Phantom Lord Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 24 minutes ago, West Newbury Bad Boy said: So when Mania spoilers leak, do we start a new thread? There's all ready some floating around on Twitter. I assume it's just the first night so far. It would have been one LONG show if it wasn't over two nights if they're real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 2 hours ago, West Newbury Bad Boy said: So when Mania spoilers leak, do we start a new thread? Yes It will get treated like another other taped show 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Since I don't see a thread with SPOILERS on it I assume that the tapings haven't happened yet. But to be safe I will be a SPOILER on it Spoiler So I guess no Goldberg match then? or maybe a unification match against Brock? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) hammerva beat me to it Edited March 27, 2020 by Casey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 Well, the cat is out of the bag and it will probably be announced formally tomorrow. But the reason for the change is because the individual in question did not feel comfortable performing at the PC. And judging on his past health history, I 100% do not blame him. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Glad they had the brains to put their health above a disjointed Mania card. Especially with Mysterio and Brooke getting isolated due to displaying symptoms. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Assume he would have let them know ahead of them taping Smackdown - they have 2 shows at least to try and do a story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RazorbladeKiss87 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 On 3/22/2020 at 8:31 PM, (BP) said: At least they didn’t edit it down to an hour like the old NBC “replays.” I’ve never completely recovered from them recutting Taker’s entrance at 27 as a music video featuring Katy Perry’s song Alien. Oh wow. I had pushed that out of my head haha. My family was watching this "replay" with me and my sister LOVED this part. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RazorbladeKiss87 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 On 3/22/2020 at 10:20 PM, Brian Fowler said: I said "I'd laugh if he actually pins him" I was wrong. I wound up just staring in shock for close to a minute. My buddy whose apartment we were watching it at lived above a cheesesteak place. I went to go grab our food because I "know how it's going to end." The bar on the corner was showing it as well and I heard people flipping out so I kinda rushed to the patio to see the ending. It was surreal to see. Walked into the cheesesteak place and the kitchen guys were watching it there too. Probably the last moment like that I can remember with casual fans being involved in the moment as it happened in addition to hardcores, as opposed to bringing it up a day or so later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Sounds like Reigns replacement is going to be Spoiler Braun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Why wasn't this postponed again? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, nofuture said: Sounds like Reigns replacement is going to be Reveal hidden contents Braun. Good thing there isn't a crowd. Can imagine how a Mania crowd treats this. Edited March 27, 2020 by Six String Orchestra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Spoiler When Spoiler It Spoiler Comes Spoiler Crashing Spoiler Down Spoiler And Spoiler It Spoiler Hurts Spoiler Inside 1 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Given that they taped at least through Mania or the night after, I really hope Vince is ready to shut down after this. I wish AEW would as well. They are just dancing too close to the fire. But it is awfully convenient that the city/county shutdown went into place late on the night they were scheduled to end taping, and right now ends literally just in time for what is believed to be the first new show they would need. As for the spoiler Braun isn't exciting, but I'll be damned if I can come up with a better choice in this environment. You don't want to rocket strap somebody new and have them not get the giant pop. The only other answer I could see was turning either Cena/Bray into a triple threat and have Cena try for the record, or Brock/Drew into a Two Belts unification triple threat like the women had last year. But I think both those things would be wasted in an empty building with two weeks of build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 11 hours ago, hammerva said: Since I don't see a thread with SPOILERS on it I assume that the tapings haven't happened yet. But to be safe I will be a SPOILER on it Hide contents So I guess no Goldberg match then? or maybe a unification match against Brock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Niners Fan in CT said: Why wasn't this postponed again? The only kind of defense I would say is that we don't know when we'll fully be on the other side of this and back to normalcy, so they can do a full on WrestleMania event like this as planned. So even if WWE were to postpone this through say June or July, could they really make it happen by that point? Edited March 27, 2020 by TheVileOne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 20 minutes ago, TheVileOne said: The only kind of defense I would say is that we don't know when we'll fully be on the other side of this and back to normalcy, so they can do a full on WrestleMania event like this as planned. So even if WWE were to postpone this through say June or July, could they really make it happen by that point? Probably not but I'm thinking just postpone it and not set a date until they know they can do it. If they can't do it in Tampa then move to a different location. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Niners Fan in CT said: Probably not but I'm thinking just postpone it and not set a date until they know they can do it. If they can't do it in Tampa then move to a different location. I mean I basically agree. This whole endeavor feels like a waste IMO. Other than making it two nights, which I've been in favor of for a long time. Even if you don't know when shows can get up and running again, I think they should've held off. It's a global pandemic and everyone is shut down right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 I get the argument for running it, but they should've taped every fucking thing two weeks ago, and have everyone home by now. Like, the night they made the announcement about no crowd WrestleMania, that's the week they should've done marathon all day tapings and gotten five weeks or so in the can I also get the argument for postponing the whole damn thing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 7 minutes ago, Brian Fowler said: I get the argument for running it, but they should've taped every fucking thing two weeks ago, and have everyone home by now. Like, the night they made the announcement about no crowd WrestleMania, that's the week they should've done marathon all day tapings and gotten five weeks or so in the can I also get the argument for postponing the whole damn thing. There is no argument for holding it now. They basically took $15 million from a live gate, put it in a pile and set it on fire. If some network/streaming service offered up a stupid amount of money to broadcast the show than it would make sense but they aren't making anything on their biggest show of the year. It's lunacy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 There's definitely no business reason, but "we don't know how long it'll be until we can" and the fact that this company is abjectly terrible at building programs that last four weeks makes the idea of them trying to stretch this out another 2-6 months horrifying. Running Mania now let's them, potentially, shut down starting today and then pick up with most if not all storylines blown off and they can start fresh in the summer or whenever. Now, if they don't try to make SummerSlam or Survivor Series into the biggest event possible once they are running again, they're insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 I will be curious how Vince spins this given he was basically mandated that you can't even mention that there is a virus going around Does he get beat up in a parking lot angle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORELOCK Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 I'd like to meet, point at, and laugh at whoever could possibly be offended by Mania being "spoiled" at this point. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) i mean for someone who was actually planning on going to Wrestlemania yeah I would prefer to not know what happens until next week. But yeah at this rate it is a lost cause unless you just completely get off Twitter. For example I am sure there are people wondering why is Spoiler Sasha Banks so thankful and happy about the WWE and Vince right now Edited March 27, 2020 by Dolfan in NYC Hi. I'm considering this a spoiler. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORELOCK Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 I didn't mean to mock the concept of spoilers, just the idea that this is a show that could be ruined any worse than it already has been. Like, what could our WrestleMania moments possibly even be this year? Who's going to care? The only potential crowning moment with Shayna will likely be botched, and even if it isn't: what then? The best we can hope for with this show is a Good Match according to the current Good Match Formula and at this point that's more likely to turn me away than draw me in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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