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Post by Steveweiser on Mar 28, 2010 22:42:59 GMT -5
Michael Cole was better than normal tonight, but the PPV really suffered without JR there.
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Post by Tiffani Thiessen's Boy Toy on Mar 28, 2010 22:43:53 GMT -5
and to be honest, with the exception of bret, rey, and taker winning, mania still was worse than last year. Hell no uh.........yeah, pretty awful. money in the bank was horrid. it didn't even get exciting until HHH came out(not that it was a good match, just exciting to see someone.....relevant). UT vs. HBK was great! Edge vs. Y2J.....GREAT! Even Cena and Bats was good, but the rest was pretty lackluster.
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Post by Slammywinner on Mar 28, 2010 22:44:44 GMT -5
I was pumped Stryker was there. He added a lot and I really see him as the top commentator in a few years...or right damn now as a matter of fact.
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Post by Fade on Mar 28, 2010 22:45:16 GMT -5
uh.........yeah, pretty awful. money in the bank was horrid. it didn't even get exciting until HHH came out(not that it was a good match, just exciting to see someone.....relevant). UT vs. HBK was great! Edge vs. Y2J.....GREAT! Even Cena and Bats was good, but the rest was pretty lackluster. Every match was solid IMO with the exception of Hart/McMahon. Orton is pretty damn relevant, and the crowd let him know that with the reaction he got.
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Post by Error on Mar 28, 2010 22:46:10 GMT -5
uh.........yeah, pretty awful. money in the bank was horrid. it didn't even get exciting until HHH came out(not that it was a good match, just exciting to see someone.....relevant). UT vs. HBK was great! Edge vs. Y2J.....GREAT! Even Cena and Bats was good, but the rest was pretty lackluster. Every match was solid IMO with the exception of Hart/McMahon. Orton is pretty damn relevant, and the crowd let him know that with the reaction he got. Hell, he got the biggest reaction of the night until Shawn/Taker.
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Post by MysteryPartner on Mar 28, 2010 22:46:15 GMT -5
I'm waiting for the new photoshop thread with the pic of Batista mouth wide open. ;D
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Post by Rorschach on Mar 28, 2010 22:46:39 GMT -5
uh.........yeah, pretty awful. money in the bank was horrid. it didn't even get exciting until HHH came out(not that it was a good match, just exciting to see someone.....relevant). UT vs. HBK was great! Edge vs. Y2J.....GREAT! Even Cena and Bats was good, but the rest was pretty lackluster. I can't disagree with your calls on the UT/HBK, Bats/Cena, or Edge/Y2J matches....but I thought the card as a whole was pretty solid. MiTB was decent and had the advantage of a new young guy going over and getting the chance of a lifetime, and the only thing I thought lagged in the first half was that horrible Tag match.
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Post by VengeanceGOD on Mar 28, 2010 22:46:54 GMT -5
Maybe it was the result of being in a bar, surrounded by people who were really into the show, but I felt like this year was a great show, and leaps and bounds better than last year.
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Post by brettappedout (BLM) on Mar 28, 2010 22:47:04 GMT -5
WrestleMania 26 Thoughts:/b]
Unified Tag Team Title: The action was good and you could tell Miz, Morrison & Truth were really happy to be on Mania, but this match was way to short and the KO finish is so played out.
I’m not mad ShoMiz won, just that match was short and the finish was lame.
Triple Threat: I wish it had more time, but I thought it was good and WOW Randy is so over as a face it’s CRAZY!
MITB: It was a spotfest like it should be, but I wish there were just a couple more spots. Anyway Air Bourne off the ladder & Kofi using a broken ladder as stilts to try and get the case was insane. Also Hardy’s back bump on the ladder was brutal.
Swagger winning was a nice surprise and hopefully he gets the push that he was getting before moving to RAW last year.
Oh yeah Kofi, MVP and Swagger's new gear looked awesome.
Triple H/Sheamus: These two worked very well together and I thought this was a solid match. Sheamus would’ve looked better with a win of course, but he still looks good and in my opinion proved himself on the biggest show no less.
Rey vs. Punk: Another short match, but it was in the Triple Threat category and not the Tag Title area, infact this was better then the Triple Threat as it was more fast paced.
I am disappointed Rey won because the storyline would’ve been better if he lost.
Oh and the crowd was dead for this match which is a shame because it was solid.
Bret vs. Vince: I get what they were trying to do and it was fine at first and I get Bret wanted to beat Vince up before making him tap. It’s just it went about 5 minutes to long.
Just like Rey/Punk the crowd was dead for this. They only popped for the Sharpshooter teases and finally the Sharpshooter itself.
Jericho/Edge: Started off very slow, but picked up in the middle and end with great back and forth, counters and the right ending, Jericho winning.
Also Edge got the heat back with an awesome spear through the guardrail of the announce tables.
I’m looking forward to another match between these two at Extreme Rules.
Diva’s Tag: I liked Vickie doing the frogsplash and pointing to the sky for Eddie because it was a very feel good moment only for Cole to call it the hogsplash. DICK!
Cena/Tista: I knew it wasn’t going to be a great wrestling match, but I was somewhat disappointed with this. I thought Cena was legit hurt with that DDT and maybe he was because the match did feel weird as it continued after that. Though like Jericho/Edge it did picked up and the back and forth, nearfalls and counters were good.
I get Cena winning, but like Rey winning in took a possible better storyline Cena still chasing and through it out the widow.
HBK/Taker 2: Just like last year, HOLY s***! The moonsault, the kicking out of that 2nd to last Tombstone, then Taker telling Shawn to stay down only for Shawn to slap him then taking an AWESOME jumping tombstone was just great.
I really thought Taker’s knee injury was going to hinder the match, but it didn’t. And well it was the great wrestling like last year they made up for it with storytelling and drama.
Again just GREAT!
Overall: Kind of disappointing because match times, but still a really good show overall and Taker & Shawn stealing the shown again. Good thing it went last lol.
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Post by deucendomino15 on Mar 28, 2010 22:46:54 GMT -5
yea, hitman and mcmahon stunk up the building. i mean i didn't expect much but with all those chair shots it was like they were painting bret as the bad guy almost.
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Post by darthpipes on Mar 28, 2010 22:48:08 GMT -5
Money in the Bank was a disappointment. It didn't feel like it had any really big spots. Did Shelton Benjamin even do anything big this year? Why put him in there if he's not going to do anything big?
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Post by Steveweiser on Mar 28, 2010 22:50:04 GMT -5
Got to say I really love and respect Mickie James - I tweeted earlier about her guts to go out there with that injury and take part, and she just replied to me. Truly awesome woman.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Mar 28, 2010 22:50:07 GMT -5
Ok, I'll give my opinion on the show since I know you've all been waiting for it -
Tag Titles Match - Too short to really be anything special, but they fit as much good action as they could into it. **
Triple Threat Match - started off slow, but that made sense based on the angle. Picked up into "better then expected" territory as much went on. **1/2
Money in the Bank Match - Much better then last year. And probably the fastest paced Money in the Bank match yet. I know there were some botches but I don't think they were anywhere near as bad as some previous MitB's. ***1/2
HHH vs. Sheamus - Solid old-school grudge match. ***
Rey vs. Punk - Like the opener, solid but too short to get anywhere special. **1/2
Bret vs. Vince - It was was it was. Whether thats what you wanted or not is up to you. Personally I felt it went too long for what they were trying to do, but it got its job done. I'll give it ** and call it done.
World Championship - Good, but never hit that great territory. ***
Divas Match - Vickie Guerrero's frog splash was AWESOME. Everything else sucked, but her hog splash was AWESOME. 1/2* for the frog splash.
WWE Championship - Very good match that pretty much hit all the points it was supposed to hit. Can't ask for more then that. ***1/2
Shawn vs. Taker - You know what, I gotta go with the full monty here. ***** Nothing else I can add to that.
Outside the main eventer there was nothing really epic, but it mostly fun and entertaining and thats all you can ask for. I'd give the show an 8 out of 10.
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Post by Fade on Mar 28, 2010 22:49:56 GMT -5
Money in the Bank was a disappointment. It didn't feel like it had any really big spots. Did Shelton Benjamin even do anything big this year? Why put him in there if he's not going to do anything big? Shelton was surprisingly tame. Again. Ten peeps. That's a lot of people to cover within a timed limit and a gimmick-y match like a ladder match.
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Post by Rorschach on Mar 28, 2010 22:50:18 GMT -5
Money in the Bank was a disappointment. It didn't feel like it had any really big spots. Did Shelton Benjamin even do anything big this year? Why put him in there if he's not going to do anything big? I have a hunch that based on that reaction to Swagger's win...if he doesn't immediately catch fire with the crowd or DO something...Edge may get his hands on that briefcase again before you know it.
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Post by Gus Richlen: Ruffian on Mar 28, 2010 22:51:57 GMT -5
I'm waiting for the new photoshop thread with the pic of Batista mouth wide open. ;D there's a photo on the front page of wwe.com of taker and michaels that is also photoshop worthy.
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Post by Dr. Bunsen Honeydew on Mar 28, 2010 22:53:13 GMT -5
Got to say I really love and respect Mickie James - I tweeted earlier about her guts to go out there with that injury and take part, and she just replied to me. Truly awesome woman. Considering she was in a 10 Diva tag match, she didn't do anything risky, basically doing nothing, I dsagree with the guts part.
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Post by Steveweiser on Mar 28, 2010 22:54:10 GMT -5
Got to say I really love and respect Mickie James - I tweeted earlier about her guts to go out there with that injury and take part, and she just replied to me. Truly awesome woman. Considering she was in a 10 Diva tag match, she didn't do anything risky, basically doing nothing, I dsagree with the guts part. She did more than I expected her to do - she took a big move from someone (Layla) who doesn't usually do big moves.
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Post by Captain & Diet on Mar 28, 2010 22:54:12 GMT -5
This is my 26th Wrestlemania! The tag match was ok but short. I actually loved the story and build up for Punk/Mysterio. Would have made for cool TV if Rey had lost, especially if Punk would repeatedly refer to Rey's past "transgressions."
The Cena/Batista booking was rather predictable for me. I wasn't into the match at all. Never for a second did i think Bats was going over.
I thought Bret/Vince was brutal. Had the reveal of the Harts aligning with Bret came during the match, after Vince was thrown out of the ring, that would have been exciting. The "a-ha" moment Vince would have gotten and the ability for the camera to capture Vince's face during that would have been "the moment." Instead they just gave it away and the Harts stood out there looking foolish and uncomfortable.
WWE painted themselves into a corner in my opinion with Shawn/Taker. IF Shawn stays retired this match means something. If he doesn't, it's just another Mania win for Taker. For the record, i have always hated fake retirements. The match itself told a great story, with Taker selling the knee injury early and Shawn continuing to pull off false finishes. It was an edge of the seat match and it will be a classic but only of Shawn stays retired.
I guess the "retirements" will continue at Wrestlemania. I would think Taker would be next and i hope...I BEG YOU WWE to end the streak by putting a young guy over in a build that lasts starting Monday or friday night NEXT WEEK. Book smart, build someone to have a chance and make someone a huge star by having Taker put them over. With the veterans retiring and slowing down, the time to build new starts that someone like me, a core fan for 30+ years, will care about.
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Post by Rorschach on Mar 28, 2010 22:54:13 GMT -5
Got to say I really love and respect Mickie James - I tweeted earlier about her guts to go out there with that injury and take part, and she just replied to me. Truly awesome woman. Not that she did a WHOLE lot, but I was impressed by her even being out there as well. Glad she took it relatively easy. I've missed seeing Mickie on my screen. ;D ;D
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