It was so funny seeing how it cracked Austin up though. Funny as hell.

I didn’t catch it when I was first “watching” but have since watched it back and I cracked up. My 3 and a half year old was like “Why are you laughing, daddy?” :lol:

I wonder if Vince got an earful from Vince when he walked through the curtain.

Vince missing his cue and being scared and afraid of Theory's music was hilarious as well.

The Austin/Owens and the Vince/McAfee/Theory/Austin segments were just completely bizarre and felt like an out of body experience.

Despite my better judgement starting to watch Day 2 now.... be prepared to suffer a parade of Lock Jaw posts....

Nice thing about replays I can skip America the Beautiful....

And Mark Whalberg video... (who I admit for a split second thought was Christian when his face first showed up yesterday)

Triple H coming out first.... what is this a RAW circa some years ago?

Sure feels like it by the end.

Ha didnt realize that was Vince's first Wrestlemania victory ever!

double-post?

Lol at RK-Bro AR graphics.... and mixed theme

Lol at Alpha Academy theme starting with shushing the audience...

Otis looking great... very unique look

Sweet double team from Otis and Gable.... seem like a sweet pairing... I can see what Noid likes so much....

Orton great... low key making history with so many WM appearances...

Pretty great opener... tons of fun...

Gable Steveson is ready, willing, and Gable

Appalling Gable on Gable violence at WM :nono:

Re: Roman/Brock:

I get people’s complaints. They all sound perfectly valid. For me, this is why it worked:

In the context of this whole Brock/Roman story: From the amazing shit-kicking at 2015 to the awkward as shit anticlimax in 2018 — there’s been this feeling of “they want to get it right.” The craziest thing about this was them showing up, having the match feel epic and having the crowd exactly where they are supposed to be (for a change).

If you think about it, this is an amazing example of crowd manipulation.

Brock and Roman are both excellent. Can they do more? Sure. But I do feel this was the sort of match they should have the context of who they are and where they are right now. It’s not an easy spot to be in, headlining these two epic shows.

Had they gone out and grabbed a headlock — look, I get why some people might have loved it. And I also get how a 40 minutes perfect building match could feel like the ultimate capstone of their rivalry. But I feel like this bam, pow, get it done style fits this match, this show, this moment, who these guys are.

I wouldn’t do another one. I don’t know if Brock’s next big, big match should feel like this. I agree with changing it up. If Brock and Roman ever wrestle again? That’s the time and a place for a new story to grow out of it. Roman will be cocky and take his time. Brock should work up to his stuff. But for WrestleMania 38 — these two titans just going in there with a singular goal, each at the top of their game — I’m totally okay with this.

Always wish Bobby Lashley had a more "menacing" looking face

Omos so freaking huge....

The Vince Stunner stuff is something that you’d think could completely ruin a moment, but somehow Austin’s reaction made it AMAZING. It seems to have brought so many people joy. It was weirdly humanizing.

I found myself overanalyzing the segment for a bit. I told myself it would have been better had Austin come out and beat up Vince and McAfee won, because McAfee was just so good and Vince doesn’t ever need to win at WrestleMania. But you’re building to that Vince Stunner spot. Just accept that and move forward.

Was not always into Otis. Then I saw him working with Rey Mysterio one week and the guy is so crisp. He makes a very…unique is probably the best word you used.

Chad Gable got to be one of the few people who talked at WrestleMania. Amazing what the dude is finally accomplishing.

Nice at Lashley winning, but making Omos looking weak in that all it takes is a suplex and two little spears to beat him

Bobby Lashley and Omos is something that really had me worried. Very impressed that they went out there and did what they did. Especially considering Lashley was just hurt. I’d be very interested in a documentary or a book or something into how this guy mentally operates, because it’s like a switch went off and he went from being this dude that sort of felt like a Brock Lesnar facsimile to being a veteran who feels like a dude you can trust to get passable shit out of Omos at WrestleMania. AJ Styles and Finn Balor struggled with that shit.

Get what you’re saying, but I tricked myself into thinking it made Lashley look great. I’ve got this weird thing with big guys who are so obviously green that I don’t mind it when they lose. I kind of “forgive them” for coasting on their size and not being that good, lol.

Good that I can skip the same video package they played yesterday....

Damn, forgot about them changing Sami's theme... sucks.... this annoying dance walk went good with his old theme....

Knoxville looking terrible.... hope this is short...

They should not have changed Sami’s theme.

Wtf at party boy... who in the blue hell is this

Lol at hornswoggle return

Oh wait that is not hornswoggle... some other Jackass

Much as I hate/don't care about Jackass that actually turned out a bit entertaining.... Sami's current gimmick is such that he can take this loss too without being too damaged by it...

Mouse trap looked super weak though... Sami trying to sell that he is trapped and can't get it off but super phony looking...

Did they change Sasha's theme too or is that a WM or team remix...

Damn at Liv Morgan Catwoman....

Graves saying he will have a live sex celebration with Carmella if they win.... didn't know they were acknowledged as together on air....

Wish James Ellseworth would come out and help Carmella win and try to steal her from Graves...

This Carmella mask thing is really disturbing looking.... second time seeing it... just weird....

Fun women's tag.... nice finisher

Edge/AJ now.... skipping the video package since I saw it yesterday...

WTF at AJ busted open even before the match

Brood King Edge is here

Don't mind his new theme

Wish I could visit the alternate reality where Edge and Christian switched career trajectories....

Feel like my energy/interest is already gone via too much wrestling..... getting tired even if it is only noon....

Imagine if they just put the good stuff from the entire weekend into one nice, neat 3-4 hour show instead of “content, content, content”.

lol I just saw somewhere the Austin made his entrance last night at exactly 3 hours and 16 minutes into the show. Nice.

Good match but was falling asleep a bit... Damien Priest with a better look than I remember.... team with Edge gonna do him good...

Gonna take a break and try to recover some energy before continuing...

Edge match is also when I started feeling "zapped" of energy... mad boring!!!!!!!!!

Guessing Edge’s colour scheme was a tribute to Taker with the black and purple.

When does the count start? KO isn’t even in the ring at 3 hours 16 on the Network.

Starting up again.... Sheamus and his weirdly dressed stable are here

Yesterday I confused Sheamus stable with Corbin and Moss and was wondering why "Butch" wasn't out there with Corbin/Moss until I remembered he was with Sheamus/Holland...

WTF is Butch doing...

He’s Arthur from Peaky Blinders essentially. Or Scrappy Doo.

Well that was just a weird match/segment....

Don't even remember what is left.... McAfee match and main event.... still seems like too long left in the show for just that... forgetting something probably.....

Taker and his goofy AR graphic here again, this will kill some time...

Imagine someone dating Undertaker's daughter without knowing it and then going to meet her parents and unexpectedly finding himself one on one with The Undertaker

McAfee match now.... I know he is supposed to be the face but he seems so annoying that I really just want to see him get his ass kicked....

Only works if Teddy Long is there.

Austin Theory getting a big rub from Mr. McMahon as his "chosen one".... wonder if it will work out as well as his last chosen one Drew McIntyre.... (fired and then come back years later, jerked around for a bit, and then finally made a main event guy)

My friend who still watches tells me Theory is real good and that he legit thinks he is "the future"...

He wasn't anything special in this match but he is really good imo

McAfee out here looking like a guy I'd really like to see get beat up....

Theory too small to be "the future"... gonna have to disagree with my friend...

McAfee or at least his entrance theme super over.... damn.... so conflicted in this match..... Theory obviously the heel and doing a good job where I don't want to see him win.... but McAfee looking too much of a dbag where I don't want to see him win either and to just get his ass kicked .....

Have to give Pat props on his athleticism.... nice jump up to the top rope superplex....

Damn.... Theory losing to a commentator not great for his future....

Vince and his dainty eyebrows spoiling for a fight now...

Vince's muscles all deflated.... still looks good for his age though....

Damn, bell ringing... Vince wrestling... if Stone Cold can come back so can he I guess....

Vince with the comeback story of the decade. Doing what a young promising rassler he calls the future couldn't do, and defeating a commentator on the grandest stage of them all.

Better than Jerry Lawler could do!

Vince selling the stunner as good as Linda these days

Nice at throwing "the future" Austin Theory under the bus to get over an Austin/McMahon spot in 2022....

Main event time....

Roman's AR graphic also terrible...

Amazing to see Roman finally so over....

Amazing how the first two times these guys fought at WM I couldn't care less... but now it feels legit big time and I'm feeling the energy....

Uh-oh.... referee down... incoming shenanigans...

I mean I saw the screencaps of it so I'm assuming it was last night on peacock but I dunno, they may have been bootlegging it because when I went back and looked they were off by a few minutes. I'm assuming the start time of 8 on the dot, and they were out there a few minutes before 11:16 if that's the case.

7th or 8th time spear is the charm! Right person won...

No idea who you can get to beat Reigns though.... would be good to use it to "make" a new star but they don't really have anyone in the wings to be made....

I'd have him hold on to the title until next year if they can and have the winner of the rumble beat him at Mania..... no one worthy of that spot right now though....

Going off the WWE Network (UK) it was after 3 hours and 20 minutes before KO was making his entrance. I was wondering if they were going from “after the anthem/intro video” or something?

I have to say that after watching all of Austin’s stuff from this weekend, Michael Cole praising Austin and Vince drinking together as a beautiful moment just before the stunner we all saw coming was great.

If you’re gonna go all out with the stupidity, the announcer being stupid as shit and falling for it like Vince did kinda works. Especially since Cole is kinda known for blowing Vince.

They should pre empt it and make Steveson a heel and pair him with MVP as his mouthpiece. Could even turn Street Profits heel too and put them altogether.