BewareTheBatsie
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Hasn't Taker confirmed he's going to be wrestling at Wrestlemania 34?
Roman isn't retiring him, calm down.
Roman isn't retiring him, calm down.
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WWE Royal Rumble '17 |OT| Follow The Buzzers
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GravityInsanity
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I feel like in hindsight, the bolded will come to describe his entire reign as Universial Champion.
JesseEwiak
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OK, then they aren't really stars then. If Vince thinks he can drop them like a bad habit, they really aren't that over and should be jobbing to actual stars who will stand up to Vince.
excelsiorlef
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Honestly do you adopt a gimmick for wrestling posts?
Sir_Crocodile
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Meltz. Who got almost everything right for the rumble, although he said AJ/Shane wasn't a lock yet, but they have had interaction between shane and aj the last week that wasn't exactly joyful, so they've laid the groundwork if they're heading that way.
It was supposed to be Brock/Shane before Goldberg agreed to do more then one match.
Goldberg should have given the WWE writers a jackhammer.
So WM matches:
Big Show vs Shaq
Four way for the Raw Woman title (Nia, Bayley; Sasha and Charlotte)
Jericho vs Owens for US title
Lesnar vs Goldberg for the Universal title
Roman vs Undertaker for #makestrong
Bray vs Orton for title
I think all these are more or less confirmed, and then we can speculate on a few more:
Multi women Smackdown women match
Joe vs Cena
AJ vs Shane
The rest of the smackdown roster for the Intercontinental title
Tag-title multi man matches on the preshow.
What more?
Big Show vs Shaq
Four way for the Raw Woman title (Nia, Bayley; Sasha and Charlotte)
Jericho vs Owens for US title
Lesnar vs Goldberg for the Universal title
Roman vs Undertaker for #makestrong
Bray vs Orton for title
I think all these are more or less confirmed, and then we can speculate on a few more:
Multi women Smackdown women match
Joe vs Cena
AJ vs Shane
The rest of the smackdown roster for the Intercontinental title
Tag-title multi man matches on the preshow.
What more?
JesseEwiak
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This is my honest opinion. Bryan was already broken. Have Triple H fuck him over like they did, put control of the WWE on the line in a WM match, have him beat Triple H, do the face GM thing for a while with somebody like Foley or whoever.
Meanwhile, have your WWE Champion also be on every late night show in the country while he's in the #1 movie in the country.
Everybody wins.
excelsiorlef
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RecRoulette
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So he could dump Taker on his big dead ass.
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thepotatoman
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The 2013 yes movement and 2009 Straight Edge Society were the only times WWE wasn't losing ratings in the last 10 years.
I'll admit the 2005 Cena vs Orton era was pretty good for ratings too, but that was 12 years ago.
Ryo Hazuki
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I'll be really disappointed if this is the card. If you list every member of their roster and this is the best they could come up with I don't even know anymore.
If this is seriously the card I honestly might entertain the idea of skipping Mania
Eanan
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Top post.
The only person im remembering from this Rumble that I hadn't seen before was the jobber with the hot girlfriend. That jobber italian new yorker whatever he is with the turkey hair was the worst.
Phoenixazure
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I'll toss in Fatal 4 way (Swann, Neville, Tyler Bate, Gallagher)
And the Andre Battle Royal (won by Stroman)
Anyone know when the start of the SES was? I wanna go back and watch it from the start.
Rollins-Trips
I feel like in hindsight, the bolded will come to describe his entire reign as Universial Champion.
Well no actually cause i was pissed cause Owens was bad since august. It's his first really good match since he's been a champ. I was thinking "ha ok they'll let him shine a little before he loses the belt" but then he kept it.
I know people think it's still the same and he was booked as a cheap heel but clearly that match will be remembered somewhat in his wwe run, contrary to anything he did since last august.
excelsiorlef
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Wait wait wait. You are a big Reigns booster. That guy can't even cut a ** promo.
friskykillface
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I don't know why I'm laughing so hard at this but have Goldberg give everyone a jackhammer
Shaq vs big show? What the fuck , water you doing WWE
Discotheque
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god damn. that Wrestlemania rumored card looks like a stomach flu classic.
you're gonna need 4 to 5 hours of bathroom breaks to watch that one.
owens vs jericho and shaq vs big show might be good though. well the shaq one will be terrible but likely funny too.
you're gonna need 4 to 5 hours of bathroom breaks to watch that one.
owens vs jericho and shaq vs big show might be good though. well the shaq one will be terrible but likely funny too.
Yeah, I refuse to give the McMahons another penny, and reading these threads always validates that move.
JesseEwiak
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No, don't you understand, Sami Zayn (the goofy guy wearing the beret type of hat), Cesaro (the guy who looks like a third rate Jason Statham), and Kevin Owens (the fat dude who fell through shit) are awesome! Cause they have movez!
Sure, but if the choice is between a good worker who has a terrible look and is who is mediocre on promos or a good worker who has a great look who is mediocre on promos, give me the latter every day.
Nope. Watch his match against Rollins on the Raw after Survivor Series. Absolutely fantastic work.
I'm going to Lollapalooza during Mania so I don't care who they put this year.
Well Mania will probably be like 8 hours long. So.
Eanan
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The "SOCIAL MEDIA WWE UNIVERSE" was leading me to believe Big Show was ripped and we'd all be super excited for him against shaq.
He still looked like a blob that can barely move on tonight's viewing. I spose it'll be a laugh though
BananasWithGuns
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I still just can't imagine them going to that lengths. Granted, I'm a Bray mark but having Orton destroy the family then go over Bray would just be...inexcusable.
Rumble 92 when Ric Flair won was amazing.
And those are the biggest one
We have too
Ambrose vs Corbin or miz
Zinger vs Apollo or kalisto
serenewarfare
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You know who's not great on promos? Sasha and Charlotte. You know who got the women's division from being a bathroom break nothing segment to the main event? Sasha and Charlotte.
It's not because they suddenly became great promos. It's because the company started treating them like stars. Not just average women, but the best of all time in their field.
Every time we see a guy rise through the male ranks, they are compared to Austin and Rock and Hogan and Cena. And we constantly get those old guys coming back so WWE can show us that the past will always be better than the present and the future. The Attitude Era is constantly touted by WWE as the best era ever and nothing can compare to it.
With the women, WWE treats the stars we have now as the biggest stars ever in that division and constantly tell us that women's wrestling is bigger and better now than ever before. Think back on how many times over the past year we've heard that Charlotte is better than any woman before her, and then try to think of the same thing happening when any guy is compared to a guy like Hogan or Austin. And so it's no coincidence that the women consistently feel like one of the biggest parts of the show and have risen up to get way more over than they've ever been.
Guys who are average promos at best were getting over long before now and will get over well into the future. It's about booking and promotion. Bottom line. Always has been, always will be.
You have no clue why people hate Roman.
darkside31337
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Yeah there are a few that are the king of the crop but most of them aren't great. This rumble was really missing out on big surprises, its such a key component of a good rumble they just missed out on. Not having some big NXT stars was a mistake.
I know why people hate him. Its stupid. The guy is fine.
JesseEwiak
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Because he took away Bryan's main event which he earned by being a broken down shell and because he didn't wrestle in front of 500 neckbeards for a decade first! How dare he!
Eanan
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I dont think the hate is directly at roman. Its through him, at Vince for pushing roman still to the milky way. hes a good worker. no charisma though.
Tom Nook
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But that's my point. Owens has had some good matches since becoming UC, including tonight. But all anyone will remember is how poorly booked he's been. Especially if he moves back down the card.
Hence, "Owens died for nothing."
cr_blah_blah
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So since you're not a gimmick, you're just an asshole with stupid shit to say at every predictable turn.
Puck Beaverton
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Why does internet wrestling draw gimmick posters?
Is it a poor emulation of the sport they follow? So many trolls in the IWC
Is it a poor emulation of the sport they follow? So many trolls in the IWC
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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Roman actually has a ton of charisma. It just doesn't come through because of how his character is written
HashtagLapsed
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It is a bit of both.
Everyone was wondering who number 30 would be after everyone known was already out.
It was the person they hate and dont care about.
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