We have nailed 48 matches to four in our quest to determine the best modern Wrestlemania match. Now the field gets narrowed even more as only two will walk into tomorrow's finals!
Daniel Bryan and Triple H's opener from Wrestlemania XXX swept over Lesnar, Reigns & Rollins, but now it faces an interesting conundrum against the main event from the same card, where Randy Orton defended against Batista and Bryan. Which Daniel Bryan match will make it to the finals?
The other bracket features a showdown of last hurrahs. Cesaro & Kidd scored some votes, but were dominated by Shawn Michaels' retirement match against Undertaker at Wrestlemania 26. Edge beat Alberto Del Rio at the next year's event, only to announce his retirement ten days later.
I encourage everyone to head over to the WWE Network and heck out these four great matches! Then get your votes in before it's too late!
Several big matches were eliminated yesterday as sixteen choices narrowed down to just 8. Today's vote will bring it down to just four, but for that we need your help.
Perhaps the most interesting fact of the remaining matches is that only one individual appears in more than one match. He has three battles still on the card and perhaps a bit shockingly, isn't named the Undertaker.
So without more chatter, on with the polls!
FLORIDA DIVISION - Final Round
Daniel Bryan's victory at Wrestlemania XXX is a high point in his career.
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Daniel Bryan had a true Wrestlemania moment with his win over Batista and Randy Orton, but CM Punk also reached his Wrestlemania pinnacle with his title bout against Chris Jericho. Only one title match will continue on to the next round!
NEW YORK DIVISION - Final Round The tag team pre-show bout last year was a solid victory for Cesaro and Tyson Kidd and has stood up through two rounds of voting. But it takes on a true Wrestlemania moment today: the streak versus career match of Undertaker and Shawn Michaels.
LOUISIANA DIVISION - Final Round Daniel Bryan is the man to survive with three matches still in the top 8. Once again, his battle with Triple H squeaks by into the third round. It faces its stiffest test yet as it goes head to head with last year's main event, where Seth Rollins crashed the battle between Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns.
GEORGIA DIVISION - Final Round Edge and Alberto Del Rio wrestled the best match of the night in their opening bout for the World title at Wrestlemania 27, and clearly fans respond fondly to Edge's second to last match. But it faces a truly great spotfest from last year's show, the Intercontinental title seven way bout where Daniel Bryan once again came out the winner.
Remember, your vote decides the victor. Voting is open for the next sixteen hours (1:30 a.m. Central) so get in their and get your votes in before time runs out!
Yesterday, the field narrowed from 48 to 16. Today, it will narrow again from 16 to 8. Voting is open to midnight Central time tonight, so get yours votes in!
But enough with the preliminaries. On to the match ups!
ROUND TWO - GEORGIA DIVISION
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Edge's final pay-per-view match against Alberto Del Rio scored big in its first round match-up, while decisions were split for The Shield battling against Kane and the New Age Outlaws in one of their first battles as a babyface unit. Both are stellar matches, but only one moves on!
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The end of the streak for Undertaker had to go through a tie-breaker to get to the second round, while last year's 7 way Intercontinental Ladder Match did much better, dominating over Triple H vs. Sting.
ROUND TWO - LOUISIANA DIVISION
Seth Rollins crashed last year's main event between Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns, helping that match secure a win in the first round. Jack Swagger's victory in the Wrestlemania XXVI Money in the Bank match was a tighter race.
I was a bit surprised to see the Wrestlemania XXX match between Triple H and Daniel Bryan go to a tiebreaker after stiff competition from Jericho and Edge. Rey Mysterio versus CM Punk had none of that trouble, completely sweeping their opening round battle.
ROUND TWO - FLORIDA DIVISION
CM Punk and Chris Jericho's World title battle swept its division while Triple H and Undertaker's war at Wrestlemania 28 scored big as well.
Daniel Bryan vs. Batista vs. Randy Orton was almost a no brainer to take its first round match, while the conflict between John Cena and Bray Wyatt barely sneaked out a win.
ROUND TWO - NEW YORK DIVISION
Tyson Kidd and Cesaro's victory in last year's 4 way tag team match was the only preliminary show match to make it to the final round. John Cena battling the Rock in the Twice in a Lifetime match dominated completely against lackluster challengers.
Undertaker retired two other matches much as he did Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania 26. John Cena and Batista barely squeezed past Undertaker and CM Punk to keep this from being two Taker matches pitted against one another.
That's all the matches featuring some huge competitors in some stellar matches! Make your voice heard by voting now!
I read this list of ten wrestlers and thought it was a pretty poor list. So I came up with a better one. Personally I think the WWE product is the best its ever been, I think the creative is just limited by their old-school wrestling ideas. They aren't thinking of sports entertainment, and they certainly aren't storytellers like this guy right here. So here is my top ten list of wrestlers who could come back and improve the WWE.
10: Shelton Benjamin
This guy was on the other dudes list and I had to agree with this one, Benjamin should be back every time Brock is back, these guys should be an unofficial team, you know they are friends and you never know when the one is going to show up and help the other. You think Brock is an unstoppable beast now, imagine what happens when you put a mean, lean, athletic wrestler like Shelton X Benjamin at his right hand?
It would also allow a multitude of spin-off matches, like Benjamin VS Kane or J&J security. Brock can't work every show, but his presence can be felt through his alliance with Shelton.
