At this point Wrestlemania has it's lists for good Mania and bad Mania events. For example, Wrestlemania 10 is one of the greatest events in the history of the event and Wrestlemania 2 was not only one of the worst Wrestlemania's, but is also one of the worst in WWE history. Another event that is on the bad Wrestlemania list was Wrestlemania 27 that really just was a Mania designed to start the build for Wrestlemania 28. I made some minor changes to try and improve the event overall and shift the focus from Rock vs Cena to the actual event. 

One minor change I made was cutting the time for Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler, because the match was suppose to be an attraction and not the focus. Cole and Lawler was designed to give Jerry his Wrestlemania moment and cutting the time would help do that in my book. Another minor change I made was cutting the two multi person matches and switching them to United States and Intercontinental Championship matches instead. The one thing  I was unsure how to work in was a Women's Championship match and I think maybe a pre-show battle royal could work with a segment during the show to give some women there moment on the big stage with Snooki. 

Speaking of Snooki the biggest change I would make is eliminating The Rock's presence from the show and push him back to the next night on Raw. The main reason is because Wrestlemania is the biggest show of the year and not something that should be used to promote the next year especially if it takes focus off the current year. In my opinion, Snooki could've been the special guest star for the show instead of The Rock and the focus could've been left of the shoulders of The Miz and John Cena to make the show sell. Then on the following episode of Raw the focus could then shift to Cena vs Rock with Wrestlemania 27 in the rear view and 28 in the windshield. It might be some small details and some might say Rock was the only thing good about Wrestlemania 27 well that's a problem cause WWE used him as a cop out then to avoid trying to put together a good show and promote it, they wanted Rock to sell it for them. 

​As always wrestling gives us both great memories and memories we try and forget, but with the amount of moments worth remembering that have happened we are bound to forget some. The same could be said about some talent that were very much underrated during their career or never at the top of a company during a run this unfortunately makes it easier for fans to forget certain talent. These two are very different talent and had two very different careers while they worked in this great business. Sometimes we encounter those that deserve to be remembered and acknowledged. I would like to wish a very big Happy Birthday to all who are celebrating their special day today and especially to the one featured below.​

Nerd Note: It is rare to find someone who started wrestling at 15 years old off the top of my head I know three people. One is Terry Gordy who started at 14 years old, Steven Regal is another, and Ken Doane is another. The former Kenny from the Spirit Squad started wrestling at age 15 in 2001 after being trained by WWE Hall of Famer Killer Kowalski 

Looking back at the Wrestlemania's of the past its time to revisit another Wrestlemania to redo an event that could done better. This show puts on display the lacking booking style that WWE had even back during this time with WWE having started the new superstar initiative around a year before this event. A year ago we saw the debut of NXT the talent show with the future Nexus as the starring class for the show. The one sticking point of the event is Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler got more time then half the matches on the event including two multi person matches that went a grand total of 4 minutes. 

The fact that Wade Barrett held the Intercontinental Championship and not only lost but had an insignificant filler match. The six man tag team match later in the show was unneeded and a waste of valuable Wrestlemania time. Starting small I would move the United States Championship Match to the main show and would add both Dolph Ziggler and John Morrison making the match a fatal four way. I would keep the pre-show battle royal but take Sheamus, Daniel Bryan, and any one else who is already booked out of the match and have anyone who didn't have something going on heading this event be apart of the match. I would also move The Corre (Justin Gabriel, Ezekial Jackson, and Heath Slater) to the pre-show against Santino Marella, Kane, and Yoshi Tatsu instead of the eight man tag we got. 

In my opinion, Snooki would've done more as the host of Wrestlemania then The Rock only, because Rock getting involved in the main event took the spotlight away from the WWE Champion. I would instead have Rock appear on the next edition of Raw following Mania to set the stage for the next year of build for Wrestlemania 28. I would cut Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler down from 13 minutes 45 seconds to around 5-6 minutes, because it's suppose to be an attraction match and not a focus of the show. At the time fans just wanted to see Cole get his but kicked and not have anywhere close to a competitive match. This match was suppose to be designed to give Lawler his Wrestlemania moment and didn't need the match they gave him. 

The last note for this part is that Wade Barrett would be defending his Intercontinental Championship against Big Show and Kofi Kingston to stake the odds against the current champion to build him up. My main grip with this Wrestlemania is the fact that neither of the secondary championships are featured on the show in a match of any meaning. This is the reason why both titles fell so far and mean absolutely nothing at this point, because WWE didn't show they cared about the champions. Clearly my other grip was Snooki competing in a match and not instead being a manager or the host in place of The Rock.

Dark Match: Shemus (c) vs Daniel Bryan for the United States Championship 
Dark Match: The Great Khali won by last eliminating Sheamus 

WWE World Heavyweight Championship:
(c) Edge w/ Christian vs Alberto Del Rio w/ Ricardo Rodriguez & Brodus Clay 

Cody Rhodes vs Rey Mysterio 

Big Show, Kane, Santino Marella, Kofi Kingston vs The Corre (Wade Barrett, Justin Gabriel, Ezekial Jackson, and Heath Slater)
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Randy Orton vs CM Punk 

Special Guest Referee: Steve Austin 
Michael Cole w/ Jack Swagger vs Jerry Lawler 

No Holds Barred 
The Undertaker vs Triple H

John Morrison, Snooki, and Trish Stratus vs Dolph Ziggler, and LayCool w/ Vickie Guerrero

WWE Championship Match: 
(c) The Miz w/ Alex Riley vs John Cena 

Note: As always stay tuned for Part 2 coming next week when I explain my changes and show off the card I would've booked for Wrestlemania at the time. Might be working on something special!! 

​​As always wrestling gives us both great memories and memories we try and forget, but with the amount of moments worth remembering that have happened we are bound to forget some. The same could be said about some talent that were very much underrated during their career or never at the top of a company during a run this unfortunately makes it easier for fans to forget certain talent. These two are very different talent and had two very different careers while they worked in this great business. Sometimes we encounter those that deserve to be remembered and acknowledged. I would like to wish a very big Happy Birthday to all who are celebrating their special day today and especially to the one featured below.​

Nerd Note: Debra debuted in WWE as Jeff Jarrett's manager and would begin dating Steve Austin soon after. It was her relationship with Austin that was one of the many reasons that Austin's feud with Jarrett didn't take off in 1998.