That was gonna be WWE's Golden Boy Roman Reigns and the Beast Brock Lesnar after being pushed and pushed and pushed with WWE push to the moon on their project that was Roman Reigns We all remember 2015 and the cluster fuck that was the raw rumble regarded as the worst raw rumble of all time No point where they even booed the rock Look how confused this man looks that he's getting booed. Yeah, so heading into WrestleMania Fans weren't exactly on Roman Reigns aside. Some people they were there for the ride for sure But a majority no anyone but Roman push too hard too soon What added more fuel to the fire was him saying that he would only entertain criticism from people that actually mattered Leading up to mania this build between Lesnar and Reigns was hot garbage We saw before Lesnar and Reigns met at WrestleMania big contract signing Maybe a pull-apart brawl Reigns playing mind games. Hell, maybe even something set on fire Nope, we saw two grown men playing tug-of-war with the world championship. Yeah That that right there is is top to your storytelling. Yeah Persistent with this Reigns push and Audi came shoved a fan out of the way on his way to the ring Like which idiot decided that the man who caused people to cancel their network subscriptions should go through and saunter on down Through a crowd of thousands and everything would just go off without a hitch No wrong would happen like them. I hate to break it to you, but you're dumb as hell So Reigns somehow made it to the ring without dying He hits his little punch to the ring mat and he lights up the sky and this aesthetic It was beautiful That was my favorite parts about this WrestleMania was how amazing the sky looked when Lesnar and Reigns were about to come out The California Sun was setting and out came Brock Lesnar the same Brock Lesnar Who had dominated the past year in the WWE be Undertaker streak killed seen at SummerSlam Could this young upstart beat the veteran and right out of the gate Brock hits a suplex and an F5 And the crowd is cheering just hoping that Reigns get squashed Yeah, but then Reigns starts fighting back and they booed and they booed. Oh, yeah And they booed but Lesnar catches Reigns. Oh, they were booing like crazy. I was like, yo, this is done This is dead clothesline into a German But Reigns even though he was eating punishment was just smiling at Lesnar And then Lesnar starts to dominate and the crowd is chanting This is awesome. And of course cue the comeback and the booze range. Oh, yeah Man WWE really had their hands tied behind their back here Like give Reigns the title and you risk having the arena set on fire Yeah, or you put everything to waste and you have them lose Yeah, a second F5 and still Roman kicked out and this is where the pace of the match Completely changed. Lesnar takes off his gloves hit suplexes and a third F5 Just like how he beat the Undertaker streak in 2014, but Reigns kicked out Lesnar shoved into the ring post on the outside and he's busted open Wearing a crimson mask these two go back into the ring and Lesnar eats a Superman punch But he's not down a second one and he's still not down Third one and it finally gets Lesnar on the mat So Reigns hits two straight spears and thankfully for the crowd at two and a half Brock kicked up. Yeah, nobody had burned the premises just yet Reigns measures up for another Superman punch, but he gets caught Beautiful. Lesnar can't cover because he's just so tired Michael Cohen commentary asks who can capitalize and just Then the second coming hits Seth Rollins sprints down to the ring fan Fantastic when I saw this happening. I lost my shit. Mind you. He's a heel But this was the best cash in one of the best cash in's ever bruh And it happened at WrestleMania. Oh, I'm getting goosebumps. Just talking about it Surveys the scene and he's doing it. He's cashing in the money in the bank This match was now a triple threat match Who expected this Rollins knocks Reigns out of the ring curb stomp to Lesnar But he knows that's not enough goes for another one But Lesnar catches him into an f5 position Reigns comes back in hits a spear on Lesnar Knocks Rollins out of the f5. Rollins hits a stomp on Reigns one two three the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion was Seth Rollins. Yeah, look how shocked this arena was We thought he was down and dead after the Randy match, but he returned returned to pull off the Heist of the century. Yeah earlier in the video. I talked about how another mania moment was being planned backstage Well, this is it. That's it up until the rousy and rock segment Reigns was supposed to win here He even had family in the crowd But they decided to go with Rollins who gave Reigns the thank you so much Before he pins him and he won it. No one in the right mind expected. Oh, man. This was great a genuine shock And Seth great was the new WWE Best decision they did Hyrule went off and the world belonged to Seth Rollins Roman Reigns his former shield buddy laid perfectly in the center of the ring And this moment man iconic the first person to ever cash in at Wrestlemania And not just that in the main event of WrestleMania never been done before Will never be done again. The show was just amazing This was the last time I watched a Wrestlemania and when I hit the power off button on my remote I knew that I watched something special Yeah, the moments in the show what made it the nwo dx rusev's entrance the rko Ambrose going crazy in the ladder match Rock and ronda rousey Rollins at the end the pacing for this show was brilliant All the top stars were on the card and there wasn't much filler if any what the show was big for Was an introduction to new superstars It felt like the next generation Even though they didn't win was on its way But they fumbled the bag Wrestlemania 31 had such low expectations going in people were boycotting the Reigns experiment Daniel Bryan wasn't in the position that a lot of people wanted him in The u.s title match didn't seem like anything special And the show felt like it was going to be a dud after we had just watched Wrestlemania 30 the previous year But it over delivered none of this two night bullshit one night for you I just said this bro the two night I get it why they're doing they want to get everybody on the card Everybody gets an extra payday But at the same time that one night and I'm not talking about the one night 10 hour special I'm talking about the one night, you know I'm saying a decent lift nothing too crazy It worked it just worked for me. I preferred it but I understand why they do the two nights I get it biggest starts to shine one night for you to go balls to the wall Everything about this mania was extremely well executed the high spots the match placement the beautiful arena and even the graphics In my opinion, this is the last great wrestle mania But my biggest question to all of you guys Is this I can agree man? I can definitely agree This is one of the better WrestleMania's man the last great one in my opinion Uh, a lot of people's opinion as well. So comment down below. Let me know. Do you guys agree? Was WrestleMania 31 one of your one of the last great WrestleMania's or do you feel like there were some other ones after 31 that um were either better than this in your opinion Or um at least come close to this in your opinion I me personally. I just think as a whole It was one of the greater ones one of the greater ones that I can literally go back and watch and have fond memories of There's not too many other WrestleMania's after that. I have fond memories of that I do so appreciate all love sport row two 70k appreciate y'all kicking with me. See y'all next one. Peace