Boneyard Match – AJ Styles vs. The Undertaker
- As I said, I am surprised this is going on last, even if we’re pre-recorded. I honestly expected this go to on in the middle of the show to break up the monotony of the closed set.
- Does this make AJ Styles a WrestleMania main-eventer?
- AJ Styles and The Undertaker made Patrick O’Dowd happy by dropping real names throughout the build.
- Matt Hardy must be hating this right now, it’s everything we wanted to do!
- Love, love, LOVE AJ Styles stealing Taker’s entrance, then saying the place isn’t scary at all.
- Thank you AJ Styles for not showing up in ring gear.
- BIKER TAKER!
- If you’re new to me, know that I love me some Biker Taker.
- AJ made this feud personal–and human–so Biker Taker makes the most sense.
- Good job establishing right away that this is a Buried Alive Match.
- AJ throwing himself off of the roof of that hearse seemed to appropriate.
- All this Michelle McCool talk, I feel like we need a Sarah Taker run-in.
- Everything about this is great. Jeremy Borash is doing a hell of a job.
- Oh look, here’s The OC! You knew we were going to see Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows.
- And randon druids. I’m going to guess we’ve got Malcolm Bivens and The Undisputed Era under those.
- AJ just saved a man’s life, because Mark was gonna impale one of those dudes.
- AJ really likes bringing up Michelle, eh? Seems like he’s still not over the Samoa Joe feud.
- After that fence spot, Undertaker literally sounds like he’s dying.
- A lot of bitch-calling tonight.
- “Let’s start this thing up” really made me think it wouldn’t start.
- Now we get some spooky!
- AJ begging for mercy was great.
- The chokeslam off of the roof (with the camera work) and the music that followed felt VERY Lucha Underground.
- There’s no way The Undertaker was losing that match.
- This was very well done, and I could stand to see more things like this. WWE is good at this.
WrestleMania 36, Night 1 Overall Thoughts
- No crowd definitely made this a challenge for me, but it was obviously a bigger challenge for everyone involved.
- WWE did what they needed to do in many of these matches, still provided some surprising results.
- Hats off to the talent involved, and the staff behind it. They made the best of a bad situation.
- As a fan, analyst, writer, podcaster, promoter, everything of wrestling, I am glad they did this, and I am looking forward to Night 2 of WrestleMania 36.
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