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BEAR: k let’s watch a preshow but I’m only abridging the matches
UNIVERSE: aww really
BEAR: fiiiiiine imma abridge the rest of the preshow right now
RENEE: hey guys, some people are gonna fight tonight, how bout that
BOOKER, LAWLER/LITA, SHAWN: one person’s gonna beat the other one and it’ll be epic cause Mania
RENEE: k
RENEE, BOOKER, LAWLER/LITA, SHAWN: the WWE Network tho
repeat ad infinitum
BEAR: there ya go, this’ll be long enough as is
suddenly purple ropes
TOM: imma announce this with Corey
entire UNIVERSE swoons
some completely unabridgable flippiness happens, then commercials even though this is Mania
NEVILLE: second rope offense
ARIES: rather not, have flair chops, get outta the ring, have a moonsault, now pin
NEVILLE: nah
ARIES: k then more offense
NEVILLE: nah, imma suplex you directly on your head twice
ARIES: dude I just got back from injury
NEVILLE: k then headkicks
ARIES: did I stutter
NEVILLE: rings of sa-
ARIES: nah, discus five-arm
NEVILLE: outta the ring
ARIES: welp gotta pin you so get in the ring
NEVILLE: k but first my top rope stuff
ARIES: k now mine, and submission
NEVILLE: nah, eye rake, red arrow, pin
ARIES: k
BEAR: well that was fun
time for the Andre, everyone but SHOW and BRAUN gets jobber entrances, also GRONK’s here
BRAUN: I am very big, bye everyone
SHOW: what he said
BRAUN: hi Show, bye Show
EVERYONE: bye Braun
chaos ensues, a bunch of people are out
BING: I’m from China and also NXT
DOLPH: bye Bing, your turn Luke
LUKE: nah
MOJO: I am very hype
DOLPH: hi Mojo
MOJO: bye Dolph
EVERYONE: bye Luke
SAMI: bye Titus who is somehow still here
DAIN: I am a piece of beef from NXT, bye Sami
MOJO, JINDER, and DAIN are left
JINDER: imma beat up Mojo in front of Gronk
GRONK: you dun goofed
GRONK kills JINDER
MOJO: bye Dain, bye Jinder
MOJO wins
here’s the IC title match, sadly not a forklift match
BARON: I am very angry, have a ring post directly on your spine
DEAN: somehow not dead
BARON: have beefy offense and a barricade
DEAN: dirty d-
BARON: nah, rest hold
DEAN: k you have a ring post too
BARON: k maybe a top rope suplex
DEAN: nah, is there a reason for any of this
BARON: nah we’re both crazy sooooooo imma spear you into steps
DEAN: nah but you should meet them they’re nice, now have dirty d-
BARON: nah, more offense and deep six and pin
DEAN: nah
COLE: the WWE Network tho
BARON: pin
DEAN: nah
BARON: but THREEEEEEEEEEEEE
REF: nah
BARON: fine imma do that thing that always works, end of d-
DEAN: flip counter and dirty deeds
BARON: oh
DEAN wins
stadiums, fireworks, then/now/TINASHE/flyover/MANIAAAAAAAAAAA
here’s NEW DAY with an ice cream cart and swords
NEW DAY: we’re hosting Mania
E: yep gonna pull our levers all night long
NEW DAY: anyway it’s gonna be great we promise
OTUNGA: imma help announce Styles/Shane
UNIVERSE: not a great start, also SHUT UP OTUNGA
AJ: I’m better at wrestling
SHANE: but can you armdrag
AJ: um yes
SHANE: how bout sloppy offense
AJ: man that was so bad imma let you do those punches you like
SHANE: k
AJ: now imma dropkick you over a table so you can crazybump then beat you up and pin
SHANE: nah, have punches and basic wrasslin, pin
AJ: nah but here’s some offense
SHANE: nah but have like five MMA submissions
AJ: one arm styles clash, pin
SHANE: it was one arm so nah
AJ: k here’s a trashcan so you can do coast-to-coast
SHANE: thanks, pin
AJ: nah
SHANE: weeeeeeell insane table elbowjump
AJ: I’d rather not, phenomenal f-
SHANE: nah but shooting star press
AJ: k just so you don’t die, phenomenal forearm
SHANE: k
AJ wins
COLE: there’s some celebrities here cause Mania
KO gets his normal entrance, JERICHO gets a giant blow-up LIST cause Mania
JERICHO: hey Bear don’t forget my pyro and light-up scarf cause Mania
BEAR: well I don’t wanna make your giant List so what you said
JERICHO: thanks, hey KO wanna put on a wrestling clinic
KO: sure
they do that and it’s just the best
JERICHO: lionsault and pin
KO: nah but walls
JERICHO: why would you think that would work
KO: true, have a cannonb-
JERICHO: walls
KO: but I thought you s – ah forget it there’s a rope, now pop up powerbomb
JERICHO: nah
KO: LOUD INSULTS and pop up p-
JERICHO: codebreaker and pin
KO: ooh a rope, imma touch it, now apron powerbomb and pin
KO wins, time for RAW women
BAYLEY: I have all the wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube men and pyro
NIA: I have a skirt thing but no pyro
SASHA: I have a fancy golf cart and pyro
CHARLOTTE: I have a peacock robe and pyro
BAYLEY, SASHA, CHARLOTTE: let’s all kill Nia
NIA: I am very big
NIA kills everyone
B, S, C: k let’s try this again
NIA: k
B, S, C: we did it
NIA: jk not dead lol
B, S, C: fiiiiiine shield triple powerbomb and let’s just ALL pin you
NIA: k
NIA’s out
CHARLOTTE: imma do that moonsault spot from last Mania except with a twist
SASHA: k let’s trade pins
CHARLOTTE: k
BAYLEY: imma just sleep over here
SASHA: have all the offense
CHARLOTTE: have an exposed turnbuckle and pin
SASHA: k
SASHA’s out
BAYLEY: yay I’m awake
CHARLOTTE: top rope moonsault, figure four and heel offense
BAYLEY: MACHO MAN ELBOW, OOOOOOH YEEEEEEEAH
CHARLOTTE: that’ll do it
BAYLEY wins
VIDEO: member the HOF induction
here’s the HOF class
COLE: Seth’s taping up his knee for later, here’s a ladder match
ZO&C: HOW YOU DOIN, SAWWWWWWWWFT, etc.
CESARO and SHEAMUS have kilts and pyro, GOODBROS get an entrance
suddenly NEW DAY
NEW DAY: this is a fatal four way now, guess who’s here
suddenly HARDYS, entire UNIVERSE is BROKEN
MATT: DELETE
UNIVERSE: DELETE
VINCE: dammit what’s this delete thing
HARDYS delete everyone
GOODBROS: oh look a ladder
GOODBROS kill HARDYS, ladder-based chaos ensues
CESARO & SHEAMUS: swing and ropepunches and such
ZO&C: boots and air enzo
JEFF:
SHEAMUS: ladder?
GALLOWS: me too?
ENZO: nah, ladder?
CASS: imma help
SHEAMUS, GALLOWS: nah, have a ladder
ENZO: still ladder?
ANDERSON: also ladder?
CESARO: nah
MATT: ladder twist of fate
JEFF: swanton bomb from really high ladder
MATT: ladder, got the belts
HARDYS win, everything is DEEEEELIGHTFUL, YAAAAAAAS
AL: here’s Miz and Maryse and Nikki and Cena
CENA: BRRRRR APPLet’s run all the way to the ring
CENA
eventually
gets
to
the
ring
MARYSE: imma fight
NIKKI: k
MARYSE: jk lol here’s Miz
CENA: fine by me
MIZ: imma beat you up so you can supercena later
MARYSE: also here’s a slap
CENA: oh no whatever shall I do
MIZ beats up CENA
MIZ: ddt and pin
CENA: nah
MIZ: member DBry
UNIVERSE: YES
CENA: tag
MIZ: tag
NIKKI: offense to Maryse, rope dive to Miz
CENA: wanna doublepin
NIKKI: sure
CENA/NIKKI win
CENA: marry me?
NIKKI: k
UNIVERSE: dawwwwwwww
HHH gets a police escort to the ring while riding a giant motorcycle with STEPH
BEAR: well that doesn’t scream midlife crisis
here’s SETH with a torch, he makes the ramp screen turn into fire
BEAR: eh
COLE: Seth had a 103 degree fever today
BEAR: what a guy
SETH: pedigree on the table?
HHH: nah, ddt on the table
SETH: somehow it hurts more
HHH
targets
the
knee,
this
match
slows
way
down
SETH: my knee hurts but buckle bomb and flippiness anyway
SETH throws HHH around the ring
SETH: oh right I can use chairs and tables
HHH: nah imma hurt your knee some more
SETH: well here’s your sledgehammer
HHH: thanks
SETH: wanna kill each other and not use it
HHH: k
SETH: k NOW imma use the sledgehammer
STEPH: nah
HHH: pedigree
SETH: nah, pedigree?
HHH: nah
repeat a bunch, then HHH nearly runs into STEPH on the apron
SETH: let me help you with that
SETH superkicks HHH into STEPH who goes through a table
SETH: pedigree
SETH wins
PITBULL happens, no one cares
OTUNGA: I’m back
UNIVERSE: SHUT UP OTUNGA
BRAY’s here and so are all the phone flashlights, ORTON gets pyro and a ramp snake
ORTON: here’s all my offense and RK-
BRAY: no
suddenly the ring is maggots
ORTON: um
BRAY: my turn
suddenly the ring is worms
BRAY: I AM A GOD
UNIVERSE: oh
BRAY kills ORTON for a bit
ORTON: ring seems iffy, imma get outta there
BRAY: I WILL NOW GIVE CHASE
ORTON: RKOOUTTANOWHERE and pin
BRAY: nah
ORTON: finisherpalooza?
BRAY: sure
suddenly the ring is roaches
BRAY: now surely sister ab-
ORTON: RKOOUTTANOWHERE
ORTON wins but BRAY’s a god now so who really won
BORK eats his really elaborate entrance and costume and just gets pyro
GOOOOLDBERG, GOOOOOOLDBERG etc.
BORK: have suplexes
GOLDBERG: spear and spear and barricade spear, now jackh-
BORK: nah, F-
GOLDBERG: nah, spear and jackhammer
BORK: nah
GOLDBERG: oh, well surely a spear-
BORK: I can jump very high, have more suplexes and F5
GOLDBERG: k
BORK wins, moving right along to BLISS and the SDL women’s match
everyone beats up everyone else, BECKY kills everyone including JOBBER, BLISS breaks up some pins, NATTIE does a double sharpshooter, NAOMI dives on everyone
BEAR: well this is completely unabridgeable chaos
NAOMI: hey Bliss, submission
BLISS: k
NAOMI wins in her hometown, the UNIVERSE goes mild
NEW DAY are in suits
NEW DAY: hey Universe, you broke the Citrus Bowl attendance record, how bout that
UNIVERSE: well the pyro thinks it’s a big deal
suddenly JR because TAKER’s gonna fight ROMAN
ROMAN punches the stage and pyro happens
JR: mah gawd, Roman’s an athlete
GONG
then
TAKER
rises
out
of
the
stage
and
walks
to
the
ring
TAKER: this is my yard
ROMAN: yeah but imma overcome things later, get outta the ring
TAKER: k then have some stairs and punches and snake eyes and boot and pin
ROMAN: very nah
TAKER: k fine let’s do a table thing
ROMAN: oooh table thing?
TAKER: yep
ROMAN: k spear through table
TAKER: not what I meant
ROMAN: my yard now
TAKER: NOT DEAD YET
ROMAN: welp time to overcome th-
TAKER: nah, have a last ride and some chairshots
ROMAN: but muh superman punch, NOW time to overcome th-
TAKER: not even close, chokeslam on a chair and tombstone piledriver
ROMAN: nah
UNIVERSE: BULL
ROMAN: superman punch, time for me to overcome th-
TAKER: PSYCH hell’s gate
ROMAN: you’re just giving me more things to overcome, have chairshots and a spear
TAKER: nah
ROMAN: another spear then
TAKER: nah
ROMAN: dammit why can’t I overcome this thing
TAKER: because I am the freaking Taker
ROMAN: but I overcome things
VINCE: yeah Taker he overcomes things
TAKER: but Vince, you know me, you know who I am, I am the freaking Taker
VINCE: yeah but he’s freaking Roman
TAKER pauses, sighs
TAKER: fine
ROMAN: YAAAAAY imma do a bouncy spear, time to overcome things
ROMAN overcomes things
UNIVERSE feels dead inside
after
a
while
TAKER
finally
sits
up
TAKER: There is nothing left for me here. I am taking off my gloves and coat and hat and leaving them in the middle of the ring, which means that I am retiring.
UNIVERSE: There is nothing funny about this.
GONG
GONG
GONG
BEAR: guys I – I need a minute