What did you think of WrestleMania Night 2?
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Bruh, i don’t know what happened during that Bray match but I was thoroughly entertained and happy. Was this the first mental warfare match?
As for Orton vs. Edge I really enjoyed it. Do you think it was improved by having it in an empty arena/performance center? I think if it was. In a regular stadium it would have been your standard Last Man Standing match which I’m not a big fan of. I liked that they used the entire performance center to brawl around in. Went five minutes too long but whatever. Only sad part was not hearing the INSANE pop Edge would have gotten walking out.
Dope card.
I felt night 2 dragged a lot more than night 1. I was excited for Orton and Edge after watching the 24 - but 40 minutes of sweating on hard surfaces everywhere was unnecessary. I liked the finish but would have been better 20 minutes sooner.
Otis and Mandy would have had the biggest pop in a stadium. They had some actual booking planned for that. I did enjoy it though.
The real talking point will be the Firefly Funhouse. I for one loved it. It was clever. It told a story. It was different. I hope wwe learns from the Boneyard and the Firefly - they were both a success in my eyes
Jeremy in Texas
Those Hollywood writers are actually earning their money. In two nights WWE managed to produce two different but very entertaining segments.
I thought the Boneyard match was better, but the “Funhouse” match was so off the wall and went with the current Bray character, it worked. And you know John Cena, who seems to be a very weird guy in his own right , enjoyed doing it too.
Curious to see if WWE would consider splitting Wrestlemania into two nights moving forward. I thought it helped the flow of the show overall. When you go past four hours, it starts to be way too long for any show.
Jon in Baltimore
The Firefly Funhouse match was so brilliant. Seriously amazing long-term storytelling, even if much of it fell into the WWE’s lap given the current circumstances. I laughed, I cried, I was confused, I clapped. Give Cena an Oscar for this performance.
Otherwise, the matches were all very entertaining, except for the WWE Title match. I’m bummed that both main title matches just came down to spamming finishers and lasted a few minutes. Despite the warranted concerns of these matches taking place during this crisis, I still was thankful to have Mania this weekend to be a good distraction.
Nick from Lansing
Trying to keep it short, I thought this was fantastic. I was entertained or drawn in by the story of every match. I can definitely understand if people thought the Edge/Orton match was too long, but I felt they had earned it.
Will from Toronto again.
Mojo and GRONK can say they won a title at Wrestlemania for the rest of their lives.
My personal favourite thing from the night was JBL saying “we don’t have a break, go anywhere, go to the blimp view” when Mandy kissed Otis.
A pretty forgettable first half… Edge/Orton went too long but “WWE Films” saves the night again the a movie esque mini film of Wyatt and Cena. That was amazing.
Happy Drew got the title as he’s earned it but sad the state of the world took his Wrestlemania Moment away. 7/10
JD from RLS
Another fun night, with lots of fun matches. Think Rhea and Charlotte absolutely killed it, although I was very bored during Edge and Orton… Honestly this Mania has been great split over two nights and really fun. Great job, WWE.
But let’s not talk wrestling. Let’s talk fucking art, lads. Unironically, the funhouse was something I loved. The deconstruction of the Cena myth is a great evocation of wrestling as art and literature. It was weird, but the meta-story was fascinating. I doubt it will be replicated, but I’m glad to have seen it.
For the first time in a month all my buddy’s got together on Zoom and watched both nights. All worry’s aside, they did exactly what they set out to do, which was for two evenings I was distracted and had a great time. Loved the Funhouse match, thought it was a unique take that distinguished itself from last nights main event. Thought last night was the better of the two evenings, but have no complaints.
Adam from Wellington New Zealand
Overall really enjoyable show and i preferred this over the first night for sure.
But let’s get down to the real talk.
Bray/Cena was better than the Boneyard match, there I said it. I remember being pissed off when Cena beat Bray at Mania 30, and this played to that perfectly. Was this a match? I’m not too sure, but as far as being a story, told about a wrestling feud this was a hit for me.
For the rest il try to be quick
- Edge/Orton was 10mins too long
- Black and Lashley had weirdly great chemistry
- Rea/Charlotte & The 5 Way were better than Becky/Shayna & The Womans tag
- Garza is on the Dolph level of selling
- Fuck. Gronk. -_-
Love your work fellas, kia kaha, stay safe.
Shout out to David from New Zealand (by way of Scotland)
Suren from Portland
I have such a hard time with these crowdless shows; I’m no longer watching weekly (but still keep up with your recaps). I still had to watch Mania, though, out of curiosity but with no crowd and all that yelling and grunting, I’m fairly certain my neighbors think that I’ve been watching adult entertainment all weekend.
A few quick thoughts:
-Firefly Fun House match was no Boneyard match
-When Dolph low blowed Otis and Michael Cole yelled, “THE OFFICIAL NEVER SAW IT!” Did the official not hear Michael Cole screaming this from 10 feet away in an empty building?
-I really wish they would have just held off on Drew’s big win until it could have been in front of a crowd, which would also allow Lesnar a Mania win instead of dropping a title every year.
Anyway, 4/10 show. Thank you for all your quality entertainment. Counting down to crowd-filled arenas and a normal world again.
Chris from Pennsylvania,
Just one thought about the Firefly Funhouse segment. WWE always seems so concerned with appealing to the casual fan. Brock, Ronda, Gronk, bringing back the legends, etc, so it was really shocking to see a segment like this that would be so confusing to someone who just checks in once a year to watch Mania. There were so many references, and I feel like I need to re-watch it a couple of more times to get them all. It was weird as hell, but I appreciate the amount of thought that went into it.
Jesse in Taipei
No better way to start your week than by watching John Cena and the Fiend in a Fun House Match on a Monday morning. John, you said that this match would have to be different from the boneyard match. Well, it was definitely different!
I liked Edge-Orton but it should have been about eight minutes shorter.
I enjoyed the multi-woman SmackDown title match, which surprised me because I didn’t care about it going in, but I thought they did a good job. Weren’t there supposed to be six women, though?
McIntyre vs Lesnar was lame. I think the last match I enjoyed of Lesnar’s was against Finn Balor. I thought MJ from NJ made a good point on the upNXT watch along: these finisher-spamming, kick-out-at-one matches are totally designed for audience reactions. Without a crowd, you see these lame Lesnar & Goldberg matches for what they are: lazy. WWE should move past this. I’m all for short matches, but try a different formula.
Take Care
Andrew from Cape Breton
Night 2 wasn’t as good as Night 1 I thought. I didn’t mind the Drew/Brock match being as short as it was as I didn’t expect much to happen in the performance centre. Edge vs Orton was ok as well but went too long. But of course, everyone is thinking about the Firefly Funhouse match. While I love old school wrestling and nostalgia, it was a great segment but not really a match. As ridiculous as the Boneyard match was in parts, it took itself somewhat seriously in the body of the match itself. It’s like comedy. If a guy slips randomly and throws all his groceries in the air out of the blue, it will probably get a laugh or a reaction. But if the guy stands there, looks around, then falls and throws his groceries in the air and falls down pretending to slip, it’s not as funny. It felt like the Firefly Funhouse was just bad comedy done for the sake of it, where as the Boneyard match was at least a match where two people wanted to fight. So while it wasn’t as bad as the House of Horrors or New Day vs the Wyatts at the Wyatt Compound, I would put it on the same level as the Ultimate Deletion. Ok, but nothing much to write home about. 5 out of 10 show tonight.
Stevie French from Liberty Village
Great two nights overall, I find it funny how the style of a “main event” match has gone from the times of old, and 60 min time limit draws, to today’s main event style of hit your finisher each 4 times and go home. 7/10 in my opinion over both nights.
Charles from Richmond
Loved Wrestlemania. I think a combination of the short length and edited matches really worked. If they do end up running more big shows in our current situation, I hope they at least learned from this.
As for what everyone is talking about, I really enjoyed the Firefly Funhouse match and I think these production matches going mainstream may be what helps turn around the downward trend that the WWE is experiencing. It’s anecdotal, but I have lots of casual friends that either stopped watching wrestling or never watched that loved these shows. I agree that it cannot be every month, but it’s different from what’s currently bleeding viewers week after week.
I agree with John’s point about this not working in front of live crowd. I think they can solve this by putting these productions after the show in the same spot as the short documentaries like 24, 365, or Chronicle. Maybe move these forward in the timeline and use them as part of the promotion for their events.
Anyways, thanks for the show. Always appreciate you guys.
Jeremy from the suite
I just can’t shake the Firefly Funhouse match. For a company who cranks out disposable content, per Vince’s own words, this was something that felt completely opposite of that. A career retrospective of one of the company’s biggest stars (wrestling inside his own head) all crammed into 15 minutes. Amazing.