The Wrestling Thread: WWE WrestleMania XL - 6/7 April 2024

[KK]

Painful.

[KK]

This is like watching Open All Hours and Gastric.

Say HELLO goodbye to the bad guy because we’re going to a strawberry floating COMMERCIAL BREAK.

[KK]

Where’s that shovel.

[KK]

Jim Ross doesn’t give a strawberry float.

[Mafro]

How long is this show going to last?

[KK]

Just think, this was billed as the best RAW of 2018.

Think of the millions of viewers that returned tonight to watch this show.

[Floex]

Reading all the reviews

That poor Manhattan lot, you would have thought to throw them a decent, you know, dark match. Just bring out some of the NxT lot to entertain the crowds.

What the hell was Undertaker blabbing about?

It pretty much peaked at the start, poor Revival too

[captain red dog]

They probably should have ended with the Austin/Mcmahon spot and made it a bit more meaty. It sounds like it peaked with that segment and then went the way of WM2!

They should have just taken the hit on attendance and done it all from the Manhattan Centre.

[KK]

I don't understand how you can have so much star power and do practically nothing with them AND book a bad show (Manhattan Center) and what was basically a regular show from the Barclays Center.

The Old School RAWs they've done were much better than this.

Worth saying Steve Austin has barely aged, neither has Torrie Wilson (though I'm sure she's had help).

[Mafro]

Yes!

[Floex]

I don’t think I can take another DX reunion. You can’t be doing that shtick as old ass men.

[BAKA]

I only caught the highlights, but if I'm honest, I mostly enjoyed what I saw. Austin looked way better than he did the last time I saw him, I liked the DX segment, and the passing of the torch moment, I just hope they're given something to do with the torch. Balor, since his return, Anderson and Gallows since they dropped the tag titles, have been wasted (with the occasional exception; that Styles match, etc). I liked the Poker segment, it was a lot of fun, despite descending into the match that it did. I LOVED seeing Asuka throwing everyone over the top rope. Praying that she massacres everyone at the Rumble. It's a shame they didn't do more with the Women, but it was nice to see the pops some of them got, especially Maria. She's on contract WWE, you can wheel her out on a weekly basis, but you don't.... you can even now use the much superior Miracle gimmick now too. I was surprised by the lack of a reaction Michelle McCool got, but she wasn't really from a time when I watched, I only assumed she was more popular. I liked seeing Reigns lose, but hope it isn't because he's going to win the Rumble (he probably is ). I loved the Sexual Chocolate / Godfather bit too, such a small skit, but it put such a smile on my face.

[Mafro]

Enzo has been released now. See ya.

[Return_of_the_STAR]

Still watching through it.

Observations so far. The crowd at Manhattan must be so bored and feel ripped off.

The oppening segment was good.

Why did they turn the lights off for Brays entrance and not Takers? Both were at the Manhattan center.

I thought takers speech sounded like an attempt at a retirement speech, a poor one mind you.

Is that really all MVP is going to do, sit at a table? Why did they make such a fuss over his announcement?

I’m starting to feel that they should have done a separate show at the Manhattan center to celebrate the anniversary and stuck it on the network.

[captain red dog]

Enzo has been released now. See ya.

I'm surprised at that. I wonder if they know if he is going to be charged?

[Return_of_the_STAR]

Enzo has been released now. See ya.

I'm surprised at that. I wonder if they know if he is going to be charged?

Opening themselves up for a law suit if he’s not found guilty surely.

[bear]

The story floating around is that he was released because he didn't inform them about the investigation.

[Return_of_the_STAR]

Sums up my votes well.

[Kanbei]

Reigns isn't going to win the Rumble this weekend is he?

Because it worked so well when he did in Philly last time

[Return_of_the_STAR]

Reigns isn't going to win the Rumble this weekend is he?

Because it worked so well when he did in Philly last time

I think it’s either going to be Reigns or Nakamura. I don’t want either to win though. It will probably annoyingly come down to both as the final two, just to tease the fans but then have Nakamura win.