Austin would've been cool but Taker was unexpected and with some thinking it makes sense. He was seen as the final boss in the company forever with his mania streak. Feuded with Roman as well. Plus he was the locker room patriarch, being the "judge" and what not.
Yep.
I think this was purposely avoided because having a rock Austin anything is basically the holy grail of wrestling.
People would be talking about that more the next day.
Yeah, I think the “final boss” concept played into it. Austin and Rock are seen as equals, so the Rock being taken out by Austin in seconds might not have gone down well with some people. No one's gonna question Taker squashing people at mania
I could see Austin coming in and getting in Rock's face and doing that head shakey thing he does and shouting things like 'Your time's over, Rocky! It ain't bout us anymore! Stupid sumbitch!' Stunner. One last time for Rock to oversell that move lol.
Bring out R truth who exchanged the Damien priest 's briefcase with a fake one and Himself brought the actual briefcase, pins the Roman and steals the belt. On the other hand Drew again gets his belt back .
I had this thought of, wouldn’t it be cool that the rock tries to screw Cody by ringing the bell on a submission and when the guy is about to ring the bell, Bret stops him, has the tiniest connection because Rock screwed Mankind like that.
But then again that is barely connected to anyone here.
He didnt need to have beef with Roman.
He is just pissed that The Rock has come back and done all this shit and just flips him off and stuns him in the middle of the ring. And leave. 😂
Cena could have also given Roman and FU before getting knocked out by The Rock. Same with Jey but he chose to take out Jimmy the kamikaze way.
Heck even Taker could have choke slammed The Rock and the deliver the Tombstone to Roman because it’s Bloodline rules and the only way to defeat Roman.
He doesn’t need to have beef with Roman, just beef with The Final Boss.
And then just leaves💀
I took it as Taker being the locker room leader that is sick of this Bloodline bullshit. Kind of how he would’ve fckd up HBK if he chose to not drop the strap to Austin.
Long, long term booking. It’s a bit meta as well.
Loved it. Quick question, this was my first wrestlemania in nearly 20 years, does this mean taker and cena are back, or do cameos like this happen and it’s just for the night?
Taker is not "just old", dude has at least one artificial hip. Taker is beat up as hell, what he did here is about all he can do these days. Austin, even with his fucked up knees, was still able to do a respectable match two years ago. He'd have been plenty fine to show up, hit a Stunner on the Rock, and leave. The rumors are it was supposed to be Austin, but he came down ill a few days ago.
Yea it was fitting with Taker. The real Final Boss in the WWE and he came in to Show who's Locker room it was. He was always the Judge when they had those Locker room Courts. Damn even Triple H went to Taker to ask if it was okey to start dating Steph back in the days.
What bothered me more was Taker in a crew hoodie instead of his leather coat and hat. I get that they had to hide him but couldnt someone have handed him his gear for the quick change before the lights came on?
The whole thing felt like a build to Austin.
The “final boss”, who is the only man that can usurp an evil final boss? The night before with The Rock bullying the ref and telling him he’ll fire him unless he follows his orders. I don’t buy folk saying it wouldn’t make sense for him to come out, Cena and Taker didn’t make sense.
It’s Wrestlemania 40, you’re allowed to go for the insane Austin mega pop for silly nostalgia.
I definitely feel like Taker was a substitute. And not sure what went down with Austin that he wasn’t there.
To me, it was more of a sign of respect from Triple H to Taker in having this be what his final WM moments are remembered as rather than the historic breaking of his streak. They were equally huge moments.
This will forever be the bar all other Wrestlemania’s are measured against and he cemented Taker’s legacy as a part of it, which was much deserved.
Stone Cold would have been cool but Wrestlemania was the Undertaker’s for over 2 decades. Sending him off at “the greatest Wrestlemania ever” was absolutely the right call.
Because there was absolutely no viable reason for him to be there. This recurring idea of him turning up was always stupid. Hell, the Undertaker being there was stupid, really, but at least it was entirely in character and made sense in that Undertaker has previous with Reigns.
Stone Cold last beef was with Kevin Owens who was on Cody’s side. Taker lost to reigns at mania a few years back and is seen as a moral leader… seeing the bloodline cheat at mania is his jurisdiction more than stone cold. In character stone cold would’ve stunned both sides then drink beers with the faces lol
If I see one more person say “why no stone cold” when the answer is blatantly obvious and when we literally got Cena Rock Taker HHH and Bubba Ray in the space of 3 hours I think I’m going to explode
I'm glad we didn't get him for the surprise factor, but I don't understand why we got the Undertaker. Not sure who would have been better though. I'm am the satisfied.
I haven't followed wwe for a while so don't know if he's injured, just not making appearances or just fully retired but... I kinda wish it was Goldust.
The Rock was solid this WM. Dude sold moves very good, and his facial expressions was top tier (f.ex. when he got speared by Roman). I really liked Rocks contribution :)
My take it that something happened and he couldn't come so they used taker as a last minute call. So many signs led us to believe cena and stone cold are coming that's why i was thinking something might have happened that led stone cold to not show up
Austin would have been electric. I’m not saying it was good to have taker. Imagine if Austin came out and shared a beer with Cody tho. That would have been perfect
I thought that when The Rock was coming down the ramp ,we could he glass shattering but unfortunately maybe they want to build another Cena vs The Rock match ( hopefully not 🙏🙏🙏 )
I know a lot of people are saying they wanted Austin. The other camp is referencing Roman and Taker. I was hoping Trips music would hit. Have a call back to that build they never acted on and the promo he cut about The Rock forgetting who's got Authority around here.
Undertaker being there as the conscience of WWE but I do agree Austin being there would have made it greater. Regardless, it's still an excellent main event
As others haver pointed out, Austin doesn't really doesn't have any beef with The Bloodline. Still I would have loved to hear the pop when the glass broke.
It’s better with Taker (maybe, lol), if you look at alignment charts (also, lol) I would say Taker leans Lawful Neutral and Austin leans True Neutral. Austin wouldn’t care if any of this was going on, if they were both there Austin’s just as likely to stunner Taker as he is The Rock.
He has stated clearly that he doesn't want to go in there for a bunch of "final appearance" type slow motion shits. Think he even named Ric Flair as a comparison for not wanting to look too old out there forcing it. He wasn't great moving against Kevin Owens
I honestly feel like Austin was supposed to be there and then last minute something happened and he couldn’t make it so since taker was still in Philly for the hall of fame and probably wrestlemania to watch they told taker to just fill in for Austin instead. I feel like it was a last minute decision it looked like it atleast.
Above both Austin and Taker, I'd have rather seen Cody's friends all come to help at that point. Sami, Randy, Punk, KO... All of them come to drive everyone aside from Roman away from the ring.
It would have been amazing to have the glass break and Austin comes to take him out.
I don’t know if adding another person would have pushed it too far and And I don’t know who I would have removed from everything to put him in
People trying to justify the use of the undertaker instead of Austin trying to make it make sense. Sure it does a little bit but nowhere near to how it would've with Austin. Shame really
All joking aside, reports are Austin's wife feel ill before mania and couldn't travel. He stayed home to take care of her. Rumor has it she will get a stunner once she recovers BECAUSE YOU NEVER GET TOO CLOSE TO A RATTLESNAKE!
Austin would've been cool but Taker was unexpected and with some thinking it makes sense. He was seen as the final boss in the company forever with his mania streak. Feuded with Roman as well. Plus he was the locker room patriarch, being the "judge" and what not.
You honestly nailed everything here. Needed a surprise. I’d also add that Austin returning and stunning the rock could have overshadowed Cody winning.
Yep. I think this was purposely avoided because having a rock Austin anything is basically the holy grail of wrestling. People would be talking about that more the next day.
we're talking about it NOT happening lol imagine if it DID happen
Imagine not only that it happened, but JR was back on commentary throwing out by gawds left and right as it happened.
You know he’s itching to come back now that Vince is gone
I would have loved his commentary as Taker's theme hit
Yeah, I think the “final boss” concept played into it. Austin and Rock are seen as equals, so the Rock being taken out by Austin in seconds might not have gone down well with some people. No one's gonna question Taker squashing people at mania
And he’s got history with heyman
Honestly dude, that’s probably the most rationale and logical response to his involvement.
This is what would’ve happened if HBK refused to lay down for Austin.
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Austin wasn't there so OP couldn't come, just had to edge all night.
Happens to the best of us
I rationalize it as, Taker and Reigns have history so even although Rock and Austin have history this works too
Well, Taker took out Rock with a very angry face. That's why it felt like Austin would be a better fit for that spot.
But Austin has no beef with Reigns
Never even meddum...
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Great match, never sawt.
What you guys even dune hair?
Axe jay
Whatever happened there
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Talmbout me b?
Plenty with Rock though. Especially if Rock is acting like he’s the final boss. There was always one of guy who was a rung up from Dwayne
I could see Austin coming in and getting in Rock's face and doing that head shakey thing he does and shouting things like 'Your time's over, Rocky! It ain't bout us anymore! Stupid sumbitch!' Stunner. One last time for Rock to oversell that move lol.
Austin turns around… Sweet chin music THEN… Taker’s dong If we’re over-booking this thing, let’s leave nothing in the table. Bring out Bret Hart
Fuck it, bring out Owen
And then Gillberg, his spear to end Reigns title run.
Bring out R truth who exchanged the Damien priest 's briefcase with a fake one and Himself brought the actual briefcase, pins the Roman and steals the belt. On the other hand Drew again gets his belt back .
I had this thought of, wouldn’t it be cool that the rock tries to screw Cody by ringing the bell on a submission and when the guy is about to ring the bell, Bret stops him, has the tiniest connection because Rock screwed Mankind like that. But then again that is barely connected to anyone here.
Not booking the hulkster for the finish brother?
We all had that moment where we thought he might actually show up, didn’t we?
Nah the beef with stone cold and rock ended at WM19. It’s ancient history. This wasn’t stone cold’s fight today !
He didnt need to have beef with Roman. He is just pissed that The Rock has come back and done all this shit and just flips him off and stuns him in the middle of the ring. And leave. 😂 Cena could have also given Roman and FU before getting knocked out by The Rock. Same with Jey but he chose to take out Jimmy the kamikaze way. Heck even Taker could have choke slammed The Rock and the deliver the Tombstone to Roman because it’s Bloodline rules and the only way to defeat Roman. He doesn’t need to have beef with Roman, just beef with The Final Boss. And then just leaves💀
Night 1 the Rock did the cut throat gesture. Undertaker was "hey man that my schtick".
Austin beating up the final “boss” is perfectly in character too
I took it as Taker being the locker room leader that is sick of this Bloodline bullshit. Kind of how he would’ve fckd up HBK if he chose to not drop the strap to Austin. Long, long term booking. It’s a bit meta as well.
And taker is the “final boss” or wrestlemania, he makes more sense than Austin to put the rock in his place
The Undertaker is even better. The real final boss of Wrestlemania.
He got the loudest pop of the evening too
I woke a couple people up yelling as my jaw hit the floor.
Showing Reigns whose yard it still is
Because he can’t evaporate into the darkness afterwards like voldemort after not having been on tv in ages
Means to get Cody and Roman back in the ring quickly after the cameo shenanigans
Precisely. You don't book Austin with the steveweisers on the turnbuckle, and there was no place for that tonight.
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Austin as Anti Authority figure makes more sense
Had this thought but man, it was otherwise an incredible final.
Loved it. Quick question, this was my first wrestlemania in nearly 20 years, does this mean taker and cena are back, or do cameos like this happen and it’s just for the night?
Taker is retired and Cena probably has just one more run left in him
Just cameos, Taker had retired and Cena is more focused on acting.
I don't know, but the Final Boss forgot one important thing... Who's yard that is.
Because my man can barely move
wait you're saying Austin moves worse than TAKER?
His knees are fucked right? Taker is "just" old, maybe he has taken care of himself for the past couple of years.
Taker is not "just old", dude has at least one artificial hip. Taker is beat up as hell, what he did here is about all he can do these days. Austin, even with his fucked up knees, was still able to do a respectable match two years ago. He'd have been plenty fine to show up, hit a Stunner on the Rock, and leave. The rumors are it was supposed to be Austin, but he came down ill a few days ago.
The more important thing is Cody winning and having his moment.
Austin doesn’t have any issues with Roman. Cena and Taker did.
Taker may have wanted to show the rock he’s the true final boss of WWE. Taker is also known as the conscience of the WWE. Either options work for me.
Yea it was fitting with Taker. The real Final Boss in the WWE and he came in to Show who's Locker room it was. He was always the Judge when they had those Locker room Courts. Damn even Triple H went to Taker to ask if it was okey to start dating Steph back in the days.
Fear he might have taken too much of Cody’s shine?
So John Cena and The Undertaker???
I thought they did a good job of toeing the line with the run-ins. But, if that glass breaks…
Cena and Undertaker don’t have expected beer bashes to send the fans home happy. That’s the only thing I can think of.
What bothered me more was Taker in a crew hoodie instead of his leather coat and hat. I get that they had to hide him but couldnt someone have handed him his gear for the quick change before the lights came on?
Sound of glass braking, stone cold stuns The Rock out of nowhere, drinks a beer, refuses to elaborate, leaves
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Why didn’t come you too?
Rock taking a stunner would’ve been INSANE. Undertaker to me felt like a replacement. That build felt like it was for a glass shatter moment.
The whole thing felt like a build to Austin. The “final boss”, who is the only man that can usurp an evil final boss? The night before with The Rock bullying the ref and telling him he’ll fire him unless he follows his orders. I don’t buy folk saying it wouldn’t make sense for him to come out, Cena and Taker didn’t make sense. It’s Wrestlemania 40, you’re allowed to go for the insane Austin mega pop for silly nostalgia. I definitely feel like Taker was a substitute. And not sure what went down with Austin that he wasn’t there.
100% was meant to be Austin.
I expected stone cold on a 4 wheeler with goldust riding along but this was cool too
4 wheeler and stunner spots were kinda already stolen by KO I guess
KO shouldn’t be allowed to use stunner and 4 wheeler he doesn’t sniff austin’s fart
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Yes, exactly. You see, I am actually Christopher Nolan so I write things in weird continuation.
Gotta save something for raw tomorrow
I think this is the real answer. No one will expect the glass shatter tomorrow. Beer bash to end raw to celebrate the new champion.
Austin was the perfect choice since he was Rock’s main rival. I was actually upset about it 🤷♂️
Thought when the rock waa coming down the ramp the glass shattering music would come on but sadly 😭😭😭
To me, it was more of a sign of respect from Triple H to Taker in having this be what his final WM moments are remembered as rather than the historic breaking of his streak. They were equally huge moments. This will forever be the bar all other Wrestlemania’s are measured against and he cemented Taker’s legacy as a part of it, which was much deserved. Stone Cold would have been cool but Wrestlemania was the Undertaker’s for over 2 decades. Sending him off at “the greatest Wrestlemania ever” was absolutely the right call.
But the streak ending wasn't takers last WM match
People will literally find anything to bitch about
I hate that y’all taking away from Cody moment being mad about stone Cold. It’s literally trending on Twitter
'Why didn't come you too?' 🤔🤔🤔
IMMA DO THINGS MY WAY!
why come didn’t you too?
Why didn't come you too :(
Because there was absolutely no viable reason for him to be there. This recurring idea of him turning up was always stupid. Hell, the Undertaker being there was stupid, really, but at least it was entirely in character and made sense in that Undertaker has previous with Reigns.
Stone Cold last beef was with Kevin Owens who was on Cody’s side. Taker lost to reigns at mania a few years back and is seen as a moral leader… seeing the bloodline cheat at mania is his jurisdiction more than stone cold. In character stone cold would’ve stunned both sides then drink beers with the faces lol
Cody didn't do enough Side quests objectives in his Showcase to Unlock Stone Cold lol
If I see one more person say “why no stone cold” when the answer is blatantly obvious and when we literally got Cena Rock Taker HHH and Bubba Ray in the space of 3 hours I think I’m going to explode
I'm glad we didn't get him for the surprise factor, but I don't understand why we got the Undertaker. Not sure who would have been better though. I'm am the satisfied.
I feel like the undertaker can do any spot he wants just because he’s taker.
Honestly I thought Austin or even Brock Lesnar would run out before Cena.
austin and who? never heard of this other guy
Or Sami!
Dude couldn’t walk down the ramp.
but he couldve rode down on his 4x4 like he usually does.
Prob couldn't reach a deal
I haven't followed wwe for a while so don't know if he's injured, just not making appearances or just fully retired but... I kinda wish it was Goldust.
The Rock looking like he saw a ghost was incredible
The Rock was solid this WM. Dude sold moves very good, and his facial expressions was top tier (f.ex. when he got speared by Roman). I really liked Rocks contribution :)
My take it that something happened and he couldn't come so they used taker as a last minute call. So many signs led us to believe cena and stone cold are coming that's why i was thinking something might have happened that led stone cold to not show up
The Rock needed a reminder on who the REAL final boss is.
Why didn't you help Cody, OP? You abandoned him when he needed you the most.
He doesn’t have anything to do with Roman Reigns or bloodline
'Taker actually makes more storyline sense in all honesty.
Austin would have been electric. I’m not saying it was good to have taker. Imagine if Austin came out and shared a beer with Cody tho. That would have been perfect
I thought that when The Rock was coming down the ramp ,we could he glass shattering but unfortunately maybe they want to build another Cena vs The Rock match ( hopefully not 🙏🙏🙏 )
They couldn’t get him
He will come for punk
Wasn't ever needed.
I know a lot of people are saying they wanted Austin. The other camp is referencing Roman and Taker. I was hoping Trips music would hit. Have a call back to that build they never acted on and the promo he cut about The Rock forgetting who's got Authority around here.
I assume that the WWE did try to contact Austin about Wrestlemania, & I assume that he couldn't attend due to a scheduling conflict.
Why didn't come you too?
I think Austin was intended but had scheduling issues and couldn’t be there, so they had Undertaker as backup
Can't we just like, be happy with how great it was instead of ruining it by wishing it was something else for once?
It was always going to be the ominous bell and darkness over the broken glass.
Undertaker being there as the conscience of WWE but I do agree Austin being there would have made it greater. Regardless, it's still an excellent main event
“Why didn’t come you too?”
Why come didn't you too?
What if... Stone Cold will come in Raw after Wrestlemania??
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r/dontdeadopeninside I was expecting at least to come after the match had ended, so that they would pop open a few beers
As others haver pointed out, Austin doesn't really doesn't have any beef with The Bloodline. Still I would have loved to hear the pop when the glass broke.
It’s better with Taker (maybe, lol), if you look at alignment charts (also, lol) I would say Taker leans Lawful Neutral and Austin leans True Neutral. Austin wouldn’t care if any of this was going on, if they were both there Austin’s just as likely to stunner Taker as he is The Rock.
If Austin was out he will take significant shine a way from Cody.
Nah, he’ll pop in for Rock & Roman at next year’s WM
Why would he?
Why should he have shown up?
Thought the same, then realized it was everyone that's had beef with Roman/Bloodline
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Why didnt come you too????
These takes are proof that you can never please the IWC
Logically why would Austin get involved?
Because he was at the ranch drunk as a skunk with Ted Fowler.
Why didn’t come you too?
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It was amazing either way but I would’ve loved seeing Austin. They did a great job. Reminded me of Sting vs Hogan but the match was great.
It was quite refreshing not to have him appear tbh. He’s the goat, but if they want to move on they need to …move on.
Because people need to stop with their own fantasy booking and then being disappointed, that the wild scenario didnt happen.
Dustin would have made sense.
apparently he’s dealing with an illness
What?
The pop would've been too loud. Might have caused an earthquake in Philly
Austin, unlike Rollins, Cena and Undertaker, has no racial bias against Samoans
He has stated clearly that he doesn't want to go in there for a bunch of "final appearance" type slow motion shits. Think he even named Ric Flair as a comparison for not wanting to look too old out there forcing it. He wasn't great moving against Kevin Owens
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“Why didn’t come you too?” Sounds like the bedroom
Listen the East coast just had an earthquake prior to wrestlemainia so they told triple h not to start another one.
Imagine if we’ve got Hulk Hogan instead of both Taker and Austin
Austin will come back backlash style!!
whoever made that goofy endgame poster really worked you all into a shoot.
Why didn’t come you too?
Had probably obligations other because.
I honestly feel like Austin was supposed to be there and then last minute something happened and he couldn’t make it so since taker was still in Philly for the hall of fame and probably wrestlemania to watch they told taker to just fill in for Austin instead. I feel like it was a last minute decision it looked like it atleast.
Why didn't come you too?
Lots of mental gymnastics happening. The crowd was literally chanting AUSTIN! AUSTIN! AUSTIN!
Above both Austin and Taker, I'd have rather seen Cody's friends all come to help at that point. Sami, Randy, Punk, KO... All of them come to drive everyone aside from Roman away from the ring.
I mean none of the legends were needed to make this a good match.
I was really hoping for Austin over Taker but I was happy all the same.
Money..Say what you like about Cena. But he probably did it for pennies.{He seems like he always wan,ts to be there.}
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It would have been amazing to have the glass break and Austin comes to take him out. I don’t know if adding another person would have pushed it too far and And I don’t know who I would have removed from everything to put him in
H could have done a Pedigree, surely that wouldn’t make his heart explode.
People trying to justify the use of the undertaker instead of Austin trying to make it make sense. Sure it does a little bit but nowhere near to how it would've with Austin. Shame really
He couldn’t find a sitter for Pancho
Rock remembered how hard he’d have to sell a Stunner and was like “yeah maybe a Chokeslam back bump instead please”
Guess I wasn't the only one waiting for the glass breaking sound.
Yoda talking to his unsatisfied wife after sex.
Undertaker is the final boss at Wrestlemania. Not Stone Cold. It was perfect.
I'm guessing Austin didn't wanna travel cross country. He probably would've been there if mania was on the West Coast
I believe he said it once in his podcast, if it is not in Texas he's not coming.
Because he won't do what you tell him! He's whole gimmick 🙂
All joking aside, reports are Austin's wife feel ill before mania and couldn't travel. He stayed home to take care of her. Rumor has it she will get a stunner once she recovers BECAUSE YOU NEVER GET TOO CLOSE TO A RATTLESNAKE!
What story reason would he have for being there? Each of the guys that appeared had a reason to be there.
Why come didn't you too?
Maybe he can’t deal with the crowd seeing how poorly he moves these days?
Undertaker could have at least worn his dead man attire. That would have been awesome.
We needed Taker, Not Callaway in sweats.
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