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Post by TWERKIN' MAGGLE on Mar 26, 2022 16:12:42 GMT -5
"Not Feeling Like WrestleMania" threads are like daylight savings.
They come around the same time every year and everyone hates it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2022 16:21:16 GMT -5
The build up has been terrible this year.
Most matches only have 3 weeks of buildup. It all feels rushed.
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Mar 26, 2022 16:28:10 GMT -5
30 years I've been watching this company and I've never seen a Mania build or card so dire. And the one marquee match they do have they've managed to make sure no one gives a shit about anyway. Even the earlier Manias that were half squash matches feel more like WrestleMania than this. This whole thing looks like utter trash. I'd love to be proven wrong and see this card defy all odds and become a great, WrestleMania-worthy show, but the odds have never been more stacked against that possibility.
And I'm usually the optimistic one.
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Post by Fade on Mar 26, 2022 16:35:57 GMT -5
Kind of? It feels less like a culminating event and more like a ceremonial thing. Kind of like going to a family members graduation or something. “Oh yeah!” Cody & Austin. That’s bout all im really looking forward to.
And I guess Roman & Brock in a “what will they think of next?!” Sort of way.
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Post by I'm A Pop Sensation on Mar 26, 2022 16:52:33 GMT -5
its felt like that to me I think since Wrestlemania 34. I don't know why but starting with Mania 35 things just kind of sucked and I've only either looked forward to a few matches or the whole show just felt like a hassle to sit through. That was definitely the case for me last year
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Post by polarbearpete on Mar 26, 2022 18:02:05 GMT -5
It feels like Wrestlemania season to me, but I do think this particular card would’ve worked better as a 1-night show. Not enough marquee matchups for 6 hours I think. Although if we do get full-fledged Austin-Owens and Rollins-Cody matches then I think that would be enough for 2 nights’ worth.
I do also wish they would’ve added Demon-Priest and an IC Title Ladder match to the card as well.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Mar 26, 2022 18:15:02 GMT -5
It feels like Wrestlemania season to me, but I do think this particular card would’ve worked better as a 1-night show. Not enough marquee matchups for 6 hours I think. Although if we do get full-fledged Austin-Owens and Rollins-Cody matches then I think that would be enough for 2 nights’ worth. I do also wish they would’ve added Demon-Priest and an IC Title Ladder match to the card as well. Yeah, I don't know who was booking in 2015 and 2016, when the IC title did get respect with those multiman ladder matches both years. They were bangers and got guys on the show on a meaningful role.
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Post by Nosnorb on Mar 26, 2022 18:56:52 GMT -5
It feels like Wrestlemania season to me, but I do think this particular card would’ve worked better as a 1-night show. Not enough marquee matchups for 6 hours I think. Although if we do get full-fledged Austin-Owens and Rollins-Cody matches then I think that would be enough for 2 nights’ worth. I do also wish they would’ve added Demon-Priest and an IC Title Ladder match to the card as well. Yeah, I don't know who was booking in 2015 and 2016, when the IC title did get respect with those multiman ladder matches both years. They were bangers and got guys on the show on a meaningful role. The IC title got NO respect in the build up to Wrestlemania 2015. Wade Barrett lost almost every match he had as champion in the run up and he had his belt stolen by almost everyone else in that match. It was treated so badly that it made the guys in the match look like boobs for taking part in such a dangerous match for a prize that nobody should actually want to win, because if they did, all they would do was lose.
The build was better a year later, but the match was won by Zack Ryder, a dude that the WWE buried years before, then he lost it the next night to The Miz.
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Post by fw91 on Mar 26, 2022 18:58:28 GMT -5
Am I off-base for suggesting that maybe the two nights play a role In this? To me it really bastardizes the event and it feels like just another show broken up into two nights with everyone on the roster. Granted I don’t like the really really long shows, but why can’t they go back to the time of the mania 20’s with the 7-11 EST shows?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2022 21:07:00 GMT -5
Am I off-base for suggesting that maybe the two nights play a role In this? To me it really bastardizes the event and it feels like just another show broken up into two nights with everyone on the roster. Granted I don’t like the really really long shows, but why can’t they go back to the time of the mania 20’s with the 7-11 EST shows? Not for me, personally. I think making WM two nights is one of the best decisions they've made in recent years.
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Mar 26, 2022 21:16:52 GMT -5
"Not Feeling Like WrestleMania" threads are like daylight savings. They come around the same time every year and everyone hates it. And we'll be here a year from now having the exact same discussion and will continue to do so every following year until we're all worm food. Life at FAN always comes full circle.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2022 21:23:16 GMT -5
Ehhh I mean WWE has sort of consistently over the last few years been in a pattern of the show coming up without a ton of fanfare especially without Legends like Taker around now. And that's not to say just with Mania but a majority of their PPVs just come up on you and be like oh yeah that is happening This. It's the norm now.
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Mar 26, 2022 21:35:32 GMT -5
It might feel more like it if they cared about any other matches except one.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2022 21:40:23 GMT -5
Outside of getting Austin back to do anything physical this WM feels as of now completely forgettable and and no one would miss a thing if they did pass up watching this year.
And it says alot that alot of if not the majority of the excitement is from a guy coming out of so called retirement after 19yrs.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2022 0:05:41 GMT -5
I’ll add my name to the list of people who won’t watch a Lesnar/Reigns main event. So, yeah, since I’m not planning to even watch the show(s), the build certainly doesn’t have me excited.
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Post by Hobby Drifter on Mar 27, 2022 2:30:23 GMT -5
Even in recent years, I’ve started to get a little bit of that nostalgic “hell yeah, Mania” feeling from the Rumble.
But seeing badly the company flaffed the Rumble this year, I’m not feeling even a slight twinge of excitement.
What little build has been done for any of the matches feel like they’d have been more appropriate for some b-show, not the biggest event of the year.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Mar 27, 2022 2:44:27 GMT -5
Am I off-base for suggesting that maybe the two nights play a role In this? To me it really bastardizes the event and it feels like just another show broken up into two nights with everyone on the roster. Granted I don’t like the really really long shows, but why can’t they go back to the time of the mania 20’s with the 7-11 EST shows? Not for me, personally. I think making WM two nights is one of the best decisions they've made in recent years. It shouldn't be difficult for WWE to fill two back to back nights with Wrestlemania. Like yeah there's gonna be some filler, but the idea should be to have some good, heavy marquee matches, have some big storyline blowoffs, put in stuff that feels like the culminations of storylines building to this big climax, and then have some matches to kill time. The problem is that WWE isn't so good at that 'build' thing, and they kind of falter on the filler prospect. Why is the Andre on TV? Where's like a six-man clusterf*** ladder match for some contrived purpose? Why is the only gimmick match on either night also one of the celebrity matches? Two nights should be easy to book if WWE put more into the story build and treated each night like its own PPV show that needed to hit the marks and have the big things on it, and the card doesn't really look like they've done that. They have 1 1/2 shows tops that are getting made into two shows. But also this would be so much more agonizing if it was one show, because you know they'd try to fit this all into one show. WWE needed to make it tow nights, they've just now got to actually put on two shows worth watching and that might be a tougher act than they can really live up to.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Mar 27, 2022 2:57:36 GMT -5
Am I off-base for suggesting that maybe the two nights play a role In this? To me it really bastardizes the event and it feels like just another show broken up into two nights with everyone on the roster. Granted I don’t like the really really long shows, but why can’t they go back to the time of the mania 20’s with the 7-11 EST shows? Not for me, personally. I think making WM two nights is one of the best decisions they've made in recent years. Yeah, it's not at all the two nights thing. And 100% on the matches booked. ALL Of the major title matches are rematches. Brock vs. Roman has been done MULTIPLE TIMES... both at Mania and elsewhere. Charlotte vs. Rhonda were 2/3rds of the Main event from 2019 Becky vs. Bianca is a rematch from Summerslam where Bianca was treated like absolute garbage... Mania used to be treated like the big end cap of the calendar year with the new season starting... Either Roman wins or we get some kinda shitty schmozz ending that is massively unsatisfying... either way Roman's title run is going to continue heading absolutely nowhere. Brock f***s off after Mania as usual either way... Ronda presumably wins but I'm not sure who exactly she faces... ditto for Bianca as the depth of the women's division is terrible. neither of the midcard belts are even making the show despite one of them being held by one of the more popular wrestlers they have, and one they are presumably building up... if anything being Two Nights should make the show feel more special since hey it's a big two night thing that they don't do any other time... (And it's sure better than starting the show at like noon like they were creeping into) but the WWE are just terrible at making anything feel important any more.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Mar 27, 2022 3:01:02 GMT -5
Not for me, personally. I think making WM two nights is one of the best decisions they've made in recent years. It shouldn't be difficult for WWE to fill two back to back nights with Wrestlemania. Like yeah there's gonna be some filler, but the idea should be to have some good, heavy marquee matches, have some big storyline blowoffs, put in stuff that feels like the culminations of storylines building to this big climax, and then have some matches to kill time. The problem is that WWE isn't so good at that 'build' thing, and they kind of falter on the filler prospect. Why is the Andre on TV? Where's like a six-man clusterf*** ladder match for some contrived purpose? Why is the only gimmick match on either night also one of the celebrity matches? Two nights should be easy to book if WWE put more into the story build and treated each night like its own PPV show that needed to hit the marks and have the big things on it, and the card doesn't really look like they've done that. They have 1 1/2 shows tops that are getting made into two shows. But also this would be so much more agonizing if it was one show, because you know they'd try to fit this all into one show. WWE needed to make it tow nights, they've just now got to actually put on two shows worth watching and that might be a tougher act than they can really live up to. For the contrived 6-man ladder cluster f***... The midcard champions are Finn Balor and Ricochet make it for one of their belts. You want to build Ricochet up? Let him do his thing there... you want Finn to be more established as the top mid carder. Same Deal...
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Post by Ryushinku on Mar 27, 2022 4:47:57 GMT -5
Ahh, NOW it feels like WrestleMania season.
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