Wrestlemania 37

[strobogo]

Hell yeah finally Motorhead and Limp Bizkit have competition for worst WM performance

[C.S.]

No one who has gotten a live performance for their entrance has ever won at WrestleMania. We'll see if Rhea breaks that streak. 

[PhilTLL]

1 minute ago, strobogo said:

Hell yeah finally Motorhead and Limp Bizkit have competition for worst WM performance

That was the worst musical performance at a major sports-like event since Ashlee Simpson at the 2005 Orange Bowl.

[strobogo]

1 minute ago, C.S. said:

No one who has gotten a live performance for their entrance has ever won at WrestleMania. We'll see if Rhea breaks that streak. 

Taker got played out to Limp Bizkit at WM 19. 

[Matt D]

I'm not emotionally invested in this match like last night's main event (I think I've seen 1-2 Rhea matches ever?) and I'm definitely not emotionally invested in watching Edge. So I'll be half here as we watched the Pennyworth season finale that dropped today.

[Migs]

Kevin Dunn - millions of a camera cuts, but can't cut away from the maskless idiots in the crowd fast enough.

[C.S.]

1 minute ago, strobogo said:

Taker got played out to Limp Bizkit at WM 19. 

Okay, correction: In the modern era. 

WM 19 was almost 20 years ago and feels like 200.

[strobogo]

I'm just gonna say that was about the snuggest looking back slide I've seen since the 70s

[PhilTLL]

I didn't think Bianca Belair getting emotional at the beginning was a huge detriment last night, but these two have absolutely none of those issues. This is focused and peppy so far.

[C.S.]

6 minutes ago, Matt D said:

I'm not emotionally invested in this match like last night's main event (I think I've seen 1-2 Rhea matches ever?)

Me neither. It doesn't help that Rhea is perpetually in second place.

In second place to Charlotte last year.

In second place in NXT for the rest of the year and cooled off to the point where she was the 4th string of a team led by Shotzi.

In second place to Bianca in the Royal Rumble.

In second place now as Charlotte's replacement in this match.

Maybe she'll win tonight, maybe she won't, but her win won't feel as dramatic and epic as Bianca's because the push and build haven't been there. Just my opinion.

Unlike 35, Charlotte would've added a lot to this as the connective tissue.

[Zoo Enthusiast]

8 minutes ago, PhilTLL said:

That was the worst musical performance at a major sports-like event since Ashlee Simpson at the 2005 Orange Bowl.

Rhea knew it, too.  Dreadful.

[strobogo]

1 minute ago, PhilTLL said:

I didn't think Bianca getting emotional at the beginning was a huge detriment last night, but these two have absolutely none of those issues. This is focused and peppy so far.

I don't think there was anything wrong with them being emotional at the beginning. It was a big moment in and out of story. Think of how many matches Ric Flair got all weepy eyed before, during, or after after 1997 or so. It's not like it was a crazy blood feud. 

[strobogo]

They're out here pulling out UWFI spots 

[Matt D]

Fun counter-heavy stuff here. I liked Rhea selling the ankle and then seamlessly turning the motion into paintbrushing Asuka.

[KawadaSmile]

goooood shit so far

[PhilTLL]

Rhea's expressions are off the charts.

[strobogo]

This doesn't have the emotional engagement with the crowd Sasha/Bianca had, but this is also really good.

[Zoo Enthusiast]

3 minutes ago, strobogo said:

I don't think there was anything wrong with them being emotional at the beginning. It was a big moment in and out of story. Think of how many matches Ric Flair got all weepy eyed before, during, or after after 1997 or so. It's not like it was a crazy blood feud. 

Yeah that added to the match for me.

[PhilTLL]

I said I *didn't* think it was a huge detriment!

That last spot was fucking insane obviously.

[KawadaSmile]

KAWADA KICKS

[Jmare007]

From match 3 on, every match has had at least 1 insane bump.

[El Dragon]

Crowds quiet as shit but this has been a war. 

[strobogo]

I think it's kind of neat how Rhea and Bianca both do this big power spots but in completely different ways from each other yet equally displaying their strength.

[C.S.]

1 minute ago, El Dragon said:

Crowds quiet as shit but this has been a war. 

Because Asuka has spent months not being used, and no one cares about Rhea after a year of being cooled down and then rushed into this match as a last-minute replacement.

[KawadaSmile]

SHOCKING FINISH