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Post by KofiMania on Apr 1, 2019 11:26:49 GMT -5
Since we're less than a week away from WWE's massive roll of the dice by putting its biggest show of the year outdoors in northern New Jersey in early April, let's take a look at the forecast for East Rutherford, N.J. on Sunday, April 7. Per the National Weather Service, forecasts are calling for "A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61." Pretty lucky as it could easily have been 30 degrees and snowing.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Apr 1, 2019 11:32:08 GMT -5
Since we're less than a week away from WWE's massive roll of the dice by putting its biggest show of the year outdoors in northern New Jersey in early April, let's take a look at the forecast for East Rutherford, N.J. on Sunday, April 7. Per the National Weather Service, forecasts are calling for "A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61." WWE have been very lucky in general with their outdoor events in that they've rarely had them affected by the weather, with their only somewhat significant case of being severely caught out by it being on a Puerto Rican stadium show in the mid 1980s. www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/wwf-in-san-juan/Other than that, I think there was a brief shower during WrestleMania 24 and some other open-air house show in the mid-2000s that I only remember because of a damn great photo of Benoit and MVP facing off in the rain, and that's it.
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Post by BRV on Apr 1, 2019 11:35:23 GMT -5
Since we're less than a week away from WWE's massive roll of the dice by putting its biggest show of the year outdoors in northern New Jersey in early April, let's take a look at the forecast for East Rutherford, N.J. on Sunday, April 7. Per the National Weather Service, forecasts are calling for "A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61." WWE have been very lucky in general with their outdoor events in that they've rarely had them affected by the weather, with their only somewhat significant case of being severely caught out by it being on a Puerto Rican stadium show in the mid 1980s. www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/wwf-in-san-juan/Other than that, I think there was a brief shower during WrestleMania 24 and some other open-air house show in the mid-2000s that I only remember because of a damn great photo of Benoit and MVP facing off in the rain, and that's it. WWE also was on the receiving end of some great fortune in the minutes before the start of WrestleMania 33. There were sizeable thunderstorms to the immediate north and south of Orlando, yet they just breezed on past the city without affecting the Citrus Bowl one bit.
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Post by msc on Apr 1, 2019 13:02:27 GMT -5
How I'd expect WWE to book it: Ronda Rousey d. Charlotte and Becky by making Becky tap out Brock d. Seth Daniel Bryan d. Kofi Triple H d. Batista Miz d. Shane McMahon in a 36 minute match. Roman Reigns d. Drew Mac Baron Corbin d. Kurt Angle Randy Orton d. AJ Styles Bobby Lashey d. Demon Balor Rey d. Samoa Joe Nia Jax/Tamina d. Sasha/Bayley, Beth/Natalya, Iconics Buddy Murphy d. Tony Nese Andre Battle Royal won by that comedian guy. Womens Battle Royal won by Lacevy Evans I basically had an aneurysm reading this list. Think of it less as a list, and more as spoilers for next Sunday.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2019 13:49:06 GMT -5
I'm happy that Batista is back but sad he's wasting his time wrestling Triple H.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2019 13:53:08 GMT -5
Apparently Stephanie is making a WM Main Event announcement on RAW. So basically she is announcing the match is for both titles and they are going to unify them perhaps? Which in itself is a mistake given the size of the roster I don't think it's a mistake. The women's roster is too small for 2 world titles. And you now have the tag titles for the women in the midcard to compete for. Having 1 womens champ and the tag champs getting to show up on both brands would be great imo. I'm fine with them unifying the titles, I just HATE how they went about getting the SD Women's Title on Charlotte.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2019 13:54:05 GMT -5
Apparently Cena's still planned for a match on this show and it isn't Angle. I have no idea what it could possibly be THE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S BATTLE ROYAL......... JUANITA CENA!!!!!!!
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Post by clifford on Apr 1, 2019 14:26:39 GMT -5
I don't think it's a mistake. The women's roster is too small for 2 world titles. And you now have the tag titles for the women in the midcard to compete for. Having 1 womens champ and the tag champs getting to show up on both brands would be great imo. I'm fine with them unifying the titles, I just HATE how they went about getting the SD Women's Title on Charlotte. 100% agree. Awful, on the fly snap booking decision which is the norm for the WWE these days.
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Post by Chiral on Apr 1, 2019 17:40:06 GMT -5
Apparently Cena's still planned for a match on this show and it isn't Angle. I have no idea what it could possibly be, unless they charge full steam ahead with that stupid Lars idea with a single show of build or they feel like throwing Owens a bone, but whatever it is it just sounds like a pointless waste of time.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Apr 2, 2019 0:04:05 GMT -5
Looks like Hawkins and Ryder are getting the least built match on the card, and that's saying something.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2019 0:06:44 GMT -5
Looks like Hawkins and Ryder are getting the least built match on the card, and that's saying something. The idea of the Revival with them being complete jobbers and always coming out to dead silence getting a Mania match while Asuka rots in the battle royal genuinely offends me.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Apr 2, 2019 0:15:28 GMT -5
Thatโd be a nice thing to pop the crowd on the pre-show, I suppose. Just wish there was SOME build beyond โOh, remember that segment we did like three months ago? That enough to set up a WrestleMania match on six days notice?โ.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Apr 2, 2019 0:35:05 GMT -5
Thatโd be a nice thing to pop the crowd on the pre-show, I suppose. Just wish there was SOME build beyond โOh, remember that segment we did like three months ago? That enough to set up a WrestleMania match on six days notice?โ. It worked for Chris Benoit vs. Kurt Angle, I guess?
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Post by Rumble McSkirmish on Apr 2, 2019 2:35:12 GMT -5
WWE have been very lucky in general with their outdoor events in that they've rarely had them affected by the weather, with their only somewhat significant case of being severely caught out by it being on a Puerto Rican stadium show in the mid 1980s. www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/wwf-in-san-juan/Other than that, I think there was a brief shower during WrestleMania 24 and some other open-air house show in the mid-2000s that I only remember because of a damn great photo of Benoit and MVP facing off in the rain, and that's it. WWE also was on the receiving end of some great fortune in the minutes before the start of WrestleMania 33. There were sizeable thunderstorms to the immediate north and south of Orlando, yet they just breezed on past the city without affecting the Citrus Bowl one bit. I'd like to think Vince went out on stage raised his finger to the sky and yelled out "HEY PAL, DON'T MAKE ME PUT YOU IN ANOTHER MATCH AT BACKLASH!" and suddenly the skies the cleared up.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Apr 2, 2019 3:48:06 GMT -5
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I'm not touching the ๐ Battle Royals, and probably not any other tag teams if they get booked. The fact that I have Emojis for the Women's Tag Titles is a miracle.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2019 9:19:35 GMT -5
Looks like Hawkins and Ryder are getting the least built match on the card, and that's saying something. This is going to challenge Nese/Murphy for "who gets to open the pre-show", for sure. It actually sucks for both teams. Revival is beating a dead horse, but while it's supposed to set up a feel-good victory for Hawkins and Ryder (Hawkins especially), it's obvious that they'll drop the belts the next night to Ricochet and Allister Black, much like Ryder's IC victory at WrestleMania 32.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2019 9:21:25 GMT -5
Looks like Hawkins and Ryder are getting the least built match on the card, and that's saying something. This is going to challenge Nese/Murphy for "who gets to open the pre-show", for sure. It actually sucks for both teams. Revival is beating a dead horse, but while it's supposed to set up a feel-good victory for Hawkins and Ryder (Hawkins especially), it's obvious that they'll drop the belts the next night to Ricochet and Allister Black, much like Ryder's IC victory at WrestleMania 32. God, I wish they'd just drop the Black and Ricochet team. I mean, they're both very good and the matches have been fine but as characters they just plain don't mesh and I think both guys are more suited to doing singles. It doesn't really help that it's incredibly blatant they just slotted them into DIY's place because Ciampa was hurt.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2019 9:25:06 GMT -5
This is going to challenge Nese/Murphy for "who gets to open the pre-show", for sure. It actually sucks for both teams. Revival is beating a dead horse, but while it's supposed to set up a feel-good victory for Hawkins and Ryder (Hawkins especially), it's obvious that they'll drop the belts the next night to Ricochet and Allister Black, much like Ryder's IC victory at WrestleMania 32. God, I wish they'd just drop the Black and Ricochet team. I mean, they're both very good and the matches have been fine but as characters they just plain don't mesh and I think both guys are more suited to doing singles. It doesn't really help that it's incredibly blatant they just slotted them into DIY's place because Ciampa was hurt. What? You don't like Angsty Guy with Creaky Coffin and Flippy Dude as a tag team?
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Post by SCCB Was Told To Do Steroids on Apr 2, 2019 11:26:05 GMT -5
TL: DR, so I hope no one brought this up yet...
There are some WWE potential HOFs with TERRIBLE records at WM.
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Post by "The Natural" Bustin Loads on Apr 2, 2019 11:35:49 GMT -5
That women's promo last night was so good it made me look forward to the triple threat again, so it joins Kofi/Bryan, HHH/Batista, Shane/Miz and AJ/Orton as the matches I'm excited for.
Can't shake the dreadful feeling that Brock retains because Reigns is back.
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