Absolutely not! Not only would it be a fantastic match, along with having mainstream attention, but it would help keep Bryan in the main event level.

I'd be for it if Orton got put in the main event. Would seem fair he lost it in a 3 way and never got a rematch.

This is now my last, best hope.

I wouldn't like it because Rollins' obvious story is with Orton.

I would like it because it would mean Daniel Bryan actually had a story for Mania and wasn't just tossed into an IC Title multi-match.

Yeah, that's why it's not happening. Orton and Rollins is pretty much set.

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Talk about WWE Crush Hour. Amirite.

Should have Crush's head instead of the word crush

I kind of hope that Rusev is accidentally turned face just by crushing people.

I've come to accept that Daniel Bryan will be part of the Intercontinental Title Ladder Match. On the bright side, he's got a very good chance of winning and becoming a world-beating Intercontinental Champion. They might even play up him being the first person to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship (as if it were a new title), Intercontinental Title, US Title and Tag Titles -- the new era's first Grand Slam Champion.

Can't decide whether I want Sheamus in the IC Title Ladder Match or not. He seems like a good pick to win the Battle Royal right now. I'm leaning towards Ladder Match. I'm also hoping that Finn Balor earns a spot and gets to do a grand WrestleMania entrance. He probably won't win the match, but it'd be an impressive way to make a debut.

Bad News Barrett vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. R-Truth vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Sheamus vs. Finn Balor

I'm fine with that. Bryan, Ambrose, Ziggler and Barrett should all be doing bigger stuff, but I guess it's fine. My interest level for this is already greater than anything else on the card.

I'm now REALLY hoping for Nikki Bella vs. Paige vs. Emma for the Divas Title at WrestleMania.

After the #GiveDivasAChance movement, I think they have to give the girls something a little meatier than a throwaway segment at WrestleMania. I can't see them wanting to give AJ Lee the spotlight, after she has spoken out. I can't see them calling up Charlotte to put the title on her just yet, and I can't see them doing a tag team match with The Bellas facing Paige & Charlotte -- just because it doesn't feel "big" enough right now. I think the best thing they can do is give Emma some redemption, allow Triple H to handle her creative direction heading into WrestleMania, and putting her in a Triple Threat against Nikki and Paige. Brie will be a heel at ringside to run interference, and she costs both Paige and Emma the title at separate intervals. The face girls then beat her up to a large pop. Nikki takes over and gets very close two counts on both her challengers. They do a Tower of Doom spot, and all that jazz. Nikki even Rack Attacks both girls at the same time. She acts like she's the greatest thing that ever happened...but only gets two after some showboating. She then covers Emma...but still only gets two. The final sequence sees Paige in the ring with Nikki, and she manages to counter a Guillotine Choke into a RamPaige. Brie breaks up the pin and then gets the Divas Title, she goes to blast Paige with it, but nails Nikki instead. A superkick from Paige allows her to send Brie out of the ring, then put Nikki in the PTO -- and Nikki taps out. Emma makes it back into the ring and hugs Paige, holding up the arm of the three-time Divas Champion...then attacks her from behind. She puts Paige in the Emma Lock as officials come in and break it up. There's your next main Divas story.

In a titty honking match right?

For Rusev vs. Cena, I'm hoping that Cena adds some drama to this match by putting his career on the line. It'd make sense, given that Lana and Rusev don't want to give him another shot. Cena could goad them by giving Rusev a shot to be the one to say he did it -- he was the one who put Cena down for good.

Rusev's own greed would be the device which destroys him. It becomes almost a parable, as Rusev could have walked off with the championship and the Fastlane win -- but his ego and arrogance allowed him to be defeated. Have an Attitude Adjustment from the second rope be what puts him down.

I know it is RassleMania, but you have to save the good gimmicks for Extreme Rules.

This is the only way I'd be happy about this. I've been saying for a long time now that to restore the IC title to it's former glory, you need to have a guy win it, and hold it for like a full year.

Right now it means less than nothing. Especially with Barrett fucking losing all the time. The IC champ should be a big fucking deal. Even more so now that there is only one world title. He should rarely, if ever lose, even in non title matches.

That won't happen tho. Bryan will win, hold it for a couple months then lose it to adam rose or something.

To turn up the interest in the Wyatt vs. Undertaker match, I hope that they give Taker some connection to Sister Abigail. But the edge must favor Wyatt. I'm not sure what connection -- Heyman (the poster here) could probably come up with something good -- but I'm thinking something that ties their legacies together.

Maybe she has some connection to the urn? She could have been the one who crafted it? Or maybe she has an early connection to The Undertaker? Maybe she wandered Death Valley looking for him and found Bray Wyatt instead? Something in that realm to raise this beyond "I want to fight you!"

Jim Ross said it well when he asked why a company would want one title to mean less than another.

How much better would this whole Wyatt vs Taker Feud be, if the streak was still intact? I've always been in the "streak should never end" camp, but I think I would have been OKAY with Wyatt ending the streak if built up properly.

If they were going to end it, he would have been the perfect guy to do it.

Yeah, he said that at the NJ PPV about their IC title which even main evented over the the world title at one event. They've done a phenomenal job with that title, and lo and behold, a big part of that is because one guy has carried the title for long stretches and made it mean something by holding on to it.

Here's the 30 for 30 short doc on The Von Erich's

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Every person in that Ladder Match needs to record a promo where they talk about what the IC Title means to them. If you don't air them all, cool, but every character needs to have a reason for wanting it.

* Bad News Barrett could have been in the audience when Davey Boy Smith and Bret Hart fought over the title in the main event of SummerSlam 1992, when he was just 11 years old. That could have been the moment that made him want to be a fighter.

* Dean Ambrose has made his position pretty clear.

* Dolph Ziggler can show off as champion. His hard work, his effort, his ability -- it is all displayed in the Intercontinental Division, because it attracts the hungriest young men -- young men like him -- who want to prove themselves worthy of the top spot. And being the champion means he's hungrier; he's better than all of them.

* R-Truth has been training since 1997. When he first got into a wrestling ring, Owen Hart was the Intercontinental Champion. When he was scouting the competition, Stone Cold Steve Austin won his first Intercontinental Championship. Truth saw Triple H and The Rock fight in a Ladder Match at SummerSlam 1998, and that was it. "One day, I am going to be the Intercontinental Champion. I am going to be that good. That is what I was working towards every day of my life, so I didn't have to go back to prison. So I didn't have to be nothing."

* Daniel Bryan is addicted to the feeling of being the best. He may not be the WWE World Heavyweight Champion, but he will be a champion. And he will fight harder and better than any other champion in the WWE. Any other champion in the world. People will look at him and say "That's the sort of champion I want to be."

* Luke Harper tasted the money and the attention the Intercontinental Title brought him. He didn't like all the eyes on him, but he never felt like he had a...home before. The IC Title is his home. When he's the champion, he gets punched in the face harder. When he's the champion, he gets to punch people in the face harder. There's no home for people like Harper unless he's got that title.

* Finn Balor has the chance to step onto the grandest stage of them all, and he gets to do what only one other person has ever done -- win the Intercontinental Title in his first match. Few men have debuted at WrestleMania, and no one has debuted at WrestleMania and left with a title. Balor gets to make history. He gets to become immortal night one.

Wouldn't they go with Neville before Balor? Haven't been watching NXT, so I don't know.

I don't necessarily think that the title can't change hands a lot and mean something -- but the stories need to be right. The guys need to actually want it. I hate it when a guy loses an IC Title match and is just like "Okay. Well it looks like it's the US Title for me." The IC Title should be life and death to some personalities.

Neville is main roster ready and the next logical call-up: I just want to see Balor's entrance at WrestleMania. If they want spectacle, then Balor would be a good choice. But then again, Neville will no doubt do something in the Ladder Match that will make some people fans for life.

I've got this weird feeling that the Dudley Boyz are going to be working at WrestleMania. This stuff between The Ascension and The Prime Time Players is getting them all on TV, but it doesn't really feel "heavy" enough for the main card. And I can see them trying to keep a lot of tag teams out of the Battle Royal, because it just makes sense that they would all work together.

Got this odd feeling that they might do The Dudleys vs. The PTP vs. The Ascension in a Tables Elimination Match or something. It'll be snappy enough for Mania, provide some "spotz," gives The Ascension at least on WrestleMania appearance and could be used to "crown" the PTP.

Totally forgot about bubba. Has there been any updates of him coming back full time? Really would love to see Bully Ray in WWE. Dude worked for so long to improve his craft, and actually succeeded. Deserves to have that character in the spotlight.

I haven't heard anything, but he's obviously got a healthy enough working relationship with the WWE. If there's money to be made with them, you bet your bottom dollar they'll be back.

If you take The Ascension and The Prime Time Players out of the Battle Royal, it frees up four spots for the match. I can imagine the WWE using this year's Battle Royal for some "surprise" nostalgia returns. Somewhere between the Gimmick Battle Royal at X-7 and what NXT have done with Rhyno and Kendrick coming back.

There's only one reason I would be okay with Seth Rollins working in some form or fashion with John Stewart at WM31: It would mean that the person doing the celeb spot is NOT Big Show.

I'm surprised the WWE haven't given Chris Masters another shot yet.

He's a one trick pony. He even does the same gimmick in indy feds. Masterlock challenge etc.

Why am I picturing them doing the Can-Can?

Hated Chris Masters. Really glad he's gone.

Really stupid looking face

Hindsight.

Though I sentimentality agree with you about "the streak shouldn't end" feelings, truth was Taker is just too old school a guy to not do the "go out on your back" business. Maybe he wasn't sure he had one more in him, and though not ideal for pushing new talent, the most believable and ready opponent there last year was Brock.

Bray taking the supernatural mantle isn't necessarily a consolation prize. I just wish the build for this started sooner... then again, they had more time to build Sting vs. HHH, and even that's kind of a shit show considering how much hype SHOULD be on that match from Survivor Series onward.

I'm hoping Doze Damn Dudleyz are coming in to face Ascension. They're constantly claiming to be better than everyone, so it would be quite the rub to get (questionable) wins over both NAO and Team 3D... just to have PTP have *their* number and be the pain in the ass team they can't seem to get a victory on. Build two tag teams who are actually tag teams at once.

Brock didn't need it though. Like, at all. He could have barely lost to Taker at mania last year and still be just as strong going into this year's event, thanks to his dominant performances afterwards.

One reason I was always against the streak ending, is that there is kind of a catch 22 situation there. A guy like Brock, or Triple H who can believably end the streak, doesn't need it at all. Conversely, the Undertaker at mania had been built up to such a degree, that anyone who isn't a living legend beating the streak would feel unbelievable.

Right now, Wyatt is in that magical sweet spot. He's still young and fresh enough that ending the streak would do a lot for him, while at the same time he's been booked strongly enough since his debut (despite a few hiccups) that I can believe him taking the victory. Especially factoring in all the talk of taker's age and questionable health.