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Post by theironyuppie on Mar 27, 2023 2:42:49 GMT -5
I think Chelsea will be in with either Carmella or Sonya as her partner. Someone in the SD thread jokingly said it was going to be The IIconics. GOD I'D MARK. Itβs ironic that the woman who has benefitted most from the Asuka/Bianca feud, is probably Chelsea. Tonightβs house show match was Bianca/Chelsea, funnily enough.
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Post by Mid-Carder on Mar 27, 2023 3:04:10 GMT -5
This is probably my most anticipated Mania since 30. I really hope they stick the landing because they're on the verge of properly winning me back. Now you got me curious. So what would they do on the show that would not win you back? The three world champions retaining probably. Or just general bad booking.
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Post by msc on Mar 27, 2023 3:09:56 GMT -5
Btw Chelsea said on Raw that her replacement tag partner for the qualifier will be Piper Niven.
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Post by Gus Richlen: Ruffian on Mar 27, 2023 8:19:28 GMT -5
{Spoiler}A site called GiveMeSport has an article with tweets showing what is supposedly a leaked design for a new world title belt with Cody's logo on the centerplate. Not sure how reliable any of it is but I want to put it out there for the record.
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Post by MrElijah on Mar 27, 2023 8:51:41 GMT -5
So the Mysterios match official? Yes. It's crazy that the most heated matches have some sort of family drama: -Cody trying win the WWF/E Title, the one his daddy didn't win and to ensure his own legacy(An American Triple Crown, if you will) -Roman using his family to continue his dominant run via manipulation and sophisticated thuggery with Jey Uso questioning himself -The Mysterios broken because the Son wants to surpass the father.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Mar 27, 2023 11:49:09 GMT -5
Btw Chelsea said on Raw that her replacement tag partner for the qualifier will be Piper Niven. Really hope Carmella is okay. This is weird.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Mar 27, 2023 19:23:17 GMT -5
Headed out there Friday night
I need to send pics again this year at Mania or y'all good?
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Post by Stu on Mar 27, 2023 20:05:43 GMT -5
Dammit, I was invited to a party Saturday night. Now I'm gonna miss Night One
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Mar 27, 2023 20:37:22 GMT -5
{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}A site called GiveMeSport has an article with tweets showing what is supposedly a leaked design for a new world title belt with Cody's logo on the centerplate. Not sure how reliable any of it is but I want to put it out there for the record. {Spoiler}{Spoiler}Looking it up I don't buy it. It really just looks fan made to me, between the like-the-winged-eagle-but-with-nowhere-near-as-much-detail shape of it, the weird half side plates, the white strap when these days WWE generally seems to see that as specifically a thing for women's belts, and the total lack of the name of the belt on it. It looks like a decent fan creation but doesn't at all look professional.
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Post by Gus Richlen: Ruffian on Mar 27, 2023 21:07:57 GMT -5
{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}A site called GiveMeSport has an article with tweets showing what is supposedly a leaked design for a new world title belt with Cody's logo on the centerplate. Not sure how reliable any of it is but I want to put it out there for the record. {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}Looking it up I don't buy it. It really just looks fan made to me, between the like-the-winged-eagle-but-with-nowhere-near-as-much-detail shape of it, the weird half side plates, the white strap when these days WWE generally seems to see that as specifically a thing for women's belts, and the total lack of the name of the belt on it. It looks like a decent fan creation but doesn't at all look professional. {Spoiler}Still, given how it's pretty obvious that Cody's winning, it's something I could see them doing just with some modifications.
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Post by mistery on Mar 27, 2023 22:35:58 GMT -5
{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}Looking it up I don't buy it. It really just looks fan made to me, between the like-the-winged-eagle-but-with-nowhere-near-as-much-detail shape of it, the weird half side plates, the white strap when these days WWE generally seems to see that as specifically a thing for women's belts, and the total lack of the name of the belt on it. It looks like a decent fan creation but doesn't at all look professional. {Spoiler}{Spoiler}Still, given how it's pretty obvious that Cody's winning, it's something I could see them doing just with some modifications. {Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}Beltfandan has pretty much shut down the idea of the title being real. He's mentioned WWE hasn't commissioned anything of the sort and it's just a fan work. Yeah after RAW tonight, Asuka pretty much has to win, because I really don't know where they go with Bianca's reign from here, and it was pointed out to me (and I didn't realize it until now) but pretty much all of Bianca's feuds are heatless affairs at this point, because creative doesn't bother trying to put any effort behind her feuds because she isn't flexible enough to do more than talk about how she's the EST or sell anything emotionally. I don't think there's a single feud for Bianca they could do with her as champion going forward if she makes it past Asuka. None of her feuds are interesting and they all lack heat because of how she's portrayed. RAW tonight was a good example of night and day booking as well. Iyo looked significantly better in defeat against Becky than she did against Bianca. And that's pretty much been the story of all of Bianca's feuds/matches. They are built to get her, and only her over.
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Post by theironyuppie on Mar 28, 2023 0:16:21 GMT -5
{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}Still, given how it's pretty obvious that Cody's winning, it's something I could see them doing just with some modifications. {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}Beltfandan has pretty much shut down the idea of the title being real. He's mentioned WWE hasn't commissioned anything of the sort and it's just a fan work. Yeah after RAW tonight, Asuka pretty much has to win, because I really don't know where they go with Bianca's reign from here, and it was pointed out to me (and I didn't realize it until now) but pretty much all of Bianca's feuds are heatless affairs at this point, because creative doesn't bother trying to put any effort behind her feuds because she isn't flexible enough to do more than talk about how she's the EST or sell anything emotionally. I don't think there's a single feud for Bianca they could do with her as champion going forward if she makes it past Asuka. None of her feuds are interesting and they all lack heat because of how she's portrayed. RAW tonight was a good example of night and day booking as well. Iyo looked significantly better in defeat against Becky than she did against Bianca. And that's pretty much been the story of all of Bianca's feuds/matches. They are built to get her, and only her over.
Last week epitomised that, going from her KOD on Piper looking great to her doing an awful job selling Asuka's kick.
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Post by Nosnorb on Mar 28, 2023 3:52:56 GMT -5
Will Sunday be the first time that Cody bleeds since his return to WWE? Strange to think that it's been almost a year and we haven't seen him wear the crimson mask.
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Post by msc on Mar 28, 2023 9:56:01 GMT -5
Btw Chelsea said on Raw that her replacement tag partner for the qualifier will be Piper Niven. Well, now I'm confused. Not for the first time.
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Mar 28, 2023 12:24:21 GMT -5
I want literally every single title on the line to switch hands. I'm not sure how realistic that is though. I'm not sure if Wrestlemania has ever had a full clean sweep of new champs.
Theory is definitely the most likely champ to retain I feel, especially if Cena is so busy that he's not even available to work Raw and drop the title. After that I'd say Bianca has a decent shot of keeping hers, probably more than Charlotte/Usos/Gunther and yes even Roman.
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Post by BRV on Mar 28, 2023 12:44:36 GMT -5
For my money, WrestleMania Saturday needs a little more pizzazz. I ranked the 13 matches based on how excited I am for them, and the top five are either Sunday or unscheduled at the moment.
For what it's worth, here are the 13 confirmed matches in order of my level of interest and/or excitement:
1. Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns - SUNDAY 2. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn vs. The Usos 3. Drew McIntyre vs. Sheamus vs. Gunther 4. Finn Balor vs. Edge 5. Dominik Mysterio vs. Rey Mysterio 6. John Cena vs. Austin Theory - SATURDAY 7. Logan Paul vs. Seth "Freakin'" Rollins - SATURDAY 8. Omos vs. Brock Lesnar - SATURDAY 9. Asuka vs. Bianca Belair 10. Damage CTRL vs. Trish Stratus, Lita, and Becky Lynch - SATURDAY 11. The Men's Tag Team Showcase - SATURDAY 12. Rhea Ripley vs. Charlotte Flair - SATURDAY 13. The Women's Tag Team Showcase
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Post by msc on Mar 28, 2023 13:51:04 GMT -5
I want literally every single title on the line to switch hands. I'm not sure how realistic that is though. I'm not sure if Wrestlemania has ever had a full clean sweep of new champs. Theory is definitely the most likely champ to retain I feel, especially if Cena is so busy that he's not even available to work Raw and drop the title. After that I'd say Bianca has a decent shot of keeping hers, probably more than Charlotte/Usos/Gunther and yes even Roman. Hmm. I'm only going to list one retain off the top of my head to check this. Mania 1 - Valentine retained the IC title Mania 2 - Hogan retained the WWF title Mania 3 - Hogan retained the WWF title. Mania 4 - Honky Tonk Man retained the IC title. Mania 5 - Demolition retained the Tag belts. Mania 6 - I mean, Warrior had to vacate the IC title after the show but I'm not sure that really counts? Mania 7 - Mr Perfect retained the IC title Mania 8 - Money Inc retained the Tag belts. Mania 9 - Shawn Michaels retained the IC title Mania 10 - Razor Ramon retained the IC title. Mania 11 - Diesel retained the WWF title. Mania 12 - The only title on the line changed hands. Again, does that count? Mania 13 - The Rock retained the IC title. Mania 14 - The Rock retained the IC title. Mania 15 - Road Dogg retained the IC title. Mania 16 - HHH retained the WWF title. Mania 17 - Chris Jericho retained the IC title. Mania 18 - Billy and Chuck retained the tag titles. Mania 19 - HHH rather infamously retained the World title. Mania 20 - Eddie Guerrero retained the WWE title. Mania 21 - Trish retained the womens title. Mania 22 - Cena retained the WWE title. Mania 23 - Cena retained the WWE title. Mania 24 - Orton retained the WWE title. Mania 25 - HHH retained the WWE title. Mania 26 - Jericho retained the World title. Mania 27 - Miz retained the WWE title. Mania 28 - CM Punk retained the WWE title. Mania 29 - Hell No retained the tag titles. Mania 30 - AJ Lee retained her title. Mania 31 - 3 titles on the line (IC ladder match, US title Rusev/Cena, Reigns/Brock/Rollins main event) - all 3 belts changed hands Mania 32 - Charlotte remained Womens champion. Mania 33 - Bayley defended her Womens title (the only successful defence in 6 title matches) Mania 34 -Brock retained. Mania 35 - The Usos retained Mania 36 - Sami Zayn retained the IC title. Mania 37 - Roman Reigns retained Mania 38 - Roman Reigns retained. So no, Mania has never had a clean sweep of title changes unless you count 31 or 6.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Mar 28, 2023 14:06:24 GMT -5
I want literally every single title on the line to switch hands. I'm not sure how realistic that is though. I'm not sure if Wrestlemania has ever had a full clean sweep of new champs. Theory is definitely the most likely champ to retain I feel, especially if Cena is so busy that he's not even available to work Raw and drop the title. After that I'd say Bianca has a decent shot of keeping hers, probably more than Charlotte/Usos/Gunther and yes even Roman. Iβd say a total sweep of title changes would be a heck of a way to ring in Triple Hβs first Mania in charge of creative.
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Post by msc on Mar 28, 2023 14:34:12 GMT -5
If any champ retains I wouldn't mind it being Gunther to set up Gunther/Sheamus III at Money in the Bank.
But as long as Reigns, Charlotte, Bianca and the Usos lose.
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Post by Nosnorb on Mar 28, 2023 15:20:30 GMT -5
If any champ retains I wouldn't mind it being Gunther to set up Gunther/Sheamus III at Money in the Bank. If Gunther retains to set up Gunther/Sheamus III, then Drew McIntyre would almost certainly have to take the fall, and Drew has fallen hard since his bottle job in Cardiff. Out of all of the dudes in the match, he needs the win the most.
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