I'll have to remember to save & print out this thread & read it while watching this WM over again in the future. The stuff in here is amazing!
I think one of the problems is that we (IWC) collectively talked ourselves into the idea that "no, Reigns winning as the main event is a bad decision and anything other than that match should close." We hyped ourselves in thinking that something, anything big would happen to prevent the inevitable finish we all saw coming. Then, they turn around and do it anyway and we are now completely let down from our own hype.
Do I think this WM was bad? Yes & No. I entered the night with very little expectations. There were some good matches, but a lot of stupid finishes with wrong winners. Zayn, Sasha, and AJ should have all been winners in their matches. Period. Ambrose IMO should have won against Lesnar, but if he was going to lose, make it a viable loss. That "street fight" was anything but a street fight. Taker winning honestly leaves next to nothing in a storyline that was starting to push forward with interesting alternatives. Everything else on the card seemed bland and too much of a Raw filler.
I still think it wasn't that great as a whole, but it could have been worse. Far from the worst Mania, but no where near the best.