WWE GETS FAST AND FURIOUS (WWE Fastlane) Official Thread

[Fignuts]

Fucking amazing facials by jericho at the end there.

[Exyle]

Holy shit, awesome match

[Shisen Kopf]

AJ Styles music is crap

[Locke]

Got a feeling I'm going to be relieved of duty soon and will probably miss the big finale.

[Droford]

Make it a best of 11

[Fignuts]

Kick him in the nuts.
Do it

[Emperor Smeat]

Jericho's gone soft.

The old Jericho would have kicked Styles in the balls after the hand shake.

[Fignuts]

Do it

[CSL]

Jericho's age is showing.

he's always been a bit sloppy every now and again, it just shows up so much when he is because of how good he is the rest of the time

[Fignuts]

Booooooooo

[CSL]

Fucking amazing facials by jericho at the end there.

yah facials and the sell job made the finish

[KIRA]

Good match Jericho has a bit of a belly...maybe it's just the gear

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

good match. Jericho just isn't as smooth as he used to be but he worked his ass off and so did Styles, and the finishing sequence was awesome and there were some cool spots interspersed.

[Lock Jaw]

Thought that was a great match.... Real good feud too.... Would not mind Jericho going full heel for a Wrestlemania match.

[Lock Jaw]

Christian!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Fignuts]

Jericho has definitely been skipping his ddp yoga lately

[Droford]

Lol

[Lock Jaw]

Chimel!!!!!

[Exyle]

Tony Chimel :)

[Corndad]

SuuuuuuuuuuuperStar

[Crimson]

I miss Edge's theme

[owenbrown]

Fuck yes! Chimel should introduce Edge for the rest of eternity. :y:

[Dark One]

Amazing. Calling Christian a Two-Tie World Heavyweight Champion and Chimmel for the Raaaatteeeed RRRRRRR SOOOOOOOUPERSTAR. Perfect.

[Volare]

HAHAHA Lance Storm shout out.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Jericho has definitely been skipping his ddp yoga lately

could also be age

[Volare]

HERE WE GO P.O.P HOLDIN IT DOWN!!

[Fignuts]

lol lace storm

[KIRA]

Shout out to lance

[Droford]

Right in the nostalgia

[Fignuts]

They have matching socks. Thats amazing

[Crimson]

Haha so far New Day 1 EnC 0

[Volare]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOh Kofi got Dogged lol.

[Hanso Amore]

http://imgur.com/sd18VZg

My son is ready for the New Day

Edit, fucked imgur link

Try again

http://imgur.com/sd18VZg

[Fignuts]

lol

[Droford]

They have matching socks. Thats amazing

New Day Socks

[Fignuts]

Kayfabe getting a beating here.

[KIRA]

jesus

[Volare]

LeBooty James. GTFO

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at LeBooty James

[Volare]

Enzo n Cass??

[CSL]

Enzo and Cass should show here

[Droford]

The unicorn horn is powered bybthe same magic that powers Naomis boots

[KIRA]

DAMN missed a chance to shout out KANYON RIP

[Dark One]

Yeah, waiting for a new team debut here.

[Volare]

So New Day turning face? I'm confused as fuck now.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

edge and christian are brutal right now

[Corndad]

How you doin.....

[Hanso Amore]

Ugh sheamus and rusev vs new day

[Corndad]

This is so random.

[Fignuts]

Nice sheamus

[Droford]

Why is Wade sweaty

[KIRA]

League of Accents

[Volare]

So umm.......yeah.






I'm kinda high and I didn't even get it. What in the fuck!

[Hanso Amore]

What the fuck is this

[Fignuts]

New day face turn

[Droford]

That was b r utal

[Volare]

New day face turn

That's all I got out of it.

[CSL]

Sheamus was world champion 2 months ago

[Crimson]

Lol weird ...guess they want a New Day face turn

[#1-norm-fan]

What did I just tune into? Did New Day not have a match on this PPV? And are they feuding with the Sheamus stable heel vs heel style?

[slik]

New Day vs Sheamus/Del Rio/Rusev at WM?

[Corndad]

I'm so lost and will act like the last 5 mins never happened

[Volare]

OH SHIT SOCIAL OUTCASTS!!!

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

nobody would want to watch edge and christian's show after that

[#1-norm-fan]

Now Heath Slater is cutting a promo. Is this really a PPV? What is going on in life?

[Volare]

CHECK YOUR BLIND SPOT!! bahahahahahaha

[Fignuts]

What

[slik]

BOlieve

[Droford]

Lol unannounced match filler

[Volare]

Oh we getting Golden Truth tonight??

[Fignuts]

Bo Dallas is way too good for this group

[GD]

lol Bo is adorable

[Lock Jaw]

Christian definitely the highlight of the show!!

[Corndad]

I hope the Network works on this stream before Mania. Hasn't been good most of the night

[Hanso Amore]

Lol Heath saying you can't have a ferrari engine in a tank

[slik]

oh god R-Truth NOOOOOO WWE

[#1-norm-fan]

R-Truth vs Curtis Axel. This is what I been waiting for.

[Dark One]

What a treat. R-Truth vs. Curtis Axel as the semi-main event on the show that's supposed to set the stage for Wrestlemania.

There is no better indicator for how depleted the roster is and how bad the writing is tha this.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Yep we needed a Superstars match.

[Fignuts]

What is going on.

Why is this a match

[Volare]

BO TRAIN!!!

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: Bo Train

[Fenix122]

So did they just realize they underbooked the show and threw this together last minute? Seems super random.

[Hanso Amore]

The fact that r truth vs Curtis axel is happening "on the road to wrestlemania" shows how thin the roster is!

Where the fuck are the jap imports?

[KIRA]

This is THE definition of a filler match.

[Exyle]

Axel vs Truth... do they need to fill some time, or what?

[Volare]

HOLY FUCK AXEL WON ON PPV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Droford]

Alrighty then

[Emperor Smeat]

:y: Social Outcasts win

If the Slammys this year has a "Biggest Surprise" award, it has to go to the Outcasts for managing to be a winning team of jobbers.

[KIRA]

I don't know if they can match the offbeat chemistry that Booker and Goldust had.

[Locke]

Finished the job. Home now. Did I miss an R Truth segment? Shit

[Volare]

Awwwwwwwww shit here we go.. hope I get a mark out moment from this.

[Dark One]

I don't know if they can match the offbeat chemistry that Booker and Goldust had.

But he's black.

What more is there to it?

[Hanso Amore]

Seriously, unless something crazy happens in the main event, this was a bad ppv but wrestlemania looks horrible.

[Dark One]

Vincent J McMahon Award should go to the WWE Universe for putting up with the past year.

[slik]

What on Earth were they thinking with that....

[CSL]

This is THE definition of a filler match.

exactly what it is, killing 10 minutes before the main event, no big deal, beats going to King, Booker and Graves

[Droford]

Heymans ginna turn on Lesnar to help Roman

[Hanso Amore]

It would save the night to just start the takers road to wrestlemania tonight and start his path to whatever person they decided on.

[KIRA]

But he's black.

What more is there to it?

I'm positive that that was Vince's exact line of thought.

[Locke]

Here's hoping that Brock Lesnar gets both his ramp and ringpost pyro tonight.

[Locke]

Shout out to the brother in the front row camera side holding up two big fat middle fingers.

[Lock Jaw]

Triple threat means no dq which means they should use only nut shots against Brock

[Shadrick]

I'm positive that that was Vince's exact line of thought.

No joke, you're probably exactly right.

[#1-norm-fan]

Just realized last year's solution to the Reigns problem was to have him go over the most beloved babyface at the time before WrestleMania.

Pretty sure they're gonna have him go over the TWO most beloved babyfaces before WrestleMania now. Seems like a terrible idea. I dunno.

[KIRA]

No joke, you're probably exactly right.

In fact I'm pretty sure he he thinks R-Truth is 5-time WCW champion and tells him constantly how much he enjoyed watching him team with his brother Ahmed Johnson in Harlem Heat.

[Locke]

Please let one of these shit heads turn heel tonight

[Fignuts]

Crowd not into the roman empire

[Fignuts]

lol heyman intro

[#1-norm-fan]

I'd like to see Mike Chioda beat all these bitch asses and take the title shot for himself. Russo swerve. I'd tune in tomorrow for that shit.

[Locke]

YOUNGEST EVER WWE CHAMPION YOUNGEST EVER NCCAA CHAMPION WON THE UFC TITLE IN HIS FIRST FIGHT AGAINST RANDY COUCHER WON HIS FIRST EVER FIGH AFGANTNAINGFDSJ

[CSL]

Just realized last year's solution to the Reigns problem was to have him go over the most beloved babyface at the time before WrestleMania.

Pretty sure they're gonna have him go over the TWO most beloved babyfaces before WrestleMania now. Seems like a terrible idea. I dunno.

I think they'll 'pull it off', smart money is Reigns obvs but it can be good/well done with the right kind of cluster fuck finish

[#1-norm-fan]

This match should actually be enjoyable until the end. So there's that.

[Volare]

Deano trying a German lmfao!!!

[Droford]

Rofl

[Emperor Smeat]

Brock should bust out every version of the suplex possible for this match.

Could be his own version of Jericho's "1004 moves" but with suplexes instead of armbars.

[Fignuts]

Brock should just main event every ppv til hes dead.

[Locke]

Seems funny that the most over thing in WWE for the last year has been Suplex City which Brock Lesnar created just by saying one thing during a match

[Volare]

Dean slapped Brock....I'm a fan for life now.

[slik]

I kind of have a feeling this crowd is going to boo when Brock loses

[Droford]

Dean Ambrose comedic relief

[#1-norm-fan]

Brock should just main event every ppv til hes dead.

He probably should. Ridiculous how much no one else comes close to him when it comes to bringing the "big fight feel".

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Brock looks like Anger from Inside Out.

[Corndad]

I'm still dying at Ambrose trying a suplex on Lesnar haha

[#1-norm-fan]

Also hoping they don't re-hash the "Wyatt costs his WM opponent the WM title match" thing from 2 years ago. I just want something fresh.

[Fignuts]

Lesnar looks like hes got a bigger gut than jericho

[CSL]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CbycN45VAAAcXen?format=pjpg&name=large

happening right now in Japan

[Emperor Smeat]

Brock really should have invested in a cup by now.

[Locke]

Match partcipants ranked so far:

4. Roman Reigns
3. Paul Heyman
2. Brock Lesnar
1. Dean Ambrose

[Fignuts]

Obligatory nut shot on lesnar. Youd think the guy would start wearing a cup

[Fignuts]

God damn it smelly you've ruined everything

[Corndad]

Also hoping they don't re-hash the "Wyatt costs his WM opponent the WM title match" thing from 2 years ago. I just want something fresh.

I'm afraid I got some bad news...

[DaveWadding]

Brutal powebomb. And Ambrose going after Ramen.

[CSL]

Ambrose is the wild card. He needs to start jumping out of moving vans

[Locke]

Byron Saxton: "What are you willing to do to your brother. What are you willing to do to your friend. To make it to WrestleMania."

[slik]

If Wyatts cost Lesnar the match it will be really dumb....Wyatts got their ass kicked so easily earlier how would anyone 'suspend belief' they could be a threat to Brock Lesnar?

[Droford]

The final solution is obviouslybthe German table

[Volare]

BROCK CHRIST WILL NOT DIE DAMMIT!!!

[GD]

lol at the double table spot

[Hanso Amore]

Lol. What the fuck am I watching.

[Droford]

Why cant heyman unbury lesnar..seems pointless

[Volare]

I actually held my breath there.

[Hanso Amore]

Something has to happen.

I really dig the team up against Lesnar thing, but all it does is leave reigns in the ring of a main event getting booed again. We can't back into wrestlemania again like this.

[#1-norm-fan]

Will be ironic if both Roman Reigns and Triple H end up getting a main event spot at WrestleMania via spearing someone IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

[Dark One]

The boos if Reigns wins are going to be incredible.

[Droford]

Duplex city

[CSL]

match is excellent

[Volare]

BROCK CHRIST RISES AGAIN!!

[slik]

Fantastic spot!

[Fignuts]

Crazy german

[DaveWadding]

Holy shit.

[Fignuts]

Brock needs to german suplex one of them thru them german table

[Fignuts]

ACTING

[Volare]

ROFL Chair shots mean shit to Roman.

[DaveWadding]

Brock's face in the Kimura.

[Droford]

Doh

[Fignuts]

Literally laughed out loud at reigns expression

[Corndad]

Wyatts are coming out right?

[Crimson]

Jfjjkwkjdnfmdkekke double suplex

[Fignuts]

Fuck

[#1-norm-fan]

lol Genius

[DaveWadding]

Fuck you.

[Hanso Amore]

Wow. That was a weird finish.

[DaveWadding]

Fuck this whole thing.

[Dark One]

And twelve year old girls everywhere cheer.

[Droford]

Would have been better 8f ambrosevthought twice about hitting Roman and didnt

[Locke]

See... 10:45 and it's over

[Dark One]

Hey, you guys remember when Roman Reigns beat Ambrose in like nine minutes for the WWE Championship?

What a great time that was.

[Emperor Smeat]

Pretty anti-climatic finish.

[#1-norm-fan]

Put Reigns over Ambrose like 5 or 6 more times. That will make people love him.

[owenbrown]

FIRE ROMAN! CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP

[Hanso Amore]

Maybe dean vs Brock at mania?

[Fignuts]

I just don't get it anymore

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Dark One]

Nothing like dead silence other than pyro to celebrate you naming the challenge for the Wrestlemania main event, and then nearly equal silence for the champion coming out.

Oof.

[owenbrown]

that douchebag Reigns has already been in the main event of WM... it was DEAN FUCKING AMBROSE'S time goddammit! I am rooting for Triple H to retain.

[Dark One]

Curtis Axel beating R-Truth in the semi main event got a bigger reaction--barely--than your Wrestlemania main-event facing off.

[Fignuts]

Maybe dean vs Brock at mania?

That would actually be really good and a much more interesting dynamic than lesnar vs wyatt

[KIRA]

So Roman gets to go to WM again.....*sigh*

[#1-norm-fan]

HAWT WM main event.

[Volare]

Great now we boring promo's about overcoming and getting back what's mine and low monotone boring promos.......................GOD FUCKING DAMMIT!!

[Lock Jaw]

LET THE COMPLAINING BEGIN!!

[Locke]

Amazing

WWE are "master trolls"

Really funny

[Droford]

Lol dont you read the internet

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

great match at least.

[KIRA]

LET THE COMPLAINING BEGIN!!

I just don't have the strength anymore honestly

[VSG]

Nothing like dead silence other than pyro to celebrate you naming the challenge for the Wrestlemania main event, and then nearly equal silence for the champion coming out.

Oof.

Friend in the arena said there was a massive pop for HHH and mixed cheers/boos for Reigns winning. Said massive pop could have been more to do Reigns also, mind.

[Droford]

Funaki lol

[#1-norm-fan]

LET THE COMPLAINING BEGIN!!

You say that sarcastically as if there should be tons of joy excitement over the state of things right now.

[Wishbone]

As if Wrestlemania didn't look boring enough... Now I know why I only watch RAW in the background these days. *sigh* Maybe it's time to hang it up. Think I'm just getting too old to enjoy wrestling, especially if this is the direction it's definitely going in. :(

[CSL]

Roman and Brock took a beating in that (great) match, anybody booing afterwards should probably watch a different product

[Crimson]

Roman isn't over...at all. Just turn him heel

[Heisenberg]

Triple H is in the main event and he deserves it

[#1-norm-fan]

Roman and Brock took a beating in that (great) match, anybody booing afterwards should probably watch a different product

People generally react to the outcome of a match more than how good it was technically...

[owenbrown]

DORKCHOP! (watching Edge & Christian show)

[Shadrick]

Meh.

[rad dggy dg]

owenbrown you are not allowed to watch wrestlemania unless you clean your room

[Droford]

Corey Graves is funny

[Fignuts]

Roman and Brock took a beating in that (great) match, anybody booing afterwards should probably watch a different product

If it were any other match, i'd agree with you, but this was about who is main eventing the biggest event of the year, so I don't blame people for showing their displeasure at the winner. It's just a gut reaction. They'll still appreciate appreciate how good the match was once the initial saltiness wears off.

[owenbrown]

shut the fuck up Juan

[rad dggy dg]

go clean your room

[Mercenary]

Wow this is E&C show is all kinds of bad. Like all of these socks

[Droford]

It totally reeks of something

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

wwe, edge and christian need to understand that even though they are funny guys, they are not comedians. However, maybe if they stick with the show they will find their groove. I hope they do, love those 2.

[slik]

shockmaster

[slik]

I don't mind it at all, seems harmless. Not really funny or anything but totally harmless background noise.

[Shadrick]

It totally reeks of something

booty?

[Mercenary]

I don't mind it at all, seems harmless. Not really funny or anything but totally harmless background noise.


Background Mess

[Shadrick]

My buddys at work and he's the biggest Ambrose mark and he couldn't see the PPV. I told him that Ambrose won and the crowd went apeshit, HHH came out and Ambrose beat him down ending with his foot on his chest holding up the title.

He is going to CRY when he finds out the truth.

side note: he's not really my buddy, I hate this guy.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I don't mind it at all, seems harmless. Not really funny or anything but totally harmless background noise.

yeah i'd agree with this

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Main event was a good match. Whether it was boo'd or cheered would obviously be because the majority of the audience seemingly does not want Reigns as the guy, rather than the quality of the match itself.

I get they want him badly to be the guy but Ambrose is just so over, and shooting him into the main event when he's been as consistently popular as he has, against H in what is seemingly a far more interesting storyline, where Ambrose easily fits in as the underdog they want Reigns to be, would've been a fresh audible as opposed to the "seen it coming a mile away" Reigns v H program that nobody wants to see.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

My buddys at work and he's the biggest Ambrose mark and he couldn't see the PPV. I told him that Ambrose won and the crowd went apeshit, HHH came out and Ambrose beat him down ending with his foot on his chest holding up the title.

He is going to CRY when he finds out the truth.

side note: he's not really my buddy, I hate this guy.

A heinous, despicable, hilarious act. Please let us know the reaction.

[CSL]

People generally react to the outcome of a match more than how good it was technically...

you're right to an extent but really good matches transcend faces and heels, crowds get into it and react to what's happening in the ring. People who paid to see it have every right to voice their opinion how they see fit but I'm never going to understand somebody hell bent on not enjoying something no matter how good it was because the outcome wasn't what they wanted. But in the age of internet experts there is always going to be that section of fans and they'll keep paying and WWE will happily keep taking their money. I just wish they'd try and enjoy it a bit more when they're presented with that caliber of match.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

you're right to an extent but really good matches transcend faces and heels, crowds get into it and react to what's happening in the ring. People who paid to see it have every right to voice their opinion how they see fit but I'm never going to understand somebody hell bent on not enjoying something no matter how good it was because the outcome wasn't what they wanted. But in the age of internet experts there is always going to be that section of fans and they'll keep paying and WWE will happily keep taking their money. I just wish they'd try and enjoy it a bit more when they're presented with that caliber of match.

The crowd clearly enjoyed the match. They were vocal throughout. Twas the ending they didn't care for, and there's nothing wrong with that. Just because it was a great match doesn't mean they cheer for the sake of the match quality. They could've enjoyed the match and still disliked its ending and boo'd because of said ending instead.

[CSL]

what I'm saying is aimed at a very small minority, they won over most of the booing parts of the crowd, Roman was booed much heavier at the start than when he actually won. They can react to the finish however they like, that's fine, it's the mindset in general of that small minority that for me is like 'lol what's the point'

[#1-norm-fan]

If Savage had beaten Steamboat at WrestleMania 3 I'm pretty sure the crowd wouldn't have expressed their enjoyment because the match was really good technically. They'd be upset that the guy they wanted to win didn't win. The same logic applies to today. The outcome is always more important at the moment than the technical wrestling value of the match. They wanted to see a certain outcome and didn't get it. So they booed.

[Hanso Amore]

what I'm saying is aimed at a very small minority, they won over most of the booing parts of the crowd, Roman was booed much heavier at the start than when he actually won. They can react to the finish however they like, that's fine, it's the mindset in general of that small minority that for me is like 'lol what's the point'

I don't see anyone not appreciating the match or thinking it was great. I was really enjoying it and was in the edge of my seat at the Kimura and chair spot.

I think the outcome was meh and the future product resulting from it will be shit. That's my problem.

As I think many agree with me.

The match and the product as a whole are not mutually exclusive.

I can enjoy a match and hate the lead in and exit. I agree that I wish I could enjoy tonight beyond the 30 or so minutes I was entertained but I'm not going to pretend yesterday and tomorrow don't exist user to enjoy it.

[Hanso Amore]

Csl, I think it's also harder for most fans to not be so negative when the great parts of tonight ends when the bells rings and now they have 5 weeks of rehashed clap to watch. Or at least that's how they feel.

[CSL]

but that's basically exactly what I'm getting at, you've already decided that, despite there being only 1 definite match (Trips/Hunter) and another almost certainty (Charlotte/Sasha or Charlotte/Sasha/Becky) that the next 5 weeks of TV, during which the rest of the entire card will be put together, are going to be '5 weeks of rehashed clap', that you already know how bad it's going to be. You're telling me you don't see how ridiculous that is?

[Heisenberg]

If it makes anyone feel better for Mania I plan on storming the ring if the card really stinks.

[drave]

Sounds pretty stinky, as of right now. It just seems uninteresting, like it could be literally any other PPV.

[Heisenberg]

My cousin who is coming down from Iowa to attend with me is usually in kayfabe and a diehard fan just said that this could be the worse WrestleMania, but he's coming down to watch it with my brother and I so he's all for that.


My optimism is going to get me killed

[Evil Vito]

Didn't watch the show. Reading the results I don't regret that decision at all. I'm no more interested in the Mania main event than I was after TLC when Reigns/HHH seemed locked in stone.

Hopefully they can put together something interesting for the Mania undercard. The "rumored" cards the past few weeks haven't sounded promising but they are just rumors and there is plenty of time to put together a show that sounds compelling. If somehow Cena is able to wrestle, Cena/Taker could be that spectacle match that will get interest from even the lapsed fans.

[Evil Vito]

As it stands now though they'll need to earn my Network subscription back after I cancelled post-Rumble. 10 bucks a month isn't a lot of money at all but it's still more than I'm willing to spend given my enjoyment of the regular product.

If I had time to watch a bunch of old stuff that I want to watch in the back catalog that would be worth my money on it's own...but since I can already catch NXT on Hulu (albeit on a one day delay) and am getting the rest of my wrestling fix from NJPW World I just don't see the point in going back to the Network atm.

[Hanso Amore]

but that's basically exactly what I'm getting at, you've already decided that, despite there being only 1 definite match (Trips/Hunter) and another almost certainty (Charlotte/Sasha or Charlotte/Sasha/Becky) that the next 5 weeks of TV, during which the rest of the entire card will be put together, are going to be '5 weeks of rehashed clap', that you already know how bad it's going to be. You're telling me you don't see how ridiculous that is?

I can sort of see thr, but at the same time, the wwe is scripted and formulaic

We are 5 weeks out with no thing but one match, the biggest match, on the card that no one cares to see and a story we have seen over and over.

It's not hard for someone who has been watching for 20 years to look at the current roster, and the stories in place to figure out there isn't much we could enjoy coming down the road.

Look where we stand...teased Lesnar issues with a Wyatt family that just went down to big show and Kane and rybacl. They might have some injured members. There is no way in 5 weeks they can make me care about that.

If we are lucky they go Ambrose vs Lesnar which is suggested. That could be great, but where we stand now is Lesnar is dominate and a major face and Ambrose stands no chance and is the next biggest face in the company. The match would be epic but I don't see them booking it in a way we would jump for joy.

Undertaker is facing God knows who. Could be great, but unless they bring out a shocking name, who is going to care? This is his last ride, pun intended, so I don't see a big name putting him over, and we have 5 weeks of part time taker to set it up.

New day appears to be turning face and going after the league of nations. That alone makes the most entertaining part of the show boring,

They have a lot of potential in the mid card with aj, Owens, Ziegler etc but they will be thrown into a fun spot fest match that will be the best part of mania with no solid build up.

The divas could be the saving grace if we get a Becky, Sascha, Charlotte three way where they get time to bring down the roof.

Unless the WWe changes the way they have been doing things for years, on the 5 weeks before the biggest event in their history, then yeah, it's ok for us to bitch because we do know what's coming.

I'd be willing to bet I could write a card today that would be damn near what they put out.

[Hanso Amore]

With where things sit today it's going to be hard to fantasy book a good card.

[Big Vic]

To all who are complaining about the outcome of the main event.....

Did you see the financials for WWE last quarter?

[Heisenberg]

Undertaker v.s. Cena, which with 5 weeks doesn't sound good at all. It'll have to be Biker Taker or else, for serious.


It should be a rule that all the people on the WrestleMania card be in attendance of every RAW in some sort of way.

[Heisenberg]

Three major sports entities from the 90s are now considered SAWFT by the athletes and fans.


NFL, NBA and WWE


The UFC isn't on enough to get into, the fan base there is usually the drizzling shits sans a few of them. We need to push Women's Lingerie Football and Mutant League Football to the forefront.

[slik]

<s>#</s>WrestleMania (https://twitter.com/hashtag/WrestleMania?src=hash) Sounds good to me!

HHH/Roman
Brock/Dean
Taker/Cena
Owens/AJ
Sasha/Flair/Becky
New Day/League of Nations
Andre Battle Royal

Pre-Show:
Divas Match
StarDust/Amell?
U.S. Title if Kalisto is not in Battle Royal?

[Heisenberg]

My Honest Proclamation:


Starting with the WM main event, being a huge Triple H fan it was very awkward and derailing to witness nothing coming from him between the Rumble and Fastlane. You wear the belt, you defend the belt. Don't give me that heel bullshit strategy. The diehards are staring at that gap and already know he's just there to drop it to (now we know, Roman) whoever won the triple threat.


The New Day v.s. The League of Nations bit was total shit, made the PPV feel like RAW. Nothing should feel RAW, but alas they did it, they went there. They showed up with a Ferrari too in Mauro for the kickoff match, then the event started and we were greeted with Cole's face.


AJ Styles needs a bandana cause his face is showing that age. Chris Jericho continues to be entertaining in the fact of passively showing his frustration with being filtered.


The League of Nations is an example of something that looked good on paper and then you sleep with the concept and wake up the next morning wondering why your crotch is itchy and have to go through months of treatment until some of it goes away.


Naomi and Tamina are right where they need to be at, I understand their place. They can stay as long as they know their roles. Becky and Sasha confuse me with their banter due to the fact that they are friends(Horsewomen), but say they aren't.


The whole layout to PPVs are shit, everyone is getting fed up with it. One of the reasons I don't completely hate Triple H having the belt is for the work he oversees at NXT. The Takeover specials are just that, special. Minimal BS between the matches, lead ups and talent fighting to keep their spot or elevate to the main roster.

[Heisenberg]

One last thing for a bit, I would like to pitch a match to have before we all filter into the stadium.


Brock Lesnar Guy v.s. Frank the Clown v.s. Heisenberg(Dallas Triple Threat Yapapi Strap Match)- winner gets to fart in the loser's face and deny them entry into WrestleMania

[Evil Vito]

https://i.imgur.com/5GKFXai.jpg

[Big Vic]

IMO AJ and Y2J should not have been in a singles match together until the PPV.

[Big Vic]

"It doesn't matter since its on the network"

Oh ok.

[Schlomey]

Momentary fantasy booking that I'm sure has been written by fifteen of you:

Dean costs Roman the win at Fastlane. Brock goes on to face HHH at Mania (big match feels even though it's been done). Roman flirts with a heel turn against Dean for fucking up his life. Dean vs Roman in a No DQ grudge match at Mania. Roman goes full beast mode heel. Spend a few months building Bork as a face and Roman destroying Dean then BAM come summerslam super face Bork Lazer vs big bad bully Roman for the strap....thats like half a fucking year right there.....

[Heisenberg]

I have The Rock turning on Roman @ Mania, keeping the belt on HHH and having The Rock, Stone Cold and Undertaker on the corporate dime of Vince to prevent the current roster from advancing. The Attitude Guard can kidnap some NXT guys and have them do their dirty work in the ring or cast a spell on Lesnar and have him represent the group in combat.

[CSL]

https://i.imgur.com/5GKFXai.jpg

I like Ambrose, barring his current look he has all the 'tools' but whoever compared him to Steve Austin is delusional

[drave]

I know that certain aspects are going to be predictable in a scripted entertainment medium, but swerve it up now and again ffs. I fell asleep during Fastlane before the main event even started. At that, Ambrose stole the show and Lesnar is getting stale. I get that he is a beast and badass, etc. But he has relegated to suplexing, getting blown up and then.... yea.

Reigns is Reigns and just bores me to pieces. No interest in current Mania, and that is the first time in my life I have felt that. Cancelling the network for now, basically due to everything Vito Cruz said a few posts back.

[Simple Fan]

I like Ambrose, barring his current look he has all the 'tools' but whoever compared him to Steve Austin is delusional

Why? He is very comparable to Stone Cold. He's a blue collar guy that can connect with fans. He's crazy and has that don't give a shit mentality. I don't see how you don't compare him to Austin.

[Rammsteinmad]

Pretty mundane PPV.

Triple threat wasn't really anything special. Like Drave said above, Lesnar's spiel is starting to wear a little thin.

Ziggler as always put on a tremendous performance with Owens, but as is always the case, it's like, why care? It's Dolph Ziggler, nothing will ever come out of anything he does and he'll always flounder in midcard purgatory.

Couldn't give two fucks about Kane or Big Show anymore. The way Big Show was celebrating the win after his match was kinda funny, in a "we won a match that nobody cares about, I've done this for 20 years earned millions of dollars why am I still here?" way.

Roman Reigns vs. Triple H... urgh.

Jericho/Styles was alright, I'm really not "getting" AJ in WWE right now. Thought he was great pretty much his whole time in TNA, especially around 2005/2006, just really not getting into him now.

I think this is it for me. I've touched upon this a lot over the last year or two, but I think it's finally hitting me. I've been a wrestling fan since 1993, possible '92, and it's kinda leaving a huge gaping hole in my life not following the product any more, but I think I'm well and truly done. Perhaps after Wrestlemania I'm gonna take some time away from wrestling and just see how it is after a few months.

Or until Cesaro returns.

Just really cannot enjoy the product any more.

[Heisenberg]

Feeling the pain and sorrow in everyone's posts now, not even worth me heeling it up about how I'm drudging along. At least I can witness a WrestleMania live before we all shoot the company into space. If only the people behind Deadpool were wrestling writers

[CSL]

Why? He is very comparable to Stone Cold. He's a blue collar guy that can connect with fans. He's crazy and has that don't give a shit mentality. I don't see how you don't compare him to Austin.

I take what was written to mean in terms of talent and potential, not that they have a vaguely similar gimmick

[Heisenberg]

Watching all the RAWs leading up to WrestleMania until then, I'm a WWE sheep,,,

[Evil Vito]

I like Ambrose, barring his current look he has all the 'tools' but whoever compared him to Steve Austin is delusional

I THINK the point they were trying to make was that he got ridiculously over when he came back as this crazy anti-Authority badass who wanted to kill Seth Rollins, so he could have been the best antihero type of character since Austin.

In terms of talent or whatever though then yeah I agree it's a bit of a far-fetched comparison. I mean I really like Ambrose and think he should be a huge deal but Austin was a once in a generation talent.

[Volare]

Haven't read anything on Harper and his wrist, which I think is a good thing.

[drave]

For those unsatisfied with the current road to WM, what would your ideal card be with the current situation?

Say it was a pre-network, pre-stream era, what would have to be done to get you to make Mania a "must buy ppv"? Can it be salvaged or would it take some major creative re-writes to even consider it?

[rockman725]

First Injury Match: The Ryback vs. The Goldberg at Wrestlemania 32. First person to successfully injure your opponent wins.

BOOK IT!

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I don't find Brock stale at all. Thought he worked his fucking tail off in that match.

The finish was MEH. Just because Dean and Brock didn't win doesn't mean they need to be afterthoughts post match. It would make more sense for them to be pissed and there to be SOMETHING with them and Roman post match, instead of them disappearing for a heatless staredown between Roman and H.

IN SAYING THAT, it was a very fun match. The problem is, they are so inside the box that they could not figure out how to book that finish without enraging the crowd. It's so BLAH, "Okay Roman wins and then he stares at the Mania sign until HHH comes down and everyone will for some reason think this is a huge deal because BUSINESS"

Why not have a bit of an angle afterwards to make fans give the slightest fuck about the build?

[drave]

Why not have a bit of an angle afterwards to make fans give the slightest fuck about the build?

Didn't they do that around Rumble when Reigns beat the hell outta HHH at the end of some RAW? THAT is the one spark where Reigns seemed to "break out" and actually be someone rather than Weekly Reigns.

Also feel like they are going to have to do something pretty remarkable to get the universe behind Reigns in the build up to Mania. (In all thuthfullness, Mania sells itself on name alone, so everything I am saying won't matter anyway,,,,, carrying on)


Here are the cities, in order, hosting RAW building up to Mania:

Chicago
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Brooklyn

Traditionally, smark heavy, IWC loving crowds who will seemingly shit all over Reigns, maybe HHH and the main event as a whole but definitely Reigns.