Okay, so it really wasn't a knee-jerk reaction...Wrestlemania really stunk

I decided to sleep on it. I went to work. I went to the gym. I thought about my opinion of the show all day. 'Was it me?' 'Did I have a false sense of entitlement?' 'Was I being unfair?' 'Did I expect too much?' These questions swirled in my head all day. And now, it's a day later, and I still feel the same way as I did when Wrestlemania ended. The show really fell short of expectation in my mind.

I'll get right to it.

I expected great, entertaining matches, and matches were not all that great. The matches were either squash matches (The 8-man tag team match, the Snooki match), boring and pointless (Cole/Lawler), or they were TV-quality (all the rest). Now, I get the shift in focus of WWE. They're moving away from wrestling and trying to be more of an entertainment show. Even so, these matches fell short of what I, and what I think most people, expected for Wrestlemania. The lone exception was the Undertaker/HHH match. One of my friends referred to it as epic. I wouldn't go that far, but these two went to the ring, left it all out there, hit some great spots, and incorporated great ring psychology. While both wrestlers are past their primes, they gave all they had. Easily, it was the best match of the show. Other than that, it was a largely unimpressive display.

The show had horrible, unnecessary filler segments that had no business being on the broadcast. Filler segments are fine for TV. Wrestlers get hurt, things take longer than expected....on a live show, spit happens. But this was Wrestlemania. The biggest show of the year. The show that the company looks forward to and plans for with great anticipation. I don't care if this is "sports entertainment." Wrestlemania is not the place for cannon fodder, and the show was riddled with it.

Lastly, The Rock's involvement in the show was poorly done. Yes, he was the host. Yes, he was billed as being apart of the show. But the writers seemed to have scripted the show to be The Rock's show, which, frankly, is bullshit. Wrestlemania should be about the matches, and it should be about the talent. Essentially, the product is the talent. You're selling the talent to the fans. The Rock opening the show, doing so many of the aforementioned filler segments, interfereing in the main event, then closing the show showed how misplaced the focus was.

I read online that fans who attended the show live said it was great, and the atmosphere was very cool. I wish that feeling could have come through the TV screen.

Feedback is welcome. What did everyone else think, now that a day has passed and it's all sunk in?