WWE Wrestlemania Backlash Strikes Back!

[KawadaSmile]

Such a weird name, but I guess it kind of makes sense? I dunno.

[Coffey]

I looked up the card. There were six matches. Three of which I thought sounded pretty good on paper. Both women's matches & the Roman Vs. Cesaro matches. That's well above average for me interest wise for a modern WWE card. 

Since WWE switched from WWE Network to NBC Peacock, I have not bothered with it yet though. Despite how I used to frequently put on old school wrestling shows for background noise on the second monitor when working from home or messing around online. Lately though, it's like, I already pay for Disney Plus, Amazon Prime, Hulu & Netflix. HBO Max & Shudder are both in the queue as well. Do I need NBC Peacock too? It's getting to be just as bad as cable at this point. 

It's not even that I'm not willing to pay for streaming services but when I want to watch a movie & check on six different sites & none of them have it, and I keep paying for services I'm not using very often with more constantly popping up, it's honestly just easier to pirate shit. I pay for Spotify Premium just to remove the commercials, so it's not a cost thing. It's a convenience thing for me. WWE made the Network less convenient for me. 

Maybe I'll wait to hear some word of mouth or check some out on Wreddit but I hate that they switched. I hate it.

[KawadaSmile]

Sheamo vs Ricochet on paper is actually really dope!

[KawadaSmile]

It's a shame Ricochet is a huge, huge dork.

[C.S.]

I totally forgot about the pre-show and missed most of Sheamus vs. Ricochet.

Glad to see Ricochet on PPV, especially in a title situation, but matches with such a foregone conclusion do little for me.

Hopefully this is building toward a rematch though. 

[sek69]

Charlotte's gear looks like she's wearing some kind of sexy 101 Dalmations cosplay. 

[C.S.]

This card is as ice cold as it gets. I almost forgot the show was tonight.

[sek69]

The problem is while every match looks good on paper (and probably will be good from a technical standard), most of them have an obvious winner so there's no intrigue or drama. 

[C.S.]

If it were me, I'd have Asuka eat a fluky pin and then bludgeon both Charlotte and Rhea into bloody messes.

[cactus]

That opening match was surprisingly mediocre. I'm a fan of all three women, but nothing seemed to click. A lot of the sequences looked fake, sloppy and you could tell they were all having an off-night. Also, there was no way that Charlotte was taking the fall if she wasn't winning. 

[C.S.]

Two people I routinely forget are still in the company somehow hold major titles...amazing.

[sek69]

I'm loving Rey's Adam West Batman  attire.

[C.S.]

I wish they'd do something interesting like have Buddy Murphy declare himself the new partner (against Rey's will), they win, and the telenovela with Aalyah Mysterio resumes in full force.

[C.S.]

It feels weird seeing someone as young as Dominik on a WWE show. Everyone else his age wastes away in the Performance Center until they're 35 and balding.

[C.S.]

Actually a really fun match, and a nice tribute to Dom's true papi at the end.

[KawadaSmile]

God why are there zombies in this lumberjack match?

[C.S.]

This is Robocop in WCW levels of bad.
 

[Coffey]

Shame this zombie thing couldn't have happened in three days, since WWE has a good track record with shitty horror things on May 19th!

[C.S.]

That was awful.

Did WWE purposely sabotage Batista's movie with that rotten dogshit?

[Manatee]

If Miz is a zombie now I'd be kinda into it

[jiraffejustin]

Is this thunderdome or crowd? 

[C.S.]

Dome

[Johnny Sorrow]

So, I was excited to show my nephew and his five pals a lumberjack match and then that happened. So instead, a better thing happened. They got to learn what wrestlecrap is and sat there making fun of it with me and my friend. Shit, one kid said " This would be ok if it was the Fiend but this is stupid."

[C.S.]

Botched finish?

Bayley looked like she kicked out.

[EricR]

I forgot that you couldn't rewind on the new and improved Network, so I missed Sheamus/Ricochet and Asuka/Ripley/Charlotte. I'll go back and pick those up later. I came in time for the Mysterios/Dawgs tag and loved it. Awesome tag and a great classic Rey performance. Ziggler/Roode are really good in this tag team. 

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