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[WrestleMania XXVIII] So long from the sunshine state

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  • SarcasmoBlasterSarcasmoBlaster Austin, TXRegistered User regular
    Wow. Ok. Hmm.

  • Sweeney TomSweeney Tom Registered User regular
    I agree, that was a shitty Mania, worse than last year's

    But if it helped me retain my dominance over SE++ in wrestling pick-em, then whatevs

  • HjorvarthrHjorvarthr Registered User regular
    the dude who has wrestled 1 match before this in years


    beat someone who has pretty much been wrestling nonstop for forever it seems


    just

    just...

    why

  • Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    If it was ROH presents Wrestlemania Pwnan would be in love.

  • PwnanObrienPwnanObrien He's right, life sucks. Registered User regular
    edited April 2012
    Goose! wrote: »
    If it was ROH presents Wrestlemania Pwnan would be in love.

    Because I'm always praising ROH and their stupid fucking business practices. Though with the number of false finishes tonight...

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  • Triple BTriple B Bastard of the North MARegistered User regular
    Taker/HHH was the only high point of this entire pants-on-head fucking retarded PPV. And now I'm going to go put out a bounty on Michael Cole for saying "it was the greatest WrestleMania of all time." Bring me his head.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    Triple B wrote: »
    do they, like...think I enjoy this kind of "music" or

    git dat got damn rap moosic off'n mah teevee!

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  • wirehead26wirehead26 Registered User regular
    This could lead to some very interesting Cena developments.

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  • Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    (Note: I'm not saying it wasn't bad, it was)

  • Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    So who got screwed harder, John or Bryan?

  • wirehead26wirehead26 Registered User regular
    I think they Sheamus thing just set a tone that was impossible to overcome. It wasn't a bad show and at least the main was a clean finish thank fuck. Crowd was good when it needed to be.

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  • Triple BTriple B Bastard of the North MARegistered User regular
    Triple B wrote: »
    do they, like...think I enjoy this kind of "music" or

    git dat got damn rap moosic off'n mah teevee!

    Sidenote: You don't have to be a hick to understand that rap is filth.

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  • SarcasmoBlasterSarcasmoBlaster Austin, TXRegistered User regular
    Well, it's booking 101. If you have a full-time guy, and a guy who is only coming back for one match, then the full-time guy has to put over the other guy for the good of the business.

  • Sweeney TomSweeney Tom Registered User regular
    I understand that people are mad about the last match

    But damn even I'm not

    They built up to it for a year

    One of the guys is a celebrity now

    And half the buildup was how they would be in the celebrity's hometown

    It seemed plain as day to me that things would end the way they did

  • MatevMatev Cero Miedo Registered User regular
    Eh, wrestling is serious business and all that.

    Could've been done so much better than what they let happen.

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  • wirehead26wirehead26 Registered User regular
    Well, it's booking 101. If you have a full-time guy, and a guy who is only coming back for one match, then the full-time guy has to put over the other guy for the good of the business.

    You do realize this might lead to some positive Cena character development right? And it's not like losing to Rock hurts his status or anything.

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  • PwnanObrienPwnanObrien He's right, life sucks. Registered User regular
    I understand that people are mad about the last match

    But damn even I'm not

    They built up to it for a year

    One of the guys is a celebrity now

    And half the buildup was how they would be in the celebrity's hometown

    It seemed plain as day to me that things would end the way they did

    It seemed plain to you that the booked finish would be The Rock countering a taunt for a finish so devastating that Cena would be back on his feet in like five seconds?

    Are you some kind of insane wizard?

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    this was better than last year, I think

    punk/jericho was better than anything on last year's card, and hunter/taker III was better than hunter/taker II

  • RadiusRadius Registered User regular
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  • ReignerReigner Registered User regular
    wirehead26 wrote: »
    Well, it's booking 101. If you have a full-time guy, and a guy who is only coming back for one match, then the full-time guy has to put over the other guy for the good of the business.

    You do realize this might lead to some positive Cena character development right? And it's not like losing to Rock hurts his status or anything.

    Especially since Cena will still be around for another 3+ years. So what he lost one.

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  • wirehead26wirehead26 Registered User regular
    edited April 2012
    Look all I'm saying is people are sick of Super Cena and him winning everything in the end. This time he didn't. And the loss might drive him to change his gimmick/character some which is a GOOD THING.

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  • Dogbone33Dogbone33 I bleed Red and Gold! State of ConfusionRegistered User regular
    Damn Rock going over hurt me. Oh well I think I scored pretty well overall.

    PPV overall was 3 out of 5 for me.

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  • Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
  • PwnanObrienPwnanObrien He's right, life sucks. Registered User regular
  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    oh well, time for game of thrones

  • MatevMatev Cero Miedo Registered User regular
    I wouldn't say Mania was terrible honestly, there were a good portion of the matches that I liked, there was just enough dumb stuff to drag the cool stuff down.

    "Go down, kick ass, and set yourselves up as gods, that's our Prime Directive!"
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  • Sweeney TomSweeney Tom Registered User regular
    edited April 2012
    I understand that people are mad about the last match

    But damn even I'm not

    They built up to it for a year

    One of the guys is a celebrity now

    And half the buildup was how they would be in the celebrity's hometown

    It seemed plain as day to me that things would end the way they did

    It seemed plain to you that the booked finish would be The Rock countering a taunt for a finish so devastating that Cena would be back on his feet in like five seconds?

    Are you some kind of insane wizard?

    I meant the guy who won winning

    Although it helped that they had him act like a dick before getting what he deserved, that was a nice touch

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  • wirehead26wirehead26 Registered User regular
    So who does Brock challenge for Mania 29?

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  • Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    Its not nearly as bad as you're making it, Pob, but it was bad.

  • AshcroftAshcroft LOL The PayloadRegistered User regular
    wirehead26 wrote: »
    Well, it's booking 101. If you have a full-time guy, and a guy who is only coming back for one match, then the full-time guy has to put over the other guy for the good of the business.

    You do realize this might lead to some positive Cena character development right? And it's not like losing to Rock hurts his status or anything.

    Developing towards what? Something bigger than the biggest PPV they've ever done? Wrestlemania is a place for the pay off, not the development.

    Really, the World Title "match" soured the entire show for me. Hell in a Cell and the WWE title match were good, everything else was largely awful.

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  • SarcasmoBlasterSarcasmoBlaster Austin, TXRegistered User regular
    I think 24 is the last "great" mania still, but it was certainly better than last year's that's for sure.

  • Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    You think John stepped up and said "I want to lose?"

    I mean, hearing all the stuff about him, it seems like something he would do.

    The crowd obviously wanted it, and that's what he has in mind more than anything else (its not like this is going to hurt his chances at winning 8 more championships or anything).

  • David_TDavid_T A fashion yes-man is no good to me. Copenhagen, DenmarkRegistered User regular
    I knew I should have switched picks in the main. But I'm lazy.

    Yeah, no way Rock would agree to come back to headline WM and then job in his hometown. I'm just kinda surprised we didn't see any hint of what they're doing moving forwards. Like Lesnar running in and F5'ing both guys.

    Although looking at the length of the ramp, probably a good reason for not having any run-ins tonight.

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  • wirehead26wirehead26 Registered User regular
    Ashcroft wrote: »
    wirehead26 wrote: »
    Well, it's booking 101. If you have a full-time guy, and a guy who is only coming back for one match, then the full-time guy has to put over the other guy for the good of the business.

    You do realize this might lead to some positive Cena character development right? And it's not like losing to Rock hurts his status or anything.

    Developing towards what? Something bigger than the biggest PPV they've ever done? Wrestlemania is a place for the pay off, not the development.

    Really, the World Title "match" soured the entire show for me. Hell in a Cell and the WWE title match were good, everything else was largely awful.

    I'm not saying it will be something bigger than Mania but Cena desperately needs something fresh to latch onto and this might be it.

    If he comes out tomorrow and acts like nothing is wrong I'll be pissed.

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  • RadiusRadius Registered User regular
    I would like to preemptively thank Team Johnny for the win, unless I lost, in which case, damn you Rock/Kane

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  • AshcroftAshcroft LOL The PayloadRegistered User regular
    I'm not bothered about who won. I'm bothered that it was a completely forgettable match. After a year of build up, that's it? If that's the effort he's going to put in, I hope The Rock never comes back.

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  • wirehead26wirehead26 Registered User regular
    And besides the WWE needs something hot (besides Brock) to carry their shows after Mania. Cena changing his character would be just that because he hasn't done it since 2005.

    Hence the problem with Cena right now and how stale he is.

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  • Sweeney TomSweeney Tom Registered User regular
    edited April 2012
    Ashcroft wrote: »
    wirehead26 wrote: »
    Well, it's booking 101. If you have a full-time guy, and a guy who is only coming back for one match, then the full-time guy has to put over the other guy for the good of the business.

    You do realize this might lead to some positive Cena character development right? And it's not like losing to Rock hurts his status or anything.

    Developing towards what? Something bigger than the biggest PPV they've ever done? Wrestlemania is a place for the pay off, not the development.

    Actually, WM has rarely had a lot of payoff.

    For example, just from last Mania, there was:
    Taker/Hunter 2, which didn't solve things and led to a rematch tonight
    Miz/Cena hosted by Rock, which didn't solve much and led up to a match between Cena and Rock tonight
    Cole/Lawler, which didn't solve things and led to 3 more matches or so

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    Triple B wrote: »
    Triple B wrote: »
    do they, like...think I enjoy this kind of "music" or

    git dat got damn rap moosic off'n mah teevee!

    Sidenote: You don't have to be a hick to understand that rap is filth.

    you are right, an entire music genre is completely terrible.

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  • PwnanObrienPwnanObrien He's right, life sucks. Registered User regular
    Triple B wrote: »
    Triple B wrote: »
    do they, like...think I enjoy this kind of "music" or

    git dat got damn rap moosic off'n mah teevee!

    Sidenote: You don't have to be a hick to understand that rap is filth.

    you are right, an entire music genre is completely terrible.

    Nope, all the work of the likes of Gangstarr and MF DOOM are undone because Flo Rida exists.

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