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[Sephzilla]

Middle of the Mania Card last year
Back to the preshow this year

Didn't even think about that. Way to take advantage of all the work Cena did for the belt. Jesus fuck.

This is what happens when you let Alberto Del Rio get involved in something.

 

[iMax]

Raise Roman's arm

Rock raises the other.

 

[Plinko]

I cannot believe how bad this card is.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Rock raises the other.

Nope.

Spoiler

Austin

 

[BiggNife]

It's on USA before the show. It got knocked off the main card.

Well, that's better, but as even as someone who basically just follows the big events I can't believe they thought those two could carry a main card fight to begin with.

 

[jmdajr]

Match Predictions!
The Dudley Boyz vs. The Usos
Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal: Surprise

Spoiler

Cesaro

return?
Natalya, Paige, Brie, Alicia, Eva vs. Lana, Naomi, Tamina, Summer, Emma
League of Nations vs. New Day
Kalisto (c) vs. Ryback
Kevin Owens (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler, Sami Zayn, The Miz, Stardust, Sin Cara, Zack Ryder
Chris Jericho vs. A.J. Styles
Charlotte (c) vs. Becky Lynch vs. Sasha Banks
Brock Lesnar vs. Dean Ambrose
The Undertaker vs. Shane McMahon
Triple H (c) vs. Roman Reigns

Eva is a face now?

 

[Mahonay]

Well, that's better, but as even as someone who basically just follows the big events I can't believe they thought those two could carry a main card fight to begin with.

Ryback in 2016 should not be involved in any 1 on 1 matches on PPVs.

 

[jmdajr]

Ryback in 2016 should not be involved in any 1 on 1 matches on PPVs.

The USA match should have been the ladder match. Sure, throw Ryback in there.

 

[Acorn]

What happened to the rock being at mania?

 

[Plinko]

I don't see how they let Shane win after how they left it on RAW.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Per Meltzer:

Usos v. Dudleys
10 Man Divas Tag
Kalisto v. Ryback
ARMBAR

are ALL ON THE PRESHOW.

 

[Parallax]

Raise Roman's arm

Rock raises the other.

Nope.

Spoiler

Austin

The combine to form wrestling voltron. But the core is its weakest part

 

[serenewarfare]

I cannot believe that Austin, Rock, and Shawn Michaels will all be on this show and they managed to advertise none of them (other than that shitty 30 second non-specific ad they sometimes run with Rock in it).

 

[mreddie]

Per Meltzer:

Usos v. Dudleys
10 Man Divas Tag
Kalisto v. Ryback
ARMBAR

are ALL ON THE PRESHOW.

Good.

 

[Bronx-Man]

US title match gets demoted to the pre-show? Da hell?

 

[Dental Plan]

I found a website called ParkWhiz that has listings for parking for Dallas Stadium and WM32 is one of their events.

These are privately owned spaces but they have price ranges from $11 - $194.

Thank you. I'll check it out once I get to work.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Good.

Preshow is 2 hours long, so 2 each on them.

The actual show is 4 hours long with only 7 matches. All of the matches are expected to get a long time. I 100% expect the MOTN to be the Becky-Sasha-Charlotte match.

 

[BiggNife]

Ryback in 2016 should not be involved in any 1 on 1 matches on PPVs.

Seriously!

I actually don't really have anything against Kalisto, I just don't think he's ready to carry a Mania match yet.

 

[serenewarfare]

Are they even close to 100k in ticket sales? Last I heard they were at 88k

They way I understand it, they can't even get to 100k legitimately because of the stage setup. They'll announce 100k (or a bit over) because that's just a dumb thing that sporting events do (it's not just a WWE thing).

They are legitimately setting their own record for ticket sales though.

 

[dragonflys545]

Jesus... those match cards lol. Just terrible!!

 

[ghst]

is it particularly shit this year? it seems like they've outdone themselves.

 

[Heroman]

Eva is a face now?

Judging by the booos, Yes.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Are they even close to 100k in ticket sales? Last I heard they were at 88k

The number is fake, but the number at the Silverdome was fake. It's a sell-out.

 

[TheWarrior]

2-HOUR PRE-SHOW AT 5 ET/ 2 PT - Hour 1 on the WWE Network, Hour 2 on USA Network

YES! the return of Sunday Night Heat!

 

[mreddie]

Oh god...IT'S CRUSH HOUR

 

[Toki767]

It's kind of sad that they're probably going to give Shane/Taker and HHH/Reigns 30-45 minutes each and yet they're only going to give Styles/Jericho and Lesnar/Ambrose 15-20 minutes max.

 

[Chamber]

Wake me up when Seth comes back, friends.

 

[DMczaf]

Wait...I just realized they are reusing the WM2000 All Day gimmick


THIS REALLY IS FUCKING WM2000 II! god damn it

 

[Sanjuro]

Wait...I just realized they are reusing the WM2000 All Day gimmick


THIS REALLY IS FUCKING WM2000 II! god damn it

Are we going to host a GAF AOL chat for this event?

 

[Dougieflesh]

I hope Shane McMahon's 46 year old body can take a bump off the cell safely. He was put in this match for that reason only

 

[Foffy]

Will the preshow even be as good as Wrestle Kingdom's clusterfucker a battle royale?

 

[Acorn]

Are we going to host a GAF AOL chat for this event?

Use keyword: Mark

 

[serenewarfare]

It's kind of sad that they're probably going to give Shane/Taker and HHH/Reigns 30-45 minutes each and yet they're only going to give Styles/Jericho and Lesnar/Ambrose 15-20 minutes max.

Idk. Meltzer said a priority on this show was that they wanted everyone to get a lot of time, so much so that they made a point to the PPV companies that they'll probably end up going 15-20 minutes over the four hour mark for PPV. They have seven matches for a little over four hours. That's less than two an hour. So even if you factor in a music performance and a HoF thing, it'd be tough for anything to not get enough time.

 

[Toki767]

Idk. Meltzer said a priority on this show was that they wanted everyone to get a lot of time, so much so that they made a point to the PPV companies that they'll probably end up going 15-20 minutes over the four hour mark for PPV. They have seven matches for a little over four hours. That's less than two an hour. So even if you factor in a music performance and a HoF thing, it'd be tough for anything to not get enough time.

They'll find a way. Vince McMahon always finds a way.

 

[serenewarfare]

They'll find a way. Vince McMahon always finds a way.

So we'll ignore that the last two WMs have been (for the most part) great shows because "lol Vince, right?"

 

[friskykillface]

Oh god...IT'S CRUSH HOUR

I never played that game, did they copy twisted metal because that seems like a win win

Twisted metal X WWE , do it Sony X Vince

 

[Sephzilla]

If they get enough time, I think Sasha/Charlotte/Becky has all the potential to steal the show.

 

[somedevil]

They'll find a way. Vince McMahon always finds a way.

The last two wrestlemania's have been good. Matches will get time.


Also, it seems the battle royal has been moved to the main card. Good idea for a buffer match between the bigger matches.

 

[Kaladin]

If they get enough time, I think Sasha/Charlotte/Becky has all the potential to steal the show.

They have to or the divas revolution is dead.

 

[serenewarfare]

Also, it seems the battle royal has been moved to the main card. Good idea for a buffer match between the bigger matches.

It hasn't. It's the big match they are pushing for USA Network.

 

[phillipgessert]

Will the Battle Royal only be on USA, or will that be on the network too?

 

[Bronx-Man]

So we'll ignore that the last two WMs have been (for the most part) great shows because "lol Vince, right?"

31 was a mediocre show with a good ending.

 

[Jimmy King]

Open up the champagne. POP.

All I wanted from the OT was a link to "My House". Good stuff.

 

[Sephzilla]

So we'll ignore that the last two WMs have been (for the most part) great shows because "lol Vince, right?"

WrestleMania 29 was a bad show besides Taker/Punk
WrestleMania 30 was a great show (mostly because Vince and creative finally listened)
WrestleMania 31 was a mediocre show with a good ending

WrestleMania 32 is looking a lot like WrestleMania 31, except all of the bright spots of WrestleMania 31 are out with injuries

 

[Dazzler]

Vince is the ultimate carny, putting his own 46-year-old son's body on the line to make up for his own shortcomings as a promoter

I'm worried Shane will badly hurt himself taking a ridiculous bump

 

[somedevil]

It hasn't. It's the big match they are pushing for USA Network.

Are you sure? John Pollock heard that they were moving it to the main show and switching the us title match to the preshow.

Plus can they fit 4 matches in a hour?

 

[serenewarfare]

31 was a mediocre show with a good ending.

I refute that. The ladder match was really good, Orton/Rollins was a good match with a great ending, Triple H/Sting was a fun match irrelevant of who went over, Bray/Undertaker was fine, and Roman/Brock was great and had a great ending.

 

[serenewarfare]

Are you sure? John Pollock heard that they were moving it to the main show and switching the us title match to the preshow.

Plus can they fit 4 matches in a hour?

It's not four in an hour. It's four in two hours. There's a Network exclusive hour that will start before the USA simulcast starts at 6 EST.

Last night on Raw they reaffirmed it would be on the preshow. Plus on the WWE website it is still listed as a kickoff match.

 

[Luschient]

So my brother-in-law is friends with one of the head security guys at AT&T Stadium so we thought we had an "in" to get backstage and get into the show for free. Alas, that fell through.

Current WrestleMania plan:

• Grill burgers and sausage
• Drink
• Watch the show
• Around 9pm start answering my wife about "how much longer does this thing last?"
• Listen, once again, to my 7 yr old son tell me that none of the fighting is real
• Pass out

fake edit: I like how when I'm typing "WrestleMania" out in the message box, it red underlines it if I don't capitalize the "M".

Lawdy.

 

[Jimmy King]

Re: 31

Ladder match has got to be one of the worst ladder matches I've ever seen. Just awful. And I think the main event is nearing most overrated WWE match now that the first Iron Man has swung out of favor.

Triple H vs. Sting is glorious, however.