Topic: WRESTLEMANIA XXX Thread

[Prime]

WWE Tag Team Title Fatal Four-Way Match (pre-show):
The Usos (champs) vs. Los Matadores vs. The Real Americans vs. Ryback and Curtis Axel

- Prediction: The Real Americans split, Usos retain due to RA dissension.

Singles match for the third spot in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship Triple Threat match:
Daniel Bryan vs. Triple H

- Prediction: Triple H with assistance/shenanigans from either Stephanie or NAO

John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt

- Prediction: Bray Wyatt

André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal

- Prediction: I said Ziggler on the podcast, but now I'm starting to think about it being Rusev as a surprise entrant

The Shield vs. Kane and The New Age Outlaws

- Prediction: The Shield

Vickie Guerrero Divas Championship Invitational (one fall):
AJ Lee (champ) vs. Brie Bella vs. Alicia Fox vs. Aksana vs. Tamina vs. Nikki Bella vs. Natalya vs. Layla vs. Eva Marie vs. Emma vs. Summer Rae vs. Rosa Mendes vs. Cameron vs. Naomi

- Prediction: Nikki Bella

The Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar

- Prediction: Undertaker

WWE World Heavyweight Title Triple Threat Match:
Randy Orton (champ) vs. Batista vs. HHH

- Prediction: What I want to happen: Batista pins Orton. Hogan comes out and says this is wrong, someone got screwed. Bryan should have won the match against HHH but now gets his shot and creates another match: Bryan vs. Batista for the title. That way Batista gets his promised title win, but we get to move on from the abortion that is his return.

What will happen: Hogan adds Bryan to the match due to the shenanigans in the HHH/Bryan match, Bryan wins the title. Batista beats Bryan tomorrow night on RAW.

Bonus prediction: Punk or no Punk?

- Prediction: No Punk.

Bonus Bonus Prediction: Rock or No Rock?

- Prediction: Rock

[KoppoKick]

Hoping they bring back the carts for the entrances a la WM 3.

[Handsome Padje]

Hoping they bring back the carts for the entrances a la WM 3.

Although that would be great for Cena, I'm certain the reason they ever existed was to carry André to the ring, and then to hide that he needed one, they carried everyone to the ring. They're not thought of in terms of fun or design, just function.

[Linus]

I'm excited about wrestlemania, but no one gives a shit about sting. they've even stopped spelling sting in upper case.

[Handsome Padje]

I went round his mum's house and I kept calling him Stimg and she didn't even notice

so why should I care

[Linus]

[Niall]

Best use of Sting would be bringing him in for occasional dates between now and the next HOF.  Maybe have come to Cena's aid or something against the Wyatts.  He should spend the year jobbing for guys like the Wyatts, Shield, Cesaro etc, and then bow out next year at the Rumble.  I don't see Sting as a Taker level opponent.

[Linus]

I think he'd be best used as a makeup guy.

[Niall]

I think he'd be best used as a makeup guy.

And next year go into the HoF as the first winner of the Jimmy Miranda award.

[KoppoKick]

Regular on air performer finishing up tonight, per Meltzer.

[spoiler]Vickie Guerrero[/spoiler]

Surely to be buried on the way out.

[POE-Bot Activated!]

Best use of Sting would be bringing him in for occasional dates between now and the next HOF.  Maybe have come to Cena's aid or something against the Wyatts.  He should spend the year jobbing for guys like the Wyatts, Shield, Cesaro etc, and then bow out next year at the Rumble.  I don't see Sting as a Taker level opponent.

I could see Sting as a Taker level opponent, but I'm not sure paying him a lot of money just to job him out to The Streak is great way of him to be used. It's very likely a Sting/Taker match would be like Taker/DDP's match where DDP essentially got buried.

[EDGECRUSHER]

Sting/UT would make an interesting Summerslam match and help sell some PPVs. He is not a Wrestlemania level opponent, maybe he was 10 years ago.

[Niall]

He'd have been WrestleMania level when he was last relevant. Which was probably the late 90s.

[Niall]

Pre-show starting now.

[KoppoKick]

After that intro, I'm convinced Vince shows up tonight. 

[Niall]

The pre-show panel: Mick Foley, Booker T and Shawn Michaels. They've gone for the safe options. HBK a last minute replacement for someone else, name not mentioned (maybe Flair).

Flair apparently tore Foley to bits on the Legends Roundtable a couple of days ago.

[Niall]

I love Renee Young.

[KoppoKick]

Is Foley really a safe option if D-Bry doesn't go over?  Remember the Rumble.

What did Flair do to Foley on the Legends Roundtable?  The only parts I saw were Flair crying about his deceased son (understandable) and Flair and JBL trying to pretend Austin and HBK were the only draws for WM 14 and Mike Tyson had nothing to do with it (Foley was on the right side of the facts there). 

[Niall]

Is Foley really a safe option if D-Bry doesn't go over?  Remember the Rumble.

What did Flair do to Foley on the Legends Roundtable?  The only parts I saw were Flair crying about his deceased son (understandable) and Flair and JBL trying to pretend Austin and HBK were the only draws for WM 14 and Mike Tyson had nothing to do with it (Foley was on the right side of the facts there).

No idea, I didn't see it, just heard that Flair and JBL just shot down a lot of what Foley said.

[Niall]

I'm assuming then that Foley has signed some sort of new deal with WWE? He made a big deal after the Rumble of saying he was done.

[dj unstable]

Prediction: even with a tiny card, they still have timing problems because they can't help themselves


Does anyone other than da Big Show or Sheamus win the battle royal?

[dj unstable]

in case anyone hasn't seen it, andy poe bait:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diUiHoCq82U

[KoppoKick]

Does anyone other than da Big Show or Sheamus win the battle royal?

Miz is 4-0 at Mania (amazingly, 2 preshow victories along with a main event win).  I think that's the second longest current streak. 

Long chance, but they may also go with Fandango pulling another Mania upset.

Smarks like Rusev's chances, but no one would think that if they only watched Raw. 

If the Real Americans split tonight, it is possible Cesaro is one of the 3 unannounced entrants and he wins it. 

[Niall]

Daniel Bryan really needs to cut the hair/beard.

[EDGECRUSHER]

My feed on the XBox is very choppy. Every 15-20 seconds it skips a bit then goes back to normal.