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Post by msc on Mar 17, 2023 21:37:35 GMT -5
IC Title Triple Threat (GUNTHER vs. Sheamus vs. McIntyre) now official. Going to redefine the hard bastard wrestling scale imo
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Post by papagiorgio on Mar 18, 2023 9:22:29 GMT -5
So, 16 more paydays out of thin air, hm? *waits for pendulum to swing back towards “Not everyone needs to be on WM”* That pendulum gets a Paddington Bear stare... Men's - imperium/brutes/profits/alpha? I feel like Braun and Ricochet and Viking Raiders will probably be among them. It looks like the Andre the Giant Battle Royal will be pretty bare again on Smackdown. I'd put both tag matches on the Kickoffs even though they haven't had Kickoff matches since 2020. I can't picture them leaving Natalya off the card, so I wonder who she will team with? Tamina?
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Post by Brickstone Kid on Mar 18, 2023 13:21:15 GMT -5
As someone with Saturday tickets, my first Wrestlemania after dreaming of going for 25 years, I will be down right gut punched if Rhea/Charlotte main events. I have nothing against them and would love to witness the match. But the main event?? Nothing to do with gender, the feud just doesn't have the heat as Usos/KO-Zayn or even Gunter/Sheamus/Drew.
Does anyone know when they typically release the cards? I may have to sell my tickets or exchange them.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Mar 18, 2023 15:27:11 GMT -5
That pendulum gets a Paddington Bear stare... Men's - imperium/brutes/profits/alpha? I feel like Braun and Ricochet and Viking Raiders will probably be among them. It looks like the Andre the Giant Battle Royal will be pretty bare again on Smackdown. I'd put both tag matches on the Kickoffs even though they haven't had Kickoff matches since 2020. I can't picture them leaving Natalya off the card, so I wonder who she will team with? Tamina? I can't see them leaving Natalya off either. However I don't really know who else they team her with. I would've thought they would've given her and Tegan a spot as they seemed to be setting them up as a team but then they had Tegan team with Emma and lose. I guess maybe her and Shotzi. I definitely see Carmella and Chelsea Green having one of the Raw spots.
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Post by chronocross on Mar 18, 2023 15:35:09 GMT -5
As someone with Saturday tickets, my first Wrestlemania after dreaming of going for 25 years, I will be down right gut punched if Rhea/Charlotte main events. I have nothing against them and would love to witness the match. But the main event?? Nothing to do with gender, the feud just doesn't have the heat as Usos/KO-Zayn or even Gunter/Sheamus/Drew. Does anyone know when they typically release the cards? I may have to sell my tickets or exchange them. I also plan on going to the Saturday Mania show and I would rather see the tag belts get the main event as Rhea/Charlotte doesn't have the same emotion as the Bloodline storyline does.
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Post by Stu on Mar 18, 2023 16:47:34 GMT -5
So what’s the point of these tag matches?
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Mar 18, 2023 16:55:01 GMT -5
So what’s the point of these tag matches? None really. Pretty much boils down to “THERE, WE F***IN BOOKED LIV MORGAN, HAPPY NOW?”. And 15 others too, I suppose. Which again, is indicative of the eternal struggle to find the balance in booking WrestleMania. Nearly EVERYONE deserves it, more than nearly EVERYONE works hard, but nobody wants the show to be 12 hours full of 20-minute matches so 100+ people can all get their shit in.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Mar 18, 2023 16:58:15 GMT -5
I'd just do the battle royals. Not that there's a lot of point in those either but I'd a lot rather watch that than just a couple of random tag matches.
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Post by Legion on Mar 18, 2023 17:45:15 GMT -5
The only reason they would put Charlotte Vs Rhea in the main event of night 1 is the so called "optics" that will pop up because. That feud has no heat at all and isn't anywhere in the ballpark of deserving it over Sami and Bloodline angle. The main event/'s of your biggest show should always go to your biggest story and nothing is anywhere close to the bloodline stuff right now. Have to agree with this. The tag titles should be main event night one, then Roman/Cody is night two. The biggest story of 'Mania is seemingly the end of the Bloodline. Having Charlotte and Rhea get the main event, given how their story is stone cold, it wouldnt be fair to them frankly. The crowd will be exhausted after the tag match, anything on after them is going to struggle, and as much as people care about Rhea...it isn't Sami levels of care.
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Post by polarbearpete on Mar 18, 2023 19:05:13 GMT -5
Make the tag matches number 1 contenders’ ladder matches.
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Post by theironyuppie on Mar 18, 2023 20:20:50 GMT -5
The only reason they would put Charlotte Vs Rhea in the main event of night 1 is the so called "optics" that will pop up because. That feud has no heat at all and isn't anywhere in the ballpark of deserving it over Sami and Bloodline angle. The main event/'s of your biggest show should always go to your biggest story and nothing is anywhere close to the bloodline stuff right now. Have to agree with this. The tag titles should be main event night one, then Roman/Cody is night two. The biggest story of 'Mania is seemingly the end of the Bloodline. Having Charlotte and Rhea get the main event, given how their story is stone cold, it wouldnt be fair to them frankly. The crowd will be exhausted after the tag match, anything on after them is going to struggle, and as much as people care about Rhea...it isn't Sami levels of care.
It's fine if you're more invested in the tag story, but I don't think you can watch their segment from last night and say the crowd's stone cold for Charlotte/Rhea. They were into the promos, into the brawl, and went nuts for Rhea charging Charlotte over the barricade. If the tag match doesn't main-event, they wouldn't have it in the second-last slot anyway, its most likely spot in that case would be as an opener, probably for Night 2. (I suspect there's a chance they use the Bloodline matches as bookends for Night 2 and structure Night 1 around the Judgement Day's three matches.)
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Post by Legion on Mar 18, 2023 20:39:25 GMT -5
Have to agree with this. The tag titles should be main event night one, then Roman/Cody is night two. The biggest story of 'Mania is seemingly the end of the Bloodline. Having Charlotte and Rhea get the main event, given how their story is stone cold, it wouldnt be fair to them frankly. The crowd will be exhausted after the tag match, anything on after them is going to struggle, and as much as people care about Rhea...it isn't Sami levels of care. It's fine if you're more invested in the tag story, but I don't think you can watch their segment from last night and say the crowd's stone cold for Charlotte/Rhea. They were into the promos, into the brawl, and went nuts for Rhea charging Charlotte over the barricade. If the tag match doesn't main-event, they wouldn't have it in the second-last slot anyway, its most likely spot in that case would be as an opener, probably for Night 2. (I suspect there's a chance they use the Bloodline matches as bookends for Night 2 and structure Night 1 around the Judgement Day's three matches.)
That wasnt a bad segment, but it's one segment. It's not close to the months and months Sami has had. Like I said, the crowd does care about Rhea, but they dont care to the level they care about the whole Sami thing. If we're putting the card on in terms of ranking of investment in story - the tag titles are the main event.
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Post by lildude8218 on Mar 18, 2023 21:32:58 GMT -5
I'm still kind of expecting KO and Sami to be about to win when there's a ref bump or something and Solo appears. He's about to lay waste to them when suddenly...
"Bro....."
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Post by Hypnosis on Mar 18, 2023 21:44:19 GMT -5
I'm still kind of expecting KO and Sami to be about to win when there's a ref bump or something and Solo appears. He's about to lay waste to them when suddenly... "Bro....." *Riddle shows up with his ridiculous grill*
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Post by theironyuppie on Mar 18, 2023 22:30:10 GMT -5
I'm still kind of expecting KO and Sami to be about to win when there's a ref bump or something and Solo appears. He's about to lay waste to them when suddenly... "Bro....." *Riddle shows up with his ridiculous grill* The Usos are then rightfully dethroned by MMM. Solo gets countered by Maxxine.
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Post by john84 on Mar 19, 2023 13:47:42 GMT -5
IC Title Triple Threat (GUNTHER vs. Sheamus vs. McIntyre) now official. Going to redefine the hard bastard wrestling scale imo Sheamus' chest is going to be SOOO red after the match lol. Should be fun.
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Post by bob on Mar 19, 2023 13:52:08 GMT -5
I’m surprised Solo doesn’t have a match… yet
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Post by theironyuppie on Mar 20, 2023 9:55:17 GMT -5
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Post by BRV on Mar 20, 2023 12:23:15 GMT -5
I’m surprised Solo doesn’t have a match… yet I put him on the same level as Damian Priest. I don't expect either to have actual matches at WrestleMania, but they'll be involved in several high-profile matches across both nights.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Mar 20, 2023 12:28:46 GMT -5
I'm still kind of expecting KO and Sami to be about to win when there's a ref bump or something and Solo appears. He's about to lay waste to them when suddenly... "Bro....." I never thought of that until you said this. Now, I expect it.
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