The Pro Wrasslin' Thread (WWE, WWF, WCW, TNA, ROH, NWA, NJPW, etc)

[Jumpin]

I think to sum up the last 4 days.

Take the NXT event, and attach on the IC match, Asuka vs. Flair, and Rousey/Angle vs Triple H/Steph and you not only get the best Wrestlemania of all time, but it wouldn’t even be close.

And it’s not like this is even that far from the truth, all of those matches happened over the weekend in the WWE; it’s incidental that NXT occurred a day earlier with a different event branding.

Speaking of RAW and Smackdown, those two shows may have been largely story and announcement based, but holy crap! WWE has that “You never know what’s going to happen” feeling again that made the Attitude era so exciting... but with actual great wrestling skill almost all around those time.

 

My favourite moments of the night were Elias not being able to get heat, the crowd AGREEING with his insults. My favourite segment was Peyton Royce and Billie Kay coming out and beating down Charlotte only to have Carmella come out shrieking to start her Money in the Bank match! She was trying to get the refs to understand what Money in the Bank means (similar to earlier in the year, when she failed), and she won! I guess Charlotte’s heading to RAW next week. Anyway, that whole segment is one of those ones that would probably sound gross on paper, but worked out REALLY well. Also, Paige broke hearts with her retirement on RAW, and stood us right back up when she became Smackdown GM! Favourite match was Ember Moon’s debut even though it was just a spot match.

 

EDIT:

Even Jim Cornette, who is notoriously critical of WWE loved the Rousey match, calls it the best debut match he's ever seen and one of the best of all time:

Last edited by Jumpin - on 12 April 2018