RIPPA Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share Posted January 8, 2022 I guess this would explain moving Charlotte into the Royal Rumble since reportedly the Mania plan was Charlotte vs. Sasha Side note - at the time of the injury it was said to be a sprained knee so who knows if this is one of those weird "WWE doesn't want to admit what the real injury is" things 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 This might not be a great thing for the WWE to essentially admit for PR reasons but 30 woman Royal Rumbles on the same card as the regular Royal Rumble is probably overkill. But if they went to 20 women, there’d be people whizzing on that from a variety of angles too. I guess that the surprise cameos are a little less likely this year with a portion of non-WWE wrestlers being people who were fired from the WWE within the last 2 years. Not sure if one wants to go through the 30 male Rumble entrants from last year to count how many lost their jobs since last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share Posted January 8, 2022 9 minutes ago, Cobra Commander said: I guess that the surprise cameos are a little less likely this year with a portion of non-WWE wrestlers being people who were fired from the WWE within the last 2 years. Not sure if one wants to go through the 30 male Rumble entrants from last year to count how many lost their jobs since last year. 5 from 2021 (Jeff Hardy, John Morrison, Elias, Daniel Bryan, Braun Strowman) 9 from 2020 (Elias, Erick Rowan, John Morrison, Keith Lee, Braun Strowman, Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows, Aleister Black, Samoa Joe) Unique men's wrestlers - 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 4 hours ago, Technico Support said: Holy shit, who had “understaffed due to firings, WWE borrows talent from Impact to fill Rumble spots” in their 2022 predictions? Weirdest timeline. Is there more than one Impact wrestler in Mickie James? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share Posted January 8, 2022 I will say in regards to this year's women's match - the only folks they announced that I would consider surprises would be Mickie James (because of being with Impact and they way her firing was handled) and Summer Rae (because she hadn't returned in forever) I think by this point every expects the Bellas, Lita, Michelle McCool, etc.. There are still 4 more main roster women who will/can be added (Liv Morgan or Doudrop, Alexa Bliss, Xi Li, Bianca Belair) so you are at 23 Then I assume 3-5 from NXT as usual (my guess would be Mandy Rose and Toxic Attraction and then some others). Lets say the do just those - that's 26 It is pretty easy to get 4 from the usual pool of "Divas" (Trish Stratus, Molly Holly, etc..) Oh and I totally forgot there is a decent chance Bayley will be back. Basically I think they can easily fill it without worrying about the recently fired not wanting to return their phone calls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Now, if Moose makes a Rumble cameo this year, there's a variety of takes one could have about that (depth, ethics, etc) It wouldn't shock me if they just decide in the next 3 weeks to bring Strowman back for at least a Rumble cameo or a new contract on the Jimmy Wang Yang principle of Vince not realizing he fired Strowman somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 So Sasha should be at Dallas. They can just have someone from RAW advance through the Royal Rumble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintedbynumbers Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 18 hours ago, LoneWolf&Subs said: I just rewatched the Nitro after Uncensored 97’. Nothing may really top the pop Sting gets for clearing the ring at the PPV, but the following nights pop gets pretty close. The way the fans react you think we just won WWII. The following episode the fans go almost as crazy for Dean Malenko beating Konnan with the Cloverleaf. WCW crowds were absolutely on fire in 1997. Also something to point out, the fans absolutely detest Larry Z in Duluth, Minnesota when they go to the commentary table after the Malenko match. Why is that? Is it because of his AWA run? I'm thinking they hated Larry due to the AWA stuff. You are dead right about the 97 crowds. One thing that was cool to me about the big wrestling boom of 97-99 is that you would get shows in small towns. We finally had WCW in Erie PA. Hell we had WCW in Buffalo also. Things that we just didn't get before that and when we would get those shows the crowd would turn up and be hot for them. Sadly WCW being WCW we would also get a shit load of no shows and screw job finishes but it was better than nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coletti Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 2 hours ago, RIPPA said: 5 from 2021 (Jeff Hardy, John Morrison, Elias, Daniel Bryan, Braun Strowman) 9 from 2020 (Elias, Erick Rowan, John Morrison, Keith Lee, Braun Strowman, Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows, Aleister Black, Samoa Joe) Unique men's wrestlers - 11 Elias? I'm so confused and just combed through the purge threads and did a Google search and while there is a lot of speculation about him not being used, I saw nothing about him being released... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 We don't deserve Malcolm Bivens 3 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share Posted January 8, 2022 5 minutes ago, christopher.annino said: Elias? I'm so confused and just combed through the purge threads and did a Google search and while there is a lot of speculation about him not being used, I saw nothing about him being released... To be fair - I messed that up. They definitely aren't using him and I thought I read that they were just gonna let his contract run out. So I might have jumped the gun there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 I'll admit, I really want the Brock/Roman stuff to somehow end up with one of them hiring Bivens to counteract Heyman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shartnado Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, cwoy2j said: We don't deserve Malcolm Bivens If he'd wear like 3 inch lifts inside his boots, he could totally pull it off, too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 1 hour ago, cwoy2j said: I'll admit, I really want the Brock/Roman stuff to somehow end up with one of them hiring Bivens to counteract Heyman. what's Lou E. Dangerously doing? (that's former director of Promotions and Event Marketing Lou D'Angeli to you, bub) Also watching some 1995/96 ECW means being amused at the possible pettiness going on during the Sign Guy/Sign Guy Dudley feud, like the competing similar gigantic signs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 (edited) If we give back The Last Battle of Atlanta can we get footage of this? Vince and Biff doing shirtless pushups in Vince's office with the t-rex skull on the wall and ACDC blasting. Edited January 8, 2022 by Jiji 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 13 minutes ago, Cobra Commander said: what's Lou E. Dangerously doing? (that's former director of Promotions and Event Marketing Lou D'Angeli to you, bub) Also watching some 1995/96 ECW means being amused at the possible pettiness going on during the Sign Guy/Sign Guy Dudley feud, like the competing similar gigantic signs With any luck, staying under whatever rock he slithered under when ECW went under. Knowing how fucking shitty and legit threatening D'Angeli and Bubba were being to Sign gun has me in the "Fuck them" camp. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caley Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 I'm actually surprised WWE hasn't split the Royal Rumble into a 2-NIGHT EXTRAVAGANZA! Night 1 you run the Raw World Title, SD Women's World Title and Women's Royal Rumble, and Night 2 you do the SD World Title, Raw Women's Title and Men's Royal Rumble. I think the attendance would be pretty decent as no matter how bad the booking, people always get excited for the Rumble, itself and putting each one on a separate night gives each night a drawing match and reduces the repetitiveness. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 "a 2 night Royal Rumble. The first 15 on night 1, the last 15 on night 2." "But that doesn't make any fucking sense" "Shut up" 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Youd prob get some nonsense like someone not being eliminated in the night 1 Rumble and then coming out in Night 2 and saying they’ve lasted 24 hours in the Rumble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamhock Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 8 minutes ago, odessasteps said: Youd prob get some nonsense like someone not being eliminated in the night 1 Rumble and then coming out in Night 2 and saying they’ve lasted 24 hours in the Rumble. Santino in drag hides under the ring during the women’s rumble, re-enters ring during men’s rumble 24 hours later, is confused and is immediately eliminated while the announcers attempt to one-up each other with fake laughing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Cobra Commander said: what's Lou E. Dangerously doing? Hanging out with CM Punk at AEW shows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimo Necro Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, Cobra Commander said: Now, if Moose makes a Rumble cameo this year, there's a variety of takes one could have about that (depth, ethics, etc) It wouldn't shock me if they just decide in the next 3 weeks to bring Strowman back for at least a Rumble cameo or a new contract on the Jimmy Wang Yang principle of Vince not realizing he fired Strowman somehow. I’m not entirely sure how or why they didn’t hire Moose at some point over the last 3-4 years. Even in his RoH days I assumed he would end up in WWE. in regards to point 2, the thought did occur to me that Vince’s knowledge of the releases in the last 6 months might be minimal. Edited January 9, 2022 by Ultimo Necro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Dave Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 6 hours ago, Niners Fan in CT said: So Sasha should be at Dallas. They can just have someone from RAW advance through the Royal Rumble. Or they could, you know, elevate some new women instead of leaning on the same tired old shit? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 11 minutes ago, just drew said: Or they could, you know, elevate some new women instead of leaning on the same tired old shit? They won't even do that for the men, what makes you think they'd even try to get a new woman over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Dave Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 5 minutes ago, Raziel said: They won't even do that for the men, what makes you think they'd even try to get a new woman over? I mean, they're two injuries and one more pregnancy away from not being able to have a six woman tag on tv, but your point is well made... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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