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Goodnight Vince from The Netherlands. It’s 0:22 over here and I will be watching WM until 5:00 am in the morning
Hello, everyone! Just finished watching first 2 baseball games of the season now ready to watch WrestleMania with you!
Let’s hope it will be good.
No Hogan in the intro video… as expected
This match should be somewhat interesting
Hopefully this match will entertain
I hope they do the right thing with the Shane and Reigns matches. We cannot go into Raw tomorrow with a babyface clean win for Reigns. Excited to see what they do nonetheless
I think it will be. Way too much opportunity.
Oh Kevin Owens has a special designed shirt for Wrestlemania lol.
This match is going to be a car crash spot fest, probably the perfect opener
These guys are gonna be sore in the morning!
Does this seem formulaic to you? One guy on the ladder, sprint in, knock off. Repeat. Good spots, don’t get me wrong. Maybe I’ve seen too many ladder matches.
Feel the same way
Yeah I agree, everyone just sleeps on the side until the two in the ring are done. It gets a bit tedious.
Ok match so far
Stardust took the Ambrose spot from last year.
What ???? Zack Ryder ?!!!
How can we take Kevin Owens seriously now?
Very ballsy–but–I like it! They need to switch everything up tonight. Good way to start in MO. Especially with that kind of match-plausible that any one could win.
Agree 100% Vince
Hmm ok… I thought KO was the sure thing there. I guess they continue with Owens/Zayn without the belt, wonder if Ryder actually gets a run
Lita gave the winner away in the preshow
Guess they didn’t sell it out–doesn’t matter–super impressive to draw that size of a crowd.
I think the Wrestlemania “brand” sells better than WWE does. It’s a weird thought.
Agreed, it’s like here in the UK NFL is a near dead brand and yet The Super Bowl is watched by everyone
Good for Ryder. He deserved that. 99% sure Owens gets it back tomorrow night, though.
Or will they elevate Owens into the main event and have him take a shot at the WWE champ (Reigns ?)
Nope Owens is not ready it’s gonna zayn vs Owens for a while
Very happy for Zack! Would it hurt to give him a minute more to celebrate with a little pyro? Match ends and its like they cant wait to get to the next segment.
What’s with the review before every match? They showed all of this during preshow.
A great moment for AJ
Nice surprise with Ryder even if only a 1 night reign.
Anyone know if Andre Battle Royal was on pre-show? (Missed all the pre-show)
Looking forward to Taker/Shane, Swerve guest #20 making return & Reigns/HHH fallout (think they’ll save for Raw)
No preshow was Kalisto vs Ryback, 10 divas tag match and Usos vs Dudleys
AJ has GOT TO BE nervous as hell.
I agree biggest show for styles but I know he will do well
It’s great to see AJ on the grand stage, what a year he’s had. Should be an awesome match.
What’s with all the prematch reviews? They showed all of this during the preshow.
Yes but not everyone is watching the preshow
I didn’t–BASEBALL was on!
You mean you sacrificed Kalisto v Ryback and the Usos for Baseball?! Man you missed… nothing.
I watched it with one eye. The new womens title was presented by Lita, it looks awesome.
Still believe strongly–finishers need to put guys away–or–they’re not finishers.
I agree. A wrestler kicking out of a finisher should only be done occasionally during a big match at a PPV but it is done way to much.
I agree, they protected that Styles Clash for a couple of weeks, they should have continued and made it a full stop.
Majority of fans won’t like it, but I thought that was another good finish. I think a good story was told there at the end—if they tell it.
Xavier Woods looks like a Dragonball Z character.
Can someone please explain the appeal of the New Day please? I’ve tried but i just dont get it
Dragon Ball Z saiyan outfits.
Aha, yeah the Dragon Ball outfits I did quite liked
They are appealing to the kids I guess.
See New Day coming out of a cereal box… telling myself right now that the only way to enjoy WM is to take this PPV lightly and accept the WWE for what the WWE IS- not what I want the WWE to be.
Bring in AJ for six figures. Build him up for 3 months. Job him to a 45 year old part-timer at Wrestlemania.
Makes good business sense.
Ego.
Agree. But everything makes sense when you consider AJ to be TNA. Especially when you consider what WWE did with Sting, another huge TNA name.
This is a match that I don’t care about. Why are these guys in a match together ? The titles are not on the line.
Only reason I am watching is for, Austin and Shane match, the rest is a snore fest… especially this new day…
Commentary is brutal, for something this big I would have got good ol J.R back as a guest!!
I would love for Mauro Ranallo to get the shot. He did an excellent job on the pre-show. Managed to make me interested in an Usos match
The problem is that we’ve seen this match too many times on TV. It doesn’t matter the 10th time.
Just looks like they’re totally going the other way tonight–and that’s not a bad thing in my opinion.
‘You wonder who is the dominant faction, there it is right there’ – Eh, no, complete waste of a time…
HBK !
This is awesome.
They have Austin an just used him for a cheap pop, should have used him to make an impact… Really disappointed with that to be honest…
They spiced up the end of a match that I cared about and I loved it.
It didnt make any sense though, Foley gave the barb wire to Ambrose but gets involved in a match with New Day and League of Legends? Buzzing to see the legends but was just a cheap thrill show…
Yea I like it a lot
Austin, F’ the PG!
Sorry, but what a waste of Austin if this is all they use him for tonight…
They should show the big matches on before The Walking Dead comes on.
TV shows can be recorded so I don’t see your point.
Wow that was great
Sorry, man, Austin, HBK, Mick–never get old. Good for them–better for the crowd. Is Shawn kidding me with the shape he’s in? SICK!
Agreed. HBK looks like he hasn’t aged. Still looks like he could go today.
I was ALL for that segment, made a match i was watching out the corner of my eye actually interesting
Great 2 c the legends, but I thought HBK was sober now…..what the heck is he doin guzzlin beers with Austin? Wtf lol!!!!!
Austin dancing then Stunner needs to be a gif. Laughed hard!
Someone is heading into Suplex city !!
Where is his cart ?
Anyone think there will be a Shield reunion tonight during the World Title match?
Could be, it would be a good option I think.
If they really wanted to keep Reigns a babyface. Having the Shield together would get him a good crowd reaction
I find Lesnar the most uninteresting person on the roster. Two moves, that’s pretty much it for him. Beast or not beast I couldn’t give a rat’s behind watching him. However, I love me some Ambrose, so Brock can be thankful he’s wrestling someone that makes this match worth while for me.
I’ve enjoyed the other matches so far…hopefully Ambrose won’t let me down on this one.
I disagree, Brock Lesnar is the most legitamite athlete. By the way he is a former NCAA champ so he has more moves but Suplex City is his trademark currently.
I know people like him. I just don’t understand it. Being a ‘legitimate’ wrestler really doesn’t have much to do with being good at it professionally. I simply find his matches repetitive and boring.
What was that…
Great idea I saw. Divas title gets thrown in the trash after 2nite (new belt to 3way winner). Down the road, Eva Marie finds it/ picks it outta the trash and declares herself Divas champ lol. Would be a great way to intro her.
The craziness of the Ambrose character is soon going to turn into STUPIDITY if he keeps losing match, after match. They have to put the guy over at some point.
True but they had not picked Lesnar as his opponent then. I couldn’t see how Ambrose could beat the man who ended The Undertaker’s streak.
By being a brutal weapon wielding LUNATIC!!!! Thats the point
That was a missed opportunity, they could have protected lesnar and still given Ambrose the MUCH needed win
Very much agreed.
Shut up and just let snoop doggy do the song!
I wanna see Naitch knocking Snoop Dogg out !
Glad they had Lesnar go over. Matchup so unbelievable to begin with.
It seems to me the Divas match is rushed or am I wrong ?
I was wrong lol
Would have been amazing if flair got up and was busted open haha
It would be better if we saw a little peek a boo action.
Only if Vince was writing still…
Great match, best so far IMO
The stadium agrees with you and so do I. Even better that it was for the Women’s Championship.
Great match and a good ending.
Well… it appears the title match is indeed the main event.
Think the right woman won that match. I think they can build Charlotte much more before Sasha beats her for title.
NO reaction to Charlotte defending her title. I can only imagine how ecstatic fans would have been if Sasha Banks won. Who are you going to have dictate your company- business or the fans? Give the fans what they really want and you’ll see ratings increase. That is fact. Push wrestlers down fans’ throats- what looks like WWE is doing with Charlotte- NO ONE cheers or boos. No one cares.
I don’t see what’s wrong with Charlotte at all. Fans should not want to dictate who goes over at a wrestling show by the way.
As Russo said over and over again in the past, the fans dictated the Attitude Era by the ratings. What got over and the fans wanted to see was what was given more air time. Same with when he was head of control of TNA for three months.
We agree on that point! Tired of entitled fans always needing to get their way.
Back in the attitude era you had millions of casual fans. Now you have the vocal IWC who are hijacking shows, booing everyone who is not an indy darling.
Vince, anything you would have done different so far if you were writing?
GREAT moment for Shane and his sons
Shane spot with his boys was one of the best things I’ve seen in a while. Nice touch.
Yes but it is a bit hokey that Linda is at ring side, is she on Shanes side? haha
Agreed!
Linda is there? I must have missed that.
Shane be safe out there man !
This could be Taker’s last Wrestlemania if he loses. I hope not.
I was so hoping that Sasha would have super kick Ric Flair….that would have been unexpected but a natural reaction to what happened.
Takers’ entrance will never not be cool. Still quite perplexed though why this isnt last on
This should be great. Shane is insane. Will sit back, drink my milk and enjoy.
Oh oh
Holy Sh… Shane O Mac!! Where’s JR when you need him?
That Jump was unreal. Shane McMahon is unreal.
Holy shit!!!!! Shane is the MAN!!!!!!
so they blew one opportunity… but the fact The Rock hasn’t appeared so far, makes me believe he’ll be involved in the main event.
What a match. Glad that Taker won because I am a huge mark for the Undertaker. Shane O Mac can be proud of himself but he is a crazy dude.
So does that mean RAW will continue to suck?
Wrong Winner. THIS was the match that dictated a major turn around for Raw going forward. A Foley-esque come back after that jump would have been phenomenal
With the exception of the first match, every winner has been wrong, IMO. Just bad booking altogether. If they want all the heels to win, then so be it, but at least give us evidence of why they’re winning. Make us hate the heel, not the match itself.
WTF!!!!! I really thought Shane O was gonna take this & we were gonna have the change 4 RAW we have been dying 4……what is the,”main event” gonna bring us……..
What bothers me: Triple H and Stephanie’s jobs were on the line and yet they weren’t out there to save their jobs. Triple H and Steph would have replaced the Undertaker so Shane went straight trough the table.
moved him off of the table.
Very true
Still, hopefully the main event can give me a reason to tune in to Raw on monday if Shane taking charge isnt my reason
Shane is insane for doing that he did at this point in his life.
Was disappointed to not see why run ins personally.
*any runs ins
There is ONE reason why I continue to watch wrestling—the boys are STILL willing to do whatever it takes to make the business great. What can you say about UT and Shane? I mean . . . what can you say.
DDP!!!!!! Yess!!!!!!!!
Shaq and DDMe?? It’s almost like WCW days!
Shaquille O’Neal… Well I’ll be damned, that was amusing.
This battle royal is a joke. I hate it when celebs get in the ring. That’s why no real big name celebs want anything to do with WWE.
I was hoping to see Bobby Roode and Eric Young…but Tatanka is a good add!
If Tatanka wins the Battle Royal Undertaker will wrestle Big Papi at next year’s WrestleMania. That should be a thing.
Then again it could have been worse. They could have had Snoop in there kicking everyones ass.
Wow !!!! Didn’t see that coming !!!!!
Gotta confess.., I don’t know the guy who won the battle royal. I just don’t watch NXT.
I’m oddly okay with that, from the very limited amount of NXT i’ve seen him in he looks decent, can’t get more hype then a WM win for your debut. Causal fans will be completely lost with that though which isnt so great.
Nice. Big fan of Corbin’s.
They should have made The Rock special referee for the main event.
Is the main event cancelled ?
Show should end in 12 minutes ???
The Rock and The Wyatts are GOLD !!
I actually think Camp WWE might be a more enjoyable show than Raw,
I mark out for Rock like everybody else, but you just just keep having the legends bury the future of their company. I know they want to pay-off WrestleMania–but–there are other creative ways to do it. My opinion.
They did the same with Russev.
That did nothing but bury the Wyatt Family.
I agree, the Wyatts are just buried time and time gain in every feud they have. Mania is all about the cheap pops though isnt it
OMG!!! This just keeps going and going and going….MAKE IT STOP ALREADY! This has been a collosal waste of time.
Yup–it is.
Vince, are you doing the WrestlingInc. podcast after?
This is my ring, this is my husband, this is my show…….
It’s hysterical to me how Triple H ALWAYS gets the best WrestleMania entrance.
I know right.
True, he gets the best entrance and then he loses the match 9/10 times.
Yep. Amusing to say the least. The soon to be 47 year old exec gets that entrance. And your supposed future of the company comes out 2nd to nearly nothing….
Stephanie McMahon just gives the same damn promo…..
Stephanie being a crossover between Luna Vachon and Sensational Sherri lol
The least they can do is have Stephanie come out in her boobie shirts every week again.
We’ve just been reminded that the authority is BS and that we’re suckers and then we have to tune in to raw knowing no change is happening because Shane lost… ok cool.
Oooh those boos for Roman Reigns are awful!
You heard the lady, “after tonight all hope will be gone.”
Please tune in tomorrow for RAW…
Lol
Lol. HHH with this great entrance. Then Roman Reigns with some cheap entrance.
Lol
Haha, what do you want its not like they can get Snoop Dogg.
He pretting much ripped off Catrina/Mil Muertes/Disciples of Death entrance.
A mixed reaction to Roman from what I can hear.
Man, these people hate Roman Reigns.
It’s only a part of the audience but the loudest part definately. But with 100.000+ people lots of people in the stadium do like him, families, kids and woman I think and that are not that loud.
Hey Vince. When wrestlers fall crotch first on the top ropes, do they usually wear cups? Because that really hurts.
No==guys can’t work wearing cups–it will limit them.
Ouch
I do have to hear JBL use the “erasable hothead” again, I’m going to become an “erasable hothead”.
I know Stephanie had a boob job but is there something as a voice job too, That irritating nagging voice is working on my nerves.
I think thats on purpose.
I thought this match was no DQ? Why is there countouts?
That was underwhelming
Well there you go. Please WWE, tell me why i should be tuning in to Raw Tomorrow night…
This Wrestlemania accomplished nothing, absolutely horrible booking all around.
They gave away Wrestlemania for free so they can brag about how many subscribers they have tomorrow for their shareholders meeting.
Good Mania overall (certainly surpassed by expectations as a whole). They need to flip the company upside down (i.e. flip Reigns) on 2mrw’s Raw to keep viewers. Every name from the past won’t save them from non-existent creative week in week out.
The WWE is absolute FINISHED after this show. No way they can recover after they promised change. THEY ARE DONE. 1.0’s by June are a certainty. They reap what they sow.
Guys–I will have so much to say tomorrow about WrestleMania–Vixens will be pre-empted for a WrestleMania Special.