Only just caught up on Mania, and before watching Raw or reading what everyone else thought of it (in case it changes my view), I thought:
Night 1:
It was rubbish up until the main event. Every match was either bad or underwhelming and none of them really had a Mania feel to them. Gunther vs Sami I thought was a real let down. It wasn't a bad match but it wasn't the show stealer it needed to be to justify ending Gunther's reign with such a tame feud. No issue with Sami being the one to do it, just the way it happened was very meh.
Then however the main event I thought was excellent. Actually really loved the slow pace of it. Rock was a lot better than I expected. It set up the second night perfectly and made it feel like Wrestlemania again.
Night 2:
Thought it was brilliant. Every match bar one or two of the fillers delivered. Opening match was excellent. Loads of memorable moments.
Main event was a load of over the top predictable nonsense....and I loved every second of it. Sometimes predictable can be a good thing. HHH trolling with the 3.16 tweet didn't even take much away from it. Tying it in with the new era talk really added something to the "story" too. Think probably my favourite Wrestlemania all in all.
Even the silly touches like Cole shouting "holy shh" when Priest won the title, only for Mccathy to then just casually add the "shit" afterwards
Also, just to toot my own horn:
I think more likely Priest takes the other title off Drew, which has a bit of a story to it. Could have Punk be involved in some way (e.g. Drew is distracted celebrating in Punk's face which allows Priest to get a cheap shot in after the match...which is also Priest following Drew's suggestion to wait until the match is finished to cash in).
Called it over a week ago
in almost alarmingly accurate detail!