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April 5, 2009

Live WrestleMania XXV blog: 25-diva battle royal

Kid Rock performed a smokin' set prior to the divas coming out.

Not much of a match, of course, but the post-match was pretty entertaining. Santino Marella got his Wrestlemania moment. Disguised as his twin sister "Santina," he dumped Beth Phoenix and Melina out of the ring to be crowned Miss WrestleMania after about six minutes of "action." Santina, with a sash and a crown, performed a victory dance that was laugh-out-loud funny.

The former divas being brought back was totally underplayed, as no one got a ring introduction. Gail Kim, who I thought would either win or be one of the last to be eliminated, went out surprisingly early.

Posted by baltimoresun.com at 7:42 PM | | Comments (19)
        

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I don't think Gail Kim was supposed to go out when she did.

Still more entertaining match than the Main Event.

It was really odd that they downplayed the introductions for the girls, but I had a feeling Vince had planned to have much bigger names involved and things didn't work out. I mean when i think past divas I think Trish Stratus, Lita, maybe even Sable? Sunny...yeah cool. Victoria and Torrie Wilson great, but Joy Giovanni??? She wasn't even around a year and she's useless. Maybe old Vince just pulled a fast one on us?? Oh and will someone PLEASE tell May Young to stay home! As far as Gail Kim getting eliminated so fast. I rewound and rewound the tape on that and check it again. Gail Kim wasn't supposed to go out of the ring. She was supposed to catch herself. She wasn't gonna win cause they had the "Santina" Marella angle, but she wasn't supposed to go that early. They made a mistake and had no logical way to cover it.

I was pissed that the Diva's weren't introduced. They made an effort to advertise that this match would include former Diva's. I could even spot most of them the first time I saw it. Sunny, Molly Holly and Victoria. Was that it?

I did like seeing Michelle McCool sit on Mickie though.

As always - Santino's the man. I can't wait to see him explain why he's wearing that sash on Raw tomorrow.

RESPONSE FROM KE: Santino's not the man. Santino's the wo-man.

I was really disappointed that the most googled former Diva Joy Giovanni didnt get more camera time at the Diva Rumble Royal at wrestlemania 25.She looked amazing but if you didnt know she was there you would have missed out on seeing her...

Ugh. I didn't like this at all. I could barely tell who was who, cept for Molly Holly. She stood out like a sore thumb thanks to her gear.

I wasn't thrilled with the match, either, not that I expected to be. I was unhapped with the placement of it; it should have been on later to let the crowd catch their collective breath, not after Kid Rock who should have served the same purpose.

This match was a total joke and downright played the women in wrestling so wrong. The women's division and diva's division have officially just become a joke and died in front of our eyes! >:(

And response to Killer Tofu

I totally enjoyed watching that trashy talentless bimbo thrown out of the ring like the garabage that she is! >:) And its just wrong that Satino won this! >:(

Hey ... let's get past Divas to fly in from all over the country. Let's not take the time to even introduce them. Let's let a man in drag win. Worst Diva match in the history of WWE. Their Women's Division is done, finished.

When I watched Wrestlemania 25 I thought one of the Bella twins was taken out whils removing someone else (sorry, I'm not sure who) then was again removed during a combination of moves with her sister. Am I wrong or was there 3 girls wearing red/black and the commentators were mixed up?

It just shows how serious the WWE are about womens wrestling, when a bloke wins the only womens match on the card.

the best part of this was the celebration by santino at the end of the match. had kid rock not performed i would had raw divas come out together followed by smackdown/ecw divas then introduced the former divas.

Wow. The Santino segment was "pretty entertaining" and "laugh-out-loud funny", yet you complain about how stupid/corny the stuff TNA does. That had to be the worst WrestleMania moment ever.

RESPONSE FROM KE: What can I tell you? Funny is funny. I'm probably one of the few people on Earth who find the ODB segments hilarious.

As far as Kid Rock's set went, I think it was a bad decision to place it so early in the card and let it go on for so long. The crowd really didn't seem into it, and it deadened the wrestling momentum that MITB had started. If they had to have Kid Rock appearance, put it somewhere near the middle of the show, like a Super Bowl halftime show. And to think, for this, they bumped a tag title unification match off the ppv...

I was really upset by this match. It's like a slap to the face of women's wrestling. They're saying the Divas are a joke. Poor effort.

I didn't realize how interested in the Diva division I was until they didn't announce anyone's name, and I was disappointed because I didn't know who was whom -- but I cared enough to want to know.

Granted, the booking of this match prevented them from announcing each girl's name because Santina Marella finale would have been skewed. I really hope we see some interaction between Ms. WrestleMania and Harvey Whippleman tonight on RAW.

The women's division has suffered these past 12 months and this wrestlemania is the proof before our eyes. Thank gosh we have gail kim now who will revolutionize the women's division. This match was a joke, not only was the entrance extremely poor, it was so poor that we didn't even see half of them come out. The match itself lasted about 5-10 minutes, very rushed. It looked like gail kim wasnt supposed to be elimated when she did, it looked like jillian got stuck on the ropes and her weight forced gail off the ropes, also vicotria was in the way. maryse (THE DIVAS CHAMPION) was eliminated outside of the top ten and even her exit looked iffy. And then finally after all the hype of this match, we get a man winning a DIVA match which is the ultimate pitfall in womens wrestling. WWE need to do something about this or the womens division is gonna struggle. Wanna see a main event like beth pheonix vs. gail vs. melina or mickey vs. michelle, why is the WWE not showing the talent that they have !

"...the commentators mixed up?"
Luc...The match was almost over before they "noticed" the unattractive diva with the Adam's Apple.

Seamus, I could not have said it better myself.

I agree, the Diva match was garbage, those girls should have been given AT LEAST an introduction. At least the wwe site put up the pictures of the girls who were in it. They sure didn't tell me when I was watching! Sunny looked fine for her age, Victoria we just saw, Molly looked fine, Torrie is always photogenic, and Joy Giovanni looked incredible and I'm wondering if those were old pictures because she looks like she used to, way great! I hope they use them better tonight on Raw. To the dude who has something against WWE using ANY smoking hot girls on TV, you need to change the channel and find something else to watch, man.

Hilarious performance.
I hope Marella pulls a Mick Foley and wrestles under more than one persona.

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