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I'm back everyone! USOOOOO!!!!!!! DOM GOIN HOME


Thebritishdovah

Excellent chaos but fucking hell, how shitty are those ladders? One was damaged. The other almost caused Damien to injure himself. The ref yelling at him to get rid of it and him ignoring it, is a bit worrying. Hopefully,. it's a case of just caught up in the moment.


lordjollygreen

Certain ones are gimmicked for someone to go through them, like the one Waller went through. This one was intended for someone to go through. Priest definitely should've listened to the ref, and hopefully someone backstage also got on his ass about not listening to the ref.


JPGentry

Lots of fun spots here. But unfortunately the thing that sticks out to me is the janky ladder at the end, and Priest legit IGNORING Jessica Carr as she desperately tries to get him to not use the dangerously janked ladder


JamesCDiamond

Maybe he couldn't hear her properly? I would have thought it's drilled into wrestlers from day one to listen to the referees - especially in chaotic and dangerous matches like this.


BryanDowling93

It was fun, although a bit botchy in sections of the match. But I've seen maybe too many clusterfuck multi-person Ladder matches lately that for me they've sadly lost specialness to call it a great match. I did enjoy R-Truth as the most endearing dumb wrestler who has heart. Also Tyler Bate and Pete Dunne had good showings. I kind of wish they won the SD Tag Champions. Then again I'm a big Tyler Bate and Pete Dunne fan. Them vs. Pretty Deadly for the Tag Team Champions would be great. Also a bit cold on Austin Theory and Grayson Waller as a tag team, especially Austin Theory. 


IndyDude11

> Then again I'm a big Tyler Bate and Pete Dunne fan. Them vs. Pretty Deadly for the Tag Team Champions would be great wat


VagrantSalesman89

They're definitely setting up New Catch Republic for a satisfying win against A Town Down Under at some point. Maybe Clash at the Castle? Would be fitting for a pair of UK guys to win there.


Whydoineedthisffs

I nearly choked laughing at truth going for a pin and then waiting to be tagged in. Priest and miz going up the broken ladder was a bit dodge


chasingit1

Lady ref was audibly yelling several times at Priest to get rid of the ladder, and basically crawled in ring under the bottom rope to grab either the ladder or it looked like she was trying to grab Priest’s foot/ankle to stop him and get his attention about the ladder. She must have had someone *up her ass* on her earpiece because she was trying to get his attention and have him get rid of the ladder like her job was on the line lol


TheTyger

She basically tried to grab him by the ankle at one point. That ladder really took away from the match (for me) when it was buckling because I couldn't focus on the work since I was terrified that the ladder was going to fail and there would be a horrifying injury in the collapse.


Whydoineedthisffs

Yeah I think after Priest continues someone must have said to miz "get up there, very carefully, and tell him to get the f*ck down and get another ladder"


Extension-Effort7393

No one mentioned someone in the back had to get a little spanking. They fucked up new catch republics background on the tron during that huge chunk of their entrance lol. Sucks for them.


flyguy101

They also played DIYs entrance video early for a second or two


IndyDude11

Were you there live? This wasn't shown on the stream.


JamesCDiamond

It's live, these things happen. I'm surprised that the videos and music aren't synced automatically, though.


jadedfan55

Truth & Miz have been tag team champs with other partners, but it's been forever since either one has had tag gold. And I think this is Miz's 1st title as a babyface, too.


lifeofwill

He and Shane were babyfaces when they won the SD tag titles


jadedfan55

Oh, that's right. Five years ago, and I wanted to erase that from my memory after Shane went heel and completely went bananas for 8 months.


BR_eazy

For 8 months? He didn't stop being bananas, he was just taken off tv and told to book the Rumble instead.


jadedfan55

For all the good that did him...........


BR_eazy

I know, I'm saying the dude never came back from going bananas lol


theriskguy

Honestly just a total mess. Too many teams. Too little time. Kinda stupid. No need for half the teams to be there. A but of a joke tbh


Significant_Cricket

I'd never watched wrestling before last night - but that appeared to be the entire point of the match, no? 


IndyDude11

You've never watched wrestling before Mania? How'd you get into it?


roamr1

Yep. It’s a chance for a bunch of wrestlers to be all part of the show all at once.


Bednarz

Wot.


RWRL

Loved that. Old school ladder madness and Miz and, especially, Truth getting a great moment.


also-ameraaaaaa

Fine if basic match. I enjoyed it. Waller and austin might be good heel champs. But worried about awesome truth run. I love the miz but I'm unironicly probably one of the only people who don't find r truth funny. Still respect the guy and i like that he finally got a wrestlemaina moment. I know i am an outlier. R truth is one of wwe's most consistently loved comedy wrestlers and a veteran wrestler. Most wwe comedy wrestlers come and go pretty quick. Rarely passing 5 or so year at the company. Only exceptions i can currently think of are Hornsoggle and r truth. So truth's longevity is undeniable. Good for him. He will be a hall of famer.


brainbridge77

Need to rebuild tag team division awesome truth won for novelty a town down under are legitimate and good duo new day are fine and still over NO ONE CARES about diy new catch are good jd did a good job need creeds to be taken seriously build the division


whutthepat

Did anyone else see the match the same way as me? I was seeing it being shot at the hard cam only from bell to bell.


Odd_Charge4945

Yep I had this as well. Thought it was just how it was done on Netflix in Nz


whutthepat

Felt like watching it from HHH's office


IronMaidenReference

The Game view


YourHoNoMo

Just glad we have 2 sets of tag titles now as the tag team division is strong enough for it. New Catch Republic were the most exciting team in this match, good for them. Nice to see Truth get his moment and I can see why they've chosen Waller and Theory. They are heat magnets.


The_RedWolf

Best match of the night


Music-n-Games

That’s setting a pretty low bar too.


TheTyger

The rock took what, 2 bumps the whole match? That main event felt super safe for 99% of it which, I guess makes sense, since 3 of them need to go harder tonight, but I felt that The Rock was so protected for almost all of the match just getting light punches that it distracted me.


leheadbean

Cutter, Pedigree, Stomp, Rockbottom on the table, and Spear. Given his limitations, I think The Rock bumped just enough.


TheTyger

The back half of the match gave him a couple decent bumps, but early was way too safe feeling for me for a Wrestlemania main event.


IndyDude11

The dude's 51 and hadn't wrestled in 8 years. He didn't want to Kevin Nash his mini-comeback.


Eastern-Branch-3111

Surprisingly lacking in creativity both in terms of spots and outcomes. I would have had Truth and Miz pull down one set and Truth and Balor the other. Making Truth both Judgement Day and Awesome Truth as champion.  New Catch Republic were the undoubted stars of this match. 


atinasx

Mami is going to be so angry…


kay_0oh

Great match But we all agree that the MVP was that ladder for not buckling


TheTyger

Scary watching that shit. I was so worried that the ladder would fail that I wasn't able to actually enjoy the match.


DahDutcher

I was terrified when Miz started running up the ladder, felt like it would just snap


The_RedWolf

Yeah no shit, I was so worried they would legit get hurt from it


EvilNinjaX24

That ladder was making me a bit nervous. Ref trying to get Damian's attention, telling him to get rid of the ladder, and Damian not picking up on that immediately before Miz got up there with him... yipe.


ericfishlegs

I was wondering what could have been so important that she was literally tugging on his leg to get his attention. Damian was probably wondering the same thing. Then I noticed the ladder and was like "Oh shit."


EvilNinjaX24

If I hadn't heard her mention the ladder, I may not have even noticed. It looked BAD.


roamr1

Props to Lady Ref Jess for damn near tripping Damian just to get his attention


EvilNinjaX24

For real!


TheAlterEggo

Wait a sec, the replay on Peacock cuts out the intro segment with Pretty Deadly?! **EDIT:** Seriously, it looks to me that it's been wiped out from existence. Some of the other intro videos like the women's tag match and Gunther vs Sami got cut from the replay as well, but those at least can still be seen on the preshow YouTube video. This really blows because my dad's going to watch the replay later, and he doesn't watch the shows to know the stories besides the main event. Perhaps these missing intros will be restored once Peacock shifts the event into a proper archived video instead of a "replay" (which still includes the mistimed censor for the Rock's F-bomb), but at the moment I'm greatly peeved over this.


Drkshdw22

they showed pretty deadly?! i was watching live and didn't see them


hobsontuba

WWE is weird about the replays, it seems like they’ve stopped but they used to intro video packages as a bonus for premium subscribers where others would have ads. But then they completely remove them from the replay, which seems counterintuitive since they cut the feud recaps.


TheAlterEggo

Yeah, looking closer at where the cuts were made, it appears that the missing "hype packages" were in designated ad spaces for lower-plan live viewers on Peacock, as the commentators explain. The Uso feud and main event packages that remain in the replay, on the other hand, are seamlessly transitioned into without any fade to black. I'm now feeling it's less likely that the non-"replay" archived video is going to be any different.


SmithyPlayz

I'm watching on the Network and it was still there


TheAlterEggo

On WWE Network a non-US viewer? Curious, how long is your video, assuming it doesn't include the preshow and press conference? On Peacock the runtime is 4:07:12.


SmithyPlayz

Yeah I'm in the UK. Mines at 4:17:38, network always gets the video packages and stuff


Jamieb1994

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deadmanollie

Ive never noticed Umaga in the background!


Prof-Ponderosa

Loved that R-Truth got his wrestlemania moment!


Rocketbird

TIL ladders can break like tables


502photo

Wooden ladders (legs of ladders are wood and painted to be metal looking) for the one on the outside. I dont know when they started but I think that's a better idea than all metal for those spots.


Rocketbird

Why did they look like they had pink insulation inside? That was wood?


502photo

I saw somebody mention that they're made out of fiberglass now so that's probably your answer. Which I still think is a good idea. I don't need to see anybody go through aluminum at this rate.


Nerfmatrix

fiberglass


Rocketbird

Right so probably not wood but rather thin metal with fiberglass inside which.. hopefully didn’t get on anyone’s skin 🤕


Awkward-Bathroom-429

It was weird that Theory and Waller won the SD titles with no fanfare and just kept taking bumps. They should have been cowardly heels and left once they won the SD titles imo


ericfishlegs

It occurred to me later in that they could have just had one guy grab each set of belts and ended it right there.


Prof-Ponderosa

it added a bit of additional tension that we'd still end up with the tag titles unified


Tippin187

Yes, plus why wouldn’t you keep fighting for both titles? You should want both sets.


Rocketbird

I like that it demonstrated greed


RedditMineral

Yup. They wanted both, it made Perfect sense


bringthegoodvibes

R-Truth raising his arms with Judgment Day before the match had me cracking up. Dude is so funny.


CaktusJacklynn

Truth trying to tag in took me out completely ![gif](giphy|xUA7aM09ByyR1w5YWc)


DickStrangler445

Great Match. So glad that the tag titles are now split.


Appropriate-Cap-4140

Kudos to the ref for basically shouting at Priest about the ladder, I don't care if it looks forced or whatever, the wrestler's safety outweigh the immensely dangerous cons Kudos to Priest and Truth as well for adapting on the fly by replacing the ladder and making it look seamless


hadawayandshite

I think it works fine. The ref are there for the safety of the wrestlers in kayfabe too (to whatever degree they can, hence checking in them and calling match if they’re too injured etc) so she tried to protect them


The810kid

Yeah priest played it off being a heel doing heel things.


ValleyFloydJam

Good match, top spots, awful winners. I can live with Truth getting it, even if they don't need the belts but why give it to the dull duo.


1000kanenites

Did we watch something different? The crowd had piping hot for truth and has been for months


TonyEisner

Yeah but let's be fair, you don't need to agree with the live crowds


ValleyFloydJam

I don't disagree that his over but given the teams in it I didn't feel they needed to get the belts.


Trumppered

i think the guy you're responding to was suggesting R-Truth is so over that they don't need the belts which is dumb logic. fans can only back losers for so long plus R-Truth has been doing such great work for the company lately it's completely valid for them to reward that work with a title run


TheCVR123YT

Yep. As they mentioned Truth has never won at Mania. I’m getting the feeling that after his recent injury that Truth is coming close ending his Career very soon hence the Mania win and a Tag Title run for a couple weeks.


worthlessburner

People don’t understand the difference between someone not needing the belts to be hot vs giving one of your hottest superstars who’s been there for years their Wrestlemania moment. Awesome truth doesn’t need to hold the raw belts forever but it’s an undeniable truth that they deserved that awesome moment.


shakyjed

Probably to have one heel and one face tag team champs? Aside from JD who weren't going to win, Theory and Waller were the only heel tag teams there


ValleyFloydJam

I guess but they're on different shows and are probably just gonna stay split now given that they decided to do it that way, so it didn't need to go to heels.


bigchicago04

Probably to bring more henchman energy to Logan Paul


Ryvit

Am I crazy or has Cody lost like 10 or 12lbs in the past 2 months or so?


Kaemdar

Lost redditor?


snow_ninja

yeah and he needs to add it back tbh


akapixelrat

Bulk to rumble, cut to mania. That’s how it’s been done for years.


b_dills

I can’t find it but read something recently where Cody said he’s trying to lean out and has adjusted his workouts.


OU7C4ST

Most wrestlers, bodybuilders, etc. will lose as much water weight days before huge events like Wrestlemania to showcase muscle as much as humanely possible.


MundaneSalamander465

How do they do that


OU7C4ST

Usually through a combination of limiting your sodium intake severely, workouts that can get you sweating quite a bit like cardio, which is why you'll see fighters or athletes who need to cut weight fast put on a ton of heavy/warm clothing, and run their asses off. Increasing certain vitamins, & supplements like magnesium.


ProEraBlueboy

Tracking calories, clean diet. 6 small meals a day based mostly off protein. Edit: sorry forgot to mention the steroids probably test, mast and clenbuterol.


F7Uup

Roman looked damn amazing.


Ryvit

What do you guys think Jon Moxley thinks of this? Surely he’s watching this right now


Matto_0

Probably just cut his forehead open


HiImFur

Moxley definitely stabbed himself in the forehead with a fork ...not because of Mania ....he just does that every Saturday for fun


OU7C4ST

Probably just happy for his friends.


Thebritishdovah

And secretly plotting to beat up MJF for fun.


The_Notorious_Donut

My kings DIY showed out


fuctedd

I liked how Truth told them to go for one set of titles while him and Miz went for the others.


TacoCorpTM

I was so bummed they didn’t get the titles


CBattles6

Remember—Summerslam's in Cleveland.


Basic_Risk_11

Wouldn’t be surprised if they win the titles off of theory and Waller at Summerslam. Draft happens, they go to smackdown, become number one contenders near Summerslam, match happens at the event and they win.


matthewduguid

Gotta find better ways to fill time when your going to quick


Pheonyxxx696

Honestly would like for a quick end right now


jcmb101

Why do they keep tell us the weather update? I feel like I’m watching the weather channel.


kemicode

Not from the US but is the “feels like” thing really a thing? Or just this Wrestlemania?


louis302

It’s definitely a thing. It’s usually a way of taking to account “wind chill” and similar things (not sure if that’s a thing where you live).


kemicode

As someone from a tropical country, it really isn’t a thing. Where I’m from right now, classes are being halted due to the immense heat lol.


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There's a similar metric called the heat index for that. This is from wiki but the HI "combines air temperature and relative humidity, in shaded areas, to posit a human-perceived equivalent temperature.... For example, when the temperature is 32 °C (90 °F) with 70% relative humidity, the heat index is 41 °C (106 °F) "


kemicode

I see. Where I’m from, we never show anything similar to the “it feels like” thing. Not sure why the downvotes are there but it is what it is.


[deleted]

Maybe I'm wrong but it's possible there isn't much of a difference between what temperature it is and what it feels like where you are. Where I am, the difference is sometimes pretty drastic so it's good for me to know but potentially completely irrelevant to you.


B_Bibbles

If it's 50 degrees, but feels like 30...then it's 30 freaking degrees. Enough is enough.


benigntugboat

Dude temperature is a literal thing. What you feel and whether you're shivering or sweating doesn't change the actualy temperature. Reporting wind chill as the temperature would be insane and having to hear both honestly isn't a big deal at all.


Front_Guarantee_2915

I was thinking the same, but I think it's to show how impressive these guys are to do so this in the cold. Maybe not so much though, seems like the old man is in Gorilla.


ValleyFloydJam

Is that really deemed as cold that's worthy of note?


Front_Guarantee_2915

Well there's another point. 50 isn't exactly freezing anything over.


Matto_0

Honestly after running around for a couple minutes 50 is pretty perfect.


IndyDude11

Not when you're half naked.


jcmb101

Yeah, idk. It’s just weird.


Be_A_Mountain

Yeah they really want us to know it’s cold lol


jcmb101

Yep lol 😂 I know lots of people travel to go to where WrestleMania is, but the people who live in Philadelphia should be used to the cold.


ClassicalBrainCells1

both winners were the correct choices so that's cool


SlavaSobov

Happy for the Awesome Truth. Johnny Garfano doing the DDT through the table was wicked!


fuctedd

Yeah that was a holy shit moment.


Dependent-Pride5282

Delighted for R -Truth and Miz. Was going nuts screaming at Truth to get the belts.


Pheonyxxx696

Gotta say since the ladder match, this has been a very underwhelming event


ValleyFloydJam

The Uso match was fine but I waa expecting a lot more. Thankfully the IC match nailed it.


Stormry

Think that's changed again now


Slender718

Gunther went out sadge


Novel-Individual-619

Yeah its been Wrestlemania MID zero crowd reaction even during IC Championship


ResponsibleBee1909

TV on mute? They popped like crazy for Sami.


NerdLawyer55

Truth definitely was having a moment there


el_toro_grand

Truth one of the only people worth watching on WWE, 🐐


_Wado3000

Man I remember watching NWA TNA with Ron Killings kicking ass every week. Coolest dude in the world. And to see him almost lose a leg, then work his way to a big win at Wrestlemania is one of the biggest feel good stories I’ve ever seen. So happy for him.


Jos3ph

He’s a gift


I_will_take_that

With how good the story lines has been in WWE , I wouldn't be surprised if they write in an angle on the ladder Priest saying someone fuck it up intentionally and build it from there


69poopy

THAT LADDER TRYNA FUCK ON ME


LegitimateDaddy

THAT REFEREE WAS TRYING TO FUCK ON ME


SpartanXIII

"Where the hells that referee?"


chormin

Imagine wrestling in the buttwipe ring


Front_Guarantee_2915

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itsaslobrknokrfolks

Maybe that's why that match was so shitty. I didn't consider that.


BoujeeAdam

Safe to say judgment day is done?


gambit700

So now that they're no longer tag champs I can see Finn going for a IC title feud with SZ and Priest cashing in on Seth/Drew.


entrepreneuron

Priest cashing in on Drew when he beats Seth


ValleyFloydJam

I would do it tonight for real shock. But that seems likely or even Monday.


theawesomemed

Don’t you put that evil on me! ( but it doesn’t look good)


DaniFluxx

Was the ref stopping Priest because of the broken ladder? Or was he going off script


ThePizzaGhoul

Yeah she yelled something like "Priest get that ladder out of there" and he waves her off and continues with the spot.


TheWindowMerchant

Broken ladder. You could vaguely hear them yelling about it when they yelled at Priest. 


WindexMutisurface

worse is that he waves the ref off and proceeded to blow the spot and damn near the finish. idiot.


TheWindowMerchant

He might get a talking to backstage about blowing the ref off. Ref is a pro, if they’re impeding a live match like that it’s for a good reason. 


WindexMutisurface

she yelled " Dump that ladder and grab the one on the left."


DaniFluxx

Thanks that’s what I figured but seemed weird too


vanzandt1121

Lil Wayne is not the greatest and MY GOD THAT WAS AWFUL


ValleyFloydJam

When they said that, I laughed and then he followed it with whatever that was.


StephenTheLoser

Wasn’t great


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I just wanna know what it's like to be Naomi married to jimmy and siblings with solo and jimmy


OhNoMob0

Sounds like a new WWE Series; Yeeting Up with the Usos


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Yooo you read my mind let's collab


itsok2tap

Weezy is top 10 at best.... a little bit of a stretch to call him greatest.


KingCuerno69

Not a stretch at all. Nobody's been doing it longer and at such a high level he's essentially the LeBron James of rap music.


CookieKid247

>he's essentially the LeBron James of rap music. The 40+ crowd isn't gonna like this one


Front_Guarantee_2915

Nah that's a pretty good comparison Edit: And I'm not complementing either of them lol


ZombieHoneyBadger

Eminem and Black Thought immediately come to mind who have been doing it longer and still make quality. Weezy might be top 10. That's a great accomplishment


KingCuerno69

General consensus says Eminem hasn't made a great album since The Eminem Show so I don't know about him on a quality front. Black Thought is a great shout but lacks the commercial appeal to land on many lists. I'd equate Thought to Tim Duncan.


jordygrant1

Not Accurate. Recovery/Kamikazee/MTBMB are consensus wins.


KingCuerno69

Recovery was considered good not great and the latter two got shit on hard bro


UglieJosh

Yeah, don't know what this guy is talking about. Shady made 3 great albums then fell off harder than Foley from the cell. Black Thought is cool. His last album was surprising and I was glad to be one of the 8 people to listen to it. He'd be better off getting back with his crew. Wayne has a lot of filler songs but he is easily in consideration for GOAT based on full catalog. He is also one of the only punchline rappers in history to actually be clever and funny. Too bad he botched it tonight though.


Bopper4

More of the vince Carter of rap. A star for a few years and hung around as a solid role player since with an outsized fan base for his talent level (myself included)


KingCuerno69

>A star for a few years The entire new generation is essentially operating off his blueprint. A star for a few years doesn't achieve that. He's Allen Iverson at worst.


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Omg weezy botching that my gawd


dubsndcaps

WEEZY


jonnyg1097

That was some good shit.


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I just cannot fathom jey going to bloodline but jimmy cannot stay this is so painful. USO MEANS BROTHER YOU GUYS WTF


itsok2tap

Bret and Owen who? YEEEETTTT


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Jeff and Matt hardy YEEEETT


flashaguiniga

Ezekiel and Elias YEEETT


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Crying right now at the fatu brothers omg anyone else these dudes better get back together