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Wrestlemania without Rollins,Bryan,Orton,Cesaro,Rock and Batista

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#1 ·
And this is supposed to be the biggest mania ever. Theyre lucky tickets went on sale months ago. As it stands now mania is not looking too exciting. Its not even about all the stars missing because there's plenty of talent left.Its the booking. Instead of doing Reigns/Ambrose in a no build 10 min tournament match they could of had one turn on the other and build towards wm 32 where they wrestle for the first time and tear the house down. You could of had bray turn face and feud with members of the authority and eventually face hhh at mania. You could of booked the women like you did nxt and not completly ruin sasha. You could of kept owens momentum up and have him wrestle Lesnar. I mean there's still 3-4 months left but I have very little faith in the card.
 
#2 ·
But we'll get Kane, Big Show, Mark Henry and Ryback! Are you not sports entertained? :vince3
 
#6 · (Edited)
We can blast WWE all we want, but somehow, they make Wrestlemania work.

This past year, people were dumping on Mania pretty hard before it happened. Lesnar vs. Reigns wasn't Mania main event worthy, Undertaker's dragging his ass back for a meaningless Mania match, and they're not even putting him against Sting, Ol' Big Nose had to get involved there. And they're wasting Daniel Bryan and Dean Ambrose in a random clusterfuck ladder match.

Turned out to be a pretty great show. Lesnar vs. Reigns surpassed my expectations, Undertaker somehow looked and performed like he was 10 years younger, Rollins vs. Orton featured the best RKO ever, and the ladder match was fun and gave Daniel Bryan one more Wrestlemania moment. Triple H vs. Sting was filled with fuckery but it was still great to see the Stinger in a WWE ring.

This year, I think there's enough talent to make a Wrestlemania-worthy show. It won't be the massive star studded event that they wanted, but they've got enough guys on the payroll and a few others a phone call away.

Lesnar, Cena, Triple H and Taker as the established guys, Reigns, Ambrose, Owens as the young blood, capable midcarders like Sheamus, Rusev, Neville and Ziggler. New Day, Usos and Luchas have to fit in somewhere, and the Dudleys.

The loss of Rollins and Orton hits hard this year after they were such good parts of the last one. I'd be getting Jericho and RVD on the phone. I know they've lost a lot of their shine for some people, but still much preferred to Kane and Big Show.

I fully expect Austin and Rock to make non-wrestling appearances.

It kills me that Bryan is apparently healthy now but WWE won't take the chance at a time like this.
 
#19 ·
I think that much is already clear. But regardless of the crowd and the Network subs, this will not go down as the most iconic and memorable Wrestlemania of all time unless they honestly provide some type of moment(s) that make it so. Wrestlemania 3 isn't considered to be the most iconic just because it was (supposedly) in front of the largest WWF crowd in history, it was because Hogan vs Andre was such a spectacle and Hogan body-slamming Andre is the most replayed moment of all time. I don't see anything that could possibly match that happening on the card for next year.
 
#15 ·
My Predictions:

Wrestlemania XXXII

Tag Team match
New Day vs John Cena in a 3 on 1 handicap match for the Tag Titles.

US Champion match
Alberto Del Rio vs John Cena for the US Title

Intercontinental match
Dean Ambrose vs John Cena for the I.C. Title

Diva's Title
Nikki Bella beats Charlotte to gain Diva title, While Cena cuts promo Nikki comes to ring and they replicate the finger poke of doom
John Cena wins Diva's Title

World Heavyweight Championship
Roman Reigns vs John Cena for the WWE Championship


 
#26 ·
I agree with pretty much all of this. But Owens momentum is still there imo. Cena derailed it when he first made him tap, but ever since he won the IC title his momentum has been building up. I don't think his loss to Ambrose hurt him either considering how Ambrose pinned him after a pretty good back and forth match. He's a heel who actually wins the majority of his matches clean, so I wouldn't count him out just yet. There's still a good possibility that he'll face Lesnar, but they need to keep expanding and building on his momentum in order for him to be perceived as even a partial threat.
 
#5 ·
Why is everyone so obsessed with turning Bray? How is a cult leader meant to be a baby face? He's best as a heel, they'll sell 70,000+ tickets just because it's Wrestlemania, getting the remaining 30 will be the problem
 
#8 ·
They will have to fill it with people who are jumping from the NXT brand, because there isn't alot of talent on the main roster that people would want to see in Mania as it's the main PPV of the year and each one has to be memorable. Which the lack of talent due to injuries and whatnot, is making Mania fall a few places. It will be interesting to see who turns up for Rumble, because it could be the case of a feud escalating from an elimination grudge.

The only aspect of Mania that isn't going away for another year, is The Undertaker... Injured or old, he still shows up.
 
#12 ·
Orton is not coming back for mania and Rock&Batista are filmning. Maybe one makes a non wrestling appearance but what does that help? The card will look like a bigger version of monday night raw because theyre too dumb to build younger guys up.
 
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#14 ·
Makes we wonder how many tickets NXTMania would sell if they did their own event... All the recent events sold out in minutes, I know they are small venues but I could see them selling out a 50k arena maybe with a solid buildup.

I know they have an event the day before Wrestlemania but it's just a regular NXT special.

As someone else said, this year is a true test of whether the event sells out on it's brand alone or if it has anything to do with the matches. Last year they had a significant number of empty seats and this year the arena is much bigger.

It will be fine... they can just call their legends back... Hulk where are you.. oh... Rock? No, uhm... Steve?
 
#18 · (Edited)
Charlotte will likely face Becky Lynch, I hope and pray she wins. <-This is probably all I will get out of it, assuming I bother getting WWE network back, this is only thing I would get it back for

Cena will likely face Del Rio for US Title (god knows he will take it back first), then will beat Del Rio 3 more PPV's after, 2 will likely be "I Quit" matches, that we know Cena will never lose. Del Rio will then feud with Rusev, and winner gets to lick John Cena's "Burying" boots after he slaughters Roman Reign's title reign.

League of Nations will probably be a 4 in a row match, where Roman copies DBry, and beats up 1 at a time, til he main events against Brock Lesnar.

Ziggler will likely do some LGBT promo that doesn't make any sense cause he is deep in the closet, then talks about he has had sex with like every girl ever and he is biggest guy in locker room in the pants, further revealing how far he will go to not let anyone know that he is actually gay, oh then he wins the IC belt to Big Show and Mark Henry in a triple threat, while Ambrose faces Neville and loses.....In the Pre-Show, so he can valet for Usos who beat Prime Time Players for Tag Teams.


Stone Cold and Mick Foley will probably come out and do some monologue about apples and peachers and why you should like either one. Then Rock does a videoette from the Bay Watch set, telling you how much better it is to devote your life to actors than wrestlers who don't actually entertain.


Yes, going to be an epic event, that 100,000 people want to see, the ending of WWE as we know it. It will be just like on South Park (how they portrayed wrestling), expect they won't actually have cool storylines.
 
#23 ·
This is why they should try and make amends with Goldberg who is still a name in this business and can fill a void, and is still in shape. Major celebrity involvement is also a must.
 
#24 ·
It sucks all those wrestlers are out with injuries or in Dwayne's case can't be arsed showing up as he sold out to Hollywood. How the fuck do they plan on selling out that cowboy stadium with the talent they have
 
#25 ·
I've been looking for tickets and noticed on Ticketmaster it now says "Not too many left," which was not there even 2 weeks ago. Not sure what "many" means, but if it's already saying that in December, they're probably on track to filling the stadium.

The hard truth is we will all watch, even if the main event was Kane vs the Big Show. Just like how we all continue to frequent these boards no matter how bad the product is. We all continue holding out hope that something special will happen. We're like children with a deadbeat dad who keeps letting us down, still hoping he will show up for the fishing trip he promised us. Like that one Fresh Prince of Bel Air episode.
 
#28 ·
I've been looking for tickets and noticed on Ticketmaster it now says "Not too many left," which was not there even 2 weeks ago. Not sure what "many" means, but if it's already saying that in December, they're probably on track to filling the stadium.

The hard truth is we will all watch, even if the main event was Kane vs the Big Show. Just like how we all continue to frequent these boards no matter how bad the product is. We all continue holding out hope that something special will happen. We're like children with a deadbeat dad who keeps letting us down, still hoping he will show up for the fishing trip he promised us. Like that one Fresh Prince of Bel Air episode.
Except they hold tickets and release more as the show draws closer. They want 100K. There's no way they've sold 70-80K already. Kinda agree with the 2nd paragraph.
 
#29 ·
Singles Match - WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Reigns/Lesnar

Singles Match
Cena/Taker

Singles Match
Ambrose/HHH

Eight Man Tag Team Match
League of Nations/The Wyatts

Street Fight - Intercontinental Championship
Owens/Jericho

Ladder Match - WWE Tag Team Championship
The New Day/The Usos/The Lucha Dragons

Five Man Elimination Match - United States Championship
Alberto Del Rio/Ryback/Ziggler/Neville/Cesaro (if he's back)

That's likely a better show than any WM since 19. The most important thing would be giving each match enough time to breathe. That means every one of them has to be at least 15 minutes, and the bigger matches should fall around 20 minute mark.

They could even bring Austin back to referee the Reigns/Lesnar match if they want to. It'll make the main event feel that much more special.
 
#30 · (Edited)
You only getting 8 matches (10 with 2 on the pre-show)

WWE Title
Roman Reigns vs Triple H

USA Title
John Cena (c) vs Undertaker

Brock Lesnar vs Bray Wyatt

Sting , Kane, Randy Orton vs Luke Harper, Erick Rowan, Braun Strowman

Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal
Winner: Baron Corbin

TLC Tag Belts
New Day(c) vs Dubley Boyz vs The Usos

Championship Scramble IC Belt
Dean Ambrose (c) vs Kevin Owens vs Ryback vs Rusev vs Dolph Ziggler vs Allberto Del Rio

Divas Match
 
#32 ·
Its mania, just add a few b list actors and people will tune in as always. I am sure they will have Rock or Austin make an appearance.
 
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