Eivion Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Dolfan in NYC said: My understanding was that Becky-Baszler was the long-term plan, which may have been changed to Becky-Ronda when all the rumors surrounding her return were swirling. Until I hear something else, I'm assuming one of those two is tapping Becky in April. Especially now that she's completely cleared the field. CF thus goes to the other show. Not to mention that Becky-Charlotte has also been done 4000 times. (And yes, so has Bayley-Charlotte. Though, never with Bayley winning...) I don't see Charlotte leaving to Smackdown w/o her fiancee. The best hope for Shayna/Becky or Rousey/Becky is one of them trying to murder Charlotte and taking her out of WM. I actually would like to see that personally. Would make for a nice post-WM blood feud. Bayley beat Charlotte for a title at least three times. She also beat Charlotte when she first came to Raw several years ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 6 hours ago, Matt D said: Fiend vs Roman is pretty easy to me. Roman's great at working from underneath. Have the Fiend take most of the match, have Roman come back, hit a few superman punches and one spear. It would work. The whole point of a monster is to have a hero beat him. That would be pretty lame considering The Fiend has taken shots to the head from hammers and been electrocuted and no sold it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehabilitated Rick Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 The Claymore is such a dope impact move, the way Reigns fed in to it to end the match made it look spectacular. I also totally buy it knocking Brock out clean. One shot and done. I called Orton/Edge the moment Orton referred to Edge in that weird fake injury angle promo the other week. I'm also going to call Ronda/Charlotte/Becky II at Mania. It's the only way not having Shayna (beating Becky at Survivor Series you would assume the feud would naturally be a lock for Mania season) win the Rumble makes any sense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 "There's nobody else" is such a lazy argument. It's the same argument people used for Cena and Reigns when they'd be on their 3rd and 4th coronation at WrestleMania. It could have been anyone. Shayna, Bianca, Kairi Sane, I think Io might be hurt but she's another one. I'm not surprised I called Charlotte as the favorite months ago, they could have used the women's rumble in the same way they used the Men's to elevate someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 12 minutes ago, Niners Fan in CT said: That would be pretty lame considering The Fiend has taken shots to the head from hammers and been electrocuted and no sold it all. From a guy who did not have a pure heart, sure. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehabilitated Rick Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 (edited) I agree with you that it could have been used to elevate someone else, and Shayna was all the rage with the live crowd. I do think plans were changed to accommodate Ronda into the scenario. And Charlotte winning sets the wheels in motion for the triple threat rematch (this is strictly guesswork on my part but the idea of Charlotte vs. Bayley or Becky is garbage and has been done to death). I'll take my L if those plans do not come to fruition, but that's how I see things playing out. Ronda/Charlotte/Becky on the Raw side, and Sasha/Bayley on the SD side. Niners Fan is happy. The board is happy. Everyone wins. Edited January 27, 2020 by Rehabilitated Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 7 minutes ago, Niners Fan in CT said: "There's nobody else" is such a lazy argument. It's the same argument people used for Cena and Reigns when they'd be on their 3rd and 4th coronation at WrestleMania. It could have been anyone. Shayna, Bianca, Kairi Sane, I think Io might be hurt but she's another one. I'm not surprised I called Charlotte as the favorite months ago, they could have used the women's rumble in the same way they used the Men's to elevate someone. But how many years is going to take for you to realize they don't book this way. They weren't suddenly going to have two "new" winners in one year. Even with the planned original winners (Shayna and Roman) it was the same thing only flipped. They did it once the first time they had two Rumbles - Asuka and Nakamura - and you could argue even then it wasn't "elevating" Asuka since she was still on her undefeated streak. Plus - Asuka winning was only designed for her to be sacrificed to Charlotte at Mania which basically killed her until the next Rumble. And they clearly got cold feet with Nakamura and we ended up with a shit match with a shit finish and a shit heel turn. We can be here till the cows come home discussing all the things the WWE "could" have done over the years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, RIPPA said: They did it once the first time they had two Rumbles - Asuka and Nakamura - and you could argue even then it wasn't "elevating" Asuka since she was still on her undefeated streak. I hate to make this about more than just the wrestling itself but I think a lot of us were very pleased that night because it seemed like not just that Nakamura and Asuka had won and it felt "new" (despite Asuka being on the undefeated streak) but that WWE maybe had turned a corner on Asian wrestlers. They saw the marketability in Nakamura and Asuka and they weren't going to shy from pushing them as the top stars of their respective divisions. More importantly, the racial stereotypes were also no more. But WWE failed on that on both fronts and Asuka only now has somewhat recovered. I don't think anyone felt Charlotte had anything to gain from beating Asuka and I don't think Charlotte had anything to gain from winning the Rumble last night. I get Vince is extremely protective of his favorites but it doesn't make for a better program. I'm just happy that when they pull shit like this that now I have AEW to watch or I can fire up New Japan World, at least there's alternatives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 37 minutes ago, TheVileOne said: Thank god they finally let common sense prevail on the red light nonsense. It took 20 years but still it’s finally done and over with I wouldn't celebrate just yet Bryan has a lot of input on his matches and he was probably able to sell ditching the lights based on not being able to see the damage the strap was causing on his body. Let's see if it returns on the Saudi show (which I am assuming is the next time Bray is wrestling) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopus Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 I feel the Glow! Naomi is back with a cool haircut. I’m back in on WWE. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Angel Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 As someone who had no intention of watching the Rumble, after plans got cancelled I just turned it on anyway. And I enjoyed it. I wish Charlotte wouldn't have won but whatever. The men's Rumble was excellent though. I'm happy for Drew. Let's see if they stick with his push this time. On a side note, me and the wife played a drinking game for everytime a blonde came out in the women's Rumble. I'm just gonna say alcohol poisoning isn't fun friends lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintedbynumbers Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Just now, OctopusCinema said: I feel the Glow! Naomi is back with a cool haircut. I’m back in on WWE. she looked like the treasure troll I had back in 1992. Only Glow feeling is when she stuck her finger in the light socket to get that wild hair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Blue Sam Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, OctopusCinema said: I feel the Glow! Naomi is back with a cool haircut. I’m back in on WWE. Naomi looked cool as fuck. That big hair will look awesome on any big bumps or any high flying she does. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Speaking of Naomi - someone posted a photo and I can't find it now of her and Bianca and I am totally cool with them being the next tag champs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 BTW, they did a real good job building Bianca as dangerous heading into Portland. First time they've really used the Rumble to actually build a NXT talent ahead of a title shot like that. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Hero Morganti Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 17 minutes ago, RIPPA said: Speaking of Naomi - someone posted a photo and I can't find it now of her and Bianca and I am totally cool with them being the next tag champs Lemme see if i can find it. It should be on Naomi's Twitter under tweets and replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopus Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 (edited) 30 minutes ago, RIPPA said: Speaking of Naomi - someone posted a photo and I can't find it now of her and Bianca and I am totally cool with them being the next tag champs Glow-EST Edited January 27, 2020 by OctopusCinema I learned how to use Spoiler tags today 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeCristyV.1.6 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 So, how many camera cuts can we fit into one entrance? YES! It's unwatchable trash... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Isn't the joke: "You think you know me..." "Hard to say with you looking like the crowd half the time?" 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 39 minutes ago, OctopusCinema said: Hide contents Glow-EST So ... smiles with just lips is okay, but smiles with teeth is bad, right? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimo Necro Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 34 minutes ago, MoeCristyV.1.6 said: So, how many camera cuts can we fit into one entrance? YES! It's unwatchable trash... In the years ahead Edge will watch this back with his kids and grandkids and they will think.... “Totally needed to see that one guy hold his head and mouth “oh my god”... worth it” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 10 hours ago, paintedbynumbers said: Did I miss it or did nobody point to the Mania sign this year? Both winners pointed to the sign. There was pyro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 2 hours ago, RIPPA said: And speaking of Satin - if anyone wants to see what an actual co-opted media member looks like (as opposed to what they say about Meltzer) I understand some of crowd tired of them going back to Charlotte but it to a few years to win me over. She's the Brock of the Women's division, she's probably the most protected person overall beside Becky and Brock. She'll probably never be the smoothest in the ring but she delivers in big matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Idea: Charlotte vs Rhea at WrestleMania. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Basically the footage minus the crowd cut aways So exactly what they did after they fucked up AJ's debut and just label it "unseen footage" 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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