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Post by Let It Bleed on Mar 27, 2016 11:12:27 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2016 16:53:47 GMT -5
is anyone not named mcmahon watching wrestlemania this year? the card seems to be very, very underwhelming.
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Post by dyinglight94 on Mar 27, 2016 18:50:10 GMT -5
I will just because it's WrestleMania. But I'm not expecting anything great.
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Post by Gin & Tonic on Mar 28, 2016 1:39:25 GMT -5
I will just because it's WrestleMania. But I'm not expecting anything great. Pretty much the same for me. I'm much more looking forward to NXT Dallas, the card is looking brilliant.
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Post by Gin & Tonic on Mar 28, 2016 1:45:29 GMT -5
Also why do they always insist on making the Intercontinental title the cluster fuck multi man match, there's potential feuds for that title people actually wanted to see that would have been far better than this (Owens/Zayn, Owens/Styles). They could have made the multi man match for the US title, but instead we get Kalisto/Ryback. Does anyone care about that match in the slightest?
Boo's will be deafening when Roman wins unless they pull some massive swerve but can't see that happening.
Shane/Taker, no fucking idea what's going to happen here to be honest. All I know is that there will be shenanigans.
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Post by allingoodtime on Mar 28, 2016 3:56:46 GMT -5
I'll only watch Lesnar's match tbh
I'd really like them to bring back certain wrestlers like Angle, shelton + haas etc etc
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Post by Gin & Tonic on Mar 28, 2016 4:03:27 GMT -5
I'll only watch Lesnar's match tbh I'd really like them to bring back certain wrestlers like Angle, shelton + haas etc etc That's one of the few matches I'm actually excited for, could be great if WWE let them go all out in the street fight.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2016 12:23:55 GMT -5
wrestlemania 32 is going to be the first PPV since 23 I am going to watch as Ive decided to get the network on the free month, the networks actually pretty good, I only have a very small collection of DVDs / VHS tapes and to suddenly to have any PPV from any year at the click of a button is awesome, had a great time going back and watching my favourites and ones I missed. Loved that 1999 era through to 04, so much fun.
as for the actual card at 32, Im only really interested in brock vs lesnar and taker vs shane though Im also interested to see how wwe are going to play reigns vs HHH because as of right now, its not looking good for reigns "feel good" moment, if they have rock come out again to try and elevate him Im going to laugh.
this was pretty good on monday, seen some comments that shane shouldve saved this for mania but he couldnt of done it at mania.
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Post by Rolo on Apr 1, 2016 7:30:31 GMT -5
Shane is jumping or getting chucked off that cell on Sunday, he's got to top what he did on Raw. Hope Taker wins, don't want this to be his last, I only watch for him these days. The rest of the card looks average, the Lesnar vs Ambrose match could be interesting but I'm guessing a Wyatt Family interference will ruin it.
Be interesting to see how they give Reigns the title because if he wins he will be booed out of the stadium.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2016 9:52:43 GMT -5
I'm up for Shane personally, I don't know why so many guys on the internet have a problem with two 'faces' (I really do hate that term) going up against each other, it makes it far more interesting imo. The rest of the card looks fairly shit other than maybe Lesnar's match. Nobody like Reigns so I really hope he doesn't win the belt because he'll get booed out of the stadium (AGAIN). WWE seem seriously out of touch these days, everyone's despised Roman for over a year now yet they're still trying to force him into being the company's top guy.
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Post by Gin & Tonic on Apr 1, 2016 10:03:03 GMT -5
One thing that really annoys me is the repetition of matches that seems to be a thing since I got back into WWE last year. This will be the 4th AJ/Jericho match in a couple of months, New Day/League of Nations have had a couple of tag matches recently, Owens and Ziggler had about 3 or 4 matches on Raw/Smackdown before their match at Fastlane, Kalisto and Del Rio had 4 matches in a month or two when they were feuding for the US title. What happened to the old days when the two feuding never fought each other until the PPV match (unless there were DQ's/run ins/tag match etc) to build suspense? Just takes away a bit of the "magic" and makes the PPV match less special when we've already seen them fight multiple times trading wins before the event.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2016 15:43:56 GMT -5
Shane is jumping or getting chucked off that cell on Sunday, he's got to top what he did on Raw. Hope Taker wins, don't want this to be his last, I only watch for him these days. The rest of the card looks average, the Lesnar vs Ambrose match could be interesting but I'm guessing a Wyatt Family interference will ruin it. Be interesting to see how they give Reigns the title because if he wins he will be booed out of the stadium. I dont see shane coming off the cell as he needs something to break his fall, and the announce table isnt going to be enough (the cell was lower when foley came off and that looked bad), I can see taker and shane breaking out the cell and brawling up to the stage where he probably do another titatron jump like his done about 2 or 3 times before off the wrestlemania sign. Im expecting him to his coast to coast as well, which I dont think hes done yet. theres a rumour floating around that goldberg is coming back at 32, Im just hoping this "big surprise" is kurt angle, though knowing wwe it will be john cena. though in other news, sting is still pushing for the taker match so hopefully that will happen at summerslam or something.
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Post by Gin & Tonic on Apr 3, 2016 23:09:01 GMT -5
Well that was a bit rubbish to be honest.
SPOILERS AHEAD IF YOU HAVE YET TO WATCH WRESTLEMANIA
Kalisto/Ryback - Not a bad match but the build was terrible, essentially the storyline was "I'm big, you're small, give me a title shot". Feel sorry for Kalisto, US champion and he's been on the pre-show for both PPV's whilst he's held the belt. Deserves better.
Divas Tag Match - Meh
Usos/Dudleys - The right team won but again wasn't the best, Usos spamming super kicks like there's no tomorrow gets boring fast.
Intercontinental Ladder Match - WOW, don't think anybody whatsoever predicted that happening. Random as fuck but it was a great match, interesting to see where they go with this.
Jericho/Styles - WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY did Jericho win this, probably means we're going to get yet another match between these two. It was a good match again but we've seen it all before. And WHY does Jericho keep kicking out of the Styles Clash?!
League of Nations/New Day - Wasn't that interested due to the titles not being on the line, decent enough match I guess. Cool to see HBK, Austin and Foley come out afterwards.
Lesnar/Ambrose - Really disappointed in this match, thought this could potentially be match of the night but in the end it fell very flat for me, really short match as well.
Charlotte/Sasha/Becky - Thought this was a really good match and a good advert for Women's wrestling. Not sure about Charlotte winning though, felt Sasha should've got the big Wrestlemania moment.
Undertaker/Shane - Jesus christ Shane, you absolute mentalist. Hope the stretcher at the end was for show rather than Shane being seriously hurt. Weird that Taker won clean though, was expecting some sort of shenanigans to further the storyline. Makes Shane's return a bit pointless now.
Andre the Giant Battle Royale - Cool to see Corbin get the win, didn't expect that at all.
The Rock/Wyatts - Terrible segment, rubbish promo by The Rock's standards, Wyatt's buried even further. Feel sorry for Bray because he's a great talent but has been booked terribly.
Reigns/HHH - Sigh.
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Post by Greedy's Mighty Sigh on Apr 4, 2016 8:25:45 GMT -5
I watched this last night because it was free, but it was the first Wrestlemania i have watched since 22, so I wad very unfamiliar with alot of the wrestlers.
It was very strange, everyone who the crowd cheered (bar the rock) lost :/ The team that came out the cereal box had the crowd going wild and got beat then stone cold stuns one of them. I was shocked how bad the Undertaker was, he was totally finished within minutes and spent 16 mins lying down. I was annoyed Shane takes a big risk like that (and what a moment) and is repayed by losing to the worst performer of the night.
The best match of the night was the womens match. All 3 were excellent and quite frankly deserved to be the main event. That moonsault was mental good
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Post by dyinglight94 on Apr 4, 2016 12:33:57 GMT -5
If I had to rate it, I'd give it a 5 or 6 outta 10. Far from the best, but it wasn't the worst. Reigns/HHH bored me to pieces. Think the crowd were burned out too, especially after the HIAC, battle royal, and The Rock match/segment.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2016 12:36:16 GMT -5
watching it now, ambrose vs lesnar was a total letdown, literally had nothing going for it, dean teased the chainsaw and bat and didnt even end up using them at all, I really thought dean was going to win this one, just ended up being another basic match with nothing special about it really.
taker vs shane was great but also felt very weird, the crowd were very quiet, and the whole atmosphere of the match felt quite odd, like I didnt feel like "this is awesome" (though it was), I felt more stunned by it, taker almost crying at the end of he match was emotional to see, thought taker was possibly going to hang up his gloves on the cell and retire for a second, dont really see where the whole story goes now, this match now feels more a final curtain call for shane as a wrestler and might just end up leaving again, was really surprised too see him jump off the cell on to the table (seems they had some sort of airbag under the table) made for a great moment. The match overall didnt go as I thought, it was straight up taker vs shane, thought cena or someone else would interfere or something at least once in the match.
reigns vs HHH was expected pretty dull and got the predicted result of reigns winning the championship with all the fireworks.....yippey! (sarcasm), no big rumoured return, as I predicted it was john cena.
overall I think it was a valiant effort by wwe to put on wrestlemania without many of their top stars but it just didnt feel like wrestlemania for me, too many special appearances for my liking in an effort to boost the starpower, I dont like old stars like rock, stone cold, foley and shawn michaels coming out and beating down the new guys, it just undermines the current roster and sells the idea that things arnt as good as they used to be.
6/10.
the height of Shaquille O'Neal is incredible though, big show looked short in comparison.
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Post by Gin & Tonic on Apr 4, 2016 17:15:31 GMT -5
Only thing I can think of for Shane to progress is the "secret box" or whatever it was Shane said when he first returned. Shane blackmails for control of Raw? Hoping for something to redeem last night. Balor Club? Bailey? Who knows. Without wanting to sound like a hipster, NXT Dallas was infinitely better than Wrestlemania.
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Post by As You Built The Moon on Apr 5, 2016 15:11:15 GMT -5
I thought WrestleMania was pretty representative of where the company is now. The matches were mostly solid because you have a very talented roster working extremely hard in the ring. Entrances and production value were top notch. But the finishes were all WTF from top to bottom because WWE for whatever reason just loves to give their fans the finger and remind them that they're the only game in town anymore and they'll book the show however they want.
No big swerves. You would think they might turn Reigns heel by having the Rock come out to congratulate him and then get speared or something. Or have him join the Authority because having him feud with them makes zero sense to begin with when it's the opposite of why he's getting booed. But they're just going to go ahead and have him be Cena 2.0 and work as a hated babyface for the next ten years. I didn't bother paying attention to the match.
Have to say I loved Stephanie's pre-match promo. She's such a great heel.
Undertaker vs. Sting turned out to be another match for the ages left on the table. Yes, the time to do it was 14 years ago. And I was never a huge mark for Sting to begin with. But just a stare down between those two would've stolen the show as much as Hogan-Austin or Hogan-Flair if those had happened when they should have. And Sting officially retired at the close of his HOF speech so now we know it's never happening. But I stayed positive and enjoyed Taker-Shane.
The cell was way taller than the one Foley was thrown off of, almost looked twice as high. When Shane got choked up saying goodbye and thank you to the fans on Raw I had to wonder if something's going on with him we don't know about. Like maybe he has a terminal disease and the reason the he just lost with no storyline going forward is he wanted this to be one last hurrah. That is probably reading too much into it but how else do you explain the finish, other than he was most likely just there as a replacement for Cena and the control of Raw thing was just the kayfabe reason for having the match.
But again, that cell looked twice as high, and it's a testament to how weak the commentary team is. Jim Ross yelling "OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! THAT KILLED HIM!" is probably the best remembered call ever, but Cole/Saxton/JBL added nothing to what Shane did. Michael Cole is about 90% of why I don't watch Raw anymore. I'm sure most of it isn't even his fault because he has to do what the company tells him, but I feel like I'm listening to someone on the Home Shopping Network instead of ever hearing genuine enthusiasm or valuable information.
Ambrose and Lesnar ... what was the point? You knew they weren't going to actually use the chainsaw or even the bat because it's PG, but no blood (except a little on Lesnar IIRC) or going through the crowd or the backstage area or any effort at all to make it look special. Ambrose could have at least put up more of a fight without weakening Lesnar's credibility in any way, although just looking at the size difference of course letting him have too much offense would've looked unrealistic. But just unceremoniously pinning him after enough F5s and German suplexes made it look like a waste of a Lesnar match that didn't do anything to advance Ambrose.
I had thought Jericho would put Styles over since this would probably be one of his last Manias, but during the match I realized they just weren't going to let a TNA guy go over in his WrestleMania debut. (They didn't even do it for Sting, and it wasn't gonna happen for Styles.)
I can empathize with people who want to see Bray Wyatt start winning big matches at big ppvs, but I look at it this way: if your burial involves a segment with the Rock and John Cena at WrestleMania in which Rock talks up your ability and charisma, you're stretching the "burial" term pretty thin.
Good to see Corbin win the Andre battle royal. Not much else to say except the Shaq appearance was cool.
So glad they finally got rid of the gauche looking divas title and the term "divas." I like the idea of using Lita as kind of an elder stateswoman for the current generation. Mixed feelings about the new championship not being considered as having the same lineage as the WWF Women's title; yes, the old belt was thrown in the trash on Nitro, but it still seems off that they created a whole new championship. Didn't know Sasha was Snoop Dogg's cousin until Cole mentioned it. Had a feeling she'd win it with him there, but if you're starting a new title, I guess you should give it to a Flair.
Could've set something up to have Owens and Zayn feud over the IC title, but they may want Zayn to get more exposure with the Raw audience first. Surprised Ryder still looks like the Macho Man.
How have the Dudleys not aged a day since 1997? Good match with the Usos.
Didn't pay much attention to the divas tag, although I heard Eva Marie actually did a few of her moves properly.
I wondered why the stands were still so empty during the kickoff show. I guess they were having trouble with the ticket scanning machines at some of the entrances.
A great show wrestling wise and production wise. But the finishes and angles left way too much to be desired. 6.5/10 as Manias go.
Didn't watch Takeover. Can't really be bothered with NXT, even though I have the network. They do great shows, but without the nostalgia factor I can't get all that into wrestling anymore.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2016 14:55:59 GMT -5
I just realised, once we knew that the hell in a cell match was not going to be the main event, we shouldve known taker was going to win as HHH and steph were pushing the whole authority angle so the main event wouldnt of been so straight forward for wwe to pull off when trips and steph are no longer "in power".
if you think about it, what a mess this storyline is, why is vince deciding whether or not shane can run raw when we as fans are led to believe the authority is running everything? why did they have nothing to say on possibly losing their jobs? wouldnt it be in their interest to make sure shane didnt win? once steph left the ring on shanes return, that was it, didnt see of hear from her again, she obviously didnt care after that.
from my view they planned on having shane win orginally, maybe this match was planned for summerslam or something when shane could more easily win but they put in on wrestlemania due to cena being out injured and thats why we are getting this strange turnaround, makes no sense at all that vince would put shane up against taker in hell in a cell to stop him running the company only to say "well lets see what you can do! go on go!"....I mean wtf?
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Post by Gin & Tonic on Apr 6, 2016 16:04:15 GMT -5
Enzo Amore's mic skills are fantastic, that line about putting D-Von's lazy eye back to work was brilliant.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2016 16:51:54 GMT -5
Shane McMahon has got more bottle than anyone on that roster to dive from 20ft in front of over 100,000 people and his wife and kids. That was honestly the most entertaining match I have seen for a very long time, made me feel like a kid again.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2016 16:53:37 GMT -5
Wrestlemania 32 was the first WWE PPV I've ever actually watched live and I very much enjoyed it. I'm just pretending that main event never happened.
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Post by Rain on Apr 21, 2016 22:36:35 GMT -5
RIP Chyna. A very torched soul who wanted to be accepted, loved and respected. Never could grasp it or gotten it.
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Post by kevintaboada87 on Apr 24, 2016 5:36:02 GMT -5
The ME of SummerSlam will be Roman Reigns vs. John Cena for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, as I read a few days ago.
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