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Post by deadzeppelin on Apr 8, 2019 4:21:30 GMT -5
Honestly if you replace that bad Womens Tag with the 3 way Ronda/Becky/Charlotte match and the show ended after Kofi and Bryan, it would have been an incredible show. Instead Bryan and Kofi ended, we got about 3 straight regular Raw matches, a concert a 3 hour Triple H entrance + Match and finally the Main Event
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Apr 8, 2019 7:31:20 GMT -5
WM is so long it reminds me of those war movies where the guy writes to his love back home:
"Dearest Marian, it is only hour 5 of Wrestlemania with no end in sight. If I do not make it, I want you to go on with your life..."
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Apr 8, 2019 7:43:47 GMT -5
Cry me a river, it's 5.30am here. Yeah, pretty much. “Oh no, I get to sleep at 12am on a Sunday!” |
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Post by Sparkybob on Apr 8, 2019 7:49:08 GMT -5
Well, it's a tough balancing wanting to give everyone a WrestleMania paycheck as well as performing on Mania is a good reward for a lot of people who sacrifice a lot throughout the year.
So I am not sure what the best solution is other than just having a bunch of 5-minute matches or not book more than half of your roster for Mania.
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Post by Instant Classic on Apr 8, 2019 8:02:31 GMT -5
It’s simple. Don’t put everyone on the card. Not everyone deserves to be on the show.
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Post by Clint Bobski on Apr 8, 2019 8:09:22 GMT -5
All they really needed were the championship matches (with no fatal four ways), Triple H v Batista,and they should have done Angle v Cena and that's it. I have no desire to see Baron Corbin stink up another WrestleMania, and I'll be happy if I never see Shane "gassed after 2 minutes" McMahon wrestle again.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Apr 8, 2019 8:13:10 GMT -5
"Do YOU know where your children are?"
Yeah, still at the f***ing wrestling show, like.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Apr 8, 2019 8:16:07 GMT -5
It’s simple. Don’t put everyone on the card. Not everyone deserves to be on the show. Though, I’d give the WM payday to the people who didn’t get booked, but were present for promotional stuff like Axxess and the community events. |
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Post by lookout on Apr 8, 2019 8:30:12 GMT -5
I seriously don't know how the people there endured it. Being this exhausted and even sore from sitting so long in the comfort of my home...I couldn't imagine going through it there on top of all the travel issues.
We have been saying this for a couple of years now but This really has to change....not only because of the fans but damn it is so hard for those in the main event to get a reaction because everyone is dying from exhaustion. If they have to give everyone a participation trophy by giving them a spot..then split the event up. Its utterly absurd the event is this tiring. They have taken it from being a spectacle to a torture device.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2019 8:30:55 GMT -5
"Do YOU know where your children are?" Yeah, still at the f***ing wrestling show, like. Apparently somebody took a picture 15 minutes after the show ended and everybody was already out of the building. That’s how done they were. |
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Apr 8, 2019 8:34:24 GMT -5
"Do YOU know where your children are?" Yeah, still at the f***ing wrestling show, like. Apparently somebody took a picture 15 minutes after the show ended and everybody was already out of the building. That’s how done they were. They were all bolting for the last train out of the Meadowlands or something, which was at 12:40, ten minutes after the scheduled end time. There be a lot of rich Uber drivers in New York today. |
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Post by chronocross on Apr 8, 2019 8:35:00 GMT -5
I heard reports that folks were stranded in the Meadowlands area for a few hours after the show and then it began to rain which didn't help matters either. 70,000+ people trying to leave at the same time via bus/Uber wasn't a pretty sight.
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Post by marvelocity on Apr 8, 2019 8:36:07 GMT -5
Well I for one applaud Samoa Joe. He knew people had to work the next day, so he disposed of his opponent in under a minute in hopes of getting everyone home at a decent hour. Plus that meant we only got about a minute and a half of Booker T on commentary, so win-win. He did his part, what say you Triple H?
Honestly, it's only once a year so I can put up with it. Of course I'm saying that from the comfort of my home, where I can tune in and out at my interests and get other stuff done while watching this marathon of wrestling. I would NEVER want to go to a Wrestlemania with the current format that it is. That just sounds like the worst kind of torture I could put myself through. I'd rather be Batista getting his nose ring ripped out than sit seven plus hours squeezed into an arena seat, having to wait forever for $8 sodas or to pee, then fighting the traffic on the way out, etc. No thank you!
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Post by Error on Apr 8, 2019 8:39:13 GMT -5
I honestly wouldn't mind if they took the Wrestle Kingdom approach and did it in two days but I imagine that's not cost feasible for them given the stadiums. I don't know if it would be the stadium cost or the potential loss of big revenue and attendance that they would fear. Instead of them having 70,000 fans in one night, it becomes 45,000 night 1 and 50,000 night 2. Yeah that is 95k over 2 nights but I don't know their ego could stand that. That didn't even take into account splitting the card, SDL moving to Fridays, Takeover, and the Hall of Fame. I rather they shorten the show, especially after going to one, but the planning would be insane. |
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Post by CeilingFan on Apr 8, 2019 8:59:17 GMT -5
just have 10 matches on the PPV, and none of them should go over 20 minutes.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Apr 8, 2019 9:34:35 GMT -5
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Post by Instant Classic on Apr 8, 2019 9:49:35 GMT -5
It’s simple. Don’t put everyone on the card. Not everyone deserves to be on the show. Though, I’d give the WM payday to the people who didn’t get booked, but were present for promotional stuff like Axxess and the community events. With the money they make I’d give everyone a Mania payday. |
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Post by SirLucas on Apr 8, 2019 10:02:35 GMT -5
I heard reports that folks were stranded in the Meadowlands area for a few hours after the show and then it began to rain which didn't help matters either. 70,000+ people trying to leave at the same time via bus/Uber wasn't a pretty sight. I was there, f***ing miserable. It took us till 3am to get on the train out of the sports complex. Never again will I go to an event at Metlife. The stadium is geographically isolated from everywhere else in the New York area, so it feels like you are stuck on an island after the show is over. |
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Post by ASYLUMHAUSEN on Apr 8, 2019 10:05:57 GMT -5
Last week; probably average 4 hours of sleep a night. Leading into my weekend;
Friday night; post-work dinner & drinks with co-workers, then off to another restaurant for drinks with more co-workers, then to the casino..make it to bed around 2am
Saturday; watch final four with friends, sit around fire pit with friends drinking high ABV IPAs, make it to bed around 230am
Sunday; hungover. coffee. Mania with friends....by Trips/Big Dave I was blown up and ready to die. In bed 1245am, sleep like shit.
Monday; up at 630 to get showered and get to work...thank god for coffee & redbull...but good lord I want to die today.
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long story short; If they're going to insist on these marathon f***ing Mania's, start the pre-show at 3pm EST, main card by 5pm, shows over 10p/1030pm.
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Post by grungesmurf on Apr 8, 2019 10:13:36 GMT -5
Yup I took a nap during the show, then during the Batista vs HHH match I watched random YouTube matches.
Stop with the part timers. If you must have them limit it to one.
Not everyone needs to be on the card.
Hunter no more matches for you. Go play wrestling at the performance center if you must.
The Andre battle royal needs to go.
Dare I say the ladies one too.
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