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Post by ChitownKnight on Apr 3, 2023 19:29:22 GMT -5
I honest to god can’t think of a worse mania ending. The other main events Roman was in it was expected he’d win, but this one, you built Cody up and give everyone hope that he would dethrone Roman, and wham they hit us in the nuts
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Apr 3, 2023 19:31:46 GMT -5
Oh stop. They’ve had multiple endings where guys not in the match won. They had one ending that was to setup an ending two years later.
I’m sorry Cody and his stupid tattoo and middle aged dye job didn’t win, but it’s time for perspective.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Apr 3, 2023 19:34:02 GMT -5
It's pretty much between it and 2000, for both pretty much being the same ending, and I'm giving it to 39 because at least Triple H didn't have the belt for three goddamn years at that point and Rock got some measure of revenge at the end.
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Post by ChitownKnight on Apr 3, 2023 19:34:49 GMT -5
Oh stop. They’ve had multiple endings where guys not in the match won. They had one ending that was to setup an ending two years later. I’m sorry Cody and his stupid tattoo and middle aged dye job didn’t win, but it’s time for perspective. The rock coming back to wwe for the first time in years and rock bottoming Cena and the miz probably wasn’t the ideal mania ending but it was better than this one. And Hogan at Mania 9 I’m sure people were annoyed with but it sent the crowd home happy. This one was just straight up depressing
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Post by ChitownKnight on Apr 3, 2023 19:35:32 GMT -5
Oh stop. They’ve had multiple endings where guys not in the match won. They had one ending that was to setup an ending two years later. I’m sorry Cody and his stupid tattoo and middle aged dye job didn’t win, but it’s time for perspective. Yeah plus you can argue HHH was coming up. Roman has been the main guy for YEARs
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Post by joeiscool on Apr 3, 2023 19:44:08 GMT -5
It's not the ending I thought it was going to be, but it's hard to call it a bad ending.
It's an ending that fits into a story they are trying to tell.. it also makes me want to see what is next.
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Post by Renslayer on Apr 3, 2023 19:52:53 GMT -5
Not even close
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Apr 3, 2023 20:03:07 GMT -5
Oh stop. They’ve had multiple endings where guys not in the match won. They had one ending that was to setup an ending two years later. I’m sorry Cody and his stupid tattoo and middle aged dye job didn’t win, but it’s time for perspective. Yeah plus you can argue HHH was coming up. Roman has been the main guy for YEARs Unlike some guy who main evented the first 9. Fine, so Roman isn’t even half done.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Apr 3, 2023 20:10:13 GMT -5
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Post by tirtefaa on Apr 3, 2023 20:13:29 GMT -5
Crowd loved it. Most people watching that I knew at the time loved it too.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Apr 3, 2023 20:13:50 GMT -5
Honestly I'd not only argue 9's ending was better than 39's, I'd argue it was better than 8's. Like, it's not a good ending, but Mania didn't really have nearly as much of a legacy at that point and it was a note the crowd liked on a show that was mostly terrible anyway.
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Post by Gerard Gerard on Apr 3, 2023 20:14:18 GMT -5
It was a good match with a dud ending, it’s even Roman’s worst ‘Mania closer. 32 and 34 were absolute bummer endings, 33 as well with the shitty ‘Taker match.
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Post by SneakMan on Apr 3, 2023 20:16:55 GMT -5
IX was dumber, 32 and 33 fell utterly flat with the crowds (not helped by the fact that the matches were awful), but in terms of pure "snatching defeat from the jaws of victory" 39 has gotta be the worst. Only one that comes close is 2000 and even then, at least 2000's ending didn't have JR going on about how it solidified HHH as the greatest champion of all time.
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Post by Nosnorb on Apr 3, 2023 20:24:27 GMT -5
This might be regency bias, but I would say so, even more so with Cody saying that Roman, despite needing Solo to do a run in after being ejected (why the ref didn't recognise Solo and restart the match I will never know), was the better man.
It feels like this was the one shot Cody had, and he fell short. Like WM25 and Randy Orton taking part in just a match, It feels like a dude being denied getting to the next level.
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Post by Celgress on Apr 3, 2023 20:26:00 GMT -5
Nah, but it is certainly in the bottom 5, IMHO.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 3, 2023 20:26:52 GMT -5
Not even close
Recency bias is crazy
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Post by Chiral on Apr 3, 2023 20:28:46 GMT -5
Absolutely bottom tier one of the worst they've ever accomplished, which is impressive.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2023 20:32:09 GMT -5
I would have to think back on others but it is right there.
And it is there as perhaps the worst because of the build and hype around it...Roman has been sucking this tit for going on 3yrs now and EVERYONE wanted Cody to win this was 80k firmly on his side and him losing completely sucked the air out of not just the whole event but the ongoing Raw , hell Cody did not get anywhere near the reaction he was getting prior to lastnight and this is suppose to be the loudest must hardcore wrestling fans and they can only muster up a total...meh.
That one choice is already having severe ramifications.
The Hogan one was stupid but it sent the crowd home happy and also it did not harm Bret like the choice to not have Cody end Romans tit sucking is doing and also no one in the WM9 choice was on a gawd damn 3yr death hold of the title.
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Post by chronocross on Apr 3, 2023 20:54:02 GMT -5
Crowd loved it. Most people watching that I knew at the time loved it too. I liked it at the time also and gave a happy ending to most fans that night.
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Post by ppl591 on Apr 3, 2023 20:56:42 GMT -5
16 is so similar in my opinion. Yes backlash was great but man I hated that ending.
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