BarryOVega Posted April 20 Posted April 20 I can remember mid card matches up til about Mania 20, I’ve seen every Mania since then eventually due to the Network but most of them are shit so I’m glad I can’t remember anything, would struggle to remember some of the main events Quote
The King of Old School Posted April 21 Posted April 21 Jinder Mahal vs Bobby Roode vs Rusev vs RANDY ORTON for the US Title at Mania 34. No recollection of that at all, why was Randy Orton messing around with those scrubs for a midcard title? Quote
TheScarlettChad Posted April 21 Posted April 21 45 minutes ago, The King of Old School said: Jinder Mahal vs Bobby Roode vs Rusev vs RANDY ORTON for the US Title at Mania 34. No recollection of that at all, why was Randy Orton messing around with those scrubs for a midcard title? He also had a full head of hair. Absolutely bizarre. Quote
WrestlingForFun Posted April 21 Posted April 21 On 3/30/2025 at 6:00 AM, air_raid said: Ah, another Mania where nobody knew what was happening. They thought heel Austin vs face Triple H might have been the way, until they realised they couldn’t keep Austin heel. When they thought they were about to get the nWo in, plans immediately shifted to try and get Steve to wrestle Hogan, which he refused to, and when he agreed to wrestle Chico, he insisted a backup plan in case Scott got himself fired before Mania. His first choice would have been Benoit if he was back in time (he wasn’t) or Kurt. Yes, numerous people have confirmed they were trying to get Sting in to wrestle Angle, but he didn’t want to work with the WWF yet. The Kane match was fairly obviously (and confirmed by Prichard) as a result of the writing team writing down the card and realising they had nothing for Kurt or for Kane yet. For the the sake of the best show on the marquee I’d have been tempted to put Kurt with RVD myself, but that ship was long sailed by then. I doubt there’s been a bigger drop off of the right people wrestling the right people than between 17 and 18, ever. They had Mr Perfect then. Imagine a Perfect Angle feud? Angle trying to do all the things Perfect can do would have been amazing. Quote
The King of Old School Posted April 21 Posted April 21 12 minutes ago, WrestlingForFun said: They had Mr Perfect then. Imagine a Perfect Angle feud? Angle trying to do all the things Perfect can do would have been amazing. Sounds good on paper, wasn't Perfect fucked by then though? Not sure you would have much confidence of him pulling out a classic 20 minute Mania match in 2002, even if it was against Angle. Quote
TheScarlettChad Posted April 21 Posted April 21 Curt was jobbing by March if I recall. No way were they giving him an Angle feud. His peak was The Austin match. Quote
SpykeDudlei1 Posted April 21 Posted April 21 On 3/28/2025 at 8:10 PM, TheBurningRed said: Another from Covid ‘Mania. Street Profits defending the tag titles against Angel Garza and Austin Theory. Garza was teaming with Andrade who got injured. I have no idea how Theory ended up being his partner. I also have no recollection of that match. They seemingly had to replace one wrestler who bores me rigid (Andrade) with another (Theory). Quote
WrestlingForFun Posted April 21 Posted April 21 1 hour ago, The King of Old School said: Sounds good on paper, wasn't Perfect fucked by then though? Not sure you would have much confidence of him pulling out a classic 20 minute Mania match in 2002, even if it was against Angle. I'd be more in it for the vignettes - walk through a ten minute match - would have been fine Quote
Paid Members air_raid Posted April 21 Paid Members Posted April 21 2 hours ago, TheScarlettChad said: Curt was jobbing by March if I recall. No way were they giving him an Angle feud. His peak was The Austin match. I think if Kurt had asked for it, they would have. Remember, they landed on “Shit, nothing for Angle and nothing for Kane… FUCK IT. Put em together.” Kurt probably wouldn’t have lobbied for anything other than Stone Cold mind, he was Austin’s first choice (once they knew Benoit wasn’t going to be back in time) when Steve was trying to persuade them not to rely on Scott Hall making it to Mania without getting sacked or showing up in fit state to wrestle. Quote
DavidB6937 Posted May 1 Posted May 1 12 minutes ago, Version1.0 said: The Pride vs The Final Testament Jeez. Didn't even remember Lashley and Street Profits together, let alone them working against Kross and co. Quote
Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted May 1 Paid Members Posted May 1 I have zero memory of a group called The Pride, let alone a WrestleMania match! Quote
Paid Members Callum1993 Posted May 1 Paid Members Posted May 1 With Bubba Ray Dudley as referee. Quote
Paid Members TheBurningRed Posted May 1 Paid Members Posted May 1 11 minutes ago, Callum1993 said: With Bubba Ray Dudley as referee. That’s even more mad. I had a slight recollection of the match happening. But not Bubba Ray being involved. Why was he the ref? Quote
Paid Members Statto Posted May 1 Paid Members Posted May 1 IIRC it was the one in Philadelphia so they wheeled Bubba out and surprise announced it as an extreme rules match for the ECW reference/pop. Quote
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