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Very underwhelming rumble match and result, nothing about Orton headlining mania is interesting to me in the slightest and no idea what they can do to change that

Orton/Cena/Styles

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Originally Posted by Dylan

What match with Orton could realistically close WM?

Orton/Cena/Styles

It's basically the new HHH/HBK/*redacted*

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01-30-2017 , 12:09 AM

#877

Spudhead

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also was strange we didnt get any surprise entrants this year thought samoa joe should have been in it and had slim hopes of kurt angle too

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01-30-2017 , 12:10 AM

#878

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Originally Posted by Rawlz517

Is Orton a lock to headline WM? I get he won the rumble, but during the last brand split, there were multiple instances where the rumble winner's title match was not the main event.

Who knows very disappointing.

Kinda like Sheamus vs Daniel Bryan opening match few years ago.

Rumble now loses its big time feel with the brand split.

Just bad x1000

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01-30-2017 , 12:10 AM

#879

ESKiMO-SiCKNE5S

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Yeah I was disappointed with no Joe or Nakamura, but if they had gone with either they basically needed to go all in and have them win. I have no interest whatsoever in seeing Samoa Joe come out at #2 and run through a few guys before getting knocked out.

They are both already legitimate and don't need that cliched story.

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01-30-2017 , 12:14 AM

#880

MediocrePlayer2.0

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not an Orton fan and Roman #30 was dumb but at least it was unpredictable

They killed the crowd though when Golderg and Taker went out

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01-30-2017 , 12:14 AM

#881

LKJ

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Originally Posted by Dylan

What match with Orton could realistically close WM?

Lesnar/Goldberg probably closes, annoying as that is.

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01-30-2017 , 12:16 AM

#882

ESKiMO-SiCKNE5S

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Any chance Lesnar just actually has legit backstage heat and they are burying him? Cause that would be the alternate explanation to the whole Goldberg/Lesnar thing

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01-30-2017 , 12:19 AM

#883

KingOfFelt

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Lesnar is prob above backstage heat.

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01-30-2017 , 12:19 AM

#884

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Originally Posted by LKJ

Lesnar/Goldberg probably closes, annoying as that is.

This match can't go more than 10-12 minutes right? Would they main even WM with a short match?

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01-30-2017 , 12:20 AM

#885

Spudhead

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Originally Posted by MediocrePlayer2.0

not an Orton fan and Roman #30 was dumb but at least it was unpredictable

was the bad kind of unpredictable tho, as soon as his music hit i thought **** sake really ???

its made worse by lack of surprise entrants as over the past few years we have been conditioned to expect a couple so when 30 hits im waiting for a big reveal and instead its roman groan

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01-30-2017 , 12:20 AM

#886

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Originally Posted by ChachiArcola

This match can't go more than 10-12 minutes right? Would they main even WM with a short match?

Goldberg has yet to show that he can even withstand a single shot from Lesnar yet.

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01-30-2017 , 12:21 AM

#887

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Originally Posted by LKJ

Lesnar/Goldberg probably closes, annoying as that is.

If Cena/Taker is a thing, I've got that closing.

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01-30-2017 , 12:26 AM

#888

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Originally Posted by ChachiArcola

This match can't go more than 10-12 minutes right? Would they main even WM with a short match?

lol I doubt Dadberg can go 10 minutes. Unless we are including entrances.

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01-30-2017 , 12:27 AM

#889

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I marked out so ****ing hard for Reigns. Especially as like most people I was expecting HHH.

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01-30-2017 , 12:28 AM

#890

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My best guess at a mania card:

Reigns/Taker goes on last
Cena/Styles/Orton w/ Bray
Dadberg/Laser
Owens/Jericho

other stuff...

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01-30-2017 , 12:29 AM

#891

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If they're going to do Orton/Bray, I think it would have been smarter to have Bray win the rumble, Orton win the belt at EC, then have Bray win the belt for the first time at WM.

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01-30-2017 , 12:31 AM

#892

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If it ends up being reigns who taker, who wins?

I sort of thing reigns ends up vs braun, dont see many other options for braun at this point.

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01-30-2017 , 12:32 AM

#893

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I'd probably have Reigns going over Taker

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01-30-2017 , 12:33 AM

#894

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Originally Posted by diskoteque

I sort of thing reigns ends up vs braun, dont see many other options for braun at this point.

Yeah this is really valid. Not sure what they will do with him. Surely it's not going to be Braun/Corbin or something like that.

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01-30-2017 , 12:39 AM

#895

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just get it over with and have Taker/Dadberg/Bork triple threat match

this way they can have 1 of them on tv every week until 'mania.

30 minute match of which 15 minutes in entrances and another 10 is sleeping after a spot sounds good to me

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01-30-2017 , 12:41 AM

#896

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Originally Posted by MediocrePlayer2.0

I would actually be fine with this. Keep all of them in one match.

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01-30-2017 , 12:43 AM

#897

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Ellsworth deserved his slot and his 3 minutes tied into multiple actual stories. That's better than 95% of the legends they could have brought out.

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01-30-2017 , 12:46 AM

#898

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I would actually be fine with this. Keep all of them in one match.

Throw Shane in there for the hell of it too.

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01-30-2017 , 12:54 AM

#899

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I really like Luke Harper and was ready to mark out hard if he hit sister Abigail on Bray. Thought he was going to make a run and get the start of a singles push here