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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Mar 29, 2010 0:39:47 GMT -5
Well, Bret and Vince was utterly disappointing. I ordered the show for this match and wow, it was hard on the eyes.
Everyone knew we wouldn't be getting Hitman from the 90's or a 5 star classic, but I really thought we'd get something resembling a match. Once the Hart Family wandered out, I knew what the "screw job" of the match would be, they should have saved it for the end, not the begining.
There's no reason they couldn't have done this on Raw, except Raw is free and Mania costs.
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Mar 29, 2010 0:44:01 GMT -5
Not all of the DIVAs missed their finishers. Mickie hit hers, and I think Maryse did too, as did Beth. Everyone else though...DAMN. Especially Eve....what the hell was that? Alicia & Michelle hit theirs too.
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Post by CMWaters on Mar 29, 2010 0:45:06 GMT -5
Rewatching the show...I just thought:
During the Divas match, am I the only one that had a mental image of one of the face Divas getting injured, and them introducing their back-up partner...
A WWE debuting Awesome Kong.
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Post by -Lithium- on Mar 29, 2010 0:48:00 GMT -5
...why the hell would HBK give up so easily? The guy obsesses over beating Taker, then basically gives up at the end. I dont think I would have disliked that as much, if they would have had him hit another Sweet Chin Music, and then play the ending. Or really, I would have liked to see him hit two, have Taker kick out, and then have HBK give up. Then it would actually make sense and be feasible that he would give up at that point.
The Tombstone was amazing, match was great, but the ending was kinda cliche and didn't fully make sense. I just hope they don't try and patch stuff together tomorrow and come up with some "HBK WANTED TO LOSE" crap...
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Toates Madhackrviper
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Post by Toates Madhackrviper on Mar 29, 2010 0:49:11 GMT -5
Can someone tell me who the 26 people in the preshow battle royal were? I've looked everywhere but all I can find is that Yoshi Tatsu won, beating Zack Ryder, and that Finlay and Horswoggle had a reunion to eliminate Mike Knox
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Post by Rorschach on Mar 29, 2010 0:53:23 GMT -5
Rewatching the show...I just thought: During the Divas match, am I the only one that had a mental image of one of the face Divas getting injured, and them introducing their back-up partner... A WWE debuting Awesome Kong. Actually, you just gave me an idea....I think eventually the Pretty Girls are going to get caught making snide comments about Vickie behind her back....Michelle will then come out on SD and basically confirm what her and Layla were saying, telling Vickie that she's fat, ugly, and atrocious...and that NO ONE Vickie's size could ever be even remotely athletic and/or beat Michelle. Vickie then challenges Michelle to a match at Extreme Rules for the Women's Title, which Michelle foolishly accepts. Then, at Extreme Rules, Vickie pulls out of the match citing a back injury...however, she DOES have a replacement lined up. Enter KONG. ;D
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Post by kickassJP on Mar 29, 2010 0:53:37 GMT -5
I can't believe I paid money for this. The quality of Mania has been going down every year and this year it seems like it was one of the worst Mania's i've seen in awhile. Sure, there were a few moments that were awesome, but it wasn't worth the price tag. It just didn't feel like a Wrestlemania. Where were the big entrances? Where were the surprises?
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Post by CMWaters on Mar 29, 2010 0:54:14 GMT -5
Can someone tell me who the 26 people in the preshow battle royal were? I've looked everywhere but all I can find is that Yoshi Tatsu won, beating Zack Ryder, and that Finlay and Horswoggle had a reunion to eliminate Mike Knox From what I saw: Tatsu Ryder Finlay Khali Knox Funaki Shad JTG ...that's all I visually caught.
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Post by W?Y on Mar 29, 2010 0:55:05 GMT -5
...why the hell would HBK give up so easily? The guy obsesses over beating Taker, then basically gives up at the end. I dont think I would have disliked that as much, if they would have had him hit another Sweet Chin Music, and then play the ending. Or really, I would have liked to see him hit two, have Taker kick out, and then have HBK give up. Then it would actually make sense and be feasible that he would give up at that point. The Tombstone was amazing, match was great, but the ending was kinda cliche and didn't fully make sense. I just hope they don't try and patch stuff together tomorrow and come up with some "HBK WANTED TO LOSE" crap... I never got the vibe that Shawn gave up. Even to the last, when he physically couldn't stand of his own will, Shawn still slapped Taker and showed him that he would have to basically kill him to put him down. Shawn and Taker threw everything they had at each other, TWICE. If anything, I thought there was a point where Taker just kinda gave up, before the second Tombstone.
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Post by Johnny B. Decent on Mar 29, 2010 0:56:17 GMT -5
I missed the first half hour earlier so got the replay going and God, that Fantasia girl is bad. Not that America the Beautiful is a great song in the first place, but damn. Now...I don't want to come across as racist here...because lots of performers do this (Mariah Carey amongst the worst offenders) but when people try and "add some Soul/RB" to songs that DO NOT NEED IT....it almost NEVER works out. America The Beautiful is one of those songs where you DO NOT draw out every syllable in an effort to hit EVERY note on the register, Fantasia. That works in soul songs and RB radio...but not for national banner songs like that. Never for songs like that. And her screeching during the middle half...that was HORRID. Honestly, I blame Mariah Carey. She popularized hitting every note in the scale like that, and a generation of female singers that followed her LOVE to imitate that s***. If that's racist to agree with, call me a klansmen, I HATE that so much.
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Post by Rorschach on Mar 29, 2010 0:57:17 GMT -5
...why the hell would HBK give up so easily? The guy obsesses over beating Taker, then basically gives up at the end. I dont think I would have disliked that as much, if they would have had him hit another Sweet Chin Music, and then play the ending. Or really, I would have liked to see him hit two, have Taker kick out, and then have HBK give up. Then it would actually make sense and be feasible that he would give up at that point. The Tombstone was amazing, match was great, but the ending was kinda cliche and didn't fully make sense. I just hope they don't try and patch stuff together tomorrow and come up with some "HBK WANTED TO LOSE" crap... I never got the vibe that Shawn gave up. Even to the last, when he physically couldn't stand of his own will, Shawn still slapped Taker and showed him that he would have to basically kill him to put him down. Shawn and Taker threw everything they had at each other, TWICE. If anything, I thought there was a point where Taker just kinda gave up, before the second Tombstone. Was just going to say that. This time....it was Taker being pushed waaay past his limit and BARELY surviving HBK. And the only real reason he did was that Shawn made him snap with rage. Otherwise...he was spent. He was done. He was out of ideas. If Shawn hadn't slapped him....I dunno where they would have gone with the match.
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Post by andrew8798 on Mar 29, 2010 0:57:30 GMT -5
The other 25 guys in the Battle Royal besides Tatsu were
Cryme Tyme, Hart Dynasty, Fit Finlay, Hornswoggle, Mark Henry, Goldust, Santino Marella, Primo, Jimmy Wang Yang, Slam Master J, Great Khali, Caylen Croft, Trent Barretta, Tyler Reks, Chris Masters, Funaki, Zack Ryder, Vance Archer, Mike Knox, Carlito, Vladimir Kozlov, William Regal and Luke Gallows
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Post by Rorschach on Mar 29, 2010 1:19:56 GMT -5
Would be nice to see Tatsu feud with Miz over the US title now. I still want Christian to end up facing Edge for the Big Gold belt at next year's Mania in Atlanta.
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Post by slasher911 on Mar 29, 2010 1:26:20 GMT -5
Heh, I love all of the reports on the "steady decline of WrestleMania attendance" (200 or so less than last year...) ignoring the fact that they still drew over 72,000 people. Oh, they suck!
I don't even watch WWE, and I still think it's pretty funny.
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Toates Madhackrviper
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Post by Toates Madhackrviper on Mar 29, 2010 2:06:38 GMT -5
The other 25 guys in the Battle Royal besides Tatsu were Cryme Tyme, Hart Dynasty, Fit Finlay, Hornswoggle, Mark Henry, Goldust, Santino Marella, Primo, Jimmy Wang Yang, Slam Master J, Great Khali, Caylen Croft, Trent Barretta, Tyler Reks, Chris Masters, Funaki, Zack Ryder, Vance Archer, Mike Knox, Carlito, Vladimir Kozlov, William Regal and Luke Gallows Thanks! [to Chris Waters too]
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Post by mattperiolat on Mar 29, 2010 2:20:28 GMT -5
Well, I got back from a Mania viewing party on my campus with the largest crowd I've seen a Mania with since Mania 7 and I was there live for that one. Great mix of people and fun sitting with smart people and discussing things as we went.
So, how did the show look from my POV?
Tag Titles: This was way WAY too short. It did look like JoMo blew the split legged moonsault when Miz was already out of the ring, but aside from that, given they had FIVE MINUTES, I suppose it was OK. I weep for tag wrestling in the WWE though. Triple Threat: Orton did very well tonight and, yes, Virginia, Orton is a face now. The double DDT and the ORTON POSE~! at the end popped the crowd I was watching with. MITB: This was, save for the finale, the biggest crowd popper of the night with my group. We LOVED Kofi trying to stilt-walk to the briefcase, then slowly climb vertically rung by rung to the ladder. Great stuff by all involved, really. Swagger was a surprise, but honestly, we were hot for the match until Swagger took almost a minute to unhook the briefcase. Poor guy. HHH/Sheamus: The wrong guy won. This was one of the biggest disappointments of the night for the crowd since we were all rooting for Casper the Angry Irishman. Honestly, he needed the win more than Aytch did. Hope this is not the end for Sheamus, he did well tonight. Punk/Mysterio: This was another mistake, IMHO. Punk should have gone over in this one. Crowd was actually shocked when Mysterio won, but loved the ending sequence. Bret/Vince: I had to keep repeating to a lot of people around me that Bret today wasn't the same as Bret of old since a lot of people got restless with this match. Vince should have done a blade as that would have helped some I think, plus Bret let go of that Sharpshooter WAY too soon. Hold it a bit, man, we've been waiting over a decade for it. Jericho/Edge: The crowd and I were chanting "Spear! Spear! Spear!" during all of the cue ups. Just a fantastic match that really surprised us with Jericho winning, but clearly the table spear into the crowd was to set up for the next PPV. Divas: I say without exaggeration, the minute the entrances started, most of the people got up, most went for more pop, the others hit the restroom. I may hate Vicki cashing in on Eddie's passing AGAIN, but damn, she is an entertaining heel. Batista/Cena: I'll admit to picking on the entrance a bit here, commenting that while I liked A Few Good Men, didn't need to see the opening credits again. Nice to see that Botch-tista lived up to billing as usual with his head-first spear and a tap out that was so weak, most of the crowd didn't even see it. I know Cena has his haters, but he is growing on me, especially having the stones to pose with the Anti-Cena people at the end.
And finally... what we all came here for...
Michaels/Taker: What. A. Match. We guessed that a lot of Taker's leg was just an awesome sell job, but you believed it. HBK and Taker left it all out there and the Ankle Lock led to me and three other guys suddenly chanting "You suck!" in time to the old Angle music. Crowd was so evenly split with a great majority rooting for Shawn, but what a fantastic ending with a Tombstone for the ages. I'll admit that the minute it was over, I stood up with other guys, clapped and just chanted "Thank you, Shawn!" a few times. Then, once Taker left and it was all over, the whole room gave Michaels the standing ovation. We all got a chuckle over the AARP sign and it looked like Shawn was laughing over it too.
All and all, pretty good Mania. Not perfect, but a ton of fun to watch with people I'd never met before, but still have a lot of fun. What more be said?
Oh, just this: yes, I rooted for Taker. Yes, I'm thrilled The Streak lives on. But I love Shawn too and I'll miss him more than I can say. But he can honestly look back on really two seperate careers, one before the back injury and one after, and say with both in sum, he changed the business and made it better.
Thank you, Shawn, from the bottom of my heart. Now, please, stay retired, go home, kiss your wife, hug your kids and enjoy the memories you have for yourself and you've left all of us. We're all richer by millions for them.
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Post by Toates Madhackrviper on Mar 29, 2010 2:27:57 GMT -5
The other 25 guys in the Battle Royal besides Tatsu were Cryme Tyme, Hart Dynasty, Fit Finlay, Hornswoggle, Mark Henry, Goldust, Santino Marella, Primo, Jimmy Wang Yang, Slam Master J, Great Khali, Caylen Croft, Trent Barretta, Tyler Reks, Chris Masters, Funaki, Zack Ryder, Vance Archer, Mike Knox, Carlito, Vladimir Kozlov, William Regal and Luke Gallows *looks again* WAIT! No Big Zeek? Is he injured?
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Post by -Lithium- on Mar 29, 2010 2:28:05 GMT -5
I never got the vibe that Shawn gave up. Even to the last, when he physically couldn't stand of his own will, Shawn still slapped Taker and showed him that he would have to basically kill him to put him down. Shawn and Taker threw everything they had at each other, TWICE. If anything, I thought there was a point where Taker just kinda gave up, before the second Tombstone. Was just going to say that. This time....it was Taker being pushed waaay past his limit and BARELY surviving HBK. And the only real reason he did was that Shawn made him snap with rage. Otherwise...he was spent. He was done. He was out of ideas. If Shawn hadn't slapped him....I dunno where they would have gone with the match. I can really see what they were going for with that, and in alot of matches, it would be fine. But I don't buy that HBK would make a mistake like that in such a situation. Especially considering that he had already enraged Taker at the start of the match, doing the same thing...
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Post by Fade on Mar 29, 2010 2:36:32 GMT -5
Was just going to say that. This time....it was Taker being pushed waaay past his limit and BARELY surviving HBK. And the only real reason he did was that Shawn made him snap with rage. Otherwise...he was spent. He was done. He was out of ideas. If Shawn hadn't slapped him....I dunno where they would have gone with the match. I can really see what they were going for with that, and in alot of matches, it would be fine. But I don't buy that HBK would make a mistake like that in such a situation. Especially considering that he had already enraged Taker at the start of the match, doing the same thing... I think what they were playing with at that moment was that HBK was already done, but would keep kicking out and Taker would have to seriously hurt him to put him down which he didn't want to do.. I would have had Shawn do the gesture, slap him, Taker resist, Shawn go for a Superkick, Taker duck it and then deliver that same incredible Tombstone.
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Post by Chainsaw on Mar 29, 2010 2:37:25 GMT -5
Hornswoggle was in it and Ezekiel wasn't?
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...HAS THE WHOLE WORLD GONE MAD?!?!
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