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hugo and carlos


they bring back memories :)

i'll give you 100 lori

no chance in hell :)

well that was quick

morrison heel turn coming soon?

Rattled through that, the quicker these go, the more silly/amazing hbk/taker might end up being.

I don't think Morrison needs a turn yet myself, but you never know.

Orton's a bit of an issue, he's getting the biggest pop in the room wherever he goes and heel is almost unsustainable.

your boys on now lori

will be amazed if he doesn't win this

I think R Truth injured himself there, match finished very abruptly, he wasn't in match for last 3 mins or so

I think he gets beat, but have a hunch the result won't be the story here.

1.01 someone turns face I think, just not entirely certain who.

Good spot VS

Can't have that pop for a bad guy here. Gonna have to go the "mean" route surely?

all the bad guys get pop at mania though with the smarky crowds

He's getting it every arena now though.

Personally would prefer him to stay heel, i just dont think it's possible. Also think that now that the marine2 is out of the way, there's no real reason for Ted to turn face.

Unless Rhodes turns on Ted, that would be pretty cool and reasonably consistent.

lol mess up there

Ted been a naughty boy here?

Looks like he's bleeding and it looks self inflicted

Voices leaving?

yessssss!!!!!

Happy to be wrong

yessssssssssssssssssssssss

Vickie forgotten that Alicia Foxx was the wedding planner that Edge was knocking off?

that was more than 6 months ago, it never happened

Fair enough :)

Thought that promo would have been good if Melina bit into her own slim jims and turned santino into cena

Why doesn't Benjamin win more?

Okay on the Mic, Very fit, believable fighter.

maybe he'll win tonight, or maybe not

christian or mcintyre

very surprised if it's anyone else

Was about to post the same Nil.

Christian vs McIntyre seems very likely indeed.

MVP not been the same since the Benoit stuff. His fights against Benoit were absolutely top notch but not been the same since.

happened to a lot who were traded to raw

hmmm, good point that.

I like that result, funny to see an actor bottle it though on the big stage :D

fair outcome, i suppose raw needs to build another top heel up

Hope i look good as Uecker when I'm 75

well there's every chance, you have more money than he does

my stream is dying :(

HHH deliberately overtanned here i think.

he's made himself look like booker to job like him

:^0

Could he have shouted "facebuster" any louder?

classic :D

Im not going to be able to live this down if i do my nuts on wrestling betting :^0

At least I called 10 consecutive tennis points in advance the other day though :|

:)

i thought they might've split the 4 main events up at bit more

not happening punk

i accepted the lord of darkness as my savior 11 years ago and i'm not for changing

Good 5/4 shot that :0

If you were going to wrestlemania would your sign

a) be better than "Brett beat Vince"

and

b) have the guy's name spelled correctly :D

lol at this

not quite accurate that description of 97 from cole

I missed what he said.

made vince out to be not as bad as he was

I thought this would be bad, but it's worse than i feared.

Ah, shocker :^0

this is like vince vs hbk only even slower than that

What a sack of poo, sadly.

was to be expected really

if i'd had a stroke i wouldn't risk taking a shot to head

yeah, was hoping for a better story, maybe delay the double cross until the fight actually started for instance.

yeah

time for the 3 big matches

streams are dying though :(

and i've got work to do :( :(

and i'm starting to get really really tired :( :( :(

Taker's entrance might take 5 minutes looking at that walkin ramp

I've ended up winning thanks to that :^0

thanks to what, my stream has died :(

Y2J hit Edge with the belt when ref wasn't looking.

3.10 winner :D

told you he'd win

thats the long term smackdown feud imo

with taker due a holiday and no one else really up there the title pic is very thin

Kiwis' getting desperate, sinclair bowling

Good fight that too and the best two speakers anyway.

Not looking forward to this cena guff tbh. Storyline doesn't really exist and Batista bores me.

ty

ffs

made batista looked like a roided up piece of sh1t did that

Strange that :^0

Fair play to Cena posing with the "We hate cena" crowd

the streak ends in around 30 mins

deserves to lose for agreeing to wear that thing

Not a bad follow up to last year. Suitable ending.

spread on how long he's done for

4-6 months

please can i ask a question of you wwe fans.... i think this "sport" is the silliest thing i have ever seen on tv...its rediculous beyond calculation..anyhooo, each to thier own but

DO YOU GUYS WATCH THIS FOR SIMPLE ENTERTAINMENT VALUE AS THESE GUYS ARE QUITE OBV GREAT ATHLETES OR DO YOU HONESTLY BELIEVE THEY ARE ACTUALLY FIGHTING EACH OTHER

HONEST QUESTION AS I CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW ANYONE CAN WATCH THIS DRIVVELL.


PSSSST.... IT AINT REAL FIGHTING ;)

THX IN ADVANCE

You didn't hear the things Orton said about HHHs family. You'd have wanted to fight him too.

It's obviously sometimes a bit rigged, but quite clearly when someone kisses your wife in full view of the world, you're going to want to hurt him.

well said lori ;)

Kind of agree with Lori. Everyone knows there are bits that are scripted. But there are so many moments that are real that it doesnt matter. I can't quite believe that Shawn Michaels' career is now over. He gave so much to the sport and noone can say that the ending to this year's Wrestlemania was anything other than true and emotional. As much as any other sporting event this year at least. I really feel for him.

Other than those emotional moments, there are also moments of true sporting heroism, as in any other sport. When HHH blew out his knee at the end of the DX vs Orton/Edge storyline and continued for, what, 10? 15? minutes just to get the job done. That was something that anyone who saw it just won't forget - and in a true sporting grit sense.

Here's the Orton face turn, a day late.

Don't think they'd told him about that taker bit there :D

There ya go rob, some real emotion in that one :)

yup as i guessed ... you are all mentally retarded.

you would have to be to watch this fantasy tripe...

what a load of shoit

I usually try and not resort to insults or keyboard warriorism, but why don't you p1ss off then? ^^

He makes a fair point though. Shouldn't this thread be in "Specials" along with other reality TV/soap opera threads? It's demeaning to the decent North American sports fans imo

Right, some thought on Wrestlemania

- For a few reasons, I think this is the worst Wrestlemania in recent years. The card had one of the best build-ups in modern years, but just failed to deliver on all levels. The only excellent match on the card was Michaels/Taker, and the result of that match was that arguably the best worker WWE has, Shawn Michaels, is retiring. Unlike Flair's retirement, Michaels doesn't need wrestling. He had four years out and was basically coerced into returning by Hunter. He doesn't long for the spotlight in the same way Flair does. You can tell that Flair lives and loves wrestling, and without it he is nothing. He probably falls apart out of the spotlight, because he is the Nature Boy. Michaels hasn't been aversed to taking months off at a time, and only came back in 2009 because Hunter wanted to reform DX. Michaels, nowadays, is more bothered about his kids and God.

- Cena/Batista. Two over wrestlers, but not two good wrestlers. If this was the next step down in the main event for WWE, I fear for the state of the business. It was aright, but this is Mania FFS.

- HHH/Sheamus. I feel a little sorry for HHH, who can now only have great matches with great opponents. He cannot carry an opponent like Michaels can, meaning a Mania-worthy main event is now a thing of the past for Hunter, unless he faces Edge.

- Edge/Jericho was good.

- MITB was a cluster**, and suffered because the eventual winner (Swagger) did the least barring Kane.**was amazing here, and like Shelton Benjamin, won't be used for another six months on the back of it.**should have been out on RAW, getting a push on the back of this.

-Hart/McMahon was just weird.

Next year will be pivotal. What big draws do WWE have in terms of a match? HHH/Cena has been done, and will be average at best. Undertaker has now beaten all of the top guys in this pointless ego-fulfilling streak, and now has ran out of opponents. When Orton was on fire during the Legend Killer gimmick, he really should have beaten Taker. Mysterio, Edge & Jericho are great wrestlers but not big draws. So basically, they will have to rely on the Wrestlemania name to draw a million buys.

In a few years, that will wear off. They will inevitably go crawling back to Michaels.

Next year's Wrestlemania will be a non-event, unless they book Austin/Cena. The only other outside option is The Rock vs Cena, though I'm not sure he'd return. With Foley seemingly done with TNA for a while, I would have

Austin/Rock vs Cena
Undertaker vs Mankind in Hell in a Cell Part Two

The Undertaker is now nailed on to win every Mania match he has, so you have to draw the crowd with something else. That would.




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taker vs cena

The more I watch Jay Lethal, the more incredible the guy seems.

He really fills his slot very well.

WWE has been on the slide for a while now - I have been an avid wrestling fan for about 20 years now and at the mo there just doesn't seem to be anything new. I like Orton and his style but WWE just seems to be going through the motions. It needs to find some real storylines and some charismatic wrestlers.

Agree with earlier post and I was disappointed with Wrestlemania.

I prefer watching TNA at the moment.

It's been on the slide since it became the WWE. '97-02 was the great

-the

i used to watch it back in that era panda, much better than it is now imo, but i havent watched it hardly for about 6 years so couldnt say for certain

The first time I watched was on world of sport in circa 84-85.
The first time I took notice was on holiday in America 87 and a match was on the telly. this guy took his spurs off his cowboy boots and cut the other wrestler's head wide open. i will never forget that day. Then Sky took over in England and I was hooked. The days of Jake the Snake / Rick Rude / Earthquake to name a few are a million miles away. WWE don't appear to do Vendettas or promos anymore. The promos were all part of the show. WWE rest in peace (for now)

I'm hoping this whole dumb PG rated thing is a giant masterplan to have another attitude era which will shock us all and we'll love it.

I suspect however, it's just dumb.

The best promo in recent times was Cena/Edge about a year ago before their LMS match. The fact I can remember a single promo is an indicator of how things have gone downhill.

sadly the only interesting fake sport now on our screens is IPL cricket

:^0

Took my son for his 8th birthday to the O2 to watch it last night. I never expected to enjoy it,we had ringside seats that were great and the whole night was real fun. Ive never seen my son so excited and he absolutely loved it. Ive got to say they put on a great show,it was pure entertainment even for a 40 year old ! To top the evening off CM Punk gave my boy his shirt as he got in the ring although he wasnt that impressed beacause he hates him cos hes a baddie and he wanted Ray Mysterios shirt instead lol.

:^0 Pete.

The missus let me go last year on condition we went to the London Eye and some other stuff the next day. She ended up enjoying the show just as much as I did.

Of course, we know who to look out for now on Friday night when Punk hands his shirt over ;)

my interest drops for a few months now while taker is on his jollies

i'll watch brets bits on yt though, i think he's sticking around until they get to canada

Haha he actually threw it at one of the commentaters who then gave it o him.

in all fairness there are more drugged/roided up freaks in mlb than the WWE ;)

Good RAW tonight because they've had to ad-lib everything (almost the whole roster stuck in europe due to volcano). Great special host (see pepsuber advert from 2009 bowl link below) and good old school promos almost unrehearsed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGRKZORIufk

I have to say, I think TNA is far superior to WWE at the moment. Matt Morgan is entertaining for the first time in months, RVD is the champion, even Styles has grown pretty well into the Little Naitch role. Even The Beautiful People are annoying me less.

But the last PPV, Lockdown, was the perfect example. It was really, really good. Some dodgy booking aside, the actual in-ring action was really entertaining. I'm sick of watching WWE PPV's where I fast-forward the Sky+ through half of the matches to the ones I want to see. I'm not bothered if TNA can make a genuine wrestling war. I just hope that they can gain enough viewers to keep the current regime in place, so I have some decent wrestling to watch of a Saturday night.

Totally agree Miami - TNA is starting to take off, They have decent wrestlers in all divisions (tag, womens, lightweight etc) - WWE is off the boil imo - I just don't get it at the moment. Love RVD - got loads of wrestling videos from RVD's early days at Wrestlepalooza from ECW