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![]() Yes, WWE likes to "phone-it-in" when it comes to SmackDown, Main Event, Superstars, etc. I've been noticing this trend ever since 2009, where RAW was almost always the best in terms of matches & segments before WrestleMania. Go back to "the last week of every WWE show before 'Mania" of the past 5 (soon-to-be-6) years & you will notice the difference. There will be content from Axxess inserted into the show on Friday.
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![]() I'm hoping when Bryan wins it all on Sunday he gets a new title on Monday like Austin did. Stephanie can present it to him and then challenge for it. Yay for Brock hitting the f5. that is the main event on sky box office, any timne a commercial comes on it is for that match. the price has went up a bit as well. Thank goodness for the network.
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![]() Have not watched RAW/Smackdown in a few months, would i be able to catch up on whats happening ?
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![]() Happy birthday to the Champ, the Man, the Measuring Stick, Randall Orton!
![]() Now if only I had the voice of HHH, I'd be able to provide an awesome introduction to him. Ah well... Thoughts on RAW 1.) The Undertaker opens the show, and the fans are madly in love with the guy, he can say whatever he wants and they pop for him. When he said he beat 21 guys at Wrestlemania, that's technically not true. With repeat matches and a handicap match at XIX, I think the total number is 17. I'd have to go back and count, but you get the idea. He clarified that he doesn't claim to be better than the guys he wrestled at Wrestlemania, but at that very show, he's on a different plane. He addressed Lesnar, used a shark reference I think. Undertaker said the Streak will inevitably be broken. He really said that, which gives so much food for thought. However, then he said there are 3 things you can't beat. Death, taxes, and the Streak. Taxes don't fit, but it's pretty funny nevertheless. As he closed his promo, Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman interrupted. As Heyman talked, there's a CM Punk, which furthers the thought that perhaps Paul Heyman should not have cut that promo in Chicago. Ah well, still was an awesome promo. He said Lesnar doesn't have to beat Undertaker to end The Streak, he said Lesnar beating the Streak is a spoiler, rather than a prediction. Hopefully those words aren't prescient. As Heyman talked, you can see Cole in the background, cheek on fist, as if he was bored. Show some goddamn respect, Mr. Voice of the WWE. Anyways, after Heyman talked, Lesnar and he walked down the ramp, teasing a confrontation with Undertaker. He backed up, walked closer. After a long time teasing, Heyman distracted, Lesnar attacked. Undertaker was blindsided and it ended with him being F-5ed. That looked awesome, but that's a bit too much of a free preview. All Undertaker did physically was a chokeslam, punches, clothesline, and pen stab. Small, good. Lesnar's was simply too good to be on free TV, plus it clearly says Lesnar will lose to Undertaker. Good opening segment though. 2.) Following that up, commentary recapped it, with Cole calling the F-5 to Undertaker as the "unthinkable." That's a hyperbole, and JBL stood in to correct, saying the unthinkable would be Lesnar beating the Streak. Intercontinental Champion Big E wrestles my personal biggest heel in wrestling today, Alberto Del Rio. Fucking guy concussed Christian. I just want the guy to either be kicked in the back of the head, or dropped on his head, it would be perfect karma for that man. Over the past week, 7 days, that short a time, I've disliked Del Rio more, and Batista less. To the point where that now I like Dave more than Del Rio, at least Dave doesn't concuss people and his offense, while power based and often times intense, isn't too stiff and oft-time dangerous, like Del Rio. Lawler oversold Big E catching Del Rio in mid air and doing a ribbreaker. That's not so special because John Cena does that a lot. It was a good move those. So let me get this straight. Botch a kick and concuss Christian in the same match last week, and in the next, beat the Intercontinental Champion? Motherfucker, logic doesn't show itself in WWE a lot of times. Not to mention Del Rio getting some pop, which is even worse. In the mind I was pushing for Big E to win. Slam him down, Big Ending, something. He did use his power moreso than in the past, which was nice. Big E sold a left arm problem, which could've led to a tapout to the cross armbreaker, thankfully that didn't happen. No, but probably worse, Del Rio's superkick of doom. I'm not blind, one concussion doesn't change the fact that Del Rio's a great wrestler, I'm just pouting because I love Christian. Still, I just want payback to Del Rio. A receipt, he deserves some kind of punishment, and I don't mean the office doing something to him like a principal punishing a school student. When Del Rio gets his receipt, I won't hate the guy, but you know the "forgive and forget" phrase? I won't do the latter. Surprisingly good match by the way. 3.) Bray Wyatt's promo here felt like a true last hype deal. He spoke more loudly than before, getting his points across quicker without hypnotic circling and noodling (which is good for him). It was the true meaning of "short and sweet," as the latter was proven with some great quotes from his mouth, coming in quick succession. The world is bleeding, asking if he got our attention, referring to us as "kids." Great stuff. 4.) Total Divas footage of Summer and Natalya getting into it, and Summer slapping Natalya. That's the positive of Total Divas, make a storyline out of the content there. Summer's theme was too girly, something more spunky, more attitude, would be more fitting. Kind of like Stephanie's theme, or just a dancing instrumental like Fandingalopper. Million dollar question, what is the Vickie Guerrero invitational? A one fall match with all Divas there. Fuck I wanted a gauntlet match. That's a...Farcical Fourteen Way? Ugh, and there's a sign saying "We want Paige." Yeah, her in that match would be great. The match was too short, but some nice offense from Natalya, and Summer's offense being based on her legs. That's good, play to her strength. Her finish wasn't that convincing, looking like a kick to head that came as a way to shake Natalya off her person. Something more definite would be better. I won't complain that much because it's a new matchup on the main roster, but not in NXT. Vickie did commentary, commentary messed around, Cole botched when he said Summer's initial slap to Natalya in the match was "payback," because Natalya's was true payback. 5.) Authority coming in, making a good point about the fans. They want to feel a part of something, having a flavor of the month, Daniel Bryan being that guy. HHH pointed out Fandangoing being the flavor of the month. HHH actually said Fandango's a good talent, "solid B, maybe A" player. He said that!!! Wow, HHH can put someone over. Stephanie asked if they want to see Daniel Bryan, which was well timed because a CM Punk chant was breaking out. She used it to tout the fact that she can get the fans to chant that, fans just want to feel a part of something. Then she lost me when she said Daniel Bryan's not on RAW. Hunter talked about the common criticism where he got all this power and success because he married Stephanie. Nah, he said he got it all because of his dominance in the ring, getting to the top, and staying on the top. That's true, because he was that guy way before marrying Stephanie. Despite this good promo, fans chanted "boring." Hunter pointed towards the video, with Stephanie McMahon doing narration showing some big faces that took jabs to various guys. Booker T, Scott Steiner, Goldberg, Chris Jericho, Jeff Hardy, Mick Foley, Kurt Angle, some names you wouldn't think you'd see featured in WWE. All the things they did, didn't matter, cheap catchphrases, death defying move, pandering to fans, pure in ring ability, pretending to be invincible, all turned to putting over HHH, as he beat all those guys. Then referring to Daniel Bryan, the next sacrificial lamb, the chosen one for the fans. Jabs aside, that was an incredible video, and it didn't go overboard by showing The Rock, Shawn Michaels, and Stone Cold Steve Austin, you can't really get good jabs on them. After the video, he did make sure to put over all those documented guys as Hall of Famers/HOF material, but they were all players in the Game, and he's the Game. Yeah, and then he said he will beat Bryan, win the WWE World Heavyweight Champion. Despite the "boring," I loved this entire promo from HHH and Stephanie. Someone who probably didn't like it, Batista, who interrupted while wearing a Georgetown jersey, cheap pop attempt with his hometown fans? There was a "Batista" chant, pretty mixed reaction overall. Dave pointed out that he wasn't in HHH's video, reminding that Hunter never beat him. Hunter though took that awesomely, saying that's all Dave can think about, can't think about other stuff, asked where he got that jersey, from a gift shop, with those new pair of shades. Stephanie slapping Dave reference. Dave then got his jab at the Authority, saying Hunter's the brains, Steph's the brawn. Good one, I think that can be more true than not. Randall came down, defending the Authority and showing respect as he walked down the ramp. He did say that Hunter should reconsider the triple threat match. Hunter doesn't like the ass kissing, and booked a No DQ stipulation for Randall and Dave. Okay, so no problems with this segment at all, all the parties involved did their deeds and such, good problems. There's just one problem, Stephanie saying Daniel Bryan's not here. Come on, not again, keeping Daniel Bryan off the show doesn't help this feud, and just gives too much room for the Authority to talk talk talk. Even though this RAW was nice, last week, not so much. 6.) Main show snubbed 8 man tag match: The Usos and Los Matadores against Rybaxel and the Real Americans. Lawler said JBL is a "bullshooter." All JBL said is "that was close." Bradshaw can't come up with a comeback, between Christian owning him on commentary, and Lawler here, yeah. Cesaro got a nice pop when he first tagged into the match, I think that's what got the fans into the match for a bit. After the break, fans had a dueling chant of "We the People" and "Let's go Usos," which was pretty awesome. Then Lawler said perhaps HHH was right, the fans just want to be a part of something. The match was surprisingly long, as it went through a commmercial break. Rybaxel were the bumping dummies, so to speak, as they were the least significant part of the match. As faces, naturally Los Matadores became a big factor when it came to offense, along with the Usos. On the heel side, Cesaro was so over, Swagger was on top as well. On the former, Cesaro was teasing a swing, but one of Los Matadores stopped him, causing a brief, yet loud boo. I know, that was bad, and Swagger was about to complete a payback dish out to one of Los Matadores. A great Patriot Lock made so with Swagger keeping the hold and one of those guys selling it like crazy. Seriously, crazy, just flopping all around while trapped in the hold. It looked like he tapped, I wished that happened, but no. Los Matadores did Twin Magic, switching places behind the referee's back, leading to that healthy Matador using the inside cradle on Swagger. Bummer finish to a really good match. The dual chants really sold how over the Usos and Cesaro are. Cesaro in particular is destined for greatness, and even with that comment, it's sad that he will be on the pre-show. It beats the snub from last year though. 7.) Fandango and Damien Sandow wrestled CodeDust. Short match, Cole said Sandow blames Cody for his downfall. Well go back, Sandow wins the blue briefcase, and when it looked like he'd best a newly turned Cody, Rhodes got the surprising win at Summerslam, starting that downward spiral. So, that's a good point, of course Cole well imply Sandow should be blaming himself. No, blame creative, it's a mystery why a great talent like him is completely made insignificant. Even in this match, he wasn't any hot stuff, as commentary talked a lot about Fandango, fresh off the HHH promo. Cody and Goldust did their stuff, but similarly enough, they were just there to get the win. One might figure that fans would do the Fandango big time for this match, to stick it to HHH, but they proved him right. Bandwagon jumpers, that's what commentary said. That's the simple way of putting this. CodeDust won, nothing surprising. 8.) After a recap of Smackdown and the Suits forming to attack the Shield, the 3 hounds talked. Rollins said they feel sorry for Kane, and said they're the new symbol of excellence, which sounds pretty sexy. Ambrose talked, said they're going to bring attitude and teach the "kids" a lesson. Reigns said the Shield ain't nothin' to fuck with (in a PG version), believe that! 9.) Squash match with R-Truth. Not as short as a squash match, but Bray really slowed the pace down, taking his sweet time, did some poses for the fans to get their attention, as well as some great moves in that squash. So that was fine, but then afterwards, more than fine. When the Wyatts did their pose, some guy in a sheep mask and dark blue janitor suit (like what D-Bryan wore months ago) came behind the Family. They were stunned, the guy unmasked after giving the Rowan/Harper head turns and looks, it was John Cena. Obviously it was him, but that was so damn well done. John Cena attacked, hitting an AA, knocking the 2 big men out, Bray nearly escaped. Nobody hurt, premium hype for this match. I think this has the dark horse match of the night feel. Cena and Wyatt could surprise, in a show that really hinges on whether Daniel Bryan will hit a clean sweep. After this segment, when tweets shown during the next match, one said that was the coolest thing Cena ever did. I...agree! Certainly the coolest thing he did this year. 10.) 288 days, and perhaps the final countdown, AJ Lee wrestled Naomi, with the 12 other women as lumberjills. Everybody made sure AJ got in the ring, nobody bothered with Naomi, what bias! Everyone hates AJ Lee, even though most of them should bow down to her. One of those lumberjills even tried to start an "AJ sucks" chant, unless it was a silly fan. Oh yeah, Naomi's no longer a pirate. Later into the match, Tamina did act as AJ's protector, until all the divas ganged up on her and AJ. This led to AJ getting the rear view and being pinned by Naomi. Now after this, I hope AJ wins at Wrestlemania. Even though Wrestlemania theoretically is the best event to end AJ's diva title reign, it's also the best event to put a giant stamp on her reign as historic. Imagine she goes 434 days!!! HAHA, as if the CM Punk references aren't enough now. When was the last time there were TWO diva matches in one RAW? I just realized the enormity of this. Wow. 11.) Renee Young interviews John Cena, which is better than a live in ring promo. I say that because we already saw Cena do such a cool thing, that it would diminish its value with a typical Cena promo in the ring. At least this one had Renee giving the question, Cena responding with his own final hype for the match. He said he will be a monster, for a day to secure his legacy for a lifetime. Ah, nice way to put it. Cena then had a very strong close with saying change will come, but not from Wyatt. From Cena, making him change the way he walks because he will stuff his foot in Wyatt's ass. Coolest promo from Cena in the year. "Cool" is the key word when it comes to Cena. Cena was cool on RAW. 12.) The Network panel was Booker T, Bad News Barrett, and Alex Riley. They talked about the Cena/Wyatt rivalry, Barrett delivered the bad news for Cena. The poll on which Shield member will wrestle Kane. Something that has to be rigged, 80% for Roman Reigns?! I know the guy's popular, all 3 men are, but that's a little too unrealistic for me. 40% sounds perfectly real to me, double that reeks of rigging. It was a short match, slow at first when Kane was in control. The pace picked up a bit when Reigns got offense in, looking very nice. Getting it cut short because of the Corporate Outlaws coming out. Rollins and Ambrose followed suit, all out brawl ensued, ending with the Shield getting the better of the Outlaws. They surrounded Kane and forsake the fact that the match would be thrown out in favor of Kane. They ganged up on him, but the Outlaws pulled him away from danger. Perhaps the rigging helps convey the possibility that the Shield will still split, with Ambrose and Rollins turning on Reigns. Reigns was singled out by the vote, Rollins and Ambrose conveniently have been teaming up more as a duo. So these are hints for a split, that should lead to the Suits winning at Wrestlemania. Whether a split happens or not is really a possibility, which is good. Doubt in the mind, moreso than weeks ago when a split felt more imminent. Anyways, nice segment. Kane's first win in 2014, via DQ, ha! 13.) Roddy Piper having his Piper's Pit. He talked about Wrestlemania 1, reminded that he wasn't pinned in the match. He talked about Andre the Giant as the one who put Wrestlemania over the top, I figured he'd say Hulk Hogan. That played as a segue to the battle royal. Piper was about to give his favorite to win the battle royal, when Miz interrupted. Miz claimed he's the favorite to win the battle royal. He made a good point, unlike Andre and Piper, he won the main event of a Wrestlemania. He said Piper's Pit don't compare to MizTV, which was pretty funny. Sheamus came out, he said Miz isn't fit to hold Roddy's kilt, among other things. Titus O'Neil interrupted with his whistle, Piper wasn't liking these interruptions. He spelled out the favorite to win the match, "Titus." T.I.T, I was about to say "tit." Dolph Ziggler then interrupted, wanting to steal the spotlight, saying some stuff. Piper finally got a word in, calling them "You." He then addressed Miz, poked his eyes, which was hilarious. He exited the ring as the four men fought, and then the rest of the battle royal guys filled the ring, including a returning Rey Mysterio. No Christian sadly, thanks to fucking Del Rio. Rey got his 619 in before Big Show came out. By the way, Zack Ryder was there. Big Show cleaned the ring, including Heath Slater. Rey was last, attempting to trick Big Show, but got pressed over the big man's head and dumped onto the other guys outside the ring. Great hype for the battle royal. Now my negative feelings went from 90% to...60. Sounds about right. Nice action, Piper giving the endorsement helps. 14.) "Flippant," Cole taught me a new word. Randall vs. Batista takes place. Authority came out to watch the match, they joined commentary, interestingly enough. Jerry Lawler wanted Stephanie to sit next to him. I thought Stephanie was too old for Jerry. ZING! The match was a study in how the mind roams around when it comes to a final verdict. At times Randall and Batista in the match was doomed to be the "what if" situation come to life regarding this main eventing Wrestlemania. Fans chanted "Daniel Bryan," and "boring" during this bout, favorite that opinion. The action didn't help matters, and Stephanie oversold this as being incredible. All they did at the time was knock each others heads over the announce table. That got played out big time, though it was to tease a confrontation with HHH. Then Batista got a chair, and HHH would hop on both men's backs to put them over. Oh this is the Viper, this is the Animal, explaining that he's trying to motivate the guys, get them at their best. That's what he does, remember he's the shoot executive VP of talent relations (John Laurinaitis' old job). He did that on commentary, but also mentioned the downfalls, saying he wants to end the whining and complaining (moreso Randall than Dave). He gave no quarter for Daniel Bryan, which is fine because they're the rivals here. So Dave got the chair, which flipped on him, leading to the case that needs to be made for Dave. Dude's facial expressions, they're what makes him a great seller! I couldn't help but look at them, especially when he took a wicked chairshot to the back. The face he made, he must've ate something super sour to make that face. I liked that. Randall got his pain in, and sold well, I think he said "shit," and censors were on top of that, as if it was planned. Either way, he introduced the kendo stick, and the action picked up more and thus saving the match from being the "what if" situation come to life, and now into being a decent brawl. Stephanie still oversold, but I didn't mind what I was seeing. Dave looked to be on top of his game, as the decrease in hating the guy continues on my end. Taking this over the top was Daniel Bryan attacking HHH off camera on the announce table. Cameras caught him on top of Hunter, beating on him relentlessly with right hands. Randall tried to stop him, and did temporarily. There was a tiny tease that Randall essentially threw Bryan to get speared by Batista, to show a little alliance. That didn't happen, Randall got speared, Bryan recovered by then and kicked Dave in the head (no concussions caused). Bryan was all over, getting Randall, knee strike to Dave, dove onto HHH, kendo stick shots to Hunter. Lawler brought up before this, the saying about the size of the fight and the dog. Bryan proved it's true that it's all about the size of fight in the dog, being so dominant and fun to watch. This was the satisfying go home to Wrestlemania that the company needed. With D-Bryan leading a "Yes" chant and all the heels accounted for, this gives the preview that Daniel Bryan will have a clean sweep at Wrestlemania. Either that, or this is only a tease, and reality will come crashing down at the big show. This is the Reality Era right? It would be foolish to delude oneself from reality, because that is truly the need to put Daniel Bryan over at Wrestlemania. It has to happen. No matter how good the matches might be, no matter how classic Cena/Wyatt and Undertaker/Lesnar could be, this Wrestlemania walks on a tightrope. If Daniel Bryan doesn't do the clean sweep, this Wrestlemania will very likely be a bomb. You can't escape destiny, fuck what Del Rio said about that, this isn't about that concussion causing Chicano. It's D-Bryan or bust. Compared to all the other RAWs, and Smackdowns included, this did the best hype for Wrestlemania 30, all the matches on the main card were sold quite well, from the decent to awesomely, and nothing bad in between. I'm counting the main event as no contest, no pin or submission happened there. |
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![]() Randall Orton: 5-7-1 John Cena: 6-2-1 Christian: 5-8 Daniel Bryan: 14-7 Kane: 1-6 CM Punk: 2-3 Batista: 3-5-1 Sheamus: 14-5 Brock Lesnar: 1-0 Roman Reigns: 11-7-1 Seth Rollins: 12-5-2 Dean Ambrose: 12-5-2 Mark Henry: 3-4 Cody Rhodes: 13-7-1 Goldust: 12-9-1 Bray Wyatt: 14-2 Erick Rowan: 8-4-1 Luke Harper: 8-4-2 The Usos: 18-2-2 (Jey Uso: 19-2-2, Jimmy Uso: 19-3-2) Big Show: 8-2 The Miz: 4-2 Dolph Ziggler: 7-8 AJ Lee: 7-10 Tamina: 2-9 New Age Outlaws: 4-7-1 (Billy Gunn: 4-9-1, Road Dogg: 4-9-1) The Ryback: 2-15-1 Curtis Axel: 2-20-1 Big E. : 15-6-1 Alberto Del Rio: 11-9 Kofi Kingston: 6-10 Rey Mysterio: 4-8 Sin Cara/Hunico: 4-9 Jack Swagger 7-15-1 Cesaro: 8-15-1 Damien Sandow: 2-12 R-Truth: 3-4 Xavier Woods: 1-8-1 Fandango: 5-12 Brodus Clay: 0-1 Naomi: 9-2 Cameron: 8-4 Rosa Mendes: 0-1 Natalya: 6-6 Nikki Bella: 10-2 Brie Bella: 7-1 Aksana: 3-8 Alicia Fox: 3-9 Layla: 1-1 The Great Khali: 1-0 Heath Slater: 0-5 Jinder Mahal: 0-9-1 Drew McIntyre: 0-9-1 Summer Rae: 2-7 Emma: 6-3 Tyson Kidd: 2-0 Los Matadores: 6-5 (El Torito: 2-0, Fernando: 7-5) Justin Gabriel: 0-1 Titus O'Neil: 2-7 Darren Young: 3-2 Santino Marella: 1-2 Zack Ryder: 0-2 Eva Marie (BOOOO!): 1-2 Earlier today was the Wrestlemania XXX press conference in New York City's Hard Rock Cafe. Josh Matthews interviewed the Bellas, Summer Rae, then Mark Henry. He botched on the first guests when he said Cena's Nikki's fiance, when they haven't tied the knot yet. I bet she cried off camera, good job Josh! Mark Henry, once again when not cutting a promo in the ring, he flubs his lines. It was probably because Michael Cole's theme (yes he has one) played as he was about to finish his interview. He said he'll win the battle royal and be the "champion." You win a trophy silly. The press conference had more press than fans, which is very apparent based on the minimal response everyone got. Cole was the host, each guest talked about whatever. All but Randall talked about Wrestlemania in a retrospective sense. Stephanie talked about the first Wrestlemania, showing her age a bit when she recalled watching Andre the Giant slam Big John Studd. Then about the Network, and she sounded a bit emotional (or sore throat from all the commentary screaming she did on RAW) when she talked a lot about Wrestlemania week, and the social events there. Mainly focusing on the charity, special needs kids and visiting them. Hulk Hogan came out, gave his spiel about the first Wrestlemania and Wrestlemania III, he was able to engage one ringside fan, but even he got a pretty subdued reaction. HHH was next and noted the response for Hogan. If he couldn't get these guys to scream and holler, than HHH won't be any more lucky. He talked about the many hats he wore. One hat as a fan, the other as a businessman, and another as a talent. On the fan part, he talked about getting into wrestling and having that dream. On being a businessman, he talked a lot about NXT and the talent that's come through there and the boiling pot of talent there that will come up. Interestingly enough, he didn't get the memo regarding Big E's name tweak. Then as the talent, addressing Daniel Bryan without stepping on his toes, no jabs or anything. He just said Daniel Bryan won't realize his journey, destiny, whatever, because of HHH. Shocker of the conference, Daniel Bryan in a suit! Not even he got the crowd to pop for him. Again, I think there was more press than fans, and they won't make fools out of themselves apparently. One press guy did the "Yes" in the end of the conference. He talked about his dream to make it to Wrestlemania, has to go through HHH for that. Let me preview the next guy by saying that in the span of over a week, this man has all but completely wash away my problems with him. First with two great radio interviews where he sounded pretty smart and made great points of the often distracting and even egotistical TV audience (timing's great because of the HHH promo further elaborating that). Then with a solid going in the main event in terms of selling and execution on RAW, then this puts him over the top. I'm talking about Batista, he was the show stealer here. So hilarious, he said he doesn't like these functions, and noted the fans and the silent response. Wisely taking that and making fun of it. That made me laugh a good deal, the following made me laugh out loud. He's gradually getting back into the groove left off in 2010, to a point where now I can stomach 2 years of this guy. Randall was next, way too streamlined, way too kayfabe too. He talked about representing the Authority, winning at Wrestlemania, nothing at all about Wrestlemania in scope. This might as well be a vanilla interview with Renee Young only accentuated with the fact that the birthday boy wore a suit. He should've mentioned it was his birthday, go off whatever script there was. John Cena was last and told some story about a fan meeting Hulk Hogan. A long time fan who saw Wrestlemania 3 live, and marking out while Hogan was all "I was there too brother." I was thinking the fan in reference was John himself. It wasn't. He didn't really talk about Bray Wyatt, he talked as the company man that he did at the WWE Network reveal, suit, tie, the whole nine yards. He also put over the Network and used the saying "I was there," as a way to hype up the moment everyone who watches Wrestlemania will be able to say that. With the Network, saying that while trying to get a taxi, or go on a subway, demonstrating that a bit when he took out his cellphone. Photo op time was made for Bryan, HHH, Randall, and Batista, before Cena came out. Bryan and HHH were left alone to stare down. The conference ended with more photo op time, and look at the people here. Past, present, future, it's a majority of WWE's history in one setting. Then other talent that weren't in the conference came in. Khali, Cameron, blah blah blah. This aired live on the WWE Network, and some notable botches stood in my version. There were music botches to be specific. The aforementioned Cole theme playing too early, but towards the end, it was pretty messed up. Cole's theme played in one of the photo op sessions, and the guy didn't come out. Some other ill-timed music cues towards the end, but everything else went without a hitch. The conference flew by, and just watch Batista, because at least for me, he's really turning the corner around. Quote:
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![]() Cena in the sheep mask disguised and attacking the Wyatts stole the show on Raw.
Batista definitely stole that press conference. The one pair skinny jeans joke was funny. I'm really disappointed in the Undertaker-Lesnar feud, though. Hopefully, the match will be awesome.
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