John from Cincinnati Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Forget babysitting Corbin. Aside from a few singles matches against Drew, Roman’s basically been fighting random meaningless heel gangs since he returned. Fuck all of that. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIShane Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 2 hours ago, hammerva said: I think the going opinion is that the royal rumble champions are going to be Rousey and Reigns. I mean seriously they just announced a new shirt for Rousey on their site. And given that Reigns has been having to babysit Baron Corbin for almost 4 months he deserves it It was a shirt from last year. That said, I’m sure there will be a lot of speculation until the match ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 (edited) So if the Edge rumours are legit where does he go? The guy that stops Lesnar? Yeah could be semi-interesting. No better or worse than the rest of the Lesnar Mania programs. Cant see him getting dropped on his head that many times by Lesnar though. Rollins? Seems a quick drop of the Owens/Joe feud/tag titles/etc. McIntyre? Corbin? Duelling pipebomb promos with Punk? "She was mine before she was yours, Adam"? Edited January 26, 2020 by RolandTHTG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 I'd still guess Orton. Relatively safe, lots of history/trust, and he mentioned Edge by name within the last month. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 The above. I'd also suggest though it won't happen, Daniel Bryan. Bryan's the best at working round strengths/limitations of opponents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawful Metal Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 So Roman is really winning? Jesus Christ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 (edited) There's only a handful of matches I'm into: both Royal Rumble matches, Fiend/Bryan and Becky/Asuka. Rest is filler you'd have to sit through live so I'm not sure I will be. Predicting Roman Reigns wins the Men's Royal Rumble match. Shayna Baszler the Women's version though I'd really like it to be Sasha Banks. Don't want Charlotte. Other matches have predictable outcomes. Love Daniel Bryan to go over but that ain't happening. Edited January 26, 2020 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Thought I'd have a quick go at the 10 best Royal Rumble matches: 10. 1998. Winner: Steve Austin. 9. 2002. Winner: Triple H. 8. 2018 Men's. Winner: Shinsuke Nakamura. 7. 2018 Women's. Winner: Asuka. 6. 2010. Winner: Edge. 5. 2004. Winner: Chris Benoit. 4. 2008. Winner: John Cena. 3. 2007. Winner: The Undertaker. 2. 2001. Winner: Steve Austin. 1. 1992. Winner: Ric Flair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 94 probably deserves some credit for introducing both the monster heel eliminates everybody and the both hit the floor at the same time tropes that have been done to death eons of times since. 1997 was wild too. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 On one hand, I'm looking forward to the women's Royal Rumble because I have no idea what's going to happen (though I do expect Shayna to be involved). On the other hand, they did a really bad job promoting it. They had one segment on Smackdown where they just threw them all in a ring to brawl for 30 seconds (including Bayley and Lacey) and that was it.. 4 announced participants versus 27 announcements on the men's side. Yeah, the women's revolution isn't going too well right now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 8 hours ago, RolandTHTG said: So if the Edge rumours are legit where does he go? The guy that stops Lesnar? Yeah could be semi-interesting. No better or worse than the rest of the Lesnar Mania programs. Cant see him getting dropped on his head that many times by Lesnar though. Rollins? Seems a quick drop of the Owens/Joe feud/tag titles/etc. McIntyre? Corbin? Duelling pipebomb promos with Punk? "She was mine before she was yours, Adam"? I always assume that if Edge returns it is to get the Saudi Blood Money and not about some Wrestlemania moment. Because like you mentioned there really isn't anything except some nothing match against guys like Drew or Corbin. I mean I would love Edge vs Corbin so that we get Corbin as far away from matches that mean anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyld Samurai Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 1 minute ago, hammerva said: I always assume that if Edge returns it is to get the Saudi Blood Money and not about some Wrestlemania moment. Because like you mentioned there really isn't anything except some nothing match against guys like Drew or Corbin. I mean I would love Edge vs Corbin so that we get Corbin as far away from matches that mean anything the Saudi's aren't caught up yet on the Attitude / Ruthless Aggression era. Right now they're asking for Yokozuna vs Lex Luger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill S. Preston ESQ. Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Men’s Picks Most Eliminations: Brock Lesnar (7) Iron Man: Brock Lesnar (20-21) Final Four: Drew McIntyre, Randy Orton, Keith Lee, Aleister Black Winner: Aleister Black Women’s Rumble Picks Most Eliminations: Nia Jax Iron Woman: Sasha Banks Final Four: Charlotte Flair, Shayna Baszler, Sasha Banks, Ronda Rousey Winner: Shayna Baszler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 7 women are announced for the women's Rumble. Expected to have more surprises than the men's Rumble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 On 1/25/2020 at 12:11 PM, The Natural said: Yes. 23 hours ago, L_W_P said: I hated that one. Most of them are pretty clever but that was some grade A bullshit. Thanks, both. Yeah, that one actively pissed me off, so much that I apparently only vaguely remembered it. But no, dude was eliminated that year. Theoretically, no one would be eliminated because they land on a mat not a "floor". Ugh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 17 hours ago, sabremike said: I agree, it came off..... Flat. Ban plz k thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 We're at the point where the rules should long ago have been amended to state that if you've been thrown over the top rope and no part of you has contact with the ring then you're eliminated. But people are addicted to these spots, so never gonna happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Didn't they only go to Both Feet Must Hit The Floor because of that one that came down to Shawn vs Bulldog, and Shawn put one foot down when he wasn't supposed to? I'm sure it was Any Part Of The Body Hits The Floor before that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Some of these Rumble stats are getting ridiculous. Six Eiffel Towers? And then there's that thing they've started doing in like the last five years where during the match the commentators will tell us something pointless like someone jumping to sixth place in terms of all-time Rumble eliminations. Just useless drivel. Christian just compared Lacey Evans to Kurt Angle in terms of how quickly she's picked wrestling up at a high level. Amazing troll job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 This Shorty G thing still amazes me. Vince would probably give the Hornswoggle gimmick to Altuve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Just renewed my sub for the Rumble. Haven't watched hardly any WWE. No idea who this guy in the red pants wrestling Andrade is. ...wait is that fucking Jerry Lawler yelling "Latino Heeeeeeet!" Subscription canceled. 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 4 minutes ago, jaedmc said: Just renewed my sub for the Rumble. Haven't watched hardly any WWE. No idea who this guy in the red pants wrestling Andrade is. ...wait is that fucking Jerry Lawler yelling "Latino Heeeeeeet!" Subscription canceled. Ha. My thoughts exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Does Kenny Omega still wrestle for AEW? I predict he'll be #30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 87 ROAD WARRIORS. SHUCKY DUCKY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Good job by Otunga burying DB by essentially saying a strap match favors Bray. Idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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