BRV
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Post by BRV on Mar 11, 2019 23:00:21 GMT -5
Shall we speculate wildly as to who will be Kurt Angleβs opponent in his retirement match?
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Mar 11, 2019 23:07:18 GMT -5
Shall we speculate wildly as to who will be Kurt Angleβs opponent in his retirement match? My hunch is Cena. It'd be the arc of Angle being Cena's first WWE opponent, and now all these years later, Cena will now be Angle's last opponent.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2019 23:10:08 GMT -5
So at the moment, to me it's looking like...
Ronda / Becky / Charlotte Seth / Brock Triple H / Batista Bryan / Kofi / maybe Owens Angle / Cena Roman / McIntyre Lashley / Balor Miz / Shane Orton / Styles Bayley & Sasha / Nia & Tamina / Divas of Doom / possibly IIconics Asuka / Lacey or Asuka defending the title in a clusterf***. Maybe as the battle royal. Joe / Ali / maybe Owens Revival / Black & Ricochet Usos / Hardys / maybe New Day / maybe Machkamura / maybe Bar Andre Murphy / who cares
... Man, only like half of that is stuff I at all care about. And that's a really damn busy show, even last year only had 14 matches while this is 16.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Mar 11, 2019 23:12:54 GMT -5
So at the moment, to me it's looking like... Ronda / Becky / Charlotte Seth / Brock Triple H / Batista Bryan / Kofi / maybe Owens Angle / Cena Roman / McIntyre Lashley / Balor Miz / Shane Orton / Styles Bayley & Sasha / Nia & Tamina / Divas of Doom / possibly IIconics Asuka / Lacey or Asuka defending the title in a clusterf***. Maybe as the battle royal. Joe / Ali / maybe Owens Revival / Black & Ricochet Usos / Hardys / maybe New Day / maybe Machkamura Andre Murphy / who cares ... Man, only like half of that is stuff I at all care about. And that's a really damn busy show, even last year only had 14 matches while this is 16. Shit, we'd better pack a lunch for this one... and maybe a dinner and a breakfast, too.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2019 23:21:18 GMT -5
Could maybe see them saving space (and sparing us Miz / Shane) by consolidating a lot of the SmackDown stuff down to one match. Something like Shane, Joe, Andrade, Nakamura, and Rusev vs. Miz, Ali, Owens, R-Truth, and Mysterio looks a hell of a lot more attractive.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Mar 12, 2019 0:11:13 GMT -5
I think both Raw and Smackdown are going to see their midcards condensed into some sort of multi man.
Unlike last year where there was very little promo work or backstage segments, this year we've got Braun and Alexa in non-wrestling roles that will almost certainly eat at some time as well.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2019 0:48:31 GMT -5
They need to do two shake ups a year or do a course correction have one after Mania and then start doing them after Survivor Series. Because it this rate I feel like Iβve seen half these matches on repete for the past five months. Why should I give a shit now that itβs Mania.
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Post by clifford on Mar 12, 2019 4:42:20 GMT -5
Wrestlemania being split into 2 nights seems more and more necessary. 1 hour kick off both nights with the Andre the Giant battle royal one night and Womans battle royal the other, and then 7-8 matches on the main card both nights which would each run 3-3.5 hours.
It just makes sense and ultimately would mean more money for the WWE, don't know why it's never even been discussed as an option.
Top of my head, how it would look this year:
Night 1: KO show: - Womens Battle Royal Main card: - Buddy Murphy Vs. Winner of Tournament - AJ Styles Vs. Randy Orton - The Revival Vs. Ricochet & Black - Asuka Vs. Lacey Evans Vs. Mandy Rose Vs. Sonya Deville - Lashley Vs. Balor, IC title - Kurt Angle Vs. John Cena - Triple H Vs. Batista - Kofi Vs. Bryan
Night 2: KO show: - Andre the Giant BR Main Card: - Usos Vs. New Day Vs. The Hardys Vs. The Bar TLC match - Joe Vs Mustafa Ali, US title - The Miz Vs. Shane - Womens Tag Titles match - Roman Vs. Drew - Seth Vs. Brock - Ronda Vs. Charlotte Vs. Becky
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2019 9:46:38 GMT -5
Stephen Amell tweeted about HHH/Batista and he called it a "celebrity feud," and...........and that's just so odd to consider this even though it basically is...
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Post by Brood Lone Wolf Funker on Mar 12, 2019 11:18:06 GMT -5
Stephen Amell tweeted about HHH/Batista and he called it a "celebrity feud," and...........and that's just so odd to consider this even though it basically is... Can Amell guest ref the match and we get a Marvel/DC crossover?
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Post by BRV on Mar 12, 2019 11:31:48 GMT -5
Reducing WrestleMania's main show back down to four hours has been my hill to die on since about WrestleMania 32. And as harsh as it sounds to say it, not everybody and not every title deserves to be on WrestleMania.
This year's card should be, at most, 12 matches. They were able to fit a 12-match card into a four-hour window at WrestleMania XX, I don't see why they couldn't do it again this time around. Compare that to WrestleMania 34, which had 11 matches on the main card for a show that clocked in at just over five hours.
So with that said, the main show should feature:
Seth Rollins vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWE Universal Championship Kofi Kingston vs. Daniel Bryan for the WWE Championship Charlotte Flair vs. Becky Lynch vs. Ronda Rousey for the Raw Women's Championship Batista vs. Triple H in a No Holds Barred match John Cena vs. Kurt Angle in Angle's farewell match Shane McMahon vs. The Miz Randy Orton vs. AJ Styles A match for the Women's Tag Team Championship A match for the SmackDown Women's Championship A match involving Roman Reigns Some kind of ladder match for the United States Championship A multi-team match for one of the Tag Team Championships (or hell, to unify the belts)
The Cruiserweight Championship, the Intercontinental Championship, and the Andre the Giant and Women's Battle Royals all get put on the pre-show.
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Mar 12, 2019 12:21:32 GMT -5
I think it will be Bayley & Sasha vs Nia & Tamina vs Beth & Natalya vs Trish & Lita. They mentioned some time back that there was plans for Trish & Lita at Mania. Unless they have replaced that with Beth & Nattie. A Womens Battle Royal for Asukas's title does make sense since there is no clear cut challenger and it gives them the opportunity to throw in a few NXTers and Legends. If they do a 20 woman then that would be: 1. Asuka 2. Alexa Bliss 3. Dana Brooke 4. Mickie James 5. Liv Morgan 6. Sarah Logan 7. Ruby Riott 8. Billie Kay 9. Carmella 10. Lana 12. Mandy Roase 13. Sonya Deville 14. Zelina Vega 15. OPEN 16. OPEN 17. OPEN 18. OPEN 19. OPEN 20. OPEN I would add Kairi Sane, Shayna Basler, Nikki Cross, Molly Holly, Ivory & Alundra Blayze While I don't think they'd have a battle royal for the SD Women's Title, I could see them having the winner of it facing Asuka for the title later on the main card.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2019 14:39:37 GMT -5
Having the battle royal be for a shot at Asuka on the actual show would actually be a pretty good way to do it. Definite demotion for Asuka from last year, but that kind of comes with being the champion of a division that was built entirely around two particular people for the last year only to have them both be busy with something else. And really if they want to do the Lacey thing that'd be a decent way to do it, having her win the battle royal then get in a close losing effort to Asuka, gives her an accolade and a spotlight without really having to rush into it.
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Post by Rican on Mar 12, 2019 16:18:19 GMT -5
So at the moment, to me it's looking like... Ronda / Becky / Charlotte Seth / Brock Triple H / Batista Bryan / Kofi / maybe Owens Angle / Cena Roman / McIntyre Lashley / Balor Miz / Shane Orton / Styles Bayley & Sasha / Nia & Tamina / Divas of Doom / possibly IIconics Asuka / Lacey or Asuka defending the title in a clusterf***. Maybe as the battle royal. Joe / Ali / maybe Owens Revival / Black & Ricochet Usos / Hardys / maybe New Day / maybe Machkamura / maybe Bar Andre Murphy / who cares ... Man, only like half of that is stuff I at all care about. And that's a really damn busy show, even last year only had 14 matches while this is 16. This seems likely, with the cruiserweights, Andre, and SD women on the pre show.
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Post by auph10imitated on Mar 13, 2019 6:47:06 GMT -5
Yeah I would be down for a Battle Royal on the preshow to face Asuka on the main card to be fair.
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Post by chronocross on Mar 13, 2019 6:52:06 GMT -5
I can't see all 3 World Titles changing hands, maybe Becky and Kofi, but Seth winning is a long shot,IMO as it's not that hot of a storyline and I can see them having Brock as the champion until Summerslam again where maybe Roman gets it back.
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Post by rrg251 on Mar 13, 2019 9:00:49 GMT -5
Yeah I would be down for a Battle Royal on the preshow to face Asuka on the main card to be fair. Due to time constraints, I could also see them doing a battle royal for an instant shot.
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Post by auph10imitated on Mar 13, 2019 9:06:08 GMT -5
To be fair, to consolodate the two matches for more space and time they may as well just do what they did at Mania 30 and do an "Invitational Match" with all the remaining women. That would be Asuka vs Mandy, Sonya, Naomi, Lana, Carmella, Zelina Vega, Dana Brooke, Liv Morgan, Ruby Riott, Sarah Logan, Nikki Cross, Lacey Evans & Mickie James. Thats 14 women, same as the WM 30 match.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2019 12:40:32 GMT -5
WWE going to pull some shenanigans for sure, Iβm not sure that theyβll have Seth, Becky, and Kofi all get the win. Thatβs all the major titles and all faces. One of them is going to lose.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2019 15:29:44 GMT -5
My current assumptions:
Ronda v Becky v Charlotte Rollins v Lesnar Paul H v Dave Bryan v Kofi Angle v Cena Roman v McIntyre Lashley v Demon Finn Miz v Shane Orton v Styles Bayley & Sasha v Nia & Tamina v Divas of Doom Joe v Ali v Truth v Andrade v Mysterio in a multiman clusterf*** Decent chance of one or two more guys shoved into this for a ladder match Revival v Black & Ricochet Andre Battle Royal Women's Battle Royal
I bet Murphy doesn't even make the show at this point. Pre-show will be the Battle Royals (good chance there won't even be a women's battle royal though) and the Revival title defense. Smackdown tag titles probably are either preshow or not on the show. Asuka not on the show either unless they want to finally start that feud with Lacey everyone keeps saying is going to happen.
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