Wrestlemania 35: The KawadaSmile tribute thread

[FMKK]

Just now, Badlittlekitten said:

This crowd is gonna be insufferable isn't it.

What the hell are they singing about? Can't make out the words but I'm sure it's stupid

[Matt D]

I stopped off to drop off the Redbox. In the car I was listening to a podcast on how the potato famine affected continental Europe. How does that compare to the match?

[El-P]

1 minute ago, FMKK said:

What the hell are they singing about? Can't make out the words but I'm sure it's stupid

Give them a break, they need to stay awake while Orton is making AJ Styles boring.

[CarpetCrawler]

That superplex was awesome, damn.

[Childs]

3 minutes ago, Matt D said:

I stopped off to drop off the Redbox. In the car I was listening to a podcast on how the potato famine affected continental Europe. How does that compare to the match?

The Orton famine has consumed us.

[Jmare007]

4 minutes ago, FMKK said:

What the hell are they singing about? Can't make out the words but I'm sure it's stupid

They are chanting to turn the lights off

 

[Herodes]

4 minutes ago, Matt D said:

I stopped off to drop off the Redbox. In the car I was listening to a podcast on how the potato famine affected continental Europe. How does that compare to the match?

In Our Time?

[FMKK]

Just now, Jmare007 said:

They are chanting to turn the lights off

 

Christ almighty, I don't know why WWE can't have a few people sitting in the crowd to feedback how it looks to the production

[Jmare007]

All these faces Ws makes me fear they re gonna delay Kofi's title win for the next PPV or something. 5 consecutive wins for the good guys.

[FMKK]

Is it unfair to suggest that AJ may have passed his peak as a worker? Maybe he's had a bad run of opponents but, other than the Bryan TLC match, I've found a lot of his PPV stuff underwhelming since the Brock match.

[C.S.]

Is it only me or were the first two matches "just there"?

[...TG]

1 minute ago, FMKK said:

Is it unfair to suggest that AJ may have passed his peak as a worker? Maybe he's had a bad run of opponents but, other than the Bryan TLC match, I've found a lot of his PPV stuff underwhelming since the Brock match.

It's not at all unfair - he's 41 after all. 

[Steve T]

1 minute ago, FMKK said:

Is it unfair to suggest that AJ may have passed his peak as a worker? Maybe he's had a bad run of opponents but, other than the Bryan TLC match, I've found a lot of his PPV stuff underwhelming since the Brock match.

Isn't he 42 or 43. Not strange to suggest he is on the way down. 

[Childs]

Wtf was that Lacey Evans walkout? 

[Matt D]

 

2 minutes ago, Herodes said:

In Our Time?

Revolutions by Mike Duncan. The 1848 season. I had tried to get through it a few months ago, but all of the Hungarian stuff kicked my butt and I ended up listening to a bunch of the Eric Bischoff podcast instead, certainly not bettering myself. 

I am now waiting for the pizza. You will all be glad to know that my check engine light has miraculously gone off. I thought I had resolved the issue a few months ago but it stayed on. Now it is off.

[Jmare007]

Just now, C.S. said:

Is it only me or were the first two matches "just there"?

Agreed. But I expected a "bad" and "decent" for those matches so I can't say I'm disappointed so far.

[Downend2005]

AJ continues to disappoint at Mania. Not helped by a boring as fuck Orton, but that’s three average matches out of four he’s had at WM now. Only the Shane match was halfway good.

[C.S.]

1 minute ago, Childs said:

Wtf was that Lacey Evans walkout? 

That's been happening on every show for months.

[El-P]

2 minutes ago, FMKK said:

Is it unfair to suggest that AJ may have passed his peak as a worker? 

Nope. He probably peaked either twelve years ago or in NJ in the mid 00's. It still was a good match, but it was also a Randy Orton match.

[Childs]

2 minutes ago, FMKK said:

Is it unfair to suggest that AJ may have passed his peak as a worker? Maybe he's had a bad run of opponents but, other than the Bryan TLC match, I've found a lot of his PPV stuff underwhelming since the Brock match.

He needs a change of some sort. He still looks good athletically. But you're right that he hasn't hit many out of the park over the last year.

[El-P]

Lacy Evans walking was better than the previous two matches.

[GSR]

Some nice stuff from Styles like the calf crusher and springboard 450 but overall I found that dull.  At least Orton didn't kick out of the Phenomenal Forearm like I was expecting. Hopefullly that's the last we've heard from the cheerleading King tonight too.

[Childs]

1 minute ago, C.S. said:

That's been happening on every show for months.

Shows how easily I block out whole swaths of these shows, I suppose.

[El-P]

Ok, maybe now we can have a kick-ass match.

[FMKK]

4 minutes ago, Steve T said:

Isn't he 42 or 43. Not strange to suggest he is on the way down. 

Probably working a tougher schedule now than ever before too. They need to let him go part time and preserve what's left of him.