WrestleMania XXXI Pickems + Discussion

[MasterSnit]

Tyson Kidd and Cesaro (c) (with Natalya) vs. The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Big E) (with Xavier Woods) vs. Los Matadores (Diego and Fernando) (with El Torito) vs. The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) (with Naomi) - Kidd and Cesaro - 8

André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal - Sheamus - 1

Bad News Barrett (c) vs. R-Truth vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Luke Harper vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Stardust vs. Daniel Bryan - Daniel Bryan - 2

Randy Orton vs. Seth Rollins (with Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble) - Orton - 9

Rusev (c) vs. John Cena - Cena - 7

The Undertaker vs. Bray Wyatt - Bray Wyatt - 3

Sting vs. Triple H - Sting - 5

AJ Lee and Paige vs. The Bella Twins (Brie and Nikki Bella) - AJ and Paige - 6

Brock Lesnar (c) (with Paul Heyman) vs. Roman Reigns - Reigns - 4




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Lesnar confirming he has re-signed has really helped increase my interest in the main event. Before I thought they were going to go with either a clean Reigns win or a Reigns win with Heyman's help. I'm thinking Reigns alligns with Heyman and turns heel. That way when he gets booed it will at least be because he is a bad guy and not because nobody cares about him as a good guy. The fans will respect Brock as a guy who comes along every now and again to put some unruly heel in his place, while Reigns can run with the belt for a while with Heyman helping him out.

The Sting promo on RAW was much needed. It finally put some substance into the feud for me. I still think there should be some sort of stipulation with the match, but whatever, at least we have heard Sting's side of things now.

The Divas match would have been much more interesting if the belt was on the line for the woman who gets the pinfall. I think the faces will win this one.

I think Wyatt is going to beat the Undertaker. I'm not even bothered now that the streak is over. A win for Wyatt would be good for him and Undertaker has already lost now, so what does it matter if he loses again? I wouldn't mind seeing Undertaker lose this year, maybe even again next year, then confirm he wants one final match against the champion and go out with a main event match for the belt. And hopefully win the belt in his last match. That would be my ideal finale for my favourite wrestler.

I really hope Rusev breaks Cena's back and makes him humble. I think Lana might turn on Rusev though. Hogan might even get involved. Cena will probably win but I will be rooting for Rusev like a dirty Commie in this one.

I can see Bryan kicking off the show and winning the IC title match.

Orton to beat Rollins. Rollins can defend the world title against Orton successfully later in the year after he cashes in.

The Battle Royale... all I care about is Sandow kicking Miz in the nuts. Last year it was this new prestigious WrestleMania battle royale, and now it's already a pre-show match.

How come the Matadors do nothing all year and pop up a few weeks before WrestleMania for a tag title shot. I hope Cesaro wrecks someone with a nuclear uppercut in this match. Kidd and Cesaro to win.



I think it should be an OK show. I'm looking forward to Undertaker v Wyatt the most probably, purely because it's an Undertaker match and they don't come along very often these days. Cena v Rusev should be good and the title match will at least be interesting now... hey, I just realised Kane and Big Show aren't on the card. I hope they don't ruin things anyway in at least one of the matches.

Anyway, let's hope it's a good one.

[Velkontés]

I said in the other thread that this Wrestlemania had the potential to be good in spite of itself, with good matches despite the lacklustre angles, and it pretty much came to pass. Also I had a hellishly busy week and only just got around to watching the damn thing, so I went into this knowing all the results.

That was a fucking huge arena for a wrestling show. Genuinely impressive.

Commentary team blows. Worse than TNA's. I saw a clip of Smackdown this week, Wade Barrett is better than all of these chumps.

I think that was the first ladder match I've ever seen which didn't have a whole bunch of people climbing ladders really slowly.

Nice of WWE to make Sting feel at home by putting on a TNA match for him. I liked the match but I can't get my head around having Sting lose and then accept HHH's handshake like a jabroni. WCW has been dead a million years, you couldn't let them have this small victory? Why was this even a WCW vs WWF thing in the first place? Wasn't Sting supposed to be overthrowing the King?

I didn't think much of the Divas' match, but I did love the ending, where Paige just chucked Brie into the steps with an annoyed look on her face. The replay of it made me laugh even more. Sometimes wrestling is simple pleasures. I'm sure they will fuck it up, but Paige has the chance to be the best female performer they've ever had. The girl has only been there a year and she's already a star. Also AJ has retired, that was a nice way for her to go out.

I'm pretty sure I saw Ashley Massaro during one of the ads for new network programming. Nostalgia!

John Cena's intro/entrance was even more ridiculous than Rusev's, somehow. I'm surprised he didn't win this match by knocking Rusev out with the Statue of Liberty. Joking aside, I fucking loved this match. Rusev is the man and Cena busted out the moves.

So they had Sting shake hands with HHH, only for HHH to do his smug dick routine later and get flipped by Pretty MMA Lady. Good angle that went on forever and isn't going anywhere.

Cole said Wyatt was "pounding the life out of the deadman". Must have stolen that line from Taz. I'm with you on this one Mastersnit, it would have been more interesting for Undertaker to lose this one and go out on top next year. However you never know how much Undertaker has left in the tank.

Main event delivered big time. Although there was a TNA-esque level of finisher-no-selling. I know it's Wrestlemania, but come on. I'm surprised the crowd didn't come around on Reigns, he had a great showing. It's hard to imagine Rollins having a better moment in his career than that one, I hope he enjoyed it for the 90 seconds it lasted.


So yeah, a good show, but not exactly one that leaves me particularly excited for the future. It was the same old assholes (HHH, Orton, Cena, Undertaker) winning again with shitty commentators and Triple H and Steph running their mouth for hours on end. At least you know they'll delivered good matches on a regular basis, so it's not all bad, but they needs some new ideas and probably better writers to execute them too.

[Champ]

I am late to this but I though Sting was definitely winning. I had a feeling Reigns wasn't winning after hearing Lesnar signed a new contract too. When randy beat Rollins that's when I started wondering if Rollins was cashing in because that's a classic early night for the guy cashing in MITB. That aside, there would have been no real good reason to have Orton win that match.

I loved Reigns vs Lesnar. That match was killer. It told the right story. I know the false finisher thing gets old but for this match I think it was needed. Reigns proved he is really good and having him fall short was smart. Fucking Lesnar has flat out never looked better. He is just awesome.

I liked that mania though. It was a little weird being in daylight the entire night. It felt like tribute to the troops. But good show, nonetheless

[Velkontés]

I loved Reigns vs Lesnar. That match was killer. It told the right story. I know the false finisher thing gets old but for this match I think it was needed. Reigns proved he is really good and having him fall short was smart. Fucking Lesnar has flat out never looked better. He is just awesome.

He's had three good PPV matches in a row now. You know, I wonder if they've been pulling a fast one. Maybe they knew he was good but told him to tone it down in order to get heat? Kinda like "you're going to do 3 moves MAX on all your Raw/SD matches, you'll win the Rumble, half the crowd will hate you (the kids won't give a shit because's you're winning all the time), and then when you get to the big time THEN you'll show off what you can do and 80% of the haters will be wowed and start liking you". If he had done this from the off he would've been just another asshole putting on good matches while doing the Layla gimmick, and they've got enough of those on the roster already.

Crazy?

[Champ]

I really like Roman Reigns. I think he gets a lot of undeserved shit thrown at him. A lot of it is people not giving him a chance. But he's one of my favorite guys in the company right now. I like all 3 Shield guys. I just haven't been crazy about the booking of Ambrose and Rollins as of late. I think Rollins needs to talk less. That's for sure lol

[Naitch]

Yeah, I don't get the Reigns hate either. He is one the best big power guys ever. I think he has come a long ways since the Shield split up.

[Champ]

There is a rumor of the shield being put back together. I know the company needs solo stars, but I love the Shield and I wasn't ready for them to split. The show had so much more of an exciting unpredictable feel when they were around. It has been so goofy lately

[MasterSnit]

I wouldn't mind seeing The Shield get back together because they have to and not because they want to. If Lesnar beats Rollins for the title he runs through Rollins in a rematch. Beats Reigns and some other challengers. Even beats Sheamus who attempts to sneak in and cash in after a match. After a while Brock looks unstoppable and Ambrose is next to get a chance. During the match (No DQ) Ambrose is lying battered outside while Brock is stood in the ring smiling when The Shield's theme hits. Rollins and Reigns come in through the crowd and the three of them get up on the apron and proceed to beat up Lesnar leading to Ambrose pinning him and winning the title.