WWE/WWF/TNA/Wrestling discussion thread - (may contain spoilers!!!)

[Bartrim]

I'm not getting to see WM until thursday

[Scattershot]

I'm going to try real hard to go to a friends house and watch the 6pm replay one. If not I'll just have to D/L it.

[Burn]

Actually guys, replays are at 4:30pm and 9:30pm EDT.

[Pulse]

I'm not gonna give any spoilers away/discuss it until every one of you guys have seen it (so as not to take anything away from your viewing experience).

Besides the Benoit thing, Rasslin also made the news today - for a positive reason. Unbelievable isn't it. I was watching Channel 10's news at 5pm & during the Sports section, they actually had video of Mayweather v Big Show. Wrestling on normal TV for a positive reason - I thought I'd never see the day...

[Burn]

Except in America where they probably ran with the news about nearly 40 people being injured (not seriously) due to fireworks at the end.

Still, it was a good PPV. I was actually surprised by the Mayweather/Big Show fight, it turned out better than I expected.

Michaels and Flair was well done, especially the ending. Very emotional.

Triple Threat Match was well paced and I can live with the outcome.

Undertaker and Edge was a VERY good match. Very little outside interference and behind the ref dodgy stuff making it for the most part a clean well fought match.

[Soundwarp]

OMG Shelton Benjaman is awesome!!!!

The sunset flip then through the ladder later!!!!!

Big ups to edge who was the best of the 2 on the night, it hurts to say it because i am a massive taker fan. But all in all Edge should have won because he was better.

Holy crap, HBK's ribs must be broken!

[Pulse]

Let's go through the matches 1-by-1

A/ 24 Man Battle Royal = Pointless filler. Kinda glad we didn't have to sit through that.

B/ Bradshaw v Finlay = Token Hardcore Match. Good action but suprise victor.

C/ MITB = Shelton is freakin NUTS. Seriously popped for Matt Hardy. CM Punk winning it? Hopes he switches over to Raw sooner rather than later.

Hall of Fame - Class of 2008 = Very Well done. If you haven't already, you should definitely check out the vids on the website.

D/ Umaga v Batista = Slow, plodding Big Man's match. Dave screwed up the finish - kinda summed up the whole match for me.

E/ Chavo v Kane = DID NOT belong on PPV card. Went for toilet break only to find out match lasted a total of 4 seconds. Is Mania really the place for squash matches?

F/ HBK v Flair = Excellent way in which to finish Ric's in-ring career. (But honestly, will Ric stay retired? Savage lost a retirement match at Mania 7 & was back in the ring within a year)

G/ Divas match with Santino & Snoop(???) = Token divas match. (Why wasn't Mickey James wrestling Beth Phoenix for women's title?)

H/ Triple Threat = Very well put together match. (What's with the logic of keeping WWE title on heel champ at Mania? I just can't figure it out. I hope they've got something good planned in the future)

I/ Big Show v Mayweather = Reminded me of Rocky v Thunderlips from "Rocky III". Honestly, this match left a sour taste in my mouth. Why was it so obvious that Big Show was protecting Mayweather as much as possible? (Soft side-suplex, Big Show stepping on him when it was so obvious that Paul Wight shifted his weight as not to hurt him) Watching Mayweather use chair & Regal's gimmick against Big Show got me wondering "Why doesn't Big Show pick up a weapon & knock Mayweather into next week?"

J/ Taker v Edge = Awesome ending to the show. (Honestly, was this result ever in doubt?)

Overall, Very well put-together PPV.
I'd give it 8/10




Oh, & I heard tomorrow's Raw was one of the best tribute show's EVER. The last segment is extremely emotional & everyone throws Kayfabe out the window to honour Ric the way he should be. http://www.wwe.com/content/media/vid...18?zone=_index

PS. I guess all my Mania predictions were wrong. Wayyyy Wrong.