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[Patryn]

How is Cesaro on the mic? I realize that I haven't really seen a ton of promos from him.

Still love the dude. So good in the ring.

 

[Bluekaveli]

That was an amazing site



And smarks, I thought HHH was going to bury Bryan?

He didn't bury Bryan but he sure as hell did bury the entire WWE nation with the undertaker losing.

 

[jmdajr]

Take those damn #YESes off your avatars. It's over you bastards!

Cant till tomorrow.

 

[Johnny Ryall]

I rarely watch WWE these days, but I checked out Wrestlemania last night. I was pretty shocked that they had Brock beat the streak. I always thought they'd use that as a launching platform for some new guy. Taker must really never wanna wrestle again.

Isn't necessarily about wanting to. It's pretty obvious he's physically spent. They probably knew this was the last year he can pass a physical.

Well time will tell. If taker is in a match next year this will be even more baffling.

 

[Sephzilla]

Take those damn #YESes off your avatars. It's over you bastards!

NO! NO! NO!

I want to enjoy Bryan, the Destroyer of The Shovel, a little more

Isn't necessarily about wanting to. It's pretty obvious he's physically spent. They probably knew this was the last year he can pass a physical.

Well time will tell. If taker is in a match next year this will be even more baffling.

There's no reason to have Taker wrestle anymore. The Streak was the only thing keeping him around.

 

[plagiarize]

Also, is Cesaro supposed to be a heel? Cause that guy looks like he should forever be a face.

the face turn started on NXT Arrival with the fourth match between him and Sami Zayn. Cesaro won, but showed Zayn a huge amount of respect after the match after trash talking him a lot in the build up to the fight.

 

[UberTag]

Take those damn #YESes off your avatars. It's over you bastards!

Let them have their fun and rub it in.
(

Spoiler

Yeah, even I predicted Bryan would win both matches in the GAF pool.

)

We only have to sport D.Brine's mug for a week, right? I have to support my Bruins in the playoffs.

 

[rvy]

Damn good PPV all things considered.

Finally watching the HoF.

Razor :'(

Tears of joy for Razor.

 

[Doran902]

I think I enjoyed Wrestlemania more than a lot of people I read about simply because I'm a casual fan. The Undertaker / Lesnar match to me was awesome, as was the whole show. I look at it like, holy shit he actually lost, Lesnar won! OMG WOW. Meanwhile all of these other people are looking at it like, why would they put Lesnar over hes leaving this is stupid blah blah contracts, hbk, streak, bad business. IMO if you treat this entertainment like its a sport and watch it for the action instead of "seeing what the wwe will do" you will enjoy it more.

Triple H / Bryan was the best match, I really got into it. I loved the Bryan win at the end, Cesaro slamming show was just great and Wyatt vs Cena was really good. Wyatt is a lot fun to watch.

 

[piratepwnsninja]

He turned on Swagger & Zeb after they chewed him out for losing the tag title match. That, plus the handshake from Big Shoe points to him being face now.

We--ee-eee--el, It's the

 

[C.Dark.DN]

It's still pretty early in the day, damn.

 

[The Bad Guy]

Any ideas about what will happen at RAW tonight?

Will we still be seeing Sting?

 

[Alligatorjandro]

I would expect Brock vs Bryan at next Wrestlemania.

 

[rvy]

I think I enjoyed Wrestlemania more than a lot of people I read about simply because I'm a casual fan. The Undertaker / Lesnar match to me was awesome, as was the whole show. I look at it like, holy shit he actually lost, Lesnar won! OMG WOW. Meanwhile all of these other people are looking at it like, why would they put Lesnar over hes leaving this is stupid blah blah contracts, hbk, streak, bad business. IMO if you treat this entertainment like its a sport and watch it for the action instead of "seeing what the wwe will do" you will enjoy it more.

No different than basketball fans or football fans. People tend to care about stuff they really enjoy.

 

[UberTag]

I would expect Brock vs Bryan at next Wrestlemania.

I doubt they wait that long.

 

[Sephzilla]

I would expect Brock vs Bryan at Extreme Rules.

.

 

[Johnny Ryall]

There's no reason to have Taker wrestle anymore. The Streak was the only thing keeping him around.

Well as we learned last night never say never. If taker gets the hof next year I hope the speech is free from kayfabe. I'm not saying he needs to be in a tux but have him speak candidly. I wanna hear taker tell stories.

 

[Fornaximus]

As people already said, they can launch a new face by beating Lesnar. Any up and comer that did so would be hated for the rest of his career.

I think they could have pulled off breaking the streak with a face. Heel Brock just becomes more heelish in doing it, but I don't think it would be impossible to launch a face with it. Just have Undertaker shake his hand at the end, and you'll own the crowd.

 

[Courage]

I think they could have pulled off breaking the streak with a face. Heel Brock just becomes more heelish in doing it, but I don't think it would be impossible to launch a face with it. Just have Undertaker shake his hand at the end, and you'll own the crowd.

Maybe if that face was established, but definitely not an up and comer that's trying to win the fans.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

Let them have their fun and rub it in.
(

Spoiler

Yeah, even I predicted Bryan would win both matches in the GAF pool.

)

We only have to sport D.Brine's mug for a week, right? I have to support my Bruins in the playoffs.

...I think it's a month.

 

[Hasney]

Take those damn #YESes off your avatars. It's over you bastards!

Just for you, Vinny.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

Just for you, Vinny.

Eerie how Taker looks Big Showish there.

 

[Johnny Ryall]

Eerie how Taker looks Big Showish there.

Is that carny for blown up?

 

[Deleted member 47027]

Is that carny for blown up?

Actually...kinda, yeah.

 

[RK9039]

I rarely watch WWE these days, but I checked out Wrestlemania last night. I was pretty shocked that they had Brock beat the streak. I always thought they'd use that as a launching platform for some new guy. Taker must really never wanna wrestle again.

Why would they give the streak to a new guy? It would ruin their career. Look at how shocked people were.

 

[Hasney]

They should have a blown up stable of Taker, Batista and Big Show managed by Ultimate Warrior. I'd watch that as long as their matches were under 5 minutes.

 

[Sephzilla]

Why would they give the streak to a new guy? It would ruin their career. Look at how shocked people were.

It depends on who the guy is. Giving it to Lesnar feels like a waste.

 

[TheBear]

Triple H did a tiger suplex. What is the world coming to?!

 

[Rhaknar]

so when trips and steph came to interfere in the main event, what made them leave? I missed that

 

[RK9039]

It depends on who the guy is. Giving it to Lesnar feels like a waste.

I agree with this:

This is actually the best thing they could've done.

A win over the streak would just kill someone's career. Think about it. Think about how legendary Taker is...if an up and comer beat him at Mania, he'd get hated his whole career. I don't mean heat if he was a heel (one that, by the way, would never be able to turn face), I mean legit hate. And then we have the fact that the streak would be used as a stepping plate for someone, and that that someone probably wouldn't live up to the expectations...it would flop. We don't have that with Lesnar, Heyman will probably give the perfect follow up and he'll face Bryan for the title.

Fact is Taker had to go out on a loss. He's old school, old guys leave looking at the lights. Hogan, Austin, Foley, Flair, Michaels, Rock (if 29 was his last match). Heck even JBL. Someone had to break the streak. And face it, we were getting tired of the same old ass promo and the same old ass match every year, it's been going on since WM 25! The build ups are always the same. So he ended it, to the only guy that could and would.

Face it, the streak matches have always been about Taker and not about whoever's facing him. A full-time wrestler would get hated for breaking the streak. Punk wouldn't get another pop for the rest of his life. A up and comer wouldn't live up to it. A legend or someone like HHH would be the worst. Fuck, Cena winning it would be even worse than what happened with Bray, and everybody raged over that. It had to be a legitimate monster heel part-timer. Who else do we have?

This is also a perfect start for the Reality Era. You'll never forget WM XXX the same way you'll always remember WM X-Seven, it's the end of an era, and simultaneously the start of a new one. It could've been a better match and definitely a better feud, but damn it if it wasn't smart that Brock won tonight. This gets Red Wedding level of heartache from every wrestling fan in the world.

 

[plagiarize]

It depends on who the guy is. Giving it to Lesnar feels like a waste.

it's not about who deserves the honor, so much as who ends the streak without making Taker look weak, and who can withstand the heat of ending it.

 

[BFIB]

One day later, and I'm still in shock. Rewatched the Lesnar/Taker match this morning, and upon rewatching, you can clearly tell that the match was scripted in the way it ended.

I still say though, that if the streak was ending, it should have went to Punk last year, or Bray Wyatt this year.

 

[Host Samurai]

Mania was pretty good this year. 10X better than that god awful show last year. The only thing I didn't like was Cena fucking winning again. What a waste. Im 50/50 on the Takers streak ending. Its one of those things that should have been kept sacred, but on the other hand it was pretty shocking to see. The crowd went DEAD and created many potential crowd gifs.

 

[yuraya]

Any ideas about what will happen at RAW tonight?

Will we still be seeing Sting?

Orton and Batista have feud

Sting will join the Wyatt family

Cena will come out to challenge Daniel Bryan for title shot. Cena wins and becomes new champ tonight after HHH interferes.

Heyman comes out to talk about victory but corporate Kane will interrupt challenging Lesnar in next ppv

End of RAW Vince comes out and tells everyone the network fee will increase to $19.99 per month. Right after he says it Shields music hits...they come out and surround Vince in the ring. Reigns spears Vince and picks up the mic to tell everyone the fee will stay at $9.99.

show over

 

[Sephzilla]

I agree with this:

I don't buy into the idea that giving a younger guy the rub for ending the streak would ruin his career. It would only ruin the guys career of the match was really bad. If a young guy challenged the streak, put on a really great back and forth match, managed to do the impossible and beat Undertaker, and then have Undertaker shake his hand after the match, I think fans could get behind that and respect a guy who could pull that off especially if it was a face vs face match.

If a new guy came up and had an awful match with Taker like Brock/Taker was, then yeah it would ruin the guy's career. Hell depending on how Raw goes tonight the only reason Brock might be able to absorb that bad match is because Heyman is there to deflect a lot of it.

 

[Malvingt2]

He is enjoying himself

I was expecting him to be at WM.


Oh well

 

[TheBear]

Cena winning was dumb. Lesnar winning was GOAT

 

[Alligatorjandro]

I would like to see Cena turn heel and have Heyman manage him.

 

[Sephzilla]

I would like to see Cena turn heel and have Heyman manage him.

MichaelJordanLaugh.gif

That aint happening. Cena is about as status quo as you can humanly get.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

I wonder if Punk lies in bed with AJ, the smell of Batista still on her flesh, and thinks about what a huge mistake he made.

 

[Xater]

Is that carny for blown up?

I thought the word for that was Batista.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

I thought the word for that was Batista.

Hell no, Batista looked majestic last night.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

MichaelJordanLaugh.gif

That aint happening. Cena is about as status quo as you can humanly get.

Hey no one thought Lesnar would win.

Anything is possible

 

[Sanjuro]

I expect them to be written off TV for a little tonight. Triple H tries to go power crazy, Vince puts his foot down. Hogan or Sting is the new GM or some bullshit

I would love Hogan in some kind of role which would stretch to a weekly capacity. He delivers a better reaction than pretty much the entire roster.

Especially if they are looking to fill more content on the WWE Network.

 

[djplaeskool]

I would like to see Cena turn heel and have Heyman manage him.

He beat Bray and hugged a kid after the match.
The dream is dead.

 

[Kaladin]

I would love Hogan in some kind of role which would stretch to a weekly capacity. He delivers a better reaction than pretty much the entire roster.

Especially if they are looking to fill more content on the WWE Network.

Someone doesn't watch TNA.

 

[OriginofHysteria]

He is enjoying himself

I was expecting him to be at WM.


Oh well

He should have a CM Punk jersey, not a Duncan Keith one.

 

[styl3s]

Someone doesn't watch TNA.

Nobody watches TNA.

 

[Sanjuro]

He is enjoying himself

I was expecting him to be at WM.


Oh well

Straight-edge racist.

Someone doesn't watch TNA.

I've very watched little TNA. Like most people, I only turned it on when Hogan first got on the scene there and quickly forgot about it.

 

[bwtw]

I don't buy into the idea that giving a younger guy the rub for ending the streak would ruin his career. It would only ruin the guys career of the match was really bad. If a young guy challenged the streak, put on a really great back and forth match, managed to do the impossible and beat Undertaker, and then have Undertaker shake his hand after the match, I think fans could get behind that and respect a guy who could pull that off especially if it was a face vs face match.

If a new guy came up and had an awful match with Taker like Brock/Taker was, then yeah it would ruin the guy's career. Hell depending on how Raw goes tonight the only reason Brock might be able to absorb that bad match is because Heyman is there to deflect a lot of it.

It's a big big risk. It could go as you say and really help the guy but could backfire spectacularly if, as you say, the match was bad (and given what we saw last night, good chance it would be bad) or the guy wasn't someone who they actually wanted to break it. Not sure you want to risk completely breaking someone like Reigns. Someone else said, this way, you can give someone the rub by proxy by beating Lesnar, without having any possibility of streak related resentment.