WWE: The Undertaker's Wrestlemania plans not ruined by Strowman!

[Kimi]

Indeed. As a wrestling show, the Attitude era was bad. But as a sports entertainment show it was really good, as much as people hate the term.

I think Undertaker's first actually good matches were with Mankind in 1996, but he definitely improved a lot after then too. First HIAC was great.

 

[Virtanen18]

Hell's Gate

Or they just redo the GG finish and bring out the clorform.

Forgot about that move. Pretty anti-climatic.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

So Vince was strongly pushing for Lesnar vs. Strowman but was talked out of it and now it seems Taker vs. Strowman is back on the table a day after Alvarez reported it wouldn't happen. This is PWInsider reporting this. I guess we'll see what happens.

 

[Cubs2024wildcard]

So if its Taker/ Stro, you really dont think that match will be choreographed well in advance like how many of Takers last few WM matches have been?

Strowman isnt gonna hurt Taker any more than Taker can hurt himself. The only thing hurting this match is Taker doesnt have a guy to bump on command for him and you basically have two of the same guys in the ring. Give them ten minutes and Taker carrys him to a good match.

 

[Emperoreddy]

So Vince was strongly pushing for Lesnar vs. Strowman but was talked out of it and now it seems Taker vs. Strowman is back on the table a day after Alvarez reported it wouldn't happen. This is PWInsider reporting this. I guess we'll see what happens.

What does Vince see in this big man baby looking dude? We really going back to the new generation and just booking side show freaks for Taker to wrestle? And they had to talk him out of feeding this big **** to Brock? Jesus

And choreographing a match with Brock, Bray, Punk, HHH, HBK, is a whole different thing to choreographing a match with this green big dude, that seemingly can't work or even take a proper bump.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Strowman needed to spend time in NXT. He just has nothing going in-ring. He sure as hell has no business in a 1 on 1 wm match with Taker. Vince is so weird with his big guys. It's like he thinks everybody loves bodybuilding as much as he does. He seems to not be aware that most wrestling fans watch wrestling to see great wrestlers. Strowman is a decent talker who can't work but he's big and roidy so Vince is strapping a rocket to him.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Strowman needed to spend time in NXT. He just has nothing going in-ring. He sure as hell has no business in a 1 on 1 wm match with Taker. Vince is so weird with his big guys. It's like he thinks everybody loves bodybuilding as much as he does. He seems to not be aware that most wrestling fans watch wrestling to see great wrestlers. Strowman is a decent talker who can't work but he's big and roidy so Vince is strapping a rocket to him.

Even though Brock ripped the rocket off in the Rumble. I imagine Brock tooling the big fool is how Vince was talked out of Brock/Strowman.

Taker legit should tell Vince I'm taking Mania off if this is the best idea you have.

 

[Kimi]

Strowman needed to spend time in NXT. He just has nothing going in-ring. He sure as hell has no business in a 1 on 1 wm match with Taker. Vince is so weird with his big guys. It's like he thinks everybody loves bodybuilding as much as he does. He seems to not be aware that most wrestling fans watch wrestling to see great wrestlers. Strowman is a decent talker who can't work but he's big and roidy so Vince is strapping a rocket to him.

He was in NXT, just not on the TV shows. Wasn't there as long as he really should have been, but they wanted a character, and he really is the only guy who could play it.

 

[Balance]

Why not Taker vs the Rock?

 

[Pinkfloyd]

Why not Taker vs the Rock?

Because Rock doesn't have time to prepare for a wrestling match for Mania. He's only going to be there for an appearance.

 

[Kimi]

It's an insurance issue, it's in the middle of filming so he can't get insured for having a match.

 

[Paris in Flames]

Strowman needed to spend time in NXT. He just has nothing going in-ring. He sure as hell has no business in a 1 on 1 wm match with Taker. Vince is so weird with his big guys. It's like he thinks everybody loves bodybuilding as much as he does. He seems to not be aware that most wrestling fans watch wrestling to see great wrestlers. Strowman is a decent talker who can't work but he's big and roidy so Vince is strapping a rocket to him.

Well..."roidy" doesn't seem fair. He did compete (and I assume was tested as a result) in actual strongman competitions. I don't think he's roidy...he's just a monster of a human being.

Doesn't mean he's a good wrestler..obviously. I like his work as he is...he does the monster thing perfectly but I don't want to see him wrestling.

 

[SladeWilson23]

How will Undertaker even win that match? Like, how does he finish it?

He can tombstone Strowman.

 

[Sacha Baron Corbin]

He can tombstone Strowman.

Strowman can hardly work in the ring as it is, and with how big he is, I can't see him being able to properly sell a Tombstone without him getting hurt.

 

[SladeWilson23]

Strowman can hardly work in the ring as it is, and with how big he is, I can't see him being able to properly sell a Tombstone without him getting hurt.

The only 3 opponents he never tombstoned were Giant Gonzalez, Yokozuna, and King Kong Bundy.

I'm sure Mark can work with Strowman on eating a Tomstone safely.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

The only 3 opponents he never tombstoned were Giant Gonzalez, Yokozuna, and King Kong Bundy.

I'm sure Mark can work with Strowman on eating a Tomstone safely.

There is no way Undertaker is going to hit him with a safe tombstone.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

The only 3 opponents he never tombstoned were Giant Gonzalez, Yokozuna, and King Kong Bundy.

I'm sure Mark can work with Strowman on eating a Tomstone safely.

There won't be anything wrong with a Hell's Gate finish. If it's good enough for a Brock Lesnar match, it's good enough for a ham-and-egger like Strowman.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Well..."roidy" doesn't seem fair. He did compete (and I assume was tested as a result) in actual strongman competitions. I don't think he's roidy...he's just a monster of a human being.

Doesn't mean he's a good wrestler..obviously. I like his work as he is...he does the monster thing perfectly but I don't want to see him wrestling.

It depends on the competition. Some of them are drug free and some of them don't care. There's a documentary on steroids called Bigger, Stronger, Faster where the subject and his brothers participated in many power lifting events on gas.

Not to say that Braun is juicing, I just think his combination of mass and definition is rarely obtained naturally. He'd have to have perfect genetics as well as an incredibly strict diet. I don't really care either way. Image is huge in wrestling so I understand why a lot of guys use.

 

[Emperoreddy]

The only 3 opponents he never tombstoned were Giant Gonzalez, Yokozuna, and King Kong Bundy.

I'm sure Mark can work with Strowman on eating a Tomstone safely.

I'd have to watch again but I recall him having trouble getting Harper up for a Tombstone and Strowman is much bigger. It isn't an insult. Strowman is a really big dude, and he is green as well. I don't think many guys could lift him and perform any kind of safe slam that didn't look like utter ****. Hell I think Brock suplexing him might not even work right.

A hell's gate finish is ok, but you kind of want Taker to look strong against this guy IMO, and Hell's Gate was always a last gasp way to win and only worked for me in the one HHH match and the Brock matches.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

I'd have to watch again but I recall him having trouble getting Harper up for a Tombstone and Strowman is much bigger. It isn't an insult. Strowman is a really big dude, and he is green as well. I don't think many guys could lift him and perform any kind of safe slam that didn't look like utter ****. Hell I think Brock suplexing him might not even work right.

A hell's gate finish is ok, but you kind of want Taker to look strong against this guy IMO, and Hell's Gate was always a last gasp way to win and only worked for me in the one HHH match and the Brock matches.

If they value Strowman enough to put him in against Taker, the best thing for both is for Taker to barely beat Strowman. Strowman shouldn't just be fed to Taker a la Rusev to Cena and then buried and beaten repeatedly beyond that. He should make it close and maintain his monster status as best as possible.

 

[Virtanen18]

Where did Strowman even come from?

 

[Emperoreddy]

Where did Strowman even come from?

He performed in those World Strongest Man's competitions and Vince loved his look and scooped him up. Spent a little time down at the performance center and got added to the wyatts.

 

[Virtanen18]

He performed in those World Strongest Man's competitions and Vince loved his look and scooped him up. Spent a little time down at the performance center and got added to the wyatts.

So this is his first time really wrestling? And he's gonna be wrestling Taker?

 

[Kimi]

A "little time", he's been under contract for over two and a half years now.

 

[Kimi]

So this is his first time really wrestling? And he's gonna be wrestling Taker?

Like I've said before. It's been reported that he can work, he's just not showing anything on TV so that they can hide it for later. They're just doing the big man monster stuff right now.