WWE WrestleMania 2017

Not a bad card at all. I can think of several ways they could have made it better (in my opinion) but what we're getting isn't bad. Reigns v Taker will be added in due time.

I really hope Wyatt goes over Orton to get his first WrestleMania win. If the RAW womens match is anything like last year's match we're in for a treat. Jericho v Owens, despite being downgraded to the US Title feud, should still be pretty damn good.

I don't really care about Lesnar v Goldberg, but it'll be nice to see Lesnar win the Uni title I guess.

Well, I said Taker v Reigns would be added in due time and it was. WWE just confirmed the match... on Twitter. Why they couldn't wait a few hours and just do it on RAW is anyone's guess.

Well, I said Taker v Reigns would be added in due time and it was. WWE just confirmed the match... on Twitter. Why they couldn't wait a few hours and just do it on RAW is anyone's guess.

Haha, of all the pointless things they've done recently this is right up there. Raw is hours away like you said. Make it a big announcement then.

Card updated. Oddly enough, they've added the mixed tag match that was announced last night, but not AJ Styles vs Shane, so will add that when it's up on the Wrestlemania preview section of their site. If they don't make that something like a street fight I'll be disappointed.

Neville and Aries will blow every other match on the card out of the water.

Neville and Aries will blow every other match on the card out of the water.

Only if they give it a decent amount of time.

Card updated. Oddly enough, they've added the mixed tag match that was announced last night, but not AJ Styles vs Shane, so will add that when it's up on the Wrestlemania preview section of their site. If they don't make that something like a street fight I'll be disappointed.

This is a long shot, but Shane said "Styles didn't have an opponent for Mania? Now he does" but he didn't exactly state it would be Shane McMahon.

Neville and Aries will blow every other match on the card out of the water.

Only if they give it a decent amount of time.

Outside of the Battle royal anyone not on the poster is pre show.  wouldn't be all that shocked if Bliss' title match is pre show as well, but i doubt it.

Neville and Aries will blow every other match on the card out of the water.

Only if they give it a decent amount of time.

Outside of the Battle royal anyone not on the poster is pre show.  wouldn't be all that shocked if Bliss' title match is pre show as well, but i doubt it.

I don't think either are going to be pre-show. They usually say which ones will be on their website and neither are listed as being so. Fully expect the Battle Royal to be though following on from last year. I reckon maybe add a tag team match in the pre-show as well.

Current betting odds for the Battle Royal. Sadly, some people will have wasted money on some of these.

Lesnar? Because he's going to be in this and then a title match? Doubt they can afford to pay him to have two matches in one night.
Cena? Really?
The Rock? Triple H? Micheals even though he is properly retired? Hogan? Batista who isn't even employed? McGregor? Punk? Rousey lol?

Andre the Giant Battle Royal
Braun Strowman 1/6
Big Show 7/1
Samoa Joe 7/1
Big Cass 8/1
Luke Harper 14/1
Sami Zayn 16/1
Finn Balor 18/1
Cesaro 20/1
Kurt Angle 20/1
Mark Henry 20/1
Rusev 20/1
Baron Corbin 22/1
Dolph Ziggler 22/1
Hideo Itami 22/1
Kane 22/1
Kofi Kingston 22/1
Seth Rollins 22/1
Shinsuke Nakamura 22/1
The Miz 22/1
AJ Styles 25/1
Apollo Crews 25/1
Austin Aries 25/1
Big E 25/1
Bobby Roode 25/1
Dean Ambrose 25/1
John Cena 25/1
Karl Anderson 25/1
Kevin Owens 25/1
Luke Gallows 25/1
Randy Orton 25/1
Shawn Michaels 25/1
Sheamus 25/1
Tye Dillenger 25/1
Chris Jericho 33/1
Hulk Hogan 33/1
Kalisto 33/1
Roman Reigns 33/1
“Stone Cold” Steve Austin 33/1
The Rock 33/1
Triple H 50/1
Heath Slater 50/1
Jack Swagger 50/1
Neville 50/1
Titus O’Neil 50/1
Tyler Breeze 50/1
Xavier Woods 50/1
Zack Ryder 50/1
Bo Dallas 66/1
Charlotte 66/1
Jey Uso 66/1
Jimmy Uso 66/1
Curtis Axel 80/1
Darren Young 80/1
Goldust 80/1
R-Truth 80/1
Batista 100/1
Brock Lesnar 100/1
The Undertaker 100/1
Conor McGregor 150/1
CM Punk 200/1
Ronda Rousey 250/1

They had similar ridiculous predictions for the Rumble. Except that was worse, it had Trump, Obama, among others lol.

So, Nia Jax has been added to the Womens match making the Fatal-4-Way we've kinda seen coming for a while now. Considering she has like 3 victories over Bayley, I fully expect Bayley to pin Nia at Mania to retain the title - at which time Sasha will probably turn heel on Bayley.

So, Nia Jax has been added to the Womens match making the Fatal-4-Way we've kinda seen coming for a while now. Considering she has like 3 victories over Bayley, I fully expect Bayley to pin Nia at Mania to retain the title - at which time Sasha will probably turn heel on Bayley.

Nia Jax hits her finisher on Sasha. Bailey jumps in, throws Nia out of the ring and pins Sasha. Boom, Sasha heel turn as she's furious that Bailey pinned her when they are meant to be friends.

Matches are added and updated following this weeks shows. One week left and there's no Smackdown Tag Team match announced, so they're either leaving the booking of their biggest show of the year up until the last minute, or there will be no Smackdown Tag Team match announced.

Matches are added and updated following this weeks shows. One week left and there's no Smackdown Tag Team match announced, so they're either leaving the booking of their biggest show of the year up until the last minute, or there will be no Smackdown Tag Team match announced.

Apparently there was a seg on Talking Smack with Usos telling Bryan to lobby to the higher powers for a SD Tag Title match at Maniaso stay tuned I guess.

WWE released the following list of matches for each day at Wrestlemania Axxess in Orlando; tickets for Axxess are available now:

Thursday, March 30
Matches featuring Superstars from 205 Live, including:

Rich Swann vs. The Brian Kendrick
TJ Perkins vs. Drew Gulak
Plus, returning NXT Superstar Hideo Itami and many others will be in action.

Friday, March 31
Matches featuring Superstars from the U.K. Championship Tournament, PROGRESS Wrestling and ICW, including:

WWE U.K. Champion Tyler Bate vs. Mark Haskins in a U.K. Championship Match
PROGRESS Champion Pete Dunne vs. Mark Andrews
Plus, PROGRESS and ICW Superstars such as Jimmy Havoc, TK Cooper, Travis Banks, Dahlia Black, Toni Storm and Jinny will compete in a WWE ring for the first time.

Saturday, April 1 (8 a.m. session)
Matches featuring Superstars from 205 Live, the U.K. Championship Tournament and PROGRESS Wrestling, including:

Akira Tozawa vs. Ariya Daivari
PROGRESS Champion Pete Dunne vs. Wolfgang
WWE U.K. Champion Tyler Bate vs. Joseph Conners in a U.K. Championship Match
And many other bouts

Saturday, April 1 (1 p.m. session)
Matches featuring NXT Superstars and former NXT Superstars, including:

Heavy Machinery vs. The Vaudevillians
Tino Sabbatelli & Riddick Moss vs. The Ascension
Plus, matches featuring Liv Morgan, Daria Berenato and more Superstars.

Saturday, April 1 (6 p.m. session)
Matches featuring Superstars from NXT, 205 Live and the U.K. Championship Tournament, including:

Akira Tozawa vs. Steve Cutler
ICW Heavyweight Champion Trent Seven vs. Noam Dar
TJ Perkins & Mustafa Ali vs. Tino Sabbatelli & Riddick Moss

Sunday, April 2
Matches featuring Superstars from the U.K. Championship Tournament, PROGRESS Wrestling and ICW, including:

ICW Heavyweight Champion Trent Seven vs. Wolfgang
WWE U.K. Champion Tyler Bate vs. Pete Dunne in a U.K. Championship Match
Plus, PROGRESS and ICW Superstars such as Mark Haskins, Jimmy Havoc, TK Cooper, Travis Banks, Dahlia Black, Toni Storm and Jinny.

Updated the card.

They've also now put who will be in the pre-show. No surprise that the Battle Royal is. Sadly, Snake was right calling this one for the pre-show, as they've now announced that the Cruiserweight match will also be on it. One match that should be pretty good and it doesn't even make the main card.

Sadly, Snake was right calling this one for the pre-show, as they've now announced that the Cruiserweight match will also be on it. One match that should be pretty good and it doesn't even make the main card.

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! There goes my main reason for watching. Fuck you WWE! I'll take my wrestling viewership elsewhere... like to... hmm... fine I'll watch, but I won't be happy. Should bump a tag title match down instead as no one gives a shit about them on either brand.

I really wasn't expecting to be so correct on the preshow matches... damn.

actually what am i saying? I'm Snake McMahon, damn it!

Just look at the wwe contest games. 😋

So it seems that the Smackdown womens match, which has been so poorly booked that they've just decided to throw everyone in it because they can't book Bliss in an actual feud, was knocked down to the pre-show where it really should be along with one of the tag matches - and then moved back to the main show because people bitched about it being knocked down. Lynch confirmed it by saying how the fans got them back.

Also:

-- The original plan for the WrestleMania main event was said to be Goldberg defending his Universal Title against Brock Lesnar, however, Dave Meltzer indicated on the most recent Wrestling Observer Radio that plans have been changed and the main event and last match to air at the show will now be Roman Reigns vs. Undertaker.

-- WWE reportedly did some quick research on which match fans are the most interested to see and they came to the conclusion that it was Reigns/Taker. Goldberg/Lesnar is still considered the next match on the list but it is not known whether WWE will have it as the second to last match as placements vary on a number of factors.

Wonder who they asked for people to say that they're interested in Reigns/Taker the most? Shows how poorly booked the Lesnar/Goldberg feud has been booked though - making Lesnar look weak against him constantly, giving them the title match for no reason instead of making the feud more personal to gather interest. Such a wasted feud. They've done much better with matches lower down the card, so much better,

According to a report at pwinsider.com, all-time WWE great Jim Ross has signed a new contract with WWE and will be returning to the company at WrestleMania and will call the Brock Lesnar vs. Goldberg match.

So Goldberg, what's the plan for after Wrestlemania? Try not to spoil the result of the match tho...

Overall thoughts:

-Pre show was meh. Ambrose retaining was a nice surprise.
-AJ v Shane was better than I expected but Shane's punches still look like shit.
-Owens v Jericho was disappointing. I expected more.
-RAW womens title match was good but was a few minutes short.
-The Hardyz return was awesome, huge moment, and the ladder match was really good.
-Mixed tag was meh. I was bored. Didn't care about Cena's proposal.
-Triple H/Rollins was a good match. The crowd ate up Steph's table spot.
-Wyatt v Orton. I liked the Sister Abigail on the outside and the ring graphics but the match overall was pretty sucky. Disappointing. Also Wyatt is now 0-3 at Mania which is a travesty.
-Goldberg v Lesnar. For what it was, I loved it. This is all I wanted from Lesnar v Goldberg and it delivered. Good match.
-SD Womens match. This was my take a shit break match. Didn't care.
-Undertaker v Reigns was decent - but I feel like the last five mins were a little disappointing. I liked Reigns' running the ropes spear spot, but wish Taker got a little more offence in the end. Taker's retirement was done well and quite sad.

Overall, it was a damn good Mania. Much better than last year's. I enjoyed it. Not every match was good, but enough matches delivered.

I'm gonna give the show a B+.