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Make the IWC Great Again
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Lesnar vs Owens is the direction I would go.
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It's all Bullshit
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Taker/Owens
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Resident drug enabler
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Lesnar... Ryback....
Should have happened at 29 but I'll take it now. |
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I have no faith in creative that they will ever make anything out of what Ryback could've been.
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Neither do I. I don't even really have faith in his IC title run going well.
After SummerSlam the year prior to WM29 though when Ryback was still the beast he came in as and Lesnar had just made Triple H tap out, Ryback starting a "Feed me Brock" craze while Heyman subtly just kind of avoided it for a while building up to a match at WrestleMania between the two would have MADE Ryback. He would have become what they're having to try so hard to turn Reigns into. Instead Triple H needed his win back and Ryback needed to put Mark Henry over... |
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Think its so stupid people book them selves over another person in a fake sport.
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I get it in certain situations. Like if you're building toward something bigger. But in situations where there's a much better option that could likely build a new star for your company, choosing to put yourself over just to get your win back is definitely stupid.
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Someone like HHH or even Taker or recently, Jericho, don't need it. They're around often and long enough in recent history that no one cares if they lose to a current main eventer/up-comer and don't need to "get their win back." |
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#9 |
It's all Bullshit
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In the end it is all about money, higher up on the card you are the more money you make.
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Yeah, I wasn't watching much wrestling in 2011 but remember hearing HHH did the same thing to Punk around that time.
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RIP SABU
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Pretty sure Shawn's considered "officially" retired.
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Feeling Oof-y
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40(-45) minute classic between Taker and Kane, dammit!! |
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Resident drug enabler
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RIP SABU
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Don't get me wrong, I know he could show up at any time for a one-off WM match. That's why I put officially in quotes. It could just be a kayfabe retirement, but I'm fairly certain it's not. Time will tell.
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MVP Mark
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Just leave Taker off the card. His matches are barely watchable now.
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TPWW's HHH Mark Since '04
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The Brock match was bad, but he was concussed and injured early. The Wyatt match wasn't bad, but it failed to live up to the expectations of the past decade of Undertaker matches.
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MVP Mark
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His past 3 matches have not been Mania worthy matches.
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TPWW's HHH Mark Since '04
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He had a valid reason for WM30 since his brain was scrambled, and the CM Punk match at WM29 was great. WM31 match was alright. The bar got set so high from WM21 vs Orton, WM23 vs Batista, WM24 vs Edge, and especially the WM25-26 vs HBK twice and WM27-28 vs HHH twice run that nothing really can live up to the expectations of a veteran fan's idea of an Undertaker WrestleMania match. The idea and the aura of the streak really didn't mean anything until WM21 vs Orton anyway. Bray vs Taker was better than any match Undertaker had before WM14.
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It's all Bullshit
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Something seemed way off with that last match.
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3 Dicks Out For Trips
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Calling it now, Shawn at WM32. Keep talking about him being retired and it will happen.
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The thing that put the idea of the Taker match in my head was the rumors that WWE is trying to get him for WM32. If he's gonna have one more match, there would never be a better situation than facing Taker in his retirement match at WrestleMania in front of a crowd of 100,000 in Texas.
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3 Dicks Out For Trips
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He could still carry Taker to a decent match, I'm sure. Unless Taker is just that far gone now. Which he probably is.
I know this sounds dumb probably, and it would piss off everyone ever, but they should do Sting v Taker and have Shawn come out for no reason and attack Sting. Originally I was thinking a DQ finish, but maybe have it happen right after the finish. Build to a Sting v Shawn retirement match. I want to see Shawn one more time, and him and Sting could probably have a decent match. |
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Didn't HBK once save Sting?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fALflqEoMYc Then the whole thing just got fucking weird with the whole Jesus business. Even for a titty honking, foot fetishist, Paige's ass kissing and armpit sniffing freakazoid like me, that was just fucking weird. |
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LUV CABBAGE/H8 JEWS
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#28 |
Resident drug enabler
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The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels would actually be an awesome WrestleMania 32 match. HBK could come out of retirement with an old gunslinger's attitude -- you put me out, now I put you out, old man.
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Trickster Demon
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I would like to see the Undertaker go one on one with...
Anybody THRILLA~! |
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Feeling Oof-y
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I dunno. If HBK's coming out of retirement I'd like it to be something fresh, rather than the 3rd instalment of Taker-HBK.
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Would love to see Kevin Owens vs. HBK to be honest.
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#33 |
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My ideal WrestleMania card that I can think of right now...
WWE World Heavyweight Title Match Brock Lesnar(c) vs Ryback Mixed Tag Match Triple H and Stephanie McMahon vs The Rock and Ronda Rousey Retirement Match The Undertaker vs John Cena Triple Threat Match Roman Reigns vs Seth Rollins vs Dean Ambrose WWE United States Title Match Kevin Owens(c) vs Randy Orton Bray Wyatt vs Finn Balor WWE Intercontinental Title Match The Miz(c) vs Fandango The Bella Twins vs Trish Stratus and Lita WWE World Tag Team Title Match (Guest Enforcer: Hulk Hogan) The Usos(c) vs Sheamus and Rusev Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal Tag title match may seem a little odd but when trying to come up with a card, I came up with a situation where The Usos come back and regain the tag titles and also throw their support behind their family in The Rock and Roman Reigns, both of whom are feuding with The Authority. This pisses of Triple H and he enlists his super team of Sheamus and Rusev to take the titles off of them. Then through an argument with Vince or something, Hogan gets put in as an enforcer. Allows him to be part of the show and maybe even get involved physically a little without having to have a match. Feel like all of this would bring the tag titles prestige way up along with The Usos' stock. |
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Not bad, fan. Not bad.
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I think The Usos will get a moment where they win the Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania next year, but I'm not sure what heel team they will beat. To be honest, I could see it being Luke Harper & Erick Rowan, since those matches were so good. It wouldn't surprise me to see The Lucha Dragons and The New Day added to that as well though.
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Multi-team tag title pre-show matches at WrestleMania seem to be tradition now. So that's the most likely scenario. It would just be cool if they could build a tag title match to an upper card level where it HAS to be on the main show.
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I agree. At WrestleMania XXX I thought "The Usos win on Kickoff here, then next year it's on the main show." Then it was the Fatal 4-Way on the pre-show again. I do think we'll see them on the main show next year though. They'll just need heel opponents that are worthy of their own spot.
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I'm seriously stuck on the World Title match. I can book like six epic matches that I can reasonably see happening given current deals and such (and no one coming back from the dead or permanent injury), but I just cannot find an obviously HUGE World Title match.
John Cena defending the World Title against someone seems like the best bet right now. Or chasing his sixteenth title at WrestleMania. But given that he's likely to be booed, I think casting him as the defending champion is the best bet. I had this thought at the start of the year, but then let it go, but now it is creeping back: How about Finn Balor? I know it would be his first WrestleMania and it might seem surreal to put him in such a spot, but the guy has been astonishing in NXT so far. His entrance at WrestleMania alone would make it feel like a big fight. Balor himself has said that his dream Mania opponent is Cena, and it'd be a "franchise passing" moment that might actually not get shit on (like Reigns might). Even if the reign of Balor is short-lived, it could still be a fairly epic moment. And it's not like the WWE are about to cut their losses with Balor. Might as well give him a shot. |
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RIP SABU
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They could probably go somewhat old-school and do a Fatal-4-Way, 4 Corners tag or a tag elimination gauntlet.
The Usos v. The New Day vs. The Ascension vs. Prime Time Players (c) Dunno. |
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The Ascension and The Primetime Players just aren't Mania tag match material yet, in my opinion. Let them appear in the Battle Royal, but let the best teams fight over the Tag Titles.
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