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Post by john84 on Mar 23, 2023 4:36:49 GMT -5
My fun fact at Mania (Since that's what we seem to be doing atm lol) is that I was born in the same year as Mania 1
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Post by cornettesracket on Mar 23, 2023 6:25:57 GMT -5
My fun fact at Mania (Since that's what we seem to be doing atm lol) is that I was born in the same year as Mania 1 I was born two months before WM 1.
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Post by polarbearpete on Mar 23, 2023 8:38:33 GMT -5
So, judging by this, it appears that the Fatal-4-Way WM Showcase match for the Women will be on Night 2. Possibly, and I assume they organize these so that you’re not wrestling and signing on the same day, but 10 pm local time will be well after the show is over.
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Post by BRV on Mar 23, 2023 9:33:32 GMT -5
So, judging by this, it appears that the Fatal-4-Way WM Showcase match for the Women will be on Night 2. Possibly, and I assume they organize these so that you’re not wrestling and signing on the same day, but 10 pm local time will be well after the show is over. WrestleMania Saturday and Sunday are both slated to run from about 5 p.m. Pacific to any time after 8 p.m. Pacific Time. So with that logic, I think it's safe to assume the Women's Showcase tag match will be on Sunday, since it would be asking a lot for Liv Morgan to leave SoFi Stadium between 8:30 and 9 p.m. Saturday night and be at the Convention Center for 10 p.m. (it's roughly a 40-minute drive) Also, I think it's also safe to assume that Dominik vs. Rey and Rhea vs. Charlotte will be on Sunday, as I'd imagine taking those three from two big matches on Saturday night, then turning around the next morning and signing autographs/taking pictures would sort of hurt the mystique of the matches from the night before.
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Post by polarbearpete on Mar 23, 2023 9:52:07 GMT -5
Possibly, and I assume they organize these so that you’re not wrestling and signing on the same day, but 10 pm local time will be well after the show is over. WrestleMania Saturday and Sunday are both slated to run from about 5 p.m. Pacific to any time after 8 p.m. Pacific Time. So with that logic, I think it's safe to assume the Women's Showcase tag match will be on Sunday, since it would be asking a lot for Liv Morgan to leave SoFi Stadium between 8:30 and 9 p.m. Saturday night and be at the Convention Center for 10 p.m. (it's roughly a 40-minute drive) Also, I think it's also safe to assume that Dominik vs. Rey and Rhea vs. Charlotte will be on Sunday, as I'd imagine taking those three from two big matches on Saturday night, then turning around the next morning and signing autographs/taking pictures would sort of hurt the mystique of the matches from the night before. That’s true, though I assume many talent leave after their match and don’t stick around until the end of the show. The latter paragraph makes sense too as the Reddit insider had posted that Rhea and Charlotte were actually scheduled for Sunday.
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Post by hbkid718 on Mar 23, 2023 19:32:35 GMT -5
I'm working on my WrestleMania Facts & had to share this now instead of another time. GUNTHER VS Drew McIntyre VS Sheamus will be the 1st Match in WrestleMania History to feature only European Wrestlers. Got me curious to look up WrestleMania matches that had no US-born wrestlers (hardline cut for this trivia, so even though Chris Jericho identifies as Canadian, he was born in the US thus excluded here) in them. Here's what I found: WM5: The Bushwhackers (both New Zealander) v The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers (both Canadian), Dino Bravo (Italian) v Ronnie Garvin (Canadian) WM8: Roddy Piper (Canadian) v Bret Hart (Canadian) WM10: Bret Hart (Canadian) v Owen Hart (Canadian) WM14: Taka Michinoku (Japanese) v Aguila (Mexican) WM27: Edge (Canadian) v Alberto Del Rio (Mexican) WM37: Kevin Owens (Canadian) v Sami Zayn (Canadian), Asuka (Japanese) v Rhea Ripley (Australian) Depending on how you count "born while US parents were stationed overseas for the military", then you can count Kane (Spanish*) v The Great Khali (Indian) from WM23. Awesome. Great work.
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Post by john84 on Mar 23, 2023 23:35:29 GMT -5
My fun fact at Mania (Since that's what we seem to be doing atm lol) is that I was born in the same year as Mania 1 I was born two months before WM 1. I was born in February.
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Post by cornettesracket on Mar 24, 2023 2:10:25 GMT -5
I was born two months before WM 1. I was born in February. Getting closer. Anyone on this message board who was born on the day that WM 1 happened in 1985 ? I don’t want to go off topic too much but but my two favourite events are mania and the rumble and not because they were the first two, but as I’ve said WM started the year I was born, and rumble because a couple feel on my actual birthday and many were around it. The
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Post by schma on Mar 24, 2023 3:24:30 GMT -5
Getting closer. Anyone on this message board who was born on the day that WM 1 happened in 1985 ? I don’t want to go off topic too much but but my two favourite events are mania and the rumble and not because they were the first two, but as I’ve said WM started the year I was born, and rumble because a couple feel on my actual birthday and many were around it. The Closest I got is my sister was born March 2 that year. I would have been almost 2 years at that point.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Mar 24, 2023 19:15:06 GMT -5
Kind of wonder if one of the nights might be opened by Brock / Omos given Brock seems to like to peace out ASAP and his match is pretty much completely inconsequential this year.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Mar 24, 2023 19:30:23 GMT -5
Speaking of opening, they just announced Cena / Theory will kick off night 1.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Mar 24, 2023 20:17:11 GMT -5
Speaking of opening, they just announced Cena / Theory will kick off night 1. Thaaaaaats pretty crazy. i assume it’s so Cena can dip afterward and film three movies in one day. Dude apparently filmed scenes for two movies on the same day before appearing on Raw recently
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Post by papagiorgio on Mar 24, 2023 21:18:40 GMT -5
Unless they are setting something up like a match with LA Knight, it looks like no Wrestlemania match for Lashley now that he is in the Andre the Giant Battle Royal on Smackdown next week.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Mar 24, 2023 21:22:11 GMT -5
Unless they are setting something up like a match with LA Knight, it looks like no Wrestlemania match for Lashley at now that he is in the Andre the Giant Battle Royal on Smackdown next week. I could see something where Knight eliminates him to win it then they have a match out of it the next night.
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Post by "The Natural" Bustin Loads on Mar 24, 2023 21:24:24 GMT -5
I get why they don't hype-wise but as a ticket holder I wish they would announce matches way ahead of time and on which dates
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Post by Jonathan Michaels on Mar 25, 2023 0:48:27 GMT -5
Unless they are setting something up like a match with LA Knight, it looks like no Wrestlemania match for Lashley now that he is in the Andre the Giant Battle Royal on Smackdown next week. Could be worse….. Look at this picture of the participants and realize a big name DIDN'T EVEN GET TO BE IN THE BATTLE ROYAL…….
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Mar 25, 2023 0:50:03 GMT -5
Unless they are setting something up like a match with LA Knight, it looks like no Wrestlemania match for Lashley now that he is in the Andre the Giant Battle Royal on Smackdown next week. Could be worse….. Look at this picture of the participants and realize a big name DIDN'T EVEN GET TO BE IN THE BATTLE ROYAL……. Those motherf***ers doing Akira Tozawa like that.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Mar 25, 2023 4:09:32 GMT -5
Could be worse….. Look at this picture of the participants and realize a big name DIDN'T EVEN GET TO BE IN THE BATTLE ROYAL……. Those motherf***ers doing Akira Tozawa like that. He actually has reason not to be, his wife just gave birth.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Mar 25, 2023 4:47:26 GMT -5
As things currently stand for this card, we have 27 men and 18 women (two of whom aren't locked in yet, but should be this week) booked. This 60/40 split feels like it might be a record in terms of closest to gender parity on a WrestleMania card.
EDIT: Doing some research... It's not (25 looks like it might be, thanks to the battle royal that was won by a man in drag), but it might be the closest to 50/50 for a card that doesn't have a battle royal padding out the numbers.
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Post by mistery on Mar 25, 2023 6:52:38 GMT -5
So assuming the rumors are correct, Night 1 will have Cena/Theory, Usos/Zayn and KO, Paul/Rollins, and Charlotte/Rhea.
That seems like a pretty solid lineup for night 1, although I assume there will be a bit more.
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