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WrestleMania |OT| Look at the adjective,

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Ninja Scooter

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Conrad Link said:
If Sting was happy to job in his WM match why didn't they put him against the UT. No one expects a AAA match they just wanted to see the spectacle. :|

F**king HHH.

Why was the NWO helping Sting??? :\ Why were these guys hugging 24hrs ago but now they're enemies??

I don't understand! :|
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They didn't know if Taker was going to be able to go until fairly recently. Hard to build up a Wrestlemania match when one guy is a part timer and the other guy is a no timer.
 
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Why would someone think posting Bayley's face is ban-worthy? Freckle I was questioning your OT you made. I don't know why people feel Bayley's face is so offensive that you should be banned. Frankly they should be ashamed of shaming her due to her looks. I think she looks just fine and as long as she's happy, that's good. :)
 
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Ithil

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rrc1594 said:
o shit Frecklestein is back didn't notice
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Frecklestein

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-Pyromaniac- said:
I hope they give Seth some real clean wins now to cement himself. Won't happen though.
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I mean he has to be an Edge chicken shit heel. Edge got some clean as hell wins as a face, even if he was more boring than he usually was. Seth being a face is such a weird concept now. I don't want him to go over clean, just seeing how he can bullshit his way through problems would be the best.
 
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DanielMann

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Tag Match -- It was okay, nothing special. Probably could have been on the main show as a time filler instead of the long ass Raw promo.

Battle Royal -- Big Show going over in 2015...yawn.

IC Title Match -- Good, if not rushed (at least I felt). Hopefully they use this as a chance to elevate the IC title and actually make it mean something...but this is WWE we're talking about, so plans could change by tomorrow.

Orton vs Rollins -- Excellent, could have done with more time though. Probably should have had Rollins weasel the victory as well..at least that way it could have drawn this program out further (especially considering the Main Event outcome). That RKO was nuts though, total WWE All Stars type shit.

HHH vs Sting -- Pure garbage match that squandered the build in favour of a big old clique hug fest. I have no idea why HHH won this considering the build. It made no sense and it really was just another example of Vince, HHH and the clique stroking their egos (as made further evident later on...but we'll get to that)

Divas Match -- I like A.J Lee and Paige...I can't stand the Bellas...I can't find anything else nice to say here...I wish it could have been A.J Lee against Paige or anything. Anything that didn't include the Bellas would have been nice.

Cena vs. Rusev -- I liked it. Cena going over is stale as all hell, but I expected nothing else. Solid match met with a "meh" ending.

HHH/Steph/Rock segment-- Way to shit on the Sting match even further. An hour earlier they were having a hug fest, now HHH is cutting his smug promo about how the authority always wins, why? So what was the point of the hug fest? It's a perfect example of something that I can not stand about this company in the modern era. Nothing means anything. Lets just take a further shit on that match because "we have egos.' Its just disposable trash that doesn't mean anything.

As for The Rock? Entertaining, but this was a segment destined for Raw. I know it was in guise of killing time, but why not give this time to one of the undercard matches or better yet, why not slot in the pre show match?

Undertaker vs Bray -- Pretty bad...Taker needs to retire. I never thought I would see the day where I didn't care about Taker in a Wrestlemania match, but this was the one. I didn't care about this match going in and I didn't care as I watching it. I'm of the opinion that killing the streak was a horrible idea and I think that deflated me for ever caring about this match. It was a match that meant absolutely nothing...It did nothing to further make Wyatt and it did nothing but make Taker look old and way past his prime. Bad, really bad.

Reigns vs. Lesnar -- It was a squash match, almost can't help but feel bad for Reigns. Rollins winning was nice and all, but the main event could have (and should have) been booked much better than this beforehand. I like Lesnar, I like Rollins, Reigns was the odd man out here who really should have not been in this spot to begin with.

So I really can't help but feel bad for Reigns. He was in a spot that he should not have been in and Vince should have known better months ago. The match itself was fine once it played out, but yeah, I didn't feel it was a Mania main event match either. Should have held off on that triple threat match from the Rumble and used it as the Mania main event. That match was quality and could have been a headliner for Mania.

So yeah, that's Mania for another year...a pretty average show, in my books.
 
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zychi said:
i'm convinced he actually works for the WWE. his inside scoops are so selective, and usually terrible/wrong. there's no way this guy makes money off the shit he puts out anymore
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If he was getting paid by the WWE, then at the very least Meltzer could afford an editor and a proofreader.
 
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Sanjuro

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DanielMann said:
Tag Match -- It was okay, nothing special. Probably could have been on the main show as a time filler instead of the long ass Raw promo.

Battle Royal -- Big Show going over in 2015...yawn.

IC Title Match -- Good, if not rushed (at least I felt). Hopefully they use this as a chance to elevate the IC title and actually make it mean something...but this is WWE we're talking about, so plans could change by tomorrow.

Orton vs Rollins -- Excellent, could have done with more time though. Probably should have had Rollins weasel the victory as well..at least that way it could have drawn this program out further (especially considering the Main Event outcome). That RKO was nuts though, total WWE All Stars type shit.

HHH vs Sting -- Pure garbage match that squandered the build in favour of a big old clique hug fest. I have no idea why HHH won this considering the build. It made no sense and it really was just another example of Vince, HHH and the clique stroking their egos (as made further evident later on...but we'll get to that)

Divas Match -- I like A.J Lee and Paige...I can't stand the Bellas...I can't find anything else nice to say here...I wish it could have been A.J Lee against Paige or anything. Anything that didn't include the Bellas would have been nice.

Cena vs. Rusev -- I liked it. Cena going over is stale as all hell, but I expected nothing else. I expected this months ago so the ending to the match is a bit "meh, can't get angry about that, its just predictable at this point." Solid match met with a "meh" ending.

HHH/Steph/Rock segment-- Way to shit on the Sting match even further. An hour earlier they were having a hug fest, now HHH is cutting his smug promo about how the authority always wins, why? So what was the point of the hug fest? It's a perfect example of something that I can not stand about this company in the modern era. Nothing means anything. Lets just take a further shit on that match because "we have egos.' Its just disposable trash that doesn't mean anything.

As for The Rock? Entertaining, but this was a segment destined for Raw. I know it was in guise of killing time, but why not give this time to one of the undercard matches or better yet, why not slot in the pre show match?

Undertaker vs Bray -- Pretty bad...Taker needs to retire. I never thought I would see the day where I didn't care about Taker in a Wrestlemania match, but this was the one. I didn't care about this match going in and I didn't care as I watching it. I'm of the opinion that killing the streak was a horrible idea and I think that deflated me for ever caring about this match. It was a match that meant absolutely nothing...It did nothing to make Wyatt and it did nothing but make the Taker look old and way past his prime. Bad, really bad.

Reigns vs. Lesnar -- It was a squash match, almost can't help but feel bad for Reigns. Rollins winning was nice and all, but the main event could have (and should have) been booked much better than this beforehand. I like Lesnar, I like Rollins, Reigns was the odd man out here who really should have not been in this spot to begin with.

So I really can't help but feel bad for Reigns. He was in a spot that he should not have been in and Vince should have known better months ago. The match itself was fine once it played out, but yeah, I didn't feel it was a Mania main event match either. Should have held off on that triple threat match from the Rumble and used it as the Mania main event. That match was quality and could have been a headliner for Mania.

So yeah, that's Mania for another year...a pretty average show, in my books.
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Why does Taker need to retire? He looked great. Wyatt is a fucking cancer.

He basically blew the biggest break that nobody ever gets related to his status.
 
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Kiever Sher

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zychi said:
i'm convinced he actually works for the WWE. his inside scoops are so selective, and usually terrible/wrong. there's no way this guy makes money off the shit he puts out anymore
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i pay for the historical pieces and the obits, i barely pay attention to his scoops anymore tbh, ''things are always changing'' after all
 
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Piston Hyundai

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Sanjuro said:
Look it all this bitching. You just had a WM with the greatest entrance of all time.

OF ALL TIME.
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See, the best part of that entrance is that it went even further with the homages to C-Murder.

We all know that Rusev's entrance music pays tribute to C-Murder's classic "Down for My Niggas," but Rusev took it a step further and recreated the very first line of the song. Take a look:

Bitch, I'm down with No Limit, I'll ride for the cause
I'm the nigga on the tank with the big fucking balls
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Clearly, this will culminate in a storyline involving the Rusev plotting to free C-Murder from his life imprisonment for killing a fan because he's a fucking piece of shit, but who will be the one to try and stop him? I hope it's Jack Swagger!
 
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Hex

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I will give Bray credit for working legit hurt, I take points away for the stupid move that looked dumb and probably legit injured him alot worse.
Rock/Ronda was great, Sting/HHH sadly I knew HHH would not let him win especially when he looked strong all the way up to this point.
Super RKO was glorious. Happy with the women's match.Glad Kidd and Cesaro won and surprised. Ending was great. Ladder match was great. Fuck Cena. Will not even talk about the battle royal.
 
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Roland_Gunner

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Sanjuro said:
Why does Taker need to retire? He looked great. Wyatt is a fucking cancer.

He basically blew the biggest break that nobody ever gets related to his status.
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UT started strong but he was really gassed or concussed again the last five minutes. If you can't work one match without something happening its probably time to stop.
 
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piratepwnsninja

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They just need to do the Rocky Maivia -> The Rock transition with Reigns. He definitely doesn't have the mic chops that Dwayne did/does, but pair him with a mouthpiece and he could be OK in a heel role that can transition to a face eventually. It's really their only hope in the near future to salvage what they've done with him here.
 
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Serpens007

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That was a damn great WrestleMania.

Pre-show was OK. I think that the only way that Big Show winning is acceptable, is if he retires and this was the last thing for him to do.

Ladder match was great, as we expected. Did Ambrose died though?

Seth vs Orton was amazing as well. Two great performers giving a hell of a ride, the super RKO was a .gif saving moment.

Triple H vs Sting, ok, here's the thing, WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU GUYS EXPECTED, UH? It was going to be a boring, slow, gassed out match. We knew it, and it looks that they knew it. nWo vs DX was a smart move to get reactions, and not have an standard match. HHH now officialy has buried the entire WCW guys lol

Divas match was a Raw match, but I honestly didn't expect much. They are good, but WWE doesn't know what to do with them. It was acceptable, not terrible.

Cena vs Rusev: The lowpoint of the night (or day?) again. Cena didn't need to win, they wasted the most amazing entrance of any superstar. He didn't even make Rusev look good. I hope Rusev don't go the limbo Bray went, which leads us into...

Taker vs Bray. Ok, another one I couldn't expect other thing with Taker at 50s and Bray hurt. I was fun to watch Taker win, he got a hot pop from the crowd when he did, and could set a retirement match next year. Cool spots, but again, they killed the believability of Bray with the Cena thing last year. Fuck that.

Reigns vs Lesnar was much, MUCH, better than expected. It was a clever way to make Lesnar look a monster, Reigns look strongDAMNIT, and the ending was very exciting. I kinda of felt that it could have been a little better with the triple threat, but oh well, that would have been asking too much since, you know, the whole build up was a train wreck, and I'm sure this was the best option this year.


Overall, great WrestleMania, we all for sure expected the two first matches to be good and the rest to be crap, so this was a great outcome.

Surely will watch tomorrow's Raw. Could be even better!
 
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darkside31337

Tomodachi wa Mahou
How many times has a heel actually walked out of WM as champion? There was Miz, HHH at 2000 and Stone Cold in 17 but honestly cant remember it happening outside of that.
 
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