All Future Wrestlemania Discussion (Matches, Gimmicks, Angles.... KEEP IT IN HERE!)

[dominator66]

First off everyone needs to hop of the Stone Cold band wagon. He's NOT going to wrestle again. If he was, it would have happened already. His neck will not take the abuse of even one more match we all need to quit the wishful thinking. We also need to keep in mind that the WWE has been in business for a DAMN long time, they will be fine and they will make everything work out. Pretty soon some of the guys on TNA will be jumping ship and some of that talent that is getting buried over there will thrive in WWE, AJ Styles immediately comes to mind. At some point he is going to want that big pay day. The other thing we need to realize is Sting will NEVER be in a WWE ring. He is too long in the tooth now and after snubbing Vince for so many years, he's burned his chances. As far as the WWE using their old timers...they are always going to use those guys who get them that quick and impressive draw. Rock, Cena, Hogan (yes Hogan will finish his career in WWE) Trips. The money makers. But you will see guys like Miz really come into his own, Bryan and Punk are over big with the Indie Scene and you have a lot of your fans following their Indie guys. That being said, you can plan on seeing a "Legends" Match every year. Guys like the Rock and what not. I have a friend of mine who has insiders in the WWE, Taker will be done wrestling full time after WM30 and don't plan on the streak ever ending. This has been said to be the one thing that Vince doesn't want to take from a man who gave his blood, sweat, and tears over the years to the WWE. Another face you can expect to see coming back is Lesnar. Let's be real Brock likes money and seeing as he can't compete in UFC anymore, he will be back at some point. Whether it be limited or full time, we will see, though I highly doubt it being full time. Before I go too long (which I already have) this is what I can see for WM29

Rock vs. Orton
Taker vs. Cena
Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar
WWE C: Miz vs Cody Rhodes (Rhodes is smoking hot, expect him to start competing around Summer Slam in the main events)

WHC: Sheamus vs ADR vs Wade Barrett

US vs IC: Ryder vs Ziggler (Ziggler will really start to take off after this), I expect the US and IC titles to be unified at some point to be honest. They are lacking the roster (as of now) to really float so many titles.

Women's: Who cares...the WWE doesn't and neither do most fans
Tag Team: Again, the WWE has basically destroyed it.

I'd love feedback to this and let me know what you think.

 

[rge2010]

My brother-in-law's brother works as security at Metlife Stadium, I live in NJ by the way. He was around Vince McMahon, the owner of the Giants and Jets teams (cant remember their names), Triple H and a few other executives when he overheard them talking about a how they expect a extremely large payoff from Wrestlemania sales next year. They went into further detail about a possible Rock vs Triple H match as the main event of Wrestlemania 29. Take it for what's it worth. I personally would love for it to be a Iron Man Match.

With Rock doing a few more matches, he needs to wrestle established top stars so I buy into the Triple H thing. Some people are actually suggesting The Rock vs The Miz though. In the words of The Miz - really? REALLY!? Main Event for Raw, but Summerslam or Wrestlemania?!!! Ziggler is another one the fools on here are suggesting LOL. Miz and Ziggler cant draw a dime.

Punk, Orton, Triple H, Taker, Jericho...they are the only 5 on the roster that would make a part time, returning star like The Rock wrestling worthwhile.

 

[d_henderson1810]

With Rock doing a few more matches, he needs to wrestle established top stars so I buy into the Triple H thing. Some people are actually suggesting The Rock vs The Miz though. In the words of The Miz - really? REALLY!? Main Event for Raw, but Summerslam or Wrestlemania?!!! Ziggler is another one the fools on here are suggesting LOL. Miz and Ziggler cant draw a dime.

Punk, Orton, Triple H, Taker, Jericho...they are the only 5 on the roster that would make a part time, returning star like The Rock wrestling worthwhile.

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The two I would most like to see the Rock fight is Punk and Orton.

Firstly, the Rock has never fought either in any match, so it would have a once-in-a-lifetime, fresh feel.

C.M. Punk would be a good match, based off the comments Punk made last year about "Dwayne" headling Wrestlemania. Maybe these comments can be played off, leading to a Punk-Rock match at WM29

I would even more like to see the Rock v Randy Orton, because it can be billed "The Battle Of The Third-Generation Superstars". The Rock and Orton have a lot in common, both have had a grandfather and father in the business, and both have been at the top. This would have a big-event feel, and I think it would have even more behind it if Randy Orton goes heel again.

I am actually tipping that they will have the Rock next year at WM29, but it will be Cena v Rock II. I know people don't want that, but I think the match will be such that the WWE will want to follow what they did with HBK-Taker and Triple H-Taker, and carry it to two Wrestlemanias.

 

[avi01]

I think this wrestlemania might be the Rock`s last match. Ok maybe he`ll wrestled at summerslam or survivor series this year but I think it will still be vs. Cena in some re-match. The Rock made it quite clear, when he comes back he wants to create something big...something huge, and no matter what your opinion is on how the storyline is evolving, Rock vs. Cena is as big as it gets. This is the kind of blockbuster match the Rock wants to be involve in. Given the current pool of talent, there is nothing bigger than Rock-Cena. WWE does not have that much star power right now. WWE has been having a few re-matches at Wrestlemania recently...I hope they don`t do that with Rock-Cena. But I feel that if the Rock is wrestling at mania 29, it will be for a re-match vs. Cena. Again, I hope not.
Some suggestions are Punk or Orton. As much as these 2 are good, Rock-Punk, Rock-Orton are not matches of the stature of Rock-Cena, even if the actual feuds/matches could be better.
One big match I can think about is Rock-Undertaker. You can have the Rock saying he has done it all (that would include a victory over Cena at some point in time)and the last accolade would be to end the streak. I don`t think this would work with the Rock as the face. The Rock may be over in all arenas now but that has a lot to do with his opponent being Cena. Against someone as the Undertaker, Hollywood Rock would be perfect, and no doubt that version of the Rock would be very fitting in this era. But that`s wishful thinking.
Another option maybe Rock-Jericho. Again, not as big as Rock-Cena but Jericho might be someone the Rock would want to work with. And we know they can put some fantastic promos/matches.
And another option could be HHH. It could be the CEO claiming the Rock thinks he is bigger than the WWE type of storyline. But again, that works with a heel rock and is just wishful thinking.

 

[ProudJericholic]

I was thinking about it while I saw the story on WZ with Bret Hart.

Nowadays, we have so much technology that it's impossible for people to miss things. Wrestlemania 2 happened in three different cities, which I think is pretty cool. I wasn't alive to remember it, but I heard about it.

I think that it would be very possible for WWE to pull it of again in the future. Maybe not in the same cities, but with a bigger and more relevant roster, WWE can definitely pull it off.

The three idle cities that I think would benefit from this is Toronto, Philly, and Dallas.

Do you think WWE could pull it off again in the future?

And what three cities do you think it could happen in?

 

[The Brain]

I don't think this is a good idea. I understand hyping it by saying mania is so big that it's going to three cities but it wouldn't work out. WrestleMania has become a week long event. People travel from all over the world to take part in the events such as access and the hall of fame among others. Nobody is going to be willing to travel to one of three cities to see a third of the roster. WWE would not be able to sell out three huge stadiums if they are only giving fans a third of the card on each. Even if they could sell out three normal size arenas that is not going to equal the total of one huge stadium. To sell out even a normal size arena ticket prices would have to come down if the fans are only going to get to see a third of the show. I don't see that happening. WrestleMania 2 may have seemed big being in three different cities but I think that hurt the show more than it helped. To me it didn't feel like a big event. The big events are when everyone is in the same place at the same time.

 

[caesarmacdaddy]

To The Brain: Very good reply. I hadn't even considered the pre-festivities involved like Axxess or the HOF. Also, you are spot on with people wanting all the stars on one card and people not paying premium for a 1/3 of the show!

You really earned the name of the Brain!!!

 

[GameOver]

Could they, absolutely, they could do it then when they had limited funds
they could do it today, but this question is the same as WWE holding multi day PPV's

People would want to be at a specific event where there favs were and not necessarily care about the rest and which venue can they afford to get to.

WrestleManaia 2 only had a couple of matches in each arena the rest were televised for the audience via big screens so in that respect they aren't missing the matches, but what's the point of paying premium money to see say 4 matches and then watch another 2 hrs on a big screen when you can watch it at home for far less and not have to travel anywhere.

The other issue is the lack of starpower to pull off enough matches for 1 day in several areas.

Also would have to get 3 commentry teams WWE barely has 1 and a half atm., multiple production crews, multiple rings setup at once and hire 3 arena's not in the same area and as others said what about the fan axxess events and top it off with coordinating all the transmissions to make a fluid show that seemlesly goes from 1 arena to the other, which they managed to pull off at WrestleMania 2. The logistics of running such an event is massive and mind boggling.

I would think a better idea would be to just have 4hr PPV's for the big 4 and showcase as many people as possible in decent matches..

 

[Honkey_Kong]

The WM in three cities idea wouldn't work now.

One thing you have to realise, a lot of people didn't have cable TV back then and a lot of cable providers didn't have PPV capabilities to their subscribers. To get around this, they had a lot of CCTV sites where people could pay to watch the matches.

That enabled people in each of these cities to only see a third of the card live and watch on CCTV the other two thirds. It did reasonably well in getting people to pay to see the event in it's day, but in modern times, nobody is going to pay good money to watch a couple matches live and the rest of the even on a big screen in an arena.

 

[DeathClutch]

Actually this probably could work nowadays if WWE did a marathon WrestleMania day, start say 2pm- 5pm then 5pm- 8pm and 8pm -11pm each showing being 3 hours long one in New York, Dallas and LA.

This is an example not fantasy booking, you'd be looking having 3 MEGA main events (Rock/Cena II, Punk/Austin I and Undertaker/Shawn III) followed by 6-9 co-main events 2-3 per show, not to mention either MITB at one show, Celeb Tag match at another & team elimination match on the other and the rest being fillers, problem is WWE couldn't do it because we'd have rough 10 filler matches that wouldn't be worthy of a house show let alone a WrestleMania.

It happened in the 80s it was different, special one time only thing, it worked because WWE could announce XYZ match as the headline, nowadays WWE has WrestleMania as a show and not one two-three match show with the rest of the bouts being fillers (like the old Wrestlemania's used to be) it just wouldn't work nowadays like WWE holding a major PPV in England wouldn't work because of the time delay & internet.

 

[Mr.Wrestling]

I would love to see something similar to another WM II. They would have to get a good, strong built up card for each city though. If they did three cities, they would need three main events (one for each city). The WWE would also have to get the cities in the same time zones. If they had all of the cities in same time zones, they would be much better because it would get rid of time restraints and things like that.

I could see these main events for the three locations if this happened.

CM Punk vs. Dolph Ziggler
John Cena vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Daniel Bryan
Randy Orton vs. Sheamus

As a fan who doesn't get the chance to go to live events, I would love to watch an event like this in my lifetime.

 

[ProWrestlingFan84]

With all due regards to Wrestlemania 2, Vince was extremely lucky with that event hosting from three different arenas. In today's age, I highly doubt something like that will ever happen ever ever again. Yeah I'm sure people could think of ways to orchestrate such an idea but honestly unless people get into some types of massive dream cards, who is going to want to see this?

What kind of matches would you have? Take this year for example. Okay there is let's say 3 major matches. I guess have Cena/Rock headline in one city, Taker/HHH in another city as the closer, and have Jericho/Punk close in another city but then well what in the world is the rest of the card. In a time where WWE is all about having unannounced matches, they would have to plan things out very very well, a hell of a lot more then the booking team remotely deserves credit. Yeah okay the main event upper tier is usually planned out well but the mid-card is never planned out far enough to sell seats.

I personally just think in the modern age it would just be a giant failure because live crowds are going to want to see ALL of the main event matches. There would be no way people would pay for one main event match then a few mid/lower tier matches then watch the rest of the matches on some type of big screen or whatever. For the people at home in theory it could work but the live crowds, I just don't see how each of the three cities would sell out like Wrestlemania and McMahon would want.

 

[Merkin353]

I think it could have worked right after Vince bought WCW... At that time he had every major player available excluding Sting... The roster was packed with talent & I think people would have been more likely to buy into it... I also think the cities could have been NY (WWE Home) Atlanta (WCW Home) & Phili (ECW Home)

 

[dtroppe]

CM Punk vs. Dolph Ziggler
John Cena vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Daniel Bryan
Randy Orton vs. Sheamus

This is ridiculous- These could barely headline one of the lower end PPVs yet a lone 1/3 of a Wrestlemania. In what world is Ziggle, Rhodes, Bryan, Sheamus, Punk, or Orton big enough to draw something like that? This sounds like something you would like to see not something the general public would pay for- and for good reason.

This would not work at all for several reasons such as Access, attendance, HOF, it would not make as much money. But for it to even have a chance it would have to have Cena, Rock, Austin, HHH, Undertaker ,HBK,and Hogan, these are the biggest draws in wrestling that are still somewhat active on Tv- and while they would not need to wrestler (hogan) they would be needed to draw 3 massive crowds.

 

[Pytch Blakk]

I remember everything about WM II, I was a senior in HS and I passed up having sex with my GF to watch it...I think it would be a blast to see something like that again...but WWE doesnt have the talent base it once had, nor does it have the great gimmicks any more...

For it to happen, they would need the headliners (HHH, Cena, Undertaker, Jericho, Punk, Rock, and Orton) willing to do what the others did back then...

 

[sikkbones]

It could be done, But it needs to have a twist, It needs to be an International Wrestlemania...

and full day 15 to 20+ hour show.... which means it won't happen without vince first absorbing TNA and ROH and having some Indy wrestlers on the show to kill time...

But the Only way this could be done Now, is if It was an International Wrestlemania, with Main events IN England In the Early day, a SECOND mAIN EVENT IN THE AFTERNOON in canada... and then the real main event later in the late evening in the United States...

For example if they Did an international Wrestlemania this year...

Hell in a Cell: The Undertaker vs. Triple H would likely be the UK due to the hugeness of the undertaker gimmick over there, as well their could be other HIAC matches as the undercard.... you could even theme that portion of wrestlemania International as Wrestlemania HIAC.

sheamus/DB would probaly go over well here as well.

CM punk Vs. Jericho in Canada, If you need to ask why, you're an idiot.

and have a lot of the canadian wrestler's featured here in the undercard....

and obviously you go with the marquee match and most of your Upper card in the united states....

i would keep, Sheamus/DB and randy/Kane on the undercard right before Rocky/Xena.. just because these are the big names in america....

and this would actually help to get some non american names over...

 

[DugoutDan17]

So according to the report just released that WWE are looking to announce there main event for Wrestlemania 29 early just like they did with Wrestlemania 28 with the Rock and Cena my question is simple what would be your main event of Wrestlemania 29...

The first one that came into my head was CM Punk Vs Stone Cold Steve Austin which would make me think that match would be one to watch.

Your opinions, matches and match choices if necessary please...

 

[Its_A_Snake!]

I wouldnt mind seeing The Brooklyn Brawler Vs Rodney Mack...

The Rock Vs Randy Orton

Night after Mania 28.. Rock shakes hands with Cena.

"Cena, last night you beat me...you have earned my respect." or whatever, leads to a handshake.
Cena leaves the ring, we see The Rock wave to audience and thanking Team Bring it and states he is leaving for good this time.

Turns around.. BAM! RKO out of nowhere.
Leading to Orton to challenge Rock for Mania next year.

Just a random idea

 

[closet_fan]

I think the Rock will do his thing a few months after Wrestlemania and then that will be it. I'd love to see Austin against Punk. That'd be great. Get the whole Drinkin' vs. Straight Edge thing going.

 

[LoudClearVoice]

I'd love Stone Cold vs. CM Punk and as others have mentioned, it would be so easy to build up. The beer-drinking anti-hero vs. the straight edge cult personality.

Imagine Stone Cold having a beer bash in the ring then CM Punk coming out and doing a promo about Stone Cold's beer drinking.

The only thing I'd worry about is fans turning their back on Stone Cold.

The Rock vs. Cena has caused many fans to turn against the Rock simply because they love Cena. CM Punk is one of the most popular superstars right now and I'd find it hard to believe that the younger fans would support Stone Cold. For all he's done in this business, I wouldn't want him sold down the river like the Rock has been in this current feud.

 

[shooter_mcgavin]

I would have a Triple Main Event to Finally Unify both World Titles. Since it seems that's the direction things are going might as well have the climax at WM.

So basically an announcement that the Titles will be Unified at WM29. For the participants of the Unification that's still up in the air. But I can see it go like this ...

Opening Matches:

World Heavyweight Championship
CM Punk vs. World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan

WWE Championship
Randy Orton vs. WWE Champion John Cena

- Cena retains the WWE Title, Punk beats Bryan to be the Interim World Champion. This leads to the real main event

Unification Match: WWE World Heavyweight Championship
WWE Champion John Cena vs. Interim World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk
- In a 30 min epic. Both back and fourth action. But Punk wins becoming the first Undisputed WWE World Heavyweight in almost 10 years.

 

[RKOPUNK]

I don't like that they're looking to do this again. Once is alright. It was something different, and it has made the whole event seem so much more important. But two years in a row just seems like overkill to me.

I think if they do it, it should be another Rock match, or a Stone Cold match, preferably either one of them going against CM Punk, but I have an inkling it could be John Cena vs The Undertaker. It makes sense that if he goes over The Rock that he'd look to end the streak, considering he's done just about everything else there is to do in the business.

 

[Rick Rudes Mustache]

Labar just posted an article up ( here ) Talking about WWE wanting to announce the Main Event for WM29 soon. Cena, Rock, Austin & Taker where mentioned. So, let me ask you a question/give my opinion.

First though let me state this post is for Attitude fans, not new baby WWE fans that think the pocket he-man cena is worth his weight in gold.

What about an Taker VS Austin main event. The Streak ends or Taker retires on-top of it all. I understand that you want Taker to "push" young guys, but lets be honest WWE doesn't care about that or HHH V Taker wouldn't be happening today. I also think there has to be a bit of Taker asking Vince to put him against seasoned VETS that understand when to slow down a match, or not take dumb bumbs for the sake of the "make a name for my self" young brash ego. Austin fills this void perfectly. To real WWE fans Austin IS "IT". Rock & WWE push him now as the all time fan favorite but he is not. Many regard SCSA as the "IT" man. You bring him back and BOOM instant "Oh shit here we go. Fanny grab dur kids and guns its gonna get rowdy up in herr".

How would it work - here ya go. Taker & HHH have a classic good 35-40min rumpus in the ring. Taker wins. Yay! HHH scowls. BOO! HBK laughs. YAY/BOO!? Anyway, Taker wins. He is or is not "golf carted off again". The next night HHH comes out. Says hey i lost, Taker is great. Best Ever. If i cant beat him no one can etc. Advertise for the next RAW HBK to come back. HBK comes in the last 15min of the broadcast, calls out HHH, shakes his hand says good job etc. They both opine that Taker is best ever, so on and so forth. That's it. Then the following week, barring Taker healthy enough to "come back" he returns too give his Vince I'm done. You have nothing left for me to do, no one else for me to beat. I am The man etc. Then we heard the famous Glass Shatter music, & Austin comes down. Simple quick Austin promo. Set the match as Austin is the ONLY last true GREAT ONE the WWE has that Taker can take on. Set the match. Then build for a year. Good thing is the fans understand that both men are not "physically" what they once were so you don't need them to perform, ala Rocky at SS. to build the tension.

Now come WM29 who wins, I have no idea. But too me. That is the ONLY way to send Taker out. The best VS the best.

Thoughts? Opinions? Logical arguments?

 

[The Fabulous Rougeau's]

I see alot of people mention Punk v Austin. While this would be great, there is no build for it to announce it the night after Mania. With Rock and Cena, we had the build before Mania 27 with Rock being announced beforehand and mentioning how he doesn't like Cena.

If this were the case, I could see it being a Taker announcement, or even Shawn v Trips if Shawn screws Trips out of a win.

 

[mb47]

Firstly I'd like to point out that if The Undertaker is to be one of the top guys next year that has all but said the streak isn't ending in HIAC. But having faced HBK twice and HHH twice that looks to have been a rough plan all along. The question is where does Undertaker go from here...

vs. The Rock - Could be a great match but unless The Rock starts wrestling on Raw and on more PPVs it will be impossible to see The Rock ending the streak.

vs. John Cena - The most likely choice. Cena isn't on the list of victims of the streak and if he goes over Rock at WM this year I can't see what else Cena can do besides try the streak. Only problem I see is how's the feud going to get going?

vs. CM Punk - Win or lose this would be a huge match for Punk and it would be interesting to see this angle unfold. The direction could simply be Punk trying to still prove he's the best or something where The Undertaker wants to claim Punk's soul and bring it to hell because it's pure (straight edge lifestyle)

I'm going to say Cena vs. Undertaker will be what goes down.

That leaves The Rock and Stone Cold, assuming all 4 mentioned will be in main event matches.

The obvious choice is Stone Cold vs. CM Punk due to the similarities but the obvious huge difference that Austin loves his beer. Nothing complicated near just some anarchy created between to two and some great trash talking.

That leaves The Rock. As much as I'd like him to beat Cena this year I don't see that route being taken. I'm not sure who else he could really feud with at that top level besides Cena again or Punk, unless someone really steps up and quickly. I wouldn't say no to Rock vs. Jericho or Rock vs. HHH if either were a possibility but apart from that I'm truly stumped.