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The Road to WrestleMania is Confusing

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#1 ·
This has to be the strangest road to WM that I can ever remember.

Reigns vs Brock - no Brock, no interaction.

Bray vs Undertaker - Bray has been talking to himself for over a month with no reaction

Triple H vs Sting - HHH pretty much talking to himself as always. Actually he's quite good at it. That guy can build a match on his own.

IC Title Match - no talk, just guys walking out of the ring with the belt. really no story here. lots of talented guys here, so maybe it can be interesting. no real backstory.

Rollins and Orton - their fans should be more upset than Bryan fans. this should have been the most intriguing match going into WM with a big payoff to potentially put Seth over, but they completely sanitized Orton cause they can't have this guys be more intriguing than Reigns or HHH.

Cena and Rusev - nothing right now for either. perhaps the most interesting story line going into WM is that Steph doesn't want Cena in any match. that's kinda an awesome idea

Usos and Cesaro/Kidd - There's no real story between these guys other than the beefs between wives. WTF? This matchup is all about giving Total Divas a bump.

Divas - AJ returning and entering the ring last night made me realize how little talent the current roster of women actually have. Seriously, they should just fire them all and bring up the NXT women's roster for WM and put them in the Divas match. I'd rather watch Sasha and Charlotte anyway. They're actually committed to performing. The scuffle between AJ and the Bellas didn't even look like a fight. It took women's wrestling back 50 years imho. Men's wrestling gets better in the ring while the women regress every week.

Everything is one big cluster fudge right now. I do think there's a potential for it to get interesting. There's a big potential to put the spotlight on a ton of younger talent. But we're heading down the stretch and there's barely a story line here. It's confusing.
 
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Would be nice if Brock showed up to build up his match. Maybe someone should inform him, the WM Main Event is suppose to be the BIGGEST MATCH OF THE YEAR FFS.
 
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It must be the worst RTW in years, like there is NOTHING interesting, not a single thing that get me on RAW. Before, you had a sucky Wrestlemania but at least, the RTW was fucking awesome. Now, they don't even bother...
 
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It seems like they keep a backup of putting Rollins in a triple threat match for the WWE championship. That's what Reigns told him, that's what the segment with Jon Stewart was. For him to be a man and cash the contract on wrestlemania for a triple threat. That's why they're going slow with Orton. I don't think anyone would mind that, would they?
 
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It seems like they keep a backup of putting Rollins in a triple threat match for the WWE championship. That's what Reigns told him, that's what the segment with Jon Stewart was. For him to be a man and cash the contract on wrestlemania for a triple threat. That's why they're going slow with Orton. I don;'t anyone would mind that would they?
That's a good point. Wonder if they could get Seth into the ME somehow? That would be great. Even better would be if Dean joined in and the Sheild decimated Brock together and then all turned on one another after.
 
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Right now, I'm just not feeling it.

They have some great heels in place (Rollins, Rusev), a strong monster champion (Lesnar), some big returns (Bryan & Orton), and plenty of opportunities for big Mania matches, but I feel like it is being squandered.

- The problem with the main event? The protagonist of the story isn't working. The fans are not latching onto Roman. And it doesn't help that Lesnar's backstage issues are currently having an effect on the show, meaning he isn't even there!

- Rollins Vs. Orton was set up beautifully and Orton's return felt big, but I felt like the storyline has regressed. After the beating Orton took, I feel like we are beyond him worming his way into the Authority and tricking them. That just seems like a step backwards. If they were having Orton do this back in August, OK fine, but after he took that extreme beat down, he needed to comeback with more fury.

- Rusev and Lana are great, but I just know Cena is going to beat him and that just bores me. I even said it would go down the way it has with Rusev winning the first match, but no way on Earth he's walking out of Mania with the belt. And I have to ask, whatever happened to Ryback Vs. Rusev? They were feuding for a hot minute and I don't recall it ever being resolved.

- The IC Title situation is just sloppy. Barrett loses all the time, Bryan basically got demoted to this, Ziggler got put in because he has nothing to do, and Ambrose basically had his pursuit to the title derailed by having all these other bodies thrown in. And R-Truth and Luke Harper are being thrown in? Seriously? R-Truth, who has done NOTHING for the longest time is now going to be shoehorned into the IC Title situation? And Harper just magically found himself in there too because, you know, breaking up The Wyatts was such a good idea. It gave both him and Rowan such great character directions, didn't it? And if we're just going to throw in everybody that hold non-title wins over Barrett, shouldn't Sin Cara be in there? He scored a nontitle win over Barrett back in January, did he not?

- Wyatt Vs. Undertaker....we know Taker is going to win, especially if he doesn't appear on camera until Mania. However, without the streak, the match just doesn't have the significance that it probably should. The entrances will probably be the best part of the whole thing.

- Sting Vs. HHH. It is OK I guess. I am still not sure what we are going to get out of Sting come match time. Anybody who saw his last few matches in TNA will tell you that it wasn't very good.

- The Andre the Giant Battle Royal is a fine way to get guys on the show, but it angers me that Miz & Mizdow won't be having a one on one match at Wrestlemania. They've built that story up for so long that I felt like giving them a spotlight match at Wrestlemania would be good for them. But nay.

- AJ/Paige Vs. The Bellas should actually be better than most other Wrestlemania divas matches (one would hope). AJ brings a spark to the whole thing that helps, but it isn't going to make me super excited for the card either.

Basically, I am just not feeling the
 
#14 ·
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Right now, I'm just not feeling it.

They have some great heels in place (Rollins, Rusev), a strong monster champion (Lesnar), some big returns (Bryan & Orton), and plenty of opportunities for big Mania matches, but I feel like it is being squandered.

- The problem with the main event? The protagonist of the story isn't working. The fans are not latching onto Roman. And it doesn't help that Lesnar's backstage issues are currently having an effect on the show, meaning he isn't even there!

- Rollins Vs. Orton was set up beautifully and Orton's return felt big, but I felt like the storyline has regressed. After the beating Orton took, I feel like we are beyond him worming his way into the Authority and tricking them. That just seems like a step backwards. If they were having Orton do this back in August, OK fine, but after he took that extreme beat down, he needed to comeback with more fury.

- Rusev and Lana are great, but I just know Cena is going to beat him and that just bores me. I even said it would go down the way it has with Rusev winning the first match, but no way on Earth he's walking out of Mania with the belt. And I have to ask, whatever happened to Ryback Vs. Rusev? They were feuding for a hot minute and I don't recall it ever being resolved.

- The IC Title situation is just sloppy. Barrett loses all the time, Bryan basically got demoted to this, Ziggler got put in because he has nothing to do, and Ambrose basically had his pursuit to the title derailed by having all these other bodies thrown in. And R-Truth and Luke Harper are being thrown in? Seriously? R-Truth, who has done NOTHING for the longest time is now going to be shoehorned into the IC Title situation? And Harper just magically found himself in there too because, you know, breaking up The Wyatts was such a good idea. It gave both him and Rowan such great character directions, didn't it? And if we're just going to throw in everybody that hold non-title wins over Barrett, shouldn't Sin Cara be in there? He scored a nontitle win over Barrett back in January, did he not?

- Wyatt Vs. Undertaker....we know Taker is going to win, especially if he doesn't appear on camera until Mania. However, without the streak, the match just doesn't have the significance that it probably should. The entrances will probably be the best part of the whole thing.

- Sting Vs. HHH. It is OK I guess. I am still not sure what we are going to get out of Sting come match time. Anybody who saw his last few matches in TNA will tell you that it wasn't very good.

- The Andre the Giant Battle Royal is a fine way to get guys on the show, but it angers me that Miz & Mizdow won't be having a one on one match at Wrestlemania. They've built that story up for so long that I felt like giving them a spotlight match at Wrestlemania would be good for them. But nay.

- AJ/Paige Vs. The Bellas should actually be better than most other Wrestlemania divas matches (one would hope). AJ brings a spark to the whole thing that helps, but it isn't going to make me super excited for the card either.

Basically, I am just not feeling the
This. I could not have said it better myself. :clap:clap:clap
 
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It just feels so lazily booked more then anything else, like its just another PPV. I honestly think as long as they get Reigns having his moment anything else is just a plus really.

Rollins/Orton hasn't got going as well as Sting/HHH for me

Reigns is basically screwed cause Lesnar is nowhere to be seem. Same with Wyatt with Taker.

Cena/Rusev has been seen already and wasn't very good.

The IC title match is just a mess and the fact three of the most popular guys are in such a nothing match proves how poor this WM has been booked.

The best thing they have going Miz/Mizdow is the only thing that has been booked right.

The diva match just seems thrown together

A poor Road to Wrestlemania but as I said as long as they get Reign's moment it's all perfect for Vince. For him its "Good or Bad, its WM they will tune in"
 
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People are more interested in the crowd during the ME more than the actual match, pretty much all that needs to be said about this year's RTWM.

With that said they did at least lay some ground work for some story build for this year's WM feuds, so there is some hope IMO.

But this year's RTWM, thus far, has been a back woods dirt trail.
 
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Wonder if the WWE Network at $9.99/month is driving the WWE to treat this like just another PPV since they won't really make any more money?

Re: the Andre Tourney, if Mizdow doesn't win, there's no payoff for the fans out of that match. Unless Axelmania can stay in the match for a whole year and never get eliminated.
 
#22 ·
Yeah, it's really not good.. Worst road to Mania in a long time.. Part time Champion, Part time Sting and part time Taker involved in possibly the 3 main events is madness especially when none of them are around..

I'm intrigued to see what happens with Taker v Wyatt but I couldn't care less about Sting HHH or Lesnar Reigns.. No physical altercations whatsoever.


Rollins v Orton was one I was looking forward too but it's seems their plans have changed and Orton's going to cost Rollins his briefcase instead which I'm not into at all.

Funnily enough, the Intercontinental title chase is one of the more promising things going into it.. 3/4 biggest faces in that mix, Harper's a good big man and I like Barrett too.. I'd prefer if Truth was replaced with Adrian Neville though. Truth is irrelevant.
 
#23 ·
I'm really not excited for WM this year at all.

Other than the IC title match, which has the potential to be very good, theres not a lot else to really look forward to.

The crowd reaction for the ME could be interesting but not in a good way.

The tag team championship match is basically an advert for Total Divas, and 3 matches have one sided builds because Taker, Lesnar, and Sting don't appear on TV.
 
#24 ·
No Brock.
No Sting.
No Undertaker.

That's 3 of the 5 big matches (the other being Cena/Rusev & Rollins/Orton) on the card and only 1/2 of participants in them is bothering to even show up every week, plus it's basically Heyman carrying the Lesnar/Reigns feud.

It's a rough road to Wrestlemania.
 
#25 ·
I was excited for Miz vs Mizdow, but apparently from reading this, that's not going to happen and they're going to try to wait until nobody cares and forgets why they liked Mizdow in the first place. That's the only match with a good buildup though for some reason.
 
#26 ·
The main event and world title match features a guy who isn't there, and a guy who is painfully far away from being main event-ready. Reigns has been rushed into a role he isn't yet suited for, he can't physically interact with his opponent, and he sure as hell can't hang with his opponent's advocate on the mic.

When Lesnar's gone, and this super-push has cut Reigns off at the knees and scuppered any chance of him becoming the man in the WWE, Wrestlemania 31 will be looked back on as one of the worst Road To WM booking decisions of all time. Simply put, they've fucked it, and the worst thing is they no longer have the option of going back on it.
 
#27 ·
Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins are making me cling on to this train. This speeding, directionless, kamikaze-like train.

Once they're off the radar and Vince banishes them for good then it's time to let go of that train and watch it fall off the fucking bridge. I've already stopped watching the weekly shows and am stuck to glossing over the YouTube highlights.

It's crazy that the fucking RTWM could be one of the causes of making me stop watching altogether once more.
 
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