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Post by rkmo: The FOCUS Method on Apr 8, 2024 0:12:33 GMT -5
New Era same as the old.
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Post by The Brain on Apr 8, 2024 0:13:43 GMT -5
Bobby heenan was better than heyman in everyway lol. Love heyman but heenan is the goat of managers. And announcers. And everything lmao Yeah, he is definitely the best manager in wrestling history. When they talk about the best 10 managers in history, Heenan holds the top 5 spots, no one is even close. Isn't that right, The Brain ? And, I like Heyman, I think he has done a great job with Roman, and Brock. I feel he really helped both guys out immensely. Nope. Bobby is forever in a class by himself
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Post by underoos on Apr 8, 2024 0:15:07 GMT -5
Austin's pop would have overshadowed Cody's win anyways so I'm happy he didn't show
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Post by The Brain on Apr 8, 2024 0:20:30 GMT -5
Absolutely. I have no issues that he was there necessarily, just that he didn’t make the most logical sense. That spot was literally tailor made for Austin. Philly would have gone nuts if the glass shattered. Could have been the loudest pop in history. Thought for sure we would hear the glass once Rock was standing tall in the ring after he laid out Cena. All sections around me were chanting for em thats for sure
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Post by tmnt316 on Apr 8, 2024 0:35:27 GMT -5
Just got back. Night 2 instantly is the winner here Shame we didnt get Austin but no complaints with Taker. That gong man the place exploded. Special moment for sure. Glad to be in attendance for the big title change. Overbooked but in the most perfect way. Crowd was into everything Drew winning then losing the belt due to the cash in was also well done and real cool to see live. Loved it Also dug the triple threat Oh yeah Bubba as the ref in the street fight. Great stuff. Next to Taker my other big pop moment So yeah night 2> night 1 all the way. Got a free cheesesteak as well in the parking lot prior to the show. Good all around day I'd say Yeah agree with this and is also the first time night 2 has took it since making it two nights.
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Apr 8, 2024 0:43:01 GMT -5
Just got back. Night 2 instantly is the winner here Shame we didnt get Austin but no complaints with Taker. That gong man the place exploded. Special moment for sure. Glad to be in attendance for the big title change. Overbooked but in the most perfect way. Crowd was into everything Drew winning then losing the belt due to the cash in was also well done and real cool to see live. Loved it Also dug the triple threat Oh yeah Bubba as the ref in the street fight. Great stuff. Next to Taker my other big pop moment So yeah night 2> night 1 all the way. Got a free cheesesteak as well in the parking lot prior to the show. Good all around day I'd say Glad you enjoyed brother. You witnessed some epic stuff...lot of great memories there!!
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Post by Liquid Swordsman on Apr 8, 2024 0:43:28 GMT -5
I'd never thought years later, Rock would play a major heel role in a mania main event, while throwing someone like Cena and Taker into the mix.
I'm sure face Rock will eventually come back soon, but I'm kind of glad it didn't happen tonight. It keeps things a bit more interesting.
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Post by Crane on Apr 8, 2024 0:43:35 GMT -5
Night 1: Rhea Ripley/Becky Lynch: Gotta give props to Becky, what a killer match to do even with strep throat! Rhea's attire/entrance was pretty cool too. Great match!
6-Pack Ladder: Fun match with some cool spots, DIY's DX cosplay was super corny in my opinion. JD took a brutal bump off the ladder through those tables. Happy A-Town Down under won, not happy Awesome Truth won. Was really hoping literally anyone other than them would win.
Luchador Tag Match: Decent match ruined by a really dumb finish. Quite literally no need for the football players to help them win. They should have had Legado/Dom attack post match, then have the football guys help Rey/Andrade.
Uso/Uso: This sucked lmao. Seeing the crowd do Jey's entrance gimmick was cool though
6-Woman Tag: Decent match, but I was bored because it was obvious Jade would win/get the pin. Asuka had some awesome looking face paint here.
Sami/Gunther: Incredible match with a great Rocky style story. Legit jumped out of my seat when Sami hit the BRAINBUSTAAAH! I was so happy I even teared up lol. Looking forward to him having a proper IC Title run with fans now
Main Event Tag Match: This is the longest match in Wrestlemania history (besides the 1-hr Iron Man match). This easily could have had 10-15 shaved off and I would have loved this match. The first 20 minutes or so were just sooooo boring and kinda killed it for me, plus I felt it was pretty obvious Cody/Rollins would lose here. I did like the fact that Cody lost in the same way he lost last year. Liked Rock/Rollins gear, but I thought Cody's Night 2 gear was better.
Night 2: Rollins/McIntyre & MitB Cash-In: This match was great. McIntyre tweeting mid-match was a great spot. The post match stuff with Punk was great as well. Wasn't a huge fan of priest cashing in, but I get it. Now I'm hoping McIntyre gets the title back from priest as Clash at the Castle: Scotland, so we can do McIntyre/Punk at Summerslam.
Philly Street Fight: not the most extreme match, but it was fun. Bubba coming out to ref the match was a nice surprise and the table collapsing was funny. No hopefully this feud is finally dead lol
LA/AJ: Decent match. Nothing special, just a match to get these guys on the show really, but LA winning was cool. Hope we get an Elite of LA in this gear. AJ's new theme was ASS though.
US Title 3-Way: Honestly, this may be my match of the night. Great spots, double Buckshot Lariat was sweet, Orton's final RKO to Owens was good too. iShowSpeed is quite possibly one of the least funny guys I've ever seen on the internet, so that got a negative pop from me lol. KO's ECW tribute gear and entrance graphics were super cool, and Randy riding down to the ring in the cart with him was cool too. Logan even had some cool Eagles colored gear.
Bayley/IYO: This match was awesome too. i was heavily invested in this as I was there for Damage Control's debut and IYO's title win at Summerslam 2022 & 2023 respectively. Love IYO's triple moonsault combo and Bayley killed her with that final elbow drop. Loved IYO's attire here, hope it's her next Elite or maybe an Ultimate
Rhodes/Reigns 2: What a match. What a story. this was genuinely the perfect way to end this, literally the only way this could've been even better was if Stone Cold came out to help Cody instead of Undertaker. I guess Undertaker helped because Roman beat him at WM33? Let's say that to make it make sense lol. But Jey and Cena coming to get Jimmy and Solo was cool. Roman going after Rollins to finally get his revenge after 10 years being the reason to cost him his historic title reign is immaculate story telling. It also gives payoff to Rollins telling Cody that he was Cody's shield. Cody having his family and Orton/Zayn/Owens/Punk all come out was great too. The post match celebration was long, which was nice because I feel like whenever these Wrestlemania main events finish, they have the winner pose with the title then immediately cut to black. Cody's gear was awesome, I really hope we get an Ultimate of this gear, then they save the Night 1 gear for an Elite. Cody handing the title to his mother made me tear up a little. Really excited to see where this next story goes for Cody, seeing as he'll probably be on Smackdown now. I really hope he doesn't have Solo challenge him. I imagine Roman goes after Seth next to finally finish that feud once and for all, whether that be soon or in a few months.
Overall, Night 2 was WAY better than Night 1 in my opinion. Across both nights, I'd give this Wrestlemania a 7.5/10.
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Apr 8, 2024 0:52:02 GMT -5
Night 2 was just levels above night 1...crowd woke up!! Overall a great show. WM40 lived up to the hype.
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Post by AxelSmackdown on Apr 8, 2024 0:56:09 GMT -5
I’m glad Priest cashed in and won the haters
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Apr 8, 2024 0:59:08 GMT -5
Gotta say that Taker pop was huge. The gong never gets old.
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Post by rkmo: The FOCUS Method on Apr 8, 2024 1:21:24 GMT -5
I betcha physical media comes back next year when Reigns-Rock is main eventing ...
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Post by LK3 on Apr 8, 2024 1:34:10 GMT -5
Just got home from the show. Holy that was insane! Lucky to have been there to see it. Finished❤️The🤍Story💙
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Post by hbkjason on Apr 8, 2024 3:20:27 GMT -5
What a great weekend of wrestling! I know some were not keen on night one, but I really enjoyed both nights. That main event was so much fun, all the guys delivered big time.
This was entertaining as hell and to be honest the Uso's match was the only match that I did not really enjoy other both nights and even then, I have seen far worse.
I am not a big Cody fan at all, but that ending was special as hell, a real feel good moment and you can tell that all the guys and gals are clearly 100 percent behind Triple H and what he is doing.
Easily one of the best WrestleMania's I have seen in years!
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Post by Crane on Apr 8, 2024 3:42:58 GMT -5
Just realized, they didn't announce where next year's Wrestlemania is gonna be. Rumors say Minneapolis, Minnesota, but nothing is official to my knowledge.
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Post by tylerbreezee on Apr 8, 2024 4:35:46 GMT -5
What are you talking about? The Universal title has been on Smackdown since 2019 and Roman won it while it was a Smackdown championship The last draft they did, all champions were included. It’s how the SMACKDOWN Women’s Champion ended up on RAW and later given the Women’s World Championship (Rhea). While Bianca was moved to SmackDown and given the WWE Women’s Championship. The Bloodline (Roman and Solo) went first overall. Roman remained on SmackDown. Correction: Rhea was on RAW when challenging Charlotte. I guess I’m just not understanding what the draft has to do with anything lol if you win the Smackdown brand title, you go to Smackdown and if you win the Raw brand championship, you go to Raw Edge was a Raw superstar in 2007, cashed in on Undertaker and became a Smackdown superstar. He didn’t take the title to Raw lol
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Post by tylerbreezee on Apr 8, 2024 4:59:18 GMT -5
People that didn’t like the main event just don’t like matches with story, didn’t understand all of the pieces of Roman’s past that finally caught up to him, but instead prefer fast paced flippy matches with no story
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Post by tylerbreezee on Apr 8, 2024 5:02:10 GMT -5
Two role models in wrestling that everyone should look up to
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Post by ¡Twist Of Lime Green Jello! on Apr 8, 2024 5:40:37 GMT -5
I don’t get why people are upset Austin wasn’t there. It wasn’t confirmed that he was going to be there, just people guessing and convincing themselves that he was. Not really something you get to be mad about.
Anywhozlepuff, the story is finally complete. The ending was slightly anti-climatic though. Once Taker and Rock left, Cody hit the three finishers and that was it. I would have liked to see another few minutes back and fourth before they went to the finish.
It’s a new era in WWE where the glass ceiling called Roman Reigns is finally lifted. Cody winning the title, not Roman losing the title, truly feels like one of those moments that you’ll always remember where you were when it happened.
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Post by BØRNS on Apr 8, 2024 5:48:25 GMT -5
I don’t get why people are upset Austin wasn’t there. It wasn’t confirmed that he was going to be there, just people guessing and convincing themselves that he was. Not really something you get to be mad about. Anywhozlepuff, the story is finally complete. The ending was slightly anti-climatic though. Once Taker and Rock left, Cody hit the three finishers and that was it. I would have liked to see another few minutes back and fourth before they went to the finish. It’s a new era in WWE where the glass ceiling called Roman Reigns is finally lifted. Cody winning the title, not Roman losing the title, truly feels like one of those moments that you’ll always remember where you were when it happened. Agreed, the finish was pretty abrupt, and Cody went for the triple Crossrhodes several times tonight (and last night), wish it wasn't so overdone. But oh well. Reminds me a little of the Becky/Rousey/Charlotte finish from WM35 when it just came to quick all of a sudden.
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