Ira Gaines Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 What was so bad about WrestleMania IX? I thought it was okay. Good spectacle to it and a couple of good matches. The entire thing was soured by a horrible ending. Wrestlemania XI was much worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Beer will ensure it will be an enjoyable event. We also have the unknown of what The Rock will doAnd Stone Cold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Oh, and here's a tip. When it comes to sitting down and watching the show, do you really care about the booking in the build up? You've got a series of matches which look, on paper, excellent. So why not just sit back and enjoy the show and the matches for what they are? The booking has been pretty shit, but f**k it. I'm going to be staying up to watch a quality wrestling show and that's what it should at least provide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bernardblack Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 The two main event matches look mediocre on paper, but I'm sure they'll provide plenty entertainment once all the smoke and mirrors come into play. I'm looking forward to Lesnar vs Ambrose and Jericho vs Styles the most. The rest of the undercard wouldn't look out of place on an episode of Main Event. The show won't be anywhere near as bad as WM 9, I'm expecting something middling like WM 2000 or 25. I love WM25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 What was so bad about WrestleMania IX? The togas for one. Shudder. Todd Pettengill for another. Oh and the matches were almost all absolute gash. Oh, and here's a tip. When it comes to sitting down and watching the show, do you really care about the booking in the build up? You've got a series of matches which look, on paper, excellent. So why not just sit back and enjoy the show and the matches for what they are? The booking has been pretty shit, but f**k it. I'm going to be staying up to watch a quality wrestling show and that's what it should at least provide. Yes. A good build up makes matches feel much more meaningful and add to the excitement. Although I can enjoy matches with a shit/no build up. I just prefer them to have a good and meaningful build up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 I love WM25 It's a quality Mania let down by a flat as f**k Main Event. In fact I'd say the Main Event is downright boring and drags for ages. Taker/HBK should have been on last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 What was so bad about WrestleMania IX? Pretty much the lot really. Horrible matches, shite characters, the ending was a one man creative control power trip that simultaneously buried the two top guys in the company. I agree that XI was a far bigger shitfest and to be honest the Iron Man match saved XII from being even worse than XI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quentin Taranbino Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 V glad fifth harmony are performing no joke. Fifth Harmony are absolute rides. A welcome addition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Oh, and here's a tip. When it comes to sitting down and watching the show, do you really care about the booking in the build up? You've got a series of matches which look, on paper, excellent. So why not just sit back and enjoy the show and the matches for what they are? The booking has been pretty shit, but f**k it. I'm going to be staying up to watch a quality wrestling show and that's what it should at least provide. Great 'tip' m8. I will sit down and enjoy the show because it's Mania and it very rarely fails to deliver. However, that doesn't change the fact that I should be pissing my pants with excitement about Mania right now and I'm not because they haven't booked it very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 djchapsticks, on 23 Mar 2016 - 17:01, said:I agree that XI was a far bigger shitfest and to be honest the Iron Man match saved XII from being even worse than XI. Thought Diesel vs. Taker and Austin vs. Vega were both pretty good as well tbh. Those and the iron man make it a decent show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Thought Diesel vs. Taker and Austin vs. Vega were both pretty good as well tbh. Those and the iron man make it a decent show. I disliked Taker vs Diesel but then I dislike almost all of Kevin Nash's work. Austin vs Savio, fair enough it was entertaining. Austin was sort of straddling gimmicks at the time though as he was still with Dibiase but not quite the ringmaster anymore. The other stuff was hard to watch. Goldust vs Piper and the attempts at humour with the OJ stuff, the Warrior squash, the absolute state of Yokozuna in a lacklustre match thay involved good talents. Overall it's a moot point to compare it to the worst manias as the Iron Man match did happen and was a huge chunk of the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Thought Piper/Goldust thing would have been okay if they just stuck with the original brawl and then did nothing else with it. But they didn't. And the whole thing ended up being a massive shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quentin Taranbino Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Random thought - best Mania tune? I still love that cheesy number from early 90s that Simon Cowell produced. Randomly started 'welcome to survivor series' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Limp Bizkit - My Way, but must be accompanied by the Austin/Rock build up video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Dougal McGuire Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 My Way is still one of my favourite songs after the build up to that Mania. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ginger Prince Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Limp Bizkit - My Way, but must be accompanied by the Austin/Rock build up video. 100% this. Never has or never will be topped IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 My Way and that Wrestlemania was 15 year and thus 15 Mania's ago. f**k sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QPStu Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Random thought - best Mania tune? I still love that cheesy number from early 90s that Simon Cowell produced. Randomly started 'welcome to survivor series' More recently, I liked the WM 29 tune, Coming Home and Celebrate from the following year was quite good too. Both fitted the particular occasions pretty well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Did they not also use "We are Young" by FUN for one of the Once in a Lifetime matches? That was decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameus Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 My Way is the answer, although if we're including promos in that, Placebos cover of Running up that Hill for the Taker/Shawn retirement match was a great choice. To be honest, the one group within WWE that consistently get things right are the teams responsible for the promos. I don't think I ever remember them making a bad one, at worst they're functional and OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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