Live Royal Rumble Discussion Thread - Saturday January 27th 2024

[Smart Marx]

 

[Dale]

I totally forgot about this ​

 

[Tg11]

AEW seemingly have NJPW locked up. They’ve gotten all the free agents leaving there. WWE would be fools to not ensure a TNA to WWE pipeline.

I would love this

 

[Dale]

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[Smart Marx]

I wasn’t the biggest fan of those back to back Rock/Cena matches but I do like the parallels here.

I also think this is how Rock is gonna come into the picture. When Roman finally loses the championship, that’s when rock is going to challenge Roman for the head of the table cause Roman showed weakness.

Cody about to end the Roman empire.

 

[CakeWalker]

when Roman Retains. And The Rock has to beat him at SummerSlam. Cody wins three royal rumbles in a row. And then someone else finishes his story at Wrestlemania 2025

 

[Jimmy King]

I saw it brought up before somewhere else but Cody really has been on that John Cena redemption path since losing at Mania last year.

This is his year he’ll do it.

 

[Rosie]

I wasn’t the biggest fan of those back to back Rock/Cena matches but I do like the parallels here. I also think this is how Rock is gonna come into the picture. When Roman finally loses the championship, that’s when rock is going to challenge Roman for the head of the table cause Roman showed weakness. Cody about to end the Roman empire.

But I'd argue may end up being excecuted a bit better. Since the narrative was "I lost to The Rock and it ruined my life." when Cena... main evented almost every PPV the previous year.

 

[Hidden Blaze]

But I'd argue may end up being excecuted a bit better. Since the narrative was "I lost to The Rock and it ruined my life." when Cena... main evented almost every PPV the previous year.

To be fair, he lost a hell of a lot of them however. Not all, but damn he lost a lot that year.

 

[Rosie]

To be fair, he lost a hell of a lot of them however. Not all, but damn he lost a lot that year.

Beat Lesnar, only lost to Johnny Ace by being cocky and Big Show doing Heel Turn #913, beat Show again. Won MITB. Didn't lose clean against Punk on Raw 1000, didn't get pinned at Summerslam, double pin at NOC, Survivor Series, lost only due to The Shield, then time off, win the Rumble.

 

[Rosie]

So he never even lost clean all year.

 

[Rosie]

I think if he lost clean a couple times (Like against Lesnar, against Punk) maybe even not main event some of those PPVs, then it'd at least fit the narrative a whole lot better.

 

[Hidden Blaze]

Swear it felt like more than that, like I swear dude was taking Ls left and right it felt like haha

 

[Leon TrotSky]

Beat Lesnar, only lost to Johnny Ace by being cocky and Big Show doing Heel Turn #913, beat Show again. Won MITB. Didn't lose clean against Punk on Raw 1000, didn't get pinned at Summerslam, double pin at NOC, Survivor Series, lost only due to The Shield, then time off, win the Rumble.

That is something that annoys me a lot

 

[Leon TrotSky]

Cena's "worst year ever" was just a regular ass year for him