The Wrestling Thread: WWE WrestleMania 31 [NSFW]

[Dark Ritual]

Most likely him, aye. Although, and this is probably just my inner fan-boy speaking- EDge has had Christian with him at the Slammys and just used his finisher...maybe subtle hints.

[ITSMILNER]

I bet we have no IC or US title matches again this year due to MITB

So is the Rumble worth a download then? anyone got any links yet

[Codename 47]

Pretty good Rumble. Highlight was when Booker came out I love the reaction he got from the crowd. Also, Morrisons piece of acrobatics was pretty damn awesome. Biggest surprise was probably how early Punk went. The lack of crowd reaaction for the Orton-Cena "face off" - can't believe how muted that reaction was. Glad Del Rio won though.

Does anyone know the latest reports on the Undertaker's fitness/health? Looking forward to his feud with Barrett and the Corre, if the reports of those two fighting at Wresltemania are true.

[Skippy]

There's no way Ziggler is finished off Wrestlers have survived worse and if Miz can make it, anyone can.

Anyway it was a good event and I don't regret buying it, I'd much rather Punk and Orton was for the title than Miz/Cena but right now the card looks full of potential for good matches. Maybe not Wrestlemania-grade matches but still good matches.

Tell you what was weird though, Cena getting eliminated and then going straight to Cole and not running after Miz

Striker wasn't too bad too, he got torn apart at the end and rightfully so. He was great during Booker's part "I'm marking out bro!"

[Drumstick]

Thoughts were basically what everyone else has said. Fantastic Rumble until the champ arrived and then it went to gooseberry fool.

Not sure if I'd like to see Miz vs. Cena at WM because I can't see Cena not leaving the event with the title.

[Baron Zemo]

strawberry float that rumble looks and sounds awesome. Anybody got links?

[Mafro]

Completely forgot about MITB and a possible Sheamus v HHH

[Skippy]

Hopefully there's no MITB

[Rog]

I Maffed Last thing I remember was Morrison leaping off the barrier back into the ring.

Going to download the show and after that I'll start the marking. Unless anyone has the stats I need?

[ITSMILNER]

I hope if they do have another MITB this year they give it to John Morrison as he deserves a main event push

[KK]

For those wondering who usually plans out these Rumble matches, it's Michaels Hayes & Pat Patterson. I think it's fair to say more often than not they do a great job.

Kinda funny though; Nash said Miz wasn't a believable WWE Champion, young guys don't draw & what have you, & on the night, Miz gets an average reception & Nash blows the roof off, & is the most popular on the entire show. Meltzer mentioned it & thought it was rather amusing.

On Twitter Nash posted:

Absolutely the best night of my wrestling career. It's so nice to be back in WWE family. Thanks Boston for making me feel so special.

[Johnny Ryall]

The strawberry float is del rio?

[KK]

[Return_of_the_STAR]

For those wondering who usually plans out these Rumble matches, it's Michaels Hayes & Pat Patterson. I think it's fair to say more often than not they do a great job.

Kinda funny though; Nash said Miz wasn't a believable WWE Champion, young guys don't draw & what have you, & on the night, Miz gets an average reception & Nash blows the roof off, & is the most popular on the entire show. Meltzer mentioned it & thought it was rather amusing.

On Twitter Nash posted:

Absolutely the best night of my wrestling career. It's so nice to be back in WWE family. Thanks Boston for making me feel so special.

I think that is reading too much into it. Nash got a big reception because surprise and nostalgia. While he looks in good shape, he moves slower than the Great Khali.

Overall though it was a very good rumble. I agree that the momentum got sapped out of it in the middle though, i don't necessarily blame Cena & Hornswoggle as i found that bit quite funny, the problem was though it changed the speed of the rumble as very little was occuring for such a long time whereas it had been very fast paced and full of action to start with.

Can't believe i changed my prediction from Del Rio to Punk and then to Cena

LOL at the commentators for not realising that Riley got eliminated for like 5 minutes

It was a nice touch with Santino, i had actually forgotten about him until just before Del Rio won, but it was obvious that he wasn't going to win it though. Annoyingly i went for the longest option with Santino on the GRAPL and i have a feeling that he may not have last quite 20 mins but it could have been close.

Final thought, where was HHH to come down and elminate Sheamus?

[HailToTheKingBaby!]

If Nash is back full time, I'm guessing there's a good chance he'll be working with HHH in some way upto 'Mania - maybe hyping HBK's hall of fame induction somehow.

Maybe a new DX (or nWo) with Nash/HHH and some others to feud with Nexus on RAW unless they're gonna keep them feuding with the Corre..

Has there been any confirmation of Nash/Booker being more than a one off anywhere?

[KK]

I think that is reading too much into it. Nash got a big reception because surprise and nostalgia. While he looks in good shape, he moves slower than the Great Khali.

Sure, that's all it was - but the reception will just cement Nash's current opinions. TNA were probably watching that & going "See, look at that...we need more old codgers"...ignoring Del Rio's just won the Rumble.

It's also ironic that Nash & Booker T were more over in those 5 minutes or whatever than they were the entire time they were in TNA. Went from meaning nothing in Orlando, to mega pop in the WWE.

Has there been any confirmation of Nash/Booker being more than a one off anywhere?

Booker's under contract, Nash isn't.

[Rog]

The Santino surprise was ruined for me because I had to time him so I knew he was still left

He was in for 13 minutes by the way.

[Return_of_the_STAR]

I think that is reading too much into it. Nash got a big reception because surprise and nostalgia. While he looks in good shape, he moves slower than the Great Khali.

Sure, that's all it was - but the reception will just cement Nash's current opinions. TNA were probably watching that & going "See, look at that...we need more old codgers"...ignoring Del Rio's just won the Rumble.

It's also ironic that Nash & Booker T were more over in those 5 minutes or whatever than they were the entire time they were in TNA. Went from meaning nothing in Orlando, to mega pop in the WWE.

Has there been any confirmation of Nash/Booker being more than a one off anywhere?

Booker's under contract, Nash isn't.

Yeah that is funny that they can look washed up in tna and still do it in WWE.

Glad booker is sticking around.

What I think was missing was someone turning on a friend or someone joining either nexus or the corre.

[Floex]

People bigging up Nash

[J. Vengeance]

Here are some RR stats for everyone, might help with the tallying of the Grapl points.

Time in the Rumble Match
CM Punk (35:22) *Ironman*
John Cena (33:18)
Wade Barrett (22:24)
WWE IC Champion Kofi Kingston (21:05)
WWE US Champion Daniel Bryan (20:56)
Rey Mysterio Jr. (19:08)
Sheamus (18:18)
Husky Harris (15:59)
Michael McGillicutty (15:07)
John Morrison (13:22)
WWE Tag Team Champion Santino Marella (12:55)
Alberto Del Rio (12:33) *Winner*
Ted Dibiase Jr. (12:16)
David Otunga (11:57)
Hornswoggle (9:39)
Randy Orton (8:20)
Ezekiel Jackson (7:14)
Mark Henry (7:03)
Yoshi Tatsu (5:35)
Dolph Ziggler (5:02)
Jack Swagger (4:51)
Drew McIntyre (4:46)
Mason Ryan (4:30)
William Regal (4:10)
The Big Show (3:31)
Alex Riley (3:16)
Diesel (2:44)
Chavo Guerrero Jr. (2:01)
Chris Masters (1:57)
Kane (1:36)
JTG (1:48)
The Great Khali (1:16)
Booker T (1:08)
Justin Gabriel (0:58)
Heath Slater (0:57)
Tyson Kidd (0:52)
Zack Ryder (0:43)
WWE Tag Team Champion Vladimir Kozlov (0:40)
Tyler Reks (0:34)
R-Truth (0:30)

Eliminations (assists are included)
CM Punk (7) *tie*
John Cena (7) *tie*
Michael McGillicutty (4)
Randy Orton (3)
Husky Harris (3)
Daniel Bryan (2)
Mark Henry (2)
Rey Mysterio Jr. (2)
Wade Barrett (2)
Alberto Del Rio (2)
Mason Ryan (2)
The Big Show (2)
David Otunga (2)
Ted Dibiase Jr. (1)
The Great Khali (1)
Sheamus (1)
Kofi Kingston (1)
Ezekiel Jackson (1)
Kane (1)
Miz (1) *not an entrant