REVIEW -- Batman: Bad Blood (2015)

Batman: Bad Blood is a 2016 direct-to-video animated superhero film which is part of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies. It serves as a sequel to the 2015 film Batman vs. Robin. The film was released on January 20, 2016 for iTunes and the Google Play Store. The DVD and Blu-ray versions will be released on February 2, 2016.

Jason O'Mara, Sean Maher and Stuart Allan will reprise their roles from the previous films with Morena Baccarin returning from Son of Batman as Talia al Ghul.

Cast:

Jason O'Mara – Bruce Wayne / Batman
Yvonne Strahovski – Kate Kane / Batwoman
Stuart Allan – Damian Wayne / Robin
Sean Maher – Dick Grayson / Nightwing / Batman II
Morena Baccarin – Talia al Ghul
Steve Blum – Black Mask, Firefly
Gaius Charles – Luke Fox / Batwing
John DiMaggio – Blockbuster, Tusk
Robin Atkin Downes – Jervis Tetch / Mad Hatter
James Garrett – Alfred Pennyworth
Ernie Hudson – Lucius Fox
Vanessa Marshall – Renee Montoya
Matthew Mercer – Hellhound
Geoff Pierson – Colonel Jacob Kane
Jason Spisak – Noah Kuttler / Calculator, Killer Moth
Bruce Thomas – Commissioner Gordon
Kari Wahlgren – Kori
Travis Willingham – Heretic

Plot: (FULL Spoilers)

Batwoman intercepts a group of criminals in Gotham that include Electrocutioner, Blockbuster,Firefly, Killer Moth, and others. When a fight ensues, Batmansoon arrives. They are confronted by the apparent leader of the criminals, a man called the Heretic, who reminds Batman of his vision of Damian Wayne as Batman. Heretic detonates explosives planted within the facility. Batman flings Batwoman to safety and apparently perishes in the explosion.

Weeks pass. Both Batman and Bruce Wayne's disappearances have not gone unnoticed - Alfred takes up the guise of Wayne in electronic communications using gadgets in the Batcave to maintain appearances, while sending out a distress signal to Dick Grayson. Meanwhile, Damian Wayne watches a news report of Batman's disappearance and sets out to return to Gotham.

One night, Batman, wearing a different Bat emblem, apparently resurfaces and is quickly noticed by Katherine Kane. Both Batwoman and Robin intercept Batman and quickly deduce that it is Grayson wearing an old version of the Batsuit. They begin their own investigations into the Heretic, unconvinced that Bruce is truly dead. Soon the Heretic and his henchmen attack Wayne Enterprises, forcing Lucius Fox to open the way into the vault by threatening his son Luke Fox, a soldier recently returned from Afghanistan. Though Grayson and Damian quickly arrive, they are unable to prevent the Heretic from escaping with Wayne technology, and Lucius Fox is seriously injured.

Heretic returns to his headquarters, where it is revealed that he is working for Talia al Ghul. They have Bruce Wayne captured, and the Mad Hatter is slowly brainwashing him. The Heretic, apparently obsessed with Damian Wayne, then breaks into the Batcave and kidnaps him. He explains that he is a clone of Damian, and he wishes to have Damian's memories and personality implanted within his own brain. Talia then arrives and shoots Heretic dead for his disobedience. Grayson and Batwoman then arrive, having located Damian through a tracker in his costume. They are quickly joined by Luke Fox, clad in an advanced combat exosuit and styling himself as Batwing. The three rescue Bruce and Damian, but Talia and her henchmen escape.

Weeks pass and Bruce seems to have recovered from the ordeal, though he remains adamant that Katherine and Luke not be involved, insisting that their heroics remain within the "family". Meanwhile, Katherine is suddenly attacked by her father. After disabling him, she discovers he had been brainwashed. She brings this to the attention of Grayson, Damian, and Luke. Dick immediately concludes that Bruce is still under the effects of Mad Hatter's mind control, though Damian is unconvinced. Luke reveals that the League of Assassins are planning to brainwash a number of world leaders at a tech summit held by Bruce Wayne.

As the brainwashing is taking place, Nightwing, Robin, Batwoman, and Batwing arrive and fight Talia and her henchmen. During the fight, Mad Hatter is killed, thus stopping the mind control from undergoing to completion. Bruce, under the effects of the brainwashing, is made to fight Nightwing and defeats him. Talia then orders him to shoot Grayson dead, but Bruce is able to resist the effects of the mind control and disobey. Incensed, Talia escapes into her auto pilot vessel only to be met by Onyx who causes the flying freighter to crash and leaving their fates unknown. The "Bat family" then return to the Batcave to plan their next move. Nightwing explains that none of the Mad Hatter's programming can function without his being around to activate it.

The Bat skylight shines in Gotham City where Batwoman, Nightwing, Batwing assemble to meet Batman and Robin on top of the police station where they see Penguin escaping cops by car. The entire group fires their grappling guns as they begin pursuit of the rogue.

Elsewhere on a nearby building, Batgirl observes the group launch their chase and fires her grappling gun to join the pursuit.

The Verdict:

This isn't going to be a long review, so I'm going to keep it short and sweet as what you've come to expect from these quickie reviews.

This DC Direct animated feature is set in the same universe as Son of Batman and Batman vs. Robin, featuring the animated debuts of Batwoman and Batwing. It also serves as the first time that Renee Montoya has been properly represented in one of these DC Direct animated films since Batman: The Animated Series. This version of the character is the up-to-date re-imagining of the character as the lesbian girlfriend of Batwoman from the New 52 continuity of DC Comics. Given the mature audience that these films have been aimed towards, I'm not surprised to see Batwoman introduced into this continuity. I was more surprised that they introduced the Bat-Family as a whole here instead of the sticking with the tired and true formula of Batman, Robin, Nightwing, and Batgirl. Seeing Batwing here was even a bigger surprise as I didn't know that character had enough of an audience (I don't mind him TBH) to warrant an animated appearance. At least they went with the newest version instead of the one that was an African Ironman/Black Panther hybrid without any money at his disposal.

I honestly haven't had a chance to read Batwoman's comics since the early days of the New 52 reboot, but it was a joy to see her in action in this film. She's one of the only homosexual superheroes who didn't have their sexual orientations altered just to be "politically correct" with modern readers and the film didn't go out of it's way to throw that her orientation into your face either. Her role in this film was done tastefully and didn't feel forced in the slightest.

In both cases, Batwoman and Batwing being in this film is HUGE in terms of comic book news. Batwing is the first African-American Batman and Batwoman is first, if only, lesbian Batman affiliation. I know that Catwoman is bisexual now in the current continuity, but as far as I know, Batwoman is the only lesbian Batman affiliate that I'm aware of and I apologize if I'm wrong.

Bigger and better representation in fantasy mediums is always a good thing and it's great that it didn't feel forced like mentioned earlier. You don't want to do multicultural diversity and make it come off awkward and VERY forced like oh I don't know... Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

I kinda wish that the film spent a little more time detailing Damian's reclusive training with the monks, but I appreciated the time that Damian and Dick spent bonding as the substitution Batman and Robin. It was a nice nod back to the Knightfall era of DC Comics and even the modern comics during the period where everyone thought Bruce Wayne died at the hands of Darkseid's Omega Sanctum. Call me nuts, but I really wish that DC Comics would have more faith in Dick Grayson officially taking over the mantle of Batman from Bruce instead of these quick fixes, much like how Jim Gordon has done in the current continuity.

I'm surprised no one didn't notice a difference in Batman's stature and voice while Nightwing was filling in for Bruce. To say that Talia held Bruce Wayne hostage and under her control for so long, what was stopping the League of Assassins from informing all of Batman's rogues gallery of his secret identity? That would have made a lot of the leg work to her master plan a little more easier if she was looking to get rid of the Bat-Family for good. It made even less sense when she still had Bruce under her control and she didn't do anything about Batwing and Batwoman (outside of brainwashing her father) despite the fact that Bruce could have relayed ALL of this information to her concerning their real identities and where to find them.

Another thing that bothered me that they continued the trend from all three films to date whereas Nightwing gets the holy hell beat out of him. This time, Batman breaks his arm while still under the influence of Talia and comes dangerously close to even killing him. C'mon, can Nightwing hold his own against ANYONE in these films? Robin seems to do just fine against anyone no matter what the size or skill difference with the only major advantage against his opponents here is his superior training from the League of Assassins. Robin is as overpowered as John Cena or even Bumblebee in the Transformers live-action films.

(Laughs) I bet Batman is going to have plenty of nightmares about snapping back to his senses and having a gun his hands for sure.

Buy It, Rent It, or Don't Bother?

Much like all of these DC Direct animated films, I highly suggest renting it first, but if you're a hardcore DC Comics - especially Batman - fan then I don't see any harm in picking this up for your collection. Batwoman and Batwing's animated debuts are definitely worth the watch alone while the narrative continues to add to the universe that was started in Son of Batman and continued through Batman vs. Robin to this film.

OPINION -- My Top Two Issues With the Marvel Cinematic Universe as It Currently Stands

Jessica Jones' cast and Luke Cage are the only ones missing from this photo to be honest...

After the Agents of SHIELD winter midseason finale, I have to vent my disgust on this matter. I have been allowing this matter to slide for a while now in hope that it would change in Phase 2, but we're going into Phase 3 with Captain America: Civil War in a few months and I seriously doubt it's going to change anytime soon.

Just fair warning, I'm going to mention a LOT of spoilers and potential spoilers, so continue reading at your own risk if you haven't been keeping up with the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a whole lately.

I. Disposable Villains

Top (left to right): The Winter Soldier, Thanos, Justin Hammer
Far left: Loki (of course)
Bottom (left to right): Red Skull, Ultron, Nebula

Outside of Grant Ward (Marvel's Agents of SHIELD), the Kingpin (Daredevil), Nuke (Jessica Jones), Crossbones (Captain America: The Winter Soldier), Nebula (Guardians of the Galaxy), Loki (Thor: The Dark World), and Thanos (Avengers) there are little to no "major" villains that exist in play in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. EVERY.SINGLE.TIME they debut or showcase a remarkable villain, that same villain is either killed off or written off in a way that there's no way that it's remotely possible nor fathomable that they would EVER return again.

Perfect example? David Tennant's Kilgrave/Purple Man from Marvel's Jessica Jones. WHY THE FUCK DID THEY KILL HIM OFF AFTER ONE SEASON!!??? I'm sure there's some angry feminist out there that will be standing on her soapbox preaching that it was the only way for Jessica to get over her PTSD and move on with her life, but it's turning into a common copout for almost every single one of these films in this universe. "Well we can't think of a better conclusion to these films, so we'll just kill the big baddie off. I'm sure we can thumb through the comics for someone else later." Holy fuck, if I was on creative staff for planning the narrative of this universe, I would be slapping people during these meetings for even suggesting this stuff.

If you look at the Marvel Comics Universe, no matter what decade, reality, nor main (616) canon or Ultimates versions, there is ALWAYS a wide assortment of villains at play to act as obstacles for these heroes to overcome.

II. The Segregation between the films and TV/Netflix properties

As of Avengers: Age of Ultron, the only marque actor contracted by Marvel to appear in the TV series/Netflix properties has been Samuel Jackson (limited to a few sporadic appearances on Marvel's Agents of SHIELD as Nick Fury) and Cobie Smulders (Agent Maria Hill). I find that rather odd. It's no secret to Marvel fans that these characters interact and engage each other on a regular basis, so I don't see why it's such a daunting task to use their contracted actors for regular roles across their TV/Netflix properties. Seeing some of the Avengers pop up in Agents of SHIELD would definitely garner more attention that struggling show needs in it's follow-up seasons, especially with appearances from Avengers who haven't had their own solo titles, such as Hawkeye (who has history with Adrianne Palicki's Mockingbird/Bobbi Morse in the source material) and Black Widow (who could really benefit with more exposure, given Agents of SHIELD's knack for establishing "kick-ass" female protagonists).

I suppose another excuse that Marvel/Disney would give is the fact that they have a "long-term" plan and seeing the Avengers appear in the TV/Netflix properties will take away from their merit/worth on the big screen. In reality the opposite is true. Look at what the CW is doing with the few characters that they are allowed to use from DC Comics. Warner Bros. is on the crisp of kickstarting their own cinematic universe with the debut of  Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice and the inevitable Justice League follow-up. As much as I'm not crazy about their approach nor methods of how they have been going about that from a narrative standpoint, at least DC Comics has the balls to try putting together a superhero team-up show on television. Sure, Marvel has that in the pipeline with the Defenders MUCH later down the road and possibly the Secret Warriors on Agents of SHIELD, but who knows how soon that is coming from how far Marvel keeps spreading their films out over the course of the next decade.

When I saw Falcon/Sam Wilson appear in Ant-Man I was beginning to become optimistic, thinking that maybe that Marvel/Disney would possibly start doing the same with allowing the heroes/villains crossover into the TV/Netflix properties. With the Netflix exclusives, I can totally understand the lack of connections to the films as those series have been pretty grounded and personal to their own corner of the MCU. Daredevil dealt exclusively with the harsh realities of the impact of the Battle of New York on Hell's Kitchen while Jessica Jones is a story that focus entirely on one woman's path of redemption. I can expect no different from Iron Fist and Luke Cage when those series debut.

To it's credit, the ONLY character who seems to have a continuous stake in the movies AND the TV universes is Peggy Carter, whether it be via flashbacks or throughout her own solo series. She acts as the bridge between the world that Captain America left behind after being frozen in ice for roughly 50 years and the modern day equivalent to our own world that majority of the MCU takes place. She is the link to the foundation of the SHIELD organization that the Agents of SHIELD work for and are currently trying to rebuild after exposing HYDRA's corruption from within. She was revealed to be an ally and friend to a young Hank Pym in the opening flashback of Ant-Man and she remains as a significant figure in Captain America's life, whether in the past or present and even in his dreams and memories via flashbacks. All that I'm asking is that Marvel Studios show this much of attention to more of their characters in this universe.

III. Hope For the Future

Marvel Studios has The Inhumans on their horizon for future films and with the Infinity War being split up into two solo films, there's more room to expand what's going on between those said films on the TV and Netflix properties.

Marvel recently reported that the Infinity War (Part I and II) would be the film(s) where the ENTIRE Marvel Cinemataic Universe comes together. I hope this means that everyone (TV shows AND films) have some sort of representation. Creating and maintaining this universe has been a group effort and everyone deserves that one moment to shine together on the silver screen, even if it's for a few seconds.

At the end of the day that's the double edged sword that Marvel Studios has created with this cinematic universe. Much like the comics, you expect the Avengers (or other misc. heroes in this universe) to jump in at every chance to help out their friends and allies in their times of greatest need. That's what I was thinking towards the end of Thor: The Dark World and throughout the ENTIRE plot of Ironman 3 - it was like they totally forgot that they were teaming up in their last theatrical appearance. Which was really strange to say that it was a global threat much like the Battle of New York. Captain America: The Winter Soldier handled the team-up naturally that they had enough Avengers/SHIELD agents involved that it was totally understandable what they were doing to help this matter. The fall of SHIELD/HYDRA had to be a massive dilemma that possibly had the Avengers spread out pretty thin around the world with Hawkeye more likely staying low with his family in his safe house, Hulk/Bruce Banner and Tony Stark/Ironman dealing with things on their end at Stark Industries after the ordeal in Ironman 3, and Thor was still coming to grips with the events after The Dark World.

With the more feature films and television properties that they continue to create to introduce more of these heroes and villains into the Marvel Cinematic Universe the expectations of fans are going to continue to escalate to the point that they will continue to ask why their favorite heroes aren't crossing over more often. While I understand that even the comic books allow these heroes to continue with their own solo adventures despite being on teams and factions, it's not too much to ask that Marvel at least try to blur the lines every now and then instead of keeping their properties segregated.

I mean c'mon. If CW's Arrow and The Flash can do at least 2-3 team-up or cameos per season, it shouldn't be too much to ask Avengers or some of the other television properties to jump around back and forth. Hell, if it were up to me, I would require it in the actors' and actresses' contracts when they sign to Marvel for these films.

TNA One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown 2 (2014) -- Results & Afterthoughts

Author's Note: I was going through my drafts of unfinished articles on this blog and I was shocked to see that this wasn't published yet. Strange as I could've swore I put it out there AGES ago. That being said, enjoy folks. (1/12/16)

Out of ALL of TNA's One Night Only annual events, this is easily my favorite since you guys should know that I'm a bit "crazy" about women's wrestling. TNA's Knockout Knockdown 2 originally aired on November 7, 2014 on PPV, but you can still order and watch the entire event in its entirety on Impact Wrestling's official YouTube page.

Special thanks to Modern Myth Photography for allowing me to use their superb photos for this article. Be sure to visit their official Facebook page for more of their amazing work.

I wouldn't be doing this write-up justice if I don't talk about the opening segment, where Ethan Carter III (formerly Derrick Bateman on WWE's NXT Redemption) and Rockstar Spud introduced this year's "budding" Knockouts, who were taking place in this year's tournament. This year's tournament features Marti Belle, Scarlett Bordeaux, Reby Sky, Veda Scott, Mia Yim (returning from last year), Jessica Havok, Karlee Perez, and Deonna Purrazzo.

To my delight, Impact Wrestling took the time to play off almost ALL of these guest starring Knockouts personalities and backstories into this event, starting with addressing the elephant in the room about Karlee Perez and EC3's past from WWE as the popular troublemaking couple, BateMax (Bateman & Maxine).

The jokes don't end here as Scarlett Bordeaux plays a drunken party girl who is obviously feeling the aftermath of hanging out as one of Adam Rose's Rosebuds in WWE. Reby Sky plays off the so-called "beef" between herself and Velvet Sky. Veda Scott recycles her gimmick from FWE as a shy, yet bubbly babyface (for now...). Mia Yim vows to make a stronger impact in this year's tournament. All this while Rockstar Spud finds love with Marti Belle, who opts to be his first-ever girlfriend.

Gail Kim def. Veda Scott

This match started off innocent enough as Veda Scott was geddy with joy to face her "idol" in this opening contest.

I could tell that Veda Scott was nervous working with a woman as talented and well-known as Gail Kim, but this was a fun match to watch. I was happy that I could cross off another fantasy match-up off my list of women's wrestling bouts I would like to see in my lifetime.

Angelina Love def. Scarlett Bordeaux

It was good to see that Scarlett Bordeaux was putting her gimmick as a former Rosebud to WWE's Adam Rose's "party posse" to good use here. Or maybe we should refer to her as a former Hoopla Hottie from the House of Truth in Ring of Honor?

Nothing against Scarlett in the least, but she lasted longer than I thought she would against former Knockouts Champion, Angelina Love.

Reby Sky def. Velvet Sky

Madison Rayne def. Jessicka Havok

Very bad timing for this match. I guess TNA didn't expect that they would have signed Jessica Havok (currently Havok AKA the former Knockouts Champion) to the roster by the time that this Pay-Per-View aired. Much like everything else on this card, it was recorded VERY early into this year, so we don't get to see the meanstreak and pure domination from Havok that we have used to with Havok over the past few months.

Taryn Terrell def. Karlee Perez

After a promo like that, I'm STILL surprised on why WWE allowed a woman as talented as Karlee Perez go. Much like Ethan Carter III, WWE's loss is now Impact Wrestling and currently Lucha Underground's gain - she is Mil Muertes' valet, Catalina, on the El Rey Network.

Mia Yim def. Brittany

Mia Yim (now the Dollhouse's Jade) is no stranger to battling Santana Garrett (Brittany) as they have managed to top the charts on the indie scene with their match against each other in 2015 as a Match of the Year candidate. Here, you can see the beginnings of their destinies against each other as they have excellent chemistry with each other.

My only regret here is that TNA didn't keep Brittany as staple part of the Knockouts division.

Brooke Tessmacher def. Deonna

Out of the young newcomers to debut at the this event, I think Deonna shows the most promise. Fast forward two years later and she's managed to garner enough experience underneath her belt to work both Impact Wrestling's One Night Only event and NXT tapings in the first week of January 2016.

Brooke was switching back into her heel gimmick and took her frustrations out on the young rookie. Not a bad match for both women at all, just really didn't stand out among everything else on this card.

Marti Belle def. ODB

This match was more about playing the crowd than the actual in-ring aspect and I had no problems with this as this match was a riot of laughs from bell to bell. No pun intended. Rockstar Spud is definitely one to provide plenty of laughs for sure.

ODB def. Rockstar Spud

This match was comedy gold and worth the price of the PPV alone. After his "break-up" with Marti Belle, Spud tries to take his frustrations out on ODB and it doesn't go his away at all. This was one of the last matches that ODB/Jessica Kresa worked for TNA in 2014 and boy did she go out with a bang... or rather BAM!

Madison Rayne def. Angelina Love, Brooke Tessmacher, Gail Kim, Marti Belle, Mia Yim, Reby Sky and Taryn Terrell in a Queen Of The Knockouts Gauntlet Match

The event concludes with this gauntlet match with no real surprises unlike the previous year's finale. As much as I love Gail Kim, I was glad to see someone else walk away with the crown for once.

BOOKING MY WAY -- The 2016 Road To WrestleMania

As it stands currently, every Superstar and Diva that walked out of WrestleMania 31 is currently injured and could possibly miss WrestleMania 32, so WWE are in quite a pickle at the moment. What I would like to do today is give my best pitch at what WWE could possibly do moving forward from now to WrestleMania.

I'm NOT going to include the possible signings of Shinsuke Nakamura, AJ Styles, Karl Anderson, and Doc Gallows for the added challenge of working with who WWE has contracted currently between the main roster and down in developmental on NXT.

Royal Rumble 2016 Match Card

• Divas Championship Match - Charlotte (c) vs. Becky Lynch
• Intercontinental Championship Triple Threat Match - Dean Ambrose (c) vs. Kevin Owens vs. Neville
• Royal Rumble Match for WWE World Heavyweight Championship
• Bullet Points of Key Events that NEED to happen to spark feuds for the rest of the Road to WrestleMania
• Kalisto pulls an upset and eliminates Alberto Del Rio --> sets up US title feud
• Kofi narrowly escapes elimination with one of his innovative maneuvers with assistance from the New Day, but the Usos and Dudleys throw a money wrench into those plans. --> sets up New Day vs. Usos vs. Dudleys feud
• Social Outcasts squashed by the Wyatt Family one by one
• J & J Security return in the Rumble Match -- C'mon Roman needs some jobbers to squash from now to 'Mania
• Brock Lesnar is about to win but he's eliminated by a returning Daniel Bryan --> Bryan vs. Lesnar feud for WM
• The Big Show & Kane tag team reunion that takes on the Wyatt Family 
• J & J Security assist a returning Triple H (dressed to kill) to win the Rumble --> Only logical direction as Authority needs to put Roman in the chase again to try to screw him over until the "feel good, cliched happy ending" that WrestleMania always loves to end on.

Why's the card so short, you ask? Because the main focus should be in the Rumble match with just about every major player that's left should be in that match. 

Divas title match ends with Becky winning heel tactics after Charlotte clearly submits. They can do the rematch on following night on RAW to a similar result. 

IC title match has potential to be as good as NXT Takeover: Fatal 4 Way's main event... I'm leading to a similar match-up for WrestleMania, so sit tight...

WWE Fast Lane 2016 Match Card

• Divas Championship Match - Charlotte (c) vs. Sasha Banks
• Ends with Charlotte once again cheating her way into retaining the title
• New Day & League of Nations' Rusev vs. The Usos & Dudley Boys - 4-on-4 Tag Team Match
• United States Championship Match - Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. Kalisto
• Intercontinental Championship Match - Dean Ambrose (c) vs. Chris Jericho
• Kevin Owens vs. Neville
• Daniel Bryan announces that he's medically cleared to compete at WrestleMania
• The Wyatt Family vs. The Big Show, Kane, Ryback, and mystery partner (debuting Finn Balor)
• Roman Reigns vs. J & J Security and Sheamus
• If Roman wins, he gets match against Triple H at Mania
• If Roman loses, he's denied rematch for title as long as Triple H is champion

Roman Reigns wins the title match opportunity of course, or WWE can allow Reigns to jump hoops for the last few weeks of WrestleMania like how they did Daniel Bryan. 

Divas title match happens after Sasha Banks won #1 contender's battle royal (thanks to help from Team BAD throwing out Becky and members of Team Bella) that is booked after Becky Lynch loses her rematch against Charlotte.

4-on-4 Tag Team Match is merely filler to give the tag teams something to do in the meantime between the Rumble and Mania. 

Kevin Owens vs. Neville occurs to continue their feud that's being established currently on WWE programming while Chris Jericho openly challenges Dean Ambrose for the title next in the meantime. Ambrose accepts because he has a grudge against Jericho since their team-up against the Wyatts last year. Jericho loses but reveals his true colors as a sore loser and turns heel against Ambrose post-match.

US title match - ADR cheats to retain against Kalisto in a really close match.

After Daniel Bryan's announcement, Lesnar comes out and brawl ensues to setup match for WrestleMania since Bryan screwed him out of the title. This could be easily done the next night on RAW, but I think doing it on the PPV would get more eyes on the Network. 

The Wyatt Family vs. reunited Big Show & Kane happens for a few weeks until Ryback joins up for payback for the attacks to him. They tease that they found the perfect partner who is quite the demon himself and something that the Wyatts have never experienced before. Finn Balor debuts on the main roster with his PPV debut in this match. Referee bump and Bray does Sister Abigail on the steel chair to lay out Balor for the win and sets up one-on-one feud. 

WWE WrestleMania XXXII Match Card

• Divas Championship Match Fatal 4 Way - Charlotte (c) vs. Becky Lynch vs. Paige vs. Sasha Banks
• Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal - Anyone not booked for NXT Takeover this week or on the WM main card should be in this match
• Intercontinental Championship Fatal 4 Way - Dean Ambrose (c) vs. Chris Jericho vs. Neville
• Bray Wyatt vs. Finn Balor 
• If you REALLY want to make this match special, debut the members of Bullet Club here with AJ Styles, Doc Gallows, and Karl Anderson accompanying Balor to the ring to fight off the Wyatt Family for the mark-out moment of the year
• Key Detail is that everyone's shocked that Balor isn't dressed as the Demon, but comes out of smoke with the Bullet Club shirt on.
• Kevin Owens vs. The Undertaker
• Brock Lesnar vs. Daniel Bryan
• United States Championship Match - Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. Kalisto
• Triple Threat Tornado Tag Team Match for WWE Tag Team Championship - New Day (c) vs. The Usos vs. Dudley Boys
• WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match - Triple H vs. Roman Reigns

Divas title match is a fatal four way match because people would want to see the best byproducts from NXT's women's division in a dream match like this, especially with bulk of the factions dealing with injuries or have dissolved. There's simply no better alternative. For those clamoring for the Charlotte vs. Sasha one-on-one rematch, you save that for Summerslam.

Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal is going to be in the preshow anyway, so it really doesn't matter who's in it but it would be nice to see some of the up and coming NXT talent get some recognition in that thing.

Bray Wyatt vs. Finn Balor would be money. The New Face of Fear versus the Demon himself. By this point, WWE would have had time to iron out the contracts with the potential signees from New Japan or you could put three other NXT stars that deserve to move up to the main roster here to be aligned with Balor at ringside.

Kevin Owens vs. The Undertaker is going to be tricky as it would have to be a battle for respect. Owens works classic heel, beating the shit out of Taker left and right, but the Phenom gets the win. Post-match attack ensues and out comes Sami Zayn to reignite the Owens vs. Zayn feud from NXT. There you go, you got another post-WM feud in making to flesh out the following night on RAW.

Brock Lesnar vs. Daniel Bryan. Have Brie Bella at ringside for this one as Lesnar mauls Bryan for the duration of the match. Have her sell the horror of Bryan's well-being and health. Bryan makes his comeback and collapses to the power of Lesnar, causing Brie to throw in the towel because she can't watch her husband take anymore abuse.

This is how Brock needs to ragdoll Bryan around to make it look good and believable.

ADR finally drops the title to Kalisto in the feel good moment for Kalisto's career and establishes him as a singles star.

The Dudley Boys get their record breaking tag title win on the grandest stage of them all, defeating the New Day clean.

Everyone underneath the sun who are in the Authority's pocket come out to aid Triple H try to retain against Roman Reigns, including the League of Nations, J & J Security, and even Brock Lesnar. Lesnar surprises everyone and lays out Triple H for Roman to win, setting up Lesnar vs. Reigns II for Summerslam since Roman "owes" him one.