# Any WWE fans in the audience? (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** boxing-wrestling-mma\ **Created:** [June 5, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124 "2014-06-05T15:34:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 359
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7163 "2018-03-17T15:17:32Z")
Everyone has their own little quirks. I find the smell horrible, so I can understand not wanting to be in a confined area with cigarettes or mj. Of course, I never pimped out anyone other than myself (and unsuccessfully at that šŸ˜› ) so that is where the similarities end. How many think Takeover will completely blow away Wrestlemania versus Takeover simply being better than Wrestlemania. They really should do Takeover on Friday, the pre-show (Battle Royals, non-title, non-main event feuds) on Saturday, and Wrestlemania on Sunday. Maybe then weā€™d get fewer clusterfucks and more one-on-one. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7164 "2018-03-18T17:46:20Z")
So far, Takeover has been \> WM and I have no reason to believe this year will be any different. That being said, I like these matches: Brawn vs vulnerable structures, Asuka vs Charlotte, Usos vs ND vs BB, AJ vs Nak, CW title (if itā€™s not relegated to the pre-show again) Not so much: Cena vs UT, RR vs Brock, Ronda and Kurt vs Stephanie and HHH ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7165 "2018-03-18T19:44:52Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > Thereā€™s been some noise about Hulk Hogan returning to WWE, possibly even at the upcoming WrestleMania. Or possibly inducting Hillbilly Jim into the HOF. I wonder if this Moolah uproar would make Vince rethink any such plans (if they ever existed). Until I hear anybody (besides the crowd) so much as mention Hogan and not get suspended by Vince, I doubt Hogan is going to be on any live WWE programming any time soon. Even if it was a crowd chant, I wouldnā€™t put it past Vince to cancel the next show scheduled for that city because of it. It certainly wonā€™t be at WM, if for no other reason than somebody would be certain to bring it up at the WWE Shareholders Meeting on April 21. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7166 "2018-03-18T23:02:44Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > So far, Takeover has been \> WM and I have no reason to believe this year will be any different. In my question, that was a given. The question was _how much better_ will Takeover be. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7167 "2018-03-19T03:56:37Z")
Theyā€™re trying to squeeze in so many matches at Wrestlemania that I have to believe that 80% of them are going to go 2-3 minutes, tops, after the entrances. Also wondering how many get put on the pre-show, cancelled, or written off with backstage attacks or the like. They had better give AJ-Nakamura well over 20 minutes, and thatā€™s going to be difficult on this card. I want to see the damned cruiserweight title match on the main show. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7168 "2018-03-19T13:47:51Z")
I want to see AJ-Nakamura on last. I know it will be Brrrrrock Lesnar, but I want AJ to retain. However, Iā€™ll probably be wrestled out by that point, so maybe Cena-UT to close, when I donā€™t really care anymore, and have AJ-Nakamura around 10pm Eastern, right when Iā€™m about to give up and leave the rest for tomorrow? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7169 "2018-03-19T17:30:09Z")
Ten minutes for Triple H to make his entrance. :rolleyes::smack: Two minutes for the other three combined. 30 second match. šŸ†’ Trips and Angle start, Angle gets thrown back into his own corner, Rhonda taps herself in. 20 seconds of Stephanie stalling. Ankle lock. Tap. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7170 "2018-03-19T19:16:25Z")
Au contraire, mon Chimere, Ronda has to have more ring time to justify her contract. Kurt works half the match, sells getting hurt because heā€™s got an iffy neck, and tags the Rousy One in to a (planned) pop. HHHā€™s sledgehammer comes into play and conks Ronda while the ref is distracted. Ronda then sells being all disoriented from the blow, while Steph acts all ā€œnow I got youā€ and milks more hold time. Ronda does some Hulkouts to get the audience to pop, then gets her submission hold on Steph. HHH breaks it up, Kurt runs in, and they do twin ankle locks. Itā€™s true, itā€™s damn true. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7171 "2018-03-20T12:41:51Z")
Ultimate Deletion turned out to be Ultimate Excretion. It had little of the silliness and wackiness that made all the TNA Hardy Compound movies so much fun. There were some parts that got some guffaws from me, like the part where Bray went around whacking all those mutant crosses while Matt hid and laughed, like Bugs Bunny watching Elmer Fudd while he shoots up all the rabbit holes. I also liked when Reby played the piano version of Brayā€™s theme song. But they decided to reuse some of the old Bray vs Orton footage with the old shack in flames as flashbacks for Bray when he looked at the City of Obsoletion or whatever it was. Theyā€™re being too serious when they try to get all psychological, and it just doesnā€™t work in the (Br)Woken universe. At the end, Bray got dumped into the Lake of Reincarnation, but Senor Benjamin couldnā€™t find his body. They could have had Bray coming out wearing a Nexus shirt with his hair tied back so he could be Husky Harris. HOW COULD THEY HAVE PASSED THIS UP? ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7172 "2018-03-20T13:34:51Z")
Credit for trying to be different, but failure in execution. I donā€™t know if it was too silly or not silly enough. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7173 "2018-03-20T19:25:42Z")
[The breakingest news of breaking news to ever break](http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/article/daniel-bryan-makes-huge-announcement) This is massive and changes Wrestlemania and a whole helluva lot of things moving forward. Does the SHIELD need a third guy šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7174 "2018-03-20T20:06:03Z")
Oh please make him Braunā€™s tag team partnerā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7175 "2018-03-20T20:28:33Z")
How sad is it that I immediately wonder if anything from [wwe.com](http://wwe.com) is a work? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7176 "2018-03-20T20:43:41Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > How sad is it that I immediately wonder if anything from [wwe.com](http://wwe.com) is a work? Iā€™m just the opposite. If itā€™s on .com Iā€™m more inclined to believe it than if it appeared on a random-ass site or the WON or something stupid like that. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7177 "2018-03-20T22:13:00Z")
3-4 man stable. That way he can talk and be protected. NOT Owens and Zayn. Iā€™d love it if he ā€œpickedā€ (read, was allowed to pick) some of the guys who just arenā€™t being given a chance or arenā€™t being taken seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Cell\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7178 "2018-03-21T00:07:52Z")
Sorry, I canā€™t get excited about this. While the possibilities are endless, WWE will find some way to fuck it up. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7179 "2018-03-21T00:08:09Z")
Those arenā€™t tears. My allergies are acting up. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7180 "2018-03-21T00:57:21Z")
Well his contract is up in July or September or something like that. So they can use him and re-sign him, or screw it up and see him in Ring of Honor. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7181 "2018-03-21T01:38:12Z")
Now they just need to tell Daniel Bryan not to EVER do the Diving Headbutt again. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7182 "2018-03-21T14:18:51Z")
Iā€™m really digging 205 Live now. TJP is my favorite heel because of the way he dabs. Drewlac is so much better after dropping his gimmick and demonstrates such great ring knowledge. Mustafa Ali has an intriguing personality where he internally struggles with his dark side. Hideo Itami is finding his niche as a heel, and the Luchas are fun without being silly. Hopefully Ali & Alexander wonā€™t get screwed over at WM. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124.md?page=358) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124.md?page=360)