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03-28-2018, 07:55 PM | #42 |
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Hopefully they add Sasha vs. Bayley to the main card as well. I don't really care to see either battle royal, Bliss-Nia, or the Cruiserweight Title Match, would be great if all those got shoved to the pre-show. I know the SmackDown! tag title match will be good but I'd be fine with that on the pre-show too.
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03-29-2018, 08:01 PM | #43 | |
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Buuuuuuuut -- my bold prediction is that the WWE get cold feet about the Battle Royal because they know it will suck and that the crowd won't give a shit if they try and make it important and they may even anticipate some crowd backlash because of the Moolah shit. This seems like the place the crowd will shit on women's wrestling and chant random and possibly offensive things. Alexa/Nia gets promoted to the main card and the Battle Royal also happens on the Kickoff and they just try to treat it like a big deal even though it debuts in the dirt. It wouldn't surprise me if the concept is scrapped like Women's Hell in a Cell and they find a different first or they put Women's Money in the Bank on at Mania. |
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03-29-2018, 08:03 PM | #44 |
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Just put all the Women's shit on the Pre Show. Get the boring stuff out of the way.
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03-29-2018, 08:09 PM | #45 |
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If Sasha/Bayley happens, it will be Kickoff. The ones I struggle with are the Tag Title matches. Braun Strowman seems like an obvious choice for the main card, but I wouldn't be so sure. It seems like this match is kind of happening just because they didn't need to put Braun in the main event. He could win the Tag Titles on the Kickoff and then maybe they do the Battle Royal on the main show and he wins that too? I don't know, I'm just skeptical that Cesaro gets another main card WrestleMania spot.
The Usos vs. The New Day vs. The Bludgeon Brothers is one that I hope makes the main card, because The Usos have been killing it and Harper is great, but it's a multi-team Tag Title match. Historically, those have not been showcased on the main card. They usually have four teams though. I'm leaning towards both making it onto the main show, but I'm not going to be shocked if either or both get bumped. Then you've got the issue of two secondary title matches. It seems silly to imagine Seth and/or Orton on the Kickoff, but it seems silly that they have found themselves in these positions anyway. I'm going with CW Title, Andre Battle Royal, Sasha/Bayley and Women's Battle Royal. Everything else makes the main card. Fuck it. |
03-29-2018, 08:10 PM | #46 |
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Lol, I know you're trolling, but I'm actually curious to see Charlotte/Asuka and Ronda perform. Not to the point where I can say that my interest in the outcomes is high, but the matches themselves are curiosities to me. I agree about the rest though.
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03-29-2018, 08:13 PM | #47 |
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Sasha and Baley are both in the battle royal. They w9nt have their own match.
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03-29-2018, 08:15 PM | #48 |
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Okay, then take it off. Open with the Andre Battle Royal, CW Title, Women's Battle Royal as the "Kickoff main event."
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03-29-2018, 08:18 PM | #49 |
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Lol for once I'm not
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03-29-2018, 08:21 PM | #50 |
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I'm curious as to how good Charlotte vs. Asuka is. Everyone seems to have pretty high expectations of it, but imagine if they don't click it and sucks. Charlotte is good for what she is, but she's not exactly Manami Toyota. Asuka is great in her environment, but what if it's not her environment? I can see it being somewhat of a train wreck. That is being cynical. It would be kind of funny if every women's match at WrestleMania sucked though, haha.
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03-30-2018, 10:58 AM | #51 | |
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I think it's going to be ... Crusierweight Championship, Andre Battle Royal followed by Nia vs Alexa. I know that seems a little crazy to put Nia and Alexas on the pre show but I don't support putting Orton or Miz on the pre-show ever again. |
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03-30-2018, 11:00 AM | #52 | |
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03-30-2018, 07:12 PM | #53 |
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I’m more interested in Alexa Vs Nia than I am any Randy Orton match
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03-30-2018, 07:44 PM | #54 |
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Have you no respect sir!?
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03-30-2018, 10:08 PM | #56 |
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Sucked for Asuka is tougher, as I've yet to see her work on the main roster. Charlotte has been in plenty of underwhelming things. Not a knock on her, but she's still learning. I think it will be "good," don't get me wrong, but I think the expectation is that this will be the greatest women's match in WWE history. They seem to have more expectations put on them to deliver in an in-ring sense than, say, Taker and Cena. It seems to me anyway.
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04-03-2018, 06:37 AM | #57 |
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Cruiserweight Title and both Battle Royals have been confirmed for the Kickoff.
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04-03-2018, 07:57 AM | #58 |
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04-03-2018, 08:19 AM | #59 |
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I think those are good picks. Like it or not, noone is paying to see the 205 guys. Maybe next year, but this year, it has come too early in their "renewal"
Both battle royales are trash to get everyone on the show, and ultimately meaningless "fun" matches. Kickoff is right place for them and means all the matches with main roster titles and/or stories get to be on the main card |
04-03-2018, 10:03 AM | #60 |
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Technically you pay as much for the Kickoff as you do the main card.
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04-03-2018, 04:54 PM | #61 |
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If Neville and Aries didn't make the main card why would anyone from 205 even have hope? Get out of here.
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04-04-2018, 02:19 PM | #62 | |
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There is zero chance the IC Title match isn't on the main card, that's a legit contender for show stealer. |
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04-05-2018, 12:40 AM | #63 |
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Id assume Nia vs Alexa is preshow too.
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04-05-2018, 12:51 AM | #64 |
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04-05-2018, 04:09 AM | #65 |
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04-05-2018, 08:14 AM | #66 |
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The way Vince treats his main championship, I honestly wouldn't be a bit surprised if they put AJ (C) v. Nakamura not on the pre-show but way earlier than it deserves, like curtain jerking the proper show.
Let's not forget Vince isn't quick to always embrace former TNA/Impact talent, and AJ was in the curtain jerk match last year v. Shane ( 😒 ). |
04-05-2018, 08:17 AM | #67 |
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I don't think being a curtain jerker is a huge insult, they want something that will fire the crowd up.
Which is why you'll never see Orton vs Shaemus open WrestleMania |
04-05-2018, 08:20 AM | #68 |
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I don't think Styles vs. Nakamura opens, just because I think they know it is going to be tough to follow. They surely can't be dumb enough to do a match because they think it's going to be a Match of the Year contender for the whole purpose of doing that, just to have it open the show and set an impossible standard. Surely? Right?
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04-05-2018, 08:23 AM | #69 |
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IC title match will probably open the show.
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