|
|
Post by polarbearpete on Feb 20, 2022 12:21:02 GMT -5
It’s really telling, and not in a good way, that performers like AJ, and Seth, and Drew, and heck even Sasha, who used to be presented as a big deal. Feel like afterthoughts now and seemingly have no firm plans for Mania. There’s still 6 weeks of build, which is a long time. I’d venture at least AJ and Seth will have featured matches, I’m guessing against Edge and Cody, respectively. |
|
|
|
Post by The Rick Jericho on Feb 20, 2022 12:23:20 GMT -5
It’s really telling, and not in a good way, that performers like AJ, and Seth, and Drew, and heck even Sasha, who used to be presented as a big deal. Feel like afterthoughts now and seemingly have no firm plans for Mania. Big E too. To think back in September, we were all wondering who he would DEFEND the WWE title against. Now he's looking to be in the Andre Battle Royale. DAMN. |
|
|
|
Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Feb 20, 2022 12:31:58 GMT -5
It’s really telling, and not in a good way, that performers like AJ, and Seth, and Drew, and heck even Sasha, who used to be presented as a big deal. Feel like afterthoughts now and seemingly have no firm plans for Mania. Big E too. To think back in September, we were all wondering who he would DEFEND the WWE title against. Now he's looking to be in the Andre Battle Royale. DAMN. I was going to come in with the trivia here of "No wrestler had been world champion in the time since the previous WrestleMania and only ended up in the Andre battle royal at the next one", but this had already technically happened with the very first one at WM30 when they had Ziggler and Del Rio in it, although to be fair they did load it with a lot of upper midcard guys (Big Show, Mysterio, Sheamus, the Rhodes brothers, even Big E who was the IC Champion at the time) to give it cred that year. If it did happen with Big E, he'd be the first to end up in it having been world champion in the preceding three months of the same calendar year, even if it was just for most of one day of it. Just gotta hold your breath on this one. |
|
asuka007
Fry's dog Seymour
Posts: 20,597
|
Post by asuka007 on Feb 20, 2022 12:37:41 GMT -5
It’s really telling, and not in a good way, that performers like AJ, and Seth, and Drew, and heck even Sasha, who used to be presented as a big deal. Feel like afterthoughts now and seemingly have no firm plans for Mania. There’s still 6 weeks of build, which is a long time. I’d venture at least AJ and Seth will have featured matches, I’m guessing against Edge and Cody, respectively. They just got chumped out with ease by Brock. He took them both out like they were nothing. Why should we care when the guy running WWE so obviously doesn’t? |
|
|
|
Post by polarbearpete on Feb 20, 2022 12:45:26 GMT -5
There’s still 6 weeks of build, which is a long time. I’d venture at least AJ and Seth will have featured matches, I’m guessing against Edge and Cody, respectively. They just got chumped out with ease by Brock. He took them both out like they were nothing. Why should we care when the guy running WWE so obviously doesn’t? Because they’ll continue presenting them as big deals when they’re away from Brock, and the crowd will be into it. Similar to how the narrative of what actually happened in that Brock-Ambrose match changed by the next Raw. |
|
msc
Dennis Stamp
Posts: 4,452
|
Post by msc on Feb 20, 2022 13:13:38 GMT -5
Those who like them will just look the other way the same way I did anytime Mr Perfect was made to look a complete jobber by Hogan tbh.
|
|
|
|
Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Feb 20, 2022 14:03:13 GMT -5
Roman vs. Seth vs. Lesnar just adds so much more than a straight up 1 on 1 match. Especially when he’s forced to put something up to keep with the Winner Take All theme TITLE VS TITLE VS BABY!!! |
|
|
|
Post by CeilingFan on Feb 20, 2022 15:11:36 GMT -5
I don't expect any 4-star matches on this show.
|
|
|
|
Post by polarbearpete on Feb 20, 2022 16:16:34 GMT -5
I don't expect any 4-star matches on this show. Becky-Bianca AJ-Edge Rollins-Cody Orton-Riddle Reigns-Lesnar All easy contenders. And if Rousey gets back to her prior form, her and Charlotte had a classic at Survivor Series. |
|
asuka007
Fry's dog Seymour
Posts: 20,597
|
Post by asuka007 on Feb 21, 2022 9:42:32 GMT -5
They just got chumped out with ease by Brock. He took them both out like they were nothing. Why should we care when the guy running WWE so obviously doesn’t? Because they’ll continue presenting them as big deals when they’re away from Brock, and the crowd will be into it. Similar to how the narrative of what actually happened in that Brock-Ambrose match changed by the next Raw. No, not this time. Because they will also keep obsessively emphasizing how dominant Roman and Brock were and showing replays of Brock effortlessly destroying everyone. Vince has given any pretense that he cares about anyone outside of Brock and Roman. The fact that AJ and Seth were not allowed to do anything to Brock, says it all. |
|
|
|
Post by polarbearpete on Feb 21, 2022 9:45:52 GMT -5
Because they’ll continue presenting them as big deals when they’re away from Brock, and the crowd will be into it. Similar to how the narrative of what actually happened in that Brock-Ambrose match changed by the next Raw. No, not this time. Because they will also keep obsessively emphasizing how dominant Roman and Brock were and showing replays of Brock effortlessly destroying everyone. Vince has given any pretense that he cares about anyone outside of Brock and Roman. The fact that AJ and Seth were not allowed to do anything to Brock, says it all. They’re on Raw. Outside of tonight, Brock will be on Smackdown. AJ and Seth and Riddle will still be presented as big deals on Raw and will still be over. |
|
ChitownKnight
El Dandy
Lets go Bears
Posts: 8,235
Member is Online
|
Post by ChitownKnight on Feb 22, 2022 1:26:20 GMT -5
Because they’ll continue presenting them as big deals when they’re away from Brock, and the crowd will be into it. Similar to how the narrative of what actually happened in that Brock-Ambrose match changed by the next Raw. No, not this time. Because they will also keep obsessively emphasizing how dominant Roman and Brock were and showing replays of Brock effortlessly destroying everyone. Vince has given any pretense that he cares about anyone outside of Brock and Roman. The fact that AJ and Seth were not allowed to do anything to Brock, says it all. Well atleast Seth has 2 clean wins over Brock and took the title From him 3 times |
|
Nosnorb
El Dandy
Nachos and Fraggle Rock are TIMELESS.
Posts: 7,695
|
Post by Nosnorb on Feb 22, 2022 2:41:07 GMT -5
I don't expect any 4-star matches on this show. Orton-Riddle Reigns-Lesnar All easy contenders. And if Rousey gets back to her prior form, her and Charlotte had a classic at Survivor Series. Orton-Riddle depends on what sort of mood Randy is in and if he brings his A - Game. That match has just as much potential to be a snoozefest as a four star match. And the last match between Roman and Beastie Boy at 'mania was not good, Brocks matches with bigger dudes can be really hit or miss. |
|
|
|
Post by theironyuppie on Feb 22, 2022 6:20:44 GMT -5
Big E too. To think back in September, we were all wondering who he would DEFEND the WWE title against. Now he's looking to be in the Andre Battle Royale. DAMN. I was going to come in with the trivia here of "No wrestler had been world champion in the time since the previous WrestleMania and only ended up in the Andre battle royal at the next one", but this had already technically happened with the very first one at WM30 when they had Ziggler and Del Rio in it, although to be fair they did load it with a lot of upper midcard guys (Big Show, Mysterio, Sheamus, the Rhodes brothers, even Big E who was the IC Champion at the time) to give it cred that year. If it did happen with Big E, he'd be the first to end up in it having been world champion in the preceding three months of the same calendar year, even if it was just for most of one day of it. Just gotta hold your breath on this one. On the women’s side of things Bayley defended her title at WM 33 and was in the battle royal at WM 34. |
|
Nosnorb
El Dandy
Nachos and Fraggle Rock are TIMELESS.
Posts: 7,695
|
Post by Nosnorb on Feb 24, 2022 0:23:37 GMT -5
Rey and Dominik vs The Miz and Logan Paul sounds absolutely rotten, and why the hell is The Miz getting help from a non wrestler? That match has absolutely no business being on the card - in kayfabe, the Miz had the worst year of his career in 2021 and Dominik needs time in developmental.
Edge vs AJ on the other hand? F*** yeah, this has serious Angle/Michaels 2005 vibes and this has a fair chance of being the best match on the card.
|
|
|
|
Post by polarbearpete on Feb 24, 2022 0:35:15 GMT -5
Rey and Dominik vs The Miz and Logan Paul sounds absolutely rotten, and why the hell is The Miz getting help from a non wrestler? That match has absolutely no business being on the card - in kayfabe, the Miz had the worst year of his career in 2021 and Dominik needs time in developmental. Edge vs AJ on the other hand? F*** yeah, this has serious Angle/Michaels 2005 vibes and this has a fair chance of being the best match on the card. The tag match is a perfect fit for Mania, just like last year’s Bad Bunny match. Two hall of famers in Miz and Rey, one teaming with his son and the other a celeb. Seems a perfect Mania undercard match. They’ll probably have Paul involved one night and Knoxville the other. |
|
|
|
Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Feb 24, 2022 0:46:25 GMT -5
Rey and Dominik vs The Miz and Logan Paul sounds absolutely rotten, and why the hell is The Miz getting help from a non wrestler? That match has absolutely no business being on the card - in kayfabe, the Miz had the worst year of his career in 2021 and Dominik needs time in developmental. Which is an odd thing to say about a year when he won the world title.  |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2022 1:00:01 GMT -5
Rey and Dominik vs The Miz and Logan Paul sounds absolutely rotten, and why the hell is The Miz getting help from a non wrestler? That match has absolutely no business being on the card - in kayfabe, the Miz had the worst year of his career in 2021 and Dominik needs time in developmental. Which is an odd thing to say about a year when he won the world title.  I mean, it's not like he was presented as a strong or even competent world champ, and a few months later, he was eaten alive by zombies. |
|
|
|
Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Feb 24, 2022 1:26:35 GMT -5
Which is an odd thing to say about a year when he won the world title. I mean, it's not like he was presented as a strong or even competent world champ, and a few months later, he was eaten alive by zombies. Fair enough. That world title win was one of only FOUR matches he'd win for the entire year (4-16-0), one that also saw him suffer his first major injury, if I remember correctly. |
|
Nosnorb
El Dandy
Nachos and Fraggle Rock are TIMELESS.
Posts: 7,695
|
Post by Nosnorb on Feb 24, 2022 2:34:04 GMT -5
Rey and Dominik vs The Miz and Logan Paul sounds absolutely rotten, and why the hell is The Miz getting help from a non wrestler? That match has absolutely no business being on the card - in kayfabe, the Miz had the worst year of his career in 2021 and Dominik needs time in developmental. Edge vs AJ on the other hand? F*** yeah, this has serious Angle/Michaels 2005 vibes and this has a fair chance of being the best match on the card. The tag match is a perfect fit for Mania, just like last year’s Bad Bunny match. Two hall of famers in Miz and Rey, one teaming with his son and the other a celeb. Seems a perfect Mania undercard match. They’ll probably have Paul involved one night and Knoxville the other. It's two dudes who are currently stale, one of whom has done almost nothing but lose for the past two years, and a dude that needs to go back to developmental. And the celeb was brought in by the heel, instead of the match having 2 full time face wrestlers in in, when 1 face and a celeb vs two heels would work so much better. And that celeb is Logan Paul. He is an absolutely huge downgrade from Bad Bunny in almost every single way. |
|
