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Why would you have either of those results, as none of them lead to a positive outcome? Andrade, as much as he may have banging matches and unreal chemistry with Rey, has no heat. People don't really pop or boo when he makes an entrance, and I doubt cutting his Pidgeotto hair would help him. They are cool and I like a lucha de apuestas as much as anyone else, but at this point it really wouldn't have helped any of them. They can build Andrade better and have a better payoff, it's all. Also, about speculation: surely after last year's Mania, any Brock Lesnar match is leaving people wondering if Vince is doing smack and changing the finish

Who wants to see Andrade cut his hair or Mysterio lose his mask, though?

Thank you, brother @Blehschmidt. The Power Of Positivity helps me get through things nowadays. Lot's of bad things going down and having a positive outlook on something can help deal with that. Anyways, I used to see some WCW-esque moments in the latter half of 2018 myself. Faces never getting the upper hand on heels, specially on Raw, made for some awful, awful television, and that's something WCW had aplenty when they died a horrible death. That Corbin/Lashley/McIntyre partnership was a fraction of the sum of their parts. I like all three, but when they pretty much made everyone look like fools for months, it wasn't really engaging. Making them have their own separate programs was something they desperatedly needed, and I hope they stay separate after WM. Corbin can generate heat for himself (without needing to make references to a real life illness) and is a good bumper. Lashley is a freak of nature and a very dope heel, and at the IC level he's set. Drew is just a main eventer, to me. Let them go their own ways. And I get being put off by Ronda/Becky antics. Having kayfabe-killing as your character, while not new, is hardly done right. They manage to avoid making it a total trainwreck by mixing some awful content with legit entertaining segments, but I totally get how bad it can come off. Like, I get using social media to promote your match is something that should be encouraged, and many people did that very well in years prior - Joey Janela and PCO are shining examples - but staying too online trying to have some "gotcha" tweets or using insider lingos can make you look so bad. It's just not worth the risk.

It wasn't that serious, more of a jest. Or just a lazy post. But now that you mentioned pace, from their more recent track record at booking RAW (which is 3 hours long) and PPVs that go nearly 4 hours, they've been doing a quite good job. Your mileage may vary, of course, but most of the shows this year felt like easy watches, specially compared to some slogs of 2018 and 2017. Based on this card, the only worry is what Batista/HHH are going to do. It's a No Holds Barred, but it still does have Trips in it, and most of his recent shit have been complete mood killers, no matter what pairing he's in - killed the crowd against Seth, killed the crowd against old dog Taker, killed the crowd against Roman for 75% of the match. The only moments where the crowd came alive to his previous big matches was when there was some sort of fuckery going on, which might save this bout.

Well he kinda did this dick move at the GRR. It payed off for him and Cena because the crowd reaction was grand. Think about the other end of this issue: Wrestlemania XI sucked dirty ass and was around 2 hours. Which would you have between those two options?

I think we are being pessimistic here, guys. Not only it takes a while for the whole crowd to get in, as we saw in previous Wrestlemanias, there are matches clearly designed to be breathers, with Angle/Corbin being the most obvious example. Plus, we've got Alexa segments and a guaranteed Elias show, that surely won't be in any way interrupted. I get that long events can be really tiresome (and I'm missing the show because I'm going to a festival over the entire weekend, Lord have mercy), but it seems to me that they've wisened up. They got a stacked card and it looks like they are trying to make things work in "sessions", with breathing space in between the big matches. And, given how they've got 3 matches they can call Main Event, people can tune in for the matches they like the most and leave early, or get in late etc. They aren't forced to sit through the entire thing.

I just realized I won't be able to watch the show live and I am fucking livid right now. So, here's what we've got: Drew McIntyre vs Roman Reigns Samoa Joe vs Rey Mysterio Boss 'n Hug/Samoan Slaughterhouse/Divas of Doom/IIconics Seth Rollins vs Brock Lesnar Becky Lynch vs Charlotte Flair vs Ronda Rousey Big Dick Batista vs Triple H AJ Styles vs Randy Orton Kurt Angle vs Baron Corbin Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal Buddy Murphy vs Cedric Alexander/Tony Nese The Miz vs Shane McMahon To Be Announced: Intercontinental Title Match RAW Tag Team Title Match SD Tag Team Title Match SD Women's Title Match WWE Title Match Stacked as fuck. Gonna hide from social media until I can watch it all

It's not just The New Day that's on Kofi's side. They made sure that with every cut to backstage, more and more people were rooting for him. Everyone, from the Usos to Ricochet to Nikki Cross to Ali to AJ to KO and even The Man are on his side. Shit's gonna be good.

SD will have full-on backstage riots, I guess

Daniel Bryan being the Orton to Kofi's Daniel Bryan is incredible

Rowan becoming good wasn't something I antecipated

LOL at they using Bludgeon Brothers' theme for Rowan

KO is indeed a full-on Mick Foley tribute act at this point.

DOMINIC! Also, Rey vs Joe at WM sounds dope as fuck

Face!Miz is money. So happy that he's been able to pull this off. One of the most complete dudes around, no joke.

Ehhh, kinda? It's more about AJ claiming that he built the SD house when in truth he's in WWE for 3 years, while Orton's been there for over a decade. They mention AJ Styles' past as an indie wrestler more as an argument as to why he didn't "built" that house. The focal point is the importance of those two guys for SD over indies vs WWE, I'd say.

SD tag is going to be Hardyz/Usos. The WM card is banging hard.

If this leads to Becky killing Browne at the go-home Raw, then it was worth it.

I'm howling at this segment

I saw Dana Brooke vs Billie Kay at a 2015 or so NXT episode and I wonder why that Dana clone isn't the one always wrestling. It was a pretty cool match.

Jinder vs Ricochet was fun. Jinder is a solid hand in the ring and Rico needs a shine against someone who has status but can afford to lose.

Mojo is such a great promo but man this storyline is weird as fuck. People don't care about him, so it just a dude talking to a mirror.

They are leaps and bounds above Nattie. I'd argue that they are better than Beth, but she's cooler in the grizzled vet with huge fucking arms role

Beth looking more jacked than the Undisputed Era and DIY. She's cool as fuck and example #3 of why bangin' the roids is good

Kurt vs Corbin can only be good if it is less than 5 minutes long. Angle is good at stuff similar to this good Gable match, and having him go like 15 minutes is less than ideal.