Super Ape Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 At this point, WWE signing Vince Russo would probably be a lateral move at worst. Because this writing/booking is abysmal. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Moose Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Sasha's attire was one of her best and it truly seemed like she was living her best life for a few minutes there. This promptly flew out the window with Tamina not having any Team BAD callbacks and having a lot of time to kill, along with many, many occasions where people would be interrupting each others' elimination attempts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 The biggest problem is pretty simple: They have a roster that with a few exceptions nobody cares about (and that's almost entirely because there's been no reason given to care about them with how they've been booked and positioned) and for a Rumble match that's pretty much death. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 I watched the men's Rumble just out of curiosity, and it was a really great reminder of why I quit watching in the first place. It didn't even have the freak show appeal of other 'bad' ones like '95 or '97. Just pure creative bankruptcy. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 (edited) Deep down a weird psychological part of me almost wanted to pay for Peacock to watch this show. I eventually convinced myself not to. I'm very glad I didn't. Honestly, in such a gutted division, Rousey winning tonight was probably the best and smartest thing WWE could do. WrestleMania looks absolutely abysmal right now, so a Rousey returns at least gives WWE a bit of a twist and something to spice up the women's division this year. Lesnar vs. Reigns AGAIN sucks. That they have booked their whole main event scene around doing this match again is ridiculous. Half the women in the Royal Rumble don't even work for the company. They gutted their whole division and basically had no one left to fill out the Rumble. It's a sad joke. Edited January 30, 2022 by TheVileOne 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 You know a Rumble is bad when you get to the last handful of guys and you're like "Welp, I hope Rick Boogz takes it" 8 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 57 minutes ago, JohnnyJ said: Was anyone else getting legit dizzy during the men’s rumble from the frantic camera shots? The chair shots at the end of Rollins/Reigns damn near gave me motion sickness. 1 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 I got gallows humour seeing that Sasha Banks video package after what happened to her in the Royal Rumble match earlier. Right hand does not know what the left hand is doing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Rousey winning means they can put her match on the main event for Night 1 and then Lesnar/Reigns is Night 2. God help em for figuring out how to make WM go for two nights this year without having some people working both nights. But really, if you're blocking off two hours for Rumbles, you have to have some of the rest of the night wrap up quicker, or start the show a little before 7 local time, or something. Edge/Beth vs Miz/Maryse was probably a match that would have fit in as a special WM match instead of how it was slotted tonight. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E. Dynamite Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Here's what you need to do if you're a big evil company like WWE - Fire everybody between the Rumble and Mania. You want a big ol' roster to pad the Rumble out, duh. ALSO - even with two days of it, Mania cards are jam-packed and you run the risk of letting your active talent down by not featuring them. If you can't think of a reason to put somebody on a Mania card, just fire 'em! Problem solved! And if you're releasing people in mid-January and February, everybody's non-compete clause will expire in the middle of April, when AEW shows are at risk of being pre-empted by the NBA and NHL playoffs. This company can't even be SHITTY properly! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 When I saw when the women's Rumble started, I thought it was the end of night 1. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 2 minutes ago, Gonzo said: The chair shots at the end of Rollins/Reigns damn near gave me motion sickness. Least the camera man got his squats workout in . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Think I discovered the problem: Danhausen cursed them when they didn't give him all the monies (but thankfully A&W did). 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 1 minute ago, Cobra Commander said: Rousey winning means they can put her match on the main event for Night 1 and then Lesnar/Reigns is Night 2. God help em for figuring out how to make WM go for two nights this year without having some people working both nights. But really, if you're blocking off two hours for Rumbles, you have to have some of the rest of the night wrap up quicker, or start the show a little before 7 local time, or something. Edge/Beth vs Miz/Maryse was probably a match that would have fit in as a special WM match instead of how it was slotted tonight. Two nights would've been more feasible before they fired over half the roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 If only. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Rollins/Reigns was decent enough before the lame finish. Now because we're getting Lesnar/Reigns everyone's going to forget the fact that Reigns tried to murder Rollins on live television. Women's Rumble. . .was there. Honestly, there were about five people that anyone could have legitimately expected to win and a bunch of filler. Mickie James was a nice touch. Doudrop/Lynch was alright. Again, you knew there was no chance in hell that Doudrop was going to win but the match was decent enough. Lashley/Lesnar was a disappointment. There was plenty of TWO BIG MEATY MEN SLAPPING MEAT~!, but it still felt like something was missing. Please let the Miz/Edge situation die. Please. You knew that Lesnar was winning the Men's Rumble as soon as he lost to Lashley, and there weren't anywhere near the surprises that the Women's Rumble had. Overall, fairly disappointing show, I thought. Particularly for a "Big 4" event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Wow the WWE's roster as a whole... just meh up and down. They released way too many people. There's zero depth. Roman/Lesnar #345 and Ronda/Charlotte supposed to sell out Dallas for two shows? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Just now, Niners Fan in CT said: Wow the WWE's roster as a whole... just meh up and down. They released way too many people. There's zero depth. Roman/Lesnar #345 and Ronda/Charlotte supposed to sell out Dallas for two shows? Bring in some luchadors. Or use the ones you have. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawful Metal Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Any particular reason Finn and Cesaro weren’t in the Rumble? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 do we want to know the original plan for this month if Reigns/Lesnar happened at Day 1? or the original plan if Kofi was able to avoid being eliminated tonight? Unless I missed the news, they did manage to avoid melting the Wrestlemania sign during the 2nd pyro display, so there's that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastleVania Rey Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Doudrop/Becky was the best match. No contest. And I actually enjoyed Bad Bunny's appearance. And certainly Ivory's. (I was actually an RTC mark back in the day entirely because of her and Stevie Richards) I predicted (to my dismay) the entire show's results days ago though. Including Roman costing Brock the title, then Brock being #30 in the Rumble. EXCEPT... I thought Reigns would pin Rollins and not get DQed. But close enough. And I predicted Gulak would enter the Rumble and be thrown out in three seconds. But he wasn't in. :( In fact, here's a list of every non-injured person on the main roster who they left off the card entirely (despite Shane doing nothing in the Rumble): Men: Akira Tozawa Angel Garza Apollo Crews Cedric Alexander Cesaro Commander Azeez Drew Gulak Elias Erik Finn Balor Humberto Carillo Ivar Jey Uso Jimmy Uso Jinder Mahal Mace Mansoor Mustafa Ali R-Truth Shanky Shelton Benjamin T-Bar Veer Women: Alexa Bliss Xia Li Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 1 minute ago, Lawful Metal said: Any particular reason Finn and Cesaro weren’t in the Rumble? Taxi squad in case there was a last minute scratch of one of the 25 announced Rumble participants? or if Shane wasn't available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 (edited) Edited January 30, 2022 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 3 minutes ago, Lawful Metal said: Any particular reason Finn and Cesaro weren’t in the Rumble? Occam's Razor says either Covid or injury, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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