thebrainfollower Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Rumors have Taker facing someone not currently in WWE at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 #WeWantNash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 #WeWantNash  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 it will never, ever happen, but imagine the pop if right when they were going to announce Taker's opponent the Titan Tron went to static and Cult of Personality hit. Â I kind of like the idea of it being Goldberg, but it seems to really piss off Vince when someone isn't a mark for Wrestlemania and actually wants paid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakeplastictrees Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Taker/Goldberg would be very fun especially with both of them cosplaying MMA during their high profile match. I don't see WWE doing the match and having the balls to do a real finish. I highly doubt Mcmahon/HHH/Taker(?) would want Taker losing at Mania to someone who hasn't been in the business proper for over a decade. Lesnar of course is a different case as he was in WWE and had done some matches prior to his Taker encounter. I also don't see Bill just coming in, taking the check, jobbing out, and leaving without some type of fuss occurring. The match is too big to fail which means that its going to be fucked up 10 ways to Starrcade 1997. The fans will be split as they would not want either to win or loss. Â Is it bad to assume Angle is keeping himself in ring-shape for this match? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 There's absolutely no way Vince would bring back Angle in a wrestling capacity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcmmnx Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Taker vs Goldberg would make me give even less of a fuck about Mania, and I didn't think that was possible. Seriously is there anybody out there that wants to see 50 year old Taker vs 49 year old Goldberg in one of the main events to fucking WrestleMania. They didn't bother using Goldberg worth a shit 13 years ago when they actually could've made money off him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakeplastictrees Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 I would want to see it for the same reason I wanted to see Orton/Batista as the main event of WM30...I want to see it for bad reasons. If WWE is going to continue to work to fuck around during Mania season then I want to at least be entertained in how far up their own ass the company is. There is no one they can bring in without booking themselves into a corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slasher Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Why would it matter now if Taker wins or loses in his Mania match? The streak is over. There's no need to protect Taker anymore. If it was ever at all possible to do Taker/Goldberg or any other "dream" pairings for Taker, I think it is okay to have Taker lose sometimes and hell, that's really what he should be doing at this point. Not necessarily against Goldberg but it's time to have him phased out a bit and put over quality workers that the WWE might want as a future cornerstone of Triple H/Stephanie era WWE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmas Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Did WWE sign Dalton Castle? He's not on the roster yet and him versus Taker would be about the greatest match of all-time. At least a match I would love to see more than any other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakeplastictrees Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Why would it matter now if Taker wins or loses in his Mania match? The streak is over. There's no need to protect Taker anymore. If it was ever at all possible to do Taker/Goldberg or any other "dream" pairings for Taker, I think it is okay to have Taker lose sometimes and hell, that's really what he should be doing at this point. Not necessarily against Goldberg but it's time to have him phased out a bit and put over quality workers that the WWE might want as a future cornerstone of Triple H/Stephanie era WWE. Â To the fans it would. I can see in this super touchy era that people will completely shit on Goldberg beating Taker in a way you cannot imagine. I do agree that beating Taker should still mean something and someone doing it should happen. But if/when it does it should go to someone who needs it. Kevin Owens, Dean Ambrose,Finn Balor, etc. I think you are underselling the shit storm that will come if Goldberg or someone like him, not including Sting, beats Taker at Mania. It won't be Lesnar levels of stink, but I would hate to go to some place like DVDVR after that PPV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 I feel like Goldberg in front of the Mania crowd would be like Sid at the ECW arena. Â This Wrestlemania is such a mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCS1988 Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 The rumor of someone facing Taker at Mania who is not in WWE at the moment reminds me of the Hade Vanson fiasco in 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slasher Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Now is this rumor about someone who isn't on the main roster (but actually appearing on NXT right now) or is it someone actually not under the WWE umbrella in any way? I cannot think of someone that the WWE would be comfortable putting in a pretty high profile match with Taker after debuting a mere month before the event who isn't already under contract. The most far out possibility is Finn Balor with his Club as his support and I would imagine Balor needs extra time to get the Club over as a real threat to the WWE roster which obviously you can't establish within omly one month. Â I agree that Taker shouldn't be losing to Goldberg, which is why I said "not necessarily Goldberg", my point was really more a general point that Taker losing at Mania is already out there on the table, and so the fans already has that shock of the Lesnar match out of their system so the WWE should rethink what Taker's role should be going forward, and it can't be as the spectre of doom and destroyer of wrestlers' will anymore. That's done with now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Balor is tiny. I realize WWE is very different than it was years ago in how they perceive that but I simply can't imagine a Taker/Finn match at Wrestlemania. Â That's in no way a knock on Balor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Gallows would make a perfectly suitable Undertaker opponent if he was built up properly, and they'd probably have a pretty good match too. I'm not sure what their plans are there, though, and if I'm WWE, I'm building up Gallows as a Roman Reigns opponent later in the year by pushing him HARD. A loss to Undertaker right away wouldn't destroy that, but it would work against that idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmas Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Big E is still the perfect choice if the WWE knew what they were doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 I'm with our friend from the frigid north. Â Have them show hubris and Taker interrupt them at Fastlane. Â That one match would make the Mania card so much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmas Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 I'm with our friend from the frigid north. Â Have them show hubris and Taker interrupt them at Fastlane. Â That one match would make the Mania card so much better. Just imagine Xavier and Kofi outside the ring taunting Taker as Big E dances over his prone body. It's money! Plus Big E should get a massive push. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 I would want a "If Taker loses, he has to join the New Day" stip but they'd never do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMKK Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Gallows would make a perfectly suitable Undertaker opponent if he was built up properly, and they'd probably have a pretty good match too. I'm not sure what their plans are there, though, and if I'm WWE, I'm building up Gallows as a Roman Reigns opponent later in the year by pushing him HARD. A loss to Undertaker right away wouldn't destroy that, but it would work against that idea. Â This is a pertinent point because, political hit theory aside, if WWE actually want Reigns to be a success as champion then he needs credible heel challengers. That means that WWE are going to have to take the breaks off of the 50/50 booking and actually establish some heels. Owens would have been a good contender for a title feud just a few weeks ago but now he's trading wins with Ziggler on TV and that would tarnish anyone's credibility. If this Wrestlemania is to be a success beyond simply being a big-ass show in a big-ass stadium, then the goal should be to kick off serious pushes for two or three heels with the aim of having them as Roman's main challengers over the next 4-6 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 So after Fastlane it looks like we may actually get Brock-Ambrose to go with Hunter-Reigns, and I'm guessing Cena-Taker will follow. Just like that I am stoked about the card. Amazing what SuperCena and the absence of Wyatt can do for a show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 So we got HHH/Reigns, Taker/Shane HIAC and Ambrose/Lesnar street fight so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcmmnx Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Well if you like WWE garbage matches you're in for a treat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 If Dean vs. Brock was for the title, this card becomes a million times more interesting. You don't even need to change anything else, you can still have garbage like HHH vs. Reigns and you can still push Shane McMahon off a building for your vanity project retrospective videos. There's a million problems with how they portray Dean but he's got the majority of the people behind him and 90% of the roster can't say that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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