*** Official WWE Road to Wrestlemania thread *** (WM26: Sun. Mar. 28th in Phoeniz AZ)

[dirtyd]

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That was some real blocking on Punk and Mysterio. They gave them 7 mins. to keep them from outshining HHH and their title matches. Hopefully they'll give them a 20 rematch on Backlash or another ppv.

Their 7 mins was better than hhh's match. I was lmao during the mitb match whenever mcintyre went for the ladder people booed the shit outta him. He's vince's and hhh's boy and he is getting the x-pac heat.

 

[AOD]

Re: *** Official WWE Road to Wrestlemania thread *** (WM26: Sun. Mar. 28th in Phoeniz

WWE stereotypes every race, but the word about kofi is he got on orton's bad side after he didn't stay down and let him set up the rko. The puzzling part about that is orton fucked up alot at the start of his carrer, yet he chastizes others when they mess up.

Video of orton yelling at kofi



Orton starts getting pissed at the :12 mark, Kingston did mess up but orton was completely unprofessional about it and drew attention to it.

Great point... ! With Vince in love with Randy Orton, you might as well call him HHH JR.

"Yeahh Right!!"

 

[Upgrade Dave]

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Their 7 mins was better than hhh's match. I was lmao during the mitb match whenever mcintyre went for the ladder people booed the shit outta him. He's vince's and hhh's boy and he is getting the x-pac heat.

McIntyre isn't a bad wrestler but the way they've been jamming him down the throats of fans isn't helping him. He's not nearly as great as they try to make him out to be and he could use a manager bad, his accent is nearly as bad as Jack Swagger's lisp.

 

[clayizaiken]

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-- Shawn Michaels had told friends for months that this year’s WrestleMania match would be his final. There remains a chance that WWE could convince him to come back down the line, which has happened several times in the past. At this point, HBK is telling everyone his retirement is legit and he doesn’t see a return in his future.

-- The Undertaker
is expected to take time off, despite being booked for some upcoming TV tapings.

-- Jim Ross’ absence from WrestleMania was clearly one of the focal news points. He was acknowledged by Jerry Lawler at the Hall of Fame ceremony, receiving a tremendous pop from the crowd. According to a new report, the final decision to not use JR was Vince McMahon’s call. The subject of JR’s involvement has been brought up several times in the last few weeks leading in to WrestleMania.

-- Next week’s Monday night RAW will be preempted in Canada due to The Score carrying the NCAA basketball finals at 9PM. RAW will air at midnight.

 

[clayizaiken]

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The WRATH of TITO - Shawn Michaels vs. Undertaker thoughts and appreciation
By Mr. Tito
Mar 29, 2010 - 9:58:21 PM

Email me at WrathofTito@yahoo.com.

Welcome back to the Wrath of Tito... Now, old man Tito is still retired from commenting on current wrestling (but I shall be returning with a "retro" column in the upcoming weeks), but even my recent dislike for the current products will still allow me to admit the following: wrestling, when at its highest level, is as good as any sporting event at its highest level.

As I said last year, Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels, clearly the 2009 "Match of the Year", gave you that goosebumps feeling, just as their Wrestlemania 26 match did once again. Undertaker and Shawn Michaels, at or close to 45 years of age, just put on another wrestling clinic for the world to see. Yet another great back-and-forth match that made me appreciate WHY I was a wrestling fan for so long. While many will suggest that "Shawn Michaels carried Undertaker again", I call bull on that. Undertaker, since coming back from his groin surgery in 2000, has had quite the decade to put himself in the "best ever" category. Undertaker's resume during the 2000's has helped redefine his career as being just a gimmick during the 1990's to a wrestling legend during the 2000's. Undertaker contributed to both 2009 and 2010's matches with Shawn as much as HBK contributed to the matches. Undertaker has completely bought my respect for his past decade of work.

It will be an utter shame if this is Shawn Michaels's last match and last year in professional wrestling. I don't believe many fans know what he went through, as HBK truly hit a bottom in his professional career and could have been done with pro wrestling after destroying his back during early 1998. Shawn admittedly had personal problems during his final WWF years during the 1990's, continued to fight those personal demons through the early 2000's, only to come back to solidify why he was potentially a great wrestler before his back injury in 1998. His resume from 2002 to 2010 is absolutely sick, especially considering the health risk of his back as well as various knee injuries. Meanwhile, Shawn Michaels has also become quite the family man and a veteran for everyone backstage to look up to.

Any new fans to the WWE might have missed Shawn during the 1990's may not understand where he came from. While HBK before 1996 was naturally competitive with the likes of Bret Hart, Shawn became very isolated from other wrestlers and his personal demons during 1997-1998. During 1997, his competitiveness became poisonous with Bret Hart and things became very, very personal between the two. They took their bad blood into wrestling promos (remember "Sunny Days"?), fought backstage, forced Shawn Michaels to make "I'm leaving for WCW" threats repeatedly, and eventually led to Shawn's 100% willingness into Survivor Series 1997's events. I'm sure Shawn jumped for joy when he could not only become WWF Champion again, but to also tarnish his enemy's career. And it did. HBK was a willing participant in the Montreal Screwjob and thereafter, HBK was a willing participant in repeatedly trashing Bret's character.

Going back to 1997 and early 1998, when Shawn had a GREAT feud with the Undertaker, there was reported tensions between the two back then that I've read into and heard from other wrestlers around the WWF at the time. Before their feud, the Undertaker purposely distanced himself from the "Clique" consisting of Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Sean Waltman, and Triple H. Undertaker is a very personal guy and has reportedly disliked the backstage politics part of the business. Thus, when the Clique was surrounding the WWF's titles, Undertaker was purposely involved with other wrestlers and storylines. However, Vince wanted a big impact feud to re-establish Shawn Michaels as a heel and the Undertaker, besides Bret Hart, was the next big face to feud with, as Steve Austin still needed some seasoning. Undertaker reportedly groaned at the feud, but after it was said and done, I'm sure he'd even argue that the HBK feud from 1997-1998 was the best of his career at that point.

The dislike of HBK at the time made for a tense WWF backstage. Shawn was a political lightning rod and it only served to allow most wrestlers to rally around the Undertaker to become the backstage veteran that most looked up to. It was probably the time that the Undertaker solidified his top spot, aside from him being legitimately tough as a backstage enforcer anyway. Many wrestlers were wondering how this feud would translate and if the Undertaker would "teach Shawn a lesson" in the ring. What happened, however, was a magical feud leading to the first ever "Hell in the Cell" match that was highly influencial on the WWE's future. In some ways, much of the possible dislike between Undertaker and Shawn Michaels helped ramp up the intensity of this feud. But at the same time, both wrestlers knew this feud would be good for each other and their chemistry was undeniable. By the final match, the Casket Match at Royal Rumble 1998, the two earned a significant level of respect for each other.

Additionally, the feud was significant in that he helped establish Shawn Michaels as a #1 heel threat heading into his Wrestlemania 14 feud with Steve Austin. Austin was ON FIRE during 1997 and was set to take the world on during 1998. It seemed only natural that Shawn Michaels do business with Steve and drop the title off at the biggest show of the year. There were reports that Shawn thought he could shake off the back injury suffered at Royal Rumble 1998 and that he didn't want to drop the title at Wrestlemania. As the gossip goes, it was apparently the Undertaker who more or less told Shawn to do business at Wrestlemania 14 with Steve Austin. If this story is true, I can imagine that Shawn having a great feud with Undertaker at least made him reconsider protesting the booking at Wrestlemania 14.

Shawn would be on the shelf after Wrestlemania 14 during 1998 and wouldn't return to the WWE roster until the awesome match at Summerslam 2002. During that time, Shawn had an admitted problem with pain killers and was even sent home for reportedly being "out of it" when doing non-wrestling appearances for the WWE. Being sent home actually caused a rift between he and his friend, Triple H, as HBK, in his state, thought that Triple H didn't stick up for him. They reportedly didn't speak for over a year because of this difference. Shawn, as you know, found God by becoming a born-again Christian and kicked his pain killer addiction. After getting his personal problems fixed and backing his life in faith, Shawn was eventually invited back to the WWE to make appearances and then to be enticed to wrestle a match against, who else, Triple H, at Summerslam 2002 in what was considered a "Match of the Year" contender, if not the winner.

After wrestling a few matches to end 2002, HBK would eventually be convinced that he could do this full-time despite the back surgery. Since 2003, it can be greatly argued that nobody has had better matches than Shawn Michaels, especially at Wrestlemania. Look at HBK's ABSURD Wrestlemania resume since returning:

-Wrestlemania 19 versus Chris Jericho
-Wrestlemania 20 versus Triple H and Chris Benoit
-Wrestlemania 21 versus Kurt Angle
-Wrestlemania 22 versus Vince McMahon (HBK made it look incredible!)
-Wrestlemania 23 versus John Cena
-Wrestlemania 24 versus Ric Flair
-Wrestlemanias 25 & 26 versus the Undertaker

Handfuls of "Match of the Year" contenders or winners. And oh yeah, he wrestled other events not named "Wrestlemania".

This is just in addition to the great 1990's career, as well as some 1980's stuff, that Shawn had established as a tag team wrestler, midcarder, and main eventer. Even with personal demons and attitude problems, he was still great. When he was centered during the 2000's and now in 2010, he was just awesome.

But as I noted above, the 2009 and 2010 Matches of the Year (and the Wrestlemania 26 match may have been better than Wrestlemania 25, wow!), the Undertaker deserves as much credit than Shawn. The Undertaker, or Mark Calaway, had to overcome a stiff gimmick that held his career back from greatness than personal problems. As part of the "Corporate Ministry" in 1999, he shredded his groin muscle yet attempted to work through it... The pain was unbearable and it put the Undertaker on the sideline to end 1999 (who, along with Steve Austin being out with the neck injury, allowed the likes of Triple H, as well as up and comers like Kurt Angle, to grab the spotlight). His return as "Bikertaker" cut him loose from the "Deadman" gimmick that limited his wrestling career. He took his character less seriously and began to take his in-ring ability more seriously. It paid off, tremendously.

He, himself, built a great resume during the 2000's... Wrestlemania 17 versus Triple H... Fun match with Ric Flair at Wrestlemania 18... Great triple threat match with Rock and Angle at Vengeance 2002... Strong matches with Brock Lesnar... Critically acclaimed match against Randy Orton at Wrestlemania 21 (I rated it low, though)... Various good matches with Big Show, Booker T, Batista, and Cena... Critically acclaimed match with Edge at Wrestlemania 24 (I rated it low, though)... And of course, awesome, awesome Wrestlemania 25 and 26 matches with Shawn Michaels. He has firmly established himself as one of the all-time WWF/WWE greats, as well as being one of the bests since the Cable TV era beyond 1980.

Undertaker is now 18-0 at Wrestlemanias. The WWE should NEVER let anyone beat him, as he deserves the respect to go 20-0. The only way that the Undertaker should lose at Wrestlemania is if and only if an up and coming superstar on the level of Steve Austin/Rock/Hulk Hogan arrives. Looking up and down the WWE roster, he's not there yet... Keep Undertaker undefeated, please.

Oh, and by the way kiddies, I CALLED IT on June 8th, 2009, even the "Streak vs. Career" gimmick (though I was waaaaayyyy off on Triple H versus Edge, but I believe that "money" feud will still eventually have to happen). Whooooo!

 

[Piff504]

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Did anyone else see how sexy alicia fox,eve and layla looked last night?

i need video proof. i luv Layla

 

[Piff504]

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anywhere i can get dl of individual matches?