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WrestleMania 24 News: Rundown of 60 minute preview show on DirecTV

Mar 30, 2008 - 2:59:36 PM

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PWTorch.com reader Rod Stetzer of Eau Claire, Wisc. sent the following recap of WWE's 60 minute WrestleMania 24 preview show on DirecTV hosted by Josh Matthews.

On Sunday, DirecTV ran a 60-minute WrestleMania special on its barker channel. The show was hosted by Josh Matthews. Here's the show's lineup:

Video of fast clips of past WrestleMania and their logos

1) WrestleMania 3: Hulk Hogan pins Andre the Giant. Much of the match shown.

2) Ad - Floyd Mayweather vs. Big Show

3) WrestleMania 12 - Shawn Michaels pins Brett Hart in OT. Fast clip of the pin.

4) WrestleMania 20 - Evolution (Batista, Ric Flair and Randy Orton) beat the Rock and Sock Connection (the Rock and Mick Foley) when Orton pins Foley. Much of the match shown.

5) Ad - Mae Young on the beach

6) From 2003 -- Trish Stratus pins Victoria for the women's championship. Fast clip of the pin.

7) WrestleMania 22 -- Undertaker defeats Mark Henry in a casket match. Nearly the full match shown, unfortunately.

8) Clips of the first WrestleMania held outside, the disastrous WrestleMania 9 in Las Vegas.

9) Ad - Mae Young on the beach.

10) From 2000 -- Jeff Hardy jumps off a ladder, collapsing a table, and pinning Bubba Ray Dudley. Fast clip shown.

11) WrestleMania 14 -- Mike Tyson makes the count as Stone Cold pins Shawn Michaels. Much of the match shown.

12) Ad -- Floyd Mayweather vs. Big Show.

13) From 1998: Clip of Kane giving a tombstone to Pete Rose.

14) WrestleMania 22: John Cena makes Triple H submit to a STFU. Much of the match shown.

Matthews then gave the signoff.

The only times the cost of ordering WrestleMania 24, a hefty $54.95, is shown is during the four ads.

The show is reminder that if anything special happens tonight, it will wind up on a preview show a couple of years from now.

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