Re: The Official WWE Thread - Part 34

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Mon Apr 08, 2019 1:48 am

Casciavit wrote:Seeing Miz as a babyface is so weird... needs to be a scumbag heel ffs

Makes sense for this story imo, but long term it probably is best he turns again tbh.

by Casciavit Mon Apr 08, 2019 1:49 am

Lol that was a sick spot. Love Shane's big matches

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Mon Apr 08, 2019 1:53 am

Perfectly encapsulates my feelings

Shane winning because Miz just couldn’t help himself is the perfect cherry on top to this story. All Miz had to do was “It Kick” McMahon off the ledge, but he had to go for the big spot.

Hubris. It’ll get ya everytime. #WresteMania
— Cageside Seats (@cagesideseats) April 8, 2019

by Casciavit Mon Apr 08, 2019 2:02 am

lmao speaking of doing logical moves

seeing ricochet break a pin by doing a shooting star press pissed me off Laughing

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Mon Apr 08, 2019 2:46 am

That was fantastic.

by Casciavit Mon Apr 08, 2019 2:49 am

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Mon Apr 08, 2019 2:54 am

Amazing how much better these shows feel when things make sense and not contrived swerves for the sake of it.

So many feel good moments already, hopefully it ends with Becky to cap it all off.

by Casciavit Mon Apr 08, 2019 3:25 am

Drew is meh imo

by Casciavit Mon Apr 08, 2019 3:27 am

Big fan of Elias tho

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Mon Apr 08, 2019 3:30 am

WORD LIFE!!!!!

@RealGunner

by Casciavit Mon Apr 08, 2019 3:34 am

lmao that was amazing

by Casciavit Mon Apr 08, 2019 4:32 am

that nose ring spot was hilarious

angle still being capable of a moonsault surprised me as he looks like he can barely walk these days Laughing

by Casciavit Mon Apr 08, 2019 5:26 am

And Becky wins it all!

by Jay29 Mon Apr 08, 2019 8:21 am

So most of the faces won this time? Didn't see that coming tbh. Usually they throw in some stupid swerves to make sure some people don't win. It's surprising that they capitalised on all the momentum for a change.

I haven't watched any matches yet but impressions seem to be that, as usual, the show got weaker as the night progressed if only because it was so damn long.

by silver Mon Apr 08, 2019 8:59 am

All the faces...except for ANGLE!

Did he really just lose to Corbin and there wasn't a swerve...!?

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Mon Apr 08, 2019 11:12 am

Jay29 wrote:So most of the faces won this time? Didn't see that coming tbh. Usually they throw in some stupid swerves to make sure some people don't win. It's surprising that they capitalised on all the momentum for a change.

I haven't watched any matches yet but impressions seem to be that, as usual, the show got weaker as the night progressed if only because it was so damn long.

Correct, the show really started to slow down after Kofi.

It was really good up until that point. I would make the argument that it felt good for once that they didn't do anything stupid for the sake of it, was paced genuinely well up to a point but their probably wasn't enough really high quality matches.

But the right people won, it had more feel good moments, it was better booked than usual so I'm going to go for a solid 7.5-8 out of 10.

Way better than recent Mania's but probably lacked some real exceptional quality to put it over the top.

by Jay29 Mon Apr 08, 2019 5:29 pm

I saw some highlights and I think people were just emotionally drained after Kofi won. Not say they weren't into the matches afterwards but as always once the show reaches the halfway point people start dropping off and the excitement for the main event is never as high as it can be.

Kofi winning was a genuine feel good moment. I hadn't even followed the whole thing and still felt emotional when he won.

Seems like one of the better Manias in recent times. No real bad matches and results that generally made sense.

by Casciavit Mon Apr 08, 2019 6:18 pm

silver wrote:All the faces...except for ANGLE!

Did he really just lose to Corbin and there wasn't a swerve...!?

Wrestlers tend to lose in their final match. They go out on their back to give back to the business. So Angle losing shouldn't be that surprising lol.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Mon Apr 08, 2019 6:24 pm

Yeah i would have been surprised if Angle won lol, it should have been someone else not Corbin but Angle was always going to lose.

But this is what happens when you lack planning.

by RealGunner Mon Apr 08, 2019 6:28 pm

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:WORD LIFE!!!!!

@RealGunner

In tears mate

Biggest pop of the night ffs

Greatest of all time

by M99 Mon Apr 08, 2019 7:10 pm

Congrats to Irelands Becky Lynch, the WWE’s first Champ Champ.
Wow!
What a match these ladies put on! Ronda Rousey is something special in that ring, as is Charlotte Flair of the Flair dynasty!
Stephanie McMahon you are right, I could not do what these athletes do.
Or could I...
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 8, 2019

by Jay29 Mon Apr 08, 2019 7:13 pm

Just thinking about it, but remember when the New Day debuted and everyone hated them? And now they're some of the most over guys and Kofi Kingston of all people is WWE Champion. Those three have done some amazing work. I sincerely hope WWE doesn't break them up like they seem to do with every decent stable. None of these guys are as good individually as they are as group.

by Freeza Mon Apr 08, 2019 7:24 pm

M99 wrote:
Congrats to Irelands Becky Lynch, the WWE’s first Champ Champ.
Wow!
What a match these ladies put on! Ronda Rousey is something special in that ring, as is Charlotte Flair of the Flair dynasty!
Stephanie McMahon you are right, I could not do what these athletes do.
Or could I...
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 8, 2019

This guy has such an unmatched talent.

He can really make anything about himself Laughing