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Definitely didn't see it going that way. Would love to hear some reaction from everyone.

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I thought it was pretty great. I was a fan of their first match and this one did not disappoint me at all. I have a feeling that the image of Reigns covered in blood screaming at Lesnar is going to become one of the most iconic images in professional wrestling history. The sheer frustration coupled with fatigue was astounding.

That being said, I'm not sure why they chose to close the show with such a depressing ending.

I'm curious as to what's going to go down on RAW, I'm half thinking that they must be going to put the title on Reigns.

The match was shit. Pure shit. I'll take nothing away from Reigns, his selling was great. But selling is about all he did for most of the match. F5 after F5, german after german, god this got old so fast. Fuck this match up the ass with an anthrax laced bansaw.

They need to start pairing Roman with better guys, cause these WM main events have been lousy.

It was one of several illogical booking decisions that compounded WrestleMania 34 as the worst booked card in WWE history.

WWE has spent two or three years building towards Reigns’ inauguration. Lesnar has demolished everyone on the roster in order to maximise the significance of that moment. Reigns is divisive, nevertheless if someone is intended to become the face of the company, the company must pull the trigger at some point. His supporters and critics must be frustrated in equal measure because what happened last night all but ensures Lesnar vs. Reigns III at WrestleMania 35. Fifth time lucky for Reigns?

I apologise for going off topic, however last night comprised of one unfathomable decision after another to the point that it seems a fan of the Monday Night Wars won a competition to book the event.

The difference between Goldberg’s undefeated streak and those of Tatanka, Ludvig Borga and Umaga is the validation that came when Goldberg defeated Hogan for the world championship whilst the others lost as soon as they encountered a real star. Asuka was undefeated for 914 days in order to lose the match that mattered. She has the potential for a glorious career however her streak is less Goldberg and more Tatanka, and will be a mere footnote in her career.

WWE booked Asuka and Nakamura to win their respective Royal Rumbles in order to appeal to the lucrative Japanese market, and then proceeded to book the former to submit and the latter to disrespect his opponent (a taboo in Japanese culture). You have to question the logic behind a campaign to expand your product in a market that ends in such a counterproductive fashion. WWE might as well give Zack Ryder a yellowface gimmick.

Each of those booking decisions rank amongst the most questionable in WWE history, and yet none of them come close to being the worst of the night.

Booking your most profitable star to lose in less than three minutes with zero offence to a 53-year-old man is the worst booking decision in WWE history unless it leads to a rematch at WrestleMania 35.

As it stands, if last night was the Undertaker’s swansong, it tarnishes his legacy. The tale of the time he threatened to beat up Michaels for wanting to win his last match now has a caveat that Undertaker did what he ordered Michaels not to. Hogan in 1993, Michaels in 1998 and 2010, Foley in 2000, Austin in 2003, Rock in 2004 and 2013 and Flair in 2008 all lost their final matches.

Even those accused of a lack of respect for the business – Lesnar in 2004, Batista in 2010 and 2014 and Goldberg last year – lost their final matches. The Undertaker is not greater or more important than all of those men. I respect the man for his respect for the business, and this was not the end that his character or the business deserved.

As it stands, Cena should retire. He deserves the utmost respect. I doubt Hogan or Austin or any top star would agree to lose in their primes in the same manner that Cena has in recent years. From his squash matches with Lesnar and Undertaker to his losses to a host of mid-card talent, Cena is a model employee, however he deserves to be booked as the star he is.

The WWE business model is crafted in such a way to prevent a WCW-like downfall. WWE will not fold. However, should the unthinkable happen, should WWE go the way of WCW, WrestleMania 34 was the night when the wheels came off in the most spectacular fashion.

It was a cataclysmic disaster. As bad as any Mania event has ever been, and certainly comfortably the worst thing since Cena-Miz. Wow. The work in the ring wasn't even THAT bad, but the crowd annihilated it, and the two guys could do nothing (or didn't even try) to win them back. It wouldn't surprise me if they switched the finish in the middle of the match just to try and get some kind of reaction. I think it is seriously time they think about making Wrestlemania a 2 night event. I don't know that it'd work with Takeover and the Hall of Fame scheduled the way that they are, but expecting a crowd to still be hot 5-6 hours into a show is a big ask if that's all you're going to give them.

I kind of hate how the crowd shit on it, but to be honest, what else was the WWE expecting? For the crowd to all of a sudden get behind Reigns and cheer him even though they haven't done it for the past four years? Not only that but using Lesnar to pretty much kill everyone on their roster.

I think the WWE needs to think about their Wrestlemania target audience. They don't seem to get that the majority of the crowd are more likely to be full on wrestling fans rather than casual fans? Would a casual fan really spend upwards of USD1,000 on a ticket alone let alone plane tickets, accommodation, food etc. Would a casual fan really booked an international flight on top of all that money as well?

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