The Wrestling Thread

Axel v Naomi at Mania

 

Saw Wyatt won. Excellent.

Just going to watch it now.

 

Chamber was good and so was Orton v Harper. Rest was ok.

Maybe going for Ambrose vs Corbin at WM or add Miz and Aj.

Ziggler is actually a little more interesting now.

 

Looks like it.

 

Teddy Long going into the Hall of Fame

 

Trying not to read this thread while I catch up on elimination chamber, but becky lynch without the makeup/orange hair.

Offfttt!!!!!!!!!!

 

Tonight's WWE RAW takes place from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas as the Road to WrestleMania 33 continues.

Confirmed for tonight's show is Bayley vs. RAW Women's Champion Charlotte Flair with the title on the line, Emma's return as Emmalina and the "Festival of Friendship" with WWE United States Champion Chris Jericho and WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens.

WWE is focusing on the following points for tonight's show:

* Bayley to battle Charlotte Flair once more for the Raw Women’s Championship

* Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho to hold WWE’s first-ever “Festival of Friendship”

* Will Strowman’s rampage continue?

* Emmalina makes her debut

* Are Enzo Amore & Big Cass in line for a Raw Tag Team Title opportunity?

 

That chamber match was incredible!

AJ Styles is without doubt the best wrestler in the world, he made near enough everyone in that match look better than what they are.

Orton and Harper had a good match, would love to see Harper completely break away from Wyatt and do his own thing from now on.

Looks like a new feud will be brewing in Ambrose and Corbin.

Anyone else notice it was Maryse that Nikki Bella fell into backstage with powder going everywhere covering them both? Early signs of a feud leading up to Mania and THAT tag match? Man, i hope they don't go through with it.

 

This steals the show for me, it'll be genius

 

As always.

 

I saw someone suggest the possibility of Bray retaining the title at mania and keeping it and then Harper winning MITB and cashing in on Bray.

Though I think Rowan and Harper rejoining Bray and helping him beat Randy is more likely and then they'll keep the Wyatts as a dominate faction until about summerslam or so (maybe longer) where Ambrose/AJ/Cena/whoever finally conquers them and takes the title.

 

I also hope Lesnar screws Goldberg rather than Goldberg winning the title, so we can have Jericho vs KO for the title (or title vs title because Jericho is still U.S champion) because I feel those two deserve their big mania world title match. Jericho has been brilliant for the past 12 months or so and the friendship between the two has been the best thing about Raw since summerslam. I know Goldberg is the big draw for mania but the Universal title being contested between two part-timers who wouldn't even defend again until about summerslam, it just feels like it isn't needed. Though I do feel WWE are trying to do everything to give Goldberg a better run than his last one, so they'll just put the title on him to say he had it.

 

While Royal Rumble winner Randy Orton vs. new WWE Champion Bray Wyatt should be official for WrestleMania 33, WWE is using some interesting language in their official WrestleMania 33 preview as they wonder if Orton vs. Wyatt will actually take place. SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan wondered the same on Talking Smack last night, noting that we still have 7 weeks until the big show in Orlando.

WWE posted the following in their WrestleMania 33 preview, calling this a developing situation:


Are Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton destined to clash for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania?

Following his faithful follower Randy Orton winning the 2017 Royal Rumble, The Wyatt Family doubled down on their success when Bray Wyatt walked away from the Elimination Chamber Match as the new WWE Champion. However, amid The Eater of Worlds’ championship celebration, the WWE Universe has collectively begun to ask one simple question: Will he and Randy Orton actually clash at this year’s WrestleMania?

It is, of course, tradition for the Royal Rumble Match winner to take on the champion of their brand at The Grandest Stage of Them All. However, in this case, there are many variables. Will Wyatt and Orton want to face each other at WrestleMania? And will that point become moot if John Cena invokes a rematch clause for the WWE Championship between now and WrestleMania? As Daniel Bryan put perfectly on WWE Network’s Talking Smack, a lot can happen in the seven weeks leading up to WrestleMania.

Stay with WWE.com for more updates on this developing situation, and be sure to tune in to SmackDown LIVE, Tuesday at 8/7 C on USA Network, to see what happens next.

 

I think they're wanting to put the Universal belt on Goldberg to try and give it some sort of prestige.