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#961 |
Y2KoTF
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#962 |
Former TPWW Royalty
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#963 |
I'm Mr. White Christmas
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"The Purple Headed Monster" The Unddertaker
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#964 | |
President of Freedonia
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Overall I'm really glad to have gone. Punk/Taker was fucking awesome and I think the crowd was mostly dead after that match. Speaks volumes when 80,000 people boo the shit out of the feel-good handshake ending. That was the only part of the show I didn't like. If I had known it'd just be a handshake I would have left right at the final bell instead of sitting in non-moving traffic for 30 minutes. ![]() Glad to have finally gone to a Mania live. |
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#965 |
Resident drug enabler
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Taker's eyes bulge out more than a human being's eyes should. It really is almost cartoonish.
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#966 |
Flame on, Motherfokkas!
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#967 |
Y2KoTF
Posts: 16,241
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Fucking Internet fans. At least get a photo from the correct event if your going to make shit memes.
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#968 |
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Why must they go back?
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#969 |
Doin' It Right
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Gonna go on the record and say that I really enjoyed this WrestleMania. Top to bottom
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#970 |
TPWW's HHH Mark Since '04
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It was a good WrestleMania. It just didn't have any moment that will be forever ingrained in your mind until the end of time.
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#971 |
The black Corey Graves
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#972 |
Y2KoTF
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It wasn't a bad Wrestlemania. The end of the show seemed a bit lack-luster to me, and the crowd came across dead after Punk/Taker. I know I've harped on it a bit, but to me there were too many video packages which made the matches seemed rushed, but they were all fairly decent.
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#973 |
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Before the main event I got tickets to MITB then realized, "Damn, Cena's gomg to have a long run as champ is he." Back to the WWE from 06-09. The ending would have been saved by a swerve from The Rock, but aside from that, WM was pretty good. There have been far worse ones.
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#975 |
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Thought this year's Mania was a snoozefest outside Taker/Punk and HHH/Lesnar.
Felt like it really could have been a monthly PPV. |
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#976 | |
Y2KoTF
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I know what your saying, but a fair part of the crowd popped when Cena won and would have gone home happy. And we all need to be honest, we all knew Cena was going to win and have had a couple of months now to come to terms with it. Can't wait to watch Raw to see where they go with him now. |
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#977 |
Tîm Defaid
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I never bitch about a Wrestlemania. I am satisfied each year that it is always a solid, quality show. This year though I find it hard to do that. Every match was absolutely meaningless in all honesty. Usually I am excited for Mania from the Rumble onwards. This year I only got a bit hyped up for it with a week to go. Until then I had no inkling at all that it was Wrestlemania season. If the matches had been great then I could have forgiven the non-existent build and meaningless outcomes. But they weren't. Undertaker and Punk was quite fun to watch but pretty sloppy and came nowhere near to the Undertaker's last 4 Mania matches. Triple H vs Brock was just boring really. Two part timers that hold little relevance to the current product and just put on a bog standard no holds barred match. Cena and Rock was alright and better than last year's but still quite sloppy. They don't have great chemistry and should never have had a rematch. Everything else was just standard PPV/Raw fare. Despite the awful build I was still hopeful that they could pull off a special show on the night. I've always said in the past that WWE could probably put a steaming pile of shit in the ring and make me care about it because it's Wrestlemania. Well they proved me wrong this year.
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#978 |
Y2KoTF
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Yeah, gotta say neither HHH/Brock match interested me at all. I got drilled after SummerSlam for saying I thought their match was boring, and I felt the same today. Had a few moments, but I just couldn't get into it. Then again, they followed Punk/Taker which had me fairly pumped the whole match.
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#979 |
King K Cool
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Well, they didn't waste any time....
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#980 |
King K Cool
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I'll post my thoughts later today. Right now, I've got a class to go to.
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#981 |
wekasauce
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So I'm not gonna bother reading through all the replies to see if this was addressed. Few questions.
1. What was up with Cole all night? He seemed to just disappear for long stretches at a time. And the announcing in general during the Rock/Cena match was awful. Long lulls of just nothing. 2. Continuing that thought; what was up with that match overall? It looked like they didn't have any script or 'story' for the match and just kinda ad-libbed the entire thing. And it looked awful. So many sloppy spots and the stupid finisher-fest contributed to 80% of the match. It seemed like they were just making it up on the go and goddamn it looked terrible. And the finish was lolbad but at least it wasn't Punk being beaten by the elbow. Anyhow, Taker/Punk was easily match of the night. HHH/Lesnar was decent. Enjoyed Del Rio/Swagger. How the hell did Jericho job to that guy on the biggest show of the year? Brutal. Overall the show was pretty meh. The whole affair felt rushed and disjointed. When factoring in how much they plan this show every year it amazes me that things weren't more fleshed out. crossrine |
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#982 |
Inno Knows.
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That Spanish Announce Table really hates Punk
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#983 |
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Attended Wrestlemania last night..
1. Had a great time, thought crowd was very into it for the most part. 2. Undertaker - Punk was the match i enjoyed the most. 3. Thought Brock-HHH was a complete snoozefest. 4. Disappointed the mixed tag team match was cut. My fiance is a big Funkasaurus fan so needless to say she was disappointed as well. 5. Glad Fandango and the Shield won. 6. My view was completely obscured by the stupid columns. Very disappointing because I would have had great seats otherwise. |
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#984 |
Spammy Certified
Posts: 46,115
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#985 |
Grim Fandango
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They probably already have side plates made up for the main event guys, there were even Sheamus ones being shown off on WWE.com when Rock first unveiled it. I'd expect they also did Cena, Punk and Orton at least.
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#986 |
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Undercard delivered but other than Punk Taker, the main events didn't.
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#988 |
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#989 |
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The undercard matches were good but nothing to brag about that we couldn't have seen on another PPV or RAW. I feel like at least having some kind of gimmick match (ladder, cell, TLC, cage?) would have added an extra dimension to the show and given it more of a WM feel. It did feel like the show overall was rushed and they were worried about time constraints, but then it actually ended in less than 4 hours.
Punk/Taker was definitely match of the night. Undertaker's entrance was really cool. The match wasn't as good as Taker's last 4 WM matches, but it was still really good. My wife commented on how tired Punk looked during his entrance and I thought the same thing, but both men did a great job telling a story. HHH/Lesnar was quite boring honestly. With as involved and as good as Heyman was in the feud, I was surprised that Heyman didn't have more of a role in the match, but maybe they felt like he was involved enough with Punk/Taker. Rock/Cena was much better than their match last year, but I also wasn't crazy about the finish. I just felt like there was no reason for Rock to be pinned at that point. I mean they'd both taken each other's finishers multiple times, why was that AA so different. Now if it had been off the top rope or through a table or something, I could buy that a little more. Also, I noticed there was a good 10-15 minutes left after the match and I kept waiting for something to happen. A Cena turn, a Rock turn, a Ziggler cash in, something!?! What's gonna happen?! NOTHING. Instead we get 10 minutes of Rock standing in the ring, walking back up the ramp, and then the over the top dual face arm raise. It all just felt way too anticlimactic to end a Wrestlemania. |
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#990 |
President of Freedonia
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I found Taker/Punk to be better than the Taker/HHH WM 27 match and about on par with WM 28. It wasn't at the level of Taker/HBK but not too many matches ever will be.
Taker and Punk both just "get it". The match flowed way better than both Lesnar/HHH and Rock/Cena. Both of those matches had their moments but there was pretty much nothing in between. |
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#991 |
yeah nah good mate
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Keith, to be far, I went too and crowd was not into the match hugely until the final minutes.
Really glad to see I went to Mania, which was the first show I've ever attended, crowd was amazing, set/stage was amazing, and my seats were last row on the first tier but still good visibility. Crowd was utterly berserk for Taker-Punk, and the bottom half of Rock-Cena. A real sour note, though, was the 351 bus service back to NY. Looked like a queue of 10,000 for the bus and even though I was near the front of the line (relatively speaking), still took 45-60 minutes to board, standing room only. |
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#992 |
President of Freedonia
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The fact that every match got time is what made this Mania stand out. I was seriously worried there was going to be at least one, maybe two really short matches that served no purpose...and ultimately while I feel bad for the people involved in the 8 person tag getting bumped off of the show, if that match happened I have no doubt it would have been about 3 minutes tops.
When Fandango started dancing after the bell rang in the Jericho match, I immediately started telling my friend next to me that he was about to get Codebreaker'd immediately and the match would be over. Was pleasantly surprised when that didn't happen. |
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#993 |
#YesMovement
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Taker/Punk was by far best match last night. Love Heyman and Punk together. They are both so good.
Sheild match was expecting more from. Suprised it opened. Glad they won but was expecting a little more from that match. Hated they missed opportunity for the Orton Turn. Also glad Team Hell No won but was wishing it was because Dolph was cashing in later. Well... yea. Didn't happen. Going off the post show stuff sounds like Del Rio Swagger going least another PPV if not next 2. HHH/Brock was solid as well. Heyman was alot of that. Laughed so hard that f-5 took HBK out so long on the floor. I mean c'mon just a few years ago he took like 20 tombstones to beat him lol We shall see where things go but with the part timers leaving and Punk maybe being off a while, it might be a long couple weeks ahead. |
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#994 |
▒▓▀▄WINNER▄▀▓▒
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#995 |
▒▓▀▄WINNER▄▀▓▒
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#996 |
Tongue my Fartbox
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#997 |
Black Sheep Jew
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re-watching WM now.......focusing more on the matches instead of the "what ifs" that we for sure didn't get...just to get an accurate analysis of match quality before I write up a final review.
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#998 |
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#999 |
the low Art Gloominati
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WM 29- 6.5 out of 10
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It was entertaining, but at almost 4 hours I'm completely drained, I'm glad the 8 man tag got bumped, they can just do it on Raw.
Something that sickened me though was the fan who had a sign that had an arrow pointing up on it and the caption 'Caution Blue Blazer'. I hope that cunt got the shit kicked out of him afterwards. How that sign didn't get confiscated it beyond me, it was on camera at least 3 or 4 times. |
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