MGFanJay Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Series Premiere - WrestleMania XXX - WWE built this up pretty big and while it was really good, it was greatly hurt by time constraints and painting as rosey a picture as possible for things. It was Connor-heavy, which is fine but Steph saying they invited him to WM to give him something to live for came off as one of those self-congratulatory lines that they throw out. It was nice to have Warrior's family in this, but if you didn't know otherwise, you wouldn't know he passed away since that didn't get a graphic while Connor did.The biggest letdown here was the Taker-Brock stuff. We got the briefest of glimpses of Taker backstage and I loved the hug with Vince, but they didn't even talk about what caused the injury or Vince going with Taker to the hospital. They went with a surface-level approach to everything and I get why they would do that from a corporate perspective, it did make the special a lot worse than the Mania of WrestleMania/WrestleMania: The Movie this was patterned after.http://jayreviewsthings.blogspot.com/2015/01/wwe-24-wrestlemania-30.htmlScreens -http://www.imagebam.com/gallery/x3wu9hds6oknfkj7ugrnasccartfibsf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Warrior got a special when he passed, there's not really a need to co-dedicate this too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGFanJay Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 I don't mean that - but they should at least put a graphic up for him since his death was a huge part of WM week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Let's not nitpick about death graphics, c'mon. And I'm not crying, my eyes are red because I was smoking a joint with Van Dam. Some of those moments were really sad. But, I'm an emotional dude. That Connor stuff always hits me really hard, and the Jake/Hall/Warrior stuff was touching too. Then Flair started crying and I couldn't help it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORELOCK Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 It was nice to have Warrior's family in this, but if you didn't know otherwise, you wouldn't know he passed away Dana was identified as "Warrior's Widow" more than once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Didn't know this would be a series, so that's cool. That Wrestlemania 24/7 special was an absolute must-see. Got lots of cool backstage stuff that was fun to watch. I think my favorites are the NXT girls getting ready for the HHH entrance and the impact of 'Taker's loss. Those two really stood out to me. Bonus points for Rock and Stone Cold the moment Hogan said Silverdome. But man, starting it off with that Conor pretty much started the waterworks for me. When they showed the commercial on Raw and my wife asked about him, even talking about it hit a nerve. Heavy, heavy stuff. And I don't feel it's meant to be a corporate PR type thing. I honestly feel he meant the world to them. Toss in Warrior talking about being a dad and there's some more sadness. And you could add Flair crying over Charlotte being out there given the state he was in at the time. It was only a day or two before that he broke down on the Legends panel so he was really in a raw state. I'm curious what they do for future episodes, this could be pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben. Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Yeah, I read somewhere that this would be a series, hopefully weekly. Agree that this was amazing and wonder what the future episodes will consist of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Pretty definitively shot down Hogan's talking point about not knowing Austin and Rock were coming out, too. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I guess it is a weekly series but not a series about Wrestlemania 30 which is what I thought it was in the beginning. The thing I forgot watching this was how Taker losing to Brock wasn't just a wrestling story it was a national story. It wasn't just marks on message board going crazy it was Grantland and Deadspin and Yahoo and TMZ and ESPN. Pretty amazing stuff. Yeah I would have liked to seen all the stuff that dealt with Taker passing out and needing assistance but that could be argued as really tasteless and exploitative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brysynner Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 It got dusty as fuck here with all the Connor footage EDIT: Spelling is not my first language while using my phone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I felt bad for Batista getting told by Conner how much cooler Daniel Bryan was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brysynner Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 It makes sense that Connor would think Bryan was cooler. Connor probably never saw Batista prior to his Rumble announcement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Hey at least Connor didn't go up to them and said "Stop being crazy". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Alexa Bliss is so damn gorgeous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayabusaage Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 This show needed to be an hour, but it was still damn good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamBroken Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Very enjoyable show. Agreed they could've shown more of Taker/Lesnar stuff but loved the focus on Triple H's Skull Lord entrance with lots of screen time for Charlotte, Sasha, and Alexa which was cool. Also always enjoy those great Warrior moments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGFanJay Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 LOVED the Booker T special. It was basically what I wanted out of the WM XXX one since they really told a compelling story here and didn't just do purely surface-level stuff. http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/96-wwe-news/41462-review-of-the-booker-t-special Screens - http://www.imagebam.com/gallery/yvzz3pc4z6w16skxep5uy1410x2ws5yq Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Meanie Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Booker's special was nice, especially during the parts where you could pick out what locations in Houston they were filming at. At little disappointed that they didn't go into that much detail about his robbery case, his roots in Houston, and the PWA/ROW, but overall a good show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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