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Who is out there for Kofi to beat besides Bryan to earn the title shot? At this point it's gotta be a case of Kofi/New Day pissing either Vince or Bryan off to the point of letting him wrestle at Mania so DB can teach him a lesson or something. Still, I was again pissed at Vince for pulling this fuckery on Kofi again, so they got me hooked for 3 weeks in a row now.

Was that a botch? Orton's shoulder was WAY up

If they are acknowledging the 09' stuff with Orton, I can only imagine how amazing Kofi's video package is gonna be for Mania. A lot of material there for the GOAT production team to do their thing.

All the faces just watching the monitor, spineless bunch. New Day is banned but what's the excuse for the rest?

What's more WWE than Orton losing to AJ and ending up challenging for the belt anyway?

AJ got a new deal, I don't think he's losing.

Triple Crown match An Ace at his peak (or entering his peak) vs the future Ace in a title match is not a dynamic that you get to see much in Japan and I gotta say they pulled it off nicely here. At first this is all about Kento, he's a cocky motherfucker that wants to show the kid he ain't got what it takes, and he pretty much does exactly that. Miyahara's mannerisms and the mandatory Wada fuckery carry the first 10 minutes or so of the match, which are fine but nothing to write home about either. Nomura has to fight like hell to land anything meaningful and it doesn't have a lasting impact because Kento is just better. But as the match goes along, Naoya starts to find cracks in the champ. Little by little, he starts landing more powerful stuff, and he starts to make it very difficult for Miyahara to hit a combo or the straight jacket German Suplex that would finish the match. This goes for a good 5-8 minutes until Nomura is finally going toe to toe with Kento, and you actually believe it, it makes sense, and you buy into the action and the nearfalls. The first portion of the match might be a little too long, but it pays off. Great showcase for Nomura and awesome performance by Kento, who truly did his best to prove Naoya got next. BTW, Korakuen is perfect for this as they truly represent Nomura's progression in the match. From "cool opportunity for the kid", to "hey, he's hanging in there", to "holy shit look at this kid", to "HOLY FUCK THE KID MIGHT PULL THIS OFF".

All Japan World Tag Team titles on the line. A worthy successor to the classic they had in January, though not on THAT level. This one doesn't have the emotional rollercoaster vibe the first one had, and it was more about bomb throwing, which kinda makes sense because things had to escalate from their previous encounter. The roles are reversed on the first third of the match, with Strong BJ dominating this time and working over Suwama, and Shuji having to be the hot tag and the fired up one. Korakuen loves Strong BJ though, so even tough they are the invaders, they are still over and never get booed - they didn't try to get booed either though, except for like 2 times they choked Suwama,but they left it at that -, they were really into Yuji and that's awesome because that just means his Champion Carnival run is gonna be fucking amazing. Once Ishikawa does the hot tag the match becomes evenly matched and they just trade bombs and strikes until the end. There are some nice little touches, like Suwama throwing himself to the canvas to avoid Daisuke's german suplex, but him getting deadlifted anyway, a fucked up Shuji lending a hand to avoid the double german suplex, or both Sekimoto and Suwama screaming and cheering up their partners to get the job done and get the W. Still, after an amazing nearfall that I wont spoil, the match kinda fizzles to the end, it's like Korakuen didn't really want a title change, lol. This is more than worth a watch, 25 minutes of dope hoss action, not a classic, but a great match anyways.

This was a give, but AJ re-signed with WWE.

Yuki still has it, he puts on a clinic here. Thatcher did not held back with his strikes, dude was nailing Ishikawa with forearms, palm strikes and some nice body shots. He held his on own on the mat for the first 7 or so minutes, but as the match went along, Yuki just kept finding new ways to put him in really painful move, specially his legs. This went 14 minutes and it felt longer - in a good way - because they did so much. Loved the struggle for holds too. Must watch if you are into the style, specially because old man Yuki does not disappoint.

I fucking love this angle, I'm legit heated at Vince

Tag match about to start with almost 30 minutes left. We about to witness some important fuckery, right?

That's my point, "pretty decent" is just sad for a guy like Orton. She's felt like just another member of the roster Sunday and today. Has the convoluted booking finally affected her or has this been going on for a while?

Not sure if he'll be able to carry Randy to his career best but AJ can certainly give Randall the first memorable Wrestlemania match of his career. It's kinda shocking that after all these years his only Mania moment is the RKO on Rollins at WM 31.

D-Bry having a legit Bryan Danielson in ROH/Indys title run in WWE as a heel is mindblowing. Where the hell is Charles to makes sense out of all this? ps: seriously though, where has Loss been? Is he ok?

That's a really fucked up stipulation man way to treat your "brother" by trying to beat him and making him stay against his will.

A monthly tradition

Roman looks so damn happy.

2013 was a magical year. I can't believe that was 6 fucking years ago.

I miss these three having dope matches every week.

This retcon of Ambrose is amazing. He's even the face in peril

I haven't seen almost anything of the weekly shows but Becky didn't feel special at all tonight. I hope it was just a bad placement/impossible situation kind of thing.

Becky should just tape herself doing boxing training and telling Ronda all it takes is one punch at this point

Typical WWE booking makes Bryan win after that interference. Bryan kept wrestling. slapped the shit out of Mustafa, told him he didn't deserve to be there and then killed him dead with his knee. You add that to his Ws over AJ - the Rumble being the only exception - and EC and that's as dominant as a non-big guy heel champ there's been in WWE in a long ass time. HHH is the only one that comes to mind.

That's another clean pin/win for Bryan. When was the last time a non-monster heel champ won clean so many times?