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Post by hitmancmedge on Jan 28, 2019 8:53:01 GMT -5
Why does WWE push her so hard? I got 2 words for ya.
The Rock.But i agree 100% with what you said. Underlined. Say it all the time. She only has a job because of Dwayne. Anyone not related to him hurts as many people as she has, at the frequency she did, they'd have been fired LOOOONG ago. My takeaways:Seth won. Screw the haters. He deserves it [Here comes the one who bashed me for using the term "deserves it" in pro wrestling.] Asuka making Becky tap was amazing. I'm glad they're finally running with Asuka as champion. Figured Brock was gonna win, no way was Finn beating him. Brock using a Kimura to win was unexpected. I took a vape break during AJ/Bryan. Just wasn't catching me as it did others. Go figure, as soon as we get Elite Bludgeons, Rowan get repackaged for the umpteenth time and is - by all indicators - not with Harper. Again. How many times are they gonna split/reunite Rowan and Harper? Meh Harper is still hurt, so it’s possible he joins up when he is healthy, especially when you consider how much Bryan goes out of his way in interviews to talk about how good Harper is.
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Post by "The Visionary" Eldniw on Jan 28, 2019 9:01:21 GMT -5
Underlined. Say it all the time. She only has a job because of Dwayne. Anyone not related to him hurts as many people as she has, at the frequency she did, they'd have been fired LOOOONG ago. My takeaways:Seth won. Screw the haters. He deserves it [Here comes the one who bashed me for using the term "deserves it" in pro wrestling.] Asuka making Becky tap was amazing. I'm glad they're finally running with Asuka as champion. Figured Brock was gonna win, no way was Finn beating him. Brock using a Kimura to win was unexpected. I took a vape break during AJ/Bryan. Just wasn't catching me as it did others. Go figure, as soon as we get Elite Bludgeons, Rowan get repackaged for the umpteenth time and is - by all indicators - not with Harper. Again. How many times are they gonna split/reunite Rowan and Harper? Meh Harper is still hurt, so it’s possible he joins up when he is healthy, especially when you consider how much Bryan goes out of his way in interviews to talk about how good Harper is. Didn't know Harper was hurt. I knew Rowan was, and that's why the Bludgeons dropped the tags to New Day.
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Post by hitmancmedge on Jan 28, 2019 9:12:20 GMT -5
Meh Harper is still hurt, so it’s possible he joins up when he is healthy, especially when you consider how much Bryan goes out of his way in interviews to talk about how good Harper is. Didn't know Harper was hurt. I knew Rowan was, and that's why the Bludgeons dropped the tags to New Day. Harper needed surgery on something and just decided to do it and has been out too.
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Jan 28, 2019 9:15:55 GMT -5
Show was decent, just super long. It's hard to focus on ANYTHING or sit for that long.
I think everything went pretty much as expected. I'd have had McIntyre win the Royal Rumble just because I think he's a more (kayfabe) serious threat to Brock just based on how big he is. I didn't realize how big Drew was until he stood next to Strowman a few months ago, and I was shocked. Put him in there with Brock and I'd definitely believe it more than Seth, but I get it if they feel like Drew isn't ready.
I don't see them putting the Universal Title on Rollins at WrestleMania, anyway. They'll probably wait until SummerSlam and have McIntyre win it. He'll be ready for sure by the end of August.
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Post by "The Visionary" Eldniw on Jan 28, 2019 9:21:28 GMT -5
Show was decent, just super long. It's hard to focus on ANYTHING or sit for that long. I think everything went pretty much as expected. I'd have had McIntyre win the Royal Rumble just because I think he's a more (kayfabe) serious threat to Brock just based on how big he is. I didn't realize how big Drew was until he stood next to Strowman a few months ago, and I was shocked. Put him in there with Brock and I'd definitely believe it more than Seth, but I get it if they feel like Drew isn't ready. I don't see them putting the Universal Title on Rollins at WrestleMania, anyway. They'll probably wait until SummerSlam and have McIntyre win it. He'll be ready for sure by the end of August. Brock's not keeping it that long again. And if he does, then the Universal Title needs retired. It's been nothing but a prop for Lesnar. People want shock. People want the unthinkable. Seth winning the belt writes itself. 2 years ago, he slayed a King. Now, the Kingslayer returns to the grandest stage of them all to slay a Beast.
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Post by bigshab421 on Jan 28, 2019 9:31:14 GMT -5
Let me start off by saying trying to watch pro-wrestling from 5pm-12am is a ridiculous task, maybe even a chore. WWE needs to go back to brand specific PPV's to eliminate the need of trying to fit everyone on each PPV, it's a mess and a huge burden to the show. Onto the show..... - All three women's matches outshined the men's matches 110%. Didn't quite understand why they had Becky tap, but I'm glad they didn't go with Charlotte in the Rumble.
- Did not enjoy the AJ/Bryan match. It had no heat or pacing, and the ending was just straight up weird, and will not work. It was so random and Rowan is so lack of skill that there's no possible way this ends well.
- I've grown apathetic towards Lesnar. I don't hate him, he just exists and offers nothing of substance anymore. Didn't understand the post match beatdown either? If the plan is Rollins/Brock, why not just let Brock steamroll Braun for the thousandth time? Braun's already been pushed to the midcard, so another Lesnar loss won't hurt.
- The men's Royal Rumble was atrocious. I enjoyed the Jarrett/Elias spot but other than that it sucked. To have the roster they have, and continue to waste spots on people who won't be on television for 2 months is pointless. No reason to waste spots on all three members of New Day, No Way Jose, Hawkins, Shelton Benjamin, or Nia Jax (which just sucked horribly).
- I enjoyed Rollins winning, but he had no heat and the crowd didn't really care, hell his celebration looked like he didn't really care either.
The match layout of this show was pretty bad as well. Wish they wouldn't have front-loaded the show with the women, as they were the most compelling matches. If it were up to me, I would have laid it out like this:
- Asuka v. Becky Lynch
- Men's Royal Rumble Match
- Styles v. Bryan
- Rousey v. Banks
- Balor v. Lesnar
- Miz/Shane v. The Bar
- Women's Royal Rumble
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Post by Ohtimate Wahriah on Jan 28, 2019 9:33:39 GMT -5
that was absolutely brutal. a brutal night of "wrestling entertainment" this company is morphing into a womens wrestling organization and it sucks. it just sucks. that was a SIX HOUR pay per view event. SIX ING HOURS I understand the time is different out that way so it wasn't midnight in Arizona, but my god...you're literally starting the Royal Rumble when a normal PPV used to END. Just make the RR pay per view the 2 rumble matches and the 4 world title matches from now on. Should easily be able to fit that in 4 hours. And stop with the 90 second intervals, a minute is more than enough time. Or for the love of god just give women their own show like they want to, and have it be Rumble weekend....then we can decide if we want to watch it or not. Even advertise it that day, Tell us the womens portion is going to start at 4:30PM, do that 3 hour mess and then a half hour break in between to give the fans a chance to just reset. Put a dark match in between and start the mens half at 8 like they always did. I'm super happy that Rollins won the Rumble, but I was so ing burned out at that point (as was the entire party of 12 people I was watching with) that we were like "ok cool, thankfully its over" It ruined the moment, it killed the buzz for the end because we were all just waiting for it to end. somebody needs to send a message to this company. LESS IS MORE. They seriously need to cut it the out with these 6 hour shows, its TOO MUCH So what? you think the women should be barefoot and pregnant at home, cooking dinner?? Sad that sexism still exists. Just pointing out, it’s you that thinks of women that way, not him. Those thoughts came from your mind
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Post by havoc7179 on Jan 28, 2019 9:38:15 GMT -5
So what? you think the women should be barefoot and pregnant at home, cooking dinner?? Sad that sexism still exists. I want you to highlight where he said this. I want to know exactly where you realized this is what he thinks. Because if they had a jump to conclusions game at the Olympics, you would no doubt have a gold medal. First, I'm not talking just about this thread. I'm literally saying ALL the threads found in various message boards (Wrestling, the Office, the GoodPlace) Second Of all the threads I had to read, Of all the points I've seen people misconstrue, of all the points I've personally misconstrued, this one. This one is the one I can't even begin to see where things got misunderstood. How is this a thing?
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Post by havoc7179 on Jan 28, 2019 9:42:49 GMT -5
So, I had to watch most of the show with the audio turned low because fiancee was trying to sleep while sick. Was the AJ/Bryan match bad? I thought it was well paced and exciting. Was it getting boring chants or something?
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Post by tylerbreezee on Jan 28, 2019 9:43:04 GMT -5
A lot of shenanigans and crap eliminations in the men’s Rumble last night
1. Ambrose was eliminated easily by Black for what purpose? 2. Nia eliminating Mustafa 3. Bobby lasting like 15 seconds in the match 4. Hardy, Mysterio, and Orton treated like jobbers in the match with all three having super weak showings 5. Doing the quickly eliminated gag not once but FOUR times in the damn match with Titus, No Way, Mahal and Lashley. It’s like Vince gets a kick out of it and couldn’t contain himself last night 6. Having technically only 4 surprise entrants when there were what? 17 unannounced spots?
Honestly 1. Jarrett 2. Nakamura 3. Angle 4. Hawkins 5. Mahal 6. Nia 7. Titus 8. No Way Jose Were all wasted spots that could have been given to guys like The Good Brothers, USOS, Bray Wyatt, hell even some cruiserweights!
Don’t get me wrong, it had its moments, loved the winner, but the women’s rumble was so much better and even in the short time some of the girls had, they showcased all their talent
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Post by cordless2016 on Jan 28, 2019 9:44:11 GMT -5
Show was decent, just super long. It's hard to focus on ANYTHING or sit for that long. I think everything went pretty much as expected. I'd have had McIntyre win the Royal Rumble just because I think he's a more (kayfabe) serious threat to Brock just based on how big he is. I didn't realize how big Drew was until he stood next to Strowman a few months ago, and I was shocked. Put him in there with Brock and I'd definitely believe it more than Seth, but I get it if they feel like Drew isn't ready. I don't see them putting the Universal Title on Rollins at WrestleMania, anyway. They'll probably wait until SummerSlam and have McIntyre win it. He'll be ready for sure by the end of August. This is my thought as well. Unless Seth challenges DBry at WM I don’t see him walking out with a title. If they go with Brock/Seth I can see it going on towards the middle of the card with Brock retaining while a women’s title match closes the show. I feel that Seth, Drew, and even Strowman all suffer from the “inferiority complex” caused by the booking of Brock and Roman (before he left). Nobody is seen on those twos levels. The top of Raw is currently Lesnar followed by a bunch of upper mid-carders. Even with Balor’s strong booking last night I feel that the only legit threats to Brock right now are AJ and DBry and both are currently on the other brand.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2019 9:54:37 GMT -5
I want you to highlight where he said this. I want to know exactly where you realized this is what he thinks. Because if they had a jump to conclusions game at the Olympics, you would no doubt have a gold medal. First, I'm not talking just about this thread. I'm literally saying ALL the threads found in various message boards (Wrestling, the Office, the GoodPlace) Second Of all the threads I had to read, Of all the points I've seen people misconstrue, of all the points I've personally misconstrued, this one. This one is the one I can't even begin to see where things got misunderstood. How is this a thing? He or she or whatever loves to bate people and then reports them for disagreeing. I've gotten a few warning bars because of he or she or whatever. I'm curious as to whether or not he or she or whatever has ever almost gotten banned. Because I can guarantee he or she or whatever has yet to receive a warning because he or she or whatever is a mod or admin and this is their second account. This is a theory that's been going on for a while amongst a few members. I think it's about time its cracked wide open.
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Post by havoc7179 on Jan 28, 2019 10:05:35 GMT -5
Show was decent, just super long. It's hard to focus on ANYTHING or sit for that long. I think everything went pretty much as expected. I'd have had McIntyre win the Royal Rumble just because I think he's a more (kayfabe) serious threat to Brock just based on how big he is. I didn't realize how big Drew was until he stood next to Strowman a few months ago, and I was shocked. Put him in there with Brock and I'd definitely believe it more than Seth, but I get it if they feel like Drew isn't ready. I don't see them putting the Universal Title on Rollins at WrestleMania, anyway. They'll probably wait until SummerSlam and have McIntyre win it. He'll be ready for sure by the end of August. This is my thought as well. Unless Seth challenges DBry at WM I don’t see him walking out with a title. If they go with Brock/Seth I can see it going on towards the middle of the card with Brock retaining while a women’s title match closes the show. I feel that Seth, Drew, and even Strowman all suffer from the “inferiority complex” caused by the booking of Brock and Roman (before he left). Nobody is seen on those twos levels. The top of Raw is currently Lesnar followed by a bunch of upper mid-carders. Even with Balor’s strong booking last night I feel that the only legit threats to Brock right now are AJ and DBry and both are currently on the other brand. I will say I agree. Pretty much the only real threats are those on SDLive who aren't now being booked as fodder for Brock or Roman. AJ had the beauty of being booked as fodder before taking off in his feud with Cena. So basically, a lot of Raw guys need to be repaired, and it can't be done without a trip elsewhere.
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Post by marino13 on Jan 28, 2019 10:09:14 GMT -5
Besides the Nia thing & how long it was, I had no issues with the Rumble. I enjoyed myself.
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Post by E N I G M A on Jan 28, 2019 10:19:14 GMT -5
Dolph Ziggler & Nia Jax are the most disapointing surprise entrants in recent Rumble history.
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Post by tg11 on Jan 28, 2019 10:26:00 GMT -5
Let me start off by saying trying to watch pro-wrestling from 5pm-12am is a ridiculous task, maybe even a chore. WWE needs to go back to brand specific PPV's to eliminate the need of trying to fit everyone on each PPV, it's a mess and a huge burden to the show. Onto the show..... - All three women's matches outshined the men's matches 110%. Didn't quite understand why they had Becky tap, but I'm glad they didn't go with Charlotte in the Rumble.
- Did not enjoy the AJ/Bryan match. It had no heat or pacing, and the ending was just straight up weird, and will not work. It was so random and Rowan is so lack of skill that there's no possible way this ends well.
- I've grown apathetic towards Lesnar. I don't hate him, he just exists and offers nothing of substance anymore. Didn't understand the post match beatdown either? If the plan is Rollins/Brock, why not just let Brock steamroll Braun for the thousandth time? Braun's already been pushed to the midcard, so another Lesnar loss won't hurt.
- The men's Royal Rumble was atrocious. I enjoyed the Jarrett/Elias spot but other than that it sucked. To have the roster they have, and continue to waste spots on people who won't be on television for 2 months is pointless. No reason to waste spots on all three members of New Day, No Way Jose, Hawkins, Shelton Benjamin, or Nia Jax (which just sucked horribly).
- I enjoyed Rollins winning, but he had no heat and the crowd didn't really care, hell his celebration looked like he didn't really care either.
The match layout of this show was pretty bad as well. Wish they wouldn't have front-loaded the show with the women, as they were the most compelling matches. If it were up to me, I would have laid it out like this:
- Asuka v. Becky Lynch
- Men's Royal Rumble Match
- Styles v. Bryan
- Rousey v. Banks
- Balor v. Lesnar
- Miz/Shane v. The Bar
- Women's Royal Rumble
Definitely agree that this is how they should have structured it and you know you should definitely write for WWE because you at least know how to organize a Rumble PPV in terms of card order/structure
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Post by blissfan4life on Jan 28, 2019 10:36:11 GMT -5
I want you to highlight where he said this. I want to know exactly where you realized this is what he thinks. Because if they had a jump to conclusions game at the Olympics, you would no doubt have a gold medal. First, I'm not talking just about this thread. I'm literally saying ALL the threads found in various message boards (Wrestling, the Office, the GoodPlace) Second Of all the threads I had to read, Of all the points I've seen people misconstrue, of all the points I've personally misconstrued, this one. This one is the one I can't even begin to see where things got misunderstood. How is this a thing? eh an overreaction response to an overreaction post, complaining about how WWE is turning into a Women's wrestling company, when that is far from the case.
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Jan 28, 2019 10:45:41 GMT -5
WWE Royal Rumble January 27th, 2019 | Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona | Attendance: 48,193
Non-Title Match: WWE Raw Tag Team Champions Bobby Roode and Chad Gable vs. Rezar and Scott Dawson w/ Drake Maverick A last minute addition to the card. With Akam out, Rezar still wanted the titles and so did the Revival, so this was what we got. A win for Dawson and Rezar would put both of their teams in title contention. Interesting idea. Also, this match screams 2016 NXT. Gable started hot but ended up playing the face in peril. Rezar and Dawson worked better together than you’d probably expect. However, a miscommunication led to a Gable moonsault that got his guys the win in 6:54. Fine enough for a thrown together match. [**]
WWE United States Championship: Rusev [c] w/ Lana vs. Shinsuke Nakamura These two have crazy good chemistry. Their Fastlane match last year ruled, their Crown Jewel match was solid, and the title change on Smackdown was great. That trend continued. Their exchanges were crisp and the strikes looked stiff. Rusev had an awesome spot where he countered a guillotine into a vertical suplex. It did seem like Rusev tapped while in the movie but nothing came of it. Nakamura untied the turnbuckle pad, so Lana got on the apron to yell at him. They argued and Rusev accidentally knocked her off the apron. She fell and held her ankle in pain. Nakamura hit the Kinshasa to the back and regained the title in 10:13. Nakamura should’ve had his WWE Title feud with Rusev instead of AJ Styles because they work way better together. [***½]
WWE Cruiserweight Championship: Buddy Murphy [c] vs. Akira Tozawa vs. Hideo Itami vs. Kalisto Right off the bat, this was the kind of match I expected from these guys. Lots of action, a crazy pace, and big spots. You could tell a lot of thought went into setting this up. Multiple guys were used for big moments, including one that saw Tozawa hit Kalisto with a tope suicida that sent Murphy into the guardrail with a rana. This wasn’t your typical multi-man match where only two guys were in the ring at a time for most of it. Murphy retained in a wild 12:06 with Murphy’s Law on Itami. It had some sloppy moments, but this was fantastic. So much fun, nonstop action, and a hell of a way to end the Kickoff Show. [****]
WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship: Asuka [c] vs. Becky Lynch Time for the main show. What a way to start. Often, people online complain (go figure) about WWE copping out of big matches with cheap finishes. That wasn’t the case here. Two red hot Superstars went out, had a classic, and we got a clean finish. This was an intense match. Everything they did not only looked great, but seemed vicious. From the hard hitting strikes to the submission exchanges. I loved the moment when Asuka put on a Dis-Arm-Her and Becky did the Asuka Lock. The finish was outstanding, with Asuka applying a modified Asuka Lock that turned into some kind of Cattle Mutilation. Becky tapped in 17:08. This, Ricochet/Gargano, and Omega/Tanahashi are in early MOTY contention. A phenomenal match from start to finish in front of a hot crowd. [****½]
WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship: The Bar [c] vs. The Miz and Shane McMahon I love The Miz. This storyline hasn’t fully clicked with me, but I’m enjoying where it seems to be headed. Anyway, I’ve seen folks get upset that Cesaro isn’t pushed as a singles star but I’m not getting that. Dude is the greatest tag team wrestler I’ve ever seen. This is where he belongs. He’s so good here. Miz took the heat, setting up the hot tag to Shane. Even with that, Cesaro caught his Coast to Coast attempt with an old fashioned Cesaro Swing. It had like 20 rotations, which he hasn’t done in a long time. Sheamus accidentally kicked Cesaro in the end, ate a Skull Crushing Finale, and Shane hit a Shooting Star Press to win the titles in 13:00. Good stuff. The Bar work seamlessly with almost everyone. Miz and Shane had good chemistry and that ending was clever. [***]
WWE Raw Women’s Championship: Ronda Rousey [c] vs. Sasha Banks A lot of hype for this one. Sasha Banks finally getting another crack at the top after doing a lot of nothing in 2018. This told a wonderful story. Sasha was game and prepared for everything Ronda threw at her. She’d counter or match each move. Ronda punched the LED ring post outside, setting up some arm work. Ronda gave us some of the best selling of her short career in this one. It helped make Sasha look like even more of a threat. At one point, Sasha applied an armbar that looked a million times more brutal than anything Ronda does. Seriously, it was Zack Sabre Jr. levels of sick. They had some sloppy moments but it came off like they were exhausted from the fight, which I appreciated. Sasha became, I believe, Ronda’s first pinfall victim, losing to Piper’s Pit rather than the Armbar after 13:48. Very good match and Ronda’s second best singles match. [***¾]
Women’s Royal Rumble The mark of a great Royal Rumble is to keep me invested. Last year, all the nostalgia pops helped do that for the Women’s Rumble. This year, we didn’t really have any but the match was still a lot of fun. Lacey Evans (#1) got some shine for a while and Natalya (#2) broke Sasha’s mark for longest lasting competitor at 56:01. Liv Morgan (#4) had the shortest time in at eight seconds. I liked how they added to the Mandy Rose (#3) and Naomi (#16) rivalry, with Mandy cheaply eliminating her. Billie Kay (#7) and Peyton Royce (#9) worked very well together in their short time in. We got plenty of surprise NXT entrants, including Xia Li (#11), Kairi Sane (#14), Candice LeRae (#17), Kacy Catanzaro (#19), Io Shirai (#23), and Rhea Ripley (#24). Kacy had the biggest highlight, besting anything survival spot Kofi Kingston has ever done. You need to see it because it was spectacular. Zelina Vega (#20), with a nod to Street Fighter’s Vega during her entrance, was a fun entrant that saw her hide under the ring only to be chased away by Hornswoggle. Lana (#28) took a bump during the Kickoff Show to give her a bad ankle. She couldn’t make it to the ring and was also attacked by Nia Jax (#29). Becky Lynch showed up and petitioned Finlay to take Lana’s spot since she couldn’t compete. Finlay agreed and Becky was in. It came down to her, Nia, Charlotte, and a surprisingly game Bayley (#27). Eventually, we got Charlotte against Becky. With a bad leg after a Nia attack, Becky managed to dump out Charlotte and win to a thunderous ovation in 71:24. A long Rumble but one filled with entertaining moments. My girlfriend is a casual viewer and she was engaged throughout. That counts for something. One thing that sucked during this was the camerawork. They kept cutting away at the wrong times and missing key moments. [****]
WWE Championship: Daniel Bryan [c] vs. AJ Styles Their match at TLC was one of the best of 2018. This wasn’t that. I understand starting off slowly. The fans were molten and worn out after the Becky Lynch win and a long Rumble. You should start slow and pick up, giving the fans a chance to rest. However, this never picked up. It just remained a match that was kind of there. Technically, they did nothing wrong. Everything was crisp, had a point, and well executed. It was just boring and no end seemed to be in sight. Erick Rowan confused and surprised everyone by walking out during this match. He got involved following a ref bump and hit AJ with a lame looking chokeslam. Bryan covered following that weakness and won in 24:33. Difficult to rate because it really wasn’t bad at all, but it failed at what it needed to do. Nobody cared what was happening and the Rowan stuff went off like a wet fart. Good in-ring stuff, but nowhere near what they’re capable of. [***]
WWE Universal Championship: Brock Lesnar [c] w/ Paul Heyman vs. Finn Balor Logically, this would kind of be the time to bust out the Demon. However, he seems to save that for bitter feuds and this wasn’t that. Anyway, Brock is fantastic against smaller opponents. He’s vastly better against Bryan, Styles, Punk, and Finn than he is with Show, Braun, or Roman. Here, Finn shot out of the gates, which was the opposite of what Bryan did at Survivor Series. Brock turned it around, only to crash into the table and have his DIVERTICULITIS flare up. I love it. That made it so Brock could never dominate Finn the way he wanted to. It gave us a fresh feeling Brock match. Finn added something extra to every move, especially his dives to the outside. However, he got caught in the Kimura and submitted in 8:36. I loved that. It told one hell of a story in one of the best sprints ever. They wasted no motion and the match made total sense. [****¼]
Post-match, an insecure Brock attacked Finn Balor. He was clearly not pleased that he couldn’t beat Finn the way he wanted to.
Men’s Royal Rumble Last year, we got one of the best Royal Rumbles in history. This wasn’t on that level, but was still very good. It started with a fun little exchange between Elias (#1) and Jeff Jarrett (#2). Johnny Gargano (#6), Pete Dunne (#17), and Aleister Black (#21) were our NXT entrants. Looking at the list of entrants, this was one hell of a collection of talent. The roster is so loaded. Kurt Angle (#4), Samoa Joe (#8), Seth Rollins (#10), Kofi Kingston (#12), Mustafa Ali (#13), Drew McIntyre (#16), Andrade (#19), Jeff Hardy (#24), Rey Mysterio (#25), and the list goes on and on. I loved watching them interact, especially those who don’t often get to do so. Kofi kind of flubbed his two elimination saving spots and I think he hit the floor on both. Lashley (#26) got eliminated almost instantly by Seth and then put him through a table. No Way Jose (#15) lasted about a second, while Titus O’Neil (#11) played off his infamous tripping moment. Nia Jax took out R-Truth (#30) and stole his spot, making her the fourth woman in Men’s Rumble history. She threw out Ali (who got revenge on Joe by eliminating him) and I was wondering if any men would actually hit her. They did. She ate a Dolph Ziggler (#28) superkick, Randy Orton (#29) RKO, and 619. Andrade had a big moment throwing out Orton, while Black eliminated Ambrose for his memorable spot. It came down to Andrade, Braun Strowman (#27), Seth, and Ziggler. Andrade and Dolph were dispatched. Seth and Braun had a short battle over the final spot, won out by Seth with a dope Curb Stomp on the apron at 57:24. A really fun Rumble featuring an absurd amount of talent. A lot of great new stars got to shine (Andrade, Gargano, Ali, Black), some of the comedy worked, and it was enjoyable throughout. [***¾]
Overall: 8.5/10. I’ll get the bad out of the way. The show was crazy long. Bryan/AJ dragged. The opener on the Kickoff Show was kind of just there. But, everything else got at least *** and a whopping SEVEN matches ranked at ***½ or higher. The Rumbles were a blast and the right people won both of them. Finn/Brock ruled, the Cruiserweight Title was a banger, the US and Raw Women’s Title matches were very good, and Asuka/Becky is a MOTY contender. Hell of a show.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2019 10:51:06 GMT -5
So, I had to watch most of the show with the audio turned low because fiancee was trying to sleep while sick. Was the AJ/Bryan match bad? I thought it was well paced and exciting. Was it getting boring chants or something? I didn't hear boring chants. Heck I didn't hear much of anything. The crowd was just dead during that match because after 3 hours of action that included an exciting women's Royal Rumble match, it burns you out. These shows are way too long. I'm going to wrestlemania, is that show going to last 6 hours? I mean the main show, I don't count pre-show. The main portion of this show was 5 long hours!
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Post by Team Madness on Jan 28, 2019 10:54:12 GMT -5
Way tooo much Women’s Wrestling.....By the time the men’s rumble got started I wa soo burnt out that it ruined the rumble for me. Other than that I though the show wasn’t bad. On a side note, Becky Lynch is the Elias of the Women’s Division, cuts a good promo and you want to cheer for them but they lose way more than they win. lmao Becky hasn't lost much lately. Also can we stop bitching about the Women wrestling? they have the right to wrestle and put on better matches than the men. It was literally half the show of a big 4 ppv. Just give them their own ppv and everyone would be happy.
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