Full Match: Randy Orton vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Kurt Angle – “Wrestlemania XXII”

The Eddie Guerrero Tribute match. Back in November 2005, Eddie Guerrero suddenly passed away from heart failure. This was one of the most shocking deaths in wrestling and a major blow to WWE, as Guerrero was one of the top players on “Smackdown” and feuding with Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship. His death changed a lot of things, but one thing it changed in particular was the rise of Rey Mysterio. After Guerrero’s death, Mysterio won the 2006 Royal Rumble in his honor, sending him on to this match.

And it’s an emotional one.

FULL MATCH - Angle vs. Mysterio vs. Orton - World Heavyweight Title Match: WrestleMania 22

WWE has released the full version of the World Heavyweight Title match between Mysterio, Randy Orton and champion Kurt Angle from “Wrestlemania XXII”. Mysterio won the title as a tribute to Guerrero after pinning Orton, who had been added to the match after defeating Mysterio at “No Way Out 2006”. Orton had taunted Mysterio by insulting Guerrero’s memory, setting up their match. After Mysterio lost, the match was turned into a triple threat with Mysterio winning the title.

Opinion: This match may not have been great but it was all about the emotion anyway. The fans wanted to see Mysterio win the title in Guerrero’s honor and that’s exactly what they got. It was a great moment and set things up for Mysterio, who became one of the most surprising World Champions of all time. This was a feel good moment and sometimes, that’s much better than a great match. I could have gone for the match being longer to sell Mysterio being more of an underdog, but what we got worked quite well enough.

Did you like this match? How would you have done it differently? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 26 wrestling books. His latest book is the WWE Grab Bag.

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