Spontaneous Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 At least they only announced the Boneyard match two weeks out. Imagine hearing about it for two months every Raw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Those are some of the most random WrestleMania matches in modern history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 No battle royal, so you have to fill the show with something. They should have built something to those matches in the next couple of weeks before announcing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peck Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Corbin/Elias is now official. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 As I said in the main thread, Dana Brooke is off the show because she is "sick" and "Self-isolating" per Meltzer. Also, Rey's off the show completely because he's in the same boat. I'm guessing if Rey tests positive, that's it for the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 26 minutes ago, Dolfan in NYC said: As I said in the main thread, Dana Brooke is off the show because she is "sick" and "Self-isolating" per Meltzer. Also, Rey's off the show completely because he's in the same boat. I'm guessing if Rey tests positive, that's it for the show. This is why I'm against marathon tapings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) I still don't think Vince cancels the show if only one person tests positive. If anything, he's literally doubled down this entire time. At least more than doubled the venues, the nights, matches, etc. After doing all of that, it would be really weird for Vince to then call it off if one person is sick. Hell, he might double down again and say if one person is sick, then everyone is sick, so everyone is working if you're not showing symptoms and don't you dare cough or sneeze in front of him. Man, the ultimate irony if a virus that causes at least some coughing and sneezing is what does Vince in. Edited March 24, 2020 by Craig H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 11 hours ago, Brian Fowler said: Those are some of the most random WrestleMania matches in modern history Very Wrestlemania VII vibe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 1 minute ago, Craig H said: I still don't think Vince cancels the show if only one person tests positive. If anything, he's literally doubled down this entire time. At least more than doubled the venues, the nights, matches, etc. After doing all of that, it would be really weird for Vince to then call it off if one person is sick. If anything, you would have a bunch more people apprehensive about working which would shuffle around the card and force major changes. The last thing they need PR wise is bullying someone into working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 1 minute ago, Elsalvajeloco said: The last thing they need PR wise is bullying someone into working. I don't think anyone there would come out and say they were bullied while under contact. That's the type of stuff you hear about when someone leaves and then the lifers jump up to say "well I was never pressured to do anything, this is the best place to work, blah blah blah." It's all creepy Dear Leader type shit there sometimes and I could see this falling into that bucket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godfrey Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 19 minutes ago, Craig H said: I still don't think Vince cancels the show if only one person tests positive. If anything, he's literally doubled down this entire time. At least more than doubled the venues, the nights, matches, etc. After doing all of that, it would be really weird for Vince to then call it off if one person is sick. Hell, he might double down again and say if one person is sick, then everyone is sick, so everyone is working if you're not showing symptoms and don't you dare cough or sneeze in front of him. Man, the ultimate irony if a virus that causes at least some coughing and sneezing is what does Vince in. My weed-fueled conspiracy theory is they're taping all this stuff ahead of time because they already knew they'd been exposed and they're trying to get the content before the whole locker room is too sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Just now, Godfrey said: My weed-fueled conspiracy theory is they're taping all this stuff ahead of time because they already knew they'd been exposed and they're trying to get the content before the whole locker room is too sick. Seems plausible enough. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 9 minutes ago, Craig H said: I don't think anyone there would come out and say they were bullied while under contact. That's the type of stuff you hear about when someone leaves and then the lifers jump up to say "well I was never pressured to do anything, this is the best place to work, blah blah blah." It's all creepy Dear Leader type shit there sometimes and I could see this falling into that bucket. There is one thing to fear possible consequences about your push or TV time. It's another thing when it comes to your well-being. I never rule anything out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Craig H said: I still don't think Vince cancels the show if only one person tests positive. If anything, he's literally doubled down this entire time. At least more than doubled the venues, the nights, matches, etc. After doing all of that, it would be really weird for Vince to then call it off if one person is sick. Hell, he might double down again and say if one person is sick, then everyone is sick, so everyone is working if you're not showing symptoms and don't you dare cough or sneeze in front of him. Man, the ultimate irony if a virus that causes at least some coughing and sneezing is what does Vince in. Where are you getting he doubled the matches from? It was reported weeks ago they planned to have 16 matches, and it looks like that number is exactly where they are going to wind up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 28 minutes ago, Brian Fowler said: Where are you getting he doubled the matches from? It was reported weeks ago they planned to have 16 matches, and it looks like that number is exactly where they are going to wind up. Because it was also reported they were paring it down to just around 8 matches. Then it became a multi-night thing and it went back to 16. So who knows what came first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 I think the confusion comes from at the time of the delay - they only had 8 matches announced and Meltzer kept saying that any match that wasn't announced was up in the air. (For example - the Women's Tag Title match has been on the books forever but it still hasn't been announced and no one knows what is happening with it) I think some folks ran with that meaning ONLY 8 MATCHES!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Craig H said: I don't think anyone there would come out and say they were bullied while under contact. That's the type of stuff you hear about when someone leaves and then the lifers jump up to say "well I was never pressured to do anything, this is the best place to work, blah blah blah." It's all creepy Dear Leader type shit there sometimes and I could see this falling into that bucket. It's gonna be just like RVD not wanting to do Tribute to the Troops and them trying to massage him into going anyway, until they had to make the "if you don't want to go you don't have to" option real because they were moved to a more dangerous spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, RIPPA said: I think the confusion comes from at the time of the delay - they only had 8 matches announced and Meltzer kept saying that any match that wasn't announced was up in the air. (For example - the Women's Tag Title match has been on the books forever but it still hasn't been announced and no one knows what is happening with it) I think some folks ran with that meaning ONLY 8 MATCHES!!! Likely this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 14 hours ago, Peck said: Corbin/Elias is now official. It is so strange seeing this match given the year Corbin he had: 1. Beats Kurt Angle in his retirement match 2. Gets in a 3 month feud for the title against Rollins 3. Wins the King of the Ring 4. Gets in what seems to be a 5 month feud with Roman Reigns Now having a match with someone who can't be any colder and nothing in the main scheme of things than Elias. Unless Elias is getting the 2020 Corbin push Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 You could argue that based on the set up - that is the match that Gronk is going to get involved in and thus the one replayed on SportsCenter over and over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 4 minutes ago, RIPPA said: You could argue that based on the set up - that is the match that Gronk is going to get involved in and thus the one replayed on SportsCenter over and over At this point, it might be the only thing they play over and over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 "Welcome back to our SportsCenter Special: Gronk at WrestleMania. Next up, joining us via Skype to break down Gronk's dance moves we have Stephen A" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 17 minutes ago, Brian Fowler said: "Welcome back to our SportsCenter Special: Gronk at WrestleMania. Next up, joining us via Skype to break down Gronk's dance moves we have Stephen A" "And here is Teddy Atlas to ramble on incessantly about how wrestling is a put up job, how it has changed since the days of Bruno Sammartino and Pedro Morales, and how his Transcendental pro wrestling rankings will fix everything." 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Just curious for people who got tickets to WM, has anyone actually got their refund back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Now we have a more obscure film reference to match the AEW Eye for an Eye one from weeks back. Holy shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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