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Why can’t WWE just leave well enough alone? For Mania, I was really looking forward to Nakamura vs. Styles and honestly didn’t care what else they do with the show as long as I have that match at least. Now they’re interjecting Cena into the mix, UGH. Does Vince do this just out of spite, pulling the rug out from under a “dream” match?
If they pull the rug out from under AJ, again, tonight, that crowd at Mania will be merciless in this match. I have hated them bringing Cena over to Smackdown since they did it a few weeks ago. He came in and beat the champion, then laid out the other contenders. It makes Smackdown look second rate since Cena couldn’t get the job done on Raw, but did there. My hope is that he walks out a loser and then Undertaker accepts the challenge. If Cena wins, that hardcore Mania crowd will be ticked off.
They have the Andre the giant battle royal and the Dusty Rhodes tag team challenge. What kind of match would you name after Ric Flair?
Well since he is the sixty minute man, The Ric Flair Iron Man Challenge would make the most sense.
How likely do you think is it, that Ronda's husband will interfere in the match or even replace Kurt completely? There are still 4 episodes of Raw left and a lot can happen. He has been training at the PC for months and he also warned HHH via social media that he is watching him.
I would say very unlikely. Angle has a lot more name value and it’s WrestleMania. I think Angle stays in the match.
205 Live has been awesome since Vince stepped down and let HHH take over. Take Drew Gulak for example. Vince had him as Enzo's goofy loser sidekick that I didn't care about. H takes over, and in one match makes him look like a total beast in the ring and impresses the hell outta me. Lince Dorado may have lost his match, but he had his best match since the brand was created. Do you think Vince would EVER consider stepping back from Raw/Smackdown for the sake of the product? Especially with the XFL launch looming?
Here’s the thing, and we talk about it in the Elite section all of the time. Vince McMahon has his vision of what wrestling is and he will always book it that way, unless he is forced out of his comfort zone by events, such as WCW surpassing the WWF back in the 90s. Vince sees his vision as being what WWE is. So if you mean would he allow Raw to become NXT on USA, no way. And frankly, if/when HHH takes over he won’t do it either. I think H would tighten up a lot of things but he also knows that to attract the masses, the show has to be about more than just in-ring wrestling. I think the product would be consistently better under HHH but they will still keep many sports entertainment elements, as they should.
Should Roman Reigns defeat Brock Lesnar for the WWE Universal title at WrestleMania 34, do you see Reigns break CM Punk's 434-day reign?
Honestly, I can’t say either way. I would guess no, since a lot can happen over that time with injuries, booking, etc.
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