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Post by CeilingFan on Jan 6, 2019 19:25:05 GMT -5
My picks for the Rumbles : Balor and Lynch.
Irish Sweep!
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Jan 7, 2019 13:55:25 GMT -5
My picks for the Rumbles : Balor and Lynch. Irish Sweep! Given the Japanese sweep at last year's, that'd be kind of cool actually.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jan 7, 2019 23:24:03 GMT -5
Lot of people entered in the Rumble over the weekend and on RAW, as well as Rousey v Banks being confirmed. Interestingly, Banks is still entered for the Rumble at this time, but that could easily be just an oversight with updating the page for the match.
(Did they ever say she was forfeiting her Rumble spot to get the title match?)
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Post by The Heenan Family on Jan 8, 2019 0:18:15 GMT -5
Lot of people entered in the Rumble over the weekend and on RAW, as well as Rousey v Banks being confirmed. Interestingly, Banks is still entered for the Rumble at this time, but that could easily be just an oversight with updating the page for the match. (Did they ever say she was forfeiting her Rumble spot to get the title match?) Michael Cole also said that Apollo Crews was building momentum heading into the Royal Rumble match. So he's also entered.
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Post by CeilingFan on Jan 8, 2019 13:38:22 GMT -5
So far, Samoa Joe is the only first-time participant in the Rumble. We need more!
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Post by hbkid718 on Jan 8, 2019 16:06:54 GMT -5
I miss Qualifying Matches. People should earn a spot in the most prestigious match of the year, not just say they are in it. It will make meaningless matches on Raw & Smackdown actually mean something. They can even do them on 205 Live & NXT. They do not have to do it for all 30 spots. We still need a few surprises.
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Post by Susan "Poison" Candy on Jan 8, 2019 18:18:16 GMT -5
John Cena Dean Ambrose Seth Rollins Samoa Joe Finn Balor Drew McIntyre Kofi Kingston Big E Xavier Woods Apollo Crews Baron Corbin Elias Jinder Mahal Bobby Lashley Jeff Hardy R-Truth
My predictions for the remaining entrants: Shinsuke Nakamura Cesaro Sheamus Rusev Bobby Roode Chad Gable Jimmy Uso Jey Uso Mustafa Ali Randy Orton Rey Mysterio The Miz NXT Superstar Surprise Debut/Return Superstar
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Post by RadcapRadsley on Jan 8, 2019 18:34:53 GMT -5
It's not really a Royal Rumble if it doesn't have the "Best In The World" wrestler
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Post by Dang! on Jan 8, 2019 19:23:43 GMT -5
It's not really a Royal Rumble if it doesn't have the "Best In The World" wrestler CM Punk or Chris Jericho? Both unlikely, but never say never. I wouldn't completely rule out either.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2019 23:21:13 GMT -5
Asuka vs Becky is a cool match but I'm pretty bummed Becky is out of the Rumble. Becky/Charlotte trying to Outlast each other to get their Ronda match felt like a no brainier built in story.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jan 8, 2019 23:25:34 GMT -5
Asuka vs Becky is a cool match but I'm pretty bummed Becky is out of the Rumble. Becky/Charlotte trying to Outlast each other to get their Ronda match felt like a no brainier built in story. We all know WWE like taking the “Itchy and Scratchy Land shortcut” route to these things. They’re playing with fire by doing this, but it’s not out of the realms of possibility that Lynch backs up if she loses to Asuka. Hell, Banks is actually officially booked to do double duty at this point.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2019 23:29:14 GMT -5
Asuka vs Becky is a cool match but I'm pretty bummed Becky is out of the Rumble. Becky/Charlotte trying to Outlast each other to get their Ronda match felt like a no brainier built in story. We all know WWE like taking the “Itchy and Scratchy Land shortcut” route to these things. They’re playing with fire by doing this, but it’s not out of the realms of possibility that Lynch backs up if she loses to Asuka. Hell, Banks is actually officially booked to do double duty at this point. Yeah I suppose you could have Charlotte screw Becky in the match and Becky bops her way into the Royal Rumble to get revenge (Carmella's #30 spot seems made to be stolen). Would be kind of irksome to me but I doubt the live crowd would bicker much.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jan 8, 2019 23:32:04 GMT -5
We all know WWE like taking the “Itchy and Scratchy Land shortcut” route to these things. They’re playing with fire by doing this, but it’s not out of the realms of possibility that Lynch backs up if she loses to Asuka. Hell, Banks is actually officially booked to do double duty at this point. Yeah I suppose you could have Charlotte screw Becky in the match and Becky bops her way into the Royal Rumble to get revenge (Carmella's #30 spot seems made to be stolen). Would be kind of irksome to me but I doubt the live crowd would bicker much. It does bother me how this will undermine the women’s Rumble because all the attention will be on “Is Lynch going to show up?”. It’s gonna be like the damn 2014 Rumble again.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2019 23:33:36 GMT -5
Yeah I suppose you could have Charlotte screw Becky in the match and Becky bops her way into the Royal Rumble to get revenge (Carmella's #30 spot seems made to be stolen). Would be kind of irksome to me but I doubt the live crowd would bicker much. It does bother me how this will undermine the women’s Rumble because all the attention will be on “Is Lynch going to show up?”. It’s gonna be like the damn 2014 Rumble again. Agreed. I think this was a bad move.
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Post by The Heenan Family on Jan 8, 2019 23:52:12 GMT -5
It does bother me how this will undermine the women’s Rumble because all the attention will be on “Is Lynch going to show up?”. It’s gonna be like the damn 2014 Rumble again. Agreed. I think this was a bad move. I think their solution to that is to have the Women's Rumble go on before Lynch vs Asuka. That way you'll know Lynch isn't entering. But it turns the Women's Rumble into an opening bout chore to watch in order to get to the stuff the matters now.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2019 4:34:28 GMT -5
This event is going to kick so much ass.
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Post by MAGGLE on Jan 9, 2019 5:10:20 GMT -5
Booking Lynch vs Asuka shows you that things will never change...hell Vince probably already forgot that entire "we will get better" thing ever happened. This is the same thing as Royal Rumble 2014, lets all hope Charlotte Flair wins the rumble. That would be hilarious.
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Post by TheMediocreWarrior on Jan 9, 2019 9:37:56 GMT -5
I doubt it will happen, but I'd really like to see a surprise win from Kofi Kingston. Daniel Bryan's promo at the concession stand makes me want to see it that much more. Great heroes and villains are opposite of one another, and who would be Daniel Bryan's opposite right now? A merchandise selling fan favorite like a member of the New Day. Kingston is my choice because of all of his Rumble highlights and because he's won the IC and US titles a bunch of times but still hasn't won a world title.
I think New Day vs. Daniel Bryan promos would be pretty awesome.
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Post by auph10imitated on Jan 9, 2019 10:25:27 GMT -5
Well it kind of makes sense (Becky vs Asuka) because Becky was in the Rumble last year, so it makes sense to let Charlotte do it this year, you can still add Becky to the Mania match as a Triple Threat, in fact it gives the fans more chance to get behind Becky to have her added to the match.
Charlotte wins the Rumble, chooses Rousey and then somehow Becky fights her way into the match, Becky then gets her moment by winning the title at Mania.
Who the hell thats leaves for Asuka to face though is anybodies guess.
This Rumble card is strong as hell though.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2019 13:06:24 GMT -5
New prediction: AJ beats Bryan, Bryan jumps Truth for the #30 spot. Truth helps to eliminate DB, and they fight at whatever PPV is before Mania.
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