Pro Wrestling Discussion Number IV

[jellydonut25]

Not gonna lie. I blinked back some tears and had to wipe my eyes when the streak ended.

'Taker's my favorite of all-time and even though I actually predicted he would lose, it was kind of like seeing his character get killed off. Very sad.

The crowd was stunned into silence for a good while after. They couldn't even really muster up the energy to boo Orton and Batista. It was only Daniel Bryan that finally snapped the crowd out of its funk.

[jellydonut25]

If you're wondering why I think it's not a completely terrible idea to have Lesnar win, it's because he has had a long career with the company and doesn't have a career-defining moment yet.

John Cena is the face of the company, beats every challenge he faces, and by the end of his career will likely have the record for title reigns.
CM Punk had the 434 day reign, the longest in the modern era.
Sheamus is the last King of the Ring to date, he had a lengthy feud with HHH that ended HHH's days as a full-timer.
Randy Orton was the legend-killer, he was part of Rated RKO and had that beastly feud with DX.
you can go on and on, but the point is, Brock Lesnar's biggest moment to date had been a match against Goldberg and that was more of an infamous moment than a memorable achievement due to the crowd basically booing for the entirety of the match. Brock now has a career-defining moment.

[Russzilla]

Hehe, my wife was completely stunned about Taker losing. Myself, I also have no problem with Taker losing to Lesnar. The streak had to end sometime. Now, all I want to know is WHY the streak ended now? There are alot of rumors about why they had Taker lose to Brock. Retirement, injury during the match, etc, etc. Is Brock about to get a major push? Are they setting him up to be the ultimate baddie in wrestling? Lots of questions. That Shield squash was wasted. Their match should've went on before HHH vs. Bryan. That crowd wasn't over Bryan winning yet. I loved the Hogan, Austin, Rock seqment. That was great. Like JBL said, those three are the Mount Rushmore of sports entertainment. But who would be the fourth guy? Overall, a great show. Now lets see what happens from here. Is Sting FINALLY going to make his long awaited debut? He is in New Orleans!

[Russzilla]

So so happy that they're not breaking up The Shield. After last nights Raw, looks like we're gonna be getting a feud between them and HHH, Batista, Orton, and Kane. Now, I'm just throwing this out there, but how cool would it be to introduce Sting into the WWE as being a temporary fourth member of The Shield, Crow character and all, going up against The Authority? (I know, I know, it's going to be Bryan fighting them, but still) Paul Heyman always cuts great promos. Glad to see him get Cesaro into his fold.

[jellydonut25]

I've yet to see the first half of Raw, but the second half was awesome AND I got to watch WrestleMania's cast.

That Undertaker match was bad. I mean, I'm kinda digging the ending now, because it got a REACTION out of people and is still being discussed and makes some sense for reasons I've already stated, but the match itself was BAD. Just an extended squash for Lesnar.

Kudos to Undertaker for essentially doing the job and really putting Lesnar over as this completely unstoppably insane beast, but damn...that was a dull slog of a match.

That Triple-Threat match was AMAZE-balls though. As were most of the other matches: DB vs. HHH was great, The Shield was too short for sure but wild, the Cena/Wyatt match had some really excellent storytelling that had me buy-in for a match I wasn't sure would work for me, Cesaro winning was not only a swerve but it was done in excellent fashion to make him look like a BEAST the match also had some decent spots once the riffraff was eliminated.

Best 'Mania in quite some time, and I'm so glad I was there. It'll be tough for WWE to live-up to this event, but there are some promising feuds heading into Extreme Rules. The immediate future is rather bright.

[Russzilla]

Glad you had a great time at Mania Jelly. I haven't been to a Mania since WM 15 in Philly back in ''99. I'm hoping that AT&T Stadium gets WM in 2016 so we can go down there for it. I'm also reading that Stings immediate future in WWE is up in the air right now. Figures.

[jellydonut25]

[Henry88]

[jellydonut25]

My biggest problem with that match is that if you're going to have a lackluster match in terms of physicality, it needs to have good storytelling. This didn't. Good storytelling would have been like the opposite of Undertaker's last few matches, have him almost get the victory but have Brock kick out so many times that Undertaker is visibly shaken and at a loss for how to close this one out.

[The Great MM]

I REALLY wish Wyatt would have beat Cena. He has the character, style, and look to become the next "phenom" once Undertaker is gone for good. When Deadman retires, WWE is going to need a "top supernatural force"... and Wyatt just has that. I REALLY hope they start pushing him to main event status.

[jellydonut25]

So, at 'Mania, I took some various interviews with people, all of them before the event, because afterward everyone just wants to get out and then I was so insanely hung over the next day, I couldn't focus on anything other than not vomiting (until I got home and got the call about my wife being in a car accident)...

but anyway, I was listening to them, and I legitimately don't remember doing some of them. Also, at one point, I asked some dude his name, he said, " 's Matt" like a shortened and/or just didn't quite vocalize the "it" in "It's Matt" and I called him "Smatt"

[mrbluehair]

Woah:

Warrior inducted to WWE HOF on Friday
Announced 4 year deal with WWE
Appeared at WM30
Appeared on Raw

Dead Tuesday night,,,,

RIP Ultimate Warrior

[Russzilla]

[Russzilla]

Well,it looks like the first ball has finally been dropped.

http://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2014/4 ... s-with-wwe

http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/468221- ... s-with-wwe

[jellydonut25]

Unfortunately, with The Streak broken and Sting having nothing to do with it, my ability to care is kinda down to "eh, neat I guess"

[The Great MM]

Was thinking about this at work today. Everyone knows Shield is probably going to be breaking up pretty directly and people seem to think Roman is going to stay face and the other two remain heel. I am getting other vibes.

Evolution has reformed. We have the past (HHH, replacing Flair), present (Orton and Batista), and now they need the future. Personally, I believe Roman is going to be taking the 4th spot.

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

[jellydonut25]

I don't think there's any chance Roman Reigns turns heel any time soon. I think he's on track for a lengthy face run as an uber-dominant facemonster that will lead him on a yearlong collision course with the WWE's heelmonster at WrestleMania.

You heard it hear first: REIGNS v LESNAR WrestleMania 31.

[The Great MM]

So, does anyone else LOVE the WWE Network?

[jellydonut25]

[The Great MM]

[Henry88]

[Russzilla]

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

Ugh WWE decided to play it safe tonight and let Cena win the belt. Supposedly though he's up against Lensar at Summer Slam. Hopefully he loses the belt.

[jellydonut25]

The matches themselves (well, the two ladder matches and the tag team title match) were entertaining though....for me, that's kinda all I care about anymore. I kno wwho I like, I know who the fans like, and I know how shortsighted WWE brass can be.

If the match itself holds my interest, then I am entertained.