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[Ithil]

Retirement ceremony aside, Brock/Goldberg should have just main evented.

 

[Bruce Springsteen]

Brock/Goldberg match was very entertaining and had the crowd hot again

 

[ReiGun]

This Mania was great up until the Seth/HHH match. Then it was good until the Smackdown women. Then it was just okay until that dull ass main event.

Much love and respect to Undertaker, but that match didn't do him or Reigns any favors.

 

[Gurrry]

next year reigns is gonna defeat and retire cena, by submission, even if he has no submission in his moveset.

you mean spear

 

[yuraya]

Not a great Mania imo. Only 3 good matches.

Shane vs AJ
RAW womens elimination title match
Brock vs Goldberg

And the Womens match was kind of short.

The Hardy's returning was cool too but that match was kind of forgettable.

 

[avengers23]

Why? undertaker do you have to leave=/

Because he's old and broken down? I mean, you did see the match, right?

 

[jurgen]

 

[ThreePiMatt]

I'll be blunt tonight made me a Roman Reigns fan because dude did what he could and is going to suffer badly for it...


And it's not fair.

I'm not going to say I'm a Roman fan, but I think the vast majority of his issues are on the bookers and writers. He had a monumental task in retiring Undertaker and frankly, I think he did the best he could with what they gave him.

 

[blackaroni]

Would not blame everything on Undertaker.

I think Taker was supposed to catch him. They ended up doing that spot next.

 

[Big Green Anus]

I miss Shane and AJ Styles Match. I heard a lot of good things about it

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

People love UT and hate Reigns. Its not like this is an unexpected reaction. Which is why you don't book the match.

Yeah, wrestling is about the fans getting exactly what they want all the time!

 

[Chamber]

Reigns vs Lesnar 2, the only 2 men to defeat Taker at Mania.

Get
Fucking
Hyped!

 

[bill0527]

Can't believe you're gonna blame Roman for this.

It was probably Mark's idea and his idea who to give the rub to.

The match was awful but Roman had nothing to work with. Taker has been done for a couple of years now.

 

[Simply Sami]

It was predictable boring wtestlemania. Shane vs AJ was great.

But a lot of the matches with big feuds like Orton vs Wyatt and Owens vs Jericho were terrible.

 

[Aeternus Malum]

I'm confused. Was the main event so terrible that it caused reality to fold in on itself and invert?

Time zones?

 

[EhoaVash]

for as long as i watched wrestling taker was my favorite

gonna miss him but yeah it was time. thank you undertaker

 

[vatstep]

lol

 

[GraveRobberX]

Start of Wrestlemania: Good matches, hype building, everyone viewing thinking Vince might have learned

Midway Point: Still decent a little slow down, crowd and viewers still entertained

End Point: Why did I believe!

Fans: can't get any worse than it is, since Wyatt vs Ortin
Vince + Writing Staff: Hold my beer

 

[Sou Da]

Big Show retired today.

Is WWE/Jetsons not Canon?

 

[serenewarfare]

I wish. It was exactly 8 hours.

No it wasn't. Pre-show started at 5 EST. It's currently 12:18 EST. That's 7 hours and change. Not 8.

 

[UberTag]

hopefully Taker got fucking paid for that at least

Taker probably got paid for that atrocity than the entire non-part time active roster.
Michelle can buy herself some new purses.

 

[NightOnyx]

Such a sad finish, I hate to see him go. I wish he got a better final match as well. Everything after the match was perfect though and it was great to see the crowd give him so much love.

As for the rest of mania, it was definitely way too long and the 2nd half was pretty bad. A pretty good first half, but the length and the poor matches toward the end was disappointing. I'm still looking forward to Raw and Smackdown though, they should be great! I want Finn to come back and Nakamura to debut!

 

[Anth0ny]

not a great show

aj/shane was match of the night and it wasn't even that great

 

[Toki767]

 

[Tagyhag]

I would say that seeing Undertaker go, this new year at WWE could be something new and exciting, especially with all the new signings.

But then I remembered that Lesnar is still fucking here.

Oh well, Women's Tournament soon!

 

[wbEMX]

The lights going out at the end was pure symbolism for the entire company. Don't get me wrong, the final shot was fucking amazing and I clapped for Taker at the end. But the way his career ended, with losing to Reigns, without any god-damn build-up in advance killed it completely for me. Taker should've ended this after Lesnar.

As fas as I am concerned, I'm done with WrestleMania. That disappointment was one too much.

 

[blackaroni]

Big Show retired today.

His contract is up next Feb. This is his last Mania.

 

[Tom Nook]

I miss Shane and AJ Styles Match. I heard a lot of good things about it

Surprisingly my match of the night.

 

[Archaix]

Time zones?

Is HHH won some kind of shorthand for Takeover wiped the floor with Wrestlemania?

 

[GunBR]

Can't believe you're gonna blame Roman for this.

It was probably Mark's idea and his idea who to give the rub to.

The match was awful but Roman had nothing to work with. Taker has been done for a couple of years now.

Give the match to Roman was Vince idea
I'm 99,9% sure about that

 

[piratepwnsninja]

Just woke up at 5am literally in time for the 3 count. I guess it depends what they do tomorrow but i hope that wasn't a waste of time.

Only reading spoilers too but disappointing hhh won. They say wins and losses don't count that's so wrong.

Uh, Seth won, dude.

 

[Zabka]

This was Batman vs Superman level of not expecting much but still being disappointed.

At least AJ kicked ass and looked beautiful doing it.

 

[Sanjuro]

No it wasn't. Pre-show started at 5 EST. It's currently 12:18 EST. That's 7 hours and change. Not 8.

For the people in the crowd it was eight.

 

[T.A.L]

I won't lie. If reigns comes out in taker garb and starts doing the tombstone, I'm a fan.

Fuck it I'll do it on 2k17 lol

 

[shwimpy]

No it wasn't. Pre-show started at 5 EST. It's currently 12:18 EST. That's 7 hours and change. Not 8.

You're right. I'm delirious from the pain.

 

[Simply Sami]

Can't believe you're gonna blame Roman for this.

It was probably Mark's idea and his idea who to give the rub to.

The match was awful but Roman had nothing to work with. Taker had been done for a couple of years now.

Taker doesn't choose who he faces at Wrestlemania. It was supposed to be Cena, which a lot of people wanted to see.

Taker was always going to lose his last match. Doesn't matter who it was against. You always as a professional wrestler lose your last match.

 

[Vestal]

Yeah, wrestling is about the fans getting exactly what they want all the time!

No its not that.. Its that you don't fucking end the show with something like that. If it indeed is Takers last match as it seems, then it should have been against someone who could not only benefit from the rub, but be able to carry him to a semi decent match.

 

[Khrno]

Fuck Reigns and all his push, matches and main events.

I thought my most hated wrestler ever was 90's Michaels, but this douchebag certainly takes his place.

 

[Officerrob]

Lapsed Fan live:

http://mixlr.com/tjdesantis/

 

[BananasWithGuns]

I just want to say again how truly atrocious Randy was tonight. Bray absolutely carried the match and then loses to a stupid and tired "RKO out of nowhere." Considering Orton got absolutely no reaction pre- and post-match I'd like to think WWE learned a lesson but look who we're talking about here.

Hopefully they put the title back on Bray in the rematch and let him run with it for the summer.

 

[sf2fanatic]

I miss Shane and AJ Styles Match. I heard a lot of good things about it

It's on now, the replay

 

[Auraela]

classic taker going out on his back, true to his words

 

[The Albatross]

Would not blame everything on Undertaker.

Taker was supposed to catch him in the chokeslam here.

 

[Future Foundation]

Yes tonight, the way they keep pushing reigns with how terrible he is. It's a shame that they push him for little reason.


He absolutely was better. The only time reigns had been good was when he was in the shield.

Was better. Like years ago.

Roman's been better, mainly because he can move at a speed beyond neutral.

 

[Majukun]

you mean spear

no, they need to make him stockpile other achievements... after retiring the undertaker he is gonna make cena submit, something he has never done since he turned face I think

 

[StrikeNinja24]

Was at Wrestlemania, the boos reigned down on Roman. During the undertaker leaving at the end, something caught on fire on the ramp. Not sure how much of the crowd caught that. Everyone in the crowd seemed worn out after the Hardys.

 

[TheSchwab_7]

I feel like Wrestlemania was great until the HHH/Seth match and then everything else feel flat and I got tired.

 

[montycliff13]

It's so amazing that one single dude can make me loath WWE so much! He's one dude! The rest of them are good to really great!

It just boggles my mind how much he wants Roman to be the person. I'm sure there are many precedents for guys who didn't earn their spots, but this shit has been going on for four years it feels like.

 

[GaimeGuy]

Taker had to go, but having Reigns be the last match just pisses me off.

 

[vatstep]

I'm watching HBK/Flair at WM24 now