WWE WrestleMania 36, Sun Apr 5th & Mon April 6th, 9am AEST (via tape delay magic)

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Had to post this somewhere. I've posted stuff like this before but here we go again.

I've been watching 05 RAWs in the lead up to Mania.

I dunno about other years but this one is kind of special for me because it's when I as a young fella discovered wrestling. I have had an image in my head of Kurt Angle beating the s**t out of HBK for years, and I finally found the RAW and match that it was on. I exclusively watched Smackdown at the time but I chucked it on RAW one day and there it was.

But what I want to talk about is the lead up. It's just hilarious how much it's all changed in 15 years. The simplistic approach of everything works.
The feuds all mean so much and actually make me want to rewatch this Wrestlemania. Orton v Taker, Michaels v Angle, Cena v JBL, the mid carders all wrestling each other and having little feuds before the MITB ladder match. And most of all - HHH v Batista. Meltzer actually tweeted the other day that it was one of his favourite feud build ups. It's just so so so good. HHH really is incredible in his role and Batista as the quiet dangerous guy. Man. It just all comes across like it actually matters! Incredible right.
 

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Remember rewatching WrestleMania 21 in 2010 with a couple friends. It didn't feel like we were watching TV for 4 hours.
 

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Had to post this somewhere. I've posted stuff like this before but here we go again.

I've been watching 05 RAWs in the lead up to Mania.

I dunno about other years but this one is kind of special for me because it's when I as a young fella discovered wrestling. I have had an image in my head of Kurt Angle beating the s**t out of HBK for years, and I finally found the RAW and match that it was on. I exclusively watched Smackdown at the time but I chucked it on RAW one day and there it was.

But what I want to talk about is the lead up. It's just hilarious how much it's all changed in 15 years. The simplistic approach of everything works.
The feuds all mean so much and actually make me want to rewatch this Wrestlemania. Orton v Taker, Michaels v Angle, Cena v JBL, the mid carders all wrestling each other and having little feuds before the MITB ladder match. And most of all - HHH v Batista. Meltzer actually tweeted the other day that it was one of his favourite feud build ups. It's just so so so good. HHH really is incredible in his role and Batista as the quiet dangerous guy. Man. It just all comes across like it actually matters! Incredible right.

The build to that HHH/Batista feud was awesome as was the Orton & Legacy / HHH feud too.
 

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Batista turning face on Triple H (and Ric Flair) could've had a bit of subtlety. It got to the point where they completely spelled it out to the audience on the night or week before it happened with Triple H calling him an idiot.
 
Batista turning face on Triple H (and Ric Flair) could've had a bit of subtlety. It got to the point where they completely spelled it out to the audience on the night or week before it happened with Triple H calling him an idiot.

at least they didn't botch it like the Orton turn
 
So it looks like Dolph Ziggler will finally get his singles match at WrestleMania...

...against Otis...

...in front of nobody... :$

Bomberboyokay
Aside from Orton vs Edge, probably more invested in this story than any other.
 
Hopefully literally.
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1. I didn't know the WWE had expanded into the porn industry

2. I don't know anyone that would be interested in watching Otis in action in the bedroom--- I don't think I could compete with that much sexual energy.
 

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So it looks like Dolph Ziggler will finally get his singles match at WrestleMania...

...against Otis...

...in front of nobody... :$

Bomberboyokay

It's a global pandemic so let's add about 10 more matches of wrestlers touching each other than we normally do. Vince McMahon lives in his own world.
 
It's a global pandemic so let's add about 10 more matches of wrestlers touching each other than we normally do. Vince McMahon lives in his own world.

of course he does.
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