The Wrestling Thread II: WrestleMania 33 - 7 HOURS

[CuriousOyster]

I love how happy Orton is afterwards to have nailed that

Me too was incredible. Made me jump to my feet

Looking forward to watching it again with a mate tomorrow, started getting hazy at Cena match after 15 cans of cider

One of best recent WMs for sure.

[Skippy]

So what do we think is on the card for Extreme Rules then? Rollins/Orton (Lesnar?), Bryan/Ziggler and Cena/Rusev all seem likely.

I'd like to see Reigns/Sheamus. Sheamus is absolutely returning tonight and taking out Reigns makes sense, plus it gives Reigns someone else to have a brutal match with like last night's. Sting/Wyatt would be a good use of those two but it could wait for another time, otherwise I don't see what Wyatt can do following the loss. A rematch with Taker wouldn't be totally shocking to me, he's stuck around for a little bit following a couple of recent Manias and if next year really is his retirement I'd hope he performs a few times before then - a match at Survivor Series would make for a nice chapter in his farewell tour. Taker certainly looked in good enough shape to be able to.

[Codename 47]

Lesnar's the interesting one and whether he'll work the event or not. Like Maf said he has worked the last couple of Extreme Rules, so maybe a triple threat of Rollins vs Lesnar and..Reigns or Orton. Then again with Rollins being an Authority boy, it won't make sense to put him in a triple threat.

I think we may see Bryan vs BNB which would be an awesome match. Definitely Rusev vs Cena in something like a Last Man Standing match. Maybe toss in Cesaro and Kidd vs Usos in a ladder match or something maybe.

Not sure what'll happen with Watt but I agree about Undertaker. I don't know if he was gassed or just playing up the ailing deadman part but apart from that he looked in decent shape.

[Zellery]

Do we even know any specifics about Lesnar's new contract?

He might have been signed for more dates this time, for all we know.

[CuriousOyster]

Should be interesting where the feuds go. In Glasgow on April 7th at WWE live they are advertising Cena/Rusev and Rollins/Orton so don't know if that means anything, fancy getting a ticket anyway.

[Irene Demova]

I'm totally baffled as to why Sting agreed to that match last night. He came over to be beaten in a poor quality match? Beaten by Hunt0r. Don't get it.

Maybe he needs the dolla but it was weird, it was everything he's always said he didn't like about the idea of going to WWE in one match

[Hank Scorpio]

Sting, Rusev and Wyatt losing has irritated the hell out of me.

[Pell]

How loud did the NXT chant come across when HHH and Steph were in the ring? Was pretty special hearing that unprompted.

Biggest pops were: Bryan winning, the Greatest RKO Ever Seen, Rocky arriving (of everything, probably this), Ronda - and a very real "holy gooseberry fool is this happening" feeling across the stadium when Rock started walking her way, and Seth's *everything* at the end, naturally.

[Skippy]

I'm totally baffled as to why Sting agreed to that match last night. He came over to be beaten in a poor quality match? Beaten by Hunt0r. Don't get it.

Maybe he's secure enough with his own legacy that he wasn't fussed about losing? It's entirely possible that he doesn't give a gooseberry fool about winning and just wanted to perform at Wrestlemania.

[KK]

How loud did the NXT chant come across when HHH and Steph were in the ring? Was pretty special hearing that unprompted.

There was one NXT chant we could hear in the background when they put up an on-screen graphic for a sponsor.

[Pell]

Should be interesting where the feuds go. In Glasgow on April 7th at WWE live they are advertising Cena/Rusev and Rollins/Orton so don't know if that means anything, fancy getting a ticket anyway.

Is Finn advertised for that yet? He told me he's coming across for the tour to wrestle at home.

[Kanbei]

Should be interesting where the feuds go. In Glasgow on April 7th at WWE live they are advertising Cena/Rusev and Rollins/Orton so don't know if that means anything, fancy getting a ticket anyway.

Is Finn advertised for that yet? He told me he's coming across for the tour to wrestle at home.

He's wrestling in Belfast for sure

[Rog]

I'm totally baffled as to why Sting agreed to that match last night. He came over to be beaten in a poor quality match? Beaten by Hunt0r. Don't get it.

Maybe he's secure enough with his own legacy that he wasn't fussed about losing? It's entirely possible that he doesn't give a gooseberry fool about winning and just wanted to perform at Wrestlemania.

Yeah. He was secure enough to go to TNA ffs. One loss at Wrestlemania will not damage his legacy.

[Irene Demova]

Yeah but sting grew his legacy at TNA, his WWE appearance had none of the luster of the impact crow

[CuriousOyster]

Should be interesting where the feuds go. In Glasgow on April 7th at WWE live they are advertising Cena/Rusev and Rollins/Orton so don't know if that means anything, fancy getting a ticket anyway.

Is Finn advertised for that yet? He told me he's coming across for the tour to wrestle at home.

He's wrestling in Belfast for sure

Nah nothing about Bálor advertised yet, but maybe if he appears on Raw...

No one from NXT advertised, got Neville v Zayn v Kidd last time but they were scheduled before hand.

[Johnny Ryall]

I was going to skip this stupid show as well.

[Corazon de Leon]

http://www.sporcle.com/games/MSiNX/deceased-wwe-wrestlemania-competitors

strawberry floating hell.

[Poncho]

The biggest surprise of the night was Scott Hall taking a bump.

[tomvek]

Thankfully recovered after last nights Mania, really enjoyed it. Not quite the "Best Mania ever" that I've seen mentioned but definitely a heck of a lot better than I was expecting. Main event was match of the night, Lesnar looked like such a monster. Booking was great and when Rollin's came out and then won, I was just:



Can't believe Trips won his match! I really thought Sting was going take this so he could have his Mania moment. The match was all over the place but I enjoyed it enough and thought Sting was in great shape.

Rusev's entrance was fantastic while HHH's was both great and awful at the same time.

Cena pulled off a new move!

Curb stomp/RKO Seth worked that so well.

Also, thanks so much for the Wrestling Observer podcast Maf!

This quote made me

Rusev, a man who stands up for what he believes in, defends his country, beats all challengers for his title and rides on a strawberry floating tank to Wrestlemania.

What a man.

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[Corazon de Leon]

The biggest surprise of the night was Scott Hall taking a bump.

Me and my mate both exclaimed when that happened. Hall looks like a big bump could honestly kill him.

I'm fairly surprised Nash didn't tear his quad a couple of times last night as well.