I'm always in it for the long haul for WM!

Please don’t have the RAW commentary team announce this bout

:lol: at the bootleg Pirates of the Caribbean theme for the hype video of next year's Mania.

Pirate ship! Paul Burchill's return confirmed!

Is the majority still on Becky beating Charlotte?

This is actually true. WWE have kind of philosophically forgotten what makes a great heel. They're confusing people not wanting to see Baron Corbin being akin to the DOA showing up with Randy Savage exploding and giving into the madness.

It's seriously like they've forgotten that hype is good and that the point is to put on a good show. It's like they want expectations to be low.

Damn you beat me to it.

Rain just ended here so it's maybe 30 minutes out of there.

Supposedly WWE executives pay and bonuses in regards to the Network are now tied into how long Mania is so the longer the show, the more they can get paid.

That and the main roster is way too bloated since this year's show had like 80+ people competing in it.

Fired up for this match. Solid video package.

I don't feel sorry for the dickhead, but that is fucking brutal.

CHOPPA ENTRANCE

What kind of pasta

Nevermind. I guess its not the guy.

Becky deserves the win tonight. Not even just because of blowing up this year and becoming the hottest thing in this business.

Becky challenging Charlotte for the title a few months into the “Divas Revolution” was the first REAL feud of that era that people got into. Before that it was even worse with things being a big deal for being the “divas revolution” and multi tag matches and no real change from before. Lynch has been a huge part of the real momentous shifts in the revolution even if they’ve positioned Flair as the standard bearer. Becky has been the piece that made shit work and move forward for the epochal shifts.

Greatest entrance ever

Flair doing the Flair entrance.

If only the chopper landed IN the stadium

Cool af entrance for Charlotte

LOL, Did she just wink at the camera?

Mic cut out

Cool throwback entrance for Charlotte. Too bad Asuka's title reign and spot on the main card had to be sacrificed for it.

:lol: at the production botch.

Penne pasta


"De Cecco" brand (generally best available brand)


Just made it plain with olive oil/garlic

Did Ronda smile at Joan Jett?

I get that that is what happens. I'm not disputing that. I just don't understand why. Are these people not familiar with the mantra "less is more?"

They obviously want content for the Network, but is there data to suggest that just generating more and more is what keeps people hooked on streaming services? Would it be more constructive to put good and digestible content? I'd be worried that if someone got exhausted watching my biggest PPV of the year and instead of craving more, they instead realized that it's fatiguing and there's no way they're going to watch all the WWE programming and just give up.

If they made WrestleMania a shorter show, they can push stuff out to another PPV in later April/early May. They could make their overall product hotter and get more people to watch Raw, SmackDown and possibly subscribe to the Network. As it stands, it seems it has plateaued. Why not try and make your product hotter to try and break through to that 2 milion buy mark by converting more of that existing audience and then the Network will obviously be making more money and you can pay executives more that way.

just kicking back


taxes took a lot out of me... worried


this thing is gonna end at 1am

Okay, WWE. This has been a pretty good show so far. You know how this should end. Piped in cheers and Kevin Dunn's slick editing of the crowd shots aren't going to change things. Please, please, please don't fuck this up.

Yeah, I was going to ask. But Davey Boy Smith talked like he got shots on, so I thought he might half-way recognize him.

Godfuckingdammit, I have a bad feeling about this.

Wait a minute, wasn't Charlotte's robe blue in the helicopter entrance skit?

How did WWE managed to screw something as simple as letting her come out with a blue robe instead of giving her a purple robe.

Are they unifying the belts ..


Did they end the brand switch

No.

Here we go!

Hope Becky wins but wouldn't be surprised if Charlotte did.

I think they will go with Becky, but I still think there's a chance Charlotte could take this. I feel like she might have been "promised" the win over Ronda, since this was planned way back at WrestleMania last year. I could see Vince honoring that if that was the strong plan, because it was never Becky.

Whoever is winning is beating Ronda, I think. It will be Charlotte in a shocking heel moment or Becky because she's the babyface and seems to be doing well. It's the "right" thing to do.

Every time i see becky lynch i think of a sweet potato...

Yes, and there's rumors of the brand split 2.0 ending around the time of the FOX SmackDown! LIVE deal this October.

No what

I can see Becky’s nipples.

OMBECKY

Really think they should unify the belts. They've got the floating Women's Tag Titles. Make the women's belts float and when the men get more stars think about doing that there.

They’re not unifying the straps and neither has the brand extension ended. There’s going to be a draft soon.

No way it goes past 12:30.

Making history.. first ever wrestlemania main event to start after midnight

It’s chilly in MetLife Stadium tonight.

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In addition to missing wrestlemania being 3 hours i also miss it being in an indoor arena...

The IRS has "accepted" my federal tax return, yeah right like they're working on a sunday night during wrestlemania....

Becky getting color would make a lasting image like someone said. Come on Vince, this has been a solid WM, end it by giving the people what they want. I could see Vince saying I don't give a damn what you people think and putting Charlotte over.

The brand split is still technically a thing, but as usual they've dropped certain things they had established in it. Cena is no longer exclusively SmackDown, he's a "free agent" that does whatever he wants. Becky and Charlotte have been appearing on Raw despite being SmackDown stars. The rules they established with the Royal Rumble seem to change every year, but when either Charlotte or Becky loses, they should be back to being exclusively on SmackDown, but who knows if that will happen? Angle was appearing on both shows and we got Samoa Joe and Rey Mysterio randomly doing Raw appearances, I believe.

Basically the brand split only matters until they decide they want to book someone on the other show.

Oh fuck! Ronda took a bad bump.

It's outdoors next year too @ OssMan

I wonder how bad the commentary team has to pee

Aye. :y: Always felt like it added to the fight atmosphere and trapped the noise a bit more. I don't mind WWE doing stadium shows, but I wish Mania was in a tighter setting.

Per Wikipedia HHH's match was the longest of the night lol

Oh, The Bellas and McMahons also appear wherever the hell they want.

I'll be genuinely surprised if the Raw Women's Title doesn't go longer than it. Triple H doesn't need to have the longest match of a Mania and he surely knows that.

Coles voice is giving out on him. Hes gonna sound rough tomorrow night.

Read the results and really hate the Shane vs Miz ending. I mean, I didn't see that big suplex but why would the ref just give Shane the win?

Also, hate Spear as the finisher.

I miss having WM at MSG when they did NYC.

Wonder if owenbrown turned this bullshit PPV off after Roman Reigns won

When was the last indoor WM that wasn't a stadium? 22?

Oh and who the hell is The Demon King?

I think so. Vince apparently said he would never take a Mania to anything smaller than a stadium ever again, which is a shame, just for nostalgia purposes.

Finn Balor. He puts on body paint and suddenly becomes a bad-ass.

PS4 app crashed.

Crowd already showing signs of being too exhausted. Bunch of spots barely got any reactions.

Oh. I fucking despise that body paint.

I hope they have Brock kill him again early in the show.

Brock beating up Michael Cole should become his post-WrestleMania loss tradition.

Why is it BS? it's been pretty good overall.

In bed now ...


watching


https://i.imgur.com/UbMcr1I.jpg

Imagining being in the crowd and thinking about having to commute back home and go to work tomorrow and feeling depressed

Yeah, I'd feel pretty shitty about it, but I imagine a lot of that crowd are fly-in and have it off. I'd feel so stressed getting in and out of the building, to be honest. I can imagine how hectic it would be to get out when everyone is like "thank fuck, now I'm outta here."

Good match so far

If they do a “two people get the pin or submission” finish, I am fucking done.

LOL

I can kind of see Brock beating Kofi really early to win the WWE Title. I don't see him being strapless for long. And I'm not someone that didn't like the idea of Brock being champion, but I think he could be "fresher" and more unpredictable without a belt for a while.

Yeah match has been really good... crowd just seems tired

It would be a way for them to keep one belt on Charlotte and put the other on Becky. I mean it also doesn't make any sense, but oh well.

Charlotte is a bit too loud calling the spots. Like 3rd one soo far that the mics picked up.

Tables are for bitches

TBF, It does seem like they're trying their best to give it all they have left RE: reactions.

Kind of have a feeling that Bryan is going to go to Raw too.

The crowd would want to care about this. Becky is about as over as anyone on the roster. If they're not lively it's because they can't be. It's a sign that these shows are just too damn long.

Poor Cole losing his voice

WWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Holy shit! Becky just pinned Ronda. Wow!

DON’T YOU FUCKING DARE CLUSTERFUCK THIS AWAY

They better not do a dusty finish...

That's it?

Match was pretty good overall but that ending was very anti-climatic.

did they botch the finish?

WTF lol was that.

Great finish that will lead to a huge rematch.

WWWWWOOOOOO WWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOO WWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Ronda's shoulder was up -- but congrats to Becky Lynch!

Not to say I told you so, @OssMan, but... well...I told you so, re: end time.

Doesn't really make sense for this to not end in a submission. If there was a pin I can imagine it was a botch. Or WWE are just really keen to go back to Becky/Ronda sooner than we think.

I doubt it was on purpose but it already has a built in rematch with cause.

FUCK IT

BECKY WON IN THE MAIN EVENT OF MANIA

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!!!!!

So Becky got a roll-up and Ronda kicked out but they counted the three anyway? That's a pretty weak way to crown a babyface.

That was a one count then a two count. Still, good to see Lynch win.