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2692579, RE: G1>Takeover>>>>>WM could ever be
Posted by jimaveli, Sun Apr-07-19 02:31 PM
>There is no way that anything on the WrestleMania card can
>come close to Naito/Ibushi or Okada/White, or even
>Lethal/Taven/Scurll. Even Tanahashi/Sabre Jr was a quality
>match better than 90% of WWE fare. Takeove had a couple of
>very good matches for sure (War Machine vs Black/Ricochet and
>Gargano vs Cole) but I am seriously considering skipping Mania
>because IMO i can only ruin a weekend of great wrestling
>action.
>
>)I realize my perspective is in the minority)

The challenge with Mania is that it's too comfortable being a long ass and average Wrestle Kingdom. AKA they'll knowingly waste time on matches that 'don't matter' just to get folks on the show. With WK, folks seem to be more accepting because those 6-man whatevers with old dudes and low-card folks are clearly not meant to be important.

But WWE has NXT as proof that they can make the best indy PPVs whenever they feel like it. So they do a ridiculously grand Takeover then turn around and give us a 7-hour Mania with 4.5 hours of stuff that isn't gonna age well even over the course of the night. And they do it in the same damn weekend!

As for NJPW, their best stuff is pretty clearly amazing. But they aren't above falling into formulas and 'match templates'. And again, they'll waste major chunks of cards on shenanigans just like WWE does.