Cranjis McBasketball
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jan 29, 2023 6:24:13 GMT -5
I'm gonna prorate this, since I only bothered to watch the men's Rumble and KO/Roman.
KO/Roman in ring was like a 6. It was fine. Nothing special. After the match, that's a 10.
Men's Rumble was solid, but I give less than a shit about Cody Rhodes and seeing it now, I didn't like the finish. Cody no-selling the sleeper into the finish, plus the bad habit of guys bumping for finishers into standing for elimination happened too often this match.
Also, they need to hold a talent meeting and go, "Ok, one of you can keep the Spear, everyone else has to think of something else" I don't give a f*** who keeps it, but Beth Phoenix, Edge, Lashley, Roman and Goldberg (when he appears) can't all be doing it.
All this math means a 7. Enjoyed what I watched, but I had my issues.
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on Jan 29, 2023 8:22:55 GMT -5
Gonna go with 8.
Being able to fast forward REALLY helped in spots.
The Men's Rumble was fine. Cody was telegraphed miles away, but it makes sense, even though Sami winning is where the emotional investment is. Get ready for some crying Cody promos, and hearing the words American Dream a lot. I'm apathetic, but willing to give them a chance to sell me on him being the one to dethrone Roman. Plus Cody is better than Dwayne, or Austin.
I didn't mind the Pitch Black Match at all. My only complaint was that it was too short, and kinda made Knight look like a chump since he got like 2 moves in. Uncle Howdy Shane McMahoning off the top of the thing was amusing. I also appreciated the firefly creatures being in the crowd as Bray was walking down.
Bianca vs. Alexa was as good as it could've been I suppose. At least Bianca sold in this match. I liked the end bits more than the match itself. It felt like it could have been on Raw.
Women's RR Match I enjoyed. There wasn't an overabundance of talent from yesteryear, and Michelle McCool can f*** off from these any time now. I enjoyed a lot of the NXT women getting shine, and holy hell does Zoey Stark have potential. Roxanne I knew about, and was glad she was able to be impressive as well. Super glad Rhea won, but if you're gonna re-debut Asuka in her Dark form, then give her the win. Let her go to Mania and tap Charlotte out and get revenge on having her momentum ruined unnecessarily years ago. Once Asuka came out I was all in on her winning, but Rhea is over enough that Asuka being eliminated didn't deflate the crowd, and honestly Rhea has carried Raw for awhile now. She's earned it.
Hopefully Asuka isn't left in the dust since she has some newfound spark with this change in appearance (and also can we just talk about how goddam fluid she is in the ring...).
The 2 points off are mostly for Nia being back. Because f*** Nia.
The championship match went about as one could expect. I get why people like Roman, but I'm bored of it. BEEN bored of it. But the post-match stuff was absolute gold. I didn't like how they went about the stuff with Sami, as it didn't really feel organically earned since one would think he'd just drop the chair and walk away first before attacking Roman, but the stuff with Jey was all aces. The Bloodline might be splintering, and it was great progression in what is the best storyline in wrestling right now. As someone else said this feels like a proper "Road to Wrestlemania" build.
I'd still rather have Cody vs. Seth for a title, and Roman vs. Sami for the other at WM (as Sami is the hot hand, and you gotta run with it) but we'll see what happens.
All in all, a solid show, and I was glad to be able to skip the musical number. And being an old man living under a rock when they mentioned Hardy earlier in the night I was like "they're both signed to AEW..."
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Bo Rida
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Post by Bo Rida on Jan 29, 2023 10:15:51 GMT -5
Didn't watch. Sounded good but it had Nia Jax and didn't have Kobashi, Great O'Khan, Asuka, Tiger Mask and a robot. One of those people at most. So not even sure it was the best rumble of the weekend. Joke of course, DDT's was awful, but in an endearing way. Except about Nia, that wasn't a joke.
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Post by Hurbster on Jan 29, 2023 10:50:25 GMT -5
One of the best Royal Rumbles I have ever seen. Enjoyable from end to end, even let me have a piss break when that bloke was singing. 10/10
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Post by asuka007 on Jan 29, 2023 10:53:44 GMT -5
It was nice seeing that friendless dork Roxanne get a good reaction in the Women’s Rumble.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Jan 29, 2023 11:02:18 GMT -5
7.5 (I voted 8 to round it up), just based on that instant classic men's Rumble and Uncle Howdy being the funniest thing I've seen on WWE in years.
The women's Rumble was alright, yeah the last couple of minutes were the best, but I didn't hate the bulk of it. Roman/Owens was decent even though it was more of an angle than a serious title match. The outcome wasn't in doubt, because well for storyline reasons, Kevin *couldn't* win that match. The draw that night was Sami's decision and post-match affairs, and I felt Sami's betrayal did everything it needed to.
Also, Roman low-key has become one of the most charismatic heels in wrestling. He's mastered the "faux affably evil" trope, usually calm and slick but they'll lose their shit if things aren't going their way. Dude has always had presence, but he's definitely taken the Tribal Chief character to new heights as of late.
Bliss just seems unmotivated, I dunno what's going on there. BelAir tried, though.
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Post by Hypnosis on Jan 29, 2023 11:15:58 GMT -5
8/10. I liked Gunther being one of the final two in the men's Rumble, the final three in the women's, stuntman Uncle Howdy, and the post-match angle with The Bloodline, Zayn, and Owens, even if it took a while to get to the fireworks factory.
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Mochi Lone Wolf
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Jan 29, 2023 11:23:02 GMT -5
I went 7. It's hard to go any higher than that with the garbage that was in between the rumble matches.
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Post by Loser troll. Please ban me on Jan 29, 2023 11:51:21 GMT -5
It took me a while to recover from the shocking result that Cody won. I couldn't believe it when I first read it
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Post by grunt on Jan 29, 2023 12:16:30 GMT -5
Eh. The men's Rumble wasn't bad, but felt strangely flat to me, despite Gunther going the distance. There was never any doubt as to the result, I couldn't care less about Cody, the Kofi botch made me sigh and some booking decisions during the match felt iffy (as usual) - everything Rey & Judgment Day-related, Brock's tantrum leading to nothing, and so on.
The Pitch black match didn't work at all for me. The again, nothing Bray has done since his return has worked for me, tbh.
The women's Rumble was unmemorable. Not bad either, but until the final stretch, it just was there. Glad to see Rhea getting the rub.
Roman/Owens, I barely watched. I'm burned out on the Bloodline, and so on, so the match didn't grab me, and post-match didn't captivate either. That said, I totally get why people would be more invested than me in this, and the storytelling was solid.
(also, I haven't watched WWE in a while, but man the camerawork during the Rumbles was bad)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2023 12:32:32 GMT -5
7/10
The final segment made the show look pretty good.
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coleslaw
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Post by coleslaw on Jan 29, 2023 13:01:56 GMT -5
The Men's Rumble was so good to me it killed the rest of the show lol
-Cody is back and the ending sequence was fantastic -Brock/Gunther, as short as it was, had me hyped up -Gunther in general was a f***ing BEAST -That Logan/Ricochet spot was ridiculous -Brock going out in under 3 minutes -Baron Corbin getting punked out -Karrion Kross was kept to a minimum -Ghost Rey Mysterio -Dominik Mysterio being the biggest piece of s*** on the planet -Braun & Omos -Booker T -Kofi botching his Rumble spot again was f***ing hilarious -Sheamus & Drew being badass -Some say Elias & Montez Ford were in this match but I don't believe them
The Pitch Black match was goofy as f*** and I loved it for it. Bianca/Alexa was, indeed, a match.
Women's Rumble had some bright spots but dragged mostly IMO.
-Rhea Ripley was a star in this -I was happy to see Liv last until the end -Asuka -Raquel didn't win -Nia Jax wasn't in it too long and, hopefully, didn't injure anybody -NXT representation was sick, even though I would've liked to have seen Sol Ruca do some dumb s*** -Piper Niven is no longer Doudrop -LOL Chelsea Green -No Charlotte
Really didn't pay attention to much of Roman/Owens tbh, but that post-match angle was in-f***ing-credible. Loved it
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agent817
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Post by agent817 on Jan 29, 2023 13:22:22 GMT -5
7 or 8 for me.
I enjoyed both Rumble matches. As for the rest of the card, I liked KO vs. Roman. As for the others, well, that blacklight match (Not going to say the full gimmick) was a decent concept. I liked it better than matches with The Fiend and the big red light. As for Bianca vs. Alexa, I thought it was just okay at best.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Jan 29, 2023 13:30:15 GMT -5
7.
Both Rumbles were fun but man it made me realize how much the crowds don't give a damn about most of the roster. It was much more noticeable in the women's match cause the crowd was DEAD except for Asuska, Rhea, and Becky.
I really think they should have pivoted someway with Sami and Cody though. All due respect to Cody but Sami is that dude now, and he and KO winning the tag titles, while it will be emotional, just doesn't have the same story telling IMO to Sami Roman.
Speaking of which, while not a great match do love the story telling of Title match.
Bianca/Alexa and the Pitch Black match? Skippable.
Still to me the Rumbles are what the show is about and those delivered so I gave a 7, but again I feel bad for how much the crowd didn't care at times.
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Post by HMARK Center on Jan 29, 2023 14:05:31 GMT -5
Just want to say that it's nice to see one of these "rate the show" threads where there's an array of opinions about what worked and what didn't, and not only are people largely handling that part of it well, they're also actually talking about and discussing why they felt the way they did, good or bad, about what they watched.
Sorry, it does become a pet peeve of mine when we have these threads and you see a random "4/10" or "10/10" dropped with basically no reasoning given; seeing people actually engage and want to share thoughts just makes more interesting and reduces the odds that people are just trolling or whatever.
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Post by Lance Uppercut on Jan 29, 2023 14:58:25 GMT -5
those rumbles were so good, it drained the hell out of me. I’ll glad take that pitch black match and Hardy concert as a cools down moment to just check my phone, grab some food and go to the bathroom
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Jan 29, 2023 15:09:12 GMT -5
went with 4, enjoyed GUNTHER and Bang Bros performances, Rumble had a few good spots and didnt drag but the intelligence insulting reappearance of Logan Paul bars this from being rated above the half way point and then Nia Jax takes that down a further 1 point. Women's Rumble wasn't very exciting and we clearly need to start allowing a maximum of maybe 1 person at a time with a leather jacket gimmick. The Mountain Dew Honey Roast Air Dried Underpants Extravaganza 2 was embarrassing and Bray Wyatt should feel like a fool for it. Not overly familiar with stuff like Judgement Day and Edge and found them to be cringeworthy. Remarkably the commentary was better than i've known it to be in ages. oth Rumbls brought home how there's a lot of jabrons in this company and there shouldnt be, many of them are capable of better. Show presentation makes eye gouging seem preferable. So many lights and edits and sponsors and bullshit.
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Post by chronocross on Jan 30, 2023 17:53:25 GMT -5
8/10, enjoyed the Men's Rumble match a lot more than last year's shitshow.
The Alexa/Bianca match was what it was, I wasn't looking forward to it after seeing their match on Raw a few weeks ago.
The Mountain Dew match was okay and mercifully short.
Women's Rumble was okay, a bit clunky at parts but the right person won.
I loved the main event with KO/Roman even if the result was never in doubt, the post match fallout had the place going apeshit.
I can't wait to see what happens next with Sami/KO/Jey and the rest of the Bloodline.
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Post by Celgress on Jan 30, 2023 20:24:53 GMT -5
7 out of 10, IMHO.
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Post by avenger on Jan 30, 2023 21:10:49 GMT -5
Think I can give this an 8.
Men's Rumble was great, could have done with Cody entering earlier, but the other big names were spread out, and Gunther getting a huge showcase was great.
Bianca v Alexa was as bad as any match with Alexa is going to be these days, so expectations were low.
Bray v LA Knight was as bad as any match with Bray is going to be these days, so expectations were low.
Women's Rumble could have been better. Didn't see the point of Liv Morgan going coast to coast, but being anonymous for 58 minutes. Zoey and Indy were odd choices, feel KC2 should have got those spots.
Main event was everything it needed to be and more.
And there was someone I've never heard of, playing a shit song that I was able to fast forward.
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