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I would also add that Undertaker's wrestling style is really dated by the standards of what your average WWE match looks like these days. He's bulletproof and all, but it stands out on a card where Cesaro and Bryan are both far more over than he is, not to mention HHH changing his style to keep up quite a bit by contrast.

This has no heat at all and is pretty boring so far.

I think the issue is more that WM crowds have their minds made up about Cena and nothing can be done to overcome the reaction he's destined to get. Period. Nothing.

Cesaro took the fall because they were doing something big with him right after the finish that would "undo" it. That's always been the WWE way.

I will be really surprised if lots of people do that. I feel like I've paid for something and I'm not going to double pay for it because I'm not sure I'm going to get what I paid for in the first place. But that's just me. If there are more buys than I expect, I will blame it on the word "Network", which is a misleading way to describe what WWE is doing in a way. That word leads people to think they can call their cable company for more information. Then maybe the customer service people there say "We don't know anything about a network, but we can help you order Wrestlemania."

A non-finish?

Exactly how I feel.

I watch on Apple TV and had zero problems whatsoever watching the HOF in real time.

I will be surprised if there are that many. I will freely admit I'm wrong if I'm wrong.

There is no buyrate to pop. Wrestling has changed.

I just skimmed through and watched some highlights again. Carlito absolutely had the line of the night. So, so great.

I suspect that match is going to be fanfic for Kane/Outlaws haters. Dave even thinks Ziggler has a chance of winning the battle royal simply because they are already expecting this crowd to be very into him.

He was so sweaty and red-faced most of the time that I seriously thought he was going to pass out or have a heart attack or worse. I'm not joking at all. It was distracting to me. Also, put me in the minority who absolutely loved Lita's speech.

I can't believe that actually happened.

Ooh, Misawa vs Jumbo from 6/8/90 and Jumbo vs Kawada from 10/24/91 are both good picks for me. I think both matches are good, but I don't understand why they place among the best of the decade so often. I'm expecting to have both in my top 500 of the 90s, but not in the upper tier.

I don't know if the ROH vs CZW Cage of Death match still gets lots of love, but if so, that's my answer. All the coming and going (Bryan Danielson heeling early and leaving, Homicide coming in late) really kills the gimmick, which is supposed to be no way in, no way out. I remember liking the six-man on the 100th ROH show way more.

"Hello ... is it me you're looking for?"

This year's Wrestlemania song is so, so, so awful.

Call me naive, but I suspect everything will go off without a hitch. We'll see if I'm right.

Wait, has someone implied that Wade saw a drop off in subscriptions as a result of coming out?

Will anyone else find it hilarious if Brie Bella starts getting billed as Brie Bryan? Brie Bella Bryan would be even funnier. Triple B!

Piper had that fantastic segment with Jericho to set up Wrestlemania back in '09, but outside of that, it is a little disappointing, yeah. I think for that one though, Jericho coached him exactly on what he wanted him to say and kept him on a short leash. So maybe that's what is needed to get something out of him.

I thought Reeves was his real last name. Anyway, if he ever gets released, I personally think Ryan Reeves is a way better wrestling name anyway. I hear that and think "What's a Ryback?"

Also, I don't mean this as a rant against scripting since we've been there and done that, but do the writers who aren't longtime fans really understand how to write for guys like Hogan and Piper?

He had a really great match with Arn Anderson on the 1/4/92 WCWSN too.