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Post by raymondo316 on Jan 30, 2022 0:18:46 GMT -5
So they can bring in all these wrestlers from the Divas era, yet they refuse to even use Io Shirai. She really needs to get out of this company, she's wasting her prime years.
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Post by asuka007 on Jan 30, 2022 0:19:33 GMT -5
I hope Sasha and Rhea get cool matches at Mania. They were super over, but the former was given the Daniel Bryan in 2015 treatment and the latter needed to be punked out by Charlotte AGAIN! So stupid.
Also Brock taking out Drew last kind of sums up how backwards WWE has gone creatively over the last year.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 30, 2022 0:19:59 GMT -5
Honestly certain Rumble eliminations and treatments are gonna make February's quarterly earnings report interesting, because WWE's been making those times a point to start their purges... and there were quite a few people who either were in the Rumble that stood out to me as done dirty, and then there were the talents not even in the Rumble... who probably aren't in a great place either...
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Post by Mecca on Jan 30, 2022 0:20:33 GMT -5
But mainly on a show like this that needs roughly 70 workers to do it really highlights how awful they are at making anyone matter, this show could have been called the jobbers and part timers go at it in the rumble.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 30, 2022 0:20:37 GMT -5
Also, like, can somebody check on Drew McIntyre? Making the Cena-like miracle recovery to come back months ahead of schedule is dumb enough as it is but doing it for a match where you lose as an afterthought anyway, like, why the f*** would you rush back for that? Not gonna lie, when he took that awkward cutter from Riddle I audibly recoiled, like... DUDE... you just had NECK SURGERY
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Post by gl83 on Jan 30, 2022 0:21:21 GMT -5
So they can bring in all these wrestlers from the Divas era, yet they refuse to even use Io Shirai. She really needs to get out of this company, she's wasting her prime years. Dakota is very quickly reaching her breaking point
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Post by Mecca on Jan 30, 2022 0:21:28 GMT -5
Honestly certain Rumble eliminations and treatments are gonna make February's quarterly earnings report interesting, because WWE's been making those times a point to start their purges... and there were quite a few people who either were in the Rumble that stood out to me as done dirty, and then there were the talents not even in the Rumble... who probably aren't in a great place either... Big E was treated like trash.
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Post by Kay Faban on Jan 30, 2022 0:21:51 GMT -5
I really liked the womens rumble.
I really disliked the mens rumble.
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Post by TWERKIN' MAGGLE on Jan 30, 2022 0:22:37 GMT -5
So they can bring in all these wrestlers from the Divas era, yet they refuse to even use Io Shirai. She really needs to get out of this company, she's wasting her prime years. Dakota is very quickly reaching her breaking point She's in the wrong place for opportunities.
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Jan 30, 2022 0:22:53 GMT -5
My highlight was Mickie James with the impact title. The only thing that seemed important to me At least they didn’t eliminate her before the next entrant like a lot of the other non-full time WWE superstars. Pretty sure most of the non-active women that went out fast are retired. Ivory’s 60 years old. They were there for a pop, not to work 20 minutes. Speaking of which, is Ivory the oldest Rumble participant?
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 30, 2022 0:23:00 GMT -5
Honestly certain Rumble eliminations and treatments are gonna make February's quarterly earnings report interesting, because WWE's been making those times a point to start their purges... and there were quite a few people who either were in the Rumble that stood out to me as done dirty, and then there were the talents not even in the Rumble... who probably aren't in a great place either... Big E was treated like trash. Yeah, I'm really not sold on his stock being saved with Lashley as champion again, the dude keeps being treated like a damn afterthought Orton audible said "Let's throw this f***er over" on his elimination... yeesh...
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Post by kingoftheindies on Jan 30, 2022 0:23:30 GMT -5
I'll be a broken record and continue to say this.
Women's match was at least fun. As others have said the lack of depth showed up but the crowd seemed to at least be into the surprises. The issue of course came from a lot of the returning wrestlers looked pretty slow in the ring and off. Plus as soon as the women got into the ring the crowd died.
THe men's match was just boring. Kofi botch notwithstanding they just didn't try and I cannot believe they didn't bring up someone like Breakker or Diangelo just for the experience.
I mentioned in the ratings thread, but I do wonder if how WWE handled releases bit them in the ass when it came to getting people to appear. Like we heard about the IIconics saying thanks but no thanks but I wonder if any men were approached and refused cause of how they were treated in last 2 years.
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Post by mistery on Jan 30, 2022 0:23:38 GMT -5
So they can bring in all these wrestlers from the Divas era, yet they refuse to even use Io Shirai. She really needs to get out of this company, she's wasting her prime years. Dakota is very quickly reaching her breaking point I think she's pretty much done. She's had several "callups" already and every single time was sent back down. She's also streaming on Twitch again, despite the mandate not to. She isn't going to be treated well as long as she ignores or intentionally breaks their dumb rules. Wouldn't be shocked if she's in the next round of cuts.
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Post by holyshida on Jan 30, 2022 0:23:44 GMT -5
- Liv Morgan eliminated by the Bellas. Seriously the "let it play out" liv morgan fans, if this doesn't make you wake up then nothing will. This Woman has mainstream megastar written all over her but she'll sadly never reach her potential in WWE because creative will always let her down. There's a wave of budget cuts coming. The best thing for her career is if she's on that list, seriously She is absolutely a budget cut waiting to happen… which is unfortunate because I think she’s really trying. It really is sad how Vince has buried her career. I really hope she ends up in AEW, although I kinda hope she doesn't get saddled with Ruby again as I think Ruby has been very underwhelming in her time in AEW so far. She can potentially be a face of any company and like you made a good point she's trying and getting better. Only around 26 and nowhere near her prime.
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Post by fw91 on Jan 30, 2022 0:23:58 GMT -5
If you want to put into perspective the damage WWE has done to its female roster, half the entrants in tonight's Rumble weren't active competitors on Raw or SD (and of course none from NXT). That's how gutted things have gotten. I mean I get your point, but at least the crowd knew all of the entrants for a change.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2022 0:24:28 GMT -5
Dakota is very quickly reaching her breaking point She's in the wrong place for opportunities. She’s going to have the opportunity to be vindictively kept at home under contract, but doing nothing, if she keeps making tweets like that! Just ask Ali!
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jan 30, 2022 0:24:35 GMT -5
Speaking of weird booking shit, why did they have zero interaction between the Mysterios? Why even have Dominik in the match if you're not going to do anything with it?
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Post by robferatu on Jan 30, 2022 0:24:49 GMT -5
The men’s Royal Rumble felt like midcard fodder until Drew McIntyre entered, and aside from him and Shane McMahon there were lacking in the surprises department and no legends to speak of.
It may have been the worst rumbles that I can think of.
Aside from Banks getting eliminated in before the midway point of it, I actually enjoyed the female’s Rumble match as it had more star-power and a decent use of legend’s in it.
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Post by salz4life on Jan 30, 2022 0:25:24 GMT -5
At least they didn’t eliminate her before the next entrant like a lot of the other non-full time WWE superstars. Pretty sure most of the non-active women that went out fast are retired. Ivory’s 60 years old. They were there for a pop, not to work 20 minutes. Melina has been working with NWA and was gone in 30 seconds. Ivory was the best part for me. It was even more ridiculous than ever because the women are actually being used fairly well compare to the Attitude Era.
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Post by Mecca on Jan 30, 2022 0:25:38 GMT -5
At least they didn’t eliminate her before the next entrant like a lot of the other non-full time WWE superstars. Pretty sure most of the non-active women that went out fast are retired. Ivory’s 60 years old. They were there for a pop, not to work 20 minutes. Speaking of which, is Ivory the oldest Rumble participant? Lita and McCool were in for awhile.....Lita I understand but why is Michelle McCool treated like she is one of the best of all time? Melina is still wrestling no idea why they gave her no time.
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