Warriah'
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Post by Warriah' on Jan 31, 2022 8:51:55 GMT -5
Last night’s mens rumble match was pretty bad, but still not the worst one in recent memory for me… 1. 2015 - Absolute dogcrap. We all knew what Vince was doing. And even if he didn’t want Bryan to win, you had other hot acts like Ambrose, Rusev, Wyatt, and Ziggler. But nah, have Kane and Show dump everyone out so Roman looks really, really strong in victory. You also knew things are bad when Roman couldn’t even get a rub via The Rock. 2. 2022 - Just like 2015, we knew who was winning as soon as Brock/Lashley ended. The lack of star power in the WWE was evident, and nobody came out looking good outside of Brock. 3. 2011 - Everyone knew ADR was winning this despite him not being over what so ever. Some of the returns like Booker and Diesel were cool, but 40 entrants was overkill, especially considering we knew who was winning. 2014 was annoying due to Bryan not winning, but it led to an amazing rise for him and a defining moment at WM30. I can’t put that worse than the three above. I binged every rumble on the lead up to this year's, and the worst of all time was easily 2018. It was just very very boring. 15 and 11 were runners up, even worse than 95.
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Post by Evil Abed on Jan 31, 2022 9:00:41 GMT -5
Its going to be interesting to see how many outside women WWE can find next year to fill the Rumble. I can't imagine anyone looked at how the "outside talent" was treated this year and said I want to come back for that.
Melina — Lasted 53 seconds Kelly Kelly — Lasted 1 Minute 5 Seconds Cameron — Lasted 51 seconds Ivory — Lasted 25 seconds Summer Rae — Lasted 52 seconds Sarah Logan — Lasted 43 seconds Molly Holly — Lasted 20 seconds Mickie James — Got the biggest pop of the night for the Women aside from Ronda and got attacked before she could even get in the ring by WWE lifer Michelle McCool to further crap on her
To put things into perspective, the guy who lasted the shortest amount of time in the Men's rumble was Johnny Knoxville and he survived almost 30 seconds longer than Kelly Kelly who of all people had the longest time in the ring of people on this list other than Mickie James.
If it is true, Lana and the IIconics were smart to stay far away from this clown show.
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Post by Evil Abed on Jan 31, 2022 9:06:10 GMT -5
Last night’s mens rumble match was pretty bad, but still not the worst one in recent memory for me… 1. 2015 - Absolute dogcrap. We all knew what Vince was doing. And even if he didn’t want Bryan to win, you had other hot acts like Ambrose, Rusev, Wyatt, and Ziggler. But nah, have Kane and Show dump everyone out so Roman looks really, really strong in victory. You also knew things are bad when Roman couldn’t even get a rub via The Rock. 2. 2022 - Just like 2015, we knew who was winning as soon as Brock/Lashley ended. The lack of star power in the WWE was evident, and nobody came out looking good outside of Brock. 3. 2011 - Everyone knew ADR was winning this despite him not being over what so ever. Some of the returns like Booker and Diesel were cool, but 40 entrants was overkill, especially considering we knew who was winning. 2014 was annoying due to Bryan not winning, but it led to an amazing rise for him and a defining moment at WM30. I can’t put that worse than the three above. I binged every rumble on the lead up to this year's, and the worst of all time was easily 2018. It was just very very boring. 15 and 11 were runners up, even worse than 95. '18 is no where near the worst of all time for me. The thing about Rumbles is how well its put together. You gotta have some surprises, some first time matchups, some entertainment, a bit of mystery to who will win at the end. I felt like 2018 had all of that. Surprises — Adam Cole, Andrade, Mysterio / Entertainment — Heath Slater segment, Elias entrance, all the future stars attacking Cena upon entrance / Mystery for winner — Reigns, Nakamura, Cena, Balor all could have won the way they were booked. I don't know if 2022 is THE worst but its up there. Suprises — closest we got was McIntyre since everything else was announced (Knoxville, Shane, etc...), Entertainment — didn't find any (guess Knoxville was about as close as it got), Mystery winner (knew it was Brock before the match even started, didn't help that in the final few you had Orton/Riddle who weren't gonna win and Shane/Bad Bunny who certainly weren't gonna win).
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Post by cordless2016 on Jan 31, 2022 10:02:49 GMT -5
Last night’s mens rumble match was pretty bad, but still not the worst one in recent memory for me… 1. 2015 - Absolute dogcrap. We all knew what Vince was doing. And even if he didn’t want Bryan to win, you had other hot acts like Ambrose, Rusev, Wyatt, and Ziggler. But nah, have Kane and Show dump everyone out so Roman looks really, really strong in victory. You also knew things are bad when Roman couldn’t even get a rub via The Rock. 2. 2022 - Just like 2015, we knew who was winning as soon as Brock/Lashley ended. The lack of star power in the WWE was evident, and nobody came out looking good outside of Brock. 3. 2011 - Everyone knew ADR was winning this despite him not being over what so ever. Some of the returns like Booker and Diesel were cool, but 40 entrants was overkill, especially considering we knew who was winning. 2014 was annoying due to Bryan not winning, but it led to an amazing rise for him and a defining moment at WM30. I can’t put that worse than the three above. I binged every rumble on the lead up to this year's, and the worst of all time was easily 2018. It was just very very boring. 15 and 11 were runners up, even worse than 95. While 1995 is near the bottom of my list due to the lack of star power and moments, the match did move fast and it was cool to see both HBK and Bulldog run the gauntlet and make it to the final 2.
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kinnikuman
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Post by kinnikuman on Jan 31, 2022 11:37:01 GMT -5
Out of everything, I’m most confused by why people didn’t like the finish to Seth vs Roman. It continues the story. Roman let emotions get the best of him. Seth got into his head unlike anyone has been able to. Roman still hasn’t beat Seth when it really matters. Rollins is doing amazing character work. It could be argued he only wants chaos. I’m so excited to see where they go next as we still have months before Mania. Because in a Big 3 PPV match you want a finish ... not a DQ. This is supposed to be professional wrestling, WWE marks tell me. And if your best matches you give your audience are on PPV, well then give me a pin, not some continuing story like it's a soap opera. Have Seth take the pin then have Roman destroy him afterward. It's not rocket science.
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Post by hitmancmedge on Jan 31, 2022 12:05:46 GMT -5
At one point there was a pitch for Riddle to win the rumble and have it be Lashley vs Riddle vs Orton at mania.
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Post by rkmo: Cheats & Geeks on Jan 31, 2022 12:24:24 GMT -5
At one point there was a pitch for Riddle to win the rumble and have it be Lashley vs Riddle vs Orton at mania. Well WWE went and scooted him out of that push. ...Get it? Because he rides a scooter... I'll see myself out.
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Post by McBlake on Jan 31, 2022 12:26:32 GMT -5
Because in a Big 3 PPV match you want a finish ... not a DQ. This is supposed to be professional wrestling, WWE marks tell me. And if your best matches you give your audience are on PPV, well then give me a pin, not some continuing story like it's a soap opera. Have Seth take the pin then have Roman destroy him afterward. It's not rocket science. Pay the WWE boot licker no attention. Seth wouldn’t have been hurt if he lost. How's this guy not been banned yet?
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Post by finnbalor1 on Jan 31, 2022 12:29:56 GMT -5
Riddle winning wouldve been great,I don't know how I feel about the triple threat but I would gladly trade that for what we got. Hopefully a big push is still in the cards for Riddle after him and RANDYYY goes their separate ways.
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Post by hitmancmedge on Jan 31, 2022 12:58:02 GMT -5
Pay the WWE boot licker no attention. Seth wouldn’t have been hurt if he lost. How's this guy not been banned yet? He goes after people, we all make it clear we don’t want him here, he is the same a**hole who claimed Roman faked Leukemia and then Covid last month. Like he is a bad wrestling fan. He is bad for this site, just ban him
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Post by hitmancmedge on Jan 31, 2022 13:01:49 GMT -5
I am torn on them breaking up RKBro, after The Bloodline and Lesner they have been the best booked thing in the wwe the past year. I don’t want it to end but this inevitable feud does belong on the big mania stage, they both earned it for their work.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2022 13:08:51 GMT -5
Pay the WWE boot licker no attention. Seth wouldn’t have been hurt if he lost. How's this guy not been banned yet? If next man's blah blah doesn't get axed, can't really axe this guy for doing the exact same shtick just in the opposite direction. I'd say just can em both but 🤷♀️.
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Jan 31, 2022 13:14:05 GMT -5
Reigns vs Rollins was MOTN and MOTY so far, damn what a match! The crowd loved it and I was really into it from the get go. I loved the Shield entrance, Shield attire, Shield bomb, near falls and even the ending made a lot of sense in order to protect em both.
I’d love to see Reigns vs Rollins in the main event of WM at least once or twice in the future.
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Post by Sizzle on Jan 31, 2022 13:49:05 GMT -5
From what I saw the Royal Rumble was just fine.. Nothing spectacular about the show aside from the first match and a few of the returns for me. The Universal title match was really fun and the direction of Seth's character is outstanding I'm really loving it right now. The finish, while not conclusive and a little disappointing, is something I'm fine with because it continues the fact that Rollins has a very hard time beating Rollins, especially in big matches, and both men looked like beasts.
The Becky Lynch and Doudrop match was good but I never really thought anything significant was happening in it.
The main topic of discussion since the show has been the Rumble matches and their lack of quality obviously and while I did think they were lackluster, the men's Rumble definitely picked up in the latter half with Bad Bunny, Shane McMahon, and Riddle being some highlights for me. Bad Bunny has been one of the most surprising things in wrestling recently and I'm really happy to have seen him show up. Unfortunately, the rest of the match was really weak especially Brock just dumping the final guys like Drew.. The result I'm not entirely upset about though because this has been being built for quite a while now and I'm looking forward to this chapter of the Reigns/Lesnar story. I am really looking forward to the WWE title match at Elimination Chamber and Wrestlemania, too. Excited to see where they go with that.
Overall not the best show but there were definitely some things I liked about it.
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kinnikuman
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Post by kinnikuman on Jan 31, 2022 14:07:37 GMT -5
Why weren't the Usos in the Rumble?
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Post by CM Tusk on Jan 31, 2022 14:20:17 GMT -5
Out of everything, I’m most confused by why people didn’t like the finish to Seth vs Roman. It continues the story. Roman let emotions get the best of him. Seth got into his head unlike anyone has been able to. Roman still hasn’t beat Seth when it really matters. Rollins is doing amazing character work. It could be argued he only wants chaos. I’m so excited to see where they go next as we still have months before Mania. Because in a Big 3 PPV match you want a finish ... not a DQ. This is supposed to be professional wrestling, WWE marks tell me. And if your best matches you give your audience are on PPV, well then give me a pin, not some continuing story like it's a soap opera. Have Seth take the pin then have Roman destroy him afterward. It's not rocket science. If Roman pins Seth, people complain when Seth gets the rematch. Seth isn’t going to beat Roman here either. Pro wrestling is and has always been a soap opera. The story is continuing. Apparently it is rocket science to you…..
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Hoobies
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Post by Hoobies on Jan 31, 2022 14:21:27 GMT -5
At one point there was a pitch for Riddle to win the rumble and have it be Lashley vs Riddle vs Orton at mania. I saw Riddle was the original winner but didn't read the article. Did it say the plan was Lashley/Riddle/Orton? Because to me the more logical thing would be have Riddle win the Rumble, then have Orton win the Title at the Chamber so we get Orton/Riddle.
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Hoobies
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Post by Hoobies on Jan 31, 2022 14:28:31 GMT -5
Per PWInsider, Tyson Kidd and Triple H not being there were two major reasons why the Rumble matches felt different this year.
"In the past, HHH would be involved with in an advisory role of sorts, often making Rumble changes to accentuate certain talents and make sure there were little "moments" or highlights after the grand scheme for the Rumble had been locked in." - PWInsider
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kinnikuman
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Post by kinnikuman on Jan 31, 2022 14:45:36 GMT -5
Because in a Big 3 PPV match you want a finish ... not a DQ. This is supposed to be professional wrestling, WWE marks tell me. And if your best matches you give your audience are on PPV, well then give me a pin, not some continuing story like it's a soap opera. Have Seth take the pin then have Roman destroy him afterward. It's not rocket science. If Roman pins Seth, people complain when Seth gets the rematch. Seth isn’t going to beat Roman here either. Pro wrestling is and has always been a soap opera. The story is continuing. Apparently it is rocket science to you….. You missed the point, but that's ok. Seems to be par for the course with you.
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Post by hitmancmedge on Jan 31, 2022 15:09:25 GMT -5
At one point there was a pitch for Riddle to win the rumble and have it be Lashley vs Riddle vs Orton at mania. I saw Riddle was the original winner but didn't read the article. Did it say the plan was Lashley/Riddle/Orton? Because to me the more logical thing would be have Riddle win the Rumble, then have Orton win the Title at the Chamber so we get Orton/Riddle. There was a story from wrestlevotes about there only being a few writers who actually want to split them up, and have them feud over the title. But there are people pitching for them to go for the title without feuding for it, which I assume that means triple threat.
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