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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Mar 17, 2024 20:33:43 GMT -5
More WM stuff during its season...3 weeks away from WM40!
Do you guys enjoy WM24? Yes? No? Good? Bad? Lame? Great? Epic? Amazing? Classic? Overrated? Underrated?
It had 74K fans & 1 million buys. I personally enjoyed this show. Lots of fun action. I'd probably put it in my top 10 or 15 tbh.
Taker vs Edge was a great match, HBK vs Flair was a classic, HHH/Cena/Orton was good, MITB was good, JBL/Finlay was good, Kane winning the ECW title was cool. Big Show vs Mayweather was OK, but it was also a HUGE attraction at the time.
I recommend checking this out or rewatching it whenever you can.
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Post by hbkjason on Mar 18, 2024 0:32:52 GMT -5
I was about to say that this is one of the best "modern" WrestleManias, but this thing is the better part of 20 years old!
This was one that I really enjoyed, Undertaker vs Edge is one of Undertaker's best WrestleMania matches in my opinion, these two always worked really well together. I also feel it is one of Orton's better WrestleMania matches too, I really liked that triple threat match. I would not say that there was anything here that blew my mind, but it was mostly all solid and enjoyable stuff, apart from Big Show, I was completely done with Big Show by this point and had zero interest in this match at all! At this time I was a big Batista fan and while I also like Umaga, I hated "brand warfare" stuff so I wish those two just had a match and were not involved with that forced brand supremacy stuff.
The set was really cool and they get cool points from me for using the Red Hot Chilli Peppers as the theme song too.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2024 1:04:35 GMT -5
D not one of my favs hate to say. i had pretty lost interest in wrestling and was more into mma fighting at this point only match i looked forward to and loved was flair vs micheals! GREAT match! batista vs umaga ws fun too. show vs mayweather was laughable at best as show would literally kill him in seconds in a real fight  |
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Post by The Brain on Mar 18, 2024 1:11:37 GMT -5
Always think of Naitch/HBK when it comes to this Mania. What a story told
Just a shame Ric had to tarnish it with his TNA run. I love the guy my fav wrestler of all time but man what a dumb move to throw this fantastic sendoff away like that...
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Post by hbkjason on Mar 18, 2024 4:18:29 GMT -5
Always think of Naitch/HBK when it comes to this Mania. What a story told Just a shame Ric had to tarnish it with his TNA run. I love the guy my fav wrestler of all time but man what a dumb move to throw this fantastic sendoff away like that... Gotta ask man, did you belive that this was going to be his last match? I remember at the time and all the build up that went with it which was done so well. I never truly believed that this would be the last time Ric Flair would wrestle. Being honest, he was never one of my favorites, but with the epic career he had, it would have been a great way for him to bring his career to a close. |
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Post by ¡Twist Of 45 and 47! on Mar 18, 2024 5:06:21 GMT -5
On such a card, Floyd and Big Show was my favourite match. Up until then, it was easily the best celebrity match WWE had done.
Its a show I've only seen once apart from the Show and Floyd match, so I couldn't recall at all what happened in matches like Flair / Michaels, and Taker / Edge except for how they ended. Not being that big of a Flair or Edge fan, its not really something I'd go out of my way to rewatch. Batista and Umaga was pretty fun, loved how Batista managed to pick Umaga up for the powerbomb. It also had the moment backstage where Mr Kennedy done the "Kennedy!" shtick to Kim Kardashian.
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Post by MKSavage on Mar 18, 2024 8:18:14 GMT -5
Was this the year that Cena kept interjecting himself in the WWE World Title picture even though someone else had the match already? I remember a year when John Cena kept inserting himself into the WWE Title match on multiple occasions. I remember a year when he won the Royal Rumble, but instead of waiting until WrestleMania that year to challenge the champion, he wanted to face the champion as soon as possible. So, they gave him his title shot at the February PPV. He didn't win the title, though he may have won by DQ or count out, but he didn't win the belt. On one of the Raw shows leading to WrestleMania, Triple H wanted to face off with Orton for the title belt. I believe this was the year that Orton DDT'd Stephanie, then HHH attacked Orton at his home, so they had an actual feud going with some heat behind it. Then out comes John saying what's better than a one-on-one match between HHH and Orton... it should be a triple threat match between himself, Orton and HHH. So, at the next PPV (I believe WrestleMania), they have the triple threat match, and Orton wins the match and retains the title. Triple H comes out on Raw the next night and challenges Orton again to a one-on-one match since he never got one - story-wise, he still wanted to beat the hell out of Orton for DDTing his wife. Cena comes out again saying to HHH that Cena deserves the one-on-one match. Then JBL comes out and says that HHH and Cena had their shot at the title and lost, now it was his turn. So, what does John do, he says you know what's better than a one-on-one match and a triple threat match... a fatal 4-way match. At the next PPV, they have the fatal 4-way match between himself, Orton, HHH, and JBL, and Cena loses again. It started to get really annoying; made it hard to watch wrestling at that time.
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Post by Back to the Codyverse on Mar 18, 2024 9:02:30 GMT -5
Solid show. One of my favorites but like many Manias it comes down to two main matches and this show is HBK - Flair and Taker - Edge
Decent under card
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Post by tmnt316 on Mar 18, 2024 9:15:39 GMT -5
Solid show. One of my favorites but like many Manias it comes down to two main matches and this show is HBK - Flair and Taker - Edge Decent under card |
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Post by The Brain on Mar 18, 2024 13:50:03 GMT -5
Always think of Naitch/HBK when it comes to this Mania. What a story told Just a shame Ric had to tarnish it with his TNA run. I love the guy my fav wrestler of all time but man what a dumb move to throw this fantastic sendoff away like that... Gotta ask man, did you belive that this was going to be his last match? I remember at the time and all the build up that went with it which was done so well. I never truly believed that this would be the last time Ric Flair would wrestle. Being honest, he was never one of my favorites, but with the epic career he had, it would have been a great way for him to bring his career to a close. Part of me thought yeah Ric would get that itch again and get back in the ring but the other part thought he would respect Shawn who he was close with in real life to honor this being the true end here |
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Post by hbkjason on Mar 18, 2024 14:40:50 GMT -5
Gotta ask man, did you belive that this was going to be his last match? I remember at the time and all the build up that went with it which was done so well. I never truly believed that this would be the last time Ric Flair would wrestle. Being honest, he was never one of my favorites, but with the epic career he had, it would have been a great way for him to bring his career to a close. Part of me thought yeah Ric would get that itch again and get back in the ring but the other part thought he would respect Shawn who he was close with in real life to honor this being the true end here Yeah, it's a real shame that he didn't, I get that he loved the business and needed the money, but it would have been such a great way for him to ride off into the sunset. |
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Post by MKSavage on Mar 18, 2024 16:24:26 GMT -5
Gotta ask man, did you belive that this was going to be his last match? I remember at the time and all the build up that went with it which was done so well. I never truly believed that this would be the last time Ric Flair would wrestle. Being honest, he was never one of my favorites, but with the epic career he had, it would have been a great way for him to bring his career to a close. Part of me thought yeah Ric would get that itch again and get back in the ring but the other part thought he would respect Shawn who he was close with in real life to honor this being the true end here Was the retirement Ric's idea? I thought the WWE made him do that angle. |
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Post by The Brain on Mar 18, 2024 16:27:46 GMT -5
Part of me thought yeah Ric would get that itch again and get back in the ring but the other part thought he would respect Shawn who he was close with in real life to honor this being the true end here Was the retirement Ric's idea? I thought the WWE made him do that angle. I believe it was Austin's like a year prior. Both Ric and Vince were fully behind it from jump street |
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Post by theoutlaw1999 on Mar 18, 2024 17:59:33 GMT -5
Always think of Naitch/HBK when it comes to this Mania. What a story told Just a shame Ric had to tarnish it with his TNA run. I love the guy my fav wrestler of all time but man what a dumb move to throw this fantastic sendoff away like that... That's why official retirements and big send off's have always been a bad idea. If a guy can still go it should be a farewell for now type of thing instead of closing a door that's disrespectful to reopen. The likes of Rock, Goldberg, Cena etc can come and go as they please because they never officially retired. |
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Post by JokerFC on Mar 18, 2024 18:25:39 GMT -5
One match show for me in Undertaker vs Edge....the most jeopardy the streak was ever in up to that point IMO.
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Post by theoutlaw1999 on Mar 18, 2024 18:30:14 GMT -5
Seeing Taker come out with his classic coat was a huge mark out moment.
I wish they had mentioned that Edge was also undefeated at WM. It could've been Streak vs Streak.
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Post by MKSavage on Mar 18, 2024 19:50:47 GMT -5
Was the retirement Ric's idea? I thought the WWE made him do that angle. I believe it was Austin's like a year prior. Both Ric and Vince were fully behind it from jump street Wow! I didn't think Ric actually wanted to retire. |
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Post by The Brain on Mar 18, 2024 19:55:51 GMT -5
I believe it was Austin's like a year prior. Both Ric and Vince were fully behind it from jump street Wow! I didn't think Ric actually wanted to retire. Who knows if his $$$ situation was good he may of stayed retired with no TNA run |
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Post by Back to the Codyverse on Mar 19, 2024 7:58:26 GMT -5
Seeing Taker come out with his classic coat was a huge mark out moment. I wish they had mentioned that Edge was also undefeated at WM. It could've been Streak vs Streak. I thought they did mention that. Or maybe they didn't... But Edge was in the MITB 2007 match and didn't win so I never understood how he was undefeated |
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Post by LA Times on Mar 19, 2024 19:41:34 GMT -5
It wasnt a bad show, but we have gotten so many lackluster Wrestlemania in the 10 years after this (25, 27, 31, 32) it looks like one of the best ever in comparison.
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