Who will get the biggest Conway pop of each Rumble?

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The women's one, I have absolutely no idea, mostly because only like a third of the field is even particularly over to begin with. I'm going to go with it being someone or other from NXT though, particularly if they throw in someone like Vanessa Borne or something. Though I could just as easily see it being Dana Brooke or Alicia Fox or whoever else.

Men's I'm going to say Elias, on the basis I doubt much of anybody has any idea what his theme sounds like at this point.

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I think Alicia Fox is getting it in the women's Rumble.

Men? I'm really not sure. This being in Philadelphia, it's hard to say. If EC3 somehow manages to come back during the Rumble, I'd say him, but I'm not that confident.

[SirLucas]

Nah. Elias is madly over. The buzzer will hit, followed by a guitar chord, following by Elias walking to the ring and asking his question.

I don't see Elias doing a generic run in entrance like Luke Harper last year.

If the Philly crowd popped huge for Mizdow last Rumble, then I see Elias receiving a similar reaction.

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

For the women it's probably going to be one of the NXT girls they're obviously going to have use to fill that match out. If you don't count them then Tamina, Dana, Alicia, and all three members of the Riott Squad are all strong canidates. For the men I guess Apollo Crews even though the Titus Worldwide thing looks like it's finally starting to get over a bit.

[The Heenan Family]

Jan 17, 2018 22:37:11 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

The women's one, I have absolutely no idea, mostly because only like a third of the field is even particularly over to begin with. I'm going to go with it being someone or other from NXT though, particularly if they throw in someone like Vanessa Borne or something. Though I could just as easily see it being Dana Brooke or Alicia Fox or whoever else.

Men's I'm going to say Elias, on the basis I doubt much of anybody has any idea what his theme sounds like at this point.

I actually think Elias will be number one just for the very fact that he needs to do his usual in ring promo.

I also thought Big Cass would be one or two in last years rumble because of the mic time required for his entrance.





As for the Conway pop, of the announced competitors I'm thinking Tamina and Aiden English.

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Jan 17, 2018 23:05:27 GMT -5 The Heenan Family said:

As for the Conway pop, of the announced competitors I'm thinking Tamina and Aiden English.

Yeah, that’s my first guess, especially since both have new-ish themes that have had very little airtime.

It’d have to be a very obscure NXT woman for one of those to get no pop, since they’d have not only the surprise factor to work with, but the ones they’d likely use (Moon/Cross/Iconic Duo) are well-liked enough to get reactions anyway.

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I'm not sure NXT girls would get a conway pop in a smark town.

Unless they are almost complete unknowns like Absolution and the Riott Squad members were.

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Jan 17, 2018 23:09:21 GMT -5 EoE: Workin On My Night Cheese said:

It’d have to be a very obscure NXT woman for one of those to get no pop, since they’d have not only the surprise factor to work with, but the ones they’d likely use (Moon/Cross/Iconic Duo) are well-liked enough to get reactions anyway.

Yeah, it was more the unknowns that I meant. Any of those four would definitely get a pop.

[Rican]

Apollo Crews is gonna get it for the men's rumble.

For the women's Rumble I think it could be one of the surprise entrants. Like if they brought back Michelle McCool or Molly Holly I don't think anyone would really care.

[Bub (BLM)]

Alicia Fox and Curt Hawkins.

[Allie Kitsune]

Jan 17, 2018 23:12:00 GMT -5 A Platypus Rave is Correct said:

I'm not sure NXT girls would get a conway pop in a smark town.

Unless they are almost complete unknowns like Absolution and the Riott Squad members were.

Vanessa Borne, Lacey Evans (even though she has a pretty swank theme song), or Aaliyah absolutely would.

It's going to be interesting to see what type of crowd they get in Philly.

It's the Rumble, so they SHOULD get the Smark Crowd, but lately when RAW or SDL comes, the smarks stay home and they get casuals from the surrounding areas instead.

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Jan 17, 2018 23:40:44 GMT -5 Rican said:

Apollo Crews is gonna get it for the men's rumble.

For the women's Rumble I think it could be one of the surprise entrants. Like if they brought back Michelle McCool or Molly Holly I don't think anyone would really care.

I'm marking for Molly Holly I dont give a shit

[JCBaggee]

If he turns up for it? Mike Kanellis.

[Joe Neglia]

Men's: Surprise entrant Rob Conway

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The one entrant in the men's Rumble that NOBODY saw coming....

Travis Browne.

He's married to Ronda Rousey and was rumored to be going to WWE with her.

And very few people outside of the MMA fanbase know who he is, and not many of us care about him then either.

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Alicia will be fine, but Tamina and Dana will probably hear crickets.

I'd probably go with Curt Hawkins for the men.

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Jan 18, 2018 2:07:57 GMT -5 JCBaggee said:

If he turns up for it? Mike Kanellis.

I just want to hear his sick power ballad theme play again.

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Jan 17, 2018 23:12:45 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

Jan 17, 2018 23:09:21 GMT -5 EoE: Workin On My Night Cheese said:

It’d have to be a very obscure NXT woman for one of those to get no pop, since they’d have not only the surprise factor to work with, but the ones they’d likely use (Moon/Cross/Iconic Duo) are well-liked enough to get reactions anyway.

Yeah, it was more the unknowns that I meant. Any of those four would definitely get a pop.

I think WWE will take the shortcut here and use Paige's theme for Absolution and Ruby's theme for the Riott Squad.

Out of all these choices, the second member of Absolution is probably the worst off here, because the crowd will pop for Paige's theme, but then deflate when it's either Mandy or Sonya, and they will smarten up the second time.

As for the men's Rumble match, if they do a 205 Live entrant, the only ones that will probably elicit any sort of reaction would be Hideo or Gulak. Anyone else is getting crickets.

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I'm guessing the other two in Paige's group and the other two in Riott's group entering individually won't raise that much excitement.

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It's the Rumble, so I'd expect more of a "smarky" crowd, or diehard fans etc (doubly if its diehard fans and in Philly too) so it's the reverse for me: anyone who actually gets the Conway pop is in trouble. See last years crowd going bonkers for nearly everyone except Apollo Crews.

At a guess, for the womens rumble, I think the typical modern Rumble crowd would go nuts for any of the NXTers or Mae Young Classic women likely to show up (obviously not Vanessa Borne but there's at least 40 more creditable available women more in line for a spot, surely). Likewise anyone who could return - we're only going back 20 years tops, and anyone with name value to return will have some recognition. (And if Molly shows up and the crowd don't react, I'm having words...) Alicia, Dana both seem like they could get ironic pops. So, I'll go with Tamina.

Mens rumble? Apollo Crews? It wont be Titus because he is usually quite good at getting some cheers, and it wont be Jinder because he'll get booed out of the building. Doubt the 205 Liver will be anyone other than Enzo or Hideo, and Jack Gallager got cheered last year. A shock Neville return would get a big reaction. Tony Nese would get crickets. Think English and Elias will get reactions with current gimmicks.

It's hard to be more accurate when they don't tell you 15 or so of the people in the damned matches!