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March Wrasslin' |OT| Don't Forget, You're Here Forever.
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Mr. Enigma
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One of the best PPVs ever.
I'm hyped for at least the variation of Owens vs Zayn we get at Mania. Be thankful it's a multi-man ladder match and not a pre-show match that gets turned into a battle royal.
Also, I'm hyped for Lesnar vs Ambrose and the Shane-O-Mac Bump-A-Thon.
If given time, the women's triple threat is poised to steal the show. Give them NXT main event time and booking and it will be through the roof.
Also, I'm hyped for Lesnar vs Ambrose and the Shane-O-Mac Bump-A-Thon.
If given time, the women's triple threat is poised to steal the show. Give them NXT main event time and booking and it will be through the roof.
Net_Wrecker
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I haven't seen the full show in so long. Fun stuff. The layout of the main event 10 man tag in particular is so, so, so great. Like jesus christ Austin fighting the hart family at ringside, Owen and Austin getting hurt and making comebacks, all the brawling, the crowd. A+++++
EDIT: omg even the post match stuff is great.
Although it pains me to say it, sadly D'Lo was not one of the "great stars" (but he should have been). Also, at least D'Lo wearing his protector was written in as a storyline and put over as a legit thing. Roman is just a lazy fuck.
D'lo wasn't even a star.
He learned this after walking away from his money deal with vince the first time. Wasn't it like $6m per year or something insane like that?
That's what I was saying.
Those guys didn't wear jorts, either.
And yes, IYH: Canadian Stampede is, indeed, fantastic.
Those are some suspiciously short shorts... 0_o
It was the 90's, you were allowed to wear short jean shorts and loose fitting t-shirts tucked into said shorts.
Those aren't jorts.
Except that they are.
Of course, and Austin wasn't wrestling in weekly shows and PPV's in them.
Sir_Crocodile
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Just listening to WOR.
Meltzer said wwf SERIOUSLY believed that Eva Marie would get cheered, and that the boos were just an NXT thing lol
Meltzer said wwf SERIOUSLY believed that Eva Marie would get cheered, and that the boos were just an NXT thing lol
That was one of the most awkward surprise reveals I've seen in a while.
That's hilarious.
I still can't believe they put her there on the face team. They put their biggest female heel on the face team.
Their dumb decisions are, hands down, the most entertaining part of all of this.
The Silver
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They expected....cheers? If anything you would expect apathy if you're trying to convince yourself only NXT fans hate her, the general audience would have no opinion of her.
Actually no wait they were in fucking Brooklyn, of course those fans would know and hate Eva. What the fuck.
Didn't you know? Divas are interchangeable and can change sides at any given minute. It's real life.
Women are crazy, Maggle!
I'm nearing some amazing times in my classic WWF re-watch. Early 1997 saw Bret Hart's "heel turn" where he basically starting cutting every promo shouting and pissed off at everything.
Everyone has an attitude as Vince is apt to tell you as often as modern day Michael Cole pushes Twitter, though the attitudes come off as forced.
I'm getting very close to HBK loosing his smile and the ECW invasion. Looking forward to both periods.
1997 WWF is the slow burning turn to the full on attitude era which is great.
Everyone has an attitude as Vince is apt to tell you as often as modern day Michael Cole pushes Twitter, though the attitudes come off as forced.
I'm getting very close to HBK loosing his smile and the ECW invasion. Looking forward to both periods.
1997 WWF is the slow burning turn to the full on attitude era which is great.
giancarlo123x
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I'm excited to be in attendance to boo him.
Arrowgigantic
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Sir_Crocodile
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No, it's worse because Reigns doesn't have Cena's existing base to build off. Before the JBL feud, Cena was pretty popular, and he was never entirely booed except with hardcore crowds. Also there's a lot more people who just don't care with reigns, which is worse.
Reigns/HHH will probably get the exact same reception as Cena/HHH did back then though. That mania crowd gave cena nothing.
FlammableD
Banned
Just walked past Chris Masters in Heathrow departures, who wants to fucking touch me
Roman was pretty popular before the singles push though. But that was off the back of being his teams strongman and looking the part in tag matches. WWE has fucked this so badly because he actually has the potential to be a star anyway. Pulled the trigger far too soon when he wasn't ready.
I remember the crowd reactions when HHH tapped to Cena. There was a lot of disbelief amongst the fans. I think we'll get a more vocal reaction at WM and Raw the next night if Roman wins the title. The last 10 years has shown that if they really want to, the WWE will shove their chosen guy down your throat. Fans will be redy.
TarpitCarnivore
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Reigns will likely win and drop the belt at Summer Slam. I can't imagine they're so tone deaf to not realize this isn't working. I still don't mind Reigns, though some of his stuff is corny (it was also corny during the Shield) but the crowd just don't give a damn.
Ravensmash
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I think Cena is fairly highly regarded by most fans these days.
He's transcended just being a character who's booked by a creative team and is just John Cena now.
I like him - can't wait for his return and I really don't care if he jumps straight into the title picture.
He's transcended just being a character who's booked by a creative team and is just John Cena now.
I like him - can't wait for his return and I really don't care if he jumps straight into the title picture.
FlammableD
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Didn't realise you did airport runs, Flamm...
I'm travelling thank you very much
I don't get the joke
This. This is what we've come to friends.
Vince did it.
Cena is over.
The scummiest of wrestling fans often wait in airports when they know WWE is flying in to get a wrestler's autograph.
I have met people who literally had notebooks (plural) of 8 x 10s of Supestars who were both signed and waiting to be signed.
TarpitCarnivore
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Anyone else getting a feeling this Wrestlemania is going to be an Attitued Era esque Mania with tons of spots and forced violence for the sake of WOW
Lock Stock - misdirected joke
I had no idea Stone Cold was a nevernude.
Sir_Crocodile
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Yeah, the popularity was all shield related. He never really stood on his own and got cheered apart from at the we-hate-batista rumble, and that was more a reaction to Batista then anything. Maybe if he never had that initial injury there would have been a more organic build, but instead we got that garbage.
I think it's more people recognise he hasn't got much left in the tank so they don't have to see him in the main event much anymore, and are thus more relaxed about him being there.
Arrowgigantic
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There was a stretch of time where the cheers for Cena could drown out the boos. Roman had one night of that.
FlammableD
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Ahh right. Blame me, I need a nap on this plane.
Just order yourself an $8 shot of whiskey and get a Ginger Ale and you'll be good to go.
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