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March Wrasslin' |OT| The March to Wrestlemania XXXIII!
- Thread starter Bluekaveli
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For the main event I predict they will tease the instant finish but Owens will roll out of the ring before getting Speared. While he taunts Goldberg, Jericho runs up behind Owens and throws him into the ring. Goldberg then hits the Spear and Jackhammer for the win. So you get the quick dominant match with Goldberg getting the belt, make Owens look like he was prepared to fight smart and also push forward his feud with Jericho.
BewareTheBatsie
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The Braun vs Roman match ending (which will likely have Taker appearing to set up the Roman feud) should be fun to watch.
I hope Gallagher and Neville have a decent match. They're one of the few guys in the Cruiserweight division that have been consistently working correctly and have surprisingly not been fucked up with yet.
I hope Gallagher and Neville have a decent match. They're one of the few guys in the Cruiserweight division that have been consistently working correctly and have surprisingly not been fucked up with yet.
I am, cannot wait to see Jericho back, it'll probably be his second last ppv until who knows when
wild wild rice
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What are the chances of Fastlane being remotely good? I haven't watched Raw since their last shit PPV.
50/50?
They'd have to try really hard to do worse than Roadblock.
Lol good luck.
It would be entertaining to see Roman getting booed even harder than before.
Bluekaveli
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Ready for that goat entrance
FlammableD
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just in case you thought roh wasn't still a garbage pile
this got him to the semi final of the top prospect tournament.
https://twitter.com/wordsbig80s/status/838456073199751170
this got him to the semi final of the top prospect tournament.
https://twitter.com/wordsbig80s/status/838456073199751170
Nocturnowl
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You never know until it happens, it has at least okay potential on paper but you never know if we'll get hit with a dusty and or DQ finishes or squash matches for the title until we're watching.
BewareTheBatsie
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Gotta love how the ref sells the impact of it all.just in case you thought roh wasn't still a garbage pile
this got him to the semi final of the top prospect tournament.
https://twitter.com/wordsbig80s/status/838456073199751170
I'd call that move the "Whoopsie Daisy".just in case you thought roh wasn't still a garbage pile
this got him to the semi final of the top prospect tournament.
https://twitter.com/wordsbig80s/status/838456073199751170
Bluekaveli
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Interesting, doubtful though.
Why would Brock do that? He wants Berg to be the champ
BewareTheBatsie
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My prediction is after he beats Sami, Joe keeps attacking Sami with the intention to maybe injure him. Then Balor runs out to make the save.
Because that's what we all want, right? Another Joe vs Finn match, at Wrestlemania, a one year anniversary to when they fought at Takeover during that six month long feud they had.
Empyrean Heaven
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Seems like a good idea. I can't imagine Goldberg can work longer than a 5 minute match.
I'm much more looking forward to the NJPW 45th anniversary show tomorrow, and I can actually watch it since it starts at 5AM which is around the time I get up (or should I say, my one year old daughter gets me up)
Anyway, predictions for the main matches:
Roppongi Vice vs. Kanemaru/Taichi - Suzuki-Gun needs to start winning big matches or they are going to look completely ineffective. While I wish that El Despy was Kanemaru's partner in this match as originally planned, expect Suzuki-Gun to take the Jr. Tag Belts
Shibata vs. Sabre - The match I'm looking forward to most with the possible exception of Okada/TMW, these two had a great match for RevPro when Shibata won the British Heavyweight Title and a Japanese crowd should only add to that. Sabre needs a big win to introduce him to the NJPW audience and Shibata needs to drop the belt so he can move on to Suzuki, so Zack wins it here.
Yano/Ishii vs. TenKoji - It's definitely unfortunate what happened to Honma, but TenKoji are still a good team so this is a relatively fresh matchup and should be pretty fun as long as Ishii does most of the work. Expect Yano to win for his team following a ball shot and a roll up as expected to continue their unlikely title reign. No way they survive War Machine at Invasion Attack however.
Takahashi/Taguchi - This match may be better than people think, Taguchi's finals match vs. Ospreay in the BOSJ was quite good last year and Taguchi brings the goods in big matches, it won't be as good as vs. KUSHIDA or Lee but I'm expecting a great match. Obviously Takahashi wins, and I wouldn't be surprised if KUSHIDA steps up to challenge afterwards, maybe Sabre if NJPW plans to stick him in the Jr. division.
Okada/TMW - Yeah, this will rule. Obviously Okada wins, but it should be a hell of a matchup.
If they even attempt to have Taker as heel, it will show them to be even more short-sighted than ever thought.
Since when did most RAW storylines revolve around getting the belt?
Also for me at least, the UC belt doesn't feel important enough to be a convincing reason for Berg and Brock to fight each other.
Maybe have Heyman freak out like "WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WE NEED THE BELT!"
this seems likelyexcelsiorlef
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Jericho is booked, I believe, up to and including the PPV post Mania (Payback I think?) and apparently his run has been so well received he'll probably be back post Fozzy tour (so in time for around Summerslam maybe?)
SallyIsNow
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Bluekaveli
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I forgot there was a women's title on raw tbh.
It's 2017 dude, gender is a social construct
avengers23
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just in case you thought roh wasn't still a garbage pile
this got him to the semi final of the top prospect tournament.
https://twitter.com/wordsbig80s/status/838456073199751170
What a wonderfully shitty sell by the referee Todd Sinclair too.
Lmao whoops
BewareTheBatsie
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I might actually cry if Sasha doesn't finally turn heel tonight.
excelsiorlef
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Since when did most RAW storylines revolve around getting the belt?
Also for me at least, the UC belt doesn't feel important enough to be a convincing reason for Berg and Brock to fight each other.
Maybe have Heyman freak out like "WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WE NEED THE BELT!"
Lesnar is a guy that fights to win championships... I mean there's a reason that most of his feuds except for Orton (one match)/ Goldberg have been around the title or as with Ambrose coming directly from a prior title program.
Sweeney Tom
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Those current betting odds lol
Charlotte gets reign #5, Braun wins due to Taker. Also Goldberg but that was pretty obvious
Yeah this has been known since like tuesday
blackaroni
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I wonder if there will be some Jericho and Finn fuckery in the main event too. Sucks that Jericho isn't even defending the title too.
excelsiorlef
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Whatever.. it's Goldberg... Goldberg is a special case.
I still think there's a very real possibility of DQ Charlotte win as a result of Sasha interfering ala Bayley's Raw win but getting caught doing it, leading to Bayley being upset with her on Monday leading to the Sasha heel turn.
BewareTheBatsie
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The IC and the US title right now are useless. It's annoying that neither Ambrose or Jericho haven't defended it in some time and won't defend it until Wrestlemania comes.
Now? They been useless for years.
Miz was such a great champ. Defended the damn belt every week!
Empyrean Heaven
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Actually, thinking about it, since the contract for Brock/Goldberg at Mania was already signed before Goldberg challenged and won the Universal title, wouldn't this mean that the match at Mania would be non-title?
To be fair, NJPW only does title matches once a month (or less for the World and IC belts), of course their champions don't constantly lose non-title matches so it's at least a bit more prestigious. I'd say the only belts that are useless ATM are the NEVER 6-Man titles, but that's kind of by design.
To be fair, NJPW only does title matches once a month (or less for the World and IC belts), of course their champions don't constantly lose non-title matches so it's at least a bit more prestigious. I'd say the only belts that are useless ATM are the NEVER 6-Man titles, but that's kind of by design.
She won't.
We need a lawyer to read the fine print of the wrestling contract. I bet Heyman knows some good ones.
excelsiorlef
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I didn't see any contract signing... for Goldberg/Lesnar...just one guy saying fight me at Mania and the other saying sure whatever the next week
BewareTheBatsie
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I'm thinking Bayley tries helping Sasha during her Nia Jax match. It doesn't work, Sasha loses, and she comes down during the Charlotte-Bayley match under the impression of trying to help Bayley only to screw her over.
They were at least defended consistently. Right now they are props more then ever.
The US title was last good when Cena had it. Miz when he was feuding with Ziggler made the belt feel llke the best one around.
Into the Light
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Yup.
SallyIsNow
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Matt Hardy will delete the ref as Goldberg is about to win. No Contest
Sweeney Tom
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6 more months until we can cross out their names and write in Nakamura's. Can't wait
I bet Nakamura questions if leaving Japan to gain experience on the American Indy scene was worth it.
