Sure, it's possible to be satisfied. Quality is always going to be subjective but it most certainly helps if you go into a show with the hopes of actually being entertained rather than watching it mostly just to find something to complain about. If a ppv has quality wrestling matches, storylines that you're interested in seeing play out inside the ring and wrestlers that you're invested in, then I think the formula is there for potential satisfaction.
The problem is, however, that a hefty portion of the IWC is made up of fans that are about as far from reasonable as you can get. I've been posting in WZ for 3 years now and if there's one thing I've learned when it comes to the WWE, internet fans and dirtsheet writers is that it's nearly impossible for WWE to win. No matter how good something is, no matter who gets pushed, no matter what unexpected twists and turns pop up, the WWE still catches flack from all different sides. Over the course of the build for WM 28, I've read a lot of posts that make it sound like those fans have already made up their minds to be disappointed if EVERYTHING doesn't turn out the way they want it to. For instance, in the WM 28 section, I think a thread was created a while back talking about the order of the matches and how some matches will suck if they're in a certain order. For instance, Poster 1 says something like "well Bryan vs. Sheamus will suck ass if it goes on after Punk vs. Jericho" while Poster 2 says something like "Any match after Undertaker and Triple H won't be worth watching" and so on and so forth. To me, it's a ludicrous notion. What it boils down to is for some inexplicable reason, there are lots of internet fans that want WrestleMania to fail. They want the show to suck, they want the matches to fall flat, yet they also intend to devote the 4 hours and $55 it takes to watch the event.
When I look at the WM card, the top 4 matches have potential greatness written all over them:
Cena vs. Rock will be a physical, hard fought spectacle in which I think both guys will leave it all in the ring. It might not be a "technical masterpiece", but the story will be there and I have a feeling the action will be as well.
Taker vs. Triple H at HIAC has all the makings of another all time WrestleMania classic match. Again, the storyline is more than there, the emotional investment of fans' interest in Taker's streak and the potential end of a storied career is there, the action will be there, the x factor of HBK's presence adds questions and wonder as to how it will turn out.
Punk vs. Jericho features arguably the two best overall pro wrestlers in the world at the biggest event of the year for the WWE Championship. Like most people, I'm expecting nothing short of a clinic for this match and I have no reason to think that we won't get it. Whenever CM Punk or Chris Jericho makes a statement about putting on a match to steal the show, the match tends to do just that. They're more than capable.
Bryan vs. Sheamus features two very over wrestlers that work really well together and their styles mesh very well. Sheamus is a big Irish lug with a stiff, physical style that fans love to cheer for. Daniel Bryan's character comes off as a world class jerk that people will pay to see get his ass kicked all over the ring. Like Sheamus, he has a physical, stiff style coupled with great natural athleticism and is a mat specialist. If anything, I don't think people are giving this match enough credit.
Even most of the matches that seem as "filler" this year sound really good. In terms of overall story, Orton vs. Kane is pretty weak but I've little doubt it'll deliver solid action. The GM vs. GM match is somewhat iffy. There are lots of great wrestlers involved in the match and this match can also be much better than expected if most of the focus is kept on the wrestlers & the match itself instead of whatever shenanigans might go on between Teddy, Big Johnny, Hornswoggle, Vickie & Aksana. Rhodes vs. Big Show has told a solid story in my view. Overall, since coming back from his "injury" from Mark Henry, Show's been doing some of the best work of his career and Rhodes, in my eyes, has become one of the best young heels working today in both the ring and on the mic.
That's not to say that WM 28 couldn't wind up sucking, but I'm not going into the show with expectations and even hope that it does suck. If that, however, is the sort of attitude a fan is taking going into it, then there's almost nothing WWE can do to satisfy them. If you have hopes & beliefs that WM can be good, you'll have a good shot of coming out of the show entertained. If you go into it determined to nitpick at this and that, complain if this match doesn't end the way you think it short or this match went on sooner or later than it should have, then why bother?
