Post Game Talk - The 40 hour WrestleMANia is over!

[Pilky01]

Its a shame WWE totally botched the first ever women's main event. Way overbooked. And it wasn't just the finish. They were screwing this up for weeks now.

Heyman's intro, Kofi/Bryan, and Thuganomics were the best parts.

 

[ColePens]

It being a botch doesn’t help.

The slight shoulder up is meh but the finish was the planned finish. Which is the problem to start.

 

[Natey]

I don’t think a pinfall finish is a bad idea. Though they shouldn’t have made it so abrupt and of course Ronda needs to keep her damn shoulder down.

I thought the finish was great. I loved the out-of-nowhere pin because it made me jump up in excitement.

As for the shoulder up - I doubt it was supposed to happen but I would not be surprised if Ronda called an audible herself to build for another match. I could see her being that type of performer. And I also don't see Vince getting too mouthy with her over it.

 

[OmniSens]

IMO, match of the night was HHH vs Batista. Great story telling, excellent spots considering the two were able to pull out especially with their current wrestling status. Excellent brawl!

Kofi and Bryan close second. Balor vs Lashley, Rey vs Joe and Triple thread main event all sucked and were disappointments. Also, knowing how it was going to go, Angles last match was even worse than expected.

 

[GarbageGoal]

A disputed finish for someone taking a sabbatical/needing surgery is a dumb plotline.

I mean I suppose when Ronda returns you can cite it, but generally WWE ignores what they consider ancient history.

 

[GKJ]

A disputed finish for someone taking a sabbatical/needing surgery is a dumb plotline.

I mean I suppose when Ronda returns you can cite it, but generally WWE ignores what they consider ancient history.

It’s more they only acknowledge the history they want you to remember.

I only really see it being ok if they’re going to do the 1v1 at Wrestlemania next year.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Lesnar flew back home after the show last night so he won’t be on Raw.

Ronda’s questionable with her broken hand.

AJ Styles was injured last night and replaced by Kofi at Axxess today.

 

[Conrad McBenis]

Lesnar flew back home after the show last night so he won’t be on Raw.

Ronda’s questionable with her broken hand.

AJ Styles was injured last night and replaced by Kofi at Axxess today.

I'm surprised Lesnar wasn't home before the show ended lol.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

I'm surprised Lesnar wasn't home before the show ended lol.

WWE has done a great job of portraying Brock as something he actually isn’t.

He’s admitted to being a fan and just hating the travel. He’s about making money, but he does what he’s told and if he doesn’t like it he’ll still do it and just throw the title at Vince afterwards (lol).

I blame WWE for the suplex city shit and limiting Brock because he’s arguably the most gifted athlete the WWE has ever had imo.

 

[Sheppy]

Brock is an incredible athlete. Imagine if he mixed in some power bombs and other power moves other than germans.

 

[Bob Richards]

Holy f*** is it way too long. Insanity.

Even if everything is done perfectly there is just no way to hold audience energy for 7 straight hours

 

[Dr Pepper]

Holy **** is it way too long. Insanity.

Even if everything is done perfectly there is just no way to hold audience energy for 7 straight hours

Sure it is.

Just takes competent writers.

 

[Balls Mahoney]

Crazy idea but maybe Wrestlemania has outgrown the traditional arenas and should do a festival sort of thing. That was you could get 100,000+ in, have way better facilities to accommodate them and you can do these Bataan death march events with a much happier audience.

 

[HandsomeHollywood]

Crazy idea but maybe Wrestlemania has outgrown the traditional arenas and should do a festival sort of thing. That was you could get 100,000+ in, have way better facilities to accommodate them and you can do these Bataan death march events with a much happier audience.

WrestleMania is too long already haha.
Not in favor of it going multiple days. That sounds like torture.

 

[Emperoreddy]

 

[Emperoreddy]

WrestleMania is too long already haha.
Not in favor of it going multiple days. That sounds like torture.

It already is multiple days with Takeover and the two live shows after Mania. Adding another day for the actual event would be absolutely insane.

Just shorten the show. It doesn’t need to be this long.

 

[SeidoN]

1 hour preshow with the rumbles, 4 hour main show running slightly over for the main show. finishes just after 10pm

 

[Alex Jones]

1 hour preshow with the rumbles, 4 hour main show running slightly over for the main show. finishes just after 10pm

Yes please. 6-7 matches that all get decent time, along with some segments to rest the crowd. All the matches get good time (with maybe one squash in there), all the wrestlers get a cool entrance, and everybody goes to bed before 4am. Please.

 

[Cor]

In a perfect world, moving forward, the RAW and SD immediately surrounding WM should be cancelled.

Friday - NXT
Saturday - WrestleMania Day 1
Sunday - WrestleMania Day 2
Monday - Hall of Fame

Then things start again on Friday Night SmackDown.

WrestleMania goes from 1, far too long show, to 2, shorter shows. NXT is on the Friday, and the Hall of Fame is on Monday AFTER Mania’

Now, the obvious issue is with FOX and USA losing a show. In which case WWE should just buyout those shows, or give them NXT and the HOF if you need to.

The likelihood of it is extremely low but to me, the RAW and SD are the tipping point. It makes an exhausting weekend filled with Wrestling, to an overfill.

 

[JackSlater]

1 hour preshow with the rumbles, 4 hour main show running slightly over for the main show. finishes just after 10pm

Yeah that's the way to do it. Go for the best show, not the longest. Using two shows just lessens the whole event.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Yeah that's the way to do it. Go for the best show, not the longest. Using two shows just lessens the whole event.

That's what I'm saying as well......one show, with COMPETENT BOOKING, would be far superior than some multi-day cluster****.

 

[JackSlater]

That's what I'm saying as well......one show, with COMPETENT BOOKING, would be far superior than some multi-day cluster****.

Yes, booking it correctly is the key. Making it a two day show is just treating the symptom rather than the disease.

 

[GKJ]

One thing I gotta say is that I really got a kick out of Shane McMahon's face being on the dollar bill.