Didn't think Mania was worth staying up for so caught up today. While it wasn't the best show the stupid amount of filler and ads is what really vindicated it. Considering that apparently New Day got their match cut, and they couldn't find room for either the IC or US title, its absolutely pathetic. They really do their best to produce an unwatchable show. Anyway did anyone else think it didn't feel/look like Mania or even a PPV a times? Maybe its just the homogenised look of the ring with the LED boards and especially the way they shoot the matches where you barely get the crowd or the scale of it but so much just felt like a Raw or Smackdown. Found it especially noticeable during Ronda/Charlotte and the interview part of KO/Austin. Probably doesn't help that rather than treat it as two PPVs it just felt like the first half of one.
Anyway parts of the show were great, Becky/Bianca was match of the night and really felt like a proper big WM match and is exactly what you want on a show like this. Should have gone before the Austin/KO instead of Ronda/Charlotte which was bad. Was that Ronda's second ever loss? If so of course Charlotte gets it and since when does she beat people with a big boot? While Ronda vs Becky was the obvious way to go kinda glad they didn't go that route because Becky got a much better match than she would have had with her. Knew about Cody showing up but it was pretty cool seeing him come out with his kingdom theme. Was pretty badass, then you remember his neck tattoo and it just kills it. Good match though, even if I have no idea what Seth is doing character wise. Build looked like it didn't make sense, why not have him brag there's no one who can give him a challenge and so they have to find him someone rather than him moaning about being left off WM? Other than that, Drew seems so boring, Corbin is weird, Miz probably worked his arse off in a celebrity thing but I skipped it. Only other thing to moan about is why the feck is Riddick Moss going over Balor who is the US champ in the battle royale. I know it's completely meaningless given they can't even be arsed to put in on the actual show anymore but you can't even give him that?
Looking forward to AJ/Edge and the main event tomorrow, dunno if I'll bother with the rest of the show.
