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Post by cwsims on Mar 20, 2019 0:43:11 GMT
Samoa Joe vs Rey Mysterio for the United States Championship confirmed tonight on Smackdown. So...I guess no John Cena then? not unless the match becomes a triple threat. my guess is he shows up next Monday or the final raw before WM and challenges Corbin for the right to face angle. rumor is Cena will be returning to tv on the final RAW before WM
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Post by cwsims on Mar 20, 2019 0:44:30 GMT
if not for the womens division this WM would be an event straight down the toilet, atleast local indie booking would have some competition with this years WM
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2019 0:51:34 GMT
The IIconics defeated Sasha and Bayley so by WWE booking logic it seems like they could be in this multiteam womans tag team title match with Nia/Tamina and Nattie/Beth.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2019 2:22:31 GMT
Looks like the Bryan vs Kofi match will once again be pushed another week in regards to being announced.
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Post by Nike316 on Mar 20, 2019 2:23:29 GMT
This would be a huge save, but also a huge waste of Kurt Angle's retirement at the same time. WWE is having a very hard time just playing it straight on the road to WrestleMania this year, and now it's even gotten to the point where one person's push is being stalled at the expense of an entire show just weeks ahead of the big event, which still needs a full card.
Kurt Angle would be no different from Becky Lynch or Kofi Kingston(especially after tonight), as far as WWE playing around with matches, instead of just going straight for the gold.
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Post by Nike316 on Mar 20, 2019 2:27:13 GMT
Samoa Joe vs Rey Mysterio feels like a copout compared to what could've been with a match like Samoa Joe vs John Cena. Rey Mysterio could've just finished off his big feud with Andrade, since those two seem to have a lot of respect for each other.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2019 2:37:43 GMT
Samoa Joe vs Rey Mysterio feels like a copout compared to what could've been with a match like Samoa Joe vs John Cena. Rey Mysterio could've just finished off his big feud with Andrade, since those two seem to have a lot of respect for each other. I think if there is one match that's going to get some more added to it, it's this one. There are a lot of people still off the card ad we're sitting at about 13 matches atm which includes the rumored ones that just haven't been officially announced yet. We still have a SD Womans title match, a SD tag titles match, a RAW tag titles match, and a Womans Battle royal to be added as well. So that gives us 17 matches total. We've got people like Kevin Owens, Andrade, Ali, Gargano, Ricochet, Black all without matches. Maybe they all get put in the Andre battle royal I guess but I think that would be a waste of talent for quite a few guys.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2019 4:19:34 GMT
Tony Nese won the tournament on 205 Live to challenge Buddy Murphy for the Cruiserweight Championship at WrestleMania.
Also via a WWE.com exclusive video there will be a 4 way next week between Mandy Rose, Sonya Deville, Carmella and Naomi to determine Asuka's challenger at WrestleMania.
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Post by ctown28 on Mar 20, 2019 5:30:09 GMT
I have to ask this, as I haven’t seen it mentioned, during Miz promo, why did he mention Kofi? It seemed forced. Will Miz be the one to get Kofi in? Maybe a tag match, Kofi and Miz vs Shane and Bryan?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2019 6:07:20 GMT
I have to ask this, as I haven’t seen it mentioned, during Miz promo, why did he mention Kofi? It seemed forced. Will Miz be the one to get Kofi in? Maybe a tag match, Kofi and Miz vs Shane and Bryan? They're running with a storyline where the entire Smackdown locker room (the faces anyway) are all rallying behind Kofi to get that title shot at WrestleMania. Why they're not jockeying for it themselves idk, WWE logic of all faces are friends and so on and so forth. Miz isn't the only one to mention Kofi as Kevin Owens did the same thing in his segment with Charlotte and Becky. Then you see backstage during Kofi's gauntlet match a group of people were watching the TV rooting Kofi on. Those included were: New Day, Usos, Nikki Cross, Heavy Machinery, Hardyz. So I think this storyline is going in the way that the entire face roster will threaten a walk out if Vince doesn't give Kofi this match. They're paralleling this storyline with Daniel Bryan's WrestleMania 30 storyline I think. Daniel Bryan even called Kofi a "B+ player" which was what HHH would constantly call Bryan leading up to WrestleMania 30. Bryan had an occupy RAW with the Yes movement and I feel like something similar will be done here where the faces "occupy" Smackdown and threaten to walk out if Kofi doesn't get this shot. That's just how I see this storyline going.
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Post by Nike316 on Mar 20, 2019 9:56:05 GMT
Naomi winning would make the most sense even though she's gotten herself into trouble recently. She's only had about one match against Asuka from what I remember, while the other three women have already been facing her on the regular on Smackdown and at ppvs.
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Post by cwsims on Mar 20, 2019 14:51:24 GMT
Samoa Joe vs Rey Mysterio feels like a copout compared to what could've been with a match like Samoa Joe vs John Cena. Rey Mysterio could've just finished off his big feud with Andrade, since those two seem to have a lot of respect for each other. I think if there is one match that's going to get some more added to it, it's this one. There are a lot of people still off the card ad we're sitting at about 13 matches atm which includes the rumored ones that just haven't been officially announced yet. We still have a SD Womans title match, a SD tag titles match, a RAW tag titles match, and a Womans Battle royal to be added as well. So that gives us 17 matches total. We've got people like Kevin Owens, Andrade, Ali, Gargano, Ricochet, Black all without matches. Maybe they all get put in the Andre battle royal I guess but I think that would be a waste of talent for quite a few guys. probably atleast two of the un-announced matches will be placed on the pre-show, most likely the womens battle royal and one if not both of the tag title matches Andrade, Alia, Black, Ricochet, and Gargano will most likely end up in the Andre The Giant Battle Royal, 100% sure Owens may as well
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2019 3:35:40 GMT
Finn Balor vs Bobby Lashley for the IC Championship has now been confirmed. Drew McIntyre vs Roman Reigns also now confirmed. SNL hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che have been added to the Andre Battle Royal.
Also HHH is putting his career on the line against Batista. (Yawn) So is Angle's retirement match just getting even more overshadowed now? This is stupid.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2019 7:52:51 GMT
The rumored Womans Tag Championship match has been confirmed via twitter. Sasha/Bayley vs IIconics vs Nia/Tamina vs Nattie/Beth
That gives us 12 official matches so far with the WWE Championship soon to make 13. Then you've got the SD Womans Championship to make 14. Add in I'm sure we'll get the RAW and SD Tag titles in there somewhere that gives us 16 matches. I assume we're going to get the Womans battle royal again (sigh) so that leaves us with a 17 match card.
Just an FYI last years Mania had 14 matches. Last years show lasted 5 hours 10 minutes and 54 seconds and that's not including the pre show. It ran for over 7 hours including the pre show. This event should have 3 more matches. We're gonna be in for a LOOOOONG show folks. Some of these matches will be squashes I imagine. The first most likely being Lashley vs Balor with Balor showing up as the Demon and winning in about 3 minutes. He's beaten Lashley twice in handicap matches, not like Lashley is looking great going into this match so a quick squash match won't hurt him any further. (IMO he sucks anyways so idc)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2019 7:56:36 GMT
I think we get 4 to 5 matches on the pre show.
My top candidates are: Both Battle Royals (Obviously) Both Male Tag Title Matches (They have nothing going yet to say they deserve main show worthy) Cruiserweight Championship (History says it's gonna happen)
If they wanted to add a 6th I'd say it could be the SD Womans Championship or the US Championship. I do think the US Championship match will be the curtain jerker (Rey) though.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2019 2:03:38 GMT
Daniel Bryan vs Kofi for the WWE Championship now confirmed
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Post by Nike316 on Mar 27, 2019 2:24:12 GMT
^ I'm glad this has finally been confirmed. I would hate to see another Smackdown where the whole show takes a backseat to one match when WM is so close, and the whole card hasn't even been filled yet. Hell, I hate when one match is the center of a whole show in general, because it only allows for failing divisions(the women's division for example) to continue to suffer.
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Post by petrolino on Mar 27, 2019 23:53:56 GMT
Daniel Bryan vs Kofi for the WWE Championship now confirmed I'm so happy for Kofi Kingston. Dude's a loyal, tireless worker with a ton of championship belts, tremendously entertaining in and out of the ring, and now he's going for the big one.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2019 1:43:20 GMT
Daniel Bryan vs Kofi for the WWE Championship now confirmed I'm so happy for Kofi Kingston. Dude's a loyal, tireless worker with a ton of championship belts, tremendously entertaining in and out of the ring, and now he's going for the big one. I'm happy for him too. It does feel a bit odd that it's at WrestleMania though. Kofi is super over at the moment so that's great. Yet I still just look at it and think that's an odd WWE title match at WrestleMania. I really can't see them putting the strap on Kofi but who knows, they could do something like how Zack Ryder won the IC Championship only to lose it the next night on RAW. Might give Kofi this WrestleMania moment per say but with no real long term plans to have him keep it long.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2019 1:45:24 GMT
Also Falls Count Anywhere stipulation has been added to Shane vs Miz
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