As a very casual fan, I liked all of last night's matches.
The main event never really got going. I'm still not sure who Travis Scott is and I don't really want to know. I'd be intrigued to know what The Rock was up to instead.
All shows feel very drawn out, I am glad for the fast forward option. There were 6 matches 3h42 - Wrestlemania 15 and 17 had 12 matches in 3-4 hours.
As a very casual fan, I liked all of last night's matches.
The main event never really got going. I'm still not sure who Travis Scott is and I don't really want to know. I'd be intrigued to know what The Rock was up to instead.
All shows feel very drawn out, I am glad for the fast forward option. There were 6 matches 3h42 - Wrestlemania 15 and 17 had 12 matches in 3-4 hours.
He's in Hawaii. There were reports a while ago that he's going to be in a new Scorsese film with Leonardo Di Caprio and they'd be filming in Hawaii but i'm not sure if he's just on holiday or if they've already started filming.
There was a sound of confusion for the three count in the main event. A collective "is that it?" I was expecting some 40 minute blockbuster with multiple people interfering and ridiculous kick outs like previous years. To just have Travis Scott interfering and to find out The Rock (company director) is in Hawaii filming a new film or having a holiday during the company's biggest night of the year?! Do wonder if plans changed or if that's all they wanted to do?
Kayfabe it will be interesting with Cena now retiring (please ignore his farewell tour in Australia) so looking forward to Raw.
Women's triple threat could have main evented the first night, superb. Good enough to follow what main evented the first night.
IC match was also superb. I think quite a few predicted Dirty Dom (it's now cool to cheer him because so many people were booing him) pinning Balor. They way WWE have booked Dom has been exceptional.
The spin, the smile... and then the RKO that absolutely everyone knew was coming as soon as Hendry was announced as Randy's opponent BUT was still absolutely hilarious anyway.
Thought the Fatal 4 way was excellent and having Dom go over will make a great storyline with Balor. Glad the Judgement Day will disband/change as it’s been done to death, they’re a joke rather than a credible threat
Thought the Fatal 4 way was excellent and having Dom go over will make a great storyline with Balor. Glad the Judgement Day will disband/change as it’s been done to death, they’re a joke rather than a credible threat
Dom really is starting to look like the heir of Eddie Guerrero (rather ironically.) He's an unrepentant cheat and backstabber but has the charisma and ability that he's in that "love to hate" category.
John Cena’s record breaking win didn’t quite have the clout that it deserved. Becoming the most decorated world champion in wrestling history should feel like a monstrous moment…not something that is dictated by the intervention of some shit rapper most wrestling fans don’t give a toss about. Hopefully don’t have to hear that annoying ‘fein’ song anymore either.
Got a feeling Dominic Mysterio is going to find himself in a face role soon. Both he and Liv Morgan are great ‘character’ performers, and the crowd will start to back him in that Eddie kind of way as another poster pointed out.
The women’s triple threat was really good. However this, like many matches over the weekend, felt a little too cobbled together in their build. It couldn’t ever be put ahead of the men’s triple threat as a main event - which not only had the star power but the layers of storytelling that this couldn’t touch.
And although Becky Lynch is great, even that didn’t really feel like much of a shock return. We’ve seen that done a couple of times with her already at this point.
The weekend just seemed to lack many true ‘moments’ that will stand the test of time. In theory, Jey Uso’s win and Cena’s win should have both been those, but the execution in capturing those felt a bit average. The only one that really stands out is the Paul Heyman turn.
I see it the other way around! The men's three way seem cobbled together, what can we do as Jey v Gunther isn't getting any traction?
The Women's three way had been building for a while and made sense. Shame it had the same finish as the IC match though. Men's didn't even have any stakes. Solo v Roman on the Netflix debut had bigger stakes.
Bring back someone like Omos maybe? If there was ever a guy that needs a mouthpiece it's him, and he's been off screen for a while, potentially working on his technique.
Seeing a lot of comparisons of Bron to Batista, but I think he's more of a mix of Orton and Batista, bit of a hybrid.
I think if they add a 4th member, it should be someone a bit more believeable and imposing than the shouts of Hayes and Theory on twitter.
Karrion Kross, believable big guy, could thrive off of a main event picture like this.
Gunther, the most potential as the next Brock Lesnar alongside Bron, could be an interesting dynamic.
I guess the issue is you don't want someone who is already too developed (Gunther) but you also want it to be someone with a bit of something.
I think Priest could have been a good fit as well if he wasn't now tied to Smackdown.
Either way, one of the most exciting stories in a while and has rejuvenated Rollins. Look forward to seeing where they go with it.
Whoever it is will be playing second fiddle to Rollins. Kross has this AJ storyline developing so the timing is bad for him and Priest needs to be away from stables now to be taken seriously IMO. Theory is a good shout, I don't think A-Town Down Under has much going for it and they've been teasing a split.
Bring back someone like Omos maybe? If there was ever a guy that needs a mouthpiece it's him, and he's been off screen for a while, potentially working on his technique.
Rusev or Bronson Reed could also work
Problem with Omos, I see him as too similar to Great Khali, can't see him ever making it. He's so stuff.
Braun Strowman could be a shout, similar and a bit more about him, feel he's had his chance though, also a bit old.
I like the shout of Bronson Reed, lot of potential there, believeable big guy.
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Night two was good but had an underwhelming main event
It was always going to fall short of last years but it was definitely a bit "blah" overall
To go from last manias ending, to that is shocking.
I never thought they could replicate something like it again, but for it to be that tame.
Cause there's no way they had that as the finish planned for all this build up
Overall, a very poor mania
Orton segment was great. Women’s tag was good.
Paul/AJ Styles was a joke for the wrong reasons and main event was way too slow and awful ending.
The complete opposite to night 1. Undercard was average and a great main event. Whilst night 2 was a great undercard and awful main event.
Superb!
Kayfabe it will be interesting with Cena now retiring (please ignore his farewell tour in Australia) so looking forward to Raw.
Women's triple threat could have main evented the first night, superb. Good enough to follow what main evented the first night.
IC match was also superb. I think quite a few predicted Dirty Dom (it's now cool to cheer him because so many people were booing him) pinning Balor. They way WWE have booked Dom has been exceptional.
The Rock inserting himself into a storyline (again) for zero reason was great booking also and looks incredibly dumb in hindsight.
There's a clip on twitter where he missed the ramp which caused the massive delay to his entrance
Got a feeling Dominic Mysterio is going to find himself in a face role soon. Both he and Liv Morgan are great ‘character’ performers, and the crowd will start to back him in that Eddie kind of way as another poster pointed out.
The Women's three way had been building for a while and made sense. Shame it had the same finish as the IC match though. Men's didn't even have any stakes. Solo v Roman on the Netflix debut had bigger stakes.
I think Dolph Ziggler used to wear it backwards?
They'll push him onto the next level now & rightly so
Do they add anyone else to it, or is that enough?
That was a great Raw by the way.
I think if they add a 4th member, it should be someone a bit more believeable and imposing than the shouts of Hayes and Theory on twitter.
Karrion Kross, believable big guy, could thrive off of a main event picture like this.
Gunther, the most potential as the next Brock Lesnar alongside Bron, could be an interesting dynamic.
I guess the issue is you don't want someone who is already too developed (Gunther) but you also want it to be someone with a bit of something.
I think Priest could have been a good fit as well if he wasn't now tied to Smackdown.
Either way, one of the most exciting stories in a while and has rejuvenated Rollins. Look forward to seeing where they go with it.
Finn ends up with Liv Morgan, betrays Dom, could tie in Rhea or Rey.
That faction is in a weird place, they're just not interesting anymore but still could be.
Rusev or Bronson Reed could also work
Braun Strowman could be a shout, similar and a bit more about him, feel he's had his chance though, also a bit old.
I like the shout of Bronson Reed, lot of potential there, believeable big guy.