Alabama at WrestleMania: From Paul Bearer to Bray Wyatt, the state’s biggest moments
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Alabama has its share of WrestleMania moments, with legends either born here or having passed through at some point, before they etched their names in WWE lore.
Icons like Paul Bearer and “Sensational” Sherri helped make the annual “Showcase of the Immortals” what it is today, the greatest annual pro wrestling spectacle in the world, with modern performers like Bray Wyatt and The Usos writing their own chapters.
WrestleMania 38 will take place as a two-night event on this Friday and Saturday at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. Following the merger of the WWE Network with Peacock, the pay-per-view will be the first major WWE event for which U.S. subscribers can only stream the event via Peacock’s WWE Network channel.
The difference between an average WrestleMania match and a
great WrestleMania match is pretty severe, and you start to feel that here. The matches ranging from 100-51 on this greatest of all-time list are all inherently solid, and begin to verge on truly great as the numbers get smaller. Every match in this chunk is something you could show a non-wrestling fan in an attempt to get them to understand the mystique of WrestleMania and it would translate (well, maybe not a certain Bray Wyatt/John Cena experiment from last year, but more on that in a bit).
The real sparks start to flare as we break into the top 100, inching enticingly closer to the best of the best. Let’s get into it.
Finn Balor defeated Pete Dunne at NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day tonight to retain the NXT Championship.
Dunne targeted Balor s hands throughout the match leaving them mangled by the end which left him unable to hold the belt around his own waist.
Balor removed Dunne s mouthpiece and connected with a running dropkick and followed up with Coup de Grace. He then connected and concluded with 1916 as well to keep Dunne down for the 1-2-3 count.
THAT WAS AWESOME.
Following the main event, Finn Balor stood tall with his title when Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch rushed to the ring to attack Finn Balor. Suddenly, The Undisputed Era ran to make the save. Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly, and Roderick Strong chased off the heels, and then they posed with Balor.