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My Wrestlemania (and WM weekend thoughts)

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Apr 4 '16, 11:19

The ladder match, Styles/Jericho and the women's title matches were all excellent. I was also surprised by all of the outcomes. Shane/Taker was good (though I doubt it would have been as good without Shane's stunt). I really thought Shane was going to win this (with Taker essentially ultimately submitting for the good of the company and to screw Vince). Guess he has another year left in him. New Day/LON was fine, but weird that it wasn't a title match at WM. The ending with the legends coming out was great. The Rock was fantastic and Cena joining him was a good moment. Even the crowd seemed excited despite their feelings about him. The guy is seriously like Wolverine in his healing ability. Lesnar/Ambrose was fine. It was what was expected. Not great, but fine. Title match was nothing special. I do feel bad for Reigns though. They've put him in a pretty untenable position and I don't think it's his fault. And I think the crowd reacting to him as it does makes him look worse than he is. He basically has a crowd that is no-selling his moves no matter what he does. He has some talent and charisma and I'm afraid his career has been poisoned. Hopefully they'll find something to fix it (turning him seems like the best option, but I think they're looking for the next Cena). Overall a very good, though long show.

Hall of Fame highlights were Sting and especially the Freebirds. Michael Hayes is fantastic. And I would never have recognized Jimmy Garvin in a million years. There was some good wrestling history in the Stan Hanson stuff as well. The industry used to be even more brutal.

NXT, loved the Sami Zayne match. Best of the year. Really like the American Alpha tag team. Those guys have talent. I thought the rest was fine. Nothing blew me away, but it was decent.

Responses:

I wonder with Reigns if they shouldn't try the Honky Tonk Man method. "You hate me now? Wait till I go evil." -- nm - Beaker Apr 4, 11:34 14
- They should have him turn heel immediately. The face of the company is getting booed by everyone. - Will Hunting Apr 4, 11:42 11
  - Tonight will be an amusing show. But creative will ignore it. If they don't do a 'power corrupts" storyline with him they are foolish. -- nm - Remlik Apr 4, 11:47 8
    - Realistically his next PPV match is a rematch with HHH right? Or maybe they do that tonight and get it out of the way. - pmb Apr 4, 12:06 6
      - I think they get it out of the way. Trips may wrestle at Summerslam, but I think he gets out of the ring. -- nm - Remlik Apr 4, 12:07 5
        
        He looked in great shape last night. Like markedly better than just a month ago. He lost all his body fat. It's pretty amazing. -- nm - pmb Apr 4, 12:10 4
        
        He does two to three workouts a day. With his schedule that's crazy, midnight workouts! -- nm - Remlik Apr 4, 12:14
        
        He had it all lipo'ed into Steph's chest. - Will Hunting Apr 4, 12:12 2
        
        That's a billion-dollar business idea. "Take out your fat and put it in your lady's boobs!" -- nm - David Apr 4, 12:13 1
        
        Company Name --- The Love Handles -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 4, 12:14
    - And by creative, you mean Vince. - Will Hunting Apr 4, 11:49
  - If they had Cena come challenge him I think you'd see everyone's head in the crowd explode simultaneously. - pmb Apr 4, 11:45 1
    - If you want a riot, do a gauntlet match; have him beat Kevin Owens, Zayn, Dolph, Neville, Breeze, Ambrose, Bray, Styles in about 30 seconds each.. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 4, 11:47
- Yup. And have him drop the damn cocking of the arm before a superman punch. That's just lame. -- nm - The Real Death Sceire Apr 4, 11:41 1
  - turn into the popularity/hatred skid. HTM turned into one of my all-time favorites when he did it -- nm - Beaker Apr 4, 11:42
that's about what I think as well. Though I will say Sami carried Nakamura more -- nm - Remlik Apr 4, 11:30 8
- By the way a couple of thoughts on some of the big spots of the night. - pmb Apr 4, 11:57
- This is even worse than your BvS legs thing. - David Apr 4, 11:31 6
  - it's called selling. He made Nakamura that day. -- nm - Remlik Apr 4, 11:46 5
    - The problem with your argument is that SZ had an off-day. He missed on several of Strong Style's best moves. - David Apr 4, 12:00 4
      - nah Sami was fine you're being all IWC guy today I can see. That AJ styles match was 5 star no doubt though. -- nm - Remlik Apr 4, 12:06 3
        
        I have no idea what IWC means, but there's no arguing that SZ missed moves in that match. - David Apr 4, 12:08 2
        
        Internet Wrestling Community. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 4, 12:11 1
        
        Good lord, Pete. Is there ANY subject where you're not a total dork? -- nm - David Apr 4, 12:13
The story about Vader's eye still creeps me out. - David Apr 4, 11:22 1
- Can't spell the other guy's name. But I thought they were both very good. -- nm - pmb Apr 4, 11:34

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