spagett
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Post by spagett on Jan 30, 2022 0:42:30 GMT -5
I think it bears repeating that they brought back Ronda, who did not move the needle in a positive direction, and when she left the company the first time, she just pretty much crapped on the rest of the women in that locker room. And she comes back and immediately gets a main event slot at Wrestlemania. ...Yeah if I were a woman in WWE right now I would start looking elsewhere to wrestle. Also, Ronda was looking like she was just given the call to appear at the Rumble earlier today. Like she didn't train or anything in preparation for it. Her strikes had like no impact to them at all. I was shocked at how bad she looked. When you compare how she was for her first match in her first run to this it's night and day. It was like she'd been woken up 30 seconds before her entrance, she was in a daze all match.
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Post by Kalmia on Jan 30, 2022 0:42:58 GMT -5
Can't find room for Finn Balor or Cesaro in the Rumble. But can find room for Shane.
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Post by lionheart21 on Jan 30, 2022 0:43:37 GMT -5
Also, Ronda was looking like she was just given the call to appear at the Rumble earlier today. Like she didn't train or anything in preparation for it. Her strikes had like no impact to them at all. I saw jokes about it online, but Shane's own punches looked better than the stuff Ronda was throwing out. I hope its ring rust as well, but if it isn't, then her current run in WWE is going to get INCREDIBLY ugly, especially when fans start turning on her. Hard. And seeing how thin-skinned that Ronda is when it comes to criticism, this just feels like a recipe for disaster.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2022 0:43:53 GMT -5
Can't find room for Finn Balor or Cesaro in the Rumble. But can find room for Shane. I really don't want to see Shane anymore, but replace him with Ziggler and Roode and I agree. At least Shane's still over... even though I don't understand why.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 30, 2022 0:43:54 GMT -5
Also, Ronda was looking like she was just given the call to appear at the Rumble earlier today. Like she didn't train or anything in preparation for it. Her strikes had like no impact to them at all. I saw jokes about it online, but Shane's own punches looked better than the stuff Ronda was throwing out. I hope its ring rust as well, but if it isn't, then her current run in WWE is going to get INCREDIBLY ugly, especially when fans start turning on her. Hard. I give her the benefit of doubt as she just had the baby and it seems like they just called her off the couch to show up She has the background to get into shape fast, but with her mental and the way the shit went with Becky before, you might be forced to add a 3rd party again Worst case scenario is you can throw in Bianca but they have to plan this shit out right
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Post by Mecca on Jan 30, 2022 0:44:00 GMT -5
I thought the womenâs Rumble was great. The menâs overall was fun but they stuck all of the midcarders/tag teams with little heat in the middle which made it drag. Also could have used one or two old-time legends to pop the crowd during that time period. Some of the choices of who was in the Menâs Rumble were odd as well. So many tag teams when Cesaro, Balor, Edge and Miz are on the roster. Balor is in a horrible spot, basically everything about him recently is Vince sees nothing in him, basically what Jeff Hardy was doing yet they don't want to let him go because he might be a star somewhere else.
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Jan 30, 2022 0:45:27 GMT -5
Can't find room for Finn Balor or Cesaro in the Rumble. But can find room for Shane. Would Finn or Cesaro have won? No Would Finn or Cesaro gotten the pop Shane got? Also no. And I say this as someone who truly hates Shane McMahon.
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Post by Kalmia on Jan 30, 2022 0:45:33 GMT -5
Can't find room for Finn Balor or Cesaro in the Rumble. But can find room for Shane. I really don't want to see Shane anymore, but replace him with Ziggler and Roode and I agree. At least Shane's still over... even though I don't understand why. There's a lot of people that could be plugged in there, especially from the entrants in the middle of the match, such as Madcap Moss, Ridge Holland, Boogs etc. A Cesaro swing would have woken the crowd up.
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Post by asssvvvvxc on Jan 30, 2022 0:45:35 GMT -5
Good things that happened at the event: - Bad Bunny took bumps - Mickie James wore an Impact Wrestling belt on a WWE event
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Post by FALLOUT Goldashausen #BLM on Jan 30, 2022 0:46:37 GMT -5
They weren't good but they also weren't 0/10 bad.
I'm thinking the men's match will likely be a bottom five Rumble. Not the worst of all time but not very memorable either. No one was "made" apart from maybe Bad Bunny (who we already knew was one of the better wrestling celebrities anyway).
So much for the heavily rumored "star making performance" for Austin Theory. I guess that must have been in the draft Vince tore up last week.
It's tough to gauge where the women's match will land once more happen, but I didn't much mind it. Pretty average, very heavy on nostalgia and limited due to recent cuts. It was pretty much what I expected (also Mickie wearing the Impact Women's Title to the ring was legit awesome).
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Post by Kalmia on Jan 30, 2022 0:47:32 GMT -5
Can't find room for Finn Balor or Cesaro in the Rumble. But can find room for Shane. Would Finn or Cesaro have won? No Would Finn or Cesaro gotten the pop Shane got? Also no. And I say this as someone who truly hates Shane McMahon. Yeah, Shane got a pop but that was all. He didn't contribute any heat or excitement to the match. Cesaro and Balor both have over moves that could have woken up the crowd, especially in that middle lull of the match, way more than Shane's bad punches.
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Post by Mecca on Jan 30, 2022 0:48:30 GMT -5
I really don't want to see Shane anymore, but replace him with Ziggler and Roode and I agree. At least Shane's still over... even though I don't understand why. There's a lot of people that could be plugged in there, especially from the entrants in the middle of the match, such as Madcap Moss, Ridge Holland, Boogs etc. A Cesaro swing would have woken the crowd up. After AJ got tossed it just felt like a sea of jobbers for awhile.
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Post by mistery on Jan 30, 2022 0:51:51 GMT -5
I saw jokes about it online, but Shane's own punches looked better than the stuff Ronda was throwing out. I hope its ring rust as well, but if it isn't, then her current run in WWE is going to get INCREDIBLY ugly, especially when fans start turning on her. Hard. I give her the benefit of doubt as she just had the baby and it seems like they just called her off the couch to show up She has the background to get into shape fast, but with her mental and the way the shit went with Becky before, you might be forced to add a 3rd party again Worst case scenario is you can throw in Bianca but they have to plan this shit out right If Meltzer is to be believed, then Ronda/Becky isn't the match this year. It will be Ronda/Charlotte, as FOX really wants her. I guess before the Ronda news (and I guess still now as well), they were going to do Becky/Bianca at WM. Other ideas pitched were Becky/Asuka and also Becky/Bianca/Asuka. But PWInsider Elite reported Asuka will be back sometime next month as of right now, and is penciled in for a major mania match.
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Post by thegreatnodnarb on Jan 30, 2022 0:52:33 GMT -5
So many jobbers in the men's Rumble match. Imagine the 95 Rumble but HBK, Bulldog, and Luger all came out near the end and that's this Rumble. At least the 95 jobbers had some wrestlecrap gimmicks.
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Post by asuka007 on Jan 30, 2022 0:52:53 GMT -5
Charlotte couldnât even sell her own elimination. She just HAD to land on her feet.
People say âitâs not her, itâs her booking.â But these days, yeah it is her as well. Her ego is bleeding onto TV constantly now.
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Mecca
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Post by Mecca on Jan 30, 2022 0:53:33 GMT -5
Someone on twitter said "WWE did the right thing and booked smartly"
Uh what?
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Post by eJm on Jan 30, 2022 0:56:03 GMT -5
Someone on twitter said "WWE did the right thing and booked smartly" Uh what? I feel like people on Twitter say words just to say words. Context isnât really as important there even though it really, really should be.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 30, 2022 0:56:20 GMT -5
I give her the benefit of doubt as she just had the baby and it seems like they just called her off the couch to show up She has the background to get into shape fast, but with her mental and the way the shit went with Becky before, you might be forced to add a 3rd party again Worst case scenario is you can throw in Bianca but they have to plan this shit out right If Meltzer is to be believed, then Ronda/Becky isn't the match this year. It will be Ronda/Charlotte, as FOX really wants her. I guess before the Ronda news (and I guess still now as well), they were going to do Becky/Bianca at WM. Other ideas pitched were Becky/Asuka and also Becky/Bianca/Asuka. But PWInsider Elite reported Asuka will be back sometime next month as of right now, and is penciled in for a major mania match. Looks like it will be a Mania with some rematches for sure Asuka/Becky is a rivalry where they BS the narrative on that. Asuka being the only one to beat Becky clean clean in the last 3 years but Becky already got her win back before she got pregnant. Charlotte/Ronda is more "safe pick". They had a very good SvS match when Ronda was active. Ronda has good instincts for the sport but that was a few years ago and for her to get right in 2 months and put on a main event quality match is asking a lot
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2022 0:56:44 GMT -5
I was okay with Shane in the Rumble.
Bottom 3? No.
Balor, Cesaro, Apollo and a few NXT guys like Ciampa and LA Knight would've been much better options than the likes of Madcap Moss, Ridge Holland, Street Profits, Alpha Academy, etc.
Those selection of wrestlers were brutal. No wonder the crowd were f***ing dead. They're not stupid. They know tag teams are 2 wasted spots each. They will never have someone like Angelo Dawkins win the Rumble when he's in a tag team.
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Jan 30, 2022 0:57:34 GMT -5
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. Michelle is Mrs. Calloway. Other than that, who knows?? It was the same thing in the first Women's Rumble in 2018, where she ended up getting 5 eliminations...more than anyone else that night, female or male.
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