Rate Royal Rumble 2023

[Lizuka #BLM]

I think I'm leaning like a 7 but it's mostly off the strength of the men's match and the finish to the women's. There was some roooough material in there in between.

Me if I ever have to watch Alexa / Bianca again.

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

I'd say 6 - great opening Rumble and awesome closing angle but damn the other stuff ranged from fine to bad and it was way way too long.

[Ishmeal Loves BBL Bayley]

I’d say 7 overall. I loved both Rumbles, particularly the finish to the women’s. Everything in between was just there for me. I was going to say 6 just for that ass musical performance, but then gave the point back for the fantastic closing segment.

[The Rick Jericho]

[The Rick Jericho]

Jan 29, 2023 0:22:33 GMT -5 "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik said:

I'd say 6 - great opening Rumble and awesome closing angle but damn the other stuff ranged from fine to bad and it was way way too long.

I like this too.

The Hardy concert brought the show down a bit too. The timing and pacing of the show feels like Road Dogg is totally back in charge.

[Koda, Master Crunchyroller]

7. Would have probably been an 8, but letting Logan Paul and Nia Jax get Rumble spots were absolute, "Hell nah" moments for me, so I'm taking a point for that.

[asuka007]

An 8.5/10:

Both Rumbles were fun. Gunther looked like a beast and Cody is still really popular.

Asuka is back as murder clown and super over. Liv looked great (hopefully this is the start of a big push for her). And Rhea should absolutely be the one to beat Bianca.

The middle of the show did drag.

That ending, that’s how you get people to boo Roman. And Jey walking out was perfect. Roman HAS to lose at Mania at this point. You have two mega over baby faces who have beef with him.

If he walks out of Mania champion again it’ll be too much imo.

[tagteammatchplaya]

THEY ADVERTISED MADCAP MOSS FOR THE RUMBLE AND HE WASN'T IN IT





WHY WOULD YOU PLAY GAMES WITH ME???

I hope sami zayn is ok

[Vice honcho room temperature]

No wrestling show should be over 4 hours. Cut the fluff and we could have been over an hour ago

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Give it a high 7

Mens Rumble was the highlight of the night along with the post match title angle

Womens rumble was sort of cheeks until the ending. Blackout match was meh

The highs really hit for this tho

[Eunös ✈]

9/10

An Excellent Mens Rumble.

La Knight and Bray was short and silly... Not great but nothing overly unbearable imho.

Other matches were fine.

I could have done without the Hardy Gig.

But yeah, 2 decent Rumble Winners.. So thumbs up.

[Gus Richlen: Ruffian]

Both Rumbles were great and had the right winners (well, almost; kinda felt ASUKA should have won with that unmasking), Pitch Black Match was bizarre and dumb but f***ing hilarious, and the main event and what followed may just make this the best road to WM in a few years.

Now if the LOLBIANCAWINSLOL mess hadn't happened I'd give it a 10. Instead, an 8 because that match sucked ass.

[Some Guy]

Probably a 5 or so. The Rumble matches both had great endings but were largely complete slogs that really, really dragged until that point. Bray/LA Knight and Bianca/Alexa were both terrible. Roman/KO was basically nothing new at all as a match but had a great post match angle. So in a way an opposite to how Vince PPVs used to go. Good endings with empty shit leading to those endings.

[Deleted]

I feel crazy as shit for saying it but a 9.

I can't give something a low score when it had that bloodline segment, the awesome mens rumble and howdy f***ing dying.

I would have probably given it a 8 alone because of how funny the howdy gif is, that shit is an all time classic.

[Fade]

I’m giving it a 9. 9.5 on the drama of the end of the show, how SUPERB the mens rumble was and how the womens rumble got better.

I laughed (uncle doody saying f*** it and jumping)
And I nearly cried (dat ending)

[Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story]

I went 9. Really strong show overall and good direction heading into mania.

That angle to end the show was an all timer. I’m not going to quarterback this one, I actually trust that they’ll tell a good story here.

[Alice Syndrome]

0/10 just for bringing Nia back.

I'm serious. She's a terrible person and a terrible wrestler.

[TheMediocreWarrior]

Jan 29, 2023 0:26:41 GMT -5 Koda, Master Crunchyroller said:

7. Would have probably been an 8, but letting Logan Paul and Nia Jax get Rumble spots were absolute, "Hell nah" moments for me, so I'm taking a point for that.

San Antonio became my favorite wrestling crowd for booing the hell out of Logan Paul though. IMO he should be a heel for life. I can't see him shaking that smug dirtbag vibe.

This was my favorite WWE show in a very long time. Between the way both Rumbles were booked to the huge face pop Sami Zayn got. I can't remember the last time a chair shot was so satisfying. Zayn has renewed my interest in the Bloodline arc after it had become beyond stale.

It was also very satisfying to see Lesnar get eliminated so quickly. No cleaning house this year. They gave the dominant hoss role to someone new.

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

I think it was very much a Hunter PLE which has tended to have amazing stuff but also bottom of the barrel stuff too. Big range.

[RI Richmark]

Jan 29, 2023 0:28:22 GMT -5 Vice honcho room temperature said:

No wrestling show should be over 4 hours. Cut the fluff and we could have been over an hour ago

By fluff do you mean Hardy?