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March Wrasslin' |OT2| The Rollercoaster to WrestleMania XXXIII!
- Thread starter Bluekaveli
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Well, honestly, I'm noticing that the entire card for WrestleMania is almost entirely lighter-skinned people. I wouldn't be surprised if WWE's not-so-subtle racism has struck again.
I hope that's not a too-hot topic to discuss
If that was the case, I don't think they would be featured so prominently in the event. Host of Wrestlemania is a big thing, I just see it as more of a a celebrity or legend role. One way of looking at it, I guess is that it's better than making the Raw tag title ladder match 4 ways. Lets face it, everyone loves New Day's promos, their matches aren't bad, but it's not what they're known for.
Maybe some white 60 year old legend will beat them up or something.
FlammableD
Banned
Ahh shit, I bought the live only PROGRESS iPPV forgetting it was on Friday and I'll just be finishing work when it starts
You'd be frankly shocked how many arsonists get away with stuff because they have a damn good excuse for being there if they get caught....
British Monsoon
Member
Email WWNLive or bother them on twitter, they've been pretty good about upgrading my live only to VOD when I've asked in the past (and one time even when I fell asleep during the show haha).
wild wild rice
Member
Mania set looking like a bad Twisted Metal map.
New Day hosting might be more of a get the most value out of them while you still can sort of thing. As people said, their matches are fine but not great, and also their group style was a heel style - cheating, distractions, complaining/other antics - which they don't want to lean into too hard as faces but they don't really have anything to replace it with. So sure, rather than just break them up now that they have kind of gone through their stable lifecycle completely, why not keep them out of the ring for a bit and use their persona as a wrestlemania attraction.
Then, afterwards, you could potentially break them up and have 3 singles stars who are all very solid on the microphone (especially in the current context) and probably have better matches in them than they've had a chance to show. Kofi I understand has had a good few runs as a singles guy, so maybe he will just be a midcarder, but Xavier and Big E both have a lot of potential.
It seems unlikely the WWE would give them all the chance they all deserve individually, but New Day could potentially generate 3 top black stars for the WWE which would go a long way to ameliorating that melanin deficency people are talking about. They've all got something slightly different to offer and can get over if given the chance.
Then, afterwards, you could potentially break them up and have 3 singles stars who are all very solid on the microphone (especially in the current context) and probably have better matches in them than they've had a chance to show. Kofi I understand has had a good few runs as a singles guy, so maybe he will just be a midcarder, but Xavier and Big E both have a lot of potential.
It seems unlikely the WWE would give them all the chance they all deserve individually, but New Day could potentially generate 3 top black stars for the WWE which would go a long way to ameliorating that melanin deficency people are talking about. They've all got something slightly different to offer and can get over if given the chance.
Brian_FETO
Banned
Holy shit lol
People realizing they are on camera is the worst
slightconfuse
Banned
Ric flair was on the Dan Lebatard show. He shot on Lonzo ball
New Day breaking up is going to be bad for all three. Since I have no confidence in WWE creative I fully expect all three of them to revert back to what they were prior to New Day forming. Kofi is going to go back to the Kofi Clock. Xavier is low card comedy shit forever. Big E will be a midcard wrestler, admittedly he's the only one who has a chance of breaking into the main event scene. Xavier has a future as a manager or a commentator.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
7 hour show, can't have two titles defended on air
Dark match that takes place 1 hour after Mania ends.
I think the lame wording is to allow possible surprise entrants in the match. I think tonight on Smackdown they're announcing the official match stipulation as well.
Should be a gauntlet match, will probably turn in a through the middle rope battle royal.
Murder?Kotoge is fucking insane
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
WM's so focused on getting everybody on the card over building stories that it's doubtful. To be honest I think they should do something along the lines of one on ones for both titles on the main show and a mixed inter-brand battle royal on the pre-show to determine the number one contender.
British Monsoon
Member
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeet, that was brutal.Here's a GIF of Buzz Sawyer murdering some poor fool with a suplex;
excelsiorlef
Member
Not that the booking warranted it being on the main show (They basically just handed the belt back to Bliss but then just stopped telling aby sort of story at all) but after all the boasting Bryan did about how Smackdown has given so much of the spotlight to their women in comparison to Raw it's funny that their match ends up on the pre-show and the Raw one on the main show.
It's also funny that the ladder stipulation is literally the only reason that triple threat Tag is on the main show.
But again Pre show vs Main Show is basically fuck all difference now...
That and the reason the match was made a ladder match.
FallingEdge
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excelsiorlef
Member
Yeah it's like they said this match has no reason being on the main show but fuck it we want it on sooo uhhhhh ladder match.
Though I wonder if the Smackdown women's match wasn't slotted for the Mania ladder match spot and maybe some test runs behind the scenes led them to believe it'd be a disaster...
Because that was the match that up until literally this week had the most potential build to a ladder match.
Second best match last year was on the preshow.
Nope, there is a reason they made it a ladder match.
excelsiorlef
Member
Why else would they last minute a ladder stip into a match that was already a triple threat match?