The Wrestling Thread

[Gingawaria]

Wrestlemania this weekend - anyone watching?

It's become a bit of a yearly tradition for me, even if it's largely disappointing most years!

[MrMichael]

You know I've been paying no attention whatsoever, what's the card?

[chadrtc]

I'll be watching watching, but i havent paid any attention to the build. I've just about completely stopped watching any WWE output over the last couple of months.

Went to the Progress 5th anniversary show yesterday, which was amazing... I'm beggining to think that one live show a month is enough wrestling for me these days. Especially as nothing that WWE is serving up comes close to what Progress are doing.

[Alex]

You know I've been paying no attention whatsoever, what's the card?

13 matches on the card. Headline is Goldberg v Lesnar lol

I'll post the rest later when I'm not on my phone. But I'll be watching. All 7.5 hours of it.

[Alex]

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[Alex]

Reading that, its a pretty stacked card. Not really any filler matches either. However, the build has been pretty lackluster.

Only feuds of note are Jericho v Owens (Should have been for the world title), Orton v Wyatt (Really long 9 month build, still poor) and HHH v Rollins (Story that has been going for almost 3 years now)

But they feel lackluster at the moment. Taker v Reigns is probably the worst Taker feud for a few years now. Since his match with Mark Henry probably.

[Gingawaria]

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I'd expect Uso's v American Alpha to be added to the card at some point too - probably the pre-show.

[Alex]

So 14 matches! What the even ****! 12 last year seemed a lot. Most years it has been 8/9

[Gingawaria]

So 14 matches! What the even ****! 12 last year seemed a lot. Most years it has been 8/9

It's a 6 hour show this year, plenty time to fill!

[MrShawnMichaels]

Not interested in the WWE shows. Hall of Fame should be ok.

I'm going to be an indie snob and say I'm far more interested in the ROH/Evolve/Progress and Joey Janela shows. The Progress show on Friday night looks stacked af.

[Alex]

Progress show looks amazing. But how can you not like Mania? Even for the spectacle? Its a bit like the FA Cup final. Dont care who's playing, but ill watch.

[Doc_Piptorious]

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Hate seeing Shane McMahon in there. Just weakens Styles seeing the likes of Shane being able to hang with him him ( and batter him on last week's Smackdown). There are plenty of guys on the roster that they could have put in with Styles and gotten a top class bout with.



Cena and Nikki Bella turns my piss too. Not going to happen but would love to see Miz and the yummy Maryse go over.

The RAW tag team and women's title bouts have the potential to be entertaining. Same goes for Jericho and Owens.


Ambrose/Corbin I am looking forward to as well as I like the character of Corbin and think he is decent enough in ring.

[Alex]

The Cena thing is weird. Most people of a certain demographic hate him. (I personally think he is one of the greatest of all time) But now he isnt in that Marquee match that those people seemed to hate him being part of, in years previous. He is being wasted.

I think it is a waste personally to have the tail end of his prime years in a match like this. I would hazard a guess that most would prefer it to be a 1 v 1 with The Miz or something else.


Ditto Ambrose/Corbin. I think itll be a good fun match. Corbin seems like he hates everyone, which is nice nowadays.

[MrShawnMichaels]

Progress show looks amazing. But how can you not like Mania? Even for the spectacle? Its a bit like the FA Cup final. Dont care who's playing, but ill watch.

Look at it on paper. It's woeful. We are in a generation of really good work in the ring and we have Shane McMahon hanging with one of the best in the world at the moment. Forget that.

Looking forward to some of the ROH matches - the main is going to mental as always.

[Doc_Piptorious]

The Cena thing is weird. Most people of a certain demographic hate him. (I personally think he is one of the greatest of all time) But now he isnt in that Marquee match that those people seemed to hate him being part of, in years previous. He is being wasted.

I think it is a waste personally to have the tail end of his prime years in a match like this. I would hazard a guess that most would prefer it to be a 1 v 1 with The Miz or something else.


Ditto Ambrose/Corbin. I think itll be a good fun match. Corbin seems like he hates everyone, which is nice nowadays.

Agree with a lot of what you said about Cena. Him vs the Miz I would be fine with, but the needless tacking on of Nikki is just a waste of a push. Yes she is his girlfriend but she adds nothing at all to his character in or out of the ring. And the double finisher crap they have been doing in recent weeks is just shyte.

At least with Maryse, it makes sense how her character was developed over time and her being the real life wife of Miz does not in any way work against them when in character. If anything it adds to it.

Cena on his own I find a bit corny or hokey at times, but when paired with the right opponent (Styles for example) he has been part of some pretty entertaining feuds/matches. My liking or disliking of him comes down to who he gets put in with more than anything else. Actually would have been happy to see him and Styles paired together for WM because despite it having been done already it would have meant a pretty good spectacle.





Corbin I do like. The lone wolf schtick works for him and he plays the part well. Has a good look too. Have a feeling that he could turn face quite easily without losing the hating everybody routine.