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WrestleMania 32 |OT| OHHH! Written in the Stars! A Million Miles Awaaaaaay........
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Yeah, that sounds about right.
Professor Beef
Banned
Clearly Triple H has hijacked the WWE Twitter account in order to try and bury Roman.
smh
I guess they know how well the Roman push is going haha
ramoisdead
Member
Wrestlemania 32 in a nutshell.
Vestal
Gold Member
The Silver
Member
dammnit Roman stop whining and get in the fucking rob-ring
I love how they used the square brackets (albeit properly) to fix the quote, as if some other quote he made was so fucking memorable that they had to edit the original one to make this one just as good.
Is someone really going to call the WWE out for misquoting RR? This honestly bothers me more than the obvious typo.
Is someone really going to call the WWE out for misquoting RR? This honestly bothers me more than the obvious typo.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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Is that a heel turn?... That's a heel turn.
illmatic22
Banned
Jimmy King
Member
WRESTLEMANIA X - 1994
Main Event: Yokozuna (c) vs. Bret Hart for the WWF Championship
Better than their last encounter from the previous Mania. Still no real drama to speak of but they're able to pull a decent story with the match itself by the end of it where Bret is trying anything he can, ultimately Yokozuna fucks himself over and Bret gets the win. Is that a satisfying end to the story? Not if you want the underdog to look legit, but it still works.
Wake up, Cornette
Catch belly to back suplex
2.5 WrestleMania Star stars out of 5
WRESTLEMANIA XI - 1995
Main Event: Lawrence Taylor vs. Bam Bam Bigelow
As far as celebrity matches go, this is great. I don't like how in kayfabe celebs have a supernatural power to be equal to or better than wrestlers. Here it's not so bad because LT looks good and is an athlete, but... poor Bam Bam. He looked great too. I would argue he sold too much for LT right out of the gate. Nothing of real consequence here, but I'm sure it was a very successful business move for WWF.
forearm
jack knife
backdrop
1.5 WrestleMania Star stars out of 5
WRESTLEMANIA XII - 1996
Main Event: Bret Hart (c) vs. Shawn Michaels in an 60-Minute Iron Man match for the WWF Championship
Simple and effective build up. Feels like a main event. The first half consists of burst of action that lead to long holds. Crowd is mostly silently observing, pretty stark contrast to the Hogan main events. It eventually picks up in the second half and gets exciting. This is comparable to Hogan/Warrior in that these two are great for each other and are working a match that's suited uniquely for them, even if I argue it's not a complete success. It's kind of an interesting experiment redeemed by the last half. I think there's a guy in the front row that's legit asleep.
leap to outside
HBK dickishness
smooth
catch sharpshooter
first superkick
Wavering between 3.5 and 4 WrestleMania Star stars out of 5
WRESTLEMANIA 13 - 1997
Main Event: Sycho Sid (c) vs. The Undertaker in a No Disqualification match for the WWF Championship
Every time WWE talks about the Streak they say it wasn't even mentioned until, like, X-7. Turns out JR mentions it here. Sid loses because of Bret Hart, so he's still kind of protected in his second loss and Mania main event. In a just world Sid would have the respect and career of Taker. The match is not terrible but none of it feels as monstrous as it should.
Sid
THE BEST PURE STRIKER
Big Boots
2 WrestleMania Star stars out of 5
Updated rankings and ratings:
6 - Warrior vs Hogan - 3.5/5
12 - HBK vs. Bret Hart - 3.5-4/5
3 - Hogan vs. Andre - 3/5
5 - Hogan vs. Savage - 3/5
7 - Hogan vs. Slaughter 2.5/5
4 - Savage vs. DiBiase - 2.5/5
1 - Hogan/Mr. T vs. Piper/Orndorff - 2.5/5
10 - Yokozuna vs. Bret - 2.5/5
13 - Sid vs. Undertaker - 2/5
9 - Bret Hart vs. Yokozuna - 2/5
2 - Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy - 1.5/5
11 - Lawrence Taylor vs. Bam Bam Bigelow - 1.5/5
8 - Hogan vs. Sid - 0.5/5
9 - Hogan vs. Yokozuna - 0/5
From the family that brought you "That ass put food on our backs"
WM weekend starting out amazing.
Discotheque
Banned
Holy shit. Is the heel turn happening? We gonna need the usos to UCE UCE UCE on a regular basis to calm the raging reigns down?
serenewarfare
Banned
According to Bryan Alvarez, as of today the plan is for the HIAC match to go on last.
Jimmy King
Member
You're right. I already planned to lower it in my next post.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
Triple H is going over, fam.
Professor Beef
Banned
I think we can all agree that Ryback will be winning this Sunday, logically. Kalisto would have to cheat in order to realistically take down The Big Guy.
Hidden One
Member
posting here as well
Anyone have that David Otunga you mad as hell gif?
Anyone have that David Otunga you mad as hell gif?
Run in boogaloo
Discotheque
Banned
If he dies he dies....
Oh shit I didn't realize the run ins. Rock is pretty much guaranteed here then huh
Pretty much, I'm good with it.
It's tempting to overrate the Iron Man due to its uniqueness, but it could've been a lot better. Not saying I didn't enjoy it, but it drags at times.
JehutyRunner
Banned
Nah, didn't forget. I was just referring to The Four Horsewomen as a whole as they were the main focus for what's going down tonight (Takeover - Bayley|Asuka), the Triple Threat on Sunday and then Smarkamania on Monday.
I do love Asuka, though. :3
The Silver
Member
who the heck managed to convince Vince to put the women front and center, good job whoever that was.
Man there's a lot of pressure on those three to deliver sunday, that match has the future of the division on its shoulders.
Jimmy King
Member
WRESTLEMANIA XIV - 1998
Shawn Michaels (c) vs. Steve Austin for the WWF Championship with special guest enforcer Mike Tyson
The entire hype video is just Mike Tyson doing the crotch chop. The glass shatters and it's like the Hogan era again. Austin is over like rover. HBK exudes douchiness and I love it. Hearing the crowd pop for Austin is great. It's documented that both men involved found this to be a failure of a match from a creative standpoint. By this point in his career HBK was checked out and/or fucked up so the match you see here is apparently beat-for-beat the match Austin and Triple H were having on the house show circuit at the time, but it's not bad. Towards the end it starts to drag until the classic finishing sequence. Oh yeah, and Mike Tyson turns face just because.
3.5 WrestleMania Star stars out of 5
WRESTLEMANIA XV - 1999
Main Event: The Rock (c) vs. Steve Austin in a No Disqualification match for the WWF Championship with special guest referee Mankind
This is a very Attitude Era match, which is to say there's lot of brawling, and I didn't really like it, but it works. It ends in a fun sequence similar to the previous year.
3 WrestleMania Star stars out of 5
WRESTLEMANIA 2000 AKA WRESTLEMANIA XVI - 2000
Main Event: Triple H (c) vs. The Rock vs. Big Show vs. Mick Foley in a four-way elimination match for the WWF Championship, with a McMahon in every corner
This is pretty awful. It's not even an entertaining disaster it's just... boring. Like last year there's a lot of brawling except with no buzz to the fight like with Austin/Rock. It just goes on and on and there's an entire portion towards the end that is nothing but McMahonery.
2 WrestleMania Star stars out of 5
WRESTLEMANIA X-7 - 2001
Main Event: The Rock (c) vs. Steve Austin in a No Disqualification match for the WWF Championship
Simply the best. This is what WrestleMania is about. The problem with most of these Mania main events is you expect absolute classic matches from Hogan/Savage, Hogan/Andre, or HBK/Bret but they don't reach their potential. In fact, most come up quite short. This one doesn't. It's a rare moment in time where you have two top guys that are crazy over and have great chemistry. That's all the story is. They both want to be the best. It's a simple story and it I think "wanting to be the best/champion" can be a lazy story for wrestling in most circumstances, but here it is completely earned because it's real. The infamous heel turn doesn't work for most people, but I love it. It's character depth, and motivation. Something that rarely happens in wrestling because there's always money to be made in doing things a certain way. That's my main complaint with these Hogan matches: his character and choices ruin the matches themselves and the stories. Kudos to Austin for trying something different at the height of his popularity, and in my mind, succeeding. It all comes down to character - the callbacks to Austin's career throughout the match that culminate in the unthinkable where he allies with his greatest enemy. Good shit.
5 WrestleMania Star stars out of 5
Updated rankings and ratings:
17 - Austin vs. Rock - 5/5
6 - Warrior vs. Hogan - 4/5
14 - Austin vs. HBK - 3.5/5
12 - HBK vs. Bret Hart - 3.5
3 - Hogan vs. Andre - 3/5
7 - Hogan vs. Slaughter - 3/5
5 - Hogan vs. Savage - 3/5
15 - Austin vs. Rock - 3/5
4 - Savage vs. DiBiase - 2.5/5
1 - Hogan/Mr. T vs. Piper/Orndorff - 2.5/5
10 - Yokozuna vs. Bret - 2.5/5
16 - HHH vs. Rock vs. Foley vs. Big show - 2/5
13 - Sid vs. Undertaker - 2/5
9 - Bret Hart vs. Yokozuna - 2/5
2 - Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy - 1.5/5
11 - Lawrence Taylor vs. Bam Bam Bigelow - 1.5/5
8 - Hogan vs. Sid - 0.5/5
9 - Hogan vs. Yokozuna - 0/5
Hot Coldman
Banned
The HIAC match being last probably great increases the chances of Shane actually winning, right?
funkystudent
Member
Not being in the main event of the worst WM in decades is the smartest play Triple H has made since marrying Stephanie. Dude can blame this sucky show sucking on the other guy
I wouldnt bet on it. Something surprising probably though.
With Triple H versus Roman its already obvious whats going to happen there so they probably want the last match to be something people are invested in, not 100% sure of the outcome and wont be leaving in the middle of to beat the traffic.
Dark Ninja
Member
Roman winning provides the most hilarious result. Lets watch Vince fail on the big stage
SymbiantXenos
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3 am uk start time for NXT Takeover. Will I stay up late?
Of course.
Of course.
And here I was thinking 10PM EST was kind of late. Jesus.
schlongdog
Banned
Would I be able to stream it if I sign up to the WWE Network to get the free month then cancel?
Violence Jack
Member
The fuck? So this is how it ends?
Yep!
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