WWE WrestleMania 38 Night One Live Discussion - April 2, 2022

[Cwalker]

Yeah I think the main events are locked up. Unless they decide Becky should main event night one.

But I’m pretty sure Ronda/Charlotte main night one and Brock/Roman closes night 2

 

[Chris]

Yeah I think the main events are locked up. Unless they decide Becky should main event night one.

But I’m pretty sure Ronda/Charlotte main night one and Brock/Roman closes night 2

Yeah its what I'm assuming too, there's a reason these were announced so early

 

[Cwalker]

Yeah its what I'm assuming too, there's a reason these were announced so early

100,000 seats

And both Charlotte/Ronda will be able to say they’re the first women to main event Wrestlemania twice

 

[Dale]

WWE is set to air commercials during the NFL’s Super Bowl LVI this weekend.

WWE informed employees just this evening that multiple WrestleMania 38 commercials will air this Sunday during the big game, according to PWInsider. There is no word on what the commercials will consist of, but we will keep you updated.

Sunday’s Super Bowl LVI game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals will take place from SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, which is where WrestleMania 39 will be held in 2023.

Sunday’s WrestleMania 38 ads will be the first WWE Super Bowl commercial to air since 1999

 

[Dale]

WWE will have a presence tomorrow night at Super Bowl LVI because there will be two ads airing to promote WrestleMania on Peacock. Dave Meltzer confirmed today that the ads are from NBCUniversal and not paid for by WWE.

“They’re not buying the commercial,” Meltzer said about WWE. “The network is buying the commercials. It’s a Peacock commercial, not a WWE commercial. WrestleMania will be featured in the Peacock commercial.”

Meltzer noted that after the 1999 Super Bowl ad, Vince McMahon felt that they were a waste of money and he opted not to run Super Bowl ads again. Super Bowl ad rates are at an all-time high this year. NBC’s asking price for a Super Bowl ad this year is $6.5 million per 30-second commercial, an increase from the $5.5 million asked for in 2021.

“Vince has said publicly and he has said to me that it was a waste of money,” Meltzer added. “That’s why they never did it again. At the time everybody talked about it but for what their company is — a Super Bowl commercial for some things would work. A Super Bowl commercial for Peacock makes sense…”

Brandon Thurston noted that there will be a 30-second spot during the pre-game and a 15-second spot during the game itself.

6.5m for a 30 second commercial ​

 

[Darkavius]

I'm hoping there's a swerve for the Lesnar/Reigns match at Mania. What I mean by that is do Lesnar vs. Reigns but I hope Rollins is added to the match. Seems so stupid to have Rollins beat Reigns and then just drop that story line when Reigns vs. Rollins vs. Lesnar for the Unified WWE Championship sounds so much better.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Steve Austin vs. Kevin Owens being discussed for WWE WrestleMania 38

Austin could be making a return to the ring for the first time since 2003.

www.f4wonline.com

 

[Chris]

Added Bianca vs Becky being made official. Brock/Roman now title vs title as well obviously so the 4 main titles are set

 

[Dale]

It's actually wild that everything else is pretty much up in the air.

 

[Marty McFourth]

It'll be interesting to see how the full card pans out. I'm hyped for Bianca/Becky, and I think Ronda/Charlotte has a lot of potential. Brock/Roman I'm not sure at the moment, I just hope it's better than some of their previous work together. I enjoy their current characters.

 

[Darkavius]

It'll be interesting to see how the full card pans out. I'm hyped for Bianca/Becky, and I think Ronda/Charlotte has a lot of potential. Brock/Roman I'm not sure at the moment, I just hope it's better than some of their previous work together. I enjoy their current characters.

My first Wrestlemania question is what is the plan for Rollins at Mania? Say the Austin/Owens rumor is true what do they do with Rollins?

If the WWE is going to unite the WWE and the Universal Title I think they need to do the same with the Women's Title and all the Tag Titles post Wrestlemania. I want to see if the WWE can do long term story telling without always having Charlotte, Becky, Brock or Roman as part of the title picture.

If there are two things I don't need to see again after Mania for months or even years is a Charlotte title reign or another Brock/Roman feud.

 

[Darkavius]

After doing some useless research I will go further and state I don't want Reigns or Lesnar near another Wrestlemania WWE or Universal Title picture for the next few years. I found out the last time there was a WWE or Universal Championship match at Wrestlemania that did not involve Lesnar or Reigns was in 2014.

 

[Chris]

 

[Dale]

You just beat me to it, I was about to post the tweet from SRS where he said it's main eventing.

 

[Chris]

You just beat me to it, I was about to post the tweet from SRS where he said it's main eventing.

I assumed it would be since it's the first day announcement, would be weird otherwise but thought it also weird WWE didn't post it in their tweet