Wrestlemania XXIV will be remembered for Ric Flair’s retirement match and the tremendous Floyd Mayweather vs Big Show No Holds Barred Exhibition, but for over 40 fans it will be a night that was marred by a fireworks mishap that was anything but entertaining.

 The results, courtesy of Wrestling News Desk.Com. JBL pinned Fit Finlay in a Belfast Brawl that was stiff but disappointing.  CM Punk won the Money In The Bank Ladder Match. Matt Hardy did a run-in, which he wanted everyone to know in advance obviously if you check out the internet, and stopped MVP from winning. Punk and Jericho were battling for the briefcase. Surprise finish. I think Shelton Benjamin was the star of the match.

 
Batista pinned Umaga in a match no one will remember.  Kane pinned Chavo Guerrero to become the new ECW Champion in moments. Total squash. Chokeslam, then the 1-2-3.

Shawn Michaels pinned Ric Flair in about 20 minutes after mouthing the words “I’m sorry, I love you…” and hitting Sweet Chin Music. This was really good. Not the super-charged emotional responses everyone was expecting and counting on. Really good, though. They can make it memorable if they play it up big on tv.

In a match that saw a total power failure happen in the middle, Beth Phoenix pinned Maria, so Beth and Melina beat Maria and Ashley Massaro. Beth is just so far and above all other females.  Lawler decked Santino. Snoop Dog creamed Santino with a clothesline afterwards and got to kiss Maria.

Randy Orton retained the WWE Title by pinning John Cena after giving HHH the concussion kick when HHH covered Cena after a Pedigree. Solid match.

Floyd Mayweather used brass knuckles to knock out Big Show in the best match so far of the night. This was great. Show was beating up all of Mayweather’s posse. The guy taking the serious beating was Charles “The Hammer” Evans, who was in OVW Developmental for a long time. Mayweather was great. They got their money’s worth on this one.

Kim Kardashian came out and announced a Citrus Bowl record attendance of 74,635.  The Undertaker defeated Edge via tap out for the Smackdown World Title in a tremendous main event. It took a little time to get going, but once they got into the false finishes, it was really good. Edge hit a spear, Taker wrapped him up in the choke from underneath. Excellent finish to the show.

 
The fireworks mishap occurred after the last match. According to local reports,  fireworks plunged into the crowd and exploded, injuring 45. At least three people were taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center with burns.  “It felt like a whip. I have a welt on my neck,” victim Barbara Vetere told a local news station, “Like a baseball bat hit me. It was horrible. Horrible.”

A pyrotechnics malfunction sent fireworks and hot cables flying into crowded stands.  “You can see the marks on a few people where hot wires crossed and fireworks touched them,” said Asst. Chief Greg Hoggatt, of the Orlando Fire Department.

Firefighters said they acted quickly, but fans told a different story.  “We had to sit up in the bleachers and wait for a paramedic to come. They didn’t really examine us. And we had to walk all the way down to first aid and had to ask for a bag of ice just to put on our head,” Vetere added.
 
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