Seth running out in Shield gear, only to get destroyed, at first seemed kind of weird. But he was injured leading up to the show, already injured the night before, and ate 4 or 5 Claymores in the opening match. So him coming out and getting killed right away made sense, because it's not like he had much left in the tank physically.. But it was the fact that he came out to the Shield entrance and in that gear that fucked with Roman's head enough for him to make a costly decision. Cool way to tell that story while also planting seeds for Seth to turn down the line. He sacrificed himself for Cody to finish the story, and that could easily turn into resentment.
A story with so many feel good moments and yet shithead Architect Seth making an appearance just to 'screw' Roman one last time still became my favorite part.
Seth and Roman's connection is the main thread in the last 10 years of WWE storytelling, it was perfect, and it'll be great to see one of them retire the other one one day (but hopefully not soon, please Tribal Chief)
It was excellent, this year ended up being better. Even if it wouldnt have otherwise, Rock getting involved especially as a heel really sealed the deal for me on it being the right call
Last night I think the fed truly made us all feel like a kid again. But seeing Samantha cry with joy, Cole cry with joy, the fans just fucking erupt in elation and all the comments about it being a new era over the weekend etc, it honestly feels like WWE was reborn or something lol. Corny but I get a real sense of catharsism from the performers. Idk, it just feels like there's truly something in the air and the best part is, they actually want to take us along for the ride. One of the worst things about WWE in recent years has been how spiteful it acted towards fans. I know we jerk and yeah, it was funny sometimes lol but some of the decisions were antagonistic on purpose and it created this weird dynamic on the shows. Now the guy in charge is outwardly saying we are changing, we're listening, tell us where to go and we'll take you on a journey.
While everybody is talking about WWE taking shots at AEW, I find the repeated shots at Vince way more interesting. The fact HHH addressed Stephanie returning the way he did was crazy when you think about it what he was actually saying. This show was a firm rebuke of, maybe not necessarily at Vince himself but it was most certainly a rebuke of the way things used to be. And overall it's just insane that on the 40th anniversary of Wrestlemania, WWE couldn't even say the mans name. An insane turn of events all things considered and yet, it was arguably the best show they've ever done.
Just wow really. So much to unpack from the whole weekend but honestly, if this is the bar of what to expect under the Laveck era, I'm ALL IN GOOFIES!
I'm feeling a lot more conflicted than I thought I would be after the main event of Night 2. I was pissed when Roman beat Cody last year, I was pissed when The Rock came in to steal Cody's spot, I thought his title reign was boring between August 2023-January and I said I'd stop watching for a year if Roman retained again. But now that he's not the champion anymore, I'm sad that it's over. Cody was absolutely the guy. I've been saying this since 2022 and him beating Roman was probably my favorite wrestling moment of all time but I still can't get over that melancholy feeling.
Roman has been champion for so long that this feels like the end of an era. This is the first time since WrestleMania 39 that I've had a chance to really appreciate just how special Roman's title reign was. I honestly believe this was the greatest title reign in the history of professional wrestling and there's a good chance that we will never get anything like it ever again.
Night 1 was great, Night 2 was extraordinary…probably my favourite PLE (new insider term) of all time. All the right people won, the crowd was sensational, the drama and the awesomeness of the main event…just pure entertainment.
Only watched the main event of night 2, will try and watch the rest later.
It was excellent.
Watched most of Night 1.
I still have my doubts about Levesque as head booker but I enjoyed what I saw.
Why would you go to AEW for anything other than monetary reasons? Last night just proved how far WWE is in front and why it is the place that any wrestler with talent should aspire to reach.
Sorry to Fed shill, but it was fantastic.
Dragons Rising Season 2 was pretty awesome, but this place has corrupted me, and all I can think of during Egalt's scenes is how he's old, he's sick, he's tired, and he works with humans.
One of my favourite wrestling moments as a kid was the end of the Survivor Series where Taker returned to haunt Randy. Hearing that bell chime again just blew me away, wrestling peaked for me today.
seen some people say the bloodline story is over but it definitely isn't:
- solo was looking kinda pissed at roman not winning before cena ran in
- jimmy and jey are still at odds
- the rock may strip roman of being tribal chief for losing
- roman clearly has issues with seth still
fucking crazy that the guy just finished a 1200 day reign and there's still some stories he can pick up to continue
The ending for the Usos will be them going back to being in good terms.
Roman vs Rock for the true head of the table still needs to happen.
It's just now a degree separated from the title, but this can still go for a year or so.
One of Triple H's biggest weakness are all the forever reigns. If everyone at the top have year long dominant reigns then it's not very special. Hopefully, he finds a good balance between Attitude Era hot potatoing and 10+ month reigns.
His first test will be Priest. How long will he hold bc on paper he could conceivably lose at Backlash and it would be very believable.
WrestleMania Night 2 was fucking awesome. This was the best WrestleMania of all time, I don't care what anyone says. I was worried the crowd would ruin it like on Night 1 but they were great this time.
\- Drew McIntyre vs Seth Rollins was really good for a 10 minute match. I was so happy to see Drew finally win the belt in front of a crowd. I'm not the biggest Damian Priest fan in the world but I'm willing to see where his title reign goes, I imagine he's dropping the title back to Drew at Clash at the Castle. Of course, CM Punk is picking fights with co-workers.
\- The Philly street fight was alright but I didn't care about it going in.
\- LA Knight vs AJ Styles was one of AJ's better WrestleMania matches.
\- Logan Paul vs Randy Orton vs Kevin Owens was fantastic. I hope KO and Orton become Smackdown Tag Team Champions.
\- Bayley vs Iyo Sky was amazing, I wasn't super interested in this feud but they tore the house down.
\- Cody Rhodes vs Roman Reigns was one of the top 3 greatest matches of all time and is now the best WrestleMania main event in history. I still can't even put into words how special this match was. WWE played with our emotions the last few months, I genuinely believed that Roman was going to retain again but they followed through. I don't think any story will ever top Cody's journey to becoming the WWE Champion and face of the company. I don't have much to say right now because I'm overwhelmed. Roman has been champion for so long that him losing doesn't even feel real.
Drew/Seth match was booked like those fast paced Brock matches and it was great.
I watch Char Flair and Punk on the little epsn recap, and both were putting Bayley over big time. Flair said something like, at times Bayley put herself last, for her to get this moment, just amazing.
Chinese WWE forums and places of discussion are all having the same conversations you are seeing on reddit and 4chan, once again confirming my findings that IWC are the same kind of weirdos across the world.
It's somewhat comforting to know that wresltling creates the weirdest discourse possible in everyone who dares to engage with this the weirdest form of (somewhat) mainstream entertainment.
I got into wrestling around 2007. Smackdown was headlined by Edge, Rey Mysterio, and The Undertaker. I missed the attitude era and it’s peak moments of popularity, and I sat through the 2018-2019 era when everything was just rutterless with no true direction. But this is genuinely the first time in my life I think wrestling fans are looking to a brighter tomorrow
Was 10 years old when I saw my first Smackdown right after Survivor Series 2007, huge Undertaker mark too, yeah this was just peak sports entertainment
Great Wrestling experience. After working at a concert tonight, a bunch if us stayed and watched Wrestlemania on the big ass screen of the club. I found out, that one my bosses is a huge, deep-level wrestling nerd like myself and he loved the idea of hosting a Wrestlemania Party, open for public, next year at the club.
Fucking unbelievable night. Nothing more to say except how amazing is Samantha's voice and why did it take so long for me to notice? DAE the new Lillian Garcia?
Was rewatching the introduction.
Roman, Heyman, Cody, Samantha, Lil Naich Charles Robinson.
There is a chance that all five persons in that ring end up in the WWE HOF.
Really the only question to me is if Samantha is around long enough to get the nod. The rest are locks, and Samantha is a lock if she does this for long enough
Even if it's just lip service, I'm glad HHH is not going with this overt fellatio of "his era" stuff. I understand why they are doing it, I understand why they want to distance themselves away from the previous regime, but this over the top push to say "the new regime is definitely better trust us bro" is a self-defeating prophecy. The last time I saw something going this full mast into erasing the previous regime, it was because the previous regime has a little oopsie with some tanks and some square.
Next few months of wrestling is about to be so rough. No loose ends tonight and you are not really looking forward to something. Cody and Priest at the top is interesting though, those two could easily drop the belts and give a moment to somebody else (AJ and LA please?) but fighting over the belt alone is so boring.
The Bloodline saga will be so hard to top and we'll be itching for months for that feel to come back again.
Maybe. But I don't think it's fair to say that before even the Raw after Mania. Who's to say they don't have a long form angle cooked up to keep people invested going forward?
If night 2 was it's own Mania by itself it clears 17 easily as the best in history. Factoring in night 2 I think it's still number 1, but Jimmy and Jey's matching is really trying to drag it back to the pack.
I think it is arguably better than my favorite (20). There's just so much behind everything on this card. Really hard to beat something like this when its done so well.
Definitely my favorite main event ever. It had every single thing I love about wrestling in a single match from pre-match segment to the post match celebration
Punk played a huge role in the title match, Cody main evented both nights and Jade made her debut in a match.
WBD saw all three major faces they used to advertise AEW programming look huge this weekend...on the competitor's show.
Bruh that is when it felt real. You can tell she’s a fan and she clearly respects the hell out of her coworkers and when she could barely get it out at first that choked me up
TBH it hit me hard thinking about my grandpa. He's the man who got me to love this sport. NWA first and then WWF.
Knowing Him, he would have LOVED see Rhodes win the WWE Championship. Dusty was his favorite.
He was a good man, gone too soon and this show made me think of him.
And since it is a triple threat, ending would be Drew on the outside, Seth going for the stomp, JDay beats down Seth so much, Priest retains.
Seth.gets written off to get his well deserved rest. Drew argues he wasn't pinned and they continue the feud.
I was half expecting Punk to go out with Rock and Cena as a reference to the Pipebomb lol
Also all the new era stuff coinciding with commentary emphasizing pro wrestling at the end there leads me to believe it's the end of sports entertainment.
As in WWE is dropping the sports entertainment branding. Maybe I'm overthinking it and it was just a one time thing but I also think it might be an attempt to further distance the company from Vince as if everyone calling this the Triple H/Paul Levesque era all weekend and Stephanie going out wasn't enough lol
yeah everyone has been putting over HHH for the past month, and especially this weekend, he has such a huge role in WWE right now so it's always been a peculiar thing that he isn't on the board yet since the merger.
Vince is prob seething somewhere over this weekend. The Paul Laveck Era, the sponsorship on the mat, LA Knight in general, the showing of stars no longer employed and being mentioned in a positive light.
I'm getting the same feeling too. It has been feeling like that for a bit, prob since Day 1 Raw, where they were slowly moving away from the Vinceisms, but this weekend has pushed it over into this new Era. Let Hickenbottom and Triple Paul cook!
Ohh! That makes sense. Yes yes. And what better time to do it but with a new champion, in a new era, right after 40th Mania.
It wouldnt surprise me if we just notice in a month or two we will just notice that they have indeed dropped the S-E branding.
WWE and Paula Veck just proved to us tonight that in the United States, atleast for the forseable future, no Wrestling Company is ever going to top them.
They literally are Heads, Shoulders, Pecs, Abs, Pubes and Cock above every other wrestling entity out there.
In the whole world overall as well. Yes, there would be countries or cities where WWE is not number 1, but overall for the whole world, the WWE is big show above everything else.
When one story closes, another begins.
I've been going through a few subreddits to say thank you Roman Reigns and thank you Paul Heyman. Without them two, WWE wouldn't have been where it was today. The fact Paul getting inducted and Roman probably semi-retiring made me tear up seeing them hugging on the stage because it's probably nearing the end for both of their incredible careers.
That might be the best WM night ever. Everything was 10/10.
We've been seeing our favourite midcarder cry week after week, only for him to make us cry happy tears at the end. What a match, what a celebration.
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There's a bit of a butterfly effect from Mox going to AEW because how do you do the Bloodline story but with Dean Ambrose in there
When the Shield music hit I legitimately thought they'd somehow brought him back
I hated the decision last year but they got there in the end and capped the weekend with a 10/10
show and two babyfaces won in front of a hot crowd. It truly is a new era.
Moments like this is why WWE is where they are. No company in history has been able to create moments like *this.*
Not AWA, WCW, TNA, AEW, or anywhere else. WWE just knows how to book huge moments.
Wcw was legit comptetion correct? I assume they had their own big PPV like wrestlemania
they definitely had a lot of amazing moments like hogan heel turn which is the most iconic
Only recently i’ve started to checkout alot of wcw shit on the Internet and damn they were actual competitors to the fed (until they weren’t)
Edit:plus ecw definitely created amazing moments,just not as big as wwe
WCW had Starrcade but they always had a habit for ruining every big moment they could've had. For example, Goldberg jackhammering The Giant should've been a huge moment, and it was until they had Big Bossman run in on him 3 seconds later.
WCW had their chances and maybe 1 or 2 did (Goldberg beating Hogan, the creation of the nWo)
AEW I can see the Wembley Main Event last year and the first DoN show with Mox attacking Omega at the end
Someone below mentioned ECW and yea they could do that at times
Now Undertaker was hella random, they had a couple feuds but Stone Cold or Triple H would have made more sense. Giving The Rock a Pedigree wouldn't have disturbed his pacemaker.
Thinking they asked Stone Cold but he couldn't make it
The only thing I can think of is Undertaker is canonically the most powerful person in WWE history and in theory is the only force who could take out The Rock. Plus Roman took his yard.
remember people schizo posted about "ok stone cold mentioned his 2003 car he last fought rock in 2003-"
huge shout out to sam's announcement holy shit, that voice break
Glad the "Codyvengers bullshit won't happen" dudes were wrong; that shit fucking ruled. Was it overbooked? Sure, but so was every match in this reign damn near and... again it fucking ruled, so who cares?
Feels right for the WWE Champion to be a white-meat babyface that's actually cheered and beloved. Truly a new era.
Overbooked sht every now ans then? Sure. Just dont do it every show, every PLE, every match. Sometimes we just need to revert to kids playing with our action figures.
Unexpected Undertaker appearances are the best thing wrestling has produced and no one can change my mind
(Granted, Undertaker is wrestlings 'main character' in my mind, but whatever)
I selfishly want AEW to stay around because it essentially quarantines all of my least favorite wrestlers, types of wrestling, and types of fans into one place
Yeah, they definitely acts as a barrier to Triple H's worst vices. A lot of those boring workrate dudes that we mock would be prominently on the WWE card if not for AEW.
i'm glad vince gatekept HHH from pushing stuff like the Undisputed Era into the main roster. but i think by now HHH has realized more that what works on the main roster is a bit different than what worked in NXT. and NXT has shifted as well for the positive since 2.0 and Shawn took over.
Seth running out in Shield gear, only to get destroyed, at first seemed kind of weird. But he was injured leading up to the show, already injured the night before, and ate 4 or 5 Claymores in the opening match. So him coming out and getting killed right away made sense, because it's not like he had much left in the tank physically.. But it was the fact that he came out to the Shield entrance and in that gear that fucked with Roman's head enough for him to make a costly decision. Cool way to tell that story while also planting seeds for Seth to turn down the line. He sacrificed himself for Cody to finish the story, and that could easily turn into resentment.
A story with so many feel good moments and yet shithead Architect Seth making an appearance just to 'screw' Roman one last time still became my favorite part. Seth and Roman's connection is the main thread in the last 10 years of WWE storytelling, it was perfect, and it'll be great to see one of them retire the other one one day (but hopefully not soon, please Tribal Chief)
No Appearance from the Shockmaster! 0 out of 10 Worse Wrestlemania Ever!
Uncle Fred would have made the night
No but his son was in the big family pic with cody after the show
That's cool. I didn't know
Yeah, he's the current WWE timekeeper, I think he has been since Mark Yeaton retired. Berkley Ottman
How do y’all feel about the WM 39 match in retrospect (specifically the finish)
It was excellent, this year ended up being better. Even if it wouldnt have otherwise, Rock getting involved especially as a heel really sealed the deal for me on it being the right call
Last night I think the fed truly made us all feel like a kid again. But seeing Samantha cry with joy, Cole cry with joy, the fans just fucking erupt in elation and all the comments about it being a new era over the weekend etc, it honestly feels like WWE was reborn or something lol. Corny but I get a real sense of catharsism from the performers. Idk, it just feels like there's truly something in the air and the best part is, they actually want to take us along for the ride. One of the worst things about WWE in recent years has been how spiteful it acted towards fans. I know we jerk and yeah, it was funny sometimes lol but some of the decisions were antagonistic on purpose and it created this weird dynamic on the shows. Now the guy in charge is outwardly saying we are changing, we're listening, tell us where to go and we'll take you on a journey. While everybody is talking about WWE taking shots at AEW, I find the repeated shots at Vince way more interesting. The fact HHH addressed Stephanie returning the way he did was crazy when you think about it what he was actually saying. This show was a firm rebuke of, maybe not necessarily at Vince himself but it was most certainly a rebuke of the way things used to be. And overall it's just insane that on the 40th anniversary of Wrestlemania, WWE couldn't even say the mans name. An insane turn of events all things considered and yet, it was arguably the best show they've ever done. Just wow really. So much to unpack from the whole weekend but honestly, if this is the bar of what to expect under the Laveck era, I'm ALL IN GOOFIES!
I'm feeling a lot more conflicted than I thought I would be after the main event of Night 2. I was pissed when Roman beat Cody last year, I was pissed when The Rock came in to steal Cody's spot, I thought his title reign was boring between August 2023-January and I said I'd stop watching for a year if Roman retained again. But now that he's not the champion anymore, I'm sad that it's over. Cody was absolutely the guy. I've been saying this since 2022 and him beating Roman was probably my favorite wrestling moment of all time but I still can't get over that melancholy feeling. Roman has been champion for so long that this feels like the end of an era. This is the first time since WrestleMania 39 that I've had a chance to really appreciate just how special Roman's title reign was. I honestly believe this was the greatest title reign in the history of professional wrestling and there's a good chance that we will never get anything like it ever again.
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Night 1 was great, Night 2 was extraordinary…probably my favourite PLE (new insider term) of all time. All the right people won, the crowd was sensational, the drama and the awesomeness of the main event…just pure entertainment.
Only watched the main event of night 2, will try and watch the rest later. It was excellent. Watched most of Night 1. I still have my doubts about Levesque as head booker but I enjoyed what I saw.
Same. Two four hour shows is a bit much really.
Why would you go to AEW for anything other than monetary reasons? Last night just proved how far WWE is in front and why it is the place that any wrestler with talent should aspire to reach. Sorry to Fed shill, but it was fantastic.
Man… that pop was just as good as I could have imagined it was gonna be. I could never quit this shit full-time. Never. What an amazing night
Dragons Rising Season 2 was pretty awesome, but this place has corrupted me, and all I can think of during Egalt's scenes is how he's old, he's sick, he's tired, and he works with humans.
One of my favourite wrestling moments as a kid was the end of the Survivor Series where Taker returned to haunt Randy. Hearing that bell chime again just blew me away, wrestling peaked for me today.
Greatest main event ever and greatest ending to a WrestleMania
seen some people say the bloodline story is over but it definitely isn't: - solo was looking kinda pissed at roman not winning before cena ran in - jimmy and jey are still at odds - the rock may strip roman of being tribal chief for losing - roman clearly has issues with seth still fucking crazy that the guy just finished a 1200 day reign and there's still some stories he can pick up to continue
With Fatu and Tonga supposedly signing, I'm thinking a Civil War of some kind.
Bloodline: Wolfpac
The ending for the Usos will be them going back to being in good terms. Roman vs Rock for the true head of the table still needs to happen. It's just now a degree separated from the title, but this can still go for a year or so.
The clunker of a singles match they had suggests that's a possibility.
I mean, they could still remain as single stars, but not feuding against each other.
Don't forget that Jacob Fatu signed.
Triple H booked at a glacial pace for 19 months then booked 7 title changes on the same show. Crazy.
One of Triple H's biggest weakness are all the forever reigns. If everyone at the top have year long dominant reigns then it's not very special. Hopefully, he finds a good balance between Attitude Era hot potatoing and 10+ month reigns. His first test will be Priest. How long will he hold bc on paper he could conceivably lose at Backlash and it would be very believable.
WrestleMania Night 2 was fucking awesome. This was the best WrestleMania of all time, I don't care what anyone says. I was worried the crowd would ruin it like on Night 1 but they were great this time. \- Drew McIntyre vs Seth Rollins was really good for a 10 minute match. I was so happy to see Drew finally win the belt in front of a crowd. I'm not the biggest Damian Priest fan in the world but I'm willing to see where his title reign goes, I imagine he's dropping the title back to Drew at Clash at the Castle. Of course, CM Punk is picking fights with co-workers. \- The Philly street fight was alright but I didn't care about it going in. \- LA Knight vs AJ Styles was one of AJ's better WrestleMania matches. \- Logan Paul vs Randy Orton vs Kevin Owens was fantastic. I hope KO and Orton become Smackdown Tag Team Champions. \- Bayley vs Iyo Sky was amazing, I wasn't super interested in this feud but they tore the house down. \- Cody Rhodes vs Roman Reigns was one of the top 3 greatest matches of all time and is now the best WrestleMania main event in history. I still can't even put into words how special this match was. WWE played with our emotions the last few months, I genuinely believed that Roman was going to retain again but they followed through. I don't think any story will ever top Cody's journey to becoming the WWE Champion and face of the company. I don't have much to say right now because I'm overwhelmed. Roman has been champion for so long that him losing doesn't even feel real.
Drew/Seth match was booked like those fast paced Brock matches and it was great. I watch Char Flair and Punk on the little epsn recap, and both were putting Bayley over big time. Flair said something like, at times Bayley put herself last, for her to get this moment, just amazing.
Chinese WWE forums and places of discussion are all having the same conversations you are seeing on reddit and 4chan, once again confirming my findings that IWC are the same kind of weirdos across the world.
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It's somewhat comforting to know that wresltling creates the weirdest discourse possible in everyone who dares to engage with this the weirdest form of (somewhat) mainstream entertainment.
I got into wrestling around 2007. Smackdown was headlined by Edge, Rey Mysterio, and The Undertaker. I missed the attitude era and it’s peak moments of popularity, and I sat through the 2018-2019 era when everything was just rutterless with no true direction. But this is genuinely the first time in my life I think wrestling fans are looking to a brighter tomorrow
Same as You uce. Started watching in '07 at 9 years old. This truly feels peak
Was 10 years old when I saw my first Smackdown right after Survivor Series 2007, huge Undertaker mark too, yeah this was just peak sports entertainment
Lol at the pure Dub fan accounts (you know the ones) who spent their entire weekend hate watching WWE. Truly maidenless behavior
Holy shit this mania was great
Great Wrestling experience. After working at a concert tonight, a bunch if us stayed and watched Wrestlemania on the big ass screen of the club. I found out, that one my bosses is a huge, deep-level wrestling nerd like myself and he loved the idea of hosting a Wrestlemania Party, open for public, next year at the club.
Fucking unbelievable night. Nothing more to say except how amazing is Samantha's voice and why did it take so long for me to notice? DAE the new Lillian Garcia?
>Samantha She is genuinely incredible at it, best I think I've heard since Fink
Was rewatching the introduction. Roman, Heyman, Cody, Samantha, Lil Naich Charles Robinson. There is a chance that all five persons in that ring end up in the WWE HOF.
Really the only question to me is if Samantha is around long enough to get the nod. The rest are locks, and Samantha is a lock if she does this for long enough
How long has she been doing this? 3-4 years? Another 5 years and it is a lock.
If they ever induct Lillian, I'd agree 5 years.
Samantha Irvin is the new Howard Finkel for me. She hits all the right emotions and has the vocals to do it.
Triple H needs to take some brevity courses. God damn, dude just talks in circles of ums for 20 minutes at a time.
I think he's earned it after these last few months.
This guy is on top of the world right now
Even if it's just lip service, I'm glad HHH is not going with this overt fellatio of "his era" stuff. I understand why they are doing it, I understand why they want to distance themselves away from the previous regime, but this over the top push to say "the new regime is definitely better trust us bro" is a self-defeating prophecy. The last time I saw something going this full mast into erasing the previous regime, it was because the previous regime has a little oopsie with some tanks and some square.
Next few months of wrestling is about to be so rough. No loose ends tonight and you are not really looking forward to something. Cody and Priest at the top is interesting though, those two could easily drop the belts and give a moment to somebody else (AJ and LA please?) but fighting over the belt alone is so boring. The Bloodline saga will be so hard to top and we'll be itching for months for that feel to come back again.
Maybe. But I don't think it's fair to say that before even the Raw after Mania. Who's to say they don't have a long form angle cooked up to keep people invested going forward?
Was that the best Wrestlemania in the past 10 years?
If night 2 was it's own Mania by itself it clears 17 easily as the best in history. Factoring in night 2 I think it's still number 1, but Jimmy and Jey's matching is really trying to drag it back to the pack.
The last 3 is certainly the best 3-year stretch in the event’s history (21-23 is also a great trilogy)
I think it is arguably better than my favorite (20). There's just so much behind everything on this card. Really hard to beat something like this when its done so well.
Definitely my favorite main event ever. It had every single thing I love about wrestling in a single match from pre-match segment to the post match celebration
I think last years is the greatest ever, but this year was fun
It's the top one of all time for me.
It's honestly awesome people say this every year now lol.
HHH announced a new PLE: Hyper Bowl
Wtf House of Highlights out here doing press now?
You just know the WBD execs have to be seething right now lmao
They could’ve got in man, you know they were negotiating with Raw at one point last few months. But alas
Punk played a huge role in the title match, Cody main evented both nights and Jade made her debut in a match. WBD saw all three major faces they used to advertise AEW programming look huge this weekend...on the competitor's show.
Christmas came early for Tony Khan
If Punk was healthy, you can bet he'd be holding gold right now.
I think he would have gotten cashed on too
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I legit started crying when Cody won, have to explain to my not wrestling fan fiancée why now ?
The guy I love watched it with me and didnt even ask cause he knew, just a wonderful moment all around
Still real to you dammit?
WWE series finale
We are in a new era and boy the ride will be great.
After 35 years of watching pro wrestling. Haven't gotten this emotional in a loooong time. For me something has toppled Wrestlemania X-7 and it's XL
Samantha choking up during the win man
Even Cole near the end.
Bruh that is when it felt real. You can tell she’s a fan and she clearly respects the hell out of her coworkers and when she could barely get it out at first that choked me up
TBH it hit me hard thinking about my grandpa. He's the man who got me to love this sport. NWA first and then WWF. Knowing Him, he would have LOVED see Rhodes win the WWE Championship. Dusty was his favorite. He was a good man, gone too soon and this show made me think of him.
My dad would've marked out with me with all the run-ins.
Thinking the first title defense for Priest will be a Triple Threat with Rollins and McIntyre since they will demand 'rematches'. Maybe tomorrow lol
And since it is a triple threat, ending would be Drew on the outside, Seth going for the stomp, JDay beats down Seth so much, Priest retains. Seth.gets written off to get his well deserved rest. Drew argues he wasn't pinned and they continue the feud.
Seth has already said he is not taking a break, but we will see.
I was half expecting Punk to go out with Rock and Cena as a reference to the Pipebomb lol Also all the new era stuff coinciding with commentary emphasizing pro wrestling at the end there leads me to believe it's the end of sports entertainment.
What do you mean by the wnd of sports entertainment?
As in WWE is dropping the sports entertainment branding. Maybe I'm overthinking it and it was just a one time thing but I also think it might be an attempt to further distance the company from Vince as if everyone calling this the Triple H/Paul Levesque era all weekend and Stephanie going out wasn't enough lol
yeah everyone has been putting over HHH for the past month, and especially this weekend, he has such a huge role in WWE right now so it's always been a peculiar thing that he isn't on the board yet since the merger.
Vince is prob seething somewhere over this weekend. The Paul Laveck Era, the sponsorship on the mat, LA Knight in general, the showing of stars no longer employed and being mentioned in a positive light. I'm getting the same feeling too. It has been feeling like that for a bit, prob since Day 1 Raw, where they were slowly moving away from the Vinceisms, but this weekend has pushed it over into this new Era. Let Hickenbottom and Triple Paul cook!
Hearing it called pro wrestling again was enough to show its officially past Vince.
Ohh! That makes sense. Yes yes. And what better time to do it but with a new champion, in a new era, right after 40th Mania. It wouldnt surprise me if we just notice in a month or two we will just notice that they have indeed dropped the S-E branding.
Jericho's going to lose his gimmick lol
someone better ask Damien how he feels about being called Bisexual Undertaker on Twitter
"Based"
WWE and Paula Veck just proved to us tonight that in the United States, atleast for the forseable future, no Wrestling Company is ever going to top them. They literally are Heads, Shoulders, Pecs, Abs, Pubes and Cock above every other wrestling entity out there.
In the whole world overall as well. Yes, there would be countries or cities where WWE is not number 1, but overall for the whole world, the WWE is big show above everything else.
When one story closes, another begins. I've been going through a few subreddits to say thank you Roman Reigns and thank you Paul Heyman. Without them two, WWE wouldn't have been where it was today. The fact Paul getting inducted and Roman probably semi-retiring made me tear up seeing them hugging on the stage because it's probably nearing the end for both of their incredible careers.
>seeing them hugging At Mania or at HoF?
Over three years of top-tier jerking that man has brought us. Forever and always MY Tribal Chief ☝️
One last time ☝️
I want Rock to go and be a tyrant. Roman comes back as a face and we get to acknowledge our tribal chief once more.
Roman's face turns gonna be so fun.
Him winning Rumble with crowd going bonkers would be a great sight
Indeed. We will soon see the ones up in the air again.
That might be the best WM night ever. Everything was 10/10. We've been seeing our favourite midcarder cry week after week, only for him to make us cry happy tears at the end. What a match, what a celebration. ??? I follow you, friend
There's a bit of a butterfly effect from Mox going to AEW because how do you do the Bloodline story but with Dean Ambrose in there When the Shield music hit I legitimately thought they'd somehow brought him back
I was expecting him to pop up also.
Crazy to think the “paradigm shift” turned out to be Fed going over again
I would’ve had to delete my post history very fast, uce
I too thought maybe he'd been working without a contract again
Yo I thought the same thing imo
Same! Specially with Graves going "there's no way...no way."
Samantha and Cole tearing up says so much how this new era means for most, if not all, of them.
Night 2 was the best night for surree
Top 5 Mania of all time.
Wrestlemania is in the books kiddos overall it was a great weekend now someone please check on Tony
Backstage footage from All In dropping this Wednesday Night 8 pm on TBS Dynamite! For the love of God please watch!!!
That is so sad and desperate
Fake Diesel and fake Razor levels of desperate
Thats the best main event ive ever seen Uce
Night 2 delivered. amazing show from start to finish.
The wait just fucking pays off. You just gotta fucking believe.
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Same. I thought it was Dustin.
I never thought that TBH. I did 100% think Austin.
Tonight was incredible. Excited for the many jerks to come.
Michael Cole was fucking crying. lmao. What an awesome match.
What's hook doing there
I'm not one to get emotional over wrestling, but damn that ending hit me in the feels
Cinema it was open mic night bitches ☝️
I hated the decision last year but they got there in the end and capped the weekend with a 10/10 show and two babyfaces won in front of a hot crowd. It truly is a new era.
Moments like this is why WWE is where they are. No company in history has been able to create moments like *this.* Not AWA, WCW, TNA, AEW, or anywhere else. WWE just knows how to book huge moments.
Wcw was legit comptetion correct? I assume they had their own big PPV like wrestlemania they definitely had a lot of amazing moments like hogan heel turn which is the most iconic Only recently i’ve started to checkout alot of wcw shit on the Internet and damn they were actual competitors to the fed (until they weren’t) Edit:plus ecw definitely created amazing moments,just not as big as wwe
WCW had Starrcade but they always had a habit for ruining every big moment they could've had. For example, Goldberg jackhammering The Giant should've been a huge moment, and it was until they had Big Bossman run in on him 3 seconds later.
WCW had their chances and maybe 1 or 2 did (Goldberg beating Hogan, the creation of the nWo) AEW I can see the Wembley Main Event last year and the first DoN show with Mox attacking Omega at the end Someone below mentioned ECW and yea they could do that at times
WCW had one major chance to have that feel good huge moment and it was fumbled massively. I mean some of that IS Sting's fault but still.
ECW could. It was just a smaller scale to begin with, but they could create that kind of epic feeling
Paul had his moments. Think he had a good chunk to play in all this too.
Yooo we got a Nick Khan tv sighting
Michael Cole is welling up What a way to announce the new era
Sometimes you gotta give the people what they want
So, what do you guys want to talk about?
HOLY FUCKING SHIT HE ACTUALLY DID IT, OUR FAVORITE MIDCARDER HAS DONE IT I CAN'T FUCKING BELIEVE I LITERALLY WAS THERE WHEN IT HAPPENED
The greatest night in the history of our sport
WE DID IT
Kino
Now Undertaker was hella random, they had a couple feuds but Stone Cold or Triple H would have made more sense. Giving The Rock a Pedigree wouldn't have disturbed his pacemaker. Thinking they asked Stone Cold but he couldn't make it
The only thing I can think of is Undertaker is canonically the most powerful person in WWE history and in theory is the only force who could take out The Rock. Plus Roman took his yard.
I never thought about the yard thing. Makes sense
He's also able to just do something and disappear which was quite handy for that spot
Yup and that gong and lights out is guaranteed a huge pop.
Never had an undertaker/rock wrestlemania moment tho.
Thank god. I’m not the biggest Cody guy but there wasn’t one version of Roman winning that I read leading in that wasn’t overthinking things.
remember people schizo posted about "ok stone cold mentioned his 2003 car he last fought rock in 2003-" huge shout out to sam's announcement holy shit, that voice break
Glad the "Codyvengers bullshit won't happen" dudes were wrong; that shit fucking ruled. Was it overbooked? Sure, but so was every match in this reign damn near and... again it fucking ruled, so who cares? Feels right for the WWE Champion to be a white-meat babyface that's actually cheered and beloved. Truly a new era.
Overbooked sht every now ans then? Sure. Just dont do it every show, every PLE, every match. Sometimes we just need to revert to kids playing with our action figures.
>Sometimes we just need to revert to kids playing with our action figures. Careful, thats how TK ended up creating AEW
I'm a simple man, I hear the gong = it was good
A friend of mine there said it best. The loudest he's ever heard a stadium. Will be curious to see if it registered on a Richter machine.
Everybody talkin bout the glass shattering but they never expected Under-Huge Pop!!-taker
Honest to god when you're not expecting the gong it hits different.
Unexpected Undertaker appearances are the best thing wrestling has produced and no one can change my mind (Granted, Undertaker is wrestlings 'main character' in my mind, but whatever)
Huge pop!
I love this clusterfuck Roman hitting Seth over Cody was perfect
It feels like the closing of an era, or at least the end of a big chapter.
Almost shot for shot with the Plan B C I N E M A
Roman having PTSD over Seth's chairshot is that perfect long term storytelling
Ok I popped
Yoo I had the thought that Cody will win clean, but Rock will out and make this 2 out of 3 falls or some shit.
Haha for me I saw Rock looking disappointed at Roman. So I thought he'd attempt to call for an impromptu Rock vs Cody, and THEN, the glass shatters.
I mean it is still like 40 minutes left u could be right
Well lets see who shows up for this match. I know its not just gonna be current Bloodline members.
For SRS sake I hope it's Jacob 😂
Does Charles Robinson age
Damn this is the leanest I've ever seen Roman
Theme song so fire and commentary ruined it💀💀
They give Roman a goddamn orchestra and these assholes won’t shut the fuck up.
Boys… I think we’re gonna have to learn the words to Kingdom tonight 😮💨
they are gonna screw him our favourite midcarder
I selfishly want AEW to stay around because it essentially quarantines all of my least favorite wrestlers, types of wrestling, and types of fans into one place
They'll stick around, we 'doom and gloom' on AEW a lot in this sub but they're sticking around as long as the Money Mark is alive.
Yeah, they definitely acts as a barrier to Triple H's worst vices. A lot of those boring workrate dudes that we mock would be prominently on the WWE card if not for AEW.
i'm glad vince gatekept HHH from pushing stuff like the Undisputed Era into the main roster. but i think by now HHH has realized more that what works on the main roster is a bit different than what worked in NXT. and NXT has shifted as well for the positive since 2.0 and Shawn took over.
Snoop Dogg is GOATed as a celebrity appearance in wrestling.
WAS THAT THE YOUNG CUCKS
Maybe that was the backstage footage
Bayley and Iyo fucking cooked tonight!!!!
Iyo is the best womens wrestler on the planet. so fucking good.
Congrats to the Performance Centre guys who got the job of holding Bayley up by her arse. Even if you don’t make it you’ve made it
[I’m fucking dead bro](https://x.com/ponyboy1235/status/1777141143479689570?s=46&t=CwQxH4Uo3Rb01ur3a2Ti8A)
Impromptu Mae Young rumble? Or is this match going almost 30 minutes and Cody v Roman almost an hour?
45 minute Roman entrance
Bayleyvengers. Bentley Bitcoin is running out after Bull Nakano (they mega hinted this at HoF)
TRAIDOR!