Potential WM 30 cards?

[eajc_87]

I'm already looking past next year's Wrestlemania to the year after in the spring of 2014. This will be Wrestlemania 30 and could very well be the last Wrestlemania that is divisible by 10 where Vince is in complete charge. I expect Vince to go all out and try to make it the biggest card of all time. If you were Vince how would you build this card? Make it focused on one marquee match like this year? Or build it around several huge matchups like Wrestlemania XX? What are some possible matchups that could really sell the show and make it stand head and shoulders above other Wrestlemanias?

The biggest matchup that I can see the company doing right now is a Cena v Undertaker matchup at Wrestlemania. This could be a great face v face matchup much like Rock/Hogan or Warrior/Hogan. The company could always coax Shawn Michaels out of retirement for one more matchup against The Rock, a dream match that fans have been wanting to see ever since Shawn returned in 2002. There is also the rumoured Punk/Austin matchup that we could see either next year or the following year. Maybe someone like Dolph Ziggler or Daniel Bryan will get a spot to go against one of the legends of the past that the company now relies upon to sell Wrestlemania.

If you were Vince give me some of your ideas of how you would make Wrestlemania 30 the biggest card of all time. Keep it realistic and show logic in your decision making.

[The Champ]

It is FAR too early to tell what the majority of the card will look like, but I do agree with you in that the main event should be Undertaker vs. Cena.

They've already made it obvious that Rock vs. Cena is happening again next year, which I have mixed feelings about but it seems to be pretty much a done deal.

So they need to do this match at 30 before too much time passes and Undertaker can't get it done anymore. Because as great as he is, that day will come eventually.

[Kane]

hmmm I almost 100% sure that wrestlemania 30 will have Cena Vs Undertaker. Which would be huge, and even more in the streak ends will a cena heel turn.

The Main Event
Cena Vs The Undertaker

Rock might be in another match, HHH will probably be wrestling, Austin could be a possibilty.

[CM Punk'd]

hmmm I almost 100% sure that wrestlemania 30 will have Cena Vs Undertaker. Which would be huge, and even more in the streak ends will a cena heel turn.

The Main Event
Cena Vs The Undertaker

Rock might be in another match, HHH will probably be wrestling, Austin could be a possibilty.

If Vince really wants this event to be legendary, he should try and bury the hatchet with Bruno, and get him to join the Hall of Fame.

[The Champ]

They've already tried, it's not happening.

They had Triple H contact him for next year and he turned it down.

[Darkmania]

Have to agree with everyone else - barring any major injuries the WM 30 mainevent will be Cena vs. Taker. What would make it really make it epic is if it's Taker's last match.

[L.T.D]

The main event will be John Cena vs. The Undertaker, they have obviously be holding it off until WrestleMania 30.

It will happen and I think it will end up being one of...if not the best match in WrestleMania history and I cannot wait for it. The dynamics are all there for it to be an amazingly emotional match.

Undertaker will be 49 years old but I think still perfectly capable of pulling off an amazing match, and there will be a genuine sense there that the streak may end as I feel it will be Taker's last match.

I can't believe it's only a year and a half away, it seems like only yesterday I was looking forward to WrestleMania XX.

[CM Punk'd]

The main event will be John Cena vs. The Undertaker, they have obviously be holding it off until WrestleMania 30.

It will happen and I think it will end up being one of...if not the best match in WrestleMania history and I cannot wait for it. The dynamics are all there for it to be an amazingly emotional match.

Undertaker will be 49 years old but I think still perfectly capable of pulling off an amazing match, and there will be a genuine sense there that the streak may end as I feel it will be Taker's last match.

I can't believe it's only a year and a half away, it seems like only yesterday I was looking forward to WrestleMania XX.

No question. Especially after seeing what Ric Flair did at age 59 against Shawn Michaels. Had one of the best matches of his career that night.

[Jack Nichols]

The main event will be John Cena vs. The Undertaker, they have obviously be holding it off until WrestleMania 30.

It will happen and I think it will end up being one of...if not the best match in WrestleMania history and I cannot wait for it. The dynamics are all there for it to be an amazingly emotional match.

Undertaker will be 49 years old but I think still perfectly capable of pulling off an amazing match, and there will be a genuine sense there that the streak may end as I feel it will be Taker's last match.

I can't believe it's only a year and a half away, it seems like only yesterday I was looking forward to WrestleMania XX.

It also has all the dynamics to be an awful match. Old breaking down Taker vs Terrible worker John Cena

[RT]

It also has all the dynamics to be an awful match. Old breaking down Taker vs Terrible worker John Cena

This is the only reason I would be afraid of it being a main event. Obviously it would be, but to end the show by risking a potential gigantic flop...yikes.

[Kane]

The match wouldnt be any worse thn Rock Vs Cena.

[Vince Mcmahon]

This is the only reason I would be afraid of it being a main event. Obviously it would be, but to end the show by risking a potential gigantic flop...yikes.

I think with this thread already talking about it headlining WM XXX people might be expecting something like the sky falling and calling it a gigantic flop anyways. Can't win either way I guess.

[eajc_87]

I think with this thread already talking about it headlining WM XXX people might be expecting something like the sky falling and calling it a gigantic flop anyways. Can't win either way I guess.

The match would be so big that it would be very difficult for it to be turned into a flop in my opinion. People were saying the same thing before Undertaker/Triple H this year. I have to admit I was worried but it ended up being the best match on the card. Win or loss Undertaker going out at Wrestlemania 30 to Cena would be the perfect cap to an already legendary career.

[j.kiddd]

I really think it should be Cena vs Orton. The two faces of the Company battle it out. I think thats the real Hogan vs Warrior Hart vs Michaels Rock vs Austin ....Now them.

I just think they can build it so well and I just think those two should face each other.

[Vince Mcmahon]

The match would be so big that it would be very difficult for it to be turned into a flop in my opinion. People were saying the same thing before Undertaker/Triple H this year. I have to admit I was worried but it ended up being the best match on the card. Win or loss Undertaker going out at Wrestlemania 30 to Cena would be the perfect cap to an already legendary career.

Yeah it would make the putting off the match worth it most likely although I still believe WM 26 might have been the best time to do it in terms of apex of the streak's popularity and Taker's physical condition.

[BadNewsFan]

See this is the problem with this company right now.

Fans are so used to the Status Quo that they are already comfortably predicting the main event for a Wrestlemania that's two years away, to feature the guy who's been the only constant main eventer for the over 7 years and a guy who only wrestles once a year

And sadly you guys are probably right.

But it's a damn shame that two years from now the main event for the Wrestlemania that will launch another decade for the company won't feature anyone new to carry the company, it will just be more of the same.

[The Champ]

See this is the problem with this company right now.

Fans are so used to the Status Quo that they are already comfortably predicting the main event for a Wrestlemania that's two years away, to feature the guy who's been the only constant main eventer for the over 7 years and a guy who only wrestles once a year

And sadly you guys are probably right.

But it's a damn shame that two years from now the main event for the Wrestlemania that will launch another decade for the company won't feature anyone new to carry the company, it will just be more of the same.

Sorry, but Cena vs. Undertaker has nothing to do with "the status quo."

If you can't see the appeal of that match, then I really don't know what to tell you, because even to a lot of Cena haters it's pretty damn obvious.

That match would scare the shit out of Undertaker fans, because Cena is the one guy on the roster who could be a real threat.

[BadNewsFan]

Yeah...I get it champ, but the status quo part of it is that the main event of Wrestlemania XXX will be a Cena victory.

And trust me, I get the whole Cena/Taker thing, I've been around here for years calling for it to be the main event of Mania for several years now.

But Mania XXX shouldn't end with Cena having his hand raised or Taker for that matter either.

It should end with either Cena or Taker laying down to put over the new star of the next decade.

[The Champ]

Well I think the match should have been done already, but that ship has sailed now, and they need to do it before Taker gets too old.

Ideally it would main event Mania next year, but I don't think that's in the cards.

[BadNewsFan]

Maybe, maybe not.

This site was reporting that some officials are shooting for a Rock/Punk championship match next year.

And if that happens that would free up Cena to finally face Taker.

I would prefer this, and to have Taker lose and go into the HOF at WM XXX.

[The Champ]

Well if we're basing it off the reports, the problem I have is, who's going to believe that Cena can beat Taker at Mania coming off a year where he lost to Rock twice?

If Rock were to take the belt off someone else at the Rumble, that's another story.

[BadNewsFan]

Cena losing never hurts his credibility especially if the guy he loses to is Rock.

And he doesn't have to actually lose to Rock clean, anything can happen.

All that would matter is that Cena/Taker would finally be happening.

[BadNewsFan]

Another thing is the age factor.

Now I personally believe the Undertaker to be one of the top 5 wrestlers in the history of Pro Wrestling, so I have nothing but respect for the guy, but just keeping it real, he's not looking all that great anymore as it is.

I mean the hair is one thing, but he didn't really look all that physically impressive this year either, he was a little out of shape, and I shutter to think what two more years would do to this legend.

Do we really want to put this Taker/Cena thing off for another whole 2 years?

I really doubt the quality of the actual match would be that great after that long.

I say pull the trigger on this block buster now, at WM 29 and put Taker into the Hall at WM 30.

[The Champ]

Cena losing never hurts his credibility especially if the guy he loses to is Rock.

And he doesn't have to actually lose to Rock clean, anything can happen.

All that would matter is that Cena/Taker would finally be happening.

Yeah, but I don't know about Cena taking that high profile of a loss that close to the match, especially since he's already lost to the guy once this year.

If Punk were to interfere, knock out both guys, and then drag Rock's arm over Cena, I might be able to live with that.

[The Champ]

After thinking about it some, my ideal, not-completely-unrealistic Mania 29 card would be:

Main Event
The Undertaker vs. John Cena

WWE Championship
The Rock vs. CM Punk

World Heavyweight Championship
Daniel Bryan vs. Chris Jericho

Grudge Match
Brock Lesnar vs. Sheamus

That could be a BIG money card if it was booked correctly.