HumanChessgame Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 At least there's not going to be a Taker match so that frees up 20 minutes worth of entrance time. Which will probably be used up in the HHH/Batista match. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 Asuka's belt is another one that could do without a defense on this show. It is what it is at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 1 hour ago, HumanChessgame said: At least there's not going to be a Taker match so that frees up 20 minutes worth of entrance time. Which will probably be used up in the HHH/Batista match. Last rumor I saw was they weren't planning a match, but they were planning to have Taker appear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 It's so fucking stupid how much they've killed Braun. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail Sabin Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 4 hours ago, West Newbury Bad Boy said: Not that anybody cares, but the cruiserweight tournament is down to Nese and Alexander. Hoping they go with the fresh match, but Alexander is the top face on the brand so... I think Nese wins because all the momentum is behind Nese after that MOTYC with Dar before the Tournament started. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORELOCK Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 I'm all in on Nese, if only because Cedric was a boring character over a year ago and has done nothing at all to change that. I seriously doubt all of the titles will be defended on the show - I could see the RAW tag title match, for example, easily being dropped from the show. And they do seem to be setting up a whole lot of multi-man/multi-woman matches to also be leaving room for two stuffed battle royals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 The more I think about it - the more I really hope they don't run a women's battle royal Taking everything at face value and working under the assumption that all the women's titles will be defended 14 women are already booked on the show Raw Title - 3 Women's Tag - 8 (rumored 4 way) SDL Title - 2 (assuming Asuka vs ???) Alexa "hosting" Mania That leaves 13 main roster women and that number gets lower if you make the following assumptions Zelina Vega accompanies Andrade Lana accompanies Rusev Carmella accompanies R-Truth (or R-Truth and Carmella just do a wacky dance party segment) SDL Title match is more than a singles match Nikki Cross "interferes" with Alexa's hosting Lot better to wait and use it to fill out an Evolution show (assuming they do that) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamBroken Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 4 hours ago, West Newbury Bad Boy said: This is gross. WrestleMania 4 was only 16 matches. Let's try to find some solutions... No IC title match. Outside of Balor, Raw's midcard is pretty dismal. I don't need to see a clusterfuck with Lashley, Elias, and/or Corbin The Usos don't seem to be rushing toward any fresh matches, so no need to defend those belts The Revival aren't exactly setting the world on fire and being filler on a stadium show won't change I think they're going for Usos/Hardyz. Agreed on the rest. Guessing Cena might be most likely for Kurt's farewell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopus Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 I could see them doing something like having a battle royal be for a title. Like Andre battle royal for the IC belt. Maybe even a Women's title battle royal where we see the Mandy-Sonya schism come to a head. Throw in Raw women to make up for Smackdown women being 2/3rds of the Raw title match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Predicting the kickoff matches I'm going to go with Cruiserweight title which is better for it probably gives them a good 10-12 minutes Smackdown tag team titles (even if it's the Hardys vs. Usos) SD Women's title Asuka vs. Mandy, Sonya or both. Or *gasp* Lacey Evans. That leaves about 12-13 matches for the main card. Undertaker won't eat up a lot of time this year. Hunter will but remember they used to BOTH eat up a lot of time. Unfortunately this Braun and SNL thing will eat up time... it's going to be dreadful. I think the longest match on the card might end up being Bryan vs. Kofi if they go ahead with that or it could be AJ vs. Orton. Kurt Angle's retirement match should not go beyond 10-12 minutes. Batista vs. Triple H should not go above 15 minutes but it will probably end up being 23 minutes + entrance time. Seth Rollins vs. Brock Lesnar will probably go around 10 minutes. Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Ronda Rousey will probably go about 18 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumanChessgame Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Unless they end up finding a way to insert Roman into the world title match it's pretty much a lock the women's three way will go on last. With Roman being cleared I'm wondering if they do the Bret/Yoko/Hulk deal only on Raw the next night with Brock retaining at Mania then Roman beating him for the belt the next night. Possible bold prediction - Bryan/Kofi goes on first as the "hot opener". HHH/Batista gets the 9:30 ish mid show main event for people who have to call it an early night kind of like what the mixed tag got last year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 24 minutes ago, Niners Fan in CT said: Undertaker won't eat up a lot of time this year. Are you fucking kidding me? Him walking to the ring will take about fifteen minutes. Unless they get one of those carts and only show him chest up to make it look like he's levitating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil4126 Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 1 hour ago, sydneybrown said: Are you fucking kidding me? Him walking to the ring will take about fifteen minutes. Unless they get one of those carts and only show him chest up to make it look like he's levitating. this....this is going to be a thing that happens, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Hopefully that Braun/SNL stuff gets saved to the SNL prior to Mania. Leslie Jones saving Colin Jost and laying a beatdown on Braun probably goes over really well on SNL. At Mania, it'll get booed out of the building by guys who will never forget there was an all woman ghostbusters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 I was going to ask "who asked for this?" but then I remembered that WWE is still under the NBC Universal umbrella so it was going to happen whether anyone wants it or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Keep in mind, since HBK retired, Triple H has had the longest match at all but one WrestleMania (albeit only by 20 seconds last year.) And that's bell to bell time I'm talking about. Him and Batista should go 12, but they'll probably go twenty. (The one year he didn't was Dallas when Undertaker and Shane went 4 hours or so...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted March 15, 2019 Author Share Posted March 15, 2019 39 minutes ago, Brian Fowler said: (The one year he didn't was Dallas when Undertaker and Shane went 4 hours or so...) Also: Triple H vs Roman Reigns went 27 minutes on that show. I looked it up because I was certain it was at least 46. Those two could have had a very good match. But that wasn't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 27 minutes ago, West Newbury Bad Boy said: Also: Triple H vs Roman Reigns went 27 minutes on that show. I looked it up because I was certain it was at least 46. Those two could have had a very good match. But that wasn't it. Yeah. Shane and Taker actually went 30. That show was so ungodly long, and those two matches both literally should've been cut by at least a third if not half. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 2 hours ago, Brian Fowler said: Yeah. Shane and Taker actually went 30. That show was so ungodly long, and those two matches both literally should've been cut by at least a third if not half. Only things worthwhile from it is Charlotte vs. Sasha vs. Becky to crown the first WWE Women's Champion with the Divas title retired in the Match of the Night and the opening Ladder match for the Intercontinental Championship. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 (edited) Braun Strowman is a midcard comedy act. He's become Santino Marella. Shane is actually getting booked onto WrestleMania again. I'm just not understanding Shane's place these days. Did he just always want to be a wrestler? Is he just one of the guys now? Edited March 15, 2019 by TheVileOne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 His match against The Undertaker at WrestleMania 32 was the one match that moved the most tickets. It doesn't matter if he always wanted to be a wrestler, or whatever. Plain and simple, that's why he's had a place on the card ever since that year. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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For Great Justice Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Styles/Orton is a tailor made opener, isn’t it? Name guys, clear heel/face divide, athletic stuff that will pop the crowd. Reminds me of Cody/Rey from 28, which was really good and should have been the opener instead of Del Rio / Edge 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Lord Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 12 hours ago, sydneybrown said: Are you fucking kidding me? Him walking to the ring will take about fifteen minutes. Unless they get one of those carts and only show him chest up to make it look like he's levitating. If there was ever a time for American Badass Taker to return. Entrance cut in half because he rides his bike down to the ring. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 I'm starting to think that Kofi vs. Bryan should open the show. I hate that the WWE title would be opening but I'd rather it get a hot 20 minutes than to be buried sometime after the crowd is burned out on 25 minutes of "Paul" and "Dave" (Keep in mind I have no issue with HHH vs. Batista being on the card) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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