Emperoreddy
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It was, but they could have ended Cody's title run with a much better finish.
Dude won in one of the craziest moments ever, and they take the title off him in a wet fart of a finish.
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It was, but they could have ended Cody's title run with a much better finish.
Dude won in one of the craziest moments ever, and they take the title off him in a wet fart of a finish.
ZachaFlockaFlame
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I agree but the CenawinsLOL meme shouldn't apply there, it's not like Cena hit his 5 moves of doom and covered Cody. There was also rational for Cena winning this.
Emperoreddy
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Oh the Cena wins absolutely doesnt apply. Cena 100% was the correct winner.
It's a big reason why despite how bad the match was, it's not anywhere near the worst Mania main event match or finish.
For modern Mania's. Roman vs HHH, Roman vs Taker, and Roman vs Brock at 34 were all way worse.
And for all time. Hogan at both Mania 8 and Mania 9 were way more putrid then this.
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HandsomeHollywood
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Not a bad show overall. I liked the somewhat scaling back of the production compared to more recent years. Netflix has worked out for them much better than I expected. I see kids into it now. I have friends in real life who have been watching now. Not a bad time to remind the audience of the basics this year.
It felt almost like a retro WrestleMania to me.
Matches of the night(s) for me were Punk/Rollins/Reigns and Sky/Ripley/Belair. I also liked the 4-way, Gable/Fenix and Knight/Fatu. Good standard sports entertainment matches. I can understand why that would be underwhelming to others though.
It felt almost like a retro WrestleMania to me.
Matches of the night(s) for me were Punk/Rollins/Reigns and Sky/Ripley/Belair. I also liked the 4-way, Gable/Fenix and Knight/Fatu. Good standard sports entertainment matches. I can understand why that would be underwhelming to others though.
Apoplectic Habs Fan
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Cody Rhodes is boring, his big fake ass teeth annoy me but Cena who lost to jobber Auston Theory beats Rhodes who took out Reigns…..
Im just a casual fan though but found it all underwhelming, often predictable and more sloppy in ring show then normal
Im just a casual fan though but found it all underwhelming, often predictable and more sloppy in ring show then normal
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sabremike
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Having followed, but not watched a lot since their move to Netflix, tonight felt like them crossing the rubicon in a way that's not good for the business.
Corporate/celebrity influence has always sorta been a thing within WWE, but over the last year or so it's slowly gotten worse. First it started with sponsors on the ring mat, then it slowly found its way into more and more spots. Bringing influencers in that a vast majority of the fanbase couldn't give a shit about, more hamfisted shit like that totally not at all forced Doom: The Dark Ages ad in the form of Drew's entrance, more forced ad reads/placement.
They tried to use Travis Scott to elevate that ending but all he did is put the focus on him and completely kill what little heat a match that was very much not great had. Compare that to something like bringing in Mike Tyson and actually using him a way that made Austin look better, bleh. That's easily a top 3 worst WM finish next to 9, and probably 16.
Triple H's rhetoric leading up to this weekend becoming a bit more anti-IWC also gave me a bad feeling.
"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss"
Edit: Rock can go f*** himself too. Build this up as Cena selling his soul to you and your selfish ass can't be bothered to show up tonight, or for anything else.
Corporate/celebrity influence has always sorta been a thing within WWE, but over the last year or so it's slowly gotten worse. First it started with sponsors on the ring mat, then it slowly found its way into more and more spots. Bringing influencers in that a vast majority of the fanbase couldn't give a shit about, more hamfisted shit like that totally not at all forced Doom: The Dark Ages ad in the form of Drew's entrance, more forced ad reads/placement.
They tried to use Travis Scott to elevate that ending but all he did is put the focus on him and completely kill what little heat a match that was very much not great had. Compare that to something like bringing in Mike Tyson and actually using him a way that made Austin look better, bleh. That's easily a top 3 worst WM finish next to 9, and probably 16.
Triple H's rhetoric leading up to this weekend becoming a bit more anti-IWC also gave me a bad feeling.
"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss"
Edit: Rock can go f*** himself too. Build this up as Cena selling his soul to you and your selfish ass can't be bothered to show up tonight, or for anything else.
dahrougem2
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What kills me is how tone deaf they are. In the 90s Tyson coming in had people legit worried he would KO someone.
Travis Scott looks like he's 130 pounds soaking wet and writes music for a living. There is absolutely NOTHING intimidating about him. At least with Bad Bunny he balled out and earned respect through a street fight against Preist. Tf has Travis Scott done besides walk to the ring slower than The Undertaker while holding a fake belt?
If there was ANY logic to this match - and yes I know pro wrestling is carny but logic can still apply - Cody should have laughed at Travis Scott being there then turned his attention to Cena again. That's the equivalent of a little kid coming to the ring.
Cena winning was probably the correct decision but they could have went about it in countless different ways. Have Rollins cost Cody, have McIntyre cost him then demand to face Cena the next night, f***ing have Solo come out and say "I DID IT FOR DA ROCK", anything other than what they did.
The decision was fine. Cody was starting to run out of runway as champion and giving Cena one last run as a bucket list thing to give him an excuse to face old rivals is honestly fine..
The way they got there is amongst some of the worst booking ever imo.
Chad Gable didn't have a match at Mania.
Way way behind, so I'm not reading the thread, just starting Night 1 now... Alicia Taylor getting to sow more personality out of the gate tonight is nice, her yeeting and then fist bumping Jet during his into was a nice touch.
He didn't win clean, though. Literally all the dirty tatics of a cheap heel win: ref knocked out cold when the babyface had the pin, low blow, outside interference, a exposed beltbuckle and a championship belt to the face.
Travis Scott performed at Coachella the night before and still found time to hop his ass on a plane and get to Vegas.
The f*** is Dwayne's excuse?
The f*** is Dwayne's excuse?
Man I watched Suzuki wrestle Matt Tremont at Spring Break and it was one of the worst things I’ve seen. Suzuki is cooked.
My biggest gripe is Wrestlemania used to be where they settled feuds. This just feels like a show where they started a bunch of them instead.
HandsomeHollywood
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My mistake. That El Grande Americano just really reminds me of a young/old Shorty G.
heyman always betrays the person he manages. what a snake. brock twice. punk twice. roman. list goes on. big show.
Travis Scott has ZERO reason to be involved in any kind of Matches
GKJ
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Guessing it’s Cena and Travis Scott vs. Cody and Orton at some point. Maybe money in the bank
