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Csonka Ranks The WrestleMania Week Matches

March 30, 2015 | Posted by Larry Csonka

And I am spent! The WrestleMania weekend is finally over and it was a huge weekend for Wrestling. Along with WWE, Evolve, SHIMMER and many more were all in the area and running events to make it Christmas is March for wrestling fans. Autograph signings, special appearances, Q&As, all of the wrestling shows you can shake a stick at and merchandizing! There was a little bit of something for everyone, and I watched a ton of it. The only thing I really didn’t get to was ROH and that was because they planned poorly and their event won’t be out until Tuesday or Wednesday. But I did watch a lot of wrestling, and decided that I would share my list of ratings for all of the matches from worst to best. You may not be a fan of some of the promotions, you may know nothing about them and you may not be inclined to watch a full show. But you may be curious as to who had the best matches during the weekend, and you may actually want to check those matches out. Or maybe you disagree and want to have some discussion with other fans about it and that’s awesome. Links to all the reviews are below and along with the matches themselves, so they will be easy to find. I reviewed almost 70 matches over eight events. Thanks for checking out the reviews this weekend, and thanks for supporting 411

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The Shows Watched


* You can read my Evolve 39 Review at this link.
* You can read my Evolve 40 Review at this link.
* You can read my King of the Indies (Night One) Review at this link.
* You can read my SHIMMER 71 Review at this link.
* You can read my WWN Supershow – Mercury Rising Review at this link.
* You can read my King of the Indies (Night Two) Review at this link.
* You can read my NJPW Road to Invasion Attack Review at this link.
* You can read my WrestleMania 31 Review at this link.


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* From King of the Indies (Night Two) – Earl Cooter defeated Grappler III @ 5:00 via pin [DUD]
* From King of the Indies (Night One)First Round Tournament Match: Luster the Legend defeated Jeckles @ 8:00 via submission [DUD]

* From Evolve 40 -Caleb Konley and Brian Cage defeated Rich Swann and Johnny Gargano @ 16:00 via injury [NR]

* From SHIMMER 71Second Round Match: Cheerleader Melissa defeated Mia Yim @ 8:00 via DQ [*]
* From King of the Indies (Night Two)APW Tag Team Title Match: Champions The Classic Connection defeated Sir Samurai and Bobby Hart, Marcus Lewis and Famous B and The Rocknes Monsters @ 12:00 via pin [*]
* From King of the Indies (Night One)First Round Tournament Match: Vincenzo Massaro defeated El Mariachi @ 7:00 via submission [*]

* From WrestleMania 31 – Big Show won the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal @ 18:00 [**]
* From WrestleMania 31 – Undertaker defeated Bray Wyatt @ 15:15 via pin [**]
* From WrestleMania 31 – Paige & AJ Lee defeated The Bella Twins @ 6:42 via submission [**]
* From SHIMMER 71First Round Match: Cheerleader Melissa defeated Jessicka Havok @ 8:00 via [**]
* From Evolve 39No Restrictions, No Limits Evolve Title Match: Champion Drew Galloway defeated PJ Black @ 18:00 via pin [**]
* From King of the Indies (Night One)First Round Tournament Match: Jeff Cobb defeated Rik Luxury @ via [**]
* From King of the Indies (Night One)First Round Tournament Match: Adam Thornstowe defeated Shaun Ricker @ 8:00 via pin [**]
* From King of the Indies (Night One) -JR Kratos won the 20 Man Battle Royal @ 12:00 [**]
* From SHIMMER 71SHIMMER Title Match: Champion Nicole Matthews defeated Tomoka Nakagawa @ 16:00 via pin [**]
* From WWN Supershow – Mercury Rising – Ethan Page defeated Kaleb Konley @ 12:00 via pin [**]
* From WWN Supershow – Mercury Rising – Mia Yim, Kimber Lee & Cherry Bomb defeated Andrea, Nicole Matthews & Portia Perez @ 13:00 via pin [**]

* From SHIMMER 71First Round Match: Evie defeated Portia Perez @ 8:00 via pin [**¼]

* From King of the Indies (Night One)First Round Tournament Match: Brian Cage defeated B-Boy @ 11:00 via pin [**½]
* From King of the Indies (Night One)First Round Tournament Match: Willie Mack defeated Jody Kristofferson @ 11:00 via [**½]
* From Evolve 39 – Biff Busick defeated Tommy End @ 9:30 via submission [**½]
* From King of the Indies (Night Two) – Ultimo Dragon defeated Juventud Guerrera @ 11:00 via pin [**½]
* From NJPW Road to Invasion Attack – Hirooki Goto, Katsuyori Shibata, and Tomoaki Honma defeated Karl Anderson, Tama Tonga and Doc Gallows [**½]
* From NJPW Road to Invasion Attack – Captain New Japan and Mascara Dorada defeated Cody Hall and Kenny Omega [**½]

* From Evolve 39 – Chris Hero defeated Ethan Page @ 14:00 via pin [**¾]
* From SHIMMER 71First Round Match: Nicole Savoy defeated Candice LeRae @ 9:00 via [**¾]
* From SHIMMER 71Second Round Match: Kay Lee Ray defeated Nikki Storm @ 7:00 via pin [**¾]
* From King of the Indies (Night Two)KOTI Quarterfinal Tournament Match: Adam Thornstowe defeated Luster the Legend @ 7:00 via [**¾]
* From WrestleMania 31WWE Tag Team Title Match: Kidd & Cesaro defeated The Usos, Los Matadores & The New Day @ 10:00 via pin [**¾]

* From WrestleMania 31No DQ Match: Triple H defeated Sting @ 18:30 via pin [***]
* From WWN Supershow – Mercury Rising – Evolve Champion Drew Galloway defeated DGUSA Champion Johnny Gargano @ 22:00 via pin [***]
* From SHIMMER 71ChickFight Tournament Finals: Kay Lee Ray defeated Evie and Cheerleader Melissa @ 13:00 via pin [***]
* From SHIMMER 71First Round Match: Nikki Storm defeated Cherry Bomb @ 6:00 via pin [***]
* From SHIMMER 71First Round Match: Kay Lee Ray defeated Kimber Lee@ 8:00 via [***]
* From Evolve 40
AR Fox defeated Ethan Page @ 14:00 via pin [***]
* From Evolve 40
* From Evolve 40Non-Title Match: EVOLVE Champion Drew Galloway defeated Uhaa Nation @ 10:00 via [***]
* From Evolve 39 – Drew Gulak defeated Timothy Thatcher @ 13:30 via pin [***]
* From Evolve 39 – Rich Swann, Ricochet & Uhaa Nation defeated Caleb Konley, Brian Cage & TJ Perkins @ 20:00 via pin [***]
* From King of the Indies (Night Two)KOTI Quarterfinal Tournament Match: Jeff Cobb defeated Brian Cage @ 11:00 via pin [***]
* From King of the Indies (Night Two)KOTI Quarterfinal Tournament Match: Timothy Thatcher defeated Vincenzo Massaro @ 7:00 via pin [***]
* From King of the Indies (Night Two)KOTI Semifinal Tournament Match: Willie Mack defeated Jeff Cobb @ 12:00 via pin [***]
* From King of the Indies (Night Two)KOTI Finals: Adam Thornstowe defeated Willie Mack @ 17:00 via pin [***]
* From NJPW Road to Invasion Attack – RPG Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero), Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii and Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Timesplitters, Tetsuya Naito, Togi Makabe, Hiroshi Tanahashi [***]
* From NJPW Road to Invasion Attack – The Young Bucks defeated Sho Tanaka and Tiger Mask [***]
* From NJPW Road to Invasion Attack – AJ Styles, Bad Luck Fale and Yujiro Takahashi defeated Kazuchika Okada, Gedo and Yoshi-Hashi [***]

* From WrestleMania 31US Title Match: John Cena defeated Champion Rusev @ 14:30 via [***¼]
* From King of the Indies (Night Two)KOTI Quarterfinal Tournament Match: Willie Mack defeated Rey Horus @ 10:00 via pin [***¼]
* From Evolve 39DGUSA Open The Freedom Gate Title Match: Champion Johnny Gargano defeated AR Fox @ 22:00 via pin [***¼]

* From WrestleMania 31 – Randy Orton defeated Seth Rollins @ 13:15 via pin [***½]
* From King of the Indies (Night Two)KOTI Semifinal Tournament Match: Adam Thornstowe defeated Timothy Thatcher @ 11:00 via pin [***½]
* From Evolve 40 – Ricochet defeated PJ Black @ 15:00 via pin [***½]
* From King of the Indies (Night One)First Round Tournament Match: Rey Horus defeated Lil Cholo @ 8:00 via pin [***½]
* From King of the Indies (Night One) – Ricochet defeated Joey Ryan and Matt Cross @ 12:00 via pin [***½]
* From SHIMMER 71Second Round Match: Evie defeated Nicole Savoy @ 9:00 via pin [***½]
* From WWN Supershow – Mercury Rising – PJ Black defeated AR Fox @ 11:00 via pin [***½]
* From NJPW Road to Invasion Attack – Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi and Ryuskue Taguchi defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima and Yohei Komatsu [***½]

* From Evolve 40 – Drew Gulak defeated TJ Perkins @ 12:00 via submission [***¾]
* From King of the Indies (Night One)First Round Tournament Match: Timothy Thatcher defeated Dylan Drake @ 12:00 via Submission [***¾]
* From WWN Supershow – Mercury Rising – TJ Perkins defeated Drew Gulak, Biff Busick and Tommy End @ 12:00 via submission [***¾]
* From WWN Supershow – Mercury Rising – Austin Aries & Roderick Strong defeated Ricochet & Uhaa Nation @ 17:00 via pin [***¾]

* From WrestleMania 31IC Title Ladder Match: Daniel Bryan defeated Barrett, Truth, Ambrose, Harper, Ziggler and Stardust @ 13:50 [****]
* From SHIMMER 71First Round Match: Mia Yim defeated Athena @ 12:00 via pin [****]

* From Evolve 40 – Chris Hero defeated Biff Busick @ 20:00 via pin [****¼]
* From Evolve 40 – Timothy Thatcher defeated Tommy End @ 17:00 via submission [****¼]

* From WWN Supershow – Mercury Rising – Timothy Thatcher defeated Chris Hero @ 22:00 via submission [****½]
* From WrestleMania 31WWE World Heavyweight Title Match: SETH ROLLINS defeated Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar @ 16:40 via pin [****½]

So what did you think were the best matches from the WrestleMania weekend? What did you watch and what do you want to watch now that all of the shows are done? Discuss in the comment section.