Sibersk Esto
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January Wrasslin' |OT2| Stop watching this garbage and get HBO Go
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Yeah, it was great but I wouldn't give it more than 4 stars. I fucking loved Rollins work in this too, it was his best match yet. That elbow drop to the spanish announce table was the best elbow drop in years.
Like Mysterio, Bryan will look like a ragdoll next to Lesnar. Mysterio/Lesnar had a good match. They also booked Mysterio to lose. It'd be a good match, but it's not the right one for them going forward. Doing SHIELD v Lesnar helps elevate those three guys way more- and they need that roster depth.
The Silver
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what, keep him protected?
he's a monster, the biggest WWE has probably ever had, by design his kind of booking necessitates he be taken down by the ultimate underdog.
Brock is more than likely leaving, it's fucking Wrestlemania, this is THE perfect time to maximize Brock's godking booking than to finally make him lose against the biggest underdog in the world.
a 3 vs 1 is fucking terrible, Brock needs to be beaten clean 1 on 1, what a way to waste Brock's booking.
Jimmy King
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too many posts have gone by without this gif
Nobody is cheering on the back. It's amazing.
He got Shane levels of air on that elbow.
I like how this ignores that everything is given to him on a silver platter at this point or his wrestling ability or his promo. Sure has a nice face though!
I wasn't prepared for Daniel Bryan to have such a poor showing though. I thought if Bryan made it to Rumble, he was going to have an HBK/Rey moment fighting till the end.
No controversy to the elimination either. If D. Bry is going to face Sheamus, why not have Sheamus eliminate him.
They had no Rumble storyline for him. It was just, well he's out, lets move on. No drama. Nothing. Sell the fucking elimination.
Future Foundation
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You mean a lot more. He's gonna HBK the American flag every time he comes out now.
Kacho
Gold Member
I believe so. I'm going to watch it again when it goes up on the network. I was actually surprised to see that no one brought it up on the RR thread when it happened. Maybe I heard it wrong? I remember him sounding agitated in his response and then he went off the deep end just yelling stuff at the end of the show.
Ah ok.
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
There's one guy behind them with a Roman Reigns shirt going nuts by himself.
Macho Madness
Member
LMAO
And to make it even worse, Bryan's comeback and declaration for the Rumble added so much false hope that it made the moment that much more crushing.
If the IWC were honorable, they'd make a big deal out of this / Titus / R. Truth.
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Wrasslin fans ain't ready. Last time someone tried to bring up the race issue, you had a bunch of people saying, "But...The Rock!"
Kiever Sher
Member
Yeah the context thing is important, Brock Lesnar taking that kind of punishment and coming back in a title match on the second biggest show of the year is different to a 105 pound dude taking it in the second match of Gym Wars 123.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
The Shattered Dreams on the tron when Goldust came out as Bryan was walking back was perfect.
They knew what they were doing.
That Titus elimination was just...If the IWC were honorable, they'd make a big deal out of this / Titus / R. Truth.
blackaroni
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Nah, they would have something to complain about.
Future Foundation
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This is like the Taker getting pinned gif. There's something new in the audience every time.
That is a legitimate complaint. Most people are complaining about him not winning though.
I was all ready for Bryan to be in there early, and be the Iron Man of the match. The way they booked him, and even Ambrose and Wyatt (although he looked better thanks to the early Rumble performance) was poor. They came out looking like jobbers.
Holy shit that's amazing.
MrPressStart
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1st. Booker T is crazy... legit crazy. Look at him when he talks to people... His eyes are always above them or behind them... never at them. That is a sign of an unstable person.
2nd... what we will see tonight is the new rumble with edited out boos and replaced with cheers for reigns.
2nd... what we will see tonight is the new rumble with edited out boos and replaced with cheers for reigns.
He has nice hair too now lets not forget that
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Why is a kid in the top right watching something on his iPad turned away from the ring?
I chuckled at that a bit myself.
Kinda everyone came out of the a Rumble looking horrible. It was really badly booked.
Kiever Sher
Member
Maybe they'll copy some Memphis studio shows wholesale tonight.
Marvel
could never
Selfie.
My only complaint was it dragged just a smidge after Lesnar went through the table. Cena went sooooo often to FUs and made it look even crappier than it already is, but it's Cena so it kind of makes sense because he's smug enough to think if I just do it enough it will work.
PS, the most evil thing from last night was still R-Truth being considered D-Von because black people. Most Vince thing ever.
PPS, Kane and Big Show deleting all the future stars was just an amazing FU as well.
Selfie with the ring in the background?
selfie?
blackaroni
Member
What does Booker being "legit crazy" have to do with Renee calling New Day "your guys"....allegedly.
All the fan favorites basically looked like crap.
British Monsoon
Member
There's often context in those indie matches that do the same thing, except most don't care to discover it, they'll just pile on with the usual complaints about indie wrestling. Also, I have paws now? I'm a human being, dammit! We have hands!
lovely ladies
Member
Funniest and saddest part of rumble was kane and big show getting rid of all the fan favorites. In 2015.
serenewarfare
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The way Meltzer was talking last night, WWE has no backup plan of Reigns doesn't work out as the guy. Like they put so much into him and convinced themselves that he's the one, and he's not working. He was saying with the way they think and what they think a top guy has to look like, they don't think of anyone in NXT who could be that guy.
Shit. It was way more funny imagining someone watching the Rumble on the Network that close to the ring.
too many posts have gone by without this gif
You could look at each individual person in the crowd and notice something new each time.
Even that girl right above Reigns is shaking her head.
Professor Beef
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The really interesting thing is that Brock was barely conscious at the time. His body instinctively knew that his title was in jeopardy and went on auto-pilot to german suplex the closest competitor.
TimeEffect
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She said "These were your guys" referring to Booker T probably hyping them up like he usually does with some stars.
I don't think she ever said "your people" unless she brought it up again after.
Yeah, but most of the Rumble are jobbers anyway. They looked like crap going in, and like crap going out. But wrestlers like Bryan, Ambrose, Wyatt, and even Ziggler to an extent, should be better protected. The latter three were just carried and thrown out by Big Slow and Kane.
It's just a weird disconnect, because no one cares about Big Slow and Kane. If this was Brock Lesnar, or another top star like Cena or Triple H giving them issues and taking them out, it's one thing.
I think what hurts these past Royal Rumbles is that there aren't enough storylines going on. There needs to be a few going into the actual match so there is a bit of a story in the match itself. This way you can better book eliminations too so they have a bit of impact, and feel more logical. As it stands, Royal Rumble 2013 and 2014 are some of the most random Rumble matches I've seen. They're just all over the place with no direction. Compare that to 2001 for example. That Rumble is filled with many different things happening, and superstars with connected issues. It helps keep things interesting.
Basically, it comes back to the roster being shit and WWE not seemingly planning anything outside of the main event.
Totally, but I thought we'd have a fun event up until that and see how they handle some situations to get to there. What happened is they didn't handle it and shit the bed making Reigns reaction even worse than if he had won a fun Rumble.
Actually, I think that's a Bubba thing, I seem to remember he's used other black guys before when Devon wasn't there.
They were giving them #TheRub it will pay off in time. Slow burn 101 friend
Future Foundation
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Then there's the guy watching himself doing the thumbs down, while recording the Reigns/Rock celebration in the ring.