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[RiccochetJ]

WrestleMania is upon us!

You can sign up and get a free month with WWE Network. Otherwise you can order with Fox Sports for $59.99 (don't be stupid)

We're in a weird time and so the matches will be held without a crowd and this gives a chance for some TV trickery.

Sat:
Kevin Owens vs Seth Rollins
Kabuki Warriors vs Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross: Women's Tag Team Championsip
King Corbin vs Elias
Shayna Bazler vs Becky Lynch: Women's Raw Championship
AJ Styles vs Undertaker
Goldberg vs Braun Strowman: Men's Universal Championship
Kofi Kingston vs John Morrison, vs One of the Usos (It's Jimmy) The Miz is out with possibly COVID-19 so they decided to do this. Triple threat ladder match for the Smackdown Tag Team Championship.
Sammi Zayn vs Daniel Bryan: Intercontinental Championship


*Card subject to change* (I'm filling this out as I figure out what it's going to be for Sat)

Sun:
Brock Lesnar vs Drew McIntyre: WWE World Championship
Rhea Ripley vs Charlotte Flair: NXT Women's Championship
Street Profits vs Austin Theory & Angel Garza: Raw Tag Team Championship
Edge vs Randy Orton: Last man standing
Otis vs Dolph Ziggler
Aleister Black vs Bobby Lashley
Bayley vs Tamina vs Sasha Banks vs Naomi vs Lacey Evans: Smackdown Women's Championship
John Cena vs The Fiend (Bray Wyatt): Firefly Funhouse Match

 

[ManaByte]

Who the fuck is dumb enough to spend $60 on this?

 

[Dthomp]

Who the fuck is dumb enough to spend $60 on this?

the same people they called stupid on air for spending more then 9.99 previously.

 

[RiccochetJ]

Gronk is awesome. He plays dumb but all the money he earned from the NFL, he invested and instead lived off of his endorsements.

 

[Dthomp]

Jbl on commentary? Fuck me, keep this pos far off my screen

 

[pauljeremiah]

Here’s the full card for everyone

 

[Dthomp]

God even during the apocalyps, the constant unnecessary camera cuts are still here when you could spend most of the match from the hard cam

 

[RiccochetJ]

God even during the apocalyps, the constant unnecessary camera cuts are still here when you could spend most of the match from the hard cam

Hah, yea, they completely missed Kairi's elbow and had to do a replay.

 

[pauljeremiah]

This is really weird to watch.

 

[Dthomp]

This is really weird to watch.

I think tag matches might be the worst match for empty arenas, ref looks twice as dumb. Rough finish to a weird match. Not feeling this for a mania. At least we got weird Nikki cross undressing because...reasons?

JBL adds nothing on commentary. They needed somebody who knows and lives the product to help sell these matches.

 

[RiccochetJ]

Pretty good match! I enjoyed it.

 

[Dthomp]

Showcase of the Immortals...stares at Elias and Corbin in the ring...something is not adding up at this Smackdownamania

 

[GV82]

Should have cancelled it or had some more wrestlers/staff on the side watching it at least filling up the front row to give some atmosphere, then taking turns, the wrestlers due for their next match going backstage from the crowd approx 15-20 mins before a match. Maybe 15-20 mins after a bout rest too.

 

[RiccochetJ]

Hah! That was a good match until the surprise rollup.

 

[Dthomp]

Yup, just a few people in the crowd the wat AEW has done can at least make a little bit of a difference. That and the announcing is so stale first two matches, they don’t have anybody to hype the match. I would have tried to get Mauro to do this show for his intensity.

that Corbin match went twice as long as it needed to

 

[chitzy]

anyone have a decent stream?

 

[ManaByte]

anyone have a decent stream?

 

[RiccochetJ]

Hah! This is so dumb and I love it.

 

[Dthomp]

How is the women’s match only third?

 

[RiccochetJ]

How is the women’s match only third?

Ya no clue. From all accounts. Becky is one of the most popular WWE wrestlers in the industry. Maybe there's going to be a lull match after this one.

 

[RiccochetJ]

anyone have a decent stream?

If you haven't previously it's literally free if you sign up on WWE network. Just make sure you cancel before the month ends otherwise you'll be charged $10.

 

[RiccochetJ]

LOL! "Hardest part of the ring"

I was hoping they were going to say that.

 

[Dthomp]

Ya no clue. From all accounts. Becky is one of the most popular WWE wrestlers in the industry. Maybe there's going to be a lull match after this one.

I wonder if they thought Becky losing in the last match of night 1 wouldn’t be great?

 

[Dthomp]

Lol that ending is bad without a crowd. No idea why they didn’t close out night one with this?

 

[RiccochetJ]

Holy crap!

I wasn't expecting that!

 

[RiccochetJ]

Wonder how much they're pushing out until SummerSlam when hopefully there will be a live crowd.

 

[RiccochetJ]

I will never get tired of Sammi Zayn's music

He is so easy to hate.

 

[Max_Po]

with MMA/UFC hitting mainstream ... these clowns calling themselves "wrestlers" is a fucking disgrace.

I would not recommend "WWE Women's wrestling matches" to any of my blind friends who had their non working eye surgically removed.

 

[RiccochetJ]

Hah! That would have been a great ending with a live crowd

 

[Xaero Gravity]

with MMA/UFC hitting mainstream ... these clowns calling themselves "wrestlers" is a fucking disgrace.

I would not recommend "WWE Women's wrestling matches" to any of my blind friends who had their non working eye surgically removed.

 

[RiccochetJ]

That was a good match. Definitely going to be some welts after that one.

Oooh! Time for the ladder match.

AFAIK the MIZ has COVID and they had to completely change this one. Looking forward to it!

 

[RiccochetJ]

That was one hell of a move by Kofi going through the ladder like that. Good match so far!

 

[RiccochetJ]

That tightrope walk was damned cool.

 

[RiccochetJ]

LOL!!!!!

 

[MaestroMike]

how late is it on?

 

[Dthomp]

how late is it on?

think I saw somewhere from 3 to 3 and a half hours per night

 

[RiccochetJ]

Holy Shit!!!!!

 

[Dthomp]

I gotta say, watching tonight has made me realize just how bad the wwe performers are without an audience to carry a lot of these matches. You spend years focusing on being sports entertainers and you forget how to be an in ring storyteller.

Braun will get a nothing reign that goes to Roman the minute wrestling returns, and every other feud that should be endong tonight will be continued three or four months from now.
should have cancelled/delayed this, it’s bad

 

[Xaero Gravity]

That Taker/Styles "match" was a lot of fun. I didn't expect much from it, but it ended up being my favorite thing on night 1 just because of different it felt. Very Lucha Underground.

 

[RiccochetJ]

That Taker/Styles "match" was a lot of fun. I didn't expect much from it, but it ended up being my favorite thing on night 1 just because of different it felt. Very Lucha Underground.

Definitely different. Makes me excited for what they have in store for Cena vs Fiend. It was cheesy in all the right ways and I was giggling my ass off.

 

[Xaero Gravity]

Definitely different. Makes me excited for what they have in store for Cena vs Fiend. It was cheesy in all the right ways and I was giggling my ass off.

Hoping it ends up being more of that and less like the House of Horrors match.

 

[01011001]

I didn't expect to ever see American Badass Undertake ever again, but I'm all in!

honestly, this version of him was needed to come back, he
has become stale and simply a prop.

 

[RiccochetJ]

That may have been the dumbest and cheesiest main event I have ever seen and I loved every second of it!

God I still have a grin on my face!

 

[ManaByte]

The Boneyard Match salvaged the whole thing.

 

[RiccochetJ]

It's not officially WrestleMania until someone jumps off of something stupidly high:

 

[MaestroMike]

freakin missed all of it..oh well



seems like a movie

 

[cryptoadam]

Wrestling without crowds is just to hard for me to get into. It just comes off even faker then before.

Get your fill now because its probably going to be a while before we see wrestling again. Even AEW will probably have to go cold because I don't think they can continue having talent fly around to film once a week.

 

[Dthomp]

Wrestling without crowds is just to hard for me to get into. It just comes off even faker then before.

Get your fill now because its probably going to be a while before we see wrestling again. Even AEW will probably have to go cold because I don't think they can continue having talent fly around to film once a week.

I think AEW is shut down now since they were filming in Georgia or Florida through the next few weeks but were shut down after these tapings. More the reason WM should have been delayed cause we are going to have a couple months of nothing now

 

[cryptoadam]

I think AEW is shut down now since they were filming in Georgia or Florida through the next few weeks but were shut down after these tapings. More the reason WM should have been delayed cause we are going to have a couple months of nothing now

I wasn't sure if AEW had taped some stuff or not, but I figured they were either shut down or will be.

I think wretsling is going to have a very hard time. Well any sport or entertainment really. Its going to be a while before we will feel comfortable having 10-20K people sitting shoulder to shoulder with each other.

 

[HermitSperg691]

Started watching wrestling when I was a little kid up until middle school in the early-mid 00's(Ruthless aggression era). Stopped after 2007. I noticed it was becoming less "edgy". Not the entertainment I was use to watching and wanted.

I started watching WWE clips on YouTube from the last 5 years last year. The audience is asleep. Also they went for the most part family friendly. Then I went on reading that they banned some finishers like pile drivers.

No interest regained.