Niners Fan in CT Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 THAT was a really great show.. I was stressed after the first two matches but business picked up with Rey and Logan Paul who was a great fucking heel btw.. Bianca over Lynch was fantastic! And my MOTN. Cody surprise was well done.. a great moment for him they put him over huge. Then we got a real match out of Stone Cold Steve Austin! Really fun brawl so happy for him and Kevin Owens who bumped his ass off.. Stone Cold actually took a bump on the fuckin concrete people... wow Night 2.. You're up. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 I started watching the card just before the Mysterios/Miz&Paul match so I have nothing to say about the first 2 matches Logan Paul knew what he was doing out there. It was nice to see ringside fans at a WWE show actually reacting to stuff. So the forces of evil win, and then Miz takes out his partner because yeah sure. Logan Paul showed enough in his first match to suggest he could be somewhat good at this, provided the heat he gets isn't "go away" heat. Becky/Bianca was a good time in the style of how these matches seemingly go in the WWE. Having the women's title switch happen here instead of in Rousey/Charlotte was sort of a surprise. The matching band was a cool intro too. It was a good way to sorta make up for the Summerslam match and a satisfaction that didn't happen in other similar situations. Seth vs Cody was a very WWE main event sort of match. The response to Cody probably dispels some concerns even if this Wrestlemania audience might watch more non-WWE wrestling than the average WWE crowd. Having him as the surprise debut here probably worked better than debuting him a few weeks ago? That tattoo is fucking stupid, but the only way he can make it better is to add more stupid tattoos around it. Charlotte vs Ronda was a bit odd with stuff like Charlotte hanging around in shooty grappling situations and the various timing peculiarities. The general concept of the finish was good although having Ronda lose to getting kicked while distracted was a decision. Ronda seems surprisingly good at selling. But who knew that Charlotte Flair could hang with an Olympic Gold Medalist Judoka? Was there any moment where Austin/Owens didn't seem like sort of a contrived setup? There probably wasn't a natural way to get Austin back to do something like this without it being a bit of a deus ex machina. I didn't notice how much the camera angles switched for no good reason until the they started switching on every fucking punch during the open of the match. Not sure if it's sad or not that we were robbed of seeing more old man Stone Cold matches where he played the hits. On one hand, we didn't get a "Flair in ECW" run or "Old Man Goldberg" run from Stone Cold. On the other hand, his neck/health meant he understayed his welcome by not working after 2003. A lot of people in his generation of workers aren't around right now and Austin got out early instead of ignoring heart attack scares and other problems. Austin/Owens was more of a mid-90s ECW/late-90s WWF type of brawl than the 2010s WWE match with 20 different nearfalls. Barry Bonds isn't gonna show up during the 2022 All-Star Game to hit some home runs (and Bonds retired 4 years after Austin did) but you can watch someone work their first match in 19 years and have a good kind of nostalgia trip without it seeming sad. Hopefully the Undertaker doesn't get any ideas about trying to do what Austin did tonight. Would it be fair to say Austin did this sort of match better than all the Saudimania matches where somebody in the Saudi royal family got an old guy to come out of retirement? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubbymark Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Kevin Owens is a very smart man. He bumped his ASS OFF for Steve. As someone who has been apathetic to Cody after he initially left WWE, his return felt like a BIG FUCKING DEAL. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Congratulations, Bianca Belair. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 They showed a lot of trust in Owens for him to be in this spot. He got to be Steve fucking Austin's 19 year overdue retirement match. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Just now, cubbymark said: Kevin Owens is a very smart man. He bumped his ASS OFF for Steve. As someone who has been apathetic to Cody after he initially left WWE, his return felt like a BIG FUCKING DEAL. WWE has to get it right with Cody Rhodes as he's the first AEW wrestler to jump to WWE, the money paid for him and bigger still AEW wrestlers looking on as prospective signings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For Great Justice Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Kevin Owens gets to go to his grave knowing that he main evented Wrestlemania against Stone Cold Steve Austin. How incredible is that? That’s the top of the mountain. No title win or achievement in wrestling can compare to that. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Bianca/Becky was really great. Bianca is 2 for 2 in having classics at Mania. Let’s do Bayley next year. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 I chuckled. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Just now, EVA said: Bianca/Becky was really great. Bianca is 2 for 2 in having classics at Mania. Let’s do Bayley next year. Match of the night at back to back WrestleManias. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Owens just having the time of his life - so fucking great 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Usos vs. Nakamura/Boogs was pretty decent until Boogs's injury. Nakamura and the Usos covered well, but that really sucked to see. Drew/Corbin was alright though felt kind of small. Mysterios vs. Miz and Logan Paul was shockingly good. Paul was off a few times, but pretty athletic and nothing super embarrassing. he embraced the situation pretty well too. Surprised he and Miz won though Miz turning on him post match was hilarious and practically a face turn for Miz. Bianca/Becky was fantastic and probably WWE MOTY right now. Glad Bianca won. This definitely should have been in the main event spot if not for Owens/Austin. Cody/Seth was solid-good. Was nice seeing Cody treated like a big deal by the audience. Charlotte/Ronda was good even with the finish. That isn't the type of finish they should be using at Wrestlemania but at the same time I think it not being the real main event helped them get away with it. The reactions were about what I expected. Charlotte isn't hated right now, but she isn't really loved either. Same with Ronda. Neither should probably be face right now, let alone wrestling each other if they want the audience to care. Austin/Owens was way more of a match than I ever expected including a couple of the bumps Austin took. That was super fun. It was just wonderful seeing Austin finally get the retirement match he deserves. You know that had to be a wonderful moment for Owens, especially working the main event. Even the post match stuff with Saxton taking a stunner had to be a dream for Saxton. Damn good show overall. Definitely the best main roster show in some time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Nice to see a hometown winner in WWE. Usually it's the opposite. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 There's stuff about Cody on WWE dot com. And he will be part of a upcoming podcast soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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EVA Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Interesting that taking a suplex on the floor is how these old guys seem to test themselves when they’re first coming back. I expect to see Austin doing balcony dives in Saudi Arabia within a year. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 And finally some closure for someone 5 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Great pictures. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 I guess this means Owens made the right move to re-sign after all, right? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 at least from what I remember, tonight was a heck of a night for high risk vertical suplexes outside of the ring also perhaps Logan Paul got booed like he was peeing on Eddie Guerrero's grave for using the Three Amigos and the Frog Splash but fortunately Eddie's son Dominik got to even the score there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/cody-rhodes-wwe-wrestlemania-38-interview-1235221061/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 This meant something as the End of Days is such a protected finisher. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Cody Rhodes has the WWWF championship belt, the belt Dan Lambert gave him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 (edited) WrestleMania XXXVIII Night One was worth staying up for through Becky Lynch/Bianca Belair, Cody Rhodes/Seth Rollins and Steve Austin/Kevin Owens. Edited April 3, 2022 by The Natural 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Really appreciate Charlotte’s dedication to her craft. Not many wrestlers would look at the shittiest move they do and decide, you know what, I’m going to add an even higher level of difficulty to it, so it looks EXTRA shitty. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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