🧁 Official WrestleMania 40 Press Conference Thread

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Gonna make a stand-alone thread for this so shit doesn’t get lost in a nearly year-old mega thread. I think we may need to have a conversation about those because there’s been a lot of instances of things being dormant for months and then, bang, new story and the old thread gets bumped instead of a new thread being made.

Anyway, 4pm Pacific US time (about 16hr 45min from now), be there or kindly be square for something that somehow has more intrigue, as doom-pilled as it appears to be, than most of the actual weekly TV.

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

Before the press conference Rock is gonna tell everybody if things start going bad to aim for the bushes.

[UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm]

Absolutely dreading this and expecting a pivot but I think there's a real chance one isn't made. We'll see. Hopefully it isn't long.

[ayumidah]

Feb 8, 2024 3:24:17 GMT -5 UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm said:

Absolutely dreading this and expecting a pivot but I think there's a real chance one isn't made. We'll see. Hopefully it isn't long.

Peacock says it starts at 6 PM central time and runs an hour

[Lizuka #BLM]

I care less about Cody at this point and more if any of the reporters will press them on Ashley Massaro.

[ben:friendship frog]

Is this even a press conference like we're thinking? I'm not certain anyone will be asking any questions, they'll just do some promos and photo ops.

It'll be like the Backlash one, I'm betting.

youtu.be/fVj-YybFOO0?si=NEWKw-_zJdQM5AYk

[Ryushinku]

[David-Arquette was in WCW 2000]

I'll be here out of sheer morbid curiosity.

[Bo Rida]

There'll soon be a premium tier on streaming service for the press conferences and scrums.
They'll almost give away the wrestling to help hype subscriptions to the media events where the real action happens.

That's why WWE bought Punk back. He might not be able to wrestle without getting injured but he can sell people on a scrum.

[Doo Doo is Worse Than WCW 2000]

[Fade is a CodyCryBaby]

Me dreading/looking forward to this

Feb 8, 2024 4:02:36 GMT -5 ben:friendship frog said:

Is this even a press conference like we're thinking? I'm not certain anyone will be asking any questions, they'll just do some promos and photo ops.

It'll be like the Backlash one, I'm betting.

youtu.be/fVj-YybFOO0?si=NEWKw-_zJdQM5AYk

From what I heard through squaredcircle it’ll be an hour followed by some media questions. One question for each superstar is the guess.

[BRV]

As I said in the Cody Rhodes thread, whatever the end result of all this mess is, let's just please settle it tonight.

If it's The Rock versus Roman Reigns, just announce it tonight. If it's Cody Rhodes versus Roman Reigns, announce it tonight. If it's a triple threat match, announce it tonight. The last few days as a wrestling fan have been absolutely exhausting and the discourse has been so toxic. Whatever the main event is, just get it over with. Don't drag it out and have Cody Rhodes hem and haw and furrow his brow and have tears in his eyes as he says he'll announce his decision on Friday's SmackDown, or next Monday's Raw, or at Elimination Chamber or whatever. Just rip off the Band-Aid.

The past week has been so poisonous, so tiresome, and so needlessly miserable that I've just kind of thrown up my hands and surrendered. WrestleMania season is supposed to be wrestling fans' Christmas, and they've made the last week feel like this interminable slog toward everyone getting coal in their stockings.

[Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story]

Those threads stick around because WE NEED TO FINISH OUR STORY.

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[Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story]

Rock's going to go try and talk at the podium and "I PLAYED THIS CITY LIKE A HARP FROM HELL!" will blare over the loud speakers.

[mj0mn0m]

[polarbearpete]

Yeah those expecting questions like in a post-PPV scrum, I don’t think that’s what this is.

I think it’s more like a traditional press conference where they will be standing at a podium talking and shooting an angle. And then breaking afterwards to allow media to ask questions off-stage to individuals (likely not televised).

[cornettesracket]

So hopefully the fans that do turn up boo the shit out of Dwayne as soon as he starts talking. They may finally get the point but let’s not hold our breath. Hogan must look strong has been superseded by Dwayne having an ego the size of Saturn.

[polarbearpete]

Punk is seemingly in Vegas, according to his Instagram.

[Lizuka #BLM]

I probably won't watch but locking in my prediction, they just do Rock / Roman and Cody / Seth.