TheScarlettChad Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 The toy belt worked for me, He's a heel. He's meant to be a bellend. The Flares need to get in the bin though. Looked like a extra from Saturday Night Fever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Statto Posted April 7 Paid Members Share Posted April 7 (edited) I've been a big proponent of them sticking with 2 nights after covid as the first two years presented a pair of easily digestible 3hr shows on consecutive days (excusing the lightning delay). But now here we are with a 4.5hr night one. It was a decent but not spectacular opening night, IMO. Zayn vs Gunther (including entrances, more on that in a moment) was best thing of the night by a country mile. Uso vs Uso was a massive letdown as I've loved those boys for years. The main event was pretty good for what it was but 60 minutes from Cody's entrance to the fade out was not what I needed in my 22nd hour of being awake. That's on me I guess. Everything else I felt was 'fine'. Nothing offensive but nothing I'll remember too much. Entrances - when someone made that lovely best entrances thread a month or so ago I said I was pretty sure I liked wrestling entrances more than I like wrestling matches, and there were some decent ones last night. Sami's was the best though for the relative normality of it all. Given that entrances tend to be designed to make people look like superheroes, Sami's stood out through showing the humanity of the father & husband with his family, the nervous athlete getting the pep talk from his (recent) coach, & the final pump up from his best mate. All lovely "sports" stuff. On that front, I'm really starting to see the influence of Lee Fitting (the bloke who took over from Kevin Dunne, formerly of ESPN) on some of this stuff. In particular the pre-show was even more heavily influenced by College Gameday than ever before with the pre-tape sitdowns, reporters in different locales across the stadium etc. There's always been elements of it but the way they're doing it now is basically carbon copy (and it's much better for it). Even got actual Tom Rinaldi in! Finally, me & a mate have a WrestleMania tradition (going back minimum 15 years) of texting each other our match predictions for the night. For the first time ever I was 100% correct on all 8 outcomes last night (counting the ladder match as 2 results). Edit: Oh yeah, Samantha Irvin is fucking awful, despite what Michael Cole wants to tell you. Edited April 7 by Statto And it's a shame they gave Jade a "special" entrance that wasn't a patch on the one she debuted the other week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Wiseau Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Was that daft belt already being made before the "pivot" happened? Is that what he'd have come out with on Monday after beating Roman? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsfromlee Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 With The Rock and that title belt, its like when you used to give your little brother the second controller but not plugged in to stop him moaning and from feeling left out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-d-d-dAz Posted April 7 Author Share Posted April 7 1 minute ago, Harry Wiseau said: Was that daft belt already being made before the "pivot" happened? Is that what he'd have come out with on Monday after beating Roman? Incredible shout. I reckon that could be bang on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarlettChad Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 The Tribal Chief championship or some bollocks probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 I do like how one of the thread tags is "wewantrocky" and Sami delivered that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyUK Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 I enjoyed it, but I do actually feel like Night 2 has a chance of being better for once this year. Loved Gunther and Sami. I'm a sucker for hoss v underdog matches like that and both of them play those roles to perfection. The brainbuster at the end was insane. The main event could've easily had about 10 minutes shaved off it but once it got going properly it was great, and I thought it was a perfect showcase for The Rock at this point in his career to be fair. Sets things up nicely for tomorrow. Rhea v Becky was also a really good opener especially when you factor in Becky apparently being under the weather, and the Ladder match was exactly what you'd want from that type of match with Truth getting a bog moment. That stretch with the Rey tag, the Uso match and the six woman tag felt a bit TV show-ish but nothing wrong with the tags per say and to be fair I didn't hate the Usos match as much as lot a of people did. It never really got going properly but it wasn't long enough for me to hate it and I enjoyed the Yeet/No Yeet and the fake out from Jimmy even if the superkicks were a bit naff. I don't feel like anyone ever bought Jimmy as a threat in the first place, so it never had that going for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted April 7 Paid Members Share Posted April 7 (edited) 20 minutes ago, AndyUK said: I enjoyed it, but I do actually feel like Night 2 has a chance of being better for once this year. No chance. It’s a two match night. Edited April 7 by air_raid DM HUNK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarlettChad Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Just now, air_raid said: No chance. It’s a one match night. Well....the lad in your pic may get invovled in one of the matches so its a two match night for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Just now, air_raid said: No chance. It’s a one match night. No it's not? Unless you're referring to Logan Paul/Kevin Owens/Randy Orton? In which case you're correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted April 7 Paid Members Share Posted April 7 Just now, TheScarlettChad said: Well....the lad in your pic may get invovled in one of the matches so its a two match night for me. Yes, I managed for forget about DM Hunk, if you can imagine that!! Still, I don’t think the two title matches will stand up to the big tag and three momentous title matches, the rest is a bit filler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Showtime Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Just sat through the whole show and I'm mostly in agreement with Statto - nothing offensive but it was fine overall. I really enjoyed Sami and Gunther but everything else before that was pretty average for me. I want my WrestleManias to have bouts or segments that I'll watch again someday, and that ain't happening with this show. The main event felt big time but, for the first time in the show, I had to skip forward when Rollins was taking the extended beating. I mostly watch AEW these days and so the match was just too darn slow for me, although I did try and just get over it and immerse myself in it. I enjoyed the commentary for the most part and thought their chemistry picked up in the main event, from the entrances onwards they had me chuckling quite a few times. However, the last 3/4 minutes I was not a fan of - I don't think we needed to be told what they think the outcome of Cody/Roman is going to be 84 times. I'm pretty confident Part 2 will be much more entertaining overall 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew "the ref" coyne Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 2 hours ago, TheScarlettChad said: Solid enough show. Samantha is dreadful. I'm glad someone said it. Rock looked good for what he was doing. He was sucking air tho by the end. Im convinced The Rock has pissed off Samantha. "FIrst.... weighing in a 5 million pounds of raw sex appeal, he is entering his ten thousandth day as the super mega heavyweight undisputed hyper champion, the head of the table, the sex god, the father of my future child (sorry Ricochet).... ROMAN.... MOTHER FUCKING...... REEEEEEEIIIIIIGNNNNS." "And his partner... The Rock." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted April 7 Paid Members Share Posted April 7 Rhea's theme music is fucking awful as well and I think less of her that she likes that band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.