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

[captain red dog]

Apparently the fan called Moxley a drunk. I'm hearing mixed reports that the fan was kicked out. Can't say I agree with shouting that at someone dealing with addiction, but I can't say I agree they should be thrown out. Moxley shut the fan down fine, so that should have been the end of it.

They need to be careful with Moxley, the type of matches he had been having can't have helped his mental state. I can't really think of regular death match wrestlers that are a pillar of good health either mentally or physically.

Mox looked years younger and in peak physical condition. He doesn't need to be falling on thumb tacks or taking chair shots every week.

[Reavus]

the fan shouted "Get a garbage truck and get the trash out the ring"

someone posted a video on the squared circle reddit where you can hear him clearly: https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/ ... on_moxley/

[KK]

Chris Jericho on Rampage: ‘I’ve never seen squared off ring posts in my entire career’ with agreement from Taz on commentary.

That’s

[Return_of_the_STAR]

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Move over Orton/Rollins.

[ITSMILNER]

Didn’t realise the rumble was tonight and not tomorrow, half tempted to stay up and watch it

[KK]

A lot of old faces scheduled for tonight by the looks of it, especially in the women’s rumble. Some have already been announced, such as IMPACT WRESTLING Women’s champion Mickie James.

[ITSMILNER]

Is Mickie James the only one confirmed or rumoured that’s in a company outside WWE?

[KK]

I think so, I haven’t been following WWE programming that closely recently. AEW’s Cody Rhodes has been throwing hints out there, but that one seems highly far fetched.

I know Johnny Knoxville from Jackass is going to be in it. I’m sure Kane will be as well.

[KK]

Becky Lynch vs Doudrop match partially dying on its arse as the crowd are distracted by the WrestleMania sign being lowered because the pyro set it on fire…

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[Fade]

The fact a sign catching on fire was the highlight of the night

What an embarrassment that the women's rumble on had like 15 WWE wrestlers in it.

[KK]

I think they must have buggered the timings of this show up. Was scheduled for a 4:30am finish according to the listings, but ran to 5, and by the end they were absolutely flying through the entrants in the men's Rumble. From what I could tell Kofi Kingston messed up his barricade leap shortly after he came out - his feet actually touched the floor so the referee told him he was eliminated.

I didn't understand the point of bringing someone like Melina back and then eliminating them almost immediately (this was a continuous theme as the match progressed). Had they also not said it was Kelly Kelly I'd never have known that was her. She looks completely different. Don't think I would have got Summer Rae either.

Crowd were a bit flat for Lesnar winning. Once he came out it became a foregone conclusion he was winning it.

[Return_of_the_STAR]

As a whole show that was pretty enjoyable but the Mens rumble was predictable as soon as Reigns and Heyman cost Lesnar the title. This put a dampener on the night. Plus the lack of mens surprises and the continued obsession with bad strawberry floating bunny. The final three would have been better with Lesnar, Orton and Drew going a little longer. Seemed odd to have Lesnar just dump Orton straight out when he came in.

The womens rumble was actually pretty good, as were both mens title matches and the mixed tag.

Becky v doudrop was a bit boring.

[KK]

I didn’t see it myself, but apparently Booker T messed up on the Kick Off show by mentioning that Odds Checker had Brock Lesnar number 2 to win the Rumble. Lesnar wasn’t even 1 of the 25 announced stars by WWE for the match.

[Return_of_the_STAR]

I didn’t see it myself, but apparently Booker T messed up on the Kick Off show by mentioning that Odds Checker had Brock Lesnar number 2 to win the Rumble. Lesnar wasn’t even 1 of the 25 announced stars by WWE for the match.

I don't think it's the first time they've done that.

[captain red dog]

So I guess it will be Rousey vs Lynch. They really need Lynch to switch to baby face as Ronda is a more natural heel in my opinion. Becky's heel run has been very similar to when they tried to switch Austin heel. It just hasn't worked in my opinion, and the fans don't really want to boo her.

[tomvek]

So glad the Rumble was on a Saturday night, makes a big difference. Didn’t stay up for it but it’s nice having the ability to enjoy it on Sunday.

Was an ok show, nothing really great. Roman/Rollins was fun but everything else was pretty average. Knoxville was probably the most fun appearance for me, but they didn’t use a lot of their surprises (especially in the woman's Rumble) very well. After the Lesnar result you knew exactly where everything was going which removed any tension.

Agree with you Red Dog, they need to make Rousey heel and Lynch face.

Enjoyed the Ladder and lights out matches on Dynamite a lot more. Also the shape Mox has got himself into after his rehab is nice to see. He was looking a bit rough right before he took his break. I really hope everything works out ok for him.

[Johnny Ryall]

The news broke today of Brian Kendrick getting out of his WWE contract and he’s already going to be on AEW tomorrow haha.

I’ve missed this kind of shenanigans from the WCW era. TNA were never savvy enough.

[Johnny Ryall]

Even more bizarrely Shane McMahon has been released!

Rumour being that staff were not happy that Shane booked the rumble and used the opportunity to put himself over.

How long before Khanamania runs wild and comes for Hunter?

[Prototype]

As horrible as it sounds, Punk was right and the place won't change until long after Vince passes.

[Return_of_the_STAR]

Very odd about Shane. I wonder what's actually going on. No way this is just about how the rumble was booked.