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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jan 5, 2021 14:01:15 GMT -5
So does Edge return again at the Rumble and eliminate Orton ala Edge/Jericho 2010? Itβs possible. Man, Ortonβs got a lot of dangling plot threads, hasnβt he?
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Post by EunΓΆs β on Jan 7, 2021 5:13:21 GMT -5
Something I was hoping they would do in last years Rumble but never did was have the 24/7 title change hands about 3 or 4 times during the Rumble Match itself.
Kind of like a match inside a match if you will. Like when the 2001 briefly turned into a Hardcore Match.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Jan 7, 2021 23:02:46 GMT -5
Sky Bet are currently offering odds of 66/1 on former Norwich City striker Grant Holt to win the Royal Rumble, which is a bit silly. Obviously if any English football player is going to win it's going to be Ade Akinfenwa. You Englishfellas and your references I don't understand.
Obviously this Rumble is going to be taken by Pat Mcafee given his NFL creds. He was a punter, but he was there.
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Post by Von Wagner's Brownies on Jan 8, 2021 23:03:52 GMT -5
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Post by Chiral on Jan 9, 2021 4:38:21 GMT -5
Hey I kinda called it! When was the last time we had a Hardcore Holly tier Rumble challenger? It might be a fun month long storyline to give Reigns an apparent no chance undercard guy to bring back the tradition.
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Post by msc on Jan 9, 2021 5:52:13 GMT -5
Roman Reigns v Adam Pearce is such a Promotion Wars Royal Rumble title match when you wanted to put all your stars in the Rumble itself...
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Post by Hypnosis on Jan 9, 2021 7:53:52 GMT -5
Pearce in that graphic looking like he's saying:"Well, this isn't going to be fun."
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Post by Susan "Poison" Candy on Jan 9, 2021 8:49:19 GMT -5
From all time jobber to business man to being in a WWE Universal title match. I guess anything can happen in WWE
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Post by thetower52 on Jan 9, 2021 12:25:14 GMT -5
The f***.....go scrap daddy go
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Post by msc on Jan 11, 2021 10:17:16 GMT -5
Thinking about the Rumbles, and who should/could make them.
The womens Rumble is a lot easier. There's 23 active women on the main roster, 4 will be in title matches, so likely the vast chunk of NXTs womens division make it in. (Sod the virus, else we could have hoped for Kay Lee fn Ray too)
Should Make it - Dakota Kai, Io Shirai, Rhea Ripley, Toni Storm, Shotzi, Candice (if well), Ember Moon Could make it - Indi Hartwell, Kayden, Kacy, Raquel, Xia Li, Mercedes Martinez.
Mens Rumble
RAW Announced - AJ Styles, Lashley, Randy Orton Should Make it - Andrade (if fit), Angel Garza, Keith Lee, Ricochet, Sheamus Could Make it - MVP/Shelton/Cedric (depends their Lashley story), Braun (if fit), The Fiend, Drew Gulak, Elias, Gran Metalik, Jeff Hardy, Morrison/Miz, New Day, Retribution, Riddle, R-Truth
SMACKDOWN Announced - Daniel Bryan, Otis Should Make It - Big E, Cesaro, Nakamura, Dominik, Rey, Murphy, Seth Rollins, Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens, Jey Uso Could Make It - Aleistar Black (if saved from black hole), Street Profits, Apollo Crews, Chad Gable, Ziggler/Roode, Jimmy Uso (if fit), Kalisto, King Corbin
NXT Likeliest contenders (imo) - Damian Priest, Adam Cole, Grimes (if fit), Dexter Lumis, Balor, Johnny Gargano, Karrion Kross, Pete Dunne/Pat McAfee, Ciampa, Tim Thatcher - pick any 2-4 of those and yer gold.
In short, 5 announced, 15 spots that really ought to be filled by the likely candidates, and 10 other spots for NXT, any possible surprises and names from the Could Make It list.
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Post by fw91 on Jan 11, 2021 22:36:07 GMT -5
Okay, the comic book graphics are killer
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2021 17:17:25 GMT -5
When it comes to main roster I only watch ppvs so the last thing I watched was TLC.
How the f*** did Adam Pierce come out of nowhere and get a title shot? If he can just randomly get a title shot, why do the actual active roster guys have to win the Rumble to get one?
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jan 13, 2021 17:22:58 GMT -5
When it comes to main roster I only watch ppvs so the last thing I watched was TLC. How the f*** did Adam Pierce come out of nowhere and get a title shot? If he can just randomly get a title shot, why do the actual active roster guys have to win the Rumble to get one? It makes sense in context. Reigns wanted to punish Pearce for making Jey Uso fight Kevin Owens, so he ended up as the last guy in a gauntlet match for the title shot. Reigns and Uso laid out him and the other guy left (Shinsuke Nakamura) and put Pearce on top of Nakamura to have him win the match.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2021 21:40:23 GMT -5
When it comes to main roster I only watch ppvs so the last thing I watched was TLC. How the f*** did Adam Pierce come out of nowhere and get a title shot? If he can just randomly get a title shot, why do the actual active roster guys have to win the Rumble to get one? It makes sense in context. Reigns wanted to punish Pearce for making Jey Uso fight Kevin Owens, so he ended up as the last guy in a gauntlet match for the title shot. Reigns and Uso laid out him and the other guy left (Shinsuke Nakamura) and put Pearce on top of Nakamura to have him win the match. Ok, I get the storyline explanation now. Now I'm just wondering why the f*** WWE would have a gauntlet match for a title shot at the f***ing Royal Rumble. You know, the show where people participate in a match that is a combo of a battle royal and a gauntlet match. That's shitty booking IMO.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jan 13, 2021 21:46:37 GMT -5
It makes sense in context. Reigns wanted to punish Pearce for making Jey Uso fight Kevin Owens, so he ended up as the last guy in a gauntlet match for the title shot. Reigns and Uso laid out him and the other guy left (Shinsuke Nakamura) and put Pearce on top of Nakamura to have him win the match. Ok, I get the storyline explanation now. Now I'm just wondering why the f*** WWE would have a gauntlet match for a title shot at the f***ing Royal Rumble. You know, the show where people participate in a match that is a combo of a battle royal and a gauntlet match. That's shitty booking IMO. The main purpose was seemingly to turn Nakamura babyface with a strong run in the gauntlet. Dude ran through Mysterio, Corbin and Bryan.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2021 10:43:56 GMT -5
Ok, I get the storyline explanation now. Now I'm just wondering why the f*** WWE would have a gauntlet match for a title shot at the f***ing Royal Rumble. You know, the show where people participate in a match that is a combo of a battle royal and a gauntlet match. That's shitty booking IMO. The main purpose was seemingly to turn Nakamura babyface with a strong run in the gauntlet. Dude ran through Mysterio, Corbin and Bryan. They couldn't find another way to turn Nakamura face? Like, I'm really not trying to shit all over it, but having a gauntlet less than 3 weeks before the Rumble is like having a cage match 3 weeks before Hell In A Cell. I did not see the match, so it may very well have been awesome for all I know. I'm just saying right before the Rumble is pretty much the worst time to have a gauntlet. Especially a gauntlet for a title shot. It pretty much negates the point of the Rumble. WWE is known for its constant rematches and never ending feuds. The Rumble is one of the few times where that's actually okay because the storyline buildup should be primarily built around the Rumble itself.
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Post by msc on Jan 14, 2021 11:43:07 GMT -5
But gauntlets and Rumbles are nothing alike, besides time? TNA's gauntlets, yes...
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Post by polarbearpete on Jan 14, 2021 14:26:53 GMT -5
The main purpose was seemingly to turn Nakamura babyface with a strong run in the gauntlet. Dude ran through Mysterio, Corbin and Bryan. They couldn't find another way to turn Nakamura face? Like, I'm really not trying to shit all over it, but having a gauntlet less than 3 weeks before the Rumble is like having a cage match 3 weeks before Hell In A Cell. I did not see the match, so it may very well have been awesome for all I know. I'm just saying right before the Rumble is pretty much the worst time to have a gauntlet. Especially a gauntlet for a title shot. It pretty much negates the point of the Rumble. WWE is known for its constant rematches and never ending feuds. The Rumble is one of the few times where that's actually okay because the storyline buildup should be primarily built around the Rumble itself. Iβm not seeing how gauntlet matches and Rumbles are much alike.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2021 16:35:57 GMT -5
They couldn't find another way to turn Nakamura face? Like, I'm really not trying to shit all over it, but having a gauntlet less than 3 weeks before the Rumble is like having a cage match 3 weeks before Hell In A Cell. I did not see the match, so it may very well have been awesome for all I know. I'm just saying right before the Rumble is pretty much the worst time to have a gauntlet. Especially a gauntlet for a title shot. It pretty much negates the point of the Rumble. WWE is known for its constant rematches and never ending feuds. The Rumble is one of the few times where that's actually okay because the storyline buildup should be primarily built around the Rumble itself. Iβm not seeing how gauntlet matches and Rumbles are much alike. It's a match where people come out one at a time, and at the end you could have totally different people than when it began. Also, it was for a title shot. You know, the whole point of the Rumble.
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Post by polarbearpete on Jan 14, 2021 16:47:07 GMT -5
Iβm not seeing how gauntlet matches and Rumbles are much alike. It's a match where people come out one at a time, and at the end you could have totally different people than when it began. Also, it was for a title shot. You know, the whole point of the Rumble. The rules and concepts are completely different. One is a battle royal with timed entrants. The other is just a series of one-on-one matches. Itβs more similar in concept to the Elimination Chamber (which is a combination of a gauntlet and a Rumble).
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