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2017 ROYAL RUMBLE POST SHOW DISCUSSION


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Cena/Orton feud again? 

I just threw up in my mouth a little.

It was a fun Rumble until Brock, Goldberg, and Taker came in. 

Jack Gallagher should have been in longer.

I've come around on Baron Corbin. I hated him in nxt, but he's gotten really good. I was pumping my fist when he eliminated Strowman.

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That Rumble died once the Undertaker came in. Watching him shuffle around while dudes fling themselves at him is not my idea of a good time.

You know you've booked a bad Rumble when the final elimination happens and your first thought is, thank god Orton won. Yeesh.

AJ/Cena made up for the bad Rumble (which was honestly pretty fun until the finishing run). Didn't want Cena to win, but his interaction with Charles Robinson during the belt exchange was pretty sweet.

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Oh man, I'm so happy young upstart Randy Orton is finally going to get his shot for the world title at Wrestlemania against John Cena... 

This company is pathetic. When #30 was about to come out, I was so ready for Samoa Joe. And then it was fucking Roman Reigns. Again. 

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Dillinger at 10 was predictable.

No Joe was disappointing.

Strowman looked great in that.

Unpredictable outcome.

Harper vs. Bray and Orton vs. Cena at WM are possibilities.

Taker vs. Reigns confirmed for WM.

Great Royal Rumble match nonetheless.

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Yeah, just a bit of internal logic or character motivation wouldn't have killed them. Just once. In the entire show rather than the constant "Oh well"/move on.

Why have Lawler commentate (and his burying of Zayn on the preshow was fucked) if for no interaction with Dolph?
Why have nothing come of Lesnar being eliminated by Goldberg, or Goldberg and Taker? Taker and Reigns?

The finish to the other title match seems redundant now. Reigns was fit enough to come out at #30 but not enough to cost Strowman? Total bitch move.

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How did Reigns even get the #30 slot?  I don't want to hear no "it's wrestling, you're not supposed to think about it"  bullshit either. 

How the fuck was he even in the match?

Besides that, I don't know how to feel about Orton winning.  I figured he and Bray would have a blow off at Mania but not involving the title. 

Also, while I enjoyed the Cena/AJ match, nothing interesting is coming out of this.    AJ is now stuck in the midcard bullshit and Cena will be facing someone I don't care about.

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AJ vs. Cena was fantastic imo and I thought Jericho was winning the Rumble match to setup a title match with Owens with Jericho dropping the US title to someone on RAW due to Owens trying to help him, but failing to do so.

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The rumble itself was pretty good (best I can remember for a while actually) up until #25 or so.  I kept hoping Joe was going to debut but no big surprises.  For a while I thought Corbin was going to eliminate Taker and we'd get Taker/Corbin at Mania which wouldn't be terrible.  Strowman going out the way he did was also kind of surprising.  Orton winning is complete shit.  Of course they put Goldberg, Taker, and Brock in at the last five while all the full timers do all the work beforehand.

The undercard was pretty solid.  AJ/Cena was awesome and probably an MOTYC.  Swan/Neville was also very good.  I'm guessing they're saving Charlottes big ppv loss for mania.  This match here with Bayley was solid.  Owens/Reigns was better than I'd been expecting.

Good show aside from that shit rumble ending.

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