HumanChessgame Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 There's under a month to go and most of the card has been announced or at least heavily suggested- Goldberg (c) vs. Brock Lesnar - Universal Title Chris Jericho (c) vs. Kevin Owens - US Title Bayley (c) vs. Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte Flair - Raw Women's Title Gallows & Anderson (c) vs. Enzo & Cass or Sheamus & Cesaro (likely going to end up a 3 way) - Raw Tag Titles Bray Wyatt (c) vs. Randy Orton - World Title Alexa Bliss (c) vs. Nattie vs. Becky Lynch vs. Mickie James vs. Probably a returning Naomi vs. Carmella - Smackdown Women's Title Andre the Giant Battle Royale Not announced but likely- The Undertaker vs. Roman Reigns Neville (c) vs. Austin Aries - CW Title Seth Rollins vs. HHH (pending Rollins' medical clearance) Dean Ambrose (c) vs. Baron Corbin - IC Title John Cena & Nikki Bella vs. Miz & Maryse Shane McMahon vs. AJ Styles Shaq vs Big Show is still up in the air. Maybe they'll remember there's a tag division on Smackdown and have yet another gauntlet or clusterfuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dolfan in NYC Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Not for nothing, but this is the first time in a very long time that they've actually set everything up weeks and/or months in advance. There's clear direction and in a lot of cases clear motivation for the angles. Isn't this what we've all wanted? ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Mann Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 I think you can safely add Shane vs. AJ to the "Not Announced But Likely" list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 1 hour ago, Dolfan in NYC said: Not for nothing, but this is the first time in a very long time that they've actually set everything up weeks and/or months in advance. There's clear direction and in a lot of cases clear motivation for the angles. Isn't this what we've all wanted? ... Just because we can see it coming, doesn't mean it's good. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 And Mojo Rawley of all people is the first person announced for the Andre Battle Royal (Unless I missed something) At least that confirms it is happening because I remember last year there was internal debate for awhile over whether it was going to happen or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sublime Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Well if you want to get people hyped for WM Mojo is the way to go. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumanChessgame Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 6 minutes ago, RIPPA said: And Mojo Rawley of all people is the first person announced for the Andre Battle Royal (Unless I missed something) At least that confirms it is happening because I remember last year there was internal debate for awhile over whether it was going to happen or not Apollo Crews threw his hat in on Talking Smack as well. If Big Show/Shaq happens that's 14 matches. Hopefully that gets swept under the rug and we at least get a cruiserweight 6 man match on the preshow. To the best of my research the preshow kicks off at 5 pm EST, so we're looking at a good 6+ hours to endure. And most of us are probably going to watch all of it anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyanide Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 And this fucker was supposed to have Seth/Trips on top of everything else. Sure looks like Joe, Sami, Luke Harper, and a whole mess of Cruiserweights are set to get Braun'd in the Battle Royale, I guess. Jesus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningBeard Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Pretty stacked card on paper and a lot more interesting than previous years. Will I be watching? Doubtful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 6 minutes ago, Cyanide said: And this fucker was supposed to have Seth/Trips on top of everything else. Sure looks like Joe, Sami, Luke Harper, and a whole mess of Cruiserweights are set to get Braun'd in the Battle Royale, I guess. Jesus. Finn Balor too Now if they do a multi-man ladder match - it could be IC Title and then folks like Sami, Balor, Harper can be in that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumanChessgame Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 11 minutes ago, Cyanide said: And this fucker was supposed to have Seth/Trips on top of everything else. Sure looks like Joe, Sami, Luke Harper, and a whole mess of Cruiserweights are set to get Braun'd in the Battle Royale, I guess. Jesus. Another match I blanked on. They're pushing Seth's return really hard, but given how many wrestlers have been out with serious injuries (including Rollins himself) in the past year or so, I'm wondering if they'll err on the side of caution and wait till Summerslam to pull the trigger on that. Several more months of Rollins/HHH promos would be insufferable though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningBeard Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 I think they'll go ahead with it, just with a lot of gaga to hide any shortcomings and minimise risk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 57 minutes ago, Sublime said: Well if you want to get people hyped for WM Mojo is the way to go. Wrong.....if you want people to stay hyped for WM, then Mojo is the way to go. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 36 minutes ago, RIPPA said: Finn Balor too Now if they do a multi-man ladder match - it could be IC Title and then folks like Sami, Balor, Harper can be in that IC Title seems to be locked into Ambrose-Corbin. Make it a MitB briefcase and now we're talking. OR... make it an old school Money in the Bank and have the briefcase hold a million dollars. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 The actual matches aside, they've reached a point where it would be beneficial to have Takeover on Friday night and have Wrestlemania Nights 1&2 on Saturday/Sunday. Roughly fourteen matches, plus 45 minutes to an hour of The Rock/other Attitude era guys shitting on the roster, and this card is looking more bloated than last year's brutal 6-hour slog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcosLoura Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 There's no way I'm watching this live, specially since it will end at like 5 AM GMT or something insane like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 I guess it looks better on paper than 32 and maybe even 31 (no way it ends up being better than 31 in practice though). Still, it's gonna be way too long and the matches that are the highest up the card are the least interesting. Goldberg/Lesnar for the U is a lose/lose situation, and the only way out of Roman/UT is a total destruction of Taker with an official heel turn that won't happen. Even if Rollins can't go, there's still gonna be a long HHH/Rollins segment, so it won't free up any room. Jericho/Owens, which is by far the best-built match will likely be short on time and/or have a non-finish while they wait for *looks at ppv schedule* Payback for the real blowoff. The CW, IC, Battle Royal, and possibly the Raw tag titles are all getting bumped to the pre-show, so there won't be anything special there. Like I said before, for strictly wrestling reasons, I'm not too upset I had to cancel my trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonteCarl Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 There's not a ladder match at Mania this year yet. We know that the US title will be defended one on one, and it seems like they are headed to Corbin and Ambrose for the IC title. I originally thought they'd do the Ladder Match for the Cruiserweight Title, but signs point to AA getting a singles shot against Neville instead. With Daniel Bryan saying "all available women on the SD roster will be in a match for the Women's Title", why not make the first ever Women's Title Ladder Match at Mania? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 LET THE POSTER OUTRAGE BEGIN!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Not surprising given the presentation of the card, but lol at the WWE champion in the 4th row. Baron Corbin's tiny head trying to look around the monstrous Alexa Bliss is kinda funny too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 1 hour ago, RIPPA said: LET THE POSTER OUTRAGE BEGIN!!!! Wow, that poster sucks. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Mann Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 The problem is they did the "Superstars riding a roller coaster" poster for Summerslam a few years back, but they needed to keep the coaster they've been using in promos anyway and this was the compromise. Just an educated guess. It's a designer's quandry that happens sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 I had this all mapped out. I was going to do some grilling while Seth/Hunter was on. What's going to be the big 30+ minute segment that is terribly long and sleep inducing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 38 minutes ago, Niners Fan in CT said: I had this all mapped out. I was going to do some grilling while Seth/Hunter was on. What's going to be the big 30+ minute segment that is terribly long and sleep inducing? It's in Florida, so you can pretty much guarantee The Rock cutting off somebody's balls that will never be able to get any kind of retribution against him. New Day will be all over the show. Stephanie should be somewhere on the show also cutting balls off. Roman vs. Taker Cena/Nikki vs. Miz/Maryse I'd say you'll have plenty of time for grilling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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