I dunno what the long term angle is with Bryan. Vince is obviously wary of bringing him back, still think they are trying to cool him off before he goes. If he was to come back and wrestle, I'd like to see him wrestle someone who is not a 50 year old part time overweight spot monkey, but heh can't risk the full time roster in such high profile Mania matches.
A strange show that, opening match was solid, tag match a little messy, but finished nicely and had lots to like. Rusev and English were over Uso's are ****ing awesome and you can see why the likes of Meltzer rate Gable so high, there is serious potential there.
The ladies match was even worse than expected, Lumberjack matches are nearly always duds and if you have a hack like Natalya involved you are doomed. The match had no heat,, the girls outside were clueless and even the attempted cash in did not excite the crowd. Natalya crowned of a stinker of a performance by messing up pretending to cry. She is without doubt one of the biggest frauds on the roster. Doesn't do good matches, gets no heat and has never drew a dime and somehow still on top of the card despite a roster stacked with hungry young girls with more spark than her ready to go.
The squash I didn't watch, Harper and Rowen are talented, but that gimmick won't get them far.
Main event tag match was odd, nobody did anything wrong,, but didn't really get going until the end. The last few minutes were a cluster****, but that was to be expected and I was ok with it. Plenty of angles for them afterwards which is a good thing.
The main event was so-so, Jinder worked hard, but right now I feel he is not ready to main event whatsoever. Let him go back to the mid card and try to rebuild him, still a young dude tbf.
Also props to him for never getting caught for juicing.
I assume we get AJ v Shin at Mania now which will be great, heck even if somehow Cena wins the Rumble we know from there history the match will be off the charts. It will be interesting to see who he defends against at The Rumble though, maybe Lashley? Does not seem an obvious contender to eat the pin.