How would you book the biggest wrestling show in history?
 

WWE is supposedly trying to break the all time attendance record at WrestleMania 32 this year. What card would you have to bring in 100,000 people to Cowboys Stadium?

John Cena vs. The Undertaker

WWE Title Match- Seth Rollins (C) vs. Roman Reigns w/ The Authority

#1 Contender For WWE Title Match- Brock Lesnar vs. Cesaro

Both Making Their Returns: Daniel Bryan vs. Kurt Angle

Last Man Standing Match- Dean Ambrose vs. Triple H

The Rock vs. Kevin Owens

WWE Tag Team Title 6 Tag Team TLC Match- The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley & D-Von Dudley) (C) vs. The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) vs. The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) vs. The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto & Sin Cara II) vs. The Wyatt Family (Braun Strowman & Luke Harper) vs. The Hardy Boyz (Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy)

12 Woman 4 Tag Triple Elimination Match- Team NCB (Natalya, Charlotte, & Becky Lynch) vs. Team Bella (Brie Bella, Nikki Bella, & Alicia Fox) vs. Team B.A.D. (Naomi, Sasha Banks, & Tamina Snuka) vs. Paige, Emma, & Bayley

Andre The Giant Memorial 32 Man Battle Royal- Alberto Del Rio vs. Batista vs. Big Show vs. Billy Gunn vs. Booker T vs. Carlito vs. Darren Young vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Goldust vs. Jack Swagger vs. Jerry Lawler vs. John Morrison vs. Kane vs. Kevin Nash vs. King Barrett vs. Mark Henry vs. The Miz vs. Neville vs. R-Truth vs. Randy Orton vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Rhyno vs. Road Dogg vs. Rob Van Dam vs. Rusev vs. Ryback vs. Stardust vs. Titus O'Neil vs. William Regal vs. X-Pac vs. Xavier Woods vs. Sami Zayn

WWE Intercontinental Title Match- Finn Balor (C) vs. Chris Jericho

Pre-Show Match- Bray Wyatt vs. Sting

Pre-Show Match- WWE United States Title Match- Sheamus (C) vs. Samoa Joe

Pre-Show Match- 20 Man Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal Qualifying Battle Royal- Adam Rose vs. Apollo Crews vs. Bo Dallas vs. Curtis Axel vs. Damien Sandow vs. Diego vs. Erick Rowan vs. Fandango vs. Fernando vs. Heath Slater vs. Hideo Itami vs. James Storm vs. Jamie Noble vs. Joey Mercury vs. Jushin Liger vs. Konnor vs. Sami Zayn vs. Tyler Breeze vs. Viktor vs. Zack Ryder

All matches should be Judy Bagwell on a pole matches.

WWE WHC-Rumble winner Brock Lesnar v newly anointed Authority hand picked champion Roman Reigns

Intercontinental title- Kevin Owens v Dean Ambrose

Tag titles- New Day v Rock n Sock Connection

Bray Wyatt v Sting (assuming he's healthy)

Seth Rollins v Triple H

John Cena v the Undertaker- United States title match with Taker's career on the line

Sasha Banks v Charlotte v Paige- diva's title

Andre the Giant battle Royal- winner receives number one contender spot for WWE WHC down the line. Make it mean something. Good way to help a midcard talent get a quick feud in with the top guy.

WWE WHC: Brock Leaner(c) vs The Rock(rumble winner)

US Championship: John Cena(c) vs Roman Reigns

Seth Rollins vs HHH(30 minute iron man match)

Undertaker vs Kane

IC Championship: Kevin Owens(c) vs Cesaro vs Chris Jericho vs Dean Ambrose

Sting vs Stardust

Tag Team Championships: Dudley Boys(c) vs the Uso (tables match)

Wyatt Family vs New Day

Divas Championship: Paige(c) vs Sascha Banks (cage match)

Randy Orton vs Finn Balor( 2 out 3 falls)

Pre Show: Charlotte & Becky Lynch vs Bella Twins vs Naomi & Tamina

Nattie vs Bayley

Andre the Giant Battle Royal for a US title shot: Big Show, Neville, Sheamus, R Truth, The Mix, Curtis Axle, Sandow, Titus Oniel, Darren Young, Konnor, Viktor, Rusev, King Barrett, Adam Rose, Jack Swagger, Fandango, Tyler Breeze, Fernando, Diego, El Toronto, Hornswoggle, Mark Henry, Samoa Joe, Heath Slater, Zach Ryder, Ryback, Barron Corbin, Bo Dallas, Kevin Nash

1-Main Event
Double Retirement Match
The Undertaker Vs. Sting

2-Co-Main Event:
World Heavyweight Championship
Triple Threat Elimination Match
The Shield Explodes.

(C) Seth Rollins Vs. Dean Ambrose Vs. Roman Reigns.

3-Grudge Match:
John Cena Vs. Brock Lesnar

4-Long Shot Mixed Tag Team Match:
Triple H and Stephanie Vs. The Rock and Ronda Rousey

5-Control of the Family on the Line:
Bray Wyatt Vs. Cowboy James Storm.

James Storm joined the Wyatts but ends up more powerful a leader. He forces Bray out in this match to give Wyatt a chance to be a Mick Foley like character babyface. Allowing to capitlize on his popularity.

6-WWE Divas Championship:

(C) Sasha Banks Vs Bayley (winner of the Royal Rumble)

7-Tag Team Turmoil for the Tag Team Championship

The Usos, Blake/Murphy (w/Bliss) , The New Day (C), Prime Time Players, Dudley Boyz, The Mechanics (they win a spot on the NXT show the day before. Blake/Murphy would already be on the Raw/Smackdown Roster)

8-IC Championship
(C) Kevin Owens Vs. Sami Zayn.

9-NXT Championship
(C) Finn Balor Vs. Samoa Joe (the Winner of Tournament/Battle Royal on the NXT TakeOver before WM if there is one)

10-US Championship:
Dolph Ziggler Vs. Tyler Breeze.

Pre-Show:

1- Divas Royal Rumble:
Open to any Divas past or present. 30 second ring entries. That is 14 minutes for enteries. In a Pre-show that is nothing. Winner-Bayley.

2- Andre the Giant with the rest-Winner Mark Henry who retires.

Pre-Show
Andre the Giant Battle Royal (winner... I dunno, who the fuck really cares?)

Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match
Kevin Owens (C) vs Chris Jericho vs (if possible) Daniel Bryan

US Championship/Retirement Match
John Cena (C) vs The Undertaker

Divas Championship Submission Match
Charlotte (C) vs Paige

Tag-Team Championship TLC Match
Dudley Boyz (C) vs New Day vs The Wyatt Family (Harper and Strowman)

NXT Championship Match
Finn Balor (C) vs Samoa Joe

Big Draw Match
Brock Lesnar vs The Rock

Divas #1 Contenders Fatal Four-Way Match
Becky Lynch vs Naomi vs an imploding Team Bella (just Nikki and Brie)

Main Event: World Heavyweight Championship Triple Threat Match
Seth Rolling (C) vs Roman Reigns vs Dean Ambrose

Obligatory Celebrity Match (if possible)
Triple H and Stephanie vs (insert someone here... Maybe Kane) and Ronda Ronda Rousey

At first I thought STD had Bayley winning "the" Royal Romble. Don't think fans would boo that as much as Batista and Reigns the last two years though.

Oh, and I'd likely have the show end with whichever Shield member wins celebrating only for the lights to go out and then some creepy ass entrance that leads to Bray Wyatt revealing himself in the ring and laughing maniacally before disappearing into the shadows again.

I'd be down for that ending a little while down th line. With Ambrose and Reigns being in this two year feud I'd rather they be held off each other.

Brock lesnar in every match, winning every match

NormanSmiley vs #1-WWF-FAN this time try to show up Normy

0-2.

Fights in headgear don't put asses in the seats.

Neither do fights where one guy bitches out.

:nono:

Neither do fights where one guy hides on the Pacific time zone at fight time

Video evidence doesn't even bring this poor guy out of denial. What a sad, sad, defeated man.

To quote some vacaville pussy " you know my internet admin friends can find out where your ip is" yawn. Its cool fag, you convinced your geek friends here you made the trip out east

YAWN!

I believe Bray Wyatt vs Randy Orton or Finn Balor would be a splendid match for WWE WrestleMania 32. What say you, TPWW?

He'd be in the battle royal in my card. Trying to win for his childhood idol or something.

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Yeah, add Fan's idea to my card. Bray beats Orton clean and then appears to scare the piss out of whichever Shield guy becomes the very best that no one ever was.

WWE Title - Shield 3 Way
Austin vs Lesnar
HHH vs Rock (with Rousey involvement)
US title - Cena vs Xavier Woods
Taker vs Sting
IC Title Ladder Match - Owens and others
Divas Title - Sasha vs Charlotte
ATG Battle Royal

LOL, no way that is happening @ match highlighted in bold. Sting/'Taker looks highly improbable, too, as I still haven't seen or heard any updates on Sting's possibly career-ending injury.

Hope they put Sting in the ATG Battle Royal, he wins it and then retires the next night.

None of these matches really appeal to me, except the idea of a Shield triple threat for the WWE title.

Have no desire to see another old, crippled Undertaker match, and Lesnar being a face makes it pretty difficult to book him against anyone to try and elevate, ie. Cesaro.

Thread was how would I book. Trying to weave some realism based on where storylines are and also wishful thinking.

I do think there's a chance Austin-Lesnar happens. I can't think of a bigger fight to book. Austin hasn't had a match in over 10 years. I just don't know if medically he can be taken to Suplex City. If he can it would make for a helluva story.

I agree on Taker. I'm hoping this is his last dance.

As for Lesnar, I don't think he needs to be in a position to put over talent yet. He's still got 5-10 more years in him as a draw. I would try to keep him strong.

He's also over 10 years older now, though. It's no secret his knee and neck injuries won't allow him to wrestle again, let alone in a 15 or 20 minute WM match. Let's just say there's a reason why he reffed a Lesnar WM match (XX, v. Goldberg) as opposed to straight up wrestling him. He couldn't do it then, and he can't now. All he's good for anymore is Arrive -> Stunner -> Repeat if necessary -> Leave.

Sorry to bust your bubble.

So you've consulted with Austin's doctors?

You CLEARLY either never watched the segment on the RAW after WM XIX where Bischoff read Austin's legit medical reasons why he could never wrestle again. Frustratingly enough, I've done TONS of searching all over the Internet for that vid, but haven't been able to find it, but anyway, yeah that was over 12 1/2 years ago, and I'm sure nothing has changed.

I get it. I feel your frustration. I remember how devastated I was watching the piece on DDP on Confidential after his April, 2002 injury on SD! that would never allow him to wrestle again. But then again, he, like Austin, has nothing left to prove, which is why it's ok if they only pop up when needed as comic relief or whatever.

Its amazing what time does to wounds.

I don't claim to know Austin's health. My understanding is its very unlikely, but I also don't think there is 0% chance it happens.

Personally I won't sleep either way. I just stated its the biggest fight the industry can put on right now.

It actually seems in DDP's case as though he felt he could recover and return, but I vividly recall the moment in that Confidential piece he mentioned that his insurance company threatened to drop him if he went back to the ring so he was spinning it, at least, as though he was forced into retirement. Either way it was one of the saddest stories I ever watched on that show.

WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Seth Rollins |VS| Roman Reigns |VS| Dean Ambrose

The Rock |VS| Triple H

Brock Lesnar |VS| Stone Cold Steve Austin

John Cena |VS| The Undertaker

WWF |VS| WCW |VS| ECW
Shawn Michaels |VS| Sting |VS| Rob Van Dam

Chris Jericho |VS| Daniel Bryan

Women's Championship
Charlotte |VS| Paige

Casket Match
Kane |VS| Bray Wyatt

WWE Tag Team Championship
TLC 5 or
New Day |VS| The Dudley Boyz |VS| The Uso's |VS| Harlem Heat |VS| Lucha |VS| Neville & Cesaro

#1 Contender's Match for Next PPV
Elimination Chamber Match
Randy Orton |VS| Dolph Ziggler |VS| Sheamus |VS| Ric Flair |VS| Big Show |VS| Mark Henry

Key word is that I said "elevate", not "put over".

But still, with Lesnar as a face, I can't think of who would be a good fit for him.

I've said this so many times now, especially the last few months, Wrestlemania 32 really needs to be the event where WWE take a big risk and stop using the same main event guys.

Triple H doesn't wrestle all year, and then magically finds himself in a feud during March of every year that requires him to lace up his boots? No.

Undertaker is old and crippled and his Wrestlemania matches have been the same for the last five years, and have lost their appeal since the streak ended. No.

The Rock? No.

Shawn Michaels? No.

Sting? Had his Wrestlemania match. If he wants more, perhaps he should have considered coming to WWE ten years ago. His time has past.

All we ever keep hearing about is how Raw's ratings are getting lower and lower. Wrestlemania will sell itself! Any casual fans that tune in or catch the event will watch it, enjoy it, and then not tune in for another year because when they watch Raw the next night, all of the above names are absent.

It resonates with what CM Punk said about how he needed that Wrestlemania main event to elevate himself and get better. There's so many guys on the roster with enough talent to carry this show. But they all need some Wrestlemania exposure to elevate their games. Being constantly thrown into Andre the Giant Battle Royals (which has already run it's course, I hope we don't get another one), so that Triple H or Undertaker can hog half of the show, won't help the roster or the product of today.

If there are any doubts, remember that Wrestlemania 17 is often regarded as one of the greatest Wrestlemania's, and that event didn't rely on any "legends" or part-timers. (Yes I know there was the gimmick Battle Royal, but that wasn't a big selling point of the PPV, and was obviously just something fun between main event matches).

And in regards to my post above, Roman Reigns vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins NEEDS to headline this show. There is nothing else that will interest me.

Rollins and Ambrose have both been shit hot since the SHIELD split. They're two of the best in-ring talents, two of the best talkers, and they're both fucking over! Reigns will get the "What?" treatment, but he's no slouch, and will certainly deliver the goods in this match.

Besides that, this match is fresh! It's about time some new faces close the biggest show of the year. These guys will put on a great match, the feud will be great. All three guys are as over and as established as they'll ever be. It's time for WWE to pull the trigger and let them show the world what they can do.

Or... we can look forward to John Cena in the main event AGAIN. "Dwayne" coming back again. Or the Undertaker.

Same. Old. Shit.

Also, as much as I know we'd all love to see NXT guys at Wrestlemania, none of them should be on the main show. NXT is the "developmental" brand of WWE so to speak. How bad will it make the main roster look when Finn Balor gets an NXT title match on the biggest show of the year, and Bad News Barrett is in the clusterfuck Battle Royal match?

My scientific formula to maintain order between all facets of fan labels:

//Hulk Hogan/Ric Flair cold open equipped with Limo entrance and holograms of wrestling legends holding the door open for them.

Holographic Ultimate Warrior and Macho Man coming out to challenge them to a match//

1.) Finn Balor v.s. Samoa Joe v.s. Baron Corbin- NXT Championship

//Holographic Roddy Piper slapping the piss out of The Miz, leading to the return of John Morrison. Morrison does special move off top rope//

2.) HHH v.s. William Regal for sole ownership of NXT

//Big Show backstage vignette of him chokeslamming catering staff, he has kayfabe heart attack, instant pan back to the ring//

3.) The New Day/Enzo and Cass/Dudleys/Hardy Boyz TLC for the Tag Championship

//Fandango shown backstage beating the piss out of Alex Wright and Disco Inferno//

4.) Cesaro v.s. Kevin Owens for the IC Championship

//Sami Zayn backstage segment with him jumping Kevin Owens and peeing in his mouth//

5.) Paige v.s. Becky Lynch v.s. Charlotte v.s. Sasha Banks Fatal Femme 4 Way for the Women's Belt

//Stacy Keibler-Scott Steiner segment where they talk about hashtags and Test//

6.) Daniel Bryan, Roman Reigns and Orton v.s. The Wyatt Family

//Erick Rowan cosplay segment as Zangief, ending with Mean Gene clotheslining him into scaffolding//

7.) Brock Lesnar v.s. Poop Dempsey

//Kurt Angle return with a 30 second staredown with Brock, with both turning their attention to Poop, decimating him with mind bullets//

8.)The Undertaker v.s. Sting w/ Special Guest Referee Jim Cornette

//Kane sets Sting on fire//

Main Event) Dean Ambrose v.s. Seth Rollins for the WWE WH Championship




I know right, tight card. Cena is nowhere to be found until........


Cole: "Seth and Dean are in the ring just trading shots like opponents do! This is incredible!! The Dallas crowd is totally erupting, JOhn!!"


JBL: "This is awesome, Maggal! 9.99 for this spectacle while you throw away a few duckets into the Draft Kings machine!! This is the greatest, friend!"


Pan back to the match and Dean has it in the dooker, ready to pin a fallen Rollins. Then...you won't berieve what happens next.


*oooooOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH AVENUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*




John Cena comes out on the ramp and shimmies down to the ring, takes off his shorts and grabs Ambrose for the Attitude Adjustment. PLOW! BAM! ScOOP!!! The referee acts like nothing happened as he was distracted by the cool entrance video that Cena has, then turns around after it's too late to see Ambrose, a man who has been booked to perfection and ready for his time, laying there motionless. A victim to Cena and his quest to promote Total Divas. Rollins gets the victory and piggybacks up the ramp with Cena, Triple H welcomes them on the ramp and they tell everyone to suck it.


John Cena proclaims next night on RAW that he will destroy any and everything the Internet loves, all in the name of love for his Bella, the Nikki Bella. TOTAL Divas and Make-A-Wishes all day brah.


Enter in Dolph Ziggler as the hot face to feud with Cena over Nikki.

On the active roster I can't think of a great choice. To me Austin is the only interesting fight. If it's not Austin, makes me wonder why they didn't just hold off the third fight with Taker. Even though I'm not a huge fan of that match.

Well all the Manias between 15 and 17 didn't rely on outside help. 17 was literally the peak of the Attitude Era. Unfortunately they don't have the mainstream appeal they did then. Beyond that, even though 17 was critically acclaimed, it isn't the most purchased show in history.

I like the way Mania is set up right now. It's the only stadium show of the year, so it should have special features. If you don't include part timers then Mania becomes Summerslam. That doesn't seem like a smart strategy. Even more important with The Network where Mania anchors your subscription base. You need as many bells and whistles to keep people entertained.

To me as long as the guys like Hunter, Rock, Taker, etc can have good matches, they help being part of the show. Taker putting over Brock to this day helps Brocks gimmick. Rock working with Cena was huge business. Triple H putting over Bryan clean created a special moment. Triple H vs Sting with the NWO and DX involvement created a special moment. Mania needs those special moments to elevate it from the other shows on the calendar.

No offense to CM Punk, but he's a delusional character. He's only concerned about himself, doesn't see the bigger picture.

I can think of some good choices, but the timing's not right. Face Orton vs. heel Lesnar wouldn't be too bad, but with Lesnar as a face it wouldn't make sense, and I have no desire to see Orton turn heel again already.

Would love to see Cesaro get the rub of working with Lesnar, but again, face vs. face in this scenario doesn't work, and I don't want to see Cesaro turn heel.

Austin doesn't interest me though, pretty much for the reasons I stated above. I don't feel the need to constantly see the big names of today facing the big names of yesterday. We got Hogan vs. Rock in 2002 and we got Rock vs. Cena in 2012 & 2013, that's enough for now. :y: