Steve Notes Wrestlemania 37 Night 1

Vince OPENS WRESTLEMANIA!! He says thanks to the fans, WELCOME TO WRESTLEMANIA!!!!

Lightening delay!!

Shane interview, says he’s gonna take out Braun tonight. He says he doesn’t have a problem, he’s just having fun with him. He puts over Braun choosing the steel cage match, he has to try to outsmart Braun in the cage

MVP interview, interrupted by Drew

Then Drew interview

New Day interview, Big E comes in, cuts a promo on Apollo

Kevin Owens interview

Bianca Belair interview

Seth Interview

Titus and Hulk come out

Titus carries the heavy load here

Hulk does his thing, introduces the opening match, they all run wild all over everyone

Some weird clip art from 2003 skeleton hovering over the crowd

Drew McIntyre vs. Bobby Lashley

Drew McIntyre with floating rocks and the sword in the stone

There’s so much water

Good match, they go attempt a superplex, slip early, change it up to the tree of woe stuff with Drew, Bobby chokeslams Drew, Drew kips up, they trade blows, belly to belly from drew, futureshock, a second, THIRD, gets 2

Drew launches himself out of the ring, lands hard, goes up for the axe handle, bobby catches him, flatliner

Lashley gets the hurt lock on!

Drew gets out, locks on a kimura, bobby gets to the ropes

Drew loads up, MVP yells, Drew hesitates, misses CM, Bobby KILLS him with a forearm, Bobby gets the HL on, drew goes down,

***1/2

BAYLEY and the NWO have a too sweet moment

Women’s Tag Turmoil

Lana/Naomi vs. Mela/Billie Kay

Billie rolls up Naomi for the win for them with help from Carmella

Next up is Riott Squad, they try the same thing, get caught, RS hit their finish on BK, get the win

Mandy Rose (Slipped on the ramp) and Dana Brooke vs. RS

Liv gets the win over Dana

Tamina and Natalya vs. RS

Ruby drops a senton on Tamina’s back, gets 2

Tamina/Natalya get the win via Splash from Tamina

**

Seth Rollins vs. Cesaro

Match is all about Cesaro hitting the swing

HE HITS THE SWING, hits 9!, then the sharpshooter, seth gets to the ropes

Seth counters the neurolizer, hits a knee instead

Seth hits twisting frog splash for 2

Seth goes for his knee, Cesaro hits neurolizer, Seth kicks out at 2

Seth counters neurolizer attempt, hits pedigree for 2

Seth goes for stomp, Cesaro hits uppercut, then swings him on his  shoulders, calls it the UFO

Cesaro swings the crap out of Seth, hits Neurolizer for the win

***¾

Dirty Dawgs interview

They talk about the New Day and their tag match

New Day vs. Omos/AJ

Big E intros New Day

AJ Starts out

Xavier goes up top, AJ has a shot at reaching Omos, Xavier says NO! AJ gets to Omos, Xavier tries to chop him down, Omos no sells

Omos just THROWS NW around!

AJ JUMPS OFF OMOS’ SHOULDERS

Omos SLAMS Kofi, puts his foot on him for 3

***

Braun vs. Shane McMahon

Elias and Ryker attack pre-match

Shane goes coast to coast, tries to get out with help from Elias & Ryker, Braun runs into the cage, taking them out

Shane clocks braun with a tool box, climbs over, reaches his hand through, Braun gets up, grabs his hand, RIPS off the cage wall, goes to the top, throws shane off! Goes down, powerslam, 3

***

Bayley interrupts commentary, to intro the Hall of Fame 2020 induction recap

Miz/Morrison come out to the worst entrance ever with bunny costumes

Priest wears purple, looks great

Bad Bunny comes in on a truck, it’s amazing

Bad Bunny looks CRISP, pulling off all sorts of shit with precision. LOOKS GREAT.

BUNNY HITS DESTROYER ON OUTSIDE

Stereo falcon arrows

Bunny hits DOOMSDAY FUNSPLASH onto Miz for 3 count and win

***1/2

Sasha Banks vs. Bianca Belair

HUGE crowd reaction for BIanca

Sasha suicide dive, Bianca catches her, presses her up the stairs into the ring

Bianca goes for springboard, Sasha grabs her braid, hits running knee

Banks gets dumped onto her back from the top, coming back using Bianca’s hair to pull her, it backfires

Standing SSP to Sasha’s back, glam slam

Bianca tries 450, eats knees

Bianca hits two powerbombs, Sasha counters with facebuster

Sasha gets 2 with the tornado ddt

Sasha wraps up Bianca with her hair, gets in the bank statement, Bianca counters Sasha’s rollback to get to the ropes, ref counts three, Sasha kicks Bianca in the head before letting go, in full control

Sasha gets Bianca in tree of woe, Sasha stomps her, Bianca counters the double stomp attempt

Bianca hits 450, GETS 2

Bianca goes for KOD, Sasha grabs her hair, Bianca pulls it out, WHIPS HER, tries KOD, Sasha counters, tries for backstabber, Bianca counters with KOD FOR 3!!

****