30 Man Battle Royal to take place at Wrestlemania

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

How is it legit when ten workers being ditch the match? If it IS real, they should all be fired for just saying, nah, I don't want to work on Sunday for probably the biggest paycheck of the year.

[MillenniumMan831 0]

It was a joke.

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

Hogan will win it..

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

It was a joke.

I know, judging by other responses others don't seem to get it.

 

Honestly though, it seems like a good idea, there are so many guys who aren't doing anything for the card, might as well stick them in a gimmick match, since battle royales are generally crowd pleasing and believe it or not might even catch a few more buys.

[Guest news_gimmick]

Most likely a joke, I don't think they will bother with their undercard beyond what they already have.

 

But if it were real, I think itd be a great time to put Hassan over. He could win the battle royal, cut a heel promo, and then get semi squashed by Hogan. I think that way the Hogan segment wouldn't affect him as much since he would have already gotten a win.

[Downhome 0]

I don't want anymore matches to be added. With just a few matches, most will get a good deal of time (the Sumo and Women's match will be quick).

[Team Angle Pusher 0]

10 from Smackdown!, 10 from RAW

 

RAW:

 

The Hurricane (spot monkey for the match)

Gene Snitsky (possible winner)

William Regal (he's world tag champ, no chance he will win)

Tajiri (see Regal)

Chris Masters (will Polish Hammer Richards again)

Stevie Richards (gets his nose broken and then eliminated)

Sylvain Grenier (no)

Rob Conway (Maybe, if they finally decide to push him)

Val Venis (Let him win. I'll mark out for every move he does)

Viscera (Always hyped as a favorite to win. Will lose)

 

Smackdown!:

 

Mark Jindrak (just turned Face, at least supposed to. Might win)

Luther Reigns (has been squashed a lot lately. If he wins it would be nice, but he won't)

Kenzo Suzuki (eww...)

Danny Basham (no)

Doug Basham (no)

Carlito (big chance to win. Nice return and good for a push)

Scotty 2 Hotty (god no)

Nunzio (is a cruiserweight. 'Nuff said)

Hardcore Holly (tagging with Haas)

Charlie Haas (tagging with Holly and goes to RAW after WM hopefully)

 

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Winner gets a shot at the IC or US Title. No better idea...HARDCORE TITLE RETURNS! Mark out.

 

I miss u...

[genius33 0]

It was a joke.

I know, judging by other responses others don't seem to get it.

 

Honestly though, it seems like a good idea, there are so many guys who aren't doing anything for the card, might as well stick them in a gimmick match, since battle royales are generally crowd pleasing and believe it or not might even catch a few more buys.

you are a liar... you bit that joke hard, just admit it!

[Jericholic82 0]

OK that was the worst april fools joke in history YOU WIN THE PRIZE

 

at least Wrestlecrap had a funny joke lol

 

anyhow today is also the 15th anniversay of WM6 (the Ultimate Challenge) and the 4 year anniversary of WM X-7 (aka the greatest mania ever)

[natey2k4 0]

I've been prediciting this since the very first "Whats going to happen at Wrestlemania" thread.. As for the superstars, heres my list.

 

 

RAW:

 

The Hurricane (spot monkey for the match)

Gene Snitsky (possible winner)

William Regal (he's world tag champ, no chance he will win)

Tajiri (see Regal)

Chris Masters (will Polish Hammer Richards again)

Stevie Richards (gets his nose broken and then eliminated)

Sylvain Grenier (no)

Rob Conway (Maybe, if they finally decide to push him)

Val Venis (Let him win. I'll mark out for every move he does)

Viscera (Always hyped as a favorite to win. Will lose)

Matt Hardy (HUGE pop for his return)

Rosey (Big guy that will be hyped as a favourite, wont win))

Simon Dean (Been on RAW twice recently, won't win.)

Maven (Won't win)

Rhyno (Won't win)

 

Muhammad Hassan (will be entered if he's not having some kind of interaction with Hogan, take out possibly Rhyno or Richards)

 

Smackdown!:

 

Mark Jindrak (just turned Face, at least supposed to. Might win)

Luther Reigns (has been squashed a lot lately. If he wins it would be nice, but he won't)

Danny Basham (no)

Doug Basham (no)

Carlito (big chance to win. Nice return and good for a push)

Hardcore Holly (tagging with Haas)

Charlie Haas (tagging with Holly and goes to RAW after WM hopefully)

Booker T (Won't win, but come close.)

Heidenreich (Will casually help Booker T, before being dumped)

Paul London (New Crusierweight Champ, he'll get in)

Rene Dupree (Young star)

Orlando Jordan (US Champ)

Akio

Scotty

Kidman

 

 

***The final 10 will be...

Mark Jindrak

Carlito

Heidenreich

Booker T

Paul London

Orlando Jordan

 

Gene Snitsky

Chris Masters

Matt Hardy

Hassan (if entered)

 

* London will be eliminated by Kidman/Akio, who after being eliminated, distracts London, or pulls him from the ring.

 

*Carlito, Booker, Masters, or Matt Hardy will win.

[Jericholic82 0]

actually this battle royal would be a good idea to put in the midcard to take up some time, as i dont see how theyll fill 4 hours as is

[razazteca 0]

I bet the 10 people that no-sold it were Jim Cornette, SGT Slaughter, Brother Love, Iron Sheik and the rest of the elderly....

[MikeJordan23 0]

--There will be a 30 man Battle Royal, with 15 wrestlers from Raw and 15 from Smackdown, added to Sunday's Wrestlemania show. I don't know if it's fully decided, but the working idea as of this morning was for this match to be on Heat and not Wrestlemania.

 

- WO.com

[strummer 0]

from Meltzer:

 

--There will be a 30 man Battle Royal, with 15 wrestlers from Raw and 15 from Smackdown, added to Sunday's Wrestlemania show. I don't know if it's fully decided, but the working idea as of this morning was for this match to be on Heat and not Wrestlemania.

[Guest Shadow]

Whats the point of doing it at all if it's just going to be on heat?

 

I'd love to see Hassan not get invited to the match and he can use that as the "the straw that broke the camel's back" when he interupts Austin.

 

Raw

Tajiri

Regal

Rhyno

Hurricane

Rosey

Venis

Snitsky

Masters

Dean

Maven

Grenier

Conway

Viscera

Matt Hardy

The Coach

 

Smackdown

Paul London

Akio

Spike

Kidman

Spike

Booker T

Holly

Haas

Kenzo

Dupree

Heidenreich

Carlito Carribean Cool

Danny Basham

Doug Basham

Orlando Jordan

[Slickster 0]

Shadow's lineup sounds about right to me, though methinks Masters or Coach should be replaced by Marty Jannetty.

[Slickster 0]

Whats the point of doing it at all if it's just going to be on heat?

They did one of these on the WMXV Heat too, so there is a precedent.

 

Hopefully this one will last longer than 4:16 like that one was, though.

[BorneAgain 0]

Whats the point of doing it at all if it's just going to be on heat?

They did one of these on the WMXV Heat too, so there is a precedent.

Yeah, but that Battle Royal served a purpose, the last two participants would get a shot at the tag titles. Granted it ended up being D'Lo and Test who lost and the match was never spoken of again, but hey at least the match had a reason.

[Slickster 0]

Well, I think it's a safe bet they'll give a title shot to the winner on RAW or SD! or something like that, though that hasn't been announced yet.

[Guest Shadow]

why give the same stipulation to the winner of the battle royal to the winner of the ladder match.

 

Just have a fictional $50,000 prize and have snitsky or someone win it and do a angle off that.

[Slickster 0]

Well, I think it's a safe bet they'll give a title shot to the winner on RAW or SD! or something like that, though that hasn't been announced yet.

I figured it would be lazy booking for that week's post-WM TV.

 

I was thinking maybe a IC or US title shot, but OJ would probably be in this match so it wouldn't make sense.

[slimm44 0]

Another gimmick match where the winner gets a future shot at a title? Why not?! They had two single-fall fatal-four way matches for the tag titles. Seems interesting, but probably a warm-up/Heat match

[Styles 0]

If it's for real, I don't like it. A bunch of workers no one wants to see thrown into a meaningless timewaster battle royal. That's just 10 minutes from say making Eddy/Rey a classic...

[Slickster 0]

If it's for real, I don't like it. A bunch of workers no one wants to see thrown into a meaningless timewaster battle royal. That's just 10 minutes from say making Eddy/Rey a classic...

Why is it that the time is always taken away from the matches you want to see?

This could take time away from, say, the Piper's Pit segment that I wouldn't pay to see. Oh boy, 2 retired guys putting themselves over! At least Christy-Trish has 'potential clusterfuck' entertainment value.

 

Also, it's good to see that no one wants to see Hurricane, London, Dupree, Booker T, etc. After all, you said it, so it MUST be true.

[Matt Young 0]

I'm all for it. It gets guys I like on the show, and battle royals are always fun in person. Sure, I won't be in the front row for WM21 like I have been for every other battle royal I've seen live, but I still mark for that type of match. Plus they need another match to take up some time. They went from 12 matches a year ago on a show that lasted just as long as this one will, to 8 matches, Piper's Pit, and likely some Hogan segment stemming from the HoF induction.

[Guest JebusNassedar]

from Meltzer:

 

--There will be a 30 man Battle Royal, with 15 wrestlers from Raw and 15 from Smackdown, added to Sunday's Wrestlemania show. I don't know if it's fully decided, but the working idea as of this morning was for this match to be on Heat and not Wrestlemania.

Well stain my fence.

 

Really. I dont wanna fuckin' do it.

[Taker666 0]

Iam a huge fan of Battle Royals, and sence I'am going to be at WrestleMania. I'am all for it!, now I'll be able to see more guys I didn't expext to see. this is gonna be sweet!

[Guest Shadow]

I'll predict that Snitsky and Heidenreich have a showdown since vince loves the fuck outta big man showdowns.

 

I'll predict, CCC doesnt enter the ring right away until like 5 minutes into it and a face, let's say holly after being dumped throws CCC into the ring where he gets beaten down by most faces.

[Guest Tjhe CyNick]

Winner gets to be a free agent and can jump to the other show (if they want)

 

or

 

Winner is exempt from the draft lottery

 

or

 

winner just gets a trophy that Bret Hart will destroy showing his total lack of sportsmanship.

[Guest Shadow]

since they haven't mentioned the draft; i doubt they would use it as a stipulation.

 

Since It's hollywood, I would predict a "Trophy" in the design of a Oscar that ends up getting smashed per tradition.