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Post by thegreatnodnarb on Apr 7, 2024 22:13:51 GMT -5
Outside of Cody winning the match, I feel like the main event might have been the worst match of the night. The run-ins started just when the match was starting to get going and then the match pretty much ended after all the shenanigans. I feel like they maybe should have gone another 5 minutes. I still liked the match but I guess wanted more.
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Post by FALLOUT Goldashausen #BLM on Apr 7, 2024 22:20:48 GMT -5
I'm leaning like 9.5 but f*** it, I'm going with 10 (this show was as exciting and as fun as Revolution despite not having a six-star classic).
I may need to rewatch the middle portion of the show due to inebriation, but, like, even from that perspective every match was great-to-excellent.
And the VIBE! The vibe and energy missing from last night was totally there. And barely any filler. I can't ask for anything more.
NOW --- all I ask for next year are two consistently great nights and for at least one of those nights to be headlined by a women's main event.
I understand the logic behind making Saturday's show a bit "off", especially considering Sunday's implications. But I would be more content with two great shows instead of "A" or "B" nights.
Overall, I really, really liked it. I'll have to do a sober rewatch but this has to be one of the best Manias (at least in my current opinion).
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Apr 7, 2024 22:21:29 GMT -5
Easy 10/10. Everything felt grander and it’s obvious all the big moments happened tonight as opposed to yesterday.
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Post by Urn Anderson on Apr 7, 2024 22:21:53 GMT -5
10 isn’t high enough. That was the reason I’ve loved pro wrestling my entire life.
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Post by J is Justice on Apr 7, 2024 22:22:40 GMT -5
10.
Drew vs Seth was really good.
Street Fight was dumb, but there were some funny moments.
AJ VS Knight was surprisingly good.
Triple Threat was fun.
IYO vs Bayley was the best match in-ring wise. Those last few minutes were brilliant.
Main Event was utterly insane and Roman's reign is finally over.
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Post by Timeless Hayterade on Apr 7, 2024 22:24:26 GMT -5
For the first time since Mania went to two nights, Night 2 was better than Night 1. What really helps is that the most boring reign of all time is finally over.
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Post by ssdrivin on Apr 7, 2024 22:24:37 GMT -5
Voted "Roman Lost" but on a number scale it'd be 8. Well, 7. Would be 8, but a point knocked off for Austin references, even up to the preshow tonight, so even if he was planned but couldn't make it (seems unlikely, you'd have to get Taker's travel plans sorted in his absence, and you'd know that before the show) that doesn't make a ton of sense.
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Post by bog on Apr 7, 2024 22:24:58 GMT -5
Outside of the ladder match and some moments of the main event, last night one was kinda boring. 5/10
Tonight was a little too much at times, but was infinitely better for it , 9/10
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Apr 7, 2024 22:27:34 GMT -5
Voted "Roman Lost" but on a number scale it'd be 8. Well, 7. Would be 8, but a point knocked off for Austin references, even up to the preshow tonight, so even if he was planned but couldn't make it (seems unlikely, you'd have to get Taker's travel plans sorted in his absence, and you'd know that before the show) that doesn't make a ton of sense. Taker also inducted Muhammad Ali so it could have been he was just there in town already and the best they had on hand.
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Post by ssdrivin on Apr 7, 2024 22:30:59 GMT -5
Voted "Roman Lost" but on a number scale it'd be 8. Well, 7. Would be 8, but a point knocked off for Austin references, even up to the preshow tonight, so even if he was planned but couldn't make it (seems unlikely, you'd have to get Taker's travel plans sorted in his absence, and you'd know that before the show) that doesn't make a ton of sense. Taker also inducted Muhammad Ali so it could have been he was just there in town already and the best they had on hand.
Didn't watch HoF, so actually didn't know that, it would make sense that he was on hand for an emergency appearance.
But it would surely have to be some serious problem to still think Austin's going to show up like 3 hours before he's due to show up, right? They were doing Austin references on the pre-show panel.
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Post by fw91 on Apr 7, 2024 22:31:45 GMT -5
8 Great Opener, Great Ending. Everything else was enjoyable, but not that spectacular imo.
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Post by stoptheclocks on Apr 7, 2024 22:34:26 GMT -5
Voted 10. The street fight was fine, but every other match was excellent. And the main event felt like it should be the series finale of the company. Like, if they folded the company tomorrow than would've been a perfect way to end it.
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Post by grunt on Apr 7, 2024 22:36:49 GMT -5
Twas okay. Solid undercard, fine midcard (MOTN is Iyo/Bailey), but as expected, a main event that encapsulates all that I dislike about modern Mania main events (overproduction, overbooking, obvious result, nostalgia pops, finisher/kickouts spam fests, all over the place pacing, artificial "moments") added to a stale champion and a challenger that I haven't cared about since his previous WWE run ended...
So easily better than night 1, but that's about it for me.
(also, i'm all for overenthusiastic announcers à la crazy pride lady, but as someone who barely watches WWE's regular programming and minor PPVs, I felt Samantha Irvin was kinda trying too hard, here and there. Doesn't help that she's frequently on camera when she performs, which attracts even more attention.)
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Apr 7, 2024 22:38:30 GMT -5
What really made night two better is that there was so much less Wheatley's.
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Post by polarbearpete on Apr 7, 2024 22:39:45 GMT -5
That was about as perfect as can be, 10/10
Even LA Knight pulled out a 4-star match
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Apr 7, 2024 22:43:01 GMT -5
Night two was miles better than night 1
I voted Roman Lost out of/10 if I Was being serious probably about an 8 and honestly with how good it was makes me want to rate Night 1 even lower...
The results were pretty predictable... but that's not a bad thing... predictable generally means you told a competent story.
I expected Logan to win because Owens and Orton are both kind of above the US title, (and I know Owens likes the fact that he is tied with Owen Hart for the most number of days as US champion), and that match was a lot of fun of just Orton and Owens beating on Logan together.
the 6 man tag was ok, and I did like the bit when Bubba just stopped being impartial... also Kross carrying Scarlet to the back because she died was funny.
LA Knight vs. AJ was ok but kinda forgettable but it did what it needed to do to put over LA Knight, I'd comment on AJ's music but I could barely hear it.
Roman vs. Cody was the exact kinda clusterf*** I expected it to be and they probably should have just ran with last year... the fact it took 4 years for someone to figure out that they needed to have their own back up to take out the entirety of the Bloodline is stupid... that said the no holds barred ruleset at least made it so that the Face can do it without it seeming like Cheating... most importantly Roman finally lost the title and shock of shocks the champion might actually start appearing on the shows again.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Apr 7, 2024 22:46:30 GMT -5
What really made night two better is that there was so much less Wheatley's. that was another positive of night 2... little massively obtrusive advertising... like literally all of Night 1 had.
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Post by Rican on Apr 7, 2024 22:58:42 GMT -5
Have to go with a ten. Can’t remember enjoying a show more tbh. Every match delivered. Even stuff like the street fight and LA/AJ which I had no expectations for were very enjoyable. Just fun from start to finish tonight.
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Post by thegame415 on Apr 7, 2024 23:01:09 GMT -5
10/10. Cody vs Roman was the overbooked, kick out fest it needed to be and then some. Great storytelling.
Like I said in the WM thread, this is why I will never stop watching wrestling.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Apr 7, 2024 23:02:00 GMT -5
A statement was made loud & clear this whole Wrestlemania: times are a changin'.
Night 2 was definitely the better show. The Bayley/Iyo match was great, Logan Paul continues to deliver excellent performances and pulled a genuinely surprising win (one of the few people to walk out with their titles this WM), the Orton beating up a Prime bottle and barking back at it was an all-time funny moment, Drew/Rollins was a little finisher spammy for me, but it crowned 2 champions and added further animosity between Drew & Punk. I have mixed opinions about all the Snoop Dogg but he did have a few funny lines. That six man tag began with people visibly leaving their seats to at least becoming a clusterf*** that people began watching. AJ/LA was decent.
Then you get to the main event...starts out fine with some actual wrestling, devolves into pure chaos, and then we get some top tier Legends evening the odds like a super hero group. Cody definitively wins, and then it feels like something between Canadian Stampede & that episode of Nitro where Lex beat Hogan for the title. It was like the season finale of all season finales.
I wish modern wrestling was less...frenetically paced? All the superkicks and table spots and finisher spam takes me out of it (and all the ads, my god). But that isn't going to change. You have to just enjoy the parts that have emotion and meaningful storytelling, and there was quite a bit of that on both of these nights, so I was happy about that. Ending Roman's reign was the right choice, and Cody being the guy to do it meant something to a lot of people. I only wish they played Dusty's song as he exited the ramp to cap it off. This was an all-time feel good Wrestlemania.
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