WrestleZAYNia XXXIX - 4/1 & 4/2/2023

[HumanChessgame]

51 minutes ago, Dolfan in NYC said:

SRS is reporting that Stone Cold has been pitched a segment with someone that goes YEEEAHH   a lot. 

 

Lil Jon is going to make a comeback?

Once they announced Miz was hosting I assumed he was going to eat a finish from some legend or HOF guy.

[Just Adam Bay Bay]

1 hour ago, Tarheel Moneghetti said:

I guess I should know who you are referring to but I don’t.  Orange Cassidy?  Daniel Bryan?  Lance Hoyt?  Stone Cold’s evil twin?

LA Knight. 

[Eivion]

36 minutes ago, Dolfan in NYC said:

All I know is, if the edible hits at the right moment, this will be the funniest segment in Wrestlemania history.  

Knight better be working on an absolutely ridiculous sell of the stunner.  

If he can't beat the Rock's or Onryo's should he even try?

[DJ Hero Morganti]

Santino or Scott Hall style sell could work to

Edited March 14, 2023 by DJ Hero Morganti

[Just Adam Bay Bay]

6 minutes ago, Eivion said:

If he can't beat the Rock's or Onryo's should he even try?

At minimum it can’t be worse than Vince last year. That was just sad to watch.

[DJ Hero Morganti]

4 hours ago, L_W_P said:

I'd go for the Rock rolling handstand to get back to my feet, then into "Triple H overselling Orton" for a moment, before finally staggering into a Flair Flop.

Why did my brain animate this?

[RIPPA]

To not have to weed through Dolfan's formatting in his initial post - here is the updated card through Smackdown

• Undisputed WWE Universal Championship: Roman Reigns defends against Cody Rhodes (Rumored Main Event of Night 2)
• SmackDown Women's Championship: Charlotte Flair defends against Rhea Ripley (Rumored Main Event of Night 1)
• Raw Women's Championship: Bianca Belair defends against Asuka
• United States Championship: Austin Theory defends against John Cena
• Intercontinental Championship triple threat match: Gunther defends against Drew McIntyre & Sheamus
• Hell in a Cell match: Edge vs. Finn Balor
• Brock Lesnar vs. Omos
• Seth Rollins vs. Logan Paul (Night 1 per Logan Paul)
• Trish Stratus, Becky Lynch & Lita vs. Damage CTRL (Bayley, Dakota Kai & IYO SKY)
• Women's four-way tag team showcase match: Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez vs. TBD vs. TBD vs. TBD
• Men's four-way tag team showcase match: Four teams TBD

Unannounced expected matches

• Usos defending against KO/Sami
• Rey Mysterio vs Dominick Mysterio
• Bobby Lashley vs Bray Wyatt (Bray is out with an "illness" but as of a couple of days ago the match was still on)

NEWZ~!

• Ronda Rousey/Shayna Bazler will be in the Women's Showcase if Ronda's arm is healed
• The internet says the Men's Showcase will be: Street Profits vs Alpha Academy vs Viking Raiders vs Braun/Ricochet
• The Andre will most likely be on Smackdown the night before Mania again

 

[DragonZombie]

Missed the Hell in a Cell news. Wonder what color the cell will use?

[The Natural]

2 minutes ago, Red King said:

Missed the Hell in a Cell news. Wonder what color the cell will use?

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[The Natural]

If I had my way, I'd bring back back the original Hell in a Cell from 1997-2005.

[Eivion]

20 minutes ago, RIPPA said:

• United States Championship: Austin Theory defends against John Cena

Did they actually say this was for the US Title? 

[ChesterCopperpot]

It is advertised on the website

[DragonZombie]

I hope Theory wins, imagine the seethe.

[RIPPA]

On 3/18/2023 at 2:03 PM, RIPPA said:

The internet says the Men's Showcase will be: Street Profits vs Alpha Academy vs Viking Raiders vs Braun/Ricochet

The WWE has since announced that these are the 4 teams

Also per Meltzer from earlier

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As mentioned by Dave Meltzer in both his Sunday daily update and appearance on Sunday Night's Main Event, Bray Wyatt is dealing with an illness that has kept on the sidelines in WWE.

He was supposed to be on Friday's SmackDown, but missed the show due to the unspecified illness.

On SNME, Meltzer said that when he asked WWE about whether the planned match between Wyatt and Bobby Lashley was still on for WrestleMania 39, he didn't get a definitive answer either way.

Meltzer said Wyatt is still with the company and that his gut instinct is the match is "up in the air" for whether it actually happens with less than two weeks to go before WrestleMania weekend.

The match hasn't been mentioned on WWE TV since the Monday, March 6th Raw.

Wyatt was pulled from a Madison Square Garden house show earlier this months with no reason given. Since returning last year, Wyatt has wrestled on TV just once, that being at January's Royal Rumble against LA Knight in a Pitch Black match. He has been working with Knight in SmackDown dark matches and house shows, but hasn't been in action since February 26th.

 

[Shartnado]

On 3/18/2023 at 8:24 PM, Eivion said:

Did they actually say this was for the US Title? 

Considering Cena does have a special relationship with the US Title, you'd certainly think it would be. The Open Challenge-era was awesome!

[Dolfan in NYC]

There are tentative plans to bring in

Spoiler

Randall K. Orton

for Mania.  

[The Natural]

To me the two most intriguing results are Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship and GUNTHER vs. Sheamus vs. Drew McIntyre for the WWE Intercontinental Championship.

Roman Reigns epic WWE Universal Championship reign is over 900 days and if he loses he'll miss out a year long WWE Championship reign by a day I believe. Do WWE push on for Roman Reigns to make 1,000 days or does Cody Rhodes a year after coming back to the WWE at WrestleMania XXXVIII win the titles on the grandest stage of them all? Shame Roman's long reign wasn't with the belt that means the most, the WWE Championship. So few have held it a year. That's the world title to win with all its history dating back years.

Do you keep the WWE Intercontinental Championship on GUNTHER to keep him on track to break the Honky Tonk Man's record as the endgame? Does Sheamus win the WWE Intercontinental Championship, the missing championship in his collection? I think this was made as a Triple Threat to get Drew McIntyre on the show and if GUNTHER is to drop the title, McIntyre is there to take the fall. Triple H and GUNTHER have rebuilt the prestigious WWE Intercontinental Championship again.

I really hope Charlotte Flair vs. Rhea Ripley doesn't main event night one. I'm all for parity between men and women, it's for a world title with the Royal Rumble match winner but sometimes a match is bigger. See Undertaker's Streak matches particularly the Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania XXV and Undertaker vs. Triple H at WrestleMania XXVIII. I see a repeat of Triple H vs. Chris Jericho at WrestleMania X-8 and Triple H vs. Randy Orton at WrestleMania XXV. The Usos vs. Kevin Owens/Sami Zayn for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship has to go on last. The Bloodline story is one of the best in wrestling history and deserves to headline. Be so refreshing to see a Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship match headline WrestleMania for the first time.

Edited March 25, 2023 by The Natural

[Niners Fan in CT]

This year (or really the last two years) has been all about The Bloodline.  So go ahead and main event both nights with the Bloodline saga.  Nothing against the women's titles but neither title match is hot enough to main event a night. 

[Dolfan in NYC]

Thread updated to reflect to correct name of the show. 

[EVA]

3 hours ago, Niners Fan in CT said:

This year (or really the last two years) has been all about The Bloodline.  So go ahead and main event both nights with the Bloodline saga.  Nothing against the women's titles but neither title match is hot enough to main event a night. 

Gotta keep washed Charlotte happy, brother.

[Eivion]

Whether or not the tag titles match main events night 1 is dependent on how it plays into Roman/Cody.

None of the women's matches have been built up as main events so why anyone is worried/arguing about it I have no idea. Edge/Finn or Rey/Dom have higher chances at this point. 

Edited March 25, 2023 by Eivion

[DragonZombie]

WrestleCodia. I tried.

[Niners Fan in CT]

1 hour ago, Eivion said:

why anyone is worried/arguing about it I have no idea. 

Some dirtsheets said that Charlotte/Rhea was penciled in. 

[Eivion]

1 hour ago, Niners Fan in CT said:

Some dirtsheets said that Charlotte/Rhea was penciled in. 

Anything is possible but they have never opened or closed Raw/Smackdown during their current feud. Just feels like random guessing which is what dirtsheets have a bad tendency to do half the time.

[The Natural]

My top 20 WrestleMania matches:

20. The Rock vs. Steve Austin. WWE WrestleMania XIX.

19. Edge and Christian vs. Hardy Boyz vs. Dudley Boyz. WWF WrestleMania X-Seven.

18. Daniel Bryan vs. Triple H. WWE WrestleMania XXX.

17. Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair. WWF WrestleMania VIII.

16. Shawn Michaels vs. Ric Flair. WWE WrestleMania XXIV.

15. Bianca Belair vs. Sasha Banks. WWE WrestleMania XXXVII.

14. The Undertaker vs. Triple H. WWE WrestleMania XXVIII.

13. The Undertaker vs. Batista. WWE WrestleMania 23.

12. Steve Austin vs. The Rock. WWF WrestleMania X-Seven.

11. The Undertaker vs. Edge. WWE WrestleMania XXIV.

10. The Ultimate Warrior vs. Randy Savage. WWF WrestleMania VII.

9. Bret Hart vs. Roddy Piper. WWF WrestleMania VIII.

8. The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels. WWE WrestleMania XXVI. *****.

7. Razor Ramon vs. Shawn Michaels. WWF WrestleMania X. *****.

6. Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton vs. Batista. WWE WrestleMania XXX. *****.

5. Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns. WWE WrestleMania XXXI. *****.

4. Ricky Steamboat vs. Randy Savage. WWF WrestleMania III. *****.

3. The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels. WWE WrestleMania XXV. *****.

2. Owen Hart vs. Bret Hart. WWF WrestleMania X. *****.

1. Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin. WWF WrestleMania 13. *****.