Road to WrestleMania XL

You know what I haven’t done in a while? Watching a whole lot of stuff in a short amount of time. And then write reviews about it.

So WrestleMania XL is less than 30 days away and I am all for it! There are 39 WrestleMania’s before it, and I have not seen most of them. I have no idea how many WrestleManias I saw before I got back into it this past year. I know I have watched 31, 38, and 39, and a match here and there for some of the others. I might have watched 32, I think that is the one with Shane McMahon VS Undertaker in Hell in a Cell, but I am not 100%.

So I decided I am going to watch ALL the WrestleManias!!! Now, I work about 60 hours a week, and I intend to keep up with Raw and SmackDown as we barrel towards WrestleMania. And as to not drive my family insane, I am not going to force 40 years (39 years? How is the math not mathing?), it is going to be a stretch to try and fit 39 shows that are between 2-6 hours long a show. Especially since the later ones are two nights long. Just not enough hours in the day. Especially if I am going to write reviews for them.

So I am going to make things easier on myself.

1. The “Seen it!” Rule

If I’ve seen the WrestleMania already, I don’t have to watch it again. Outside of the ones I already mentioned, I don’t think this will pop up too often, I don’t believe I convinced my parents to pay for WrestleMania when I was a kid watching the Attitude Era. I know my dad ordered a few PPV’s for me, but I could not tell you which ones.

2. The “Don’t Know/Don’t Care” Rule

So, this will cut through a LOT of the early WrestleManias. If I don’t know any of the wrestlers involved in the match, I can skip it. If I don’t care about the match, I can skip it. I mean, this is probably going to be the most “do what I want” rule of the whole thing, cause it basically gives me carte blanch to skip most of the shows, but I do have one rule so I don’t just check the card and skip whole shows.

3. The “Main Event” Rule

So in the emergency event that I get to April and have too much Wrestle left to Mania, I can reduce it down to just the Main Events. Unfortunately as I get further down the line, this will mean I will be skipping storylines I find more interesting than the old school storylines, but it is what it is. However, I HAVE to watch the Main Events. No skipping allowed. I don’t care how little I care.

I think that covers all the rules. And this is mainly just to explain how I managed to watch 39 WrestleMania shows in 30 days. Unless I end up failing and later saying “I didn’t.”

Alright, without further ado. . .