Match order at WM23. Good or bad?

[DiBiase is Good]

I think the match order so far has been great.
I like the old-school concept of separating the 2 title matches by putting one half-way through the card. It keeps the crowd involved and doesn't burn them out by having all the big matches one after the other.
I also think opening with the MITB Ladder match was a stroke of genius.
I'm guessing next will be the ECW match, followed by Umaga/Lashley, then Melina/Ashley and HBK/Cena ending the show.
Yes, you could argue that Undertaker won the Royal Rumble and is guaranteed a place in the Main Event at Wrestlemania.
But (as I have said countless times before) whoever said the Main Event had to end the show?

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I think its been great. Give the crowd a big time match to go nuts over than one or two not so great ones to build back up.

[molson5]

Agreed - there's no downside to doing it like this.

[Threadkiller [Classic]]

Yes, I enjoy this match order a ton. I do hate it when they put the Women's match right before the main event, though. It's like sending it out there to die. And I know the crowd needs a match of space to "cool down" before the main event, but that's always been a load, in my opinion, especially at an event like WM18, when the crowd cooled down and never heated back up.

[DSR]

I'm guessing next will be the ECW match, followed by Umaga/Lashley, then Melina/Ashley and HBK/Cena ending the show.

NO WAYZ DOOD!!!1 MILEENA VERSIS ASHLEE WILL END TEH S HOW!!!!

[Tyfo]

Good.

They learned from WM 21 that putting the 2 title matches back to back is NOT a good idea.

Seperating them is the way to go.

And now the womens match will be the buffer between Vince getting shaved and the main event. Give the crowd a chance to get their voice back.

[richardjp]

Excellent order so far, real old school booking

[Blindkarevik]

Was suprised by the order... not disappointed. But I feel my marking out is over for tonight.

[DiBiase is Good]

So now the show has finished anyone else like the order?

[Garee]

I thought it worked very well

[edgehead]

dibiaseisgood said:

So now the show has finished anyone else like the order?

Loved it. Wouldn't have changed a thing.

[EvilMasterBetty, Esq.]

Hated it. Absolutely hated it.

Starting with MITB was ok by me, but no way in hell Taker/Batista, a WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH is a mid-card match. If you need another title match, make an IC or tag title match and move that to the main event. What a load of crock.

[amsiraK]

I don't know... that last match almost seemed like a let-down, pace-wise. They needed to end it on a high note and that just wasn't happening.

Taker/Batista should've been last. Flip that with Cena/HBK and I'm with you otherwise.

[joeman]

Only problem I had was the Undertaker/Batista match. It would be a whole alot better if they switched Cena/Michaels to Undertaker/Batista.

[DiBiase is Good]

evilmasterbetty said:

Hated it. Absolutely hated it.

Starting with MITB was ok by me, but no way in hell Taker/Batista, a WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH is a mid-card match. If you need another title match, make an IC or tag title match and move that to the main event. What a load of crock.

It worked at Wrestlemania 8.

[molson5]

I haven't heard any kind of argument why the big matches shouldn't be spread out other than "OMG WTF", so I think it was the right decision.

[molson5]

For the people who didn't like the order - would you have booked Steamboat/Savage (the 2nd biggest match at WM3) right behind Andre/Hogan?

[erik316wttn]

It just irks me that for the SECOND year in a row the women's match was later in the card than a WORLD TITLE MATCH!!!!! I don't care who the hell is in it. There is no goddamn way that should have been the 2nd to last match of the night.

[EvilMasterBetty, Esq.]

molson5 said:

For the people who didn't like the order - would you have booked Steamboat/Savage (the 2nd biggest match at WM3) right behind Andre/Hogan?

no since that was an IC title match, not a WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And I never said WM 8 had a good order either. The title match should ALWAYS go on the end of a big show unless there's a very good reason not to. There is no reason that Taker/Batista which got the better build up goes into the midcard.

[frickinsweet]

They should've said..."Tonight's first match is The Battle of the Billionaires! .... APRIL FOOLS!"