Fair enough, R-Man, but when you say that WWE "fails to deliver", what exactly do you mean? What would they have to do to increase your interest and satisfy your expectations, and to make this event exciting for you? For this year, we are seeing the continued elevation of relatively new talent, namely the Shield, Bray Wyatt, or the Uso's. We have a mechanism in place to potentially continue to elevate even more new talent by the existence of the Battle Royal.
If you are a fan of the current group, we have Cena in a big match, Randy Orton, Daniel Bryan, and others, with more current guys interspersed through the Andre the Giant Battle Royal.
Wrestlemania IMO should be a mix of tradition and innovation, spectacle and pure wrestling, and in the past, the WWE has always had the sort of talent to provide it. Wrestlemania 12 had Bret Hart passing the torch to Shawn Michaes, or Shawn Michaels attaining his boyhood dream depending on how you view it, WM 13 was Tradition vs Innovation, Old vs New as Bret Hart collided with Austin. However, in recent years, the WWE has failed to produced to do that and instead has been relying too much on stars of the past and part-timers which is well-documented. Again, Rock vs Cena might have been very huge for the first time, but there's a consensus that their second showdown was lacklustre right from the get go, and having the Rock dropping the WWE title hardly mattered. At WM26, The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels told an amazing story, so did John Cena and Batista, and Chris Jericho and Edge. But did John Cena and The Miz tell a great story at WM27? How much did The Rock "guest hosting" really elevate WM 27 beyond attracting hollywood fans and casual fans into watching? I may have acquired this bias but ever since Shawn lost to Taker , his story with HHH has been the same old repetition with a new performer instead of Shawn. Then, he lost his hair and they added a HIAC stipulation with Shawn Michaels as the referee. But that was the third time they collided. Wrestlemania is largely known for exciting first-time encounters, but in recent years that trend has changed. From Bret -Shawn, Bret-Austin, Taker-Flair, Taker-Orton, Taker-Batista, Angle-Shawn, Cena-HHH, it's Rock vs Cena II, HHH vs Taker III.
I agree that the scenario this year is more towards revolution, innovation and a sweeping change but IMO, the card is lacklustre from the get go, at least for a 30th anniversary of a show. If I'd have to be excited about this event even with DB potentially thrown with Batista-Orton(a wrong move for this particular event, IMO), they would've had to do a lot many things differently, and many performers would've to have different role on the card. For instance, I don't see what could make you find a futile and pointless battle royal exciting- whether it's the memorial nature of it or because you like battle royals in general- wrestlers like Sheamus, Alberto Del Rio, Big E , Cesaro, Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler should be at least participating in an under-card match IMO, and I won't even surmise they consider Damien Sandow to be a deserving candidate to be on the card. The Shield, if they have to repeat what they've already done in the past, should at least face a more deserving and formidable trio IMO, and certainly not washed-up has-beens like NAO with Kane who doesn't even dress, walk, or talk like Kane anymore. If not, then Dean Ambrose could've very well defended the US title, with Reigns and Rollins being a part of an exciting 4-teams collision. I do agree that it's always good to see new talent being given a chance to shine -like Bray Wyatt and The Shield will, but will Cesaro, Swagger, Sandow, Ziggler, Del Rio, Sheamus, Barrett, and almost half a dozen others? In the battle royal? Not so much.
Do you like returning superstars? The Undertaker. Brock Lesnar. Hulk Hogan. Stone Cold Steve Austin. The Rock. Potentially, RVD. Chris Jericho. Sting. CM Punk. Look, I'm not naive enough to think all of these guys are coming back. But we know some of them are in some capacity, and it's not out of the realm of possibility that others may too. Sounds pretty exciting to me.
Seeing Hulk Hogan and Stone Cold in the same ring together is pretty exciting for me, even in a non wrestling capacity in 2014. Even the thought of a Sting/Undertaker face off/stare down intrigues me. And how about some other scenarios that some of us know-it-all's haven't even thought of yet?
Out of those, only CM Punk, Chris Jericho, and RVD because those big-time stars who come back with big promises(The Rock) and their program absolutely fails(and on top, they ruin a potentially even greater CM Punk title reign, just because they decide they'll hold the title for a while) has caused me fear and disgust over the very name of Wrestlemania . Austin returning once in a while and stunning someone is not an issue but how many times have we already seen that? I'll say that Sting returning, just to come until the stage would really excite me. I 've grown pretty averse to the Undertaker now, though.
Plus, you yourself may not be a big fan of Daniel Bryan, but a hell a lot of guys are. The potential of a finale of Wrestlemania30 with Daniel Bryan standing in the middle of the ring, holding the two belts with the "yes" movement going ballistic may not appeal to you yourself, but you cannot appeal to everyone all the time, and it goes without saying that this finale would hold tremendous appeal with a huge percentage of the WWE Universe.
Let's face it, R-Man, it isn't the 90's anymore. I have no idea how old you are, but simple mathematics would tell me you are 15 years older than you were then. Times change, scenarios change, and maybe expectations should change too. Because if you watch the current product, longing for the 90's and a return of the Attitude Era, you're doomed to disappointment.
I like DB as a wrestler based on his match with Cesaro I saw from Throwback thursday. But to be candid, he is a terrible performer when it comes to non-wrestling and there're too many factors going into that- from the way he looks, his mannerisms, talking ability, to facial expressions and the Chant becoming a huge phenomenon and him/ his fans claiming how he deserves to be in the main-event of WM 30. IMO, there has never been anyone or anything more overrated in pro-wrestling, and even performers like Edge, Chris Jericho, or others who were better than DB could claim they want to main-event this and this WM. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of The Rock coming and saying he'll participate in a WWE title match, leave aside Batista, but at least Batista is creative, and amusing to watch in his Jerk gimmick, and not half as repetitive and boring as John Cena, DB, and The Rock. But if anyone deserves to claim he will main-event WM XXX or all be damned, it should only be someone of the magnitude of a Brock Lesnar(if he were a full-time wrestler), Kurt Angle(without a shadow of a doubt), Shawn Michaels, or Bret Hart. (All in their prime, that is). But such is fate, and I accept it but you're damn right that it'll be a big moment for all you DB fans if he wins the title and ends WM with those chants and all.
