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Post by xxshoyuweeniexx on Feb 28, 2023 10:15:51 GMT -5
HHH: it’s either omos or bray in the oops all crunch berries canadian dry steel cage match Brock: f***
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Post by BRV on Feb 28, 2023 10:19:28 GMT -5
Triple H must be absolutely thrilled that Vince McMahon returned to WWE's board of directors, because now literally ANY bad booking decision can be immediately washed away by conspiratorial fans as "Oh boy, Vince must be back in creative!" HHH is in the perfect position right now: he gets all of the credit when things go right on screen and none of the blame when they go wrong. Dunno why people keep saying Omos shoved into this is such a Vince thing when Omos has always been a Kliq project. HHH loved him. Nash and Hall worked with him directly numerous times in the PC and praised him. Also I didn’t realize some people are shitting on the WM undercard here? That kinda shocks me, this is a stacked WM top to bottom. Has all the makings to be one of the best ever. Yeah the only two rumored matches that seem like they might be poor in-ring and with a rushed build are Lesnar/Omos and Lashley/Wyatt. Everything else looks stacked. Chalk me up as agreeing. Brock Lesnar vs. Omos might be viewed as a waste of one of Brock Lesnar's remaining WrestleMania matches, and it won't exactly be a five-star classic, but one of two things will happen when they square off in Los Angeles: Brock Lesnar will F-5 Omos and it will be a highlight in the WrestleMania montages for decades to come, or Omos wins and becomes an instantly made man for beating Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania. As for Bray Wyatt vs. Bobby Lashley, considering how underwhelming Wyatt's run has been since returning at Extreme Rules 2022, I'm all for someone like Lashley to totally no-sell Wyatt's "creepy, kooky, scary, spooky" nonsense in the lead to it and for them to just have an old-fashioned 80s-era hoss fight. It's not exactly what I wanted coming into WrestleMania season, but considering how absolutely loaded the rest of the card is going to be, I'm OK with two popcorn matches in which larger-than-life figures beat the bejeesus out of each other for five or so minutes. It's part of that whole "wrestling is a three-ring circus" mentality. Not every match has to be a five-star Broadway. Sometimes the fans want a breather with giants absolutely smacking the hell out of one another.
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Post by polarbearpete on Feb 28, 2023 10:22:37 GMT -5
Triple H must be absolutely thrilled that Vince McMahon returned to WWE's board of directors, because now literally ANY bad booking decision can be immediately washed away by conspiratorial fans as "Oh boy, Vince must be back in creative!" HHH is in the perfect position right now: he gets all of the credit when things go right on screen and none of the blame when they go wrong. Depends where you look. There’s still plenty on here blaming him for this and other things (“ha honeymoon’s over” or “I guess he’s not the savior haha” type comments). And if you go on places like the Meltzer forums they credit the good stories to Heyman and the bad ones to Triple H.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Feb 28, 2023 10:37:06 GMT -5
Triple H must be absolutely thrilled that Vince McMahon returned to WWE's board of directors, because now literally ANY bad booking decision can be immediately washed away by conspiratorial fans as "Oh boy, Vince must be back in creative!" HHH is in the perfect position right now: he gets all of the credit when things go right on screen and none of the blame when they go wrong. Depends where you look. There’s still plenty on here blaming him for this and other things (“ha honeymoon’s over” or “I guess he’s not the savior haha” type comments). And if you go on places like the Meltzer forums they credit the good stories to Heyman and the bad ones to Triple H. There's plenty of stuff I see on tv in directions that make me think Vince has more of a say on booking than WWE is letting on (and in another thread I said my tinfoil hat theory is that WWE wants to get through Mania and then will admit Vince is involved with booking), but I do think that there has been quite a few moves by Triple H booking wise that have either been short sighted or naive at best. Not necessarily bad, but more so banking on reactions from the crowd that wasn't recevied
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Feb 28, 2023 11:01:52 GMT -5
Hopefully they’ve practiced the spot and Brock is able to lift him and hit the F5 because the big pop for that spot is the only possible reason to book this match. It would be so flat if they just had Brock submit him with the kimura and they can’t do the F5.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Feb 28, 2023 11:16:30 GMT -5
Hopefully they’ve practiced the spot and Brock is able to lift him and hit the F5 because the big pop for that spot is the only possible reason to book this match. It would be so flat if they just had Brock submit him with the kimura and they can’t do the F5. Or worse: they do the F5 spot and either Brock or Omos get hurt from it.
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Post by BRV on Feb 28, 2023 11:21:20 GMT -5
Hopefully they’ve practiced the spot and Brock is able to lift him and hit the F5 because the big pop for that spot is the only possible reason to book this match. It would be so flat if they just had Brock submit him with the kimura and they can’t do the F5. The dumbest possible option would be a rehash of Mark Henry vs. Ryback at WrestleMania 29, where the big question was whether Ryback could get Mark Henry up for Shellshocked. He couldn't, and lost the match because of it, but then just immediately did it post-match after losing.
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 28, 2023 11:29:22 GMT -5
Hopefully they’ve practiced the spot and Brock is able to lift him and hit the F5 because the big pop for that spot is the only possible reason to book this match. It would be so flat if they just had Brock submit him with the kimura and they can’t do the F5. I imagine that whether he can do the move or not, he'll lift Omos for it. I could see them ending it with a kimura under the notion making a guy that big tap is as big a win as they can give him, or if his height is just going to make an F5 too awkward. He's lifted heavier dudes for it, so I don't think it'd just be an issue of weight.
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Post by Dub H on Feb 28, 2023 11:54:02 GMT -5
The year is 2026, the main event for the WWE Galaxy Title is Omos vs Karrion Kross
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2023 12:01:22 GMT -5
I would have rather gotten Lesnar vs Lashley part whatever with some kind of stipulation to make it interesting, and then feed Omos to Wyatt because he should destroy someone at Mania.
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Post by Fade on Feb 28, 2023 12:32:56 GMT -5
Hopefully they’ve practiced the spot and Brock is able to lift him and hit the F5 because the big pop for that spot is the only possible reason to book this match. It would be so flat if they just had Brock submit him with the kimura and they can’t do the F5. Now I kind of want to see that for the reaction lol
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Post by dbrussel on Feb 28, 2023 13:17:24 GMT -5
Lesnar is the smartest man here. He DQ himself vs Lashley to avoid Bray and chose Omos in a match that he can win literally walking.
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Post by government mule on Feb 28, 2023 18:11:40 GMT -5
Bell rings.
2 mins later - DQ
Spear through barricade spot. Again.
Omos goes awkwardly through announce table in 'Wrestlemania Moment'. Cole loses his shit. Crowd doesn't care.
Brock gets paid.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Mar 2, 2023 9:40:27 GMT -5
I mean...like, this is pretty much the second time in a year they did a DQ finish for a match during WrestleMania season that you'd thought would lead to something for WrestleMania season but didn't. Before was Roman/Seth which has never been followed up on which is crazy to me.
And yeah, Lesnar is a smart guy and he doesn't want to do this nonsense blah blah blah but...just do Bray/Omos in a GLAD ForceFlexPlus Match and do Lashley/Lesnar in a brawl. Bigger matches...well, one is anyway.
Instead, we get a short match where Lesnar kills Omos and Lashley spears Bo Dallas to death or something. WrestleMania!
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Mar 2, 2023 9:42:02 GMT -5
I mean...like, this is pretty much the second time in a year they did a DQ finish for a match during WrestleMania season that you'd thought would lead to something for WrestleMania season but didn't. Before was Roman/Seth which has never been followed up on which is crazy to me. And yeah, Lesnar is a smart guy and he doesn't want to do this nonsense blah blah blah but...just do Bray/Omos in a GLAD ForceFlexPlus Match and do Lashley/Lesnar in a brawl. Bigger matches...well, one is anyway. Instead, we get a short match where Lesnar kills Omos and Lashley spears Bo Dallas to death or something. WrestleMania! I am sitting here in tears laughing over the GLAD ForceFlexPlus match. Well done.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Mar 2, 2023 9:44:59 GMT -5
I am sitting here in tears laughing over the GLAD ForceFlexPlus match. Well done. Trade secret; I literally Googled "best reviewed American bin bag brand" and I found that and it felt perfect.
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Post by schma on Mar 2, 2023 11:13:02 GMT -5
I mean...like, this is pretty much the second time in a year they did a DQ finish for a match during WrestleMania season that you'd thought would lead to something for WrestleMania season but didn't. Before was Roman/Seth which has never been followed up on which is crazy to me. And yeah, Lesnar is a smart guy and he doesn't want to do this nonsense blah blah blah but...just do Bray/Omos in a GLAD ForceFlexPlus Match and do Lashley/Lesnar in a brawl. Bigger matches...well, one is anyway. Instead, we get a short match where Lesnar kills Omos and Lashley spears Bo Dallas to death or something. WrestleMania! Seth not being followed up on is a weird one. The one that bugs me is the number of times someone has pinned Roman to a count of 5 but the ref was down so he still has the title. How has no one used that for the moral victory or to get a rematch, perhaps with a clause that would eliminate something like that. That's the crazy thing, his reign is impressive and they act like he's a god when we've seen him have to rely on his goons for nearly every victory in that reign. He's not Honky Tonk Man but how is it that no one calls him out on any of that?
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Mar 2, 2023 11:14:55 GMT -5
I mean...like, this is pretty much the second time in a year they did a DQ finish for a match during WrestleMania season that you'd thought would lead to something for WrestleMania season but didn't. Before was Roman/Seth which has never been followed up on which is crazy to me. And yeah, Lesnar is a smart guy and he doesn't want to do this nonsense blah blah blah but...just do Bray/Omos in a GLAD ForceFlexPlus Match and do Lashley/Lesnar in a brawl. Bigger matches...well, one is anyway. Instead, we get a short match where Lesnar kills Omos and Lashley spears Bo Dallas to death or something. WrestleMania! Seth not being followed up on is a weird one. The one that bugs me is the number of times someone has pinned Roman to a count of 5 but the ref was down so he still has the title. How has no one used that for the moral victory or to get a rematch, perhaps with a clause that would eliminate something like that. That's the crazy thing, his reign is impressive and they act like he's a god when we've seen him have to rely on his goons for nearly every victory in that reign. He's not Honky Tonk Man but how is it that no one calls him out on any of that? I hope they follow up on it after Roman loses the title and he goes after Seth as part of his downward spiral.
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Post by MrElijah on Mar 2, 2023 14:48:17 GMT -5
I would like for Lesnar, Lashley, and Omos to all be inexplicably but deathly terrified of Uncle Howdy. Like, a segment where he and Wyatt show up and Lashley is so scared he leaps into Brock's arms and Brock is so scared he leaps into Omos' arms (while still holding Bobby) and then all three turn to run away but spin their legs around really fast in the air first. Also Lesnar could be so afraid that his cowboy hat flies up off his head. Five weeks of build out of that right there. And then they actually fight and Brock completely murders Howdy Brock, Omos and Lashley recreation of this against Bray and/or Howdy
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