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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 26, 2020 23:35:05 GMT -5
Joe's still a bitch, also. Is there ANY hope for him really. Him and Cesaro are pretty much damaged goods at this point. Cesaro more so then Joe
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Post by jivesoulbrah on Jan 26, 2020 23:35:06 GMT -5
They really couldn’t find anyone better than generic bald guys #1 and #2 from the OC to put in the rumble? They felt so out of place in that last half. Why not Andrade? Sheamus? AOP? More surprise entrants?
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Post by stealthamo on Jan 26, 2020 23:36:30 GMT -5
For context, I haven't regularly watched in a few years. I always check out the Rumble, and sometimes my brother will have something on when I'm over at his place.
I get what they were going for in the first half, and I feel like it's something that is interesting in theory but flawed in execution. The second half was fine, though not too much stood out outside of Edge's return and Drew pulling out the win. Not the worst win ever, but definitely not high up the list of Rumble matches.
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Post by No One on Jan 26, 2020 23:36:45 GMT -5
I thought it was fun.
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Post by chrom on Jan 26, 2020 23:36:55 GMT -5
Joe's still a bitch, also. Is there ANY hope for him really. Him and Cesaro are pretty much damaged goods at this point. Joe's beyond salvaging
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Post by Pensacola Tableheads on Jan 26, 2020 23:37:34 GMT -5
I'm not angry about Roman losing. I adore the guy but I wasn't going to be upset if he lost to someone who made sense. Drew makes sense and I also like Drew and am happy that he's finally getting a chance. I'm angry about them finding a way to get Roman booed again. I'm angrier that so many good talents got squandered. I'm angrier still because it was Brock who did most of the squandering. And what makes me angriest is the fact that WWE isn't going to learn a f***ing thing from this. Triple H may be as ruthless as Vince when it comes to business but he'd be a f***ing hell of a lot better running the company. I'm going to be upset for a while, sorry. I like the way they use Roman tho They know fans are still against him in a sense and just like with Nak, eliminating him got the biggest pop imaginable for the other person They have been using Roman "right" in terms of helping others which is what he wants as well I guess it's that part of me that's still the unbearably obnoxious Roman megafan that is pissed off about it. The part of me that thinks rationally agrees with you. It's just that everything else about how that match went down is what has me the most upset.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Jan 26, 2020 23:38:36 GMT -5
They really couldn’t find anyone better than generic bald guys #1 and #2 from the OC to put in the rumble? They felt so out of place in that last half. Andrade? Sheamus? AOP? More surprise entrants? I feel like AJ's elimination was a botch due to an injury, and that caused the OC's role in the match got messed up.
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Post by Wieners=$$$ on Jan 26, 2020 23:38:44 GMT -5
Drew finally being made a star I really just see Drew as 100% talentless. He's tall and has nothing else going for him whatsoever. OFFICER: Number 1, please step forward. LIZUKA: Yeah, no. Sorry. He's tall, I guess, but he's not the guy.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball☝🏻 on Jan 26, 2020 23:39:04 GMT -5
Loved it. Something compelling for a change. The rest of the show I was bored shitless.
Sorry, the Women’s Rumble has to go. Give them the match in their own PPV or hire and promote enough women to get you to 30. I have no f***ing clue who these women are and don’t care because they’re all the same with minor adjustments. One is Dr. Pepper and then there’s Mr. Pibb. Just because they dye their hair a different wacky color doesn’t disguise that.
The rest of the card was just plain boring.
The Men’s Rumble was excellent. Something we haven’t seen before. The WWE Champion dominating jobbers, let’s face all those guys are. The guy who takes Brock our sets up Mania and they didn’t puss out and have Roman win because they could have gotten to Brock v. Drew by the elimination.
It saved the PPV.
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Post by RKTaker on Jan 26, 2020 23:39:07 GMT -5
That first 30 mins was not entertaining with Brock tossing everyone out like JabronisSecond half was fun with the mighty return of Edge and Drew looking like an animal but yeah they did not book this right at all Shout to Drew tho he looked like a star like you didn't know that was gonna happen?
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 26, 2020 23:39:58 GMT -5
Loved it. Something compelling for a change. The rest of the show I was bored shitless. Sorry, the Women’s Rumble has to go. Give them the match in their own PPV or hire and promote enough women to get you to 30. I have no f***ing clue who these women are and don’t care because they’re all the same with minor adjustments. One is Dr. Pepper and then there’s Mr. Pibb. Just because they dye their hair a different wacky color doesn’t disguise that. That reads so wrong
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 26, 2020 23:40:18 GMT -5
That first 30 mins was not entertaining with Brock tossing everyone out like JabronisSecond half was fun with the mighty return of Edge and Drew looking like an animal but yeah they did not book this right at all Shout to Drew tho he looked like a star like you didn't know that was gonna happen? I expected 15 mins not 30
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Post by No One on Jan 26, 2020 23:42:47 GMT -5
Absolutely loved the whole thing. The Brock sequence was hilarious and genuinely unique, Edge came back and had some great interactions with Orton; MVP appeared and to cap it off someone who grew up a few miles down the road from me is going to main event mania. Never thought I would see the day. Loved it. Exactly. Lesnar did a lot of fun things; chasing down Elias, reuniting with Benjamin, his reaction to Keith Lee,his effort against Mysterio and Co.,and his elimination were very entertaining.
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Post by Brian Suntan on Jan 26, 2020 23:42:49 GMT -5
The Brock section had good points... Big E sparking a fightback, the Keith Lee staredown, dancing to MVP's theme music, hugging it out with Shelton. I don't subscribe to the notion that being thrown over the top rope automatically makes you look a chump and negates everything else.
That said, Kofi did look like a chump and that criticism is totally valid. They basically confirmed that their last match was no fluke and he has no business being in the ring with Lesnar. Which is a shame. Also, there were a few too many pointless eliminations that didn't add anything.
But then the second half was good. Edge's return was an all-time moment, Orton was hilarious, Seth is great back in his role and while I'm not sold on Drew at all, different is good. It was average at worst.
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Post by Mayonnaise on Jan 26, 2020 23:43:33 GMT -5
They really couldn’t find anyone better than generic bald guys #1 and #2 from the OC to put in the rumble? They felt so out of place in that last half. Andrade? Sheamus? AOP? More surprise entrants? I feel like AJ's elimination was a botch due to an injury, and that caused the OC's role in the match got messed up. Yeah the AJ bit seem to have thrown things off a bit. There was a bit of a pause while they were trying to get from back of what to do.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball☝🏻 on Jan 26, 2020 23:43:44 GMT -5
Loved it. Something compelling for a change. The rest of the show I was bored shitless. Sorry, the Women’s Rumble has to go. Give them the match in their own PPV or hire and promote enough women to get you to 30. I have no f***ing clue who these women are and don’t care because they’re all the same with minor adjustments. One is Dr. Pepper and then there’s Mr. Pibb. Just because they dye their hair a different wacky color doesn’t disguise that. That reads so wrong You know what I mean.
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Post by cabbageboy on Jan 26, 2020 23:44:26 GMT -5
There's also this to consider. We just had to watch an hour long women's Rumble and then they follow it with....another women's match! Good grief, how does stuff like that even get past an initial booking meeting? The Bayley/Lacey crap should have just been on SD or on the preshow since no one cared, it had no heat, and it literally followed the women's Rumble. Look, we don't need both women's titles defended on every PPV. No one cares. Stop it.
The first half of the men's Rumble was trash, I will agree there. It was just about having Lesnar kill everyone and it went on way too long for something so obvious. I can see letting him squash 4-5 jobber guys, but stomping the tag champions, the IC champ, and a guy just making his return to a solid push (Morrison) was just idiocy. Once Drew rid us of the plague I started caring again, and then the Edge return really turned it around.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2020 23:47:46 GMT -5
There's also this to consider. We just had to watch an hour long women's Rumble and then they follow it with....another women's match! Good grief, how does stuff like that even get past an initial booking meeting? The Bayley/Lacey crap should have just been on SD or on the preshow since no one cared, it had no heat, and it literally followed the women's Rumble. Look, we don't need both women's titles defended on every PPV. No one cares. Stop it. I mean, Lacey / Bayley sucked, but that's because it's Lacey Evans and Bayley. The women's Rumble was great and while it was kind of hard to be invested in it due to how obvious the booking was Asuka / Becky was pretty good.
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Post by Instant Classic on Jan 26, 2020 23:50:31 GMT -5
Once Brock was out of there it was a damn good rumble.
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Post by Matt on Jan 26, 2020 23:51:02 GMT -5
I found the Brock half very compelling. There were real stakes attached. I prefer it to the formula of Newest Entrant Does His Spots followed by a million skin-the-cats. I agree with this. I knew what it would be but Brock made it fun.
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