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Post by James Hetfield on Apr 3, 2011 23:19:43 GMT -5
Some of us should atleased have a real live discussion about the event. I did an MMA podcast like a year ago and had fun doing it. I've been dying to do a Wrestling podcast that covers all the weekly episodes and post them here. Might get everyone actually talking and learning to accept everyone else's opinions.
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Post by hbkrules on Apr 3, 2011 23:20:08 GMT -5
I watched the ppv at my friend's house. It was just not a great show. The Rock's promo to open the show as just not something I really cared for and I'm a big fan of his. It dragged on and it took 24 minutes for the first match to start! Speaking of the first match... WTF were they thinking having the WHT match first? So stupid imo.. The match itself was nothing special. At one time I thought ADR was on his way to winning but he lost out of nowhere. He really should have kicked out and the match should have been given more time. Good for Edge to finally defend a world title at Mania but again the RR winner LOSES at WM.... Also the beat down on ADR's nice car was just not needed. That time could have been donated to the match. I think the POINTLESS 8 man tag match was next. OMG was this a DUD! So stupid that they let this sh*t take up time when they literally had a 2.5 minute match.. All 8 people should be mad at what they got. I don't know if it was in between these matches but somewhere they had a pointless Snoop Dogg segment with him interviewing people. POOR Beth Phoenix had to sing with Khali. Very depressing to see that when only a few months ago most people predicted her winning the Diva's title off of Natalya. Instead the belt was not even defended... Cody Rhodes v Rey Mysterio was pretty good. One of the better matches of the night but still nothing spectacular. So happy Cody won the match. Hope they continue to push him. I think Rock had a promo with Eve around this time. It was nice they let her appear on WM [should have defended her belt but whatever..]. Her segment with Rock and then Mae was kinda funny. Divasauros! ;D Orton v Punk was one of the better matches imo. I thought at this moment it was the best match of the night. It was not given too much time . Orton's RKO in the air was predictable and nothing special but I expect this feud to continue.
The 2011 HOF class announcement was cool. Sunny looked nice as did HBK. LMAO at the crowd booing Drew Carey!
The Lawler/Cole match was SOOO ing boring! My God this was such a waste of time! They gave it more time than the WHT match and most of the other matches on the card. So shameful wwe.... The match was just a disaster. I mean Cole didn't know what he was doing. The ending was okay I guess but at least Cole lost.... NOPE his stupid ass actually got a win [by DQ]! Yeah Michael Cole actually won a WM match.
HHH v Taker was not a match I was really looking forward too. I just am not big fans of them both atm. Their match did however interest me probably the most of the night and was given a lot of time [29 minutes] although even it was not spectacular. Some of the spots to me were good and a couple times I really thought HHH was going to end the streak! I was about to have a breakdown and I'm no Taker fan or HHH hater.. I mean Taker kicking out of 3 pedigrees was too much imo. He then survived a ton of chair shots and then a Tombstone! I just didn't think he had it in him. I was happy he retained the streak by trapping HHH in the Hell's Gate submission. The aftermath was pretty stupid though. It was taking up way too much time getting him out.
The Dolph/LayCool v JoMo/Trish/Snooki match was pretty short. 6 minutes if I counted right. Everyone looked good in their WM attire [well not so much for Snooki] but I just wish it wasn't so black. Get some color people this is WRESTLEMANIA!.. I was happy that McCool and Trish basically did it all. Why McCool pushed Layla was just random. She didn't deserve that. I don't even think Layla was tagged in! Trish and McCool did work well together but I was just hoping for more. The guys did practically nothing. Ziggler just broke up a pin and got a Starship Pain from the top rope outside of the ring. This then allowed Snooki to tag in and hit a cartwheel splash on McCool in the corner of the ring followed by some cartwheel splash on a downed McCool ftw! Yeah so McCool haters can shut the up now. She officially lost at WM to Snooki.
The main event was just a big boring FAIL. So sad. Miz's belt really looks like sh*t. I mean damn it is a replica. I have that crap on my wall! If he is going to be champ for a while then tweak a REAL wwe title and just make it have the 'M' instead of the 'W.' Is it that hard to do that? Nonetheless the match was just boring. Really boring actually. Don't even get me started on Cena's entrance! WTF was that? Why was it needed and how does it relate to Cena? Yeah totally not needed. Cena's new red shirts are decent but seemed like he scraped his purple design pretty fast. Like I said earlier the match was just boring. At one time I though oh crap Cena won this fast? It was really short in the end. The first ending was a double count out which was just BS. It was like 13 or so minutes up to that point. Then The Rock came out and restarted the match. Less than a minute later and one Rock Bottom to Cena Miz retained his wwe title! I liked how he retained but I wish he would have done it w/o interference. Rock could have Rock Bottomed Cena afterward.
So this WM is over now and I was just impressed. It only cost me $20 at my friend's house but still I just wanted more good matches to happen. I was so pissed they took off Sheamus v Bryan for the US title. They could have taken out a LOT of stuff instead and had that match on the card. It would have likely been one of the better matches of the night so it was sad that it was demoted to the dvd.
If I was to rate WM 27 I would give it it something close to: 58/100...Def agree that miz's replica belt looks ridiculous and cheap. It shows how much of a difference there is between a real belt and the replicas they sell.
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Post by Fave on Apr 3, 2011 23:21:26 GMT -5
Yeah this Wrestlemania lacked a good money in the bank match that i always looked forward to every Wrestlemania where the underrated superstars could really show off there talent.
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Post by JCF on Apr 3, 2011 23:22:07 GMT -5
Well, ah.. just got in from an awesome day. Had a blast watching Mania with 6 of my friends. Split cost, pizza, soda, chips... great night. I enjoyed the show. We as a group thought it was fun and enjoyable.
The biggest shock was Del Rio and Edge kicking of 'Mania! I would've never guessed that it would start the show. It was a pretty good match and I had a feeling Edge would retain to kick off the show strong.
Rock opening the show was cool, something different for a change of pace at Mania. Crowd was super hot for the promo and Rock was on fire!
Rey and Cody put on a great match and kept the crowd interested. I quite enjoyed some spots and Cody was on fire with the kicks.
The Corre vs. Big Show and Kane, Santino and Kofi match was good to be kept short. Didn't need a lot of time and did enough.
Orton vs. Punk... hmmm. I'd have to say Orton going into 'Mania with the knee injury was a stupid idea especially as he was clearly going over. No real complaints here though. The match served its purpose.
King vs. Cole was well, interesting to say the least. Definitely was nice to see King get the win and own Cole a few times. Austin being involved definitely made the match. Seeing Booker get he stunner was great too, lol.
Triple H vs. Undertaker was without a doubt match of the night and easily match of the year, so far. Excellent match, well executed spots and a great ending with HHH almosttttt getting that hammer as he was being choked out. When HHH hit the tombstone, everyone in our room was screaming and on their feet, like during most of the match. Awesome stuff.
Team Morrison vs. Team Ziggler was alright and expected to just see Snooki get the win. Not terrible.
The main event was done right. I liked the video packages but Cena's entrance was a bit overdone. The signing was ok, but the video package just was bleh. I mean we get it already. What a freakin' relief it was to see Miz walk out champion. When Rock came out to re-start the match, I was like oh my god, what if Rock adds himself to the match and wins the title. Cool stuff.
Overall, I had a blast.
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Post by T R W on Apr 3, 2011 23:23:02 GMT -5
You know, one of my favorite moments after WM24 was hanging out with Bubba Ray DJ afterwards, and talking about the show and wrestling.
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Post by James Hetfield on Apr 3, 2011 23:24:15 GMT -5
You know, one of my favorite moments after WM24 was hanging out with Bubba Ray DJ afterwards, and talking about the show and wrestling. Yeah, I don't have too many "real" friend to talk to about wrestling anymore, so I think all of us should do a skype group chat and just talk about what we thought about it. Just an idea.
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Post by T R W on Apr 3, 2011 23:25:45 GMT -5
Yeah, most of my real friends have moved on. I'm really the last one who watches anymore, and I don't watch regularly the last few years.
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Post by J12 on Apr 3, 2011 23:26:54 GMT -5
I'd be incredibly interested in a chat if I weren't in a rush to get to bed for class in the morning.
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Post by James Hetfield on Apr 3, 2011 23:27:57 GMT -5
Well not now, but maybe sometime within the week or something. I can record the whole thing and could post here if people would want to hear.
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Post by carling27 on Apr 3, 2011 23:27:59 GMT -5
A chat channel would be good.
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Post by cattlemutilation on Apr 3, 2011 23:28:49 GMT -5
I'd potentially be down for a chat. I'm sure it'd make my fiancee feel real weird, but oh well. >_>
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Post by johnnypoopypants on Apr 3, 2011 23:29:38 GMT -5
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Post by carling27 on Apr 3, 2011 23:30:33 GMT -5
I just read the undertaker had a 'mini-stroke' backstage whatever that means.
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Post by noir on Apr 3, 2011 23:32:08 GMT -5
On a more positive note, HOW AWESOME WAS MIZ'S PRE-ENTRANCE VIDEO. Very well thought out and really showed just how far he's come in his career. Loved the symbolism of the multiple TV sets!!
Also, re: a skype style group, I'd love to be involved. Shame my laptop's battery exploded on me today lol. If anything serious comes about from it though, shoot me a pm anyone.
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Post by B.D. & El G. on Apr 3, 2011 23:32:24 GMT -5
I just read the undertaker had a 'mini-stroke' backstage whatever that means. Oh , I hope not... Where did you hear that?
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Post by James Hetfield on Apr 3, 2011 23:32:31 GMT -5
I just think it would be a lot more natural having live convos than on the internet message boards.
Like I said, I've done podcasts before and enjoyed them. Chats here don't even really have to be in "podcast" format. It can be just discussions about PPV's and weekly events.
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Apr 3, 2011 23:33:52 GMT -5
Not a whole heck of alot, really. I barely watch and after events like tonight, can you really blame me?? I like The Rock, but that's about it really...Can't take anything else seriously anymore.... I mean, come on here, tonight the I-C champ and the tag champs got squashed in the same match in about 3 minutes...Something like that would NEVER have happened 20 years ago, when wrestling was actually enjoyable. It's crap like that, that just pushes me further and further away. Stuff like that just doesn't make sense to me... How is The Corre supposed to be taken seriously now that they have been soundly defeated in about 3 minutes??...I'd take Doink the Clown more seriously than I would these friggin' guys at this point.... Thanks. I only got into wrestling 03, but I have gone through a few periods where I didn't really care for what was going on but watched anyway because it's just what I did. I only think that if you really like that little about WWE, you just shouldn't feel like you lost out on anything from a show you don't like. And you shouldn't try to take down people who do enjoy it. Earlier you said you'd be pissed if you bought WM, so I assume you watched it free somehow. You lost nothing. Move on. I wouldn't say I lost nothing...I did lose that 4 hours of my life that I can't ever get back... You liked it and I'm fine with that. That's your take on it. I pretty much hated it and that's my take on it.
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Post by James Hetfield on Apr 3, 2011 23:35:42 GMT -5
If anyone is interested sometime, shoot me a request on Skype (McLarryOtto is my name) and we can talk.
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Post by slappy on Apr 3, 2011 23:36:41 GMT -5
On a more positive note, HOW AWESOME WAS MIZ'S PRE-ENTRANCE VIDEO. Very well thought out and really showed just how far he's come in his career. Loved the symbolism of the multiple TV sets!! Yes, pure greatness.
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Post by T R W on Apr 3, 2011 23:38:54 GMT -5
I'm not the biggest Miz fan, but I really liked his video package tonight.
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