Press slam on Masters, then one on Carlito although out to the floor onto Masters. Show picks him up and crotches him on the top ropes, then boots Masters down. Carlito gets tagged in to a big pop surprisingly. Show tags in, hits the “shhh chop” a couple times. Masters and Kane start out with Masters getting a shoulderblock, then Kane hits a dropkick after another exchange. The challengers are making their WrestleMania debuts. Tag Team Titles (Raw): Big Show & Kane vs. There’s a ramp in the aisle for those wondering. Carlito and Masters come out first individually. As Carlito comes out for the first match, JR is sitting with Lawler to call the Raw matches and he throws it to Cole and Tazz to call the Smackdown matches. They are stars.įirst voice we hear is Jim Ross welcoming us to the show as they pan the crowd to show that it’s a true sellout. Sometimes we take the production team for granted.

Then the song changes as they go into videos for the big matches in the order of Undertaker/Henry, McMahon/Michaels, Mysterio/Angle/Orton and Cena/HHH is last. Then they play a video package highlighting WrestleMania moments through the years. They show a wide shot of the crowd as they welcome Michelle Williams from Destiny’s Child (and Chicago) to sing America the Beautiful. I have edited some of it since by adding some new thoughts, but mostly it’s the same review that was posted back then. WrestleMania 22 was “Big Time” according to the Peter Gabriel song they played way too often in anticipation of this event.Ī lot of the key players that were set up to have bigger roles the year prior were in those spots when WrestleMania made its return to Chicago.

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