The Best Matches of WrestleMania Weekend 2024

I didn’t watch every show of WrestleMania weekend, but I did watch a bunch. Here are my top matches from Philadelphia and the surrounding area!

Honourable Mentions

• Masato Tanaka & Minoru Suzuki vs Masha Slamovich & Rina Yamashita, GCW Joey Janella’s Spring Break 8, April 5
• Billie Starkz vs Queen Aminata, ROH Supercard of Honor, April 5
• Danhausen & Ram Kaicho vs Maki Ito & Nick Gage, GCW Joey Janella’s Spring Break 8, April 5
• Bianca Belair, Jade Cargill, & Naomi vs Asuka, Dakota Kai, & Kairi Sane, WWE WrestleMania XL: Saturday, April 6
• Cody Rhodes & Seth Rollins vs Roman Reigns & The Rock, WWE WrestleMania XL: Saturday, April 6
• Drew McIntyre vs Seth Rollins, WWE Wrestlemania XL: Sunday, April 7

#15
Dr. Cerebro vs Gringo Loco
“No DQ”
ACTION DEAN~!!!
April 4

Thoughts here, on my review for the full DEAN show!

#14
Athena (c) vs Hikaru Shida
“ROH Women’s World Championship”
ROH Supercard of Honor
April 5

I really like Athena, and her dressing like Karlach was cool as shit, but this match was just good, not great. The leg work was good by Athena, but a lot of the match was not really focused enough and had a lot of kickouts that took me out of the match. It was definitely a good match, but maybe a little too much.

#13
Maika (c) vs Megan Bayne
“World of Stardom Championship”
Stardom American Dream in the Keystone State
April 4

Thoughts here, on my review of the full Stardom show.

#12
Jacob Newman & Tank vs Manders & Tom Lawlor
“Gypsy Joe Rules”
ACTION DEAN~!!!
April 4

Thoughts here, on my review for the full DEAN show!

#11
Adam Priest vs Slim J
ACTION DEAN~!!!
April 4

Thoughts here, on my review for the full DEAN show!

#10
Masha Slamovich vs Shayna Baszler
Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport X
April 4

I generally wouldn’t like a no-ropes match wrestled in shoot-style, but this is less shoot-style and more early UFC, which I loved back in the day. Baszler came to play and was vicious here, and Slamovich is so good as a badass. It’s short and violent and a joy to watch.

#9
AZM, Saya Kamitani, & Tam Nakano vs Maika, Mei Seira, & Mina Shirikawa
ROH Supercard of Honor
April 5

One of my absolute favourite wrestling matches are showcase matches. It’s so cool to see normal everyday moves. The Stardom wrestlers do get giant reactions because it’s in front of a new audience. This was super fun, all action, everyone getting their spots to stand out match.

#8
Daniel Makabe vs Timothy Thatcher
ACTION DEAN~!!!
April 4

Thoughts here, on my review for the full DEAN show!

#7
Lyra Valkyrie (c) vs Roxanne Perez
“NXT Women’s Championship”
NXT Stand & Deliver
April 6

The Champion came into the match with an injured arm by Perez, and that was the story of the match. Perez attacked it so well all match, and the selling was tremendous. Valkyrie only used her other arm and fought so hard but could not overcome the injury and had to tap out. Great match!

#6
Roman Reigns (c) vs Cody Rhodes
“WWE Undisputed Universal Championship”
WWE WrestleMania XL: Sunday
April 7

Thoughts here, on my review of the full WrestleMania show.

#5
Masha Slamovich (c) vs Syuri
“JCW World Championship”
GCW/JCW vs The World
April 4

This was one of the matches I was most looking forward to all weekend, and it did not disappoint. Even though it took place at 1 AM, these two came to work!

For a 30-minute draw, it didn’t drag or feel like a draw until the last two minutes, when they were frantically going for the win. Up until that point, it was a well-built match between two wrestlers who were almost perfectly built for each other. Both are tough as nails, with great kicks, submissions, and suplexes. It had a kind of old-school feel, too, where it was just built so well!

#4
Rhea Ripley (c) vs Becky Lynch
“WWE Women’s World Championship”
WWE WrestleMania XL: Saturday
April 6

Thoughts here, on my review of the full WrestleMania show.

#3
Gunther (c) vs Sami Zayn
“WWE Intercontinental Championship”
WWE WrestleMania XL: Saturday
April 6

Thoughts here, on my review of the full WrestleMania show.

#2
Demus vs Mad Dog Connelly
“Dog Collar”
ACTION DEAN~!!!
April 4

Thoughts here, on my review for the full DEAN show!

#1
IYO SKY (c) vs Bayley
“WWE Women’s Championship”
WWE WrestleMania XL: Sunday
April 7

Thoughts here, on my review of the full WrestleMania show.

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