How's everyone holding up after the weekend? The weekend of ALL THE WRESTLING!!?

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He did it!

I'm doing great. In fact, I'm just gonna leave..this...right...here...I have no problem saying, even with all the personal blessings I've experienced, that that was the greatest moment of my life. Coupled with the fact that Reigns got mauled and didn't win the world title? I'm sitting pretty. No complaints. For those of you who were rooting for different folks and hoping for different outcomes at 'Mania and RAW , I feel you. We've all been down that road more times than we care to share. It just so happens that this weekend lined up perfectly with my particular sweet spots.But look, I'm not alone. Most everyone's saying that this was the best 'Mania in a long while. A really strong show that kept the audience engaged all the way through it. Actually, I'm not even going to pour over WrestleMania too much in this Wrap Up. Just the post-Mania Raw really and...would you look at tha...hey...look what I found!I did a whole WrestleMania live blog here , for those who want to peruse or skim my individual match write ups. And - AND - I did a whole video shoot with Eric Goldman about the show here. So you can even hear me speak about everything.Plus, I got to go to the NXT show on Friday night (which was awesome) so keep your eyes peeled for a video chat about that show too. It'll probably pop up today or sometime tomorrow.UPDATE: Here it is...Yes, that is, in fact, Hideo Itami dropping Tyler Breeze with the GTS. HIS move, in fact. But his first time doing it as part of NXT.In the meanwhile, I'll just drop a few .gifs.Before I move away from Mania, I'll share this little Vine video with you. Someone had freakin' pindrop ninja ears and picked up on Rollins, in the middle of pinning Reigns in the 'Mania main event saying "Thank you so much!" to Reigns. A really awesome, goosebump-y moment. See if you can hear it (if not, try it with headphones).So...that RAW last night. Always craziness the day after. WrestleMania fans from all over the globe pack into a much smaller venue and create beautiful madness. They love it when matches start. They love match finishes. The middle parts of matches? Not so much. Depends who's wrestling. But yeah. Chanting was the name of the game. So much so that WWE, reportedly, turned the crowd noise WAY down on TV. Like, to ridiculously low levels. Probably one of the reasons why so many people were tweeting me, since I was there live, and asking what the fans were actually saying.Keep in mind that was not a "San Jose" crowd. About 90% of those people, maybe more, didn't live there. In fact, during an ad break, Lilian Garcia took the mic and told the crowd when RAW would be back in San Jose. "We Don't Live Here!" was the big chant she got in return.Here's a small sample from my own private reserve...Here's the thing. I don't know why - especially given the last two post-Mania RAWs - they booked a main event featuring Orton, Big Show, Kane, and Reigns. Reigns who, yes, is still getting a ton of s*** from fans despite him not even defeating Brock and becoming the champ. We'll see how this plays out down the line with non-insane Mania crowds, but last night they were having none of him. He got "Worse Than Cena!" chants, for crying out loud. It probably also didn't help matters that the guy who's criticized by many for being a two-move wrestler only used those two moves in his match with Lesnar. Literally, only those two.At this point I think it's important to note that the people booing him were, yes, almost certainly Daniel Bryan fans. But this has gone past them booing him because he's not Daniel Bryan. They're also big Ziggler fans. Ambrose fans. And so on. So unless you're willing to say that they were also booing Big Show for the same reason, the "Cult of Bryan" argument doesn't hold up. Same goes for them booing Kane. And Orton. In which case, the idea here was they were just booing them because they weren't guys they liked.Anyhow, this was ALL totally avoidable. The crowd was into Rollins, naturally. And Ryback, for some inexplicable, but also adorable, reason. But everyone else? Ugh. We all knew this was a bad idea. How could they not know? The Rumble crowd hated the fact that Kane and Big Show were among the final guys in the Rumble match. They did not want to see them on RAW. And remember how much the crowd trashed Orton vs. Sheamus two years ago on the IZOD RAW? This was poorly conceived. So the crowd went to town.Again, you can accuse post-Mania RAW fans of being disrespectful, but that's not ever going to solve anything. The WWE needs to counter-program. They need to book the post-Mania RAW with that in mind. And they did, for the most part. Right up until that last hour. Big Show endured a giant "Please Retire!" chant. Everyone got pelted with "Same Old S***!" NXT stars' names were chanted the entire time.

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