With This Ring #54

With This Ring #54: WrestleMania XV

Tis’ the season, WrestleMania season that is. Ryan and Cindy are back and dive into WrestleMania XV: The Raging Climax! They continue their trek into 1999 and arrive at one of the most Vince Russo shows of all-time. Among the talking points:

• Quick check where we last were, with the Rock and Stone Cold locked in for the main event and how the rest of the card was fleshed out around that.
• The famous Beer Truck moment with Stone Cold and him later that night beating the Big Show in Show’s TV debut. 
• A talk about the Brawl for All, who was Bart Gunn and Doctor Death and why is JR a bad guy now?
• Talk about the messed-up undercard including the Outlaw switch.
• Ryan rants about the tag title match and how thrown together the teams were for a 3 minute match.
• We all have a good laugh at Butterbean knocking Bart Gunn’s head off.
• Another risky Mankind bump on a mediocre match at best and a very quick Big Show face turn.
• Pete Rose once again trying his hand at an attack on Kane and failing.
• Chyna turning face, and then turning heel with Triple H a ½ hour later. 
• The greatness of the Mean Street Posse. 
• The horribleness of the Undertaker/Big Boss Man Hell in a Cell match
• The main event finally delivering a huge mega match feel
• Where this WrestleMania stacks up among other shows.

Enjoy the show!