Post Game Talk - The 40 hour WrestleMANia is over!

[Del Preston]

I love him but this needs to stop. He’s not ****ing pre-quad tear prime anymore. His last truly great match was with Dean like 4 years ago or something. Just stop.

27 vs Undertaker: 29:23
28 vs Undertaker: 30:50
29 vs Lesnar: 23:58 (tied with Cena/Rock II)
30 vs Bryan: 25:58
31 vs Sting: 18:36
32 vs Reigns: 27:11 (beaten by Shane/Taker HIAC, 30:05)
33 vs Rollins: 25:30
34 vs Angle/Rousey: 20:40
35 vs Batista: 24:45

Averaging 25:12 per match since 2011.

 

[Deen]

27 vs Undertaker: 29:23
28 vs Undertaker: 30:50
29 vs Lesnar: 23:58 (tied with Cena/Rock II)
30 vs Bryan: 25:58
31 vs Sting: 18:36
32 vs Reigns: 27:11 (beaten by Shane/Taker HIAC, 30:05)
33 vs Rollins: 25:30
34 vs Angle/Rousey: 20:40
35 vs Batista: 24:45

His promos are even longer somehow.

 

[sansabri]

Remember that HHH vs Steiner match that went on forever?

 

[Lindys Lazy Eye]

The segments struggled because it was terribly booked. Becky is clearly the most over person in the company right now.

You can go see a band that packs a theater constantly, loud crowds, but dont have the appeal to headline a festival. That doesnt mean theres not a place for them on the festival but not as headliners or near top billing

Becky Lynch is that band that's forcefully being put at the top at the bill when only a small amount of fans want the positioning.

 

[Dr Robot]

Nah. They should have ended the show an hour earlier. The crowd was really tired.

I feel like no one really tried to play up the crowd. There was too much lying around in the ring hurt to buy time and not enough jumping on the ropes getting the crowd into it. They really could have used a crowd mic somewhere to make everything sound more excited.

Also, I have no clue for sure but when they shanked the table slam on Charlotte I threw out a guess that she might have gotten legit hurt. Might explain the rush job on the ending.

 

[Lindys Lazy Eye]

Hoping for some fun stuff tomorrow night

Its WWE so of course that's not happening

 

[Kakko]

Definitely had it's issues, but I think that was a good Mania, with a lot of great moments

 

[sansabri]

I feel like no one really tried to play up the crowd. There was too much lying around in the ring hurt to buy time and not enough jumping on the ropes getting the crowd into it. They really could have used a crowd mic somewhere to make everything sound more excited.

Also, I have no clue for sure but when they shanked the table slam on Charlotte I threw out a guess that she might have gotten legit hurt. Might explain the rush job on the ending.

I felt the whole match was rushed. They didn't take any breathers to build suspense. I still loved it, though.

 

[Jussi]

Also, what happened to the audio going into the main event? The announcer's mic cut out, Joan Jett sounded awful and once the match started you could hear practically every spot being called.

Sounded just fine to me.

 

[Jussi]

Well they kept bringing in "guest announcers", maybe that was for the regulars to take a break.

Plus they switched between the Smackdown and Raw crews.

 

[Dr Pepper]

I thought the camera work was so bad. So many random shots of the crowd.

Like after Kofi won, they hand him the new belt, he starts walking forward like he's going to raise it, on the hard camera side.....and then they cut to a random shot of the crowd for like two seconds. Made zero ****ing sense.

 

[Deen]

Next year is going to be Otis Mania.

 

[Dan Kelly]

Sign that WM35 was too long: if I leave the replay on while I attempt to get some sleep, I'll probably wake up around 5:30 to the Balor match.

i actually went home from dad's house after the Bautista/HHH match because i had enough. didn't feel like i missed anything else that was important except the women's triple threat championship match?

 

[GarbageGoal]

You can go see a band that packs a theater constantly, loud crowds, but dont have the appeal to headline a festival. That doesnt mean theres not a place for them on the festival but not as headliners or near top billing

Becky Lynch is that band that's forcefully being put at the top at the bill when only a small amount of fans want the positioning.

Oh, so what is Charlotte Flair? The band that everyone else respectfully sits on their hands for while they play?

 

[KaseMeOutside]

I tuned in for the start of Kofi match. Great moment for him and his kids

Nobody asked for or wanted HHH vs Batista it was WAY too long it reminded me of Brock vs hhh 6 years ago. The fans didn't give a shit and neither did I.

I was honestly so disgusted by what they did to Kurt I shut this off. This is why I cannot watch much anymore. He deserved better than god damn Baron Corbin for his retirement match.

I didn't watch anything else so I can't comment

 

[TD Charlie]

Enjoyable show. Just far too long. Everything after the Kofi victory could’ve been cut and it would’ve been totally fine.

Hated Kurt going out with Baron f***ing Corbin as the last match.

Hated a lot of the camera work. On entrances. During matches. Celebrations. Just a bad night for the a/v crew all around.

But mostly, the matches delivered and were about as good as anticipated. Nothing extraordinary aside from the Kofi match, which felt twice as long as the listed results on Wikipedia. Weird they’ve been sitting on Kofi this long and he can put on main event caliber title matches. Definitely a great moment there.

Women’s triple threat was ok. Not bad. Missing a little extra intensity and the crowd died a good 3 hours before the main event went on.

I still one hundred percent expect Cena to return to Raw with a new rainbow shirt and a smile on his face.

 

[y2kcanucks]

I actually thought this was the worst Wrestlemania in a long time. Glad I skipped out on going to this one.

Shane-Miz match was my favourite. That spot was memorable, and I enjoyed the finish.

HHH-Batista was solid, but the slow pace they worked at reminded me that both of them are way past their primes.

Women's triple threat was solid, but I feel like they should have been given more time. The story-telling could have been a lot better, and the finish sucked. If it wasn't a botch, then it was a stupid way to end Wrestlemania.

Everything else I felt was forgettable. I liked the Kofi win, but the match was such a slow pace I was losing interest. When comparing the WWE product with NXT it's ridiculous. You have two very talented wrestlers in Kofi and Bryan, there's no reason why Adam Cole and Johnny Gargano should have been that much better.

Oh well

 

[Natey]

Best Wrestlemania in years. Some awful booking decisions, but overall I enjoyed it. Would prefer two 4-hour shows, including preshow - One Saturday and one Sunday.

Thought Kofi / Bryan was very good. Also really liked the main event. Good finish as well to help us get to a submission match between Becky and Ronda.

Nothing on the main show was awful, which is good.

Definitely not NXT, but it was solid and like I said, best Wrestlemania in years.

 

[KaseMeOutside]

Also Roman beating Drew really made no sense. You could've told a better long term story with Roman if he lost, while elevating Drew as a top guy

 

[GarbageGoal]

Best Wrestlemania in years. Some awful booking decisions, but overall I enjoyed it. Would prefer two 4-hour shows, including preshow - One Saturday and one Sunday.

Thought Kofi / Bryan was very good. Also really liked the main event. Good finish as well to help us get to a submission match between Becky and Ronda.

Nothing on the main show was awful, which is good.

Definitely not NXT, but it was solid and like I said, best Wrestlemania in years.

Best in years?

Wow.

You can always count on Natey for the weird take.

 

[Serac]

I wonder how much money the concessions made with a 7+ hour show

 

[KaseMeOutside]

Word is spreading the main event was botched

 

[Balls Mahoney]

Eight hours for this piece of shit?

 

[Natey]

Word is spreading the main event was botched

I read like 3 of her tweets and want to kill myself.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Word is spreading the main event was botched

Well it didn’t f***ing make sense to do that finish and pin Ronda so it makes sense that they would have f***ed it up.

If true Vince is probably livid.