The Wrestling Thread: WWE WrestleMania 31 [NSFW]

[tomvek]

Two more episodes of Raw and that'll be a full 6 months of the show caught up with. Not thinking much of the card so far but heh, I'll stay positive and say "but it's Mania"!

Loving Heyman, Cesaro, The Shield, Sandow and Punk over that period. It'll be weird actually watching it weekly again

[captain red dog]

Yeah although the build has been the weakest I can remember, you are almost guaranteed a great show. Not £18 worth mind, but still a great show.

Rock and Cena this week was very interesting. They are blatantly teasing a Cena heel turn, I just wonder if they have the bottle to go through with it. I could actually see then turning Rock now instead!

[Dark Ritual]

I doubt they'll turn Rock. There's pretty much nobody he could feud with where he'd be considered the heel by the crowd.

[captain red dog]

Yes that's true. The heels are in such a poor state right now. I was thinking they would turn the Rock and have him retain and then drop the title to Cena at the next PPV, but I can't see Cena getting cheered over Rock even if he pulled off the best heel turn of all time.

[Dark Ritual]

They could do with another main-event level heel (as they pretty much have Punk, and possibly Mark Henry & Big Show) but the thing is, who could Rock face off against that would generate genuine interest and actually not have the face get booed? the only chance I imagine would be Sheamus. Which would actually be a good idea if Sheamus went over.

[KK]

WWE RAW averaged 4,305,333 viewers.

Hour 1: 4,031,000
Hour 2: 4,483,000
Hour 3: 4,402,000

Show did a 3.1 rating.

Bet WWE won't be remotely happy with that number considering just how many big names were on the show.

[Chocolate Jim]

Eugh tell me I haven't really taken the day off work to watch Wrestlemania ..... 25 years old and taking days off to watch wrestling

[Dante]

Eugh tell me I haven't really taken the day off work to watch Wrestlemania ..... 25 years old and taking days off to watch wrestling

I'm 29 and i've taken the day off to watch WM.

Worrying thing is, my boss suggested I do it, after I watched it live then went in for work last year and was in a terribe state due to no sleep

[gaminglegend]

Yeah although the build has been the weakest I can remember, you are almost guaranteed a great show. Not £18 worth mind, but still a great show.

Rock and Cena this week was very interesting. They are blatantly teasing a Cena heel turn, I just wonder if they have the bottle to go through with it. I could actually see then turning Rock now instead!

Stupidest thing I've read in a while, consider the amount of money you splurge on crap over a week, that £18 is a blockbuster of entertainment that happens once a year. Shame on you

[KK]

Is WrestleMania 29 worth £18? I dunno, it hasn't happened yet.

[Kanbei]

Usenet when I'm home from work the next day

[Mafro]

Didn't even realise Wrestlemania was this weekend. Zero hype for it.

[KK]

TV GUIDE

Wednesday

7am: WWE WrestleMania Vintage Collection - Sky Sports 2 HD

Thursday

3pm: WWE WrestleMania Vintage Collection - Sky Sports 3 HD
4pm: WWE SPECIAL CM PUNK - Sky Sports 3 HD
6pm: WWE WrestleMania 29 Press Conference - YouTube; WWE.com

Friday

2pm: WWE SPECIAL CM PUNK - Sky Sports 3 HD
7pm: WWE SPECIAL CM PUNK - Sky Sports 4 HD
9pm: WWE SmackDown: WrestleMania Preview - Sky Sports 4 HD
12am: The Rock: The Road To WrestleMania - Sky Sports 4 HD
1am: WWE SPECIAL CM PUNK - Sky Sports 4 HD

Saturday

8am: WWE SPECIAL CM PUNK - Sky 1 HD
5:30pm: WWE WrestleMania 29 Preview Show - Sky Sports 3 HD
11:25pm: WWE WrestleMania 29 Preview Show - Sky Sports 4 HD

Sunday

8:30am: WWE WrestleMania 29 Preview Show - Sky 1 HD
1pm: WWE SPECIAL CM PUNK - Sky Sports 3 HD
6pm: WWE SPECIAL CM PUNK - Sky 2
10pm: WWE WrestleMania 29 Preview Show - Sky Sports 2 HD
11pm: WWE WrestleMania Pre-Show - YouTube; WWE App; WWE.com
12am: WWE WrestleMania 29 - Sky Box Office HD
4am: WWE WrestleMania Post-Show - YouTube; WWE App; WWE.com

Monday

1am: WWE RAW LIVE! - Sky Sports 3 HD

Tuesday

7pm: WWE Hall of Fame - Sky Sports 3 HD
12am: WWE Hall of Fame - Sky Sports 4 HD

[Return_of_the_STAR]

Eugh tell me I haven't really taken the day off work to watch Wrestlemania ..... 25 years old and taking days off to watch wrestling

I'm 29 and i've taken the day off to watch WM.

Worrying thing is, my boss suggested I do it, after I watched it live then went in for work last year and was in a terribe state due to no sleep

I wouldn't worry about it - some people love football, others baseball... you just love (or loved) wrestling!

Nothing is like the crazy world of wrestling.

I can trump that as I'm 30 and have taken the day off to watch WM, however I'm starting to doubt my decision.

[captain red dog]

So where did the story that they were Paul Bearer's ashes come from out of interest? WWE have been very careful so far to say that the urn only represents Taker's power and not that it contains Bearer. I'm just interested to know why people assumed it was Paul's ashes. Did WWE state that anywhere?

[Skippy]

So where did the story that they were Paul Bearer's ashes come from out of interest? WWE have been very careful so far to say that the urn only represents Taker's power and not that it contains Bearer. I'm just interested to know why people assumed it was Paul's ashes. Did WWE state that anywhere?

They said "Paul Bearer's urn", probably deliberately so it could be taken both ways

[captain red dog]

Well to be fair to WWE they have been very careful in recent weeks to explain the history of the urn (which was always carried by Paul). I don't think they intentionally made out it was his ashes. It has long been established that the urn was what gave Taker his power (crazy wrestling story I know ) and that the urn contained ashes (this isn't the first time they have been thrown on someone). In fact it was Bearer throwing the ashes that led to the title being vacated in 1992.

Ironically, it is the long term fans that are complaining that it was Paul's ashes, and they are the ones that should know better and normally pick up on this stuff.

The only thing I had cause to find offensive was the comments about Paul's streak which was just an unbelievable comment to make.

[JChalmers]

When's GRAPL dropping?

Don't think I'll be watching WM until Monday

[Adam Pollard]

[Drumstick]

Review-A-Wai - WrestleMania 5 w/ Rick Martel & Tito Santana



http://datav3.fightnetwork.com/blog/37502.mp3

**John Pollock and Wai Ting review WrestleMania 5 from April of 1989 where the Mega Powers "EXPLODE"

**Comments from Rick Martel when he appeared on The LAW chatting the Strike Force team and breakup on this show

**We also hear from Tito Santana regarding his run with Martel and transition back to a singles performer after this event

**Feedback from The LAW Message Board

WrestleMania 5
Sunday April 2, 1989
Atlantic City, New Jersey
*Randy Savage vs. Hulk Hogan for the WWF Title
*Ultimate Warrior vs. Rick Rude for the Intercontinental Title
*Demolition vs. The Powers of Pain & Mr. Fuji for the Tag Titles
*Ted DiBiase vs. Brutus Beefcake
*Andre the Giant vs. Jake Roberts
*Red Rooster vs. Bobby Heenan
*The Blue Blazer vs. Mr. Perfect
*The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers vs. The Bushwhackers
*The Brain Busters vs. Strike Force
*The Hart Foundation vs. Honky Tonk Man & Greg Valentine
*Bad News Brown vs. Jim Duggan
*Dino Bravo vs. Ronnie Garvin
*The Rockers vs. The Twin Towers
*Hercules vs. King Haku