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[BigSoftieFF]

That was a terrible ending. Fuck the authority and fuck rollins

 

[Future Foundation]

That was $10 well spent. I might start watching wrestling again after a close to decade hiatus. Definitely watching RAW tomorrow night. I had a lot of fun. 8/10

You picked the best time to come back. Post-Mania Raws are usually the best of the year.

 

[TimeEffect]

That felt like such a burying of Reigns. Ahahaha. I love Seth.

Man, what a surprisingly solid show.

Eh.

Sting/HHH was a cheesy joke. Completely overbooked.
Taker went over and had a slow match with Bray. Nowhere near any of Taker's recent matches.
Big Show wins the Battle Royale for some god awful reason.

Orton/Rollins and ladder match were good.

 

[StylesClash]

This is a much better result than money in the bank when I cancelled last time.

 

[Sanjuro]

At least we all agree Bray Wyatt is a fucking cancer.

 

[SmithnCo]

Weak endings but I can understand most of them. Only thing I hated was Bray and I question what they are even gonna do with him. He just looks like he talks a big game and can never back it up.

 

[MegaKungFuRadio]

Reigns needs to go back to the end of the line. Take it like a man. His words, not mine.

 

[Mr.Swag]

WM Review

Tag Match = C
Battle Royal = B-
IC Title Match = B = Dolph Ziggler in 2014...
Orton vs Rollins = B
HHH vs Sting = A
Divas Match = F
Cena vs. Rusev = Wasted the greatest wrestling entrance of all time. C-
*Rock Segment = B
Undertaker vs Bray = Bray needs to be released. He is a waste of fucking talent and butchered Undertaker bringing his A game. = B-
Brock vs. Tackle Guy = Much better than ever anticipated. B+
Rollins winning = B.

You have horrible judgement.

Divas match was great, stinger H was the stinker of the night, and Taker Bryan was boring.

 

[Gurrry]

http://fightnetwork.com/news/law/

thank you good sir

 

[Sanjuro]

You have horrible judgement.

Divas match was great, stinger H was the stinker of the night, and Taker Bryan was boring.

No. I'm an expert. You sound like a mark, Mark.

Divas match was great? HAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

 

[sora87]

I can't believe y'all are so happy when you got fucked out of closure to the top storyline between the two top guys who were fighting for the top belt. It is only now that i finally understand why Vince McMahon has been so successful for so long.

It wasn't even in the top 5 storylines going into mania, Miz and Mizdow was more interesting lol

 

[StylesClash]

That was a terrible ending. Fuck the authority and fuck rollins

What a mark!

 

[Frustrated_Grunt]

Fantastic end to this Wrestlemania. Didn't think it was possible, but this show was successfully redeemed.

 

[FallingEdge]

You have horrible judgement.

Divas match was great, stinger H was the stinker of the night, and Taker Bryan was boring.

HHH vs Sting was an easy A. The most entertaining match of the night. Just real fun overall.

 

[Phatmac]

A triple threat of the shield after this is gonna be amazing. Man I'm excited.

 

[ultron87]

The curb stomp reverse into RKO was still the coolest thing of the night.

 

[darkside31337]

2 years in a row the supposed guy loses with a fan favorite walking out with the belt. Maybe Vince is just playing everyone like a damn fiddle.

 

[Cheat Code]

No. I'm an expert. You sound like a mark, Mark.

Divas match was great? HAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

Your tag link doesn't even work since when does your opinion matter.

 

[RyudBoy]

Seth Rollins = The Best

after Brock Lesnar

 

[Hex]

We are going to get a Lana face turn too I will wager, at least temporary.
You can not have a heel promoting a movie.
(Except Miz and we see how that went)

 

[Syphon Filter]

At least we all agree Bray Wyatt is a fucking cancer.

what's wrong with wyatt?

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

That was a terrible ending. Fuck the authority and fuck rollins

 

[Coins]

Rollins looked like he treated that like a hotline Miami level.

 

[Angry Grimace]

The worst part of this is that they wasted half the popular wrestlers on a single match.

 

[Roland_Gunner]

HHH said on Austin's podcast that the goal now is to work reality. They swerved everyone with the misdirection using sheets and all the obvious signs. This was brilliant. Brock will want his belt back around summerslam. Reigns gets time to get better. But what about bryan and cena? This move also makes sense because u still have draws on the card with an unproven champ who can main event.

So WWE booked Royal Rumble to ensure the Reigns would be hated because they really wanted Rollins to win but didn't want anyone to know? Also, the idea that this indirectly helps Reigns is nuts. Guys almost never recover from getting the big push and then having the company bail on them unless they go somewhere else.

 

[Killing_Joke]

Fucking wow. That was solid. Crowd was going nuts. Even the Reigns comeback was well done, THANK FUCK he didn't win though. Back to back IWC endings. :0

Vince made the right call though. Brock looks strong, Reigns looks strong, and Rollins just simply deserved it more. No one looked weak and now i'm curious to see the feud continue. Good stuff.

Fuck HHH though. If Sting doesn't at least get a win at SS, he can eat a dick.

 

[Heroman]

2 years in a row the supposed guy loses with a fan favorite walking out with the belt. Maybe Vince is just playing everyone like a damn fiddle.

More like Vince fucks up and has to use booking Jesus to get his way out of this.

 

[Son Of D]

Looking at this, is Rollins the first to win both the NXT and WWE world titles? Not that there's a large pool of people to compare him to but still.

 

[Kaiterra]

I can't believe y'all are so happy when you got fucked out of closure to the top storyline between the two top guys who were fighting for the top belt. It is only now that i finally understand why Vince McMahon has been so successful for so long.

There was no story deserving of closure, so shut up at let me be happy.

Because I am so happy.

 

[Kiever Sher]

Incredible match and finish. It was similar early to the Cena vs. Lesnar SummerSlam match where there were a ton of suplexes over and over Lesnar hit one F-5 early but didn't try the pin. He hit a second one and Reigns kicked out. He hit a third one and Reigns kicked out again. Reigns threw Lesnar into the post and Lesnar bled like you wouldn't believe. He was bleeding all over the place and Reigns made his comeback. Reigns hit several superman punches and Lesnar didn't even go down. He finally put Lesnar down on the third Superman punch and hit two spears but Lesnar kicked out. He tried a spear but Lesnar picked him up and gave him another F-5. Lesnar collapsed. Both were dead. Seth Rollins came in and handed the ref the brifcase. It became a Triple Threat match. He went for the curb stomp on Lesnar, Lesnar put him on his shoulders for an F-5. Reigns then speared Lesnar and both went down. Reigns and Lesnar were dead and Rollins gave Reigns the curb stomp and pinned him, so Rollins won, Lesnar didn't lose and Reigns was portrayed in a totally positive light in losing. Really brilliant booking her because you can do Reigns vs. Rollins now and Lesnar against both guys, and even Lesnar vs. Reigns because nobody won that match.

dave about to give this match the full 4 1/4 stars

 

[TimeEffect]

Ambrose could, the reason being is that he will do whatever he has to in order to win. If he has to use weapons he will, he will destroy himself to win. His character is perfect to take Brock on, and he is a tweener already so no matter what he does to win people will cheer.

If they let Ambrose bleed, then sure. Ambrose's offense is barely showcased and it's even worse than Reigns. Reigns actually uses powerful looking moves. Ambrose flails his hands around. Really annoying.

But they could have a really good brawl. It's amazing how great Brock's matches are, simply because he dominates the way he does.

 

[Mr.Swag]

Hhh sting was just a circle jerk for Monday night war fans.


We are in 2015 dawgggsss

 

[Sanjuro]

HHH vs Sting was an easy A. The most entertaining match of the night. Just real fun overall.

Nobody on earth expected Sting to compete. What you got was him better than expected and included all the emotions from the prior night and WCW/WWE memories. Worked great.

 

[MegaKungFuRadio]

The best part about Seth winning the belt is we don't have to suffer through "Roman is the first NXT alum to win the WWE championship" revisionist garbage when he was deliberately kept off NXT.

 

[v0yce]

Great moment, for real brehs I kinda wish I'd paid for this.

This has been a great show to me so far yet i still wouldn't pay 10 bucks for the network. Truly my cheapness knows no bounds.

great mania, i feel bad i didn't pay for it (kinda)

Are you really desperate to let everyone know you pirated Mania or what?

 

[truly101]

It was an aberration that reigns kicked out of three F5s after don't know how many suplexes, effectively making him look better than Cena's Summerslam match, and then having a come back, even if it was thanks to Lesnar getting hit on his head in the ring post.


Vince: "We'll please the fans by not making Reigns champion, but make him look strong, dammit!"

He is still going to be their main event face of the near future and that was a lot better than making him look like he could stand toe to toe with Lesnar.
This was a logical way to book the match. Get your ass kicked because you're green. Kick out of all kinds of finishers because you're "special" and a face.

Honestly I enjoyed the Lesnar/Reigns match more than the Suplex City Cena match. I thought both guys delivered what they needed to tell the story.

 

[NastyBook]

Any news on Ambrose?

 

[GhaleonQ]

I will never rewatch any full match from this show again, even the great (not amazing) Rollins-Orton match, but if you need justification that wrestling is more than just the wrestling, this is a good example. So much of it was trash, but I was laughing, jeering, or fist-pumping for the entirety.

Trainwrecks can be beautiful if they are expensive enough.

REIGNS HAS THE WORSE SELLING FACE EVER. What a punchable face. Cena looks like Ziggler in comparison.

He sold wonderfully while in The Shield, which was the main thing that worried me about his backsliding. If you only do 5 moves, whatever, but if you can't mount a compelling babyface comeback, well, that Lesnar match happens.

 

[BigSoftieFF]

What a mark!

What brilliant sentiment. Consider me amazed.

 

[SmithnCo]

I can't believe y'all are so happy when you got fucked out of closure to the top storyline between the two top guys who were fighting for the top belt. It is only now that i finally understand why Vince McMahon has been so successful for so long.

Top storyline = two guys having tug of war with a belt

Heyman was the only one carrying that in any capacity

 

[Sanjuro]

Your tag link doesn't even work since when does your opinion matter.

...who are you?

what's wrong with wyatt?

He just was bad tonight. I hoped that would be the better match, but he didn't have anything to bring to the table.

 

[revolverjgw]

I wonder if they'll do the 10 bell salute for Ambrose on RAW

 

[Kusagari]

A triple threat of the shield after this is gonna be amazing. Man I'm excited.

That would involve Ambrose sniffing the main event.

 

[Plywood]

2 years in a row the supposed guy loses with a fan favorite walking out with the belt. Maybe Vince is just playing everyone like a damn fiddle.

Sometimes you gotta shoot a work to get some DUDE'S worked up into a shoot and that's how you MOVE the JABRONI'S into watching the WRESTLEMANIA brother.

 

[friskykillface]

next year should have shao khan triple HHH return

 

[Frustrated_Grunt]

Any post-WM radio shows worth listening to?

 

[Freezasaurus]

next year should have shao khan triple HHH return

w/o Terminator arms.

 

[Vylash]

It was an aberration that reigns kicked out of three F5s after don't know how many suplexes, effectively making him look better than Cena's Summerslam match, and then having a come back, even if it was thanks to Lesnar getting hit on his head in the ring post.


Vince: "We'll please the fans by not making Reigns champion, but make him look strong, dammit!"

yeah, why would you make BOTH guys look strong when you could just pick one, makes no sense

 

[TimeEffect]

So what was up with Reigns' fucking face?

 

[The Silver]

The reason people are suprised with how good the Reigns match was is because we expected him to have a more even back and forth contest.

When it's just Brock murdering someone the match is always good.