Our annual WrestleMania issue of the Observer is out this week with full coverage of pro wrestling's biggest event.
We go through all the news of the show, including the booking, the title changes, the finishes, the direction, what did and didn't work, the difference between the two nights, after four examples how does two shows work vs one, the big money WrestleMania main events, the returns, the celebrities and business notes on the show. We also look at next year.
Also in this issue:
Match-by-match coverage with star ratings and poll results from both nights of WrestleMania and both nights of Takeover, to see how people saw all four of the WWE's big events.
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(1) DAVID FINLAY & YOTA TSUJI vs. YOSHI-HASHI & TOMOHIRO ISHII
Finlay and Hashi to start. Collar and elbow. Clean break against the ropes. Headlock by Finlay, who took Hashi down but got stuck in a brief headscissors. Rope run and a shoulder block by Hashi. Hashi wanted Karma early but Finlay blocked. Tsuji tagged himself in and wanted Ishii, so Hashi made the tag as well. Tsuji started throwing punches even before Ishii entered, and the two exchanged a good number of forearms shortly after. Tsuji tried a block and a running forearm, but Ishii took him down with a block. To a corner, the two traded big forearms again. Tsuji got the better of the exchange and briefly grounded Ishii, but Ishii started no-selling and threw one big forearm to take Tsuji down. Ishii took Tsuji to the Chaos corner and tagged Hashi, then took a cheap shot at Tsuji after hitting the apron. Tsuji took yet another shot at Ishii and Hashi kicked him in the back to get his attention.