WrestleMania 31 Pre Show Thread March 29 2015 *Potential Spoilers*

Moneymaker

The Rusev video on wwe.com should fit the bill. It's class.

Themonkey

wrestlemania results - (sting defeats hhh) (john cena defeats rusev) (undertaker defeats bray wyatt) (aj and paige defeat the bellas) (dean ambrose wins intercontinental belt) (randy orton defeats seth rollins) (brock beats reigns) (fact results)

Ken Shamrock

Brock beats Reigns...where you getting this from?

gimmick

Themonkey wrote: »

wrestlemania results - sting defeats hhh john cena defeats rusev undertaker defeats bray wyatt aj and paige defeat the bellas dean ambrose wins intercontinental belt randy orton defeats seth rollins brock beats reigns fact results

Ever heard of punctuation? And how is this "fact?

rovert

Hear it on the news every day nearly but I didn't really cop how bad the Euro-Dollar exchange rate is now. I added up how much I am spending on iPPVs this weekend and couldn't believe the cost in Euros now. Probably a tenner more but then again I ain't paying Sky Box Office anymore. But God help anyone actually going to Wrestlemania this year.

Why can't be 2008 again? :P

Looper007

MitchKoobski wrote: »

Wasn't feeling it until this morning.

Now I'm dying to see some new promo/hype videos and watch old matches all week.

They should be aiming to top Bryan's amazingly edited "Monster" one from last year.

They won't come near at touching for Reigns or anyone with their promo videos cause Bryan's WM moment was one of the realest moments WWE had in years. you couldn't mess that up . this year they have some jobs on their hand to make one as exciting as that for Reigns.

Blue_Dabadee

I usually try to keep an open mind going into WrestleMania each year. Avoid reading dirtsheets and whatnot.

I know people had low expectations going into WrestleMania last year, but it turned out to be an incredible show.

JP Liz V1

Tugboats wrote: »

The battle Royal is for Jobbers that the WWE have no real plan for. The tag team champions should be above them

And yet I'm looking forward to it the most because of Miz Sandow feud

Tugboats

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

And yet I'm looking forward to it the most because of Miz Sandow feud

So am I but should Miz and Sandow be the highlight of WM?

JP Liz V1

Tugboats wrote: »

So am I but should Miz and Sandow be the highlight of WM?

Sandow yes of course

Titus Andronicus

Can someone explain why Wyatt - Taker is even happening, what's in it for either of them ?

Tugboats

Titus Andronicus wrote: »

Can someone explain why Wyatt - Taker is even happening, what's in it for either of them ?

Undertaker is a draw at Mania and I think he gets paid for appearing

Stereomaniac

The money would be the most obvious answer to that question. They will get paid quite a lot.

JP Liz V1

Tugboats wrote: »

Undertaker is a draw at Mania and I think he gets paid for appearing

Is he still a draw considering his streak was broken last year, will anyone be excited for a Taker match anymore especially against someone like Wyatt since the streak is broken

Ken Shamrock

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Is he still a draw considering his streak was broken last year, will anyone be excited for a Taker match anymore especially against someone like Wyatt since the streak is broken

Not me for one, Watched Taker for 18 years, nothing but respect for the character, the wrestler and the man(not that I know him). But this is the first Wrestlemania where not only am I not excited for his match but I do not want to see him go out there at all.

Tugboats

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Is he still a draw considering his streak was broken last year, will anyone be excited for a Taker match anymore especially against someone like Wyatt since the streak is broken

The match is a non event. There will be a lot of curiosity surrounding Taker this year as it will be his first appearance since the streak ended. Bray is meaningless. They could fly me over to go head to head with Taker on sunday. Its one of the good things they have done on the road to Wrestlemania by having him not appear. Whether its right or wrong the only two things of interest happening on Sunday is the appearance of Taker and seeing if Mizdow can win the Andre the Giant battle royal

JP Liz V1

Tugboats wrote: »

The match is a non event. There will be a lot of curiosity surrounding Taker this year as it will be his first appearance since the streak ended. Bray is meaningless. They could fly me over to go head to head with Taker on sunday. Its one of the good things they have done on the road to Wrestlemania by having him not appear. Whether its right or wrong the only two things of interest happening on Sunday is the appearance of Taker and seeing if Mizdow can win the Andre the Giant battle royal

You Vs. Taker now there is a WM main event

paulie21

What are everyone's predictions for the match order?

1: IC Ladder
2: Rollins/Orton
3: Battle Royal
4: Cena/Rusev
5: Divas
6: Sting/HHH
7: Wyatt/Taker
8: Reigns/Lesnar

montyrebel

the odyssey arena have a list of matches for the wwe tour event up,

Daniel Bryan vs Dolph Ziggler vs Bad News Barrett
Triple Threa Match for the Intercontinental Championship

is one of them so it kind of spoils one of the mania matches a bit

Lord TSC

montyrebel wrote: »

the odyssey arena have a list of matches for the wwe tour event up,

Daniel Bryan vs Dolph Ziggler vs Bad News Barrett
Triple Threa Match for the Intercontinental Championship

is one of them so it kind of spoils one of the mania matches a bit

The Dublin show had one less listed on their card :pac:

A Primal Nut

House show cards change all the time almost to the point that it's as if the people marketing house shows don't talk to the creative team. Probably so they don't spoil anything.

Similar to how the person on PPV posters isn't necessarily a major star for that ppv or even on the ppv.

rovert

So campy

Caovyn Lineah

So with the contract signing surely to god, Brock is winning on Sunday night and won't be beaten for the next few months. The WWE will want him to keep the belt to surpass Punks 434 days.

Rock Lesnar

Titus Andronicus wrote: »

Can someone explain why Wyatt - Taker is even happening, what's in it for either of them ?

money money money

gnfnrhead

paulie21 wrote: »

What are everyone's predictions for the match order?

1: IC Ladder
2: Rollins/Orton
3: Battle Royal
4: Cena/Rusev
5: Divas
6: Sting/HHH
7: Wyatt/Taker
8: Reigns/Lesnar

Ladder Match
Rollins vs Orton
Battle Royal
Wyatt vs Undertaker
Cena vs Rusev
Sting vs Triple H
AJ/Paige vs Bella's
Reigns vs Lesnar

Not sure about Undertaker going on so early but the other three matches seem bigger so it gets pushed down the pecking order. Divas usually go on late. Feel bad for Rollins and Orton having the worst spot on the card outside the pre show.

If the Divas do go on second to last, Brie and Nikki would be higher on the card placing than Bryan and Cena, while AJ would be closer to the main event than CM Punk got :pac:

LeeJM

I think the order depends on if Wyatt beats Undertaker or if Undertaker beats Wyatt. If Taker wins it goes on early, if Wyatt wins it goes on in the second half of the show.

My prediction is :

Ladder Match
Rollins v Orton
Hall of Fame introduction
Sting v HHH
AJ/Paige v Bellas
Wyatt v Undertaker
Battle Royal
Cena v Rusev
Lesnar v Reigns

Bounty Hunter

Taker & Bray won't go on until it is late and Dark in the arena. Neither entrance would be the same otherwise.

Tugboats

paulie21 wrote: »

What are everyone's predictions for the match order?

1: IC Ladder
2: Rollins/Orton
3: Battle Royal
4: Cena/Rusev
5: Divas
6: Sting/HHH
7: Wyatt/Taker
8: Reigns/Lesnar

1: Rollins/Orton Its had a terrible build but peoples excitement about Mania will carry it as an opener. It would die a death after the ladder match imo. But its a quality wrestling opener

2: IC Ladder
3: Rusev/Cena: id like to see a strong match like this follow the IC Ladder match

4: Battle Royal: Nice bit of comedy value here about halfway through the event

5: Taker/Wyatt
6: Divas
7: HHH/Sting
8 Lesnar/Reigns

Bounty Hunter

I think no matter how it's done a face Reigns win will be shat on. Perhaps it's too predictable but the Heyman assisted heel turn seems the best move as I don't think they will push Reigns as hard as they have ignoring the fans as they have to stop now especially with his his whole character turning into Cena Mk2 (overcoming the odds and doing what people say he can't)

bold prediction, Rollins will be a face champion having cashed in on Reigns! (although not for a while)

rovert

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

Taker & Bray won't go on until it is late and Dark in the arena. Neither entrance would be the same otherwise.

According to Twitter the vast, vast majority of the show will be in daylight

LeeJM

My fantasy booking of it now would be Orton beats Rollins and Sting beats HHH, backstage vignette of Rollins, HHH and Steph saying whats happened to the Authority things have gone badly wrong time etc. HHH says time for plan B ( harking back to Rollins turning on The Shield) Main event Rollins, J&J, HHH all come down and its a cash in tease but they help Reigns win.

Next night on Raw Big Show and Kane are fired (so off tv for at least 3 months) and I'd have Barrett and a returning Sheamus join the Authority. And to top it off I'd have Ziggler turn on Bryan the following week as he's tired of fighting the Authority leaving the Authority as Reigns, Rollins, J&J, Barrett, Sheamus and Ziggler with the main faces being Cena, Bryan as IC champ, kick ass Lesnar still with Heyman cutting awesome promos, Orton and Ambrose. Think there is plenty of fresh matches there.

A Primal Nut

rovert wrote: »

According to Twitter the vast, vast majority of the show will be in daylight

Yeah it's from 4-8 pm local time. According to Google sunset is at 7:08 pm. I'd say it would have to the last match in order for the entrances to be a after that.

Tugboats

A Primal Nut wrote: »

Yeah it's from 4-8 pm local time. According to Google sunset is at 7:08 pm. I'd say it would have to the last match in order for the entrances to be a after that.

I thought its on a 5pm local time?

Ridley

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

bold prediction, Rollins will be a face champion having cashed in on Reigns! (although not for a while)

Wanted Rollins to walk out of WM with the belt but if Sting gets rid of the Authority once and for all, leaving Rollins without their support (again) and the story of the 2015 MitB PPV becomes Rollins having to cash in before the night is over...

A Primal Nut

Tugboats wrote: »

I thought its on a 5pm local time?

WrestleMania 31 takes over the San Francisco Bay Area at Levi’s® Stadium this Sunday. Don't miss out when The Showcase of the Immortals airs live on WWE Network at a special start time of 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT!

http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania

Tugboats

A Primal Nut wrote: »

WrestleMania 31 takes over the San Francisco Bay Area at Levi’s® Stadium this Sunday. Don't miss out when The Showcase of the Immortals airs live on WWE Network at a special start time of 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT!

http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania

cheers that makes a big difference. A 5pm start time gives them a chance of having a good entrance for Taker and Wyatt. Not sure how it will work now

Bounty Hunter

rovert wrote: »

According to Twitter the vast, vast majority of the show will be in daylight

That's why I'm guessing it'l be the 2nd last match, could be completely wrong though.

Ridley wrote: »

Wanted Rollins to walk out of WM with the belt but if Sting gets rid of the Authority once and for all, leaving Rollins without their support (again) and the story of the 2015 MitB PPV becomes Rollins having to cash in before the night is over...

Thats my guess at the moment. mitb 2015 to be where he cashes it in. Could be unsuccesful though as I honestly would not be shocked if this is the one time that they remember something from more than 3 months prior and get Ambrose to block the cash in as he promised to do thus re-igniting their rivalry.

Of course this is primarily based off me not expecting them to cut the legs out from under the new heel Reigns (by having him cash in Sun/Monday) im hoping for as a face Reigns wont worlk and I dont expect them to undue the push they have given Reigns by having Brock win

paulie21

Remember reading somewhere Vince isn't worried about overruns now the network is up and running so possibility they could stretch it out further than advertised

Tugboats

I've been catching up on some old manias. I stopped watching full time after the Hogan Rock Mania. Jesus there has been lots of poor ones. Im watching 27 at the moment:o. Maybe 31 wont be all bad

briany

We talk about this booking decision and that one, and the merits of part timers taking big spots on the card, but then I think back to WM XI and the fact that Lawrence Taylor, not even a wrestler, closed the show against Bam Bam Bigelow.

A Primal Nut

paulie21 wrote: »

Remember reading somewhere Vince isn't worried about overruns now the network is up and running so possibility they could stretch it out further than advertised

That seems reasonable in principle but as long as WrestleMania is sold to some people on pay-per-view; they can't leave anything major after the PPV cut-off point or those fans would be really pissed off.

Then again, Vince might piss them off intentionally in order to get them to switch to the network.

Lord TSC

I don't know. Might be less anger if the show gets cut off before Reigns beats Lesnar :pac:

rossie1977

paulie21 wrote: »

Remember reading somewhere Vince isn't worried about overruns now the network is up and running so possibility they could stretch it out further than advertised

its still on ppv in the us and unless wwe have bought another hour of time (which is extremely expensive) most of the ppv providers will cut the feed at 11pm new york time/8pm west coast.

rovert

Only just occurred to me that this is Paige's first Wrestlemania. Hard to be believe in both good and bad ways. She's such a big star and part of Total Divas but equally she has been mishandled in terms of already being turned face, heel and face again:

https://twitter.com/SarayaKnight/status/580724605314310144

CSF

I'll give WWE one thing, there's been so little by way of booking, that there's not one match on the card that I consider the result a foregone conclusion.

Ken Shamrock

Sting will beat HHH Cena wins lol and Orton beats Rollins, that's all I'm 99% sure of.

Tugboats

Bob.Carcass wrote: »

Sting will beat HHH Cena wins lol and Orton beats Rollins, that's all I'm 99% sure of.

Why do you think Orton beats Rollins?

beakerjoe

Im sure of none of it. HHH could easily book himself over sting, Rusev has a good chance of winning and Rollins and Orton is a toss up.

Thepoet85

Taker couldn't possibly lose

Ken Shamrock

@Tugboats

Just seems obvious, I may be wrong but I'd bet money on an Orton win, fresh back after being out, building momentum, nothing on the line, WWE will want to show him they still value him etc lot's of reasons.

I want Rollins to win and I think it would him a world of good getting a big (ish) win at Mania, but fact is he doesn't need it especially if he cashes in Sunday or Monday