Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Feb 4, 2022 18:48:26 GMT -5
The thought of carrying Becky/Ronda out a full year is f***ing awful in itself, but the thought of Roman holding the Universal title for ANOTHER YEAR is even worse, there is literally nothing else Roman can f***ing do, and the title reign is already obnoxiously padded out
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Post by polarbearpete on Feb 4, 2022 19:26:15 GMT -5
Might be important to note that Meltzer didn’t say they’re definitely going with the title vs title, just that some think that’s what Vince will decide:
“At this point, the feeling on creative is that Vince (McMahon) will make the call to go with title vs. title, hence putting Lesnar over in the Chamber. There were those internally, including Heyman and Lesnar, pushing for it. The only thing we were told is that of press time, the course to WrestleMania is once again set regarding both titles and there are a number of twists and turns to come.”
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2022 19:29:57 GMT -5
I'd be surprised if they didn't do title vs title because literally early last week they said they had no idea what was going to happen with the WWE Title at WM.
The chances of Vince being excited about a match for that belt right now with what we have today is super slim.
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Post by eJm on Feb 4, 2022 19:37:11 GMT -5
I'd be surprised if they didn't do title vs title because literally early last week they said they had no idea what was going to happen with the WWE Title at WM. The chances of Vince being excited about a match for that belt right now with what we have today is super slim. Like, honestly, if you’re going to steal something from New Japan, having Brock and Roman wrestle opponents and then each other on night 2 would get some excitement into this feud besides it being predictable. No harm in having Rollins and Lashley have big epic rematches and give them something not boring to do.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2022 19:47:00 GMT -5
I'd be surprised if they didn't do title vs title because literally early last week they said they had no idea what was going to happen with the WWE Title at WM. The chances of Vince being excited about a match for that belt right now with what we have today is super slim. Like, honestly, if you’re going to steal something from New Japan, having Brock and Roman wrestle opponents and then each other on night 2 would get some excitement into this feud besides it being predictable. No harm in having Rollins and Lashley have big epic rematches and give them something not boring to do. Might as well. That's easy and it also frees some guys up for a WM match like Rollins and I don't know, McIntyre or something. They'd be good contenders.
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Chiral
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Post by Chiral on Feb 4, 2022 19:48:17 GMT -5
Also when this whole thing is even more obviously happening in summer can us live thread stalwarts start like a book club or something instead of 9+ more months of this, I can handle the road to WM but man. This lineup combined with the "nothing matters because we HAVE to do this match in a year" booking is just. Man.
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Post by krozor on Feb 4, 2022 19:49:55 GMT -5
At Wrestlemania 39 The Rock will be less than a month way from turning 51 and it will be exactly 10 years since he last worked a real match, a match that resulted in him literally tearing most of his insides in half and requiring multiple emergency surgeries immediately after.
Good plan!
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Post by eJm on Feb 4, 2022 19:50:19 GMT -5
Like, honestly, if you’re going to steal something from New Japan, having Brock and Roman wrestle opponents and then each other on night 2 would get some excitement into this feud besides it being predictable. No harm in having Rollins and Lashley have big epic rematches and give them something not boring to do. Might as well. That's easy and it also frees some guys up for a WM match like Rollins and I don't know, McIntyre or something. They'd be good contenders. Could easily have Lashley/Rollins/McIntyre night two for a future contender shot so Drew can get the rub of beating previous contenders. Maybe make the Andre the winner gets that spot to actually make that match important? None of this is going to happen but it’d make the two night format have continuity and be worthwhile for the audience to follow.
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Post by eJm on Feb 4, 2022 19:51:54 GMT -5
At Wrestlemania 39 The Rock will be less than a month way from turning 51 and it will be exactly 10 years since he last worked a real match, a match that resulted in him literally tearing most of his insides in half and requiring multiple emergency surgeries immediately after. Good plan! Oh, it can only end in not great stuff unless Roman is super careful. Like, Cena was the one to injure him and Cena is not someone known for doing that to anyone. I’m more saying that from a marketing standpoint, it’s probably the biggest match you can do outside of, like, Austin coming out of retirement in Texas.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2022 19:51:56 GMT -5
I'd be surprised if they didn't do title vs title because literally early last week they said they had no idea what was going to happen with the WWE Title at WM. The chances of Vince being excited about a match for that belt right now with what we have today is super slim. Like, honestly, if you’re going to steal something from New Japan, having Brock and Roman wrestle opponents and then each other on night 2 would get some excitement into this feud besides it being predictable. No harm in having Rollins and Lashley have big epic rematches and give them something not boring to do. If the end game is Bork Vs RowMan IMO I would rather not sacrifice Seth and Lashley to that but instead just have them face each other outright. Bork and Roman taking up both nights with matches is just a Vince fetish coming to life....which means this is where we are headed. Gets Danhausen to curse you
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Post by Mecca on Feb 4, 2022 19:55:53 GMT -5
At Wrestlemania 39 The Rock will be less than a month way from turning 51 and it will be exactly 10 years since he last worked a real match, a match that resulted in him literally tearing most of his insides in half and requiring multiple emergency surgeries immediately after. Good plan! Oh, it can only end in not great stuff unless Roman is super careful. Like, Cena was the one to injure him and Cena is not someone known for doing that to anyone. I’m more saying that from a marketing standpoint, it’s probably the biggest match you can do outside of, like, Austin coming out of retirement in Texas. I don't really think Rock has any desire to wrestle anymore.
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Post by eJm on Feb 4, 2022 20:02:15 GMT -5
Like, honestly, if you’re going to steal something from New Japan, having Brock and Roman wrestle opponents and then each other on night 2 would get some excitement into this feud besides it being predictable. No harm in having Rollins and Lashley have big epic rematches and give them something not boring to do. If the end game is Bork Vs RowMan IMO I would rather not sacrifice Seth and Lashley to that but instead just have them face each other outright. Bork and Roman taking up both nights with matches is just a Vince fetish coming to life....which means this is where we are headed. Gets Danhausen to curse you Look, I’m not saying it’s the best idea, but if they’re going to have a two day WM, you might as well have some kind of through line and narrative with it. Even have the story be Rollins and Lashley gave them fights of their lives and they’re going into night two hurt because of it. If you say the biggest match is on night two, why watch Night One besides potentially Ronda/Charlotte?
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Post by eJm on Feb 4, 2022 20:02:56 GMT -5
Oh, it can only end in not great stuff unless Roman is super careful. Like, Cena was the one to injure him and Cena is not someone known for doing that to anyone. I’m more saying that from a marketing standpoint, it’s probably the biggest match you can do outside of, like, Austin coming out of retirement in Texas. I don't really think Rock has any desire to wrestle anymore. I saw in recent interviews he was open to it so…
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Post by asuka007 on Feb 4, 2022 20:11:12 GMT -5
I’d imagine that A LOT of big wigs in Hollywood would try very hard to get him to not do it.
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Post by Some Baritone guy IS REDEEMED! on Feb 5, 2022 11:57:15 GMT -5
They’d better have some cool plans for Sasha at Mania. It’s a two night show, there’s no reason why they cannot find a good match for her on the show. Using NXT people might have at least made the matches a bit more interesting. I still have my doubts that The Rock ever wrestles again. Also Roman is closing in on freaking Hulk Hogan in terms of how many Mania’s he has main evented. This Mania or the next will make it 7 Mania main events for Roman. By comparison...stone cold steve Austin only has 3 to his name. For context Wrestlemania main event totals are as follows: Hulk Hogan: 7 (8 if you count his match with Yokozuna) Triple H: 7 The Rock: 5 John Cena: 5 Roman Reigns: 5 So only two people have main evented more Wrestlemanias than Roman Reigns.
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Post by Kalmia on Feb 5, 2022 13:18:40 GMT -5
The only way a long and dominant title reign such as Roman's should end is with him pinned cleanly, in the middle of the ring, by a new and rising talent. So of course, WWE is more likely to have Brock win or do a MITB run-in.
If this really is the WM direction, it's very, very depressing.
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Post by Von Wagner's Brownies on Feb 5, 2022 16:09:46 GMT -5
So, WWE is in full on "we're not doing anything different, or fun, or surprising for 2 years, just status quo, status quo, status quo, status quo. Like us goddammit!"
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Post by Beets by Schrute on Feb 5, 2022 18:22:38 GMT -5
If you’re on the roster and you hear these plans, why do you bother trying and literary risk your neck for nothing?
I say this as a fan of the Rock: I have NO desire to see him wrestle again, let alone against Roman.
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Post by polarbearpete on Feb 5, 2022 19:55:09 GMT -5
If you’re on the roster and you hear these plans, why do you bother trying and literary risk your neck for nothing? I say this as a fan of the Rock: I have NO desire to see him wrestle again, let alone against Roman. Is being the main event of one of the nights of WrestleMania a talent’s only goal?
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Post by Clutchhausen on Feb 5, 2022 19:57:33 GMT -5
Meh.
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