WrestleMania 31

#CallingItNow: Daniel Bryan isn't added to the ladder match. He'll get Sheamus yet again, and the final spot will be for someone else. Maybe Adrian Neville, that would be a cool debut.

Battle royal participants, so far: The Miz, Curtis Axel, Ryback, Fandango, Adam Rose, Zack Ryder, Jack Swagger, Titus O'Neil, Darren Young, Big Show, Kane, Erick Rowan, Damien Mizdow, Sin Cara (& others yet to be announced).

I have a feeling Sheamus won't be returning until the RAW after WrestleMania. I thought they would have already brought him back if he was going to be at Mania.

Yeah I was thinking that about Sheamus... if he was going to have a Mannia match, he'd be back already. It's not like he's the Undertaker who doesn't actually have to make an appearance. That annoys me as well (I've had a bad day at work so everything is going to turn into a rant it seems!), why the fuck should Taker get a Mannia payout when he's done absolutely nothing all year wrestling wise. Not even an appearance. He might as well not even be employed. Would love to know what his contract is like... he's probably being paid to sit at home and do fuck all all day apart from the occasional work out for his one match a year. Nice for some... then he get's a nice big payout for turning up. Guys work hard all year and will get shafted from the card to make way for what is essentially a one man feud (Wyatt has done all the work so far after all).

Not even looking forward to the Undertaker match. He's past it. Loved him, absolutely. He was class. Was being the key word. He's old and his fitness levels are no where near like they used to be, his last few matches have proven that. He looked shattered after 5 minutes last year, and he hadn't exactly done much in that time. Should have retired then, that would have been a good time to go. On the bright side though, at least it makes this match a bit less predictable. Wyatt actually has a chance of winning now that the streak is dead, but part of me doubts that they'd have him lose twice in a row. Still, I don't expect this to be a good match at all, he's been carried in his last few matches by much better wrestlers.

Looking forward to Lesnar vs Reigns, that should hopefully be a powerful and brutal fight. Hopefully won't be short, Lesnar is good enough to carry Reigns to a good long fight. But then I think should Reigns be winning the title when he has to be carried to have a good long match? He might surprise me though and be able to do it already, but from what I've seen, he looks better at matches that go about 10 minutes when it's just one on one.

No interest in the Sting/Triple H match. Triple H was and always has been better than Sting. Don't care what anyone says, I can remember both of them in their prime and Triple H has always been the better of the two. Stings crow character was cool in WCW, so he had the better character... that's it. He's too old for that now, it looks weird with the dry hair (too dry, its like he blow dries it and then it goes all fluffy when he moves too much) and the bold patch at the back of his head. Should have done something like this 10 years ago... and this does feel 10 years too late. Both can still go, but would have been so much better 10 years ago.

Sixth competitor for the IC Title Ladder Match is Stardust. Man I hope that changes, was really looking forward to a good Cody vs Goldust match.

Return vignettes pretty much always run for six weeks. #CallingItNow: Sheamus comes back on Monday. Bryan still isn't booked for anything, whatever he does will have a two week build, so what's better than this?

Byran is going to be in the IC match as well, taking that to 7 participants. Sheamus will likely return for that to even it up to 8, which seems a bit much really. 6 was fine.

Jeez, 4 was fine. Talk about overkill.

Heyman's promo was awesome on Raw , funny how he got his mic shut off! Let Heyman work his magic and he'll make Reigns look amazing when he beats Lesnar.

Honestly, I am not excited about this year's Wrestlemania. The only things I am looking forward to is Sting's debut match and Seth Rollin vs Randy Orton. I will be upset if Reigns wins the title unless Rollins cash in and defeat Reigns for the title. It will be great if the show ends like that.

So we have 8 matches for Mannia. Very few that I'm looking forward to.

Orton vs Rollins should be match of the night. Would be very disappointed if it's not at least second best match of the night, meaning that one match could at least be amazing if it's not this one.

Divas match I don't care who wins. Kinda do hope that they can put on a good show though and get given some time to show for it. Apart from Natalia, these are the 4 best four female wrestlers available outside of NXT.

Cena v Rusev is the easiest match to call. Cena wins. Easy as that. With the beat downs he's been having from Rusev, he get's his revenge here and the US Title is back in the hands of an American. Cena the US Title saviour!

Taker vs Wyatt, I'm not excited for at all. Wyatt has been good in the build up though, the promo's have been entertaining and I like how he's not seemed scared by the lightning effects like people tend to be - give it all the talk and then act scared. Not for Wyatt, he just laughs at it. Kinda hope he'll win, but part of me can't see them having Taker lose twice in a row.

IC ladder match - meh. I like most of the guys in it, Bryan is great, Ziggler is the best in WWE, Barrett is good, Ambrose is good (just wish he's stop with the stupid faces during his matches), Harper is good for a big man, Stardust should be in a one on one match with his brother and no one knows why Truth is in there. The build up has been awful as well. In a way it's nice that these guys seem to care about the IC title, but it's probably more important for them to be at Mannia.

Battle Royal - really don't care at all. Will be a cluster-fuck of a match until it's the final few and even then it likely won't be entertaining enough to make me care.

Sting v Triple H is 10 years too late. Sting looks really old now and doesn't suit the look. I just don't see the appeal in him any more. Was awesome in WCW, but that was ages ago. Triple H is still great, but he barely wrestles, so I expect this to be short and both guys to be knackered after 5 minutes. Triple H should win as he's probably still better that Sting was in his prime.

Lesnar vs Reigns should be good. I was certain that Reigns would win for so long, but I do get the feeling that Lesnar might get it. Would be cool if he did, his promo he did last week was brilliant and makes me want him to win. It's nice to actually get a WWE Title match on PPV 🙂

I'm expecting a great show. WrestleMania is usually always entertaining. Some top matches. Why people (all over the IWC) are being so negative I don't know. We've had way worse cards than this going into Mania before.

True, there have been many worse cards than this... but very little build up to this has left me feeling excited. Maybe that's where people are getting negative from - certainly is for me.

I mean look at the WWE Title match. The build up has been Heyman promo's and Reigns occasionally talking back. As good as Heyman is (he's still the best talker in WWE), Lesnar should have appeared more and backed up what Heyman was saying. They finally had a chance to rectify that last night and what do we get? A brawl? A full on fight that needed guys on the roster to separate them? Just an F5 from Lesnar, BAM I'm better than you? No... what we got was a tug-of-war over the belt for a few seconds. That's it. Such a let down. It's the last show before Mannia, have them go at it a bit. No one wants to see a tug-of-war over the belt. Some passion would be nice.

The IC Title match has consisted of stealing the belt back and forth between people.

Wyatt has been all one way traffic. It's been entertaining, but it's still been one way traffic. Guess that's what we have to get used to with Taker though, as they want to keep his appearances limited to Mannia.

Battle Royals are crap.

Cena/Rusev has been built better than most matches, even the WWE Title match. Even Sting/Triple H has been booked better than the WWE Title match, but again, this feud would have been interesting 10 years ago... not so much now.

Orton - Rollins has been a decent feud, and because I know they're booth very good I'm expecting something great from them.

Im sure the show will be good. Just not excited about anything. Prob cause after i got mania last year, what ever followed was bound to be a let down for me. Bryan is life, bryan is love.

Rumour is Bryan's in line to win the IC Title. If he goes on a long reign with the title I'm all for it. It'd give him another achievement and also make that title mean a hell of a lot more. We will most likely come out of Mania with Cena and Bryan holding the IC/US titles which I think is great in terms of elevating the belts to what they used to be.

Nearly there. How's everyone watching it? This is the one PPV that I watch live, instead of on Monday evening, and like usual will be going around my best mates to watch it with pizza.

Bought the network ready (although due to the fact they bill you 15 days later and if they dont take the money because its not there in your bank account, it cancels your subscription and then it repeats the 15 day thingy... so I haven't actually paid a penny for the network yet since it first came to the UK.)

I'll be tuning into the HOF tonight.

I'm watching the HoF tonight too.  As for Mania, I'm heading to Walkabout in town again.  If the atmosphere's anything like last year then it'll be a blast, regardless of the quality of Mania itself.  Now, predictions!!

AJ Lee & Paige vs. The Bella Twins
Could go either way really I guess, but I'm rooting for AJ and Paige.

IC Ladder Match
My boy D-Bry right there, but I'll be happy with Ambrose, Barrett or Ziggler.

John Cena vs. Rusev
Cena, though I want to Rusev to win

Randy Orton vs. Seth Rollins
Orton, but I want Rollins!

Sting vs. Triple H
Sting

Bray Wyatt vs. the Undertaker
My boy the Taker!

Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns
Let's go Lesnar *clap, clap, clap-clap-clap*

Andre Memorial Battle Royal
Damien Mizdow

Tag Titles
Kidd/Cesaro vs Usos vs Los Matadores vs New Day
Kidd/Cesaro

AJ Lee & Paige vs. The Bellas
Lee and Paige

IC Ladder Match
Daniel Bryan

John Cena vs. Rusev
Cena

Randy Orton vs. Seth Rollins
Orton

Sting vs. Triple H
HHH

Bray Wyatt vs. the Undertaker
Wyatt

Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns
Reigns

Last edited by rhys (Sat-28-Mar-2015 19:29:24)

Bought the network ready (although due to the fact they bill you 15 days later and if they dont take the money because its not there in your bank account, it cancels your subscription and then it repeats the 15 day thingy... so I haven't actually paid a penny for the network yet since it first came to the UK.)

I'll be tuning into the HOF tonight.

I wish that worked in the states here.... i tried something similar and they stopped it right there.

i have no WM predictions... i'm always wrong anyways haha.

Well I have to say, that was a very good PPV. So much better than I thought it would be.

Got the WWE Network, definitely a good PPV.

A+ Mania. Booked to perfection.

Anyone who says Reigns isn't ready, That's crap.  He just put on a great main event at WrestleMania with the Beast. I love the cash in and I love the way Lesnar wasn't pinned. He's still as hot as ever and losing the title hasn't hurt him at all. Now we could have any combo of Reigns/Rollins/Lesnar/Orton in the WWE Title run and you could even throw in someone new, a returning Sheamus, Dean Ambrose, whatever. The championship scene is wide open.

Bryan and Cena winning the IC/US titles is a great decision. Rusev has made the US title mean something but he can't do it all himself. Cena can help rebuild the title.  Bryan can do wonders with the Intercontinental title too. Ladder match was good fun and Bryan, Ziggler and Barrett impressed in particular. Cena v Rusev at Fast Lane was better but this was by no means bad.

Andre Battle Royal and the Tag Match were OK. Nothing to complain about anyway.

The Divas put on a pretty decent match. Wyatt and Undertaker were great. Expected Wyatt to win but actually don't mind Taker winning. It was a great back and forth and Taker looked in much better health this year.

Rollins v Orton had a great finish with that RKO. Orton needed the win and it made sense so that's fine with me.

Triple H v Sting was a great match too considering the amount of shenanigans. Was cool seeing DX and nWo go at it too. Glad Triple H won as Sting has dominated the feud since November.

Finally the Rock/Rousey v Steph/HHH was a little dragged out, but it did the job and now will we possibly see Rousey vs Steph At SummerSlam or maybe even Extreme Rules.

Last years WrestleMania had its moments but its been a while since Mania was great from start to finish. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Cena really didn't look happy at winning the belt, thought that was odd. He has a great chance in his position to make that title mean something, especially after Rusev has helped to build it back up. Yet he almost looked annoyed that the whole thing was below him. Weird.

Glad that Triple H won. Like I've said before, Triple H has always been better than Sting and it's only right that he should win. Wonder if Sting will stick around for a bit. My mate reckons he only signed on to have a match at Mannia. Surely he's staying for a little bit to at least get a win.

Taker looked surprisingly great. Wouldn't have thought his knees would have allowed him to do some of the moves he did, but he's clearly been working hard to make sure that he's fit enough. That he could get up and walk out on his own is a good sign that his health is getting better. I wanted him to retire after the Lesnar match, but now would be better - retire looking good, as that's what fans will remember. He looked better without the Mohawk as well, he always looked weird with that. But yeah, glad that he's looking better than he has done in a few years.

The opening hour to the night was brilliant. Helped that it started off with the two matches that I was looking forward to, and they both delivered. Some crazy looking moves in the ladder match, but it also reinforced my problem with these kinds of matches. At times you could blatantly see the guys just sat down at ringside having a break. At least lie on the floor instead of sitting up against the barricade watching the match in the ring - "oh look, someones climbing the ladder... it's okay, I'll just sit here for a few more minutes then jump in the ring... they might grab the title and win the match, but it's comfy down here". Come on! I understand why they have to do it, as it'd be a mess of a match else, but don't just sit there on camera watching things. Pretend you're hurt or something and can't look into the ring.

Lesnar and Reigns really didn't go easy on each other at all. You could tell that they were both giving each other some pretty hard shots. Didn't expect that ending though. I expected Rollins to leave as the champ, but I didn't realise that cashing in would turn the current match into a three-way. Ah well, means that they got to protect Lesnar and Reigns still stays in the title picture as well. Reigns took an absolute beating though.

Also, what did Triple H do to his leg? It looks fucking brutal. Surprised he could walk properly with a bruise like that.