Wrestlemania 33 - open thread

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Wolverine Devotee

April 3rd, 2017 at 12:05 AM ^

Sad way for him to go out. Legend. 1991-2017. Hell of a career. Helped save the company.

Michigan4Life

April 3rd, 2017 at 12:23 AM ^

has to be AJ Styles vs. Shane O Mac. I had doubt about the match and thought AJ would carry the match, but Shane McMahon more than carry his weight in this one. Both looked good and Shane pulled out Coast to Coast and Shooting Star Press off the top rope spots which is impressive.

This match pretty much cemented AJ Styles as the best wrestler in the sports entertainment world. He has won everywhere from ROH, TNA, NWA, New Japan and WWE. His ability to create 4-5 star match with anyone is second to one. I'm so glad that he finally was able to make it to the WWE after a long road in Indy circuit.

ArmenHammer

April 3rd, 2017 at 12:31 AM ^

Should've ended at either Wrestlemania 28 or 29, either beating HHH or losing to Punk. What they've done makes no sense, and not even the fact that he lost tonight even mattered to anyone after 30. Knowing this was the last hurrah, it was just a brisk tumbling down to the end of the road. Probably the greatest wrestler of all time, who perfectly represents the downfall of the company. Shame. At least Raw will probably be better than Wrestlemania, as usual. And, after that, onto another 11 months of forgetting about WWE.

McSomething

April 3rd, 2017 at 9:14 AM ^

The next big inevitable showdown is Lesnar/Reigns II at either SummerSlam or WM 34. The two men to beat Taker at WM. Hey, maybe Vince will finally figure out a way to get the crowd to cheer Reigns. Or he'll finally turn him heel. Ah, who am I kidding? Neither of those things will happen. Reigns will beat Lesnar clean, and the crowd booing will still need to be turned down.

Michigan4Life

April 3rd, 2017 at 10:58 AM ^

thought that WM 33 was pretty good. The first half was great and 2nd half felt super rushed because of the timing issue. The main event was logical considering it's Taker's last match and you cannot follow up with him retiring in the middle of Mania.

WM 30 had one big moment which is Daniel Bryan winning the title.

ArmenHammer

April 3rd, 2017 at 11:37 AM ^

AJ vs Shane, Owens vs Jericho, and the Hardy Boyz return were awesome!

Taker's thing was bitter sweet, since the moment was beautiful as well as long overdue, but the retirement was predictable and him getting pinned was as cringy as it was poorly planned, since all Taker was going to be able to handle was just kicking out of repeated finishers. For such a phenomenal career, I just wish it would have ended more elegantly than losing twice in two immaterial matches after the opportunity of 28 and 29.

Cena's proposal was heartwarming since I think he said he planned on never getting married again. Beyond that, Randy winning again is useless, the Rollins vs HHH match was good but this is like the third time they've done the same angle with HHH at Wrestlemania putting over an upcoming star and now it seems to me like the winner doesn't even gain that much momentum (maybe I just have Daniel Bryan PTSD), again the women's match was uncomelling, and the entire concept of the Goldberg-Lesnar match was as embarrasing as it concluded.

I truly believe that Reigns is the best wrestler in the company, but his persona is so undirected that he would probably benefit most from a long-term feud with some underdog newbie-baby-face, but we'll see. Again, I'll watch Raw tonight, but probably lose interest after next week when the story line gets messed up again. In my opinion, the only pieces that would redeem the product are those which WWE can't recover (i.e. Bryan, Punk, etc.).

Reader71

April 4th, 2017 at 10:55 AM ^

Is it? I was a wrestling fan for the first 22 years of my life or so. Then it stopped being enjoyable. Instead of watching and complaining every week, I have not watched a live wrestling match in 10+ years. I think that is much more reasonable than complaining about booking decisions non-stop, which seems to be the entirety of adult wrestling fandom today.

uncle leo

April 3rd, 2017 at 9:56 AM ^

Is where it all started. Between that and Goldeneye, I got hundreds upon hundreds of quality multi gaming with me and my buds.

Goldeneye's another story. That's one of the few games that if there was competitive leagues back then, I would have pursued a career in it lol. We got so good with that game we memorized all the respawn points. And if you didn't play License to Kill, you did it all wrong.

uncle leo

April 3rd, 2017 at 9:32 AM ^

A lot more main events that weren't as good.

Yeah, the action wasn't up to code, but it was a pretty important moment in wrestling.

That being said, they need to trim 40 minutes. Either do all the concert crap before or have one less match.