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Main events weak at WrestleMania 21
By DALE PLUMMER and NICK TYLWALK -- SLAM! Wrestling
A great Hollywood movie has an interesting beginning, a thrilling middle and a satisfying conclusion. The WWE's adventure in Hollywood got the first two parts right Sunday night with a Gone With the Wind performance at WrestleMania 21 but unfortunately bombed like Ishtar in the third act.
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Mania still magical despite lackluster mains
By JASON CLEVETT -- SLAM! Wrestling
LOS ANGELES -- This year's edition of Wrestlemania, live from the beautiful Staples Center in Los Angeles, California seemed to be lacking something. It became evident what the issue was when the crowd that started out red hot slowly came to a grinding halt at the final two matches. While lacking the filler that dragged an otherwise stellar Wrestlemania XX down, this year's event lacked emotion.
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L.A. Hulkster heaven
By SCOTT ZERR - Edmonton Sun
LOS ANGELES -- Spotlights, red-carpet entries and old-fashioned marquees. And just so World Wrestling Entertainment could truly put its stamp on a Hollywood-themed night, there were eardrum-popping fireworks, dropkicks, monkey flips, top-rope somersaults and even a Crippler Crossface.
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Bischoff feeds on feuds
By SCOTT ZERR - Edmonton Sun
LOS ANGELES -- Eric Bischoff and Hollywood are a perfect match. The storyline general manager of the World Wrestling Entertainment's RAW show, who is bound to have some sort of role in Wrestlemania XXI, has long had a passion for the business of wrestling, but his fingers are in a number of other pies, mainly centring the production of reality TV programs.
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Heartbreak Kid gets dose of humility
By TIM BAINES - Ottawa Sun
As Shawn Michaels, Michael Hickenbottom was The Heartbreak Kid, The Showstoppper, The Sexy Boy, The Boy Toy and all that. He was a world champion, one of wrestling's biggest superstars. He had fame and fortune, more than most of us dream about.
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Michaels not interested in movies

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