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Expectations for Wrestlemania
by cptcharisma1157 on 3/24/08 8:55 PM
I don't understand why everyone around here feels the urge to post blogs about how they'd rebook 'Mania or why Bunny Mania is such a "Farce..."
How could anyone want to rebook this!? If I were asked to change the card the only thing I could think of is to hold a tournament to unify the tag titles at Mania. But everything else is fine.
As for the Bunny Mania match, lets look at the last few ?Mania diva matches: We have Ashley vs. Melina in a lumberjill match and Candice v. Torrie in a pillow fight (each of which were held after the ?main event?), we?ve also got Trish v. Christy (who was horrible at the time) and the so-called playboy evening gown match. This year we?ve got two divas who can really wrestle v. two divas who are greatly improving in a wrestling match. They?re trying to do what TNA is being praised for, they are finally having wrestling matches instead of girls rolling around in their underwear? and as for Snoop Dogg being involved, he is a huge name; and no matter what you say, celebrity involvement is great for Wrestlemania. And it?s what ?Mania is all about....
Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship - This should be a great match. Orton will perform like we all know he can, Triple H will win the belt, and Cena won?t be so bad. Cena?s got two great wrestlers to carry him, so it?ll be ok for him to only use 4 moves.
World Heavyweight Champion Edge vs. Undertaker - This match will be phenomenal. Either Taker wins and there is nothing wrong with that, or Edge wins and becomes undeniably one of the best wrestlers in WWE history.
Floyd "Money" Mayweather vs. Big Show - Who knows this could be a good match. LT did some decent stuff against Bam Bam, and Floyd is being trained by Matt Sydal.< How sweet would it be if Floyd pulled off some sweet flip?> I?m just hoping this isn?t the main event.
Ric Flair vs. Shawn Michaels - It?s time for Flair to retire and this is the best way for it to happen. I consider HBK to be one of the best three wrestlers of all time, and he should be the one to end Flair?s career. And it?ll be tough for me not to shed a tear when Flair walks out of the ring for last time.
MITB - 7 great wrestlers with 7 great personalities. All of whom perform well in high profile matches. Could be the highlight of the night. And I?d love for any of them to end up winning the title.
Batista v. Umaga - Batista can perform when matched with the right opponent; he?s proven that against Taker. I think Umaga is a great wrestler and he just kinda fits with Batista.
JBL v. Finlay - perfect booking. Both of these men shine in hardcore matches, so this could not be better.
Finally, you can never go wrong with a Battle Royal. Always entertaining. Plus now guys who we didn?t think were gonna have a match (like Kane and Elijah) will get one. Maybe this?ll be Kane?s chance for one more title push that we all know he deserves. And Chavo?s a terrific wrestler, so the follow up will be great match.
I honestly think that this year's Mania has potential to be one of the best ever.


Comments
(14 total)
From JamesP on 3/24/08 9:06 PM
This WrestleMania just doesn't have me hyped up like other WM's.
From cptcharisma1157 on 3/24/08 10:05 PM
why not.... it's got like 11 matches great matches, celebrities, good hype, flair's last match, what more could u want?!
From JamesP on 3/24/08 10:31 PM
The feuds have sucked. They've built the feuds up similiarly to a regular PPV. Hell, tonight's Raw doesn't even feel like a hard sell for a PPV. I'm also not feeling the matches. UT-Edge will be overbooked crap, the three-way will probably just be okay, the bunnymania match will suck, Batista-Umaga will suck, and the MITB match will be good. I'm also feeling the Belfast Brawl, but they haven't hyped it up enough. AND THERE IS STILL NO REAL MID CARD!!!!
From JamesP on 3/24/08 10:35 PM
And not only that, but I'm not the type that normally gets excited about celebrity appearences. One is good, but a bunch of them show desperation from WWE. Remember how much appearances WrestleMania 11 had? In no way does WrestleMania have the potential to be awesome. It looks mediocre if you ask me.
From fyrooz4125 on 3/24/08 11:43 PM
This Wretlemania is a little bit pale in comparison to WM before. First, lack of title matches. Second, too many celebrities involved (i.e Mayweather, Snoop Dogg). The only saving grace is the two main events. Edge-Taker will be special. The triple threat will be awesome.
From cptcharisma1157 on 3/25/08 6:38 PM
how can this year's be worse than last years?? the only decent matches last year were Taker/Batista, MITB, and Benoit/MVP... this year there will be 10 great matches and one bad one (the divas)
>>I can't believe they replaced Candice with Ashley when they have Mickie available.
From 92tombstone92 on 3/25/08 6:58 PM
As for the Bunny Mania match, lets look at the last few ?Mania diva matches: We have Ashley vs. Melina in a lumberjill match and Candice v. Torrie in a pillow fight (each of which were held after the ?main event?), we?ve also got Trish v. Christy (who was horrible at the time) and the so-called playboy evening gown match. This year we?ve got two divas who can really wrestle v. two divas who are greatly improving in a wrestling match. They?re trying to do what TNA is being praised for, they are finally having wrestling matches instead of girls rolling around in their underwear? and as for Snoop Dogg being involved, he is a huge name; and no matter what you say, celebrity involvement is great for Wrestlemania. And it?s what ?Mania is all about....
obviously the bunnies will win this match since the match is named after them
Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship - This should be a great match. Orton will perform like we all know he can, Triple H will win the belt, and Cena won?t be so bad. Cena?s got two great wrestlers to carry him, so it?ll be ok for him to only use 4 moves.
HHH will win and become the 12time champion
World Heavyweight Champion Edge vs. Undertaker - This match will be phenomenal. Either Taker wins and there is nothing wrong with that, or Edge wins and becomes undeniably one of the best wrestlers in WWE history.
The Undertaker's streak won't die and everyone knows that so Taker wins
Floyd "Money" Mayweather vs. Big Show - Who knows this could be a good match. LT did some decent stuff against Bam Bam, and Floyd is being trained by Matt Sydal.< How sweet would it be if Floyd pulled off some sweet flip?> I?m just hoping this isn?t the main event.
Big Show will destroy Mayweather
Ric Flair vs. Shawn Michaels - It?s time for Flair to retire and this is the best way for it to happen. I consider HBK to be one of the best three wrestlers of all time, and he should be the one to end Flair?s career. And it?ll be tough for me not to shed a tear when Flair walks out of the ring for last time.
HBK wins
MITB - 7 great wrestlers with 7 great personalities. All of whom perform well in high profile matches. Could be the highlight of the night. And I?d love for any of them to end up winning the title.
CM Punk or Mr. Kennedy will win but i actually want to see Carlito win
Batista v. Umaga - Batista can perform when matched with the right opponent; he?s proven that against Taker. I think Umaga is a great wrestler and he just kinda fits with Batista.
Unfortunately Batista will win
JBL v. Finlay - perfect booking. Both of these men shine in hardcore matches, so this could not be better
Finlay will have his revenge unfortunately
Finally, you can never go wrong with a Battle Royal. Always entertaining. Plus now guys who we didn?t think were gonna have a match (like Kane and Elijah) will get one. Maybe this?ll be Kane?s chance for one more title push that we all know he deserves. And Chavo?s a terrific wrestler, so the follow up will be great match.
Kane will win the battle royal and win the ECW title
From JamesP on 3/25/08 7:15 PM
92tombstone, judging from all of the question marks, you copied and pasted that from somewhere. And 10 great matches? Huh? The three-way will be decent, but there's only one person in the match (HHH) who's actually competent in the ring. Edge-UT will be an overbooked mess. Mayweather-Big Show will be crap. Flair-HBK will be good. The ECW title match will be okay. The MITB match will be good. Bunnymania will suck. The Belfast Brawl will be good. Is that the whole card? Only 9 matches? Or am I missing a few? Meh
From JamesP on 3/25/08 7:16 PM
Oh, and Batista-Umaga will blow. The fact that I forgot about the damn match says something.
From cptcharisma1157 on 3/25/08 8:10 PM
JamesP, u obviously didn't read the initial blog post here, cuz that's cuz tombstone copied strait from the top... and i cant believe that ur even insinuating that Orton can't wrestle
From JamesP on 3/25/08 9:07 PM
I just skimmed through tombstone's, sorry. And I think that Orton is extremely boring. All he does is headlocks. My nicknae for him is The Man Of A Thousand Rest Holds.
From cptcharisma1157 on 3/25/08 10:51 PM
ok, ill agree that he throws a lot of sleepers/headlocks, but thats how he slows the pace of the match down... u cant have total nonstop action the whole time , u need to slow the match down so that the exciting parts will be that much better. I think Orton v. Taker was one of the best Mania matches ever, and for every boring move Orton does he hits a really exciting move.
From theone86 on 3/25/08 10:52 PM
"two divas who are greatly improving in a wrestling match."
There are some people here who think that just repeating something over and over again makes it so. Guess what, it doesn't. I haven't seen much of any improvement in either Ashley or Candice's ring skills. I don't care how many people go around saying they've improved, they haven't. All they did was learn a couple of new moves. That does not make you a skilled wrestler. They still can't work a match, they still rely on a couple of key spots, they still work the exact same match, and they still have no semblance of pacing. Ashley+Candice=fail.
From hulkamanialives4eva on 3/26/08 12:16 AM
the reason they booked ashley over mickie james was that Ashley was in playboy, MJ wasn't (as much of a shame that is). and the tag team is supposed to playboy divas.