Brock vs Ambrose... That Was Seriously It?

[The GOAT]

Just to clarify, I thought Mania was a pretty good show overall (albeit some weird booking decisions), but I can't begin to explain how underwhelming that street fight between Brock and Ambrose was. It was technically a good match, but only averagely good. Nothing special at all. By Wrestlemania standards, it was a huge disappointment. No real huge spots (unless you consider Brock doing a belly-to-belly off the ropes a "huge spot"... I don't), no never-say-die booking for Ambrose where he takes a shitload of punishment and keeps kicking out and kicking out before Brock finally hammers him with enough to stay down, no real moment where it believably looked like Dean might be on the verge of conquering The Beast, etc. And then right when he pulls out an interesting weapon to use on Brock - the barbed wire bat - he eats one simple F-5 and loses. They saved all the "What will he do and how far will he go to win" huge spots for the Taker/Shane match instead, unfortunately.

The real annoying thing about the ending was that if you thought of matches like three-act structures where you had a Beginning, Middle, and End, it really seemed like we were just entering the Middle portion of the match when Dean pulled out the barbed-wire bat, but then he gets caught with an F-5 and it's over. This match will go down as yet another huge missed opportunity on WWE's part.

 

[Mr. Roman Empire]

Agreed it was very underwhelming to say the least. Thought both guys, especially Brock could have bladed to add more of a dramatic effect. Also they didn't even get to use barbie. Brock swinging around a barbed wire baseball bat is something that everyone wants to see. Also I thought it would of been cool if they took the fight down the long ramp way onto the big ass stage for a bit.

 

[seabs]

Yeah most people have been saying the same thing in the rate WM thread, the match was a huge bore.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Dean shouldn't be the guy to make Brock seem vincible

 

[Prince Bálor]

That was the one match on the card I was really looking forward to and then it ended being a huge disappointment.

 

[Swift]

Yeah it was pretty average but I still enjoyed it.

 

[Neptune]

The match was good as far as being a wrestling match but it being a street fight at wrestlemania... that is what killed it. They should have just made it a no DQ match and it would have been fine. Street match back in the day meant going out of the ring, in the locker rooms, on the STREETS. That is what was disappointing.

 

[seabs]

The match was good as far as being a wrestling match but it being a street fight at wrestlemania... that is what killed it. They should have just made it a no DQ match and it would have been fine. Street match back in the day meant going out of the ring, in the locker rooms, on the STREETS. That is what was disappointing.

Them doing anything in the street wouldn't have made it any better, Punk vs Jericho was a street fight and was good because it told a story, this match was just Brock being repetitive, Ambrose doing fuck all and zero high impact spots. Ambrose licks a bat and couldn't start a chainsaw, what was the point of the legends passing the torch?

 

[Snowman1]

I wonder where Lesnar goes from here. They put this guy over so incredibly strong in 2014 to put Reigns over but you know the rest of that story. Now it's 2016, The Beast Incarnate is still invincible, but who are they going to put over him?

 

[seabs]

Probably Triple H, maybe The Rock.

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I wish I was joking, the only other option is Roman. All of them scream fuck it why not at this stage

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[Neptune]

Them doing anything in the street wouldn't have made it any better, Punk vs Jericho was a street fight and was good because it told a story, this match was just Brock being repetitive, Ambrose doing fuck all and zero high impact spots. Ambrose licks a bat and couldn't start a chainsaw, what was the point of the legends passing the torch?

 

[seabs]

 

[Neptune]

@Shadow must love him in his shades

 

[Neptune]

I wonder where Lesnar goes from here. They put this guy over so incredibly strong in 2014 to put Reigns over but you know the rest of that story. Now it's 2016, The Beast Incarnate is still invincible, but who are they going to put over him?

They don't seem to know what the hell they are doing with anyone anymore. Sit back and enjoy the ride of Lesnar.

 

[Snowman1]

Probably Triple H, maybe The Rock.

Spoiler

I wish I was joking, the only other option is Roman. All of them scream fuck it why not at this stage

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Bonus GIF -

Somewhere in there lies the Asian version of the :dafuq: smiley.