That didn't really work for me without a crowd. Crying shame really as it could have been one of the GOAT at a proper Mania. It was the wrong format for this. Too slow. Too much dead time. Endless counting. It just didn't have the pace. Lads gave it their all, but sadly it's a no from me.
This is poor tonight. There's some good stuff in there, but there's too much filler and too much dead time.
They've had weeks of this no crowd stuff to work out what works and what doesn't, so it's a big fucking fail on Vince's part not to have the guts to say right, we strip out all the filler, crank the pace up to the max, and cut the whole thing down to one action packed short night. Man is a fool.
I'm not sure I liked much of mania this year. Im not even sure I liked the Taker and Fiend "matches". Although i've never been keen on anything much out of the ring (boiler room match springs to mind).
Highlights were Otis, Flair and .. nope thats about it for me
He could've just said they came from another planet but seems keen to convince people with his bullshit pseudoscience that he knows stuff. I wouldn't trust him with my lunch. - SG
Strowman dominated Drew. Makes no sense. Should've had Strowman take the title from Brock.
He could've just said they came from another planet but seems keen to convince people with his bullshit pseudoscience that he knows stuff. I wouldn't trust him with my lunch. - SG
I watched some of the first part and I think all of the matches up to the ladder match had X dominant and Y win with a second of offence at the end before Y got the win.
Edge v Orton was a total chore. Utter torture. Some good creative stuff occasionally and some good matches where I felt sorry for the performers but my overall take is they should have postponed the bigger matches on this show. I also worry for Shayna and Rhea. They lost and like most of the nxt call ups there’s a severely good chance they will be relegated after this.
Yeah, I presume they won't be leaving NXT anytime soon, hence Vince sending Flair over there to help with the ratings in the Wednesday Night War with AEW.
Bazler is fairly new to the top tier. I think she’s great. I also hope rousey comes back again. There’s something about proper fighters that have an athleticism that feels authentic.
Seth is a guy who should be up there with AJ and Bryan as one of the best of this generation... and yet his gimmick always seems wrong and his matches can swing wildly in quality. Dont know if its him or the booking or both.
I think i dislike him because he tries too hard to be cool but he’s always the same wrestler underneath it all.
A week: I’m an anarchist (burn it down!)
Next wee: I’m an architect
Following week: I’m the king of Monday night raw
Wrestlemania: I’m a wolf with white eyes
Another week: I’m attached to the hottest wrestler!
This week I’m a cult leader
Always: sling blade, curb stomp (this is a move which exemplifies his trying to be edginess) crashing wrestlers into the turn buckle and injuring them.
He’s obviously an athlete but he’s too much of a try hard and doesn’t have faith in anything he does outside of the matches.
Consider his match with Owens: what was his character in that match? How did being a messiah affect it? If he is willing to cheat to get out of the match why does he come back when he’s challenged? It’s a contrast to the Sami Zayn match who played up the weakling shit all the way through.
He could've just said they came from another planet but seems keen to convince people with his bullshit pseudoscience that he knows stuff. I wouldn't trust him with my lunch. - SG