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What match are you excited for at WWE Payback 2017?

Neville vs. Austin Aries ... 1 5.88%
 
Randy Orton vs. Bray Wyat... 3 17.65%
 
The Hardy Boyz vs. Cesaro... 3 17.65%
 
Kevin Owens vs. Chris Jer... 4 23.53%
 
Bayley vs. Alexa Bliss (Raw Women's Title) 3 17.65%
 
Seth Rollins vs. Samoa Joe 1 5.88%
 
Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman 2 11.76%
 
Total:17

Oh snap...wonder if Randy's mystery opponent could be Chris Jericho since he left AEW.



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Woo. Gonna get some tacos and snacks, smoke a joint, and get ready for Mania.

BasilZero said:

Oh snap...wonder if Randy's mystery opponent could be Chris Jericho since he left AEW.

Lol. No. Jericho has like a crazy long contract. Pretty sure he's just taking a bit of time off to do some Fozzy stuff. Would be interesting to see how people would react if it was him... I don't think it would be great.

I'd say Rusev or Malakai are more likely. 



Lol The EA of Wrestling companies(WWE). AAA was dying tho. Konnan booked that company into death. CMLL Is still the largest promotion there and HATES AAA. So CMLL Is not going anywhere when you sell out an arena every week for decades while the other was struggling to outsell indie shows. WWE is so petty.


Also Chris Jericho didn't leave. He took time off for Fozzy.



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JWeinCom said:

Woo. Gonna get some tacos and snacks, smoke a joint, and get ready for Mania.

BasilZero said:

Oh snap...wonder if Randy's mystery opponent could be Chris Jericho since he left AEW.

Lol. No. Jericho has like a crazy long contract. Pretty sure he's just taking a bit of time off to do some Fozzy stuff. Would be interesting to see how people would react if it was him... I don't think it would be great.

I'd say Rusev or Malakai are more likely. 

Rumor is he asked for a leave and there might have been a clause where Tony can release him without having to break the contract agreement or so they say.

He's gonna be 65 years old when the contract ends lol



BasilZero said:
JWeinCom said:

Woo. Gonna get some tacos and snacks, smoke a joint, and get ready for Mania.

Lol. No. Jericho has like a crazy long contract. Pretty sure he's just taking a bit of time off to do some Fozzy stuff. Would be interesting to see how people would react if it was him... I don't think it would be great.

I'd say Rusev or Malakai are more likely. 

Rumor is he asked for a leave and there might have been a clause where Tony can release him without having to break the contract agreement or so they say.

He's gonna be 65 years old when the contract ends lol

Show proof of that rumor. Because right now your source is trust me bro.



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BasilZero said:
JWeinCom said:

Woo. Gonna get some tacos and snacks, smoke a joint, and get ready for Mania.

Lol. No. Jericho has like a crazy long contract. Pretty sure he's just taking a bit of time off to do some Fozzy stuff. Would be interesting to see how people would react if it was him... I don't think it would be great.

I'd say Rusev or Malakai are more likely. 

Rumor is he asked for a leave and there might have been a clause where Tony can release him without having to break the contract agreement or so they say.

He's gonna be 65 years old when the contract ends lol

Even if he could, I don't see Tony cutting him. Especially in such a way that he'd be able to go to WWE right away. I think he's work a lot more to Tony than to H.



Apparently WWE now owns AAA wrestling. O_O... Dunno if that's really a good development for the industry.



JWeinCom said:

Apparently WWE now owns AAA wrestling. O_O... Dunno if that's really a good development for the industry.

I already mentioned it. Read above. AAA was in financial trouble. They were in the shits. Indie shows were selling out more than they were. AAA let commentators stay home since they could not afford to pay them. WWE did this to counter AEW's partnership with CMLL. CMLL is the biggest promotion in Mexico and Arena Mexico sells out every week for the past few decades. Not a small arena either. 16,500. AEW is doing a show there on June 18th, marking the first time any US promotion has held a show in Arena Mexico. CMLL and AAA hate one another. Konnan booked AAA into financial ruin. WWE is following the old Vince playbook. Buy up all the competition they can to fuck over other promotions. Will it hurt Mexico? Yes. Affect CMLL. Yes. But won't endanger them. CMLL is in good shape.



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This has been kind of meh so far. Jey Uso vs Gunther was what you'd expect. Pretty good, not great. New Day vs War Raiders was like a pretty good Raw main event. Jade Cargill did some super impressive moves... but she's not good enough for a match that long.

Still a long ways to go. And another night. So hopefully they turn it around.

Jacob Fatu vs LA Knight was way better than I expected. Surprisingly good chemistry between the two of them. It was a weird pseudo face vs face dynamic that could have been awkward, but it worked here. Best match so far. 

Really straightforward clean matches so far. I could go for some shenanigans right about now.

El Grande Americano vs Rey Fenix was really good considering it was a last minute change. Luckily the story line made sense to swap in another Lucha. Surprising to see Fenix lose his like 3rd match.

The last couple of matches have been good but it just kind of doesn't feel... mania-ish. Just doesn't feel as big as it should.

The main event was as great as you would expect with the parties involved. The ending was certainly unexpected. It does feel a little like a swerve for the sake a strickland, but we'll see how they adjust it. Either way was a good triple threat that had me on the edge of my seat.

Overall though. This was a good PLE but not a good Wrestlemania. It just lacked the big moments we've come to expect. No really unexpected finishes, surprises, returns, debuts, and aside from the last, no really great matches. Even the entrances were kind of meh aside from Tiffany Stratton's. 

The nice thing about the two night Mania format though is that if night one is a bit underwhelming, you only have to wait one night for the next Mania. Hopefully that will be a bit more sports entertaining.

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Cody turning heel and joining forces with the rock and cena. Cena allowing himself to be finished by cody , twice in a row, seems a little off. I think cena's words will get to cody. Or possible being played already.

The rock with his 3 finger gesture. First it was 2 and we got cena. The third might be cody.