#RoyalRumble 2018 Discussion Thread

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A part of me feels like Bliss won't make it to Mania as Champ. Asuka just beat her clean on T.V. If that were gonna be a marquee match, no way they would've given it away for free
 
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A part of me feels like Bliss won't make it to Mania as Champ. Asuka just beat her clean on T.V. If that were gonna be a marquee match, no way they would've given it away for free
WWE has some plan in place for her since they stopped having her defend the belt to keep her fresh for Asuka.
 

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I think for mania the woman's matches will be
Sasha/Bayley
Ronda/Charlotte
Bliss/Auska
 
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Awwh I hope she wears it all the time in his honor and if she wins the title Rowdy's family are there to see it.
 

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I think for mania the woman's matches will be
Sasha/Bayley
Ronda/Charlotte
Bliss/Auska
No 10 women tag match? Have you gone crazy?
 

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Is Nikki wearing her engagement ring around her neck? The engagement ring Cena technically gives her at that WrestleMania? Almost like wrestling is scripted or something.

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Is Nikki wearing her engagement ring around her neck? The engagement ring Cena technically gives her at that WrestleMania? Almost like wrestling is scripted or something.

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Whatchu talkin bout? Rasslin is so real....Rousey and Brock left that fake fighting shit to join the real shit brah
 

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Fun show all around, two rumble matches were my favorite of the night by far but I dug the handicap match too.

I only have one really small nitpick about the Ronda thing and that was I felt like it took away from Asuka's moment, but I get why they did it like that. I like Ronda though and even if I was iffy about her coming to the WWE, I'll reserve full judgement until I see what she does. It was a cool little moment, can't lie.
 

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Someone working full time won the first women's Rumble match....and one the hardcore fanbase seemed to want winning. Then they got mainstream publicity by introducing Rousey after it. ..best of both worlds and done perfectly.

Reading they're trying to do Rousey/Rock vs Trips/Steph for Mania....not the best match, but should protect all involved and keep Rousey away from the main roster women until it's time for her to start her real run.
 
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Understandable why they wanted the show to end with Rousey but I truly believe that it shouldn't have gone on last from the start and I feel as though the quality of that match actually backed up my point. Asuka is a star, her mannerisms and taunting is just top class. I popped for Lita and mildly popped for Molly. Great seeing Kairi and Ember in there and highlight for me was probably the stand off between Trish and Mickie which received a pretty awesome reaction. Steph was fucking useless on commentary too, about as insightful as David Otunga was. I really wasn't into the majority of the "returns" though, so flat and bleh.

Mens Rumble I enjoyed and should have main evented but ya know, Womens Revolution! Nakamura winning was probably the right decision and it's a massive opportunity for him now. Everyone knows he's been really underwhelming since coming onto the main roster so given now he's got the chance to face AJ at Mania and all the buildup that comes with this, if he can't deliver with this then he won't deliver with anything else. Rey looked in phenomenal shape, wondering if he would come back to the CW division to give it the star power it's sorely lacking. NXT entrants were a nice surprise and Adam Cole got an awesome pop. Hurricane was fun to see. Did feel as though it was missing one huge surprise entrant though.

Universal title match was just ugly as fuck and seemed very disjointed. Highlight was obviously Brock being kneed in the head, getting pissed and then stiffing Braun with 2 big punches.

SmackDown tag titles match didn't really do anything for me, maybe it's cos i'm not into Gable & Benjamin, dunno.

Raw tag titles didn't get to see, likewise a bunch of the SmackDown Title match but from what I saw the finish was pretty good to carry along the continuing trend of Owens / Zayn having these referee problems.
 

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Watching pops and returns again now and Steph was really really bad on commentary. Really. Also Molly and Michelle still got it.
 

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If neither winner picks to change brands to go for the other belt what was the point of bringing back that rule this year? Unless it's so when they do it next year it's a rule that was already set a year before. Still think it's kind of pointless if it's not gonna be used.
 

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Steph is to commentary what Shane is the wrestling.