Wrestlemania

[Kronos]

So glad JBL and them had the class to stay silent.

[stro]

This loses a lot of its impact when they did the same thing for HBK and everyone knows Taker should have hung it up years ago instead of doing this big thing after embarrassing himself in front of 75K people.

[Kronos]

Okay. Starting again. Who's with me?

 

Ha! No.

[Matt D]

Well, it's been fun guys. I'll watch any Wrestlemania with you bunch. Here's to Brock/Reigns in a year.

[Jmare007]

That's a dope sendoff. I'm glad this is it for Taker, dude deserves to rest after all he's given to the company.

 

The match never picked up for me, I liked the idea of the they were going for but the execution was just meh. I'm not sure Taker could have a much better match with anyone though.

[KawadaSmile]

The worst part is that of course Roman is going to receive most of the blame for the match not being great, specially because of that tombstone spot.

[Kronos]

It's been a treat. See you guys tomorrow.

[flyonthewall2983]

Glad he hung up his spurs tonight. I really hoped for a long time that New Orleans was it, but maybe that was the beginning of the end. Plus this was a much better send-off. Maybe not the match itself but the exit was cool.

[El-P]

I wished the Undertaker had some kind of supernatural sendoff, but I guess this will do. Not a big fan of watching him overstaying his welcome the last few years, that match was just sad at points. I was a huge fan of Taker in the 90's, so I guess that's the last of my original favourites who goes into retirement. Well, he well deserves it.

 

And I deserve to rest, it's 6:20 in the morning.

 

It was fun. And not so fun. But mostly fun.

[rzombie1988]

i kind of admire Vince's hard-headedness at this point. This is a man on a mission that is never going to succeed. Anyone else would have put down the sail a while ago, but not Vince.

 

The show was both longer and better than I expected. Final time was 7 hours and 12 minutes. Nothing was really that bad either.

[Parties]

I haven't seen a guy run out of gas in a match like that since... Taker at last year's Mania.

 

A solid ending, but a match like this and Brock/Goldberg show that the McMahons still know how to build sets and envision matchups on a marquee, but aren’t bothering to tell stories with nuance or memorable detail. This was performed the way you’d recall this match if you saw glimpses of it in a dream, or were anecdotally describing it to someone ten years from now. I might feel differently if I was more of a Taker fan, but like the Brock win it seems like the mere delivery of a foregone conclusion, without the unforgettable hooks that make such matches more than mere fanfare.

 

Still, at home from afar, I liked the show in spite of its flaws and dismal length. (If they're trying to be Orlando fun for the whole family, should they really be ending at midnight?) Some good individual performances (Styles, Hardys, Charlotte, Alexa, Roman) that offer hope for the future.

[Jimmy Redman]

DELETE DELETE DELETE

[goodhelmet]

Shit... I left before the farewell. What happened ?

[Kronos]

Shit... I left before the farewell. What happened ?

Taker slowly took off his gloves. Then his coat. Then his hat. Left them folded in middle of ring.

 

Then he kissed McCool at the barrier, and slowly walked up the ramp.

 

It was pretty great.

 

Also, he looked like he was crying.

[fakeplastictrees]

As good as a Taker match could be at this point, with the fine Reigns heeling up and working around Taker's limitations. But I was not feeling the whole pathetic "Sorry I love you" kinda stuff at the end. It should have ended with the mercy killing much earlier, after the chairshots. Some of it was just sad to watch. Taker just did a few matches too many.

 

That was so forced. I fucking hated it. It was drama with no soul. Completely hollow. At least HBK's day time soap opera level of acting made sense in the context of his WM24 match against Flair. The same cannot be said for this. The stakes weren't high enough. Is this how Taker really wanted to go out? Some slub fake crying and regrettable offense, etc.?

[Jimmy Redman]

The farewell redeemed the match.

[Ricky Jackson]

There was a lot of fun stuff and great stuff on the show, but it's just too damn long with so many epic half hour matches. They really should try and cut back on the time but they will likely only get longer with each passing year

[flyonthewall2983]

Is it just me, or did anyone else feel that the marriage proposal would have worked better if Cena and Bella lost the match?

 

BTW, I believe it was legit.

[fakeplastictrees]

Is it just me, or did anyone else feel that the marriage proposal would have worked better if Cena and Bella lost the match?

 

BTW, I believe it was legit.

 

 

...but yeah me too. I think a lot of people did which is why the arena was so flat as people LEGIT didn't want to be disrespectful (or some shit). It was just too corny and John Cena as a character has jumped the final shark in my book.

[Jimmy Redman]

Despite the dead half, this was a miles better show than last year.

[fakeplastictrees]

Yeah the show took a shit right after the mixed tag. I knew it was going to be bad--but BOY! did WWE pull out all the stops. Naomi winning and Goldberg/Lesnar were nice, but God surely turned his back on the earth as we were left to pay for our sins by enduring HHH/Rollins and Orton/Wyatt. Rollins/HHH had a story based around Rollins bad/questionable knee and yet Rollins was working like he was in a 2007 ROH main event with no issues at all. Who the hell attempts deadlift powerbombs on a bum knee? What about the attempting the same move that put him on the shelf? This match was not worked smart at all and because of that, it pulled me out a number of times as the knee became a forced narrative that went completely against what Rollins was trying to present the majority of the match.

 

The less said about the 0-3 Mania record of Wyatt, the better. This one was the worse of all.

[Jimmy Redman]

We could have had Charlotte vs Bayley or Sasha vs Bayley main event this show guys. Y'all laughed at me.

[Cobra Commander]

almost like they should have shuffled the Cena tag, HHH 25 minute match, Orton/Wyatt match order?

 

HHH got more time than Cena, Orton/Wyatt, and the Lesnar/Goldberg sprint combined. Gotta think having that match go 25 fucked up the format a lil

[Kronos]

We could have had Charlotte vs Bayley or Sasha vs Bayley main event this show guys. Y'all laughed at me.

Have we had Charlotte v Becky on ppv? Different brands now, but all it takes is a draft or a trade.

 

Looks like Charlotte feuds with Jax for a bit now, until Asuka comes up.

[Tim Evans]

Just got back from the show. So long but so worth it. The Hardy's thing was incredible live I've never heard a crowd like that. Only match I didn't like was the Orton match. More later.