odor31
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Post by odor31 on Apr 8, 2013 7:36:32 GMT -5
The Miz vs. Wade Barrett - Already, I was disappointed that this was on the pre-show. I became more disappointed with the short length of the match. I did like how Miz got Barrett into the Figure Four however - pretty inventive.
The Shield vs. Randy Orton/Big Show/Sheamus - I enjoyed this match. No complaints. Glad The Shield won.
Mark Henry vs. Ryback - One of the biggest WTF moments in recent history. I didn't get it. Rewarding the tenured New York-born Mark Henry, I guess? Ryback's Shell Shock was something to see - but it would have been cooler if it finished Mark off.
Hell No vs. Zig E & Big E - Glad Bryan got on the card for over 18 seconds. Their exchanges were phenomenal as usual. Big E looked dominant - despite the loss. I was very impressed - wish this got more time.
Fandango vs. Chris Jericho - Good match. No complaints.
Del Rio vs. Swagger - Very confused at Swagger's jobber entrance - especially since they had a vehicle with them. Good match. Like most, was disappointed in the lack of cash-in by Ziggler.
Undertaker vs. CM Punk - Match of the night. Hands down. Entrances were great as well.
HHH vs. Brock - Felt like I've seen this match before as a hybrid of Brock's match with Cena (dominating the entire match until the end) and these guys' Summerslam match. Predictable outcome leads to meh-fest.
Rock vs. Cena - My least favorite match of the night. Looks like a spot fest gone bad. Everyone in my viewing party started talking about how these two only knew how to use their finisher and that's it. I think I was thrown off from the get-go when Cena's entrance hit - as I was expecting for somebody to call my momma. It was a very weird transition from Brock/HHH to Cena/Rock, and I couldn't shake it for the rest of the event.
I told someone this morning, that even though this probably won't happen, that this was my last Wrestlemania purchase on PPV. I'll just stream or wait for DVD next year.
Edit: Forgot about Diddy. Unmemorable. I loved Living Colour's performance and everyone in my viewing party thought they sounded amazing live.
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Push R Truth
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Post by Push R Truth on Apr 8, 2013 7:41:52 GMT -5
Had a couple friends over, we were yelling and cheering. All kinds of fun. I'm not going to pretend it was the BEST EVAR but I was very entertained.
But then again, I'm of the belief that sporting events aren't best enjoyed alone. I've watched great games that seemed boring when i was alone to pick apart every little thing, but when you add in others with different perspectives it totally changes how you view the same event.
I'd give this WM a solid B.
My main grip was some of the camera/production/editing work. There were a couple spots that "got lost" because the camera would switch angles during the motion. Plus when the Undertaker went to reclaim the Urn, literally a half second after he reached for it they cut to a video package before coming back 45 seconds later to Taker in the ring with the Urn. Don't you think it might have been nice to see the guy pick up the urn and think about it for a second or 3 before cutting away? But no, emotional moment lost forever.
I want to give Paul Heyman some credit for taking a Superkick like a pro. Good stuff.
Swaggers jobber entrance was baffling especially because it appeared they had a mule(atv) in camouflage with an American Flag for Zeb I'm assuming.
One thing I really liked was the their celebrities (Strahan, Snookie...etc) were in visible places and always looked like they were having fun when you saw them in the background. They obviously weren't just plants, but actual fans. It's good to see that. I HATE soulless celeb plants like the typical: OH HAY LOOK IT'S THE CAST OF BLAHBLAH.... as they sit there on cellphones and look dead to the world.
I'm very happy for Mark Henry getting a win. Ryback still looked like a beast afterwards, but it also sets up Henry to have a good run. I believe both guys come out looking good. That's something you don't see too often these days.
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Post by dicegirl72 on Apr 8, 2013 9:12:41 GMT -5
I forgot about Mark Henry vs. Ryback, and I can sum that up in two words. "It sucked." I opted to fold laundry during Ryback and Henry as well as HHH/Lesnar (although I did wait to see HHH's entrance and had the same "WTH is on HHH" reaction that the rest of the board did). Sounds like I made the right call by skipping those 2. I was thrilled about the Shield match and the win, but I did grumble that it went a bit too short for my liking. All 3 of the Shield are very great wrestlers in their own right (IMO) and they could have made that match far longer and kept it interesting, in spite of Sheamus/Show/RKO being 3 of the most boring wrestlers in WWE (again, IMO). I thought it was an "OK" WM. I didn't expect a lot from Cena/Rock, just some sort of redux of last year.
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Post by jackswagz on Apr 8, 2013 9:18:03 GMT -5
Punk-Taker was great, my favourite Taker match at mania since his first v Michaels. Entrances, reactions everything was perfect. Paul Heyman deserves a lot of credit.
The rest of the show was pretty dull but The Shield looked good.
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zeez
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Post by zeez on Apr 8, 2013 9:21:49 GMT -5
Dull for the most part. It most likely would have been better in a group of people, as appears to be the sentiment of some, but only because I wouldn't be paying attention as much as I attempted to.
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kevin
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Post by kevin on Apr 8, 2013 9:22:19 GMT -5
Everything up to HHH Brock was pure gold. I have watched many pay per veiws and I have never enjoyed the wrestling as much as I did in all of those matches. Miz, Barret was a great fast paced match. The Winds of Change was extraordinarily impressive. I wanted Barret to win but hopefully he moves to the main event no and Miz can work on unifying the IC title and the U.S. title. The Shield match was fantastic from start to finish I wanted a Orton heel turn but keeping Show heel was a good move. I am really excited to see what the Shield do next. Henry, Ryback was what HHH, Brock should have been short furious, hard hitting action. It had more moves the HHH, Brock in half the time. The ending looked like a botch yes I think they though Ryback was hurt so Henry ended the match then when they decided he was okay he got his heat back but ending aside that was what a hard hitting short match should be. The tag match was also great and the 18 second tease was hilarious. Was a great pace with lots of action, everyone in the match impressed. Fandango, Chris Jericho and Swagger, ADR were both great as well. If all pay per views had matches as great as these I would buy every single one. The we Get to Punk, Undertaker. After two terrible Wrestlemanias Undertaker finally returned to form but really I think it was all Punk. Punk is the greatest entertainer in Wrestling today and he did not disappoint here. Heyman was funny as all get out too. When he held up the urn after Punk kicked out of a tombstone as though he actually believe the power of the urn helped punk kicked out I laughed out loud for 20 seconds. I loved that bit. Now yes HHH brock was terrible and Rock has zero buisness being in a main event of any pay per view let alone Wrestle Mania, but I honestly do not understand how anyone could rate 2 and half hours of great matches anything less than a B and it should get an A.
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Bo Rida
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Post by Bo Rida on Apr 8, 2013 10:24:59 GMT -5
My reaction was a a little happy dance as the predictable outcomes to the main matches won me a big pile of money.
The Positives The six man and tag title matches were fun, great to see the new(ish) faces have such a strong showing. That tag match also introduced the call-backs to previous matches that were a nice touch throughout the night. Undertaker vs Punk was a fantastic match, not sure why I ever doubted one of the all time greats against Punk at the top of his game.
The good but still quite disappointing for WM Brock vs HHH - As somebody said in the dedicated thread it was simultaneously a great match and a stinker. Rock vs Cena - Generally good but a slow start and some odd finisher/counter sequences towards the end, Cena heeling it up made the ensuing mutual respect a little weird.
The bad Ryback vs Henry- WTF was that? Slow and boring with a stupid finish, the whole thing and the previous few months make Ryback look terrible. It was similar to Batista vs Umaga as I expected a match that would grow into a cult classic but it wound up being massively disappointing.
The why was this on WM? Del Rio vs Swagger Jericho vs Fandango - Decent match just not WM worthy Miz vs Barrett - To be fair that's mostly because I wanted Wade to win and I hate face Miz, nothing against their performance.
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Beast Army Ass
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Post by Beast Army Ass on Apr 8, 2013 11:15:35 GMT -5
I think that seeing it live it helped things out tremendously as being around like-minded people just enjoying the show made it more memorable. Now that I'm actually thinking of the match results and such, the content could've been better sure
The Miz vs. Wade Barrett - Missed it due to the mile-long trek to find my seats (lucked out in that I had some seats way up high but still got a great view of the ring. The giant canopy obscured the entranceway unfortunately). From the bits and pieces I glanced at it seemed like a fairly inconsequential match to get the crowd going. That being said, MAN the Miz has dropped like a stone down the card. Main eventing WM 2 years ago and now he's not even on the show proper.
The Shield vs. Randy Orton/Big Show/Sheamus - Thumbs up from me. Glad the Shield won, as they really should've. Couldn't find one reason whatsoever to be mad at Show. You don't trust the guy, that's what you get.
Mark Henry vs. Ryback - This one confused me. Henry winning off of flopping on Ryback made me go "huh. That's it?" I was positive it'd just be Ryback winning and that'd be that. So this was probably the only match of the night that legit surprised me. After the match left me even more confused. OK, you hit the finisher. Good job, you still lost buddy. Why not do that when the match was still going on and I dunno, win?
Hell No vs. Zig E & Big E - The opening spot was tons of fun to watch, and the rest of the match was good too. I saw Kane's pyro attachments on the posts making me predict they were going to win (though they were never used for some reason), and I'm glad they did. Big E is awesome, but AJ and Ziggler annoy me to no end at this point. I guess I just don't get what right he has to be cocky all the time if he ALWAYS LOSES. It's almost Cena-esque in how he brushes off losses. Good stuff, no complaints here.
Fandango vs. Chris Jericho - LOVED Fandango's entrance, though I was disappointed we didn't get the SID sign on the grandest stage of them all. As for the match, predictable result again, though I guess it's time for Fandango to come up with a new finisher since the top rope leg drop (clearly presented beforehand as his death move) couldn't get the job done in even his first match. The character is slimy so I don't mind him winning off of a fluke roll-up, but I think they're not exactly going to present Fandango as someone with much ring cred ("gets ass kicked only to snake a win out" heel archetype) going off of this match.
Del Rio vs. Swagger - Swagger's entrance confused the crap out of me as well. Vehicle and everything but anyone watching the PPV didn't see it. Why, exactly? Jobber entrances at WM? Really? As for the match itself, no real surprise with ADR winning, and it was a fun match to watch overall. Note that my crowd was expecting/begging for a Ziggler cash-in (sounded like a bunch of others thought the same thing as after the match was officially over there were boos galore), and that would've made sense but when there weren't any after-bell shenanigans I knew it wasn't happening. Oh well. Could've made things interesting.
Undertaker vs. CM Punk - Easily the best match of the night. Everyone was so into it, despite knowing there was no way Punk was winning. Entrances were fantastic, though CM Punk sure didn't seem like a heel coming out, that's for sure. Taker was moving pretty good from what I saw (especially compared to the next two matches) and that pace really helped make this match shine.
HHH vs. Brock - TERRIBLE move not squeezing in Funk/Rhodes Scholars in between the last match and this one. The crowd was just worn the hell out so there was just NOTHING in crowd reaction for a lot of this match. The fact that this match was so much slower than the last one didn't help things either. HBK trying to interfere in the beginning (sans Paul trying stuff) confused me since HHH was supposed to be the good guy, right? Why resort to interference and ball shots to get the upper hand? Brock is fun to watch in a match because he clearly just does everything full force regardless. He's nuts and I love him for it. The kimuHHHra spot got some groans from me because it would be just oh so fitting for HHH to tap the monster out on the biggest stage of them all, right? The ego must've been feeling a bit peckish. Glad that didn't happen but from about that point on was all Trips so who cares. Predictable, yet disappointing, ending on this one. Brock winning would've helped things a lot for me but I knew there was no chance of that happening.
Rock vs. Cena - Rock needs to do some cardio in the worst way. All of these matches he's had since coming back are just so slow and full of rest holds. Rock is fun to watch in spurts, but seeing a guy sucking wind and sweating puddles within 3 minutes of work is just sad to see. The match itself was pretty blah for me, though the crowd did help things out immensely in my enjoyment of it. I can only hope the reaction to the ending came across on TV as well as it did in person because people were PISSED watching that brofest go down. Having to stew on that while sitting in Metlife's parking lot for the next 2 hours didn't help things. Cena's never turning heel but I have to applaud how WWE constantly finds ways to hook people in for the troll-job. "I'm going to hand Rock a loss so decisive and humiliating it'll ruin his year like it ruined mine" AKA "I'll just AA you and pin you, no big deal." LAME.
Other assorted stuff:
- It was raining for about a minute or two when I got there, which made me laugh a bit. Luckily I was so high up even if it was raining for real my section was sort of covered so I wasn't too worried. - Of course being up so high had it's disavantages, like breathing in pyro smoke whenever they shot things off the top ring of the stadium, as well as the aforementioned giant canopy blocking the entranceway. - Lillian Garcia's entrance video is kind of rapey looking. From what I can see she looked pretty bangin' though. Whatever she had on was sparkly as hell. - Living Colour was fun to see live, and Diddy (while not my usual cup of tea) was also fun to experience...until that last song. Heard that enough for a lifetime, thanks. - Need to take off work the next day regardless of how close WM is to me because I didn't get home until like 2:30 AM yesterday. Getting out of there was a nightmare.
If you're wondering why I'm typing so much about this, it was my first live WM and the first event I went to since King of the Ring 1995 (AKA the show where ECW chants were in full force due to it being so terrible). So for me it was kind of a big deal. Definitely glad I went and I had a ton of fun, though I imagine if I just ordered it on TV instead I wouldn't have enjoyed things nearly as much. Great style, but all the predictability kept me from going way over the top in love for it.
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ASYLUMHAUSEN
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Post by ASYLUMHAUSEN on Apr 8, 2013 11:24:56 GMT -5
Reactions in bullet point form;
Shield match was enjoyable. Oh damn! Did Seth Rollins just break his neck!? The visual after the Team Hell No win (Bryan & the crowd)was awesome I paid $70 for f***ing commercials!?! Punk/Taker 2nd best Taker Mania match (behind HBK 1) Hahaaaaa....take THAT HHHaters Zzzž......wait picking up now.....meh....anti-climatic finish.
7 out of 10 (at best a 5 without Punk/Taker)
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BigJerichool222
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Post by BigJerichool222 on Apr 8, 2013 14:56:25 GMT -5
Since this was my first WM, I had a great time. I just sat back and enjoyed the show This.
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Post by xxshoyuweeniexx on Apr 8, 2013 15:40:31 GMT -5
I just got done watching it...it was OK.
That's not something I should be saying about Wrestlemania though. It had some good wrestling, and you know, that's nice and if this was ROH or TNA or something I wouldn't judge it as hard. But WWE has always been about pop and circumstance, the theatrics, the pyro, the larger than life aspect. And I don't mean backstage skits with Mae Young and old legends and Hornswoggle and Santino dancing. I mean the general feel of "THIS IS HUGE". Outside of Taker/Punk and possibly Rock/Cena, there was none of that. It felt very run of the mill and ordinary. It felt like Backlash or some B-Level PPV. Nowhere near the 70 dollars that people payed.
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