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As over as Crystal Pepsi
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It was a good PPV, which made it sub-par as WrestleMania goes.
I'm glad The Undertaker is getting a title run. Hopefully it'll mean something and go beyond backlash. As of HBK tapping out to the STFU...... part of me died. |
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TPWW Fire Pro Champ
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Bummer. Cena won.
Did the PPV take up all the time available? Because as I'm reading some of the later posts when I left, this cut out early than expected. |
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Yeah the match ended with around 20-25 mins left.
Awww look at the little baby. He looks like he's gonna cry.
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TPWW's #3 Peep
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The amount of time it took for the whole "build-up segment, match, head shave" of the BotB, we coulda got London + Kendrick VS Worlds Greatest Tag Team, and Chavo Guerrero VS Jimmy Wang Yang. Or something along those lines.
Hell, throw in Cenas, Batistas and Undertakers entrances and we coulda had a whole other PPV. |
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He's Here
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WWE never (even years back) fills up the whole 2/3/4 hours. I believe they only have until 10-5 of the hour, but they almost always wind up being at the 2:45 mark.
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Worst Wrestlemania Ever
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Last of a Dying Forum
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I just finished watching it. Pure shit.
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...IN HD!!!!
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I'm sorry but one would think that by the twenty third attempt they'd be able to make ONE PPV a year memorable. They have not done that this year. Wrestlemania 23 was shit. No Wrestlemania feeling to it. Just sucky sucky sucky.
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TPWW's HHH Mark Since '04
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Half of y'all must have just read the online reports. I watched it and thought it was a great show. It wasn't the greatest show of all time, but you can't expect every WrestleMania to be the greatest show of all time. Kane/Khali was the only disappointing match to me. I will admit that I yelled "son of a bitch" and "fuck" repeatedly after the Cena/HBK finish.
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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What about the people who said they saw it and still didn't like it, James?
Maybe, just maybe...Not everyone's as impressed by shinies. |
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YesYesYes!
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I took over 100 pics with my digital camera. But I'll only show off a few of the decent looking ones for now, since most came out pretty dark.
Outside, heading to Ford Field. ![]() Me inside waiting for the show to start. ![]() Aretha with America the Beautiful. ![]() Kennedy retrieving the MITB. ![]() Divas Entrance. ![]() Cena celebration.
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...IN HD!!!!
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Angel Headed Hipster
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Yo what section were you RGWhat? I was in Riser 27. Some of your pics look like you were real close to where I was.
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Resident drug enabler
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My thoughts on WM...
*ahem* Not very good. Rename it Armageddon and put it in December and it is a very good pay-per-view. As a WrestleMania... knowing we only get this build and the whole WrestleMania atmosphere ONCE in a year, it was horrible. For all the reasons already given, it just sucked. Last edited by #1-norm-fan; 04-02-2007 at 09:29 PM. |
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YesYesYes!
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I was riser section 21, row 17. Had to zoom in for most of my pics so they look closer.
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RIP SABU
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Overall, I'd say 3.75/5. Sure there was nothing spectacular, but this year's Mania is only getting shitty responses because of the fact that 80,000+ fans at Ford Field couldn't be more vocal, and that's really all I have to say other than that I am glad Undertaker has the World Title now, and that V.K.M. looks pretty
bald.
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ELF ANGEL
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Well, I have to say the results weren't that bad, except Cena winning the exact same way he did last year.
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YesYesYes!
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As far as crowd noise is concerned, I thought it was pretty loud in there at times. I'm guessing it didn't come across too good on tv, and I think the reason for that is how huge the building is. With how many people were there and how big that place was, it was hard to get really good chants going. Compared to Chicago last year, which was rocking, but also due to a smalller building where the noise comes together more.
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Angel Headed Hipster
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Yeah I didn't hear one huge chant all night. It was all coming from different sections.
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Alive
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Taker and Batista looked like the only ones going all out for Mania, and it showed as their match was probably the best.
The rest of the show was pretty average, especially Cena's no-selling and winning the exact same way as last year. Money In The Bank was very lazily thought out. Example: Wouldn't it be cool for Edge to spear everyone, and then for Orton to RKO everyone? Very underwhelming. |
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Da Gif/Pic Pimp
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The spot that Edge and Jeff had was pretty sick IMO...yeah minus the whole 5-6 finishers in a row, it was a great match.
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Doin' It Right
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Just a bro.
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Why is there only 388 replies? Did 90% of TPWW attend WM 23?
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TPWW's HHH Mark Since '04
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![]() I am slowly turning into a Juan mark right now. |
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Von Killer
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They'd have to be more enjoyable first
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TPWW's Glass Ceiling
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![]() Three years dead, lol. |
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