WWE WrestleMania 28 match card updated after Feb. 20 episode of Raw
It's rare for WWE but there will be no pay-per-view in the month of March. Indeed, WrestleMania 28 will get a six-week build from the Elimination Chamber show. "The Grand Daddy of them All" is scheduled for April 1, 2012, in Miami, Florida.
Raw last night saw a couple matches go official and the card is starting to take shape. Here's how it looks at present time.
-- The Rock vs. John Cena
This is the big one, folks. They've been building this match for over a year now and while it's been flat at times, Cena's promo from Raw last night really got the ball rolling. Sure, he's still harping on the same tired talking points but he delivered his words with such emotion and passion, it didn't matter. Rock answers back next week and I'm sure I can speak for us all when I say we can't wait.
-- Undertaker vs. Triple H (Hell in a Cell)
Triple H accepted the challenge last night on Raw but did so under the condition that they do it in a Hell in a Cell match. I'm not sure why this wasn't something anyone thought of beforehand but it adds just the right wrinkle to get us to care about it again. Sure, they're both old and mostly beaten down but on the big stage, they bring it. Expect greatness because that's probably what we're going to get.
-- CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho (WWE championship)
Absolutely hated the way they booked this match. Having Jericho win a lame battle royal on Raw was a cheap and easy way to make it happen. It's also left a lot to be desired as far as build goes. We're talking about two guys with some of the best mic work of all time and here they are bickering like school children about who actually is the best in the world. Let's hope it gets better sooner rather than later.
-- Daniel Bryan vs. Sheamus (World heavyweight championship)
They've got a lot of work to do to make us care about this match. More importantly, though, what exactly are they going to do with these two? Do they have Bryan retain to continue his run as the weasel heel champion? Or do they put the title on Sheamus to justify the monster push they gave him over the past eight months? I tend to think it's the latter but would far prefer the former. Of course, there's always the possibility Randy Orton finds his way into the match and changes everything.
That's how the card looks right now, Cagesiders. Or at least that's what they've made official. Biggest WrestleMania of all time like they want us to think?
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I am guessing there is going to be some kind of group match
involving Team Laurinitis versus Team Long as a way to throw together as many other mid-to-upper-mid-card wrestlers that don’t take part in the Money in the Bank match they’re supposed to have.
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Feb 21, 2012 2:18 PM EST reply actions
Sheamus
Personally, I think the best thing they could do is have Sheamus lose here and then lose again in the subsequent rematch, both times with D-Bry bending the rules or whatever to make it happen.
Then have Sheamus flip his shit and go full-heel just taking it out on everyone, basically do for him what they did for Mark Henry last year (and what they originally tried to do with Sheamus when he got hot-shotted to the title the first time).
Then have him get moved to RAW in the draft which would be about the right time for Punk to need a new opponent and would give us a relatively fresh main event program with Sheamus as a monster heel and Bryan still ruling the roost over on Smackdown until they have Orton take the gold off of him—preferably at SummerSlam so it feels like it matters—somewhere down the line.
The reason I’m not all about giving him the win here is that I feel like they’ve waited WAAAAAAAAAAAY too long to pull the trigger on some resolution to his never-ending push. He started this big push as a face last summer when he feuded (albeit briefly) with Mark Henry. Then he just kept trouncing people, but it led nowhere. I guess one could say it led to the Rumble win, but we all know now that was to swerve the internet on the Jericho win.
I think the fans are sorta “over” the whole Sheamus mega-face push now and I think it’d be good to see Sheamus show some of that same frustration. Talk about how he’s been dominating since last summer and hasn’t gotten a fair shake at a title, how it hasn’t led him anywhere. The fans have been cheering for him, but it hasn’t done a damn thing for his career…something like that…he makes a good, albeit bland, face, but I think I’d like him better as a bruiser-style heel. Just my opinion.
Those 4 matches
are insanely awesome. This will be one of the best WM in a good while from top to bottom.
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I expect because HHH once again just had to be in the middle of 2 main events, he’s going to make sure his fluny Sheamus is going to walk out of WM with the title. All the while he just had to make sure his match was going to be just as talked about. Of course they spent more time building this match up then any of the other world title matches and even the Cena/Rock nearly is playing second fiddle do him being drunk with power. It’s rather sickening. If that’s the match lineup then it just shows just how worthless the championships have become. A damn shame. I’m rooting for the Punk/Jericho match to be the show stealer. Cena/Rock can draw the big crowds and buyrates but it’s not going to be as good as they are making it which as already mention is already losing alot of steam since HHH has to be the center of attention. You know people, main the IWC complain about Hogan being a jackass and abusing his power but if anyone is worse it’s HHH. All the sheeple will turn a blind eye to this……as usual. I’m not sure if anyone reads what I say or even comments on it but I’m pretty sure it’s alot negative feedback but I don’t give a shit. I’m not going to follow and say everything is great like everyone else does like mindless clones. WWE hasn’t done a good job at making Bryan look like the champion he’s capable of being. All you have to do is watch his ROH reign but once again because he’s not a product of WWE, he’s not going to look as good as your Cena’s or Orton’s or even Sheamus. Punk is holding his own but look how many years it took him to break through. Plus he had the ammunition to do so. If Bryan was there aslong as he was, I’m sure he’d be able to do something similar. But people got a glimpse of that when he was in NXT which led to strange events itself and nothing really has changed with Cole being a douche every time Bryan is in the ring. Doesn’t he realize that if you’re trying to portray a heel announcer, you don’t put down other ones but I don’t expect someone who contradicts himself on a weekly basis to fathom this much like everyone else who prefers to be ignorant………….anyways, aside fromm the obvious, it’s shaping up to be one of the better ones they’ve had since Cena became champion.
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by congestedthoughts on Feb 21, 2012 2:51 PM EST reply actions
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Does H end Taker and let him go out to retirement land?
I would hate the streak to end, especially by H.
Why Taker is begging H for a 3rd match, I don’t get (but I watch very little).
No way H let’s Taker beat him 3x at Mania when he himself is near done.
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by *Californication* on Feb 21, 2012 2:53 PM EST reply actions
HHH is not winning this match
He knows what kind of backlash it will bring if he does. The goal is to build others. The purpose of this would be to close the book on the past and focus on the future.
Then again…
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How does Taker beating H build others?
This is round 3
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by *Californication* on Feb 21, 2012 3:40 PM EST up reply actions
I think I may have to rephrase
The goal for HHH and Taker is to help mold and build the future, but in order to move forward, they have to destroy each other. At least that is what the story line states by what is being said. HHH wants Taker to be a leader, and doesn’t want to end him. Taker wants vengeance. And so on…
This match is the apocalypse as Taker said. The be all end all. The right thing to do is let Taker walk away with a victory. We will see a hell of a lot more HHH than him in the future.
I know everyone is going to start talking about HHH’s ego getting in the way. Honestly, he has only won one main event in the last 8 mania’s. I could see him laying down for Taker for this one.
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HHH beating Undertaker does nothing to put anyone over, either
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Feb 21, 2012 4:37 PM EST up reply actions
That's not what I'm saying
Like I said I had to reword my comment. I was trying to stick with the storyline and what was said
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Speaking of match-build-ups
Is it a disservice to the fans that(and this is purely speculative on my part) that the two biggest matches on this card will the use the build up by 4 wrestlers who more than likely will see NO IN RING ACTION until WM28?
There’s no way in hell that Vince can have Trips, Taker, or Rock do anything but speak on a mic for the next month and a half.
Cena might get some in ring work, but they will mostly be squash matches or DQ’s by either the opposition or Rocky himself.
This is not the way matches are to be built up. This is not the true WWE way.
Makes me kind of sad.
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by Samuel_L_Bronkowitz on Feb 21, 2012 5:45 PM EST reply actions
I call it smart business
If you get to see HHH, Undertaker, or The Rock wrestle each week before Wrestlemania, then it lessens the anticipation of finally getting to see the PPV match. By holding them off, it brings value and a reason to order the PPV. In my opinion, WWE gives away too much on free TV. Personally, I would prefer not seeing the top stars wrestle every single week.
by Manolo Has Pizzazz on Feb 21, 2012 6:21 PM EST up reply actions
To follow up on my point about giving away too much on free TV, just look at CM Punk vs Daniel Bryan. That is a match I would pay to see. However, I recently saw it on Raw and it will be on Smackdown tonight. Now I have no desire to pay for that match anytime soon.
by Manolo Has Pizzazz on Feb 21, 2012 6:28 PM EST up reply actions
I disagree with that type of attitude
Even from a business standpoint.
CM Punk vs Daniel Bryan, they’ve fought a bunch of times on free TV and PPV. When they have, it whets my appetite, makes me want a card where they have some kind of meaningful feud even more.
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Feb 21, 2012 7:34 PM EST up reply actions
Any chance
That pitting the champions against each other AGAIN, with the lack of build up between sheamus and DBry as well as Punk n Jericho, could possibly lead to a reuniting of the belts again at Mania? They did say they want a new belt in 2012. They’re holding another super show. They have almost completely eliminated the brand split. They are now going to have the GM be in charge of both shows………hmmmmmmmmmmmm lol
also eliminates the problem with too many main events on the card
and lack of star power and luster in the WHC match.
Rock/Cena
Was it even a question?
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by C. J. Bradford on Feb 22, 2012 2:10 AM EST up reply actions
I'm excited for the actual matches.
But the Punk/Jericho build has been awkward. Also, last night on SmackDown, both Punk and Bryan were overshadowed by their general managers’ feud. I hope that doesn’t continue.
In terms of greatest WrestleMania yet, my personal favorite is WrestleMania 17, and I don’t think this will top that.

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