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March 30th, 2015.... It's the RAW after Wrestlemania 31 and little did we know, AJ Lee would wrestle her final WWE match on this night. She would team up with Paige and Naomi to take on future Hall of Famers The Bella Twins and Natalya. The best part.... AJ is wearing a Bayley shirt.
This match is also famous for the crowd taking over and chanting non PG things but I just wanted to make this post because I miss AJ. The fact AJ left just before she could have great matches with Charlotte, Sasha, Becky, Bayley, Asuka and others hurts to think about.
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AJ is definitely a top 5 female superstar of all time.
Sucks she was part of the divas era. Her in today's era I'd say would be bigger than Bayley and Sasha.
I'm sure CM Punk leaving had a big part to play in her leaving, but I'd imagine the divas locker room wasnt the best of places for someone who likely didnt fit in with those total divas.
I do wonder what would've happened if she did stay. Would they have brushed her aside when the NXT women came up? Would she have been part of that? Dont think she'd have been with the Bellas, maybe she is with Naomi/Sasha?Comment
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On this day back in 2019, how this segment did not close the RAW before Wrestlemania 35 is beyond me. Charlotte, Ronda and Becky fight each other, fight cops, destroy cop cars and more.
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April 1, the best day in Wrestlemania history.
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Wrestlemania 32 from Dallas, TX took place today back in 2016 and this card had gotten a makeover from the original plans due to injuries to several top stars. Seth Rollins vacated the WWE Championship in November, Cesaro, Randy Orton, John Cena, Neville lost his spot in the IC Ladder Match due to injury.
Charlotte, Sasha & Becky gave us a preview of the years ahead. Chris Jericho & AJ Styles faced off, Shane McMahon returned and faced Undertaker inside Hell In A Cell for control of RAW. The Rock and John Cena buried The Wyatt Family. Brock Lesnar got lazy and didn't want to do anything too hardcore in his match against Dean Ambrose prior to his shocking UFC 200 return.
To top it off, a Wrestlemania record 101,763 in attendance had to endure one of the most boring main events ever between Triple H & Roman Reigns. Hopefully with a full stadium likely in 2022, WWE goes all out with a Texas sized Wrestlemania card next year.
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April 6th, 2014. Wrestlemania 30 live from the Silverdome.... brother. This was my first Wrestlemania in person. I picked a good one to go to.
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WM30 is an all time classic.
But I'm still not over the fact that Lesnar broke the streak, when the plan was never for Lesnar to do so until the DAY OF.
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Raw
April 7, 2003
The Rock has (what seems to be) his final match on Monday Night Raw when he faces Jeff Hardy one-on-one for the first time.
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When Undertaker revealed this on The Last Ride, it completely changed my perspective on Brock beating Taker. With Taker, there's been this perspective of him being one of the few guys who can say no to Vince and that he decided it was time to end the Streak, that Brock was the right guy, etc. Then you watch the Last Ride, that changed everything. Taker was winning until the day of and then last second Brock was going over? I just think it's interesting how high Taker spoke of Roman and that Roman should have been the one to end the streak, not Brock.Comment
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I was somewhat ok with Lesnar breaking it if it truly was Undertakers wish (seems he never wanted the steak to end unbroken). But for Vince to change is last minute and nothing was done to try changing his mind, just seems so horrible.
I also just found out Edge REFUSED to end the streak at WM24. He thought it should only end in Takers final WM match (although that would've given Edge a 9-0 record, if the rest of his career continued the way it did, perhaps he'd be 13-0 right now).
Roman seems to be the consensus guy that multiple people including Taker himself said should've ended the streak.
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The last Wrestlemania to take place with a full stadium packed of fans... Wrestlemania 35 on April 7th, 2019. Wrestlemania 30 was YEStleMania but Mania 35 was KofiMania!
The moment Miz's Dad became a Wrestlemania Legend:
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I just watched this WM earlier today.
Crazy to think it was just 2 years ago because it feels like forever. Not just because of the fans, I forgot what happened in some instances. Rollins beating Lesnar for the title to open the show! IIconics winning tag titles, they really dropped the ball on that team. Alexa as host was great (probably the best female on the mic in WWE history).
Elias was playing with himself...I mean he had a three way with himself......you know what I mean. And then Doctor of Thugonomics returned!
Kofimania was so great! Must be so great for MVP, getting to watch Kofis WM win (with Shad) and now 2 years later he walks into WM with Lashley as the champ.
And the main event, WrestleMANia. Too bad it ended the way it did. I still dont know if that ending was a botch, was it supposed to set up a future Becky vs Rousey match before Rousey took her ball and went home. Such a great moment almost overshadowed by "Were Rouseys shoulders down!?"Comment
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The two most financially successful Wrestlemanias of all time right there. WM23 is the one that made the show into a Super Bowl type of event that would have a significant impact on the host city's economy. At the time I remember thinking the card on paper was pretty unspectacular. But that hair vs hair match was a huge draw.Comment
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Wrestlemania 23 was the one where WWE decided to only do Stadiums for Mania from that point forward. I couldn't believe how well Mania 23 did and the popularity of it with Trump being involved, I guess so many people were wondering if he would actually shave his head lol. It's absolutley amazing how every year they sell out 80,000+ at these football stadiums, tickets go on sale a few months in advance and we don't know what the card is but damn it we will take out a second mortgage if it meant going to Mania.Comment
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