Wrestlemania 31
Wrestlemania tonight could be one of the best in recent memory. Anyone else watching it tonight? This is also my first forum topic post. Just wanted it to be short and sweet.
my 12 year old friend tried to introduce me to WWF wrestling, its still the fakest shit on television.
March 29th, 2015 at 10:23 PM ^
Gee thanks for alerting us that wrestling is scripted. Meaning it's exactly like everything else on television.
March 29th, 2015 at 10:27 PM ^
DP. Which sounds kinda like a finishing move in wrestling. Ahem.
March 30th, 2015 at 12:03 AM ^
The average age of the guys outside this ring is like 96 and the BAC is around .87
This match is absolutely the encapsulation of the Monday Night Wars - as overbooked as possible.
This match is absolutely the encapsulation of the Monday Night Wars - as overbooked as possible.
Lol, Scott Hall took a bump. Let's hope he doesn't drink a beer tonight to numb the back pain.
What a terrible match. Just the dumbest ending and a waste of the one time most people will really care about Sting in the WWE.
The match itself was fine in the beginning, but it was overbooked to shit and it ended terribly. Nobody was asking for a Bryan-Triple H match, but shoehorning in DX and the NWO, the latter which actively fought against Sting for about 99% of their run, is stupid. I mean, at least have them dress as the Wolfpac and get Konnan, Kevin Nash in the red, Lex Luger, etc.
That's my point. I know it's all fake and WWE doesn't believe most people have more than a 2-day memory, but the whole point of Sting going "The Crow" route was to mess with the original NWO. It just seems dumb to ret-con the storyline for no reason except to trot out a bunch of guys you have under contract.
But whatever, I've never been a huge fan of Triple H when it comes to storyline usage (he's a good worker in the ring), and this was a weird match when they booked it as some "WCW vs. WWF" match when in fact Sting never seemed like the crusader for WCW the way they tried.
I don't get why Bradshaw was burying Sting and his career on commentary if Sting wasn't going to get over. That made no sense.
March 29th, 2015 at 10:51 PM ^
The announcers have been all over the road today. They buried Sting, had no idea what to do during stretches of that Cena match, and are telegraphing this ME a bit too much for my liking.
Also, if you are going to smack a guy in the head with the sledgehammer, at least sell it like you are out for more than 30 seconds.
I hate this "mutual respect" BS stuff. From a business standpoint, you lose the ability to put Sting vs. Undertaker at Wrestlemania 32, you trotted out a bunch of old guys who look turrible to sell your current product, and you bummed out a lot of people who hoped, for once, that the politics of 15 years ago wouldn't rear its ugly head again.
Ah well, maybe they'll redeem themselves with Cena vs. Rusev...nah.
Why is there a sexy baked potato singing right now with the drummer from Blink-182 behind her? Ah well, at least it's not Machine Gun Kelly.
I'm a little surprised they are putting this match on before Cena vs. Rusev, Taker vs. Wyatt, or the Main Event. People are going to need a break between those matches, not so much for bathroom breaks or anything (I mean, you could take a bathroom break and order food during the Undertaker's introduction alone), but just because it is going to be 3 straight "epic" matches in a row. That's a killer emotionally.
I guess. They already trotted out a bunch during that Daniel Bryan segment. Maybe they'll bring Harbaugh out for 10 minutes so that he can cut a shoot promo on the 49ers' management. That would be pretty awesome.
I am going to cry every time I see that Connor video.
This is a pretty stacked HoF class.
I used to watch during the Monday night wars and the WWF Attitude/Raw is War era. Occasionally when I've had a couple too many I will end up in a WWF wormhole on youtube.
I can't do it anymore, it used to be so good. Very diluted now in my opinion, I couldn't even tell ya what channel it's on plus my two favorites Stone Cold & The Undertaker don't wrestle anymore. I'm still a little pissy The Undertaker had his infamous streak ended, that guy was so awesome.
I do recommend listening to Stone Cold's unedited podcast though, he is actually really funny. Just had Amani Toomer on last week.
Undertaker is still wrestling tonight, so I guess you are missing on him.
Professional wrestling is an acquired taste; lots of Attitude Era people love it and don't want wrestling to deviate from that, and it's fine. It's like guys who loved ECW and now flock to CZW and Juggalo events because they want to see people just get brutalized. I know people who swear by 70s and 80s-era NWA as the pinnacle. It's what you like.
But the product isn't demonstrably worse except tha tthe top acts don't have cross-over appeal the way they did 15 years ago, which was such an abberation that it will likely not happen again.
I love this Rusev entrance. If you are going 110% Russian, might as well go all the way. Plus, hard to argue with a super-attractive blond and a freaking tank!
Rusev's entrance was epic. They certainly have a lot invested in selling this match to the crowd.
I'm going to break the no-politics rule for a second and say that this Cena entrace should be run on a loop on Fox News every hour. If you've ever wondered what a near-70 year old billionaire carnival barker thinks is America, watch this entrance video.
The more I watch the more I'm certain that Reigns will win. This crowd isn't as hot and smarky as I was expecting, meaning Reigns will go over without much heat.
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He's an old-school heel. The problem is that Lana isn't a great talker, so you lose those promos that can really push a heel. He's money in the ring, but he needs someone who can carry him in these promos beyond the couple of good quotes he can pull out.
Come on Cena - close that window with the STF.
And that's kind of a weird finish to this match. It will elevate the US title, but Rusev looks like kind of a chump.
90 minutes and 2 matches to go. Gonna be a slog for a bit.
I really do hope they keep them together. It works for his character.
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