Right, a few thoughts on last night, as I haven't been on in a few days:
1) The Taker match was poor, and the streak ending was great. Watching the marks react was pure joy.
2) Cesaro is incredible.
3) The Bryan matches couldn't have been booked any better.
4) Someone should really make sure monitors are well away from Spanish announcers' tables. Orton toughed it out but that could have been so much worse
5) Tamina Snuka straightens her hair so people don't confuse her with Roman Reigns.
6) As long as over-the-top rope battle royals exist, Kofi will have a contract.
7) Cena won me a bit of money last night. You thought he would get beaten at WM30? DID YOU?
8) Whoever was directing the cameras needed to calm the fuck down. Far too frantic.
9) Whoever was directing the TV cameras needs to be more careful not to show Divas crouching by the ring, waiting for their battle royal spots.
10) Brilliant WrestleMania. Loved it, all in all.
Made a lovely little kitty backing Cena as well. Ridiculous price at 9/4, couldn't quite believe it. He was never ever gonna lose that match and sure enough fuckboy buckethead brought out his golden shovel and buried the hottest heel in the company WHICH MADE ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE unless you have pictures of the boss piping you off.
I was honestly not that surprised at lesnar going over and wished I'd backed my gut instinct and got a piece of him at 14/1. Undertaker always said he would lose the streak to the right guy ( it was vince that was hell bent on him keeping it) and there's no better guy to lose to then Brock - the most legit tough guy in huge history of pro wrestling. Taker has a rep of being an absolute man of integrity, I reckon he knew he was out of order goading Brock at the UFC and he knew that nobody would genuinely believe (in the kayfabe sense) that he could put one over lesnar (certainly at his age) so he did the honourable thing and laid down for him.
I hope he quits now. He's an absolute legend in the true meaning of the word but he looks old, tired and strangely orange now. Ironically, I think his stock went up with the fans losing last night.
As for Bryan- it was absolutely the right thing for the wwe to do. Great matches, respect to HHH for the opener and the clean win ( even though HHH is one of the most overrated guys ever- has he ever had a genuine 5 star match?) and the main event was a cracker to.
My worry is that the crowd pop was nowhere near what I'd expected for Bryan and I have a horrible feeling his reign will be short lived and he'll slide very quickly into the upper mid-card. Definitely get the feeling wwe missed the bus with him and the fans will move on.
On to who is the big question. Big e Langston does nothing for me whatsoever, cesaro doesn't have the mic skills, Bryan might be too one-dimensional in terms of his gimmick (certainly not in his in ring work though), reigns shows no signs off being able to deliver a sentence that has more than 7 words in it (believe in that, believe in the shield....and repeat) and Orton and Batista are busted flushes.
Which brings it all back round to Fuckboy Buckethead. That f***ing cock sucker is gonna take the straps off Bryan at Summerslam no doubt. Seriously, what the hell does he have on Vince?? He cannot wrestle, has no athletic ability, cuts the same f***ing promo EVERY WEEK, has no charisma, no charm, no cool factor, no mic skills, dresses up like a f***ing glow stick and HAS A f***ing BUCKET FOR A HEAD.
My hope is they can find Bray wyatt from wherever Cena just buried him, turn him face/heel a la stone cold and have him take down the Authority in a Rage against the Machine style angle. He'll be the thorn in the side of HHH/Stephanie, trying to smash the system and bring it all down from the inside or summit. Stick Seth Rollins (who is going to be a star if they use him right) and dean ambrose with him for starters and have a shield
/wyatt/nwo hybrid type faction.
Be f***ing epic (well in my tiny little mind it will be anyway).
Ps: they should leave the monitors in the tables man, why the fuck would you remove any objects that might your opponent when your sole intention is to f***ing hurt your opponent! Boils my piss when they do it.
7/10