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Tbf, Finn in general beating Lesnar would be interesting, not just the Demon. If Finn was going to lose, I'm glad they didn't beat the demon, and they DID give a reason why he didn't use it. "I used it on Corbin. CORBIN. I clearly depend on it too much. If I want to be a top guy, I have to win without the demon."
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I was drinking, give me a break :emoji_stuck_out_tongue:

But I agree with the sad face. Really, I believe WWE could have done so good to put the Demon against Lesnar. I mean, we don't have anyone else who has a true Undertaker type character other than the Demon. And because Balor is smaller, it has an ever stronger supernatural component. But still, I agree the tap out was crap.
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Would have been far more interesting if Demon Finn had beat Brock, as it was nobody expected any different then the outcome we got. They could have gone down the Brock underestimating Finn story and switched the belt back before Mania.

Here's how I would have booked it.

Have Brock attack Finn at Raw before Rumble or even at the start of the Rumble somewhere. Have people think that it's going to be somebody replacing him. Have brock come out, gloating for the fact that he has the title defended once again and after Heyman riles up the crowd and they leave and start up the ramp, the lights go out and demon music hits.

Then the match writes itself, Brock can get an offense in but Demon can take the title (AND DAMN WELL FINALLY) away from 'The Beast'.

But hey, what do I know :p
 
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I was drinking, give me a break :emoji_stuck_out_tongue:

But I agree with the sad face. Really, I believe WWE could have done so good to put the Demon against Lesnar. I mean, we don't have anyone else who has a true Undertaker type character other than the Demon. And because Balor is smaller, it has an ever stronger supernatural component. But still, I agree the tap out was crap.
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4/10

THE ONLY reason I gave it that much is because I dont want to insult how good the women's Rumble was. Best match. The others weren't bad besides the Mens Rumble

The Mens Rumble gets a big fat ZERO!

What a ridiculous & lame Royal Rumble match. The ending... The winner ...and what the heII was that Nia Jax thing??

Not only was it stupid & uninteresting but imagine if that was a guy in the womens.

I thought the womens Rumble match was really well booked & I enjoyed it more than any other women's match I can remember. I was pretty drunk though

I loved it top to bottom. The whole show for the most part was good right up until the men's Rumble match which surprised me as I figured the booking would remain good but in typical WWE fashion they had a predictable & uninteresting winner.

The beginning was great & the rest COMPLETELY SUCKED. There is ZERO reason they couldn't have got a few more pops or surprises in that match. They didn't do any pre match interviews with the entrants, NO build up or trying to make it feel guys really wanted to win it & were working on strategies

No returns
No Batista
No Omega
No Punk
No Stone Cold
No Rock
No HBK fighting with AJ
No AJ
No KO
No Finn
No Dream
No Riddle
No new signees
Nobody from the indies
No cool spots
No legends other than JJ

I guess only Saudi Arabia deserves the big stars.

WWE use to shoot for the loudest pop ever AND! the most interesting story ever... now there isn't one way you can say that they are.

I thought for a second Ziggler or Andrade might win but NOPE, predictable garbage match at WM once again! No reason Seth should've got this over Drew or Joe

There wasn't even any cool spots or controversy.

One of the worst Rumble matches ever.
 
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Although I agree with some of your rants about how the Rumble was bad in some ways, I swear that this forum is never pleased. lol.

Highlights that everyone on this forum wanted to happen and did happen, yet everyone keeps bitching:

Beck wins the Rumble in an entertaining fashion. She lost to Asuka and seemed like she was done, but replaces Lana for the win against standing tall Charlotte.

Seth Rollins wins the Rumble with it being between him and Strowman. Nia got involved in a shocking fashion and for the first time in years, we have a woman whopping ass against men and then she gets her ass whooped. Awesome and shocking.

Finn lost by tapout, but the rest of the match, he was conquering Brock in convincing fashion. He didn’t look “weak” to me at all considering who he was fighting.

AJ and Bryan was a great match and even though I would’ve preferred a win by just Bryan alone, the nice twist of Rowan coming in and winning it for Bryan was great. Bryan “eco-friendly” faction coming.

That’s just some of it, the bigger things, but those things alone I feel made it a good PPV and better Rumble than we’ve had, and yet it seems like everyone is bitching.

Lol, you’ll never be pleased.
 

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Although I agree with some of your rants about how the Rumble was bad in some ways, I swear that this forum is never pleased. lol.

Highlights that everyone on this forum wanted to happen and did happen, yet everyone keeps bitching:

Beck wins the Rumble in an entertaining fashion. She lost to Asuka and seemed like she was done, but replaces Lana for the win against standing tall Charlotte.

Seth Rollins wins the Rumble with it being between him and Strowman. Nia got involved in a shocking fashion and for the first time in years, we have a woman whopping ass against men and then she gets her ass whooped. Awesome and shocking.

Finn lost by tapout, but the rest of the match, he was conquering Brock in convincing fashion. He didn’t look “weak” to me at all considering who he was fighting.

AJ and Bryan was a great match and even though I would’ve preferred a win by just Bryan alone, the nice twist of Rowan coming in and winning it for Bryan was great. Bryan “eco-friendly” faction coming.

That’s just some of it, the bigger things, but those things alone I feel made it a good PPV and better Rumble than we’ve had, and yet it seems like everyone is bitching.

Lol, you’ll never be pleased.


Oh come on, man, we're wrestling fans. No wrestling fans are ever truly pleased. The stories go on and on with no resolution. It's sand through the hourglass, so are the... nevermind.
 
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Ya know, I had to think this one out. I finally settled on a 7 because I had a fun time. The chat helped, there were many people there and I had a nice time.

The Rumbles, both of them, were a bit disappointing. It was very predictable and didn't have the powerful moments. I remember in 2003, when Big Show was attacked for life 4 minutes by every wrestler in the ring. They joined up and still couldn't get him out. They needed something like that. You have to see alliances, broken alliances and things like that.

I really liked most of the matches. Nia Jax and Becky Lynch had the second best moments of the night.Of course anyone in the room knew how much I marked out like freaking maniac when the awesomeness of J A Double R E Double T, that's Double J, Jeff Jarrett came into the ring. At first I was thinking "His butt is sagging through his tights." But he wailed on Elias and it was great. I had a little fun because @Smg loves Elias like I love Double J, and we were the ones talking about it. Also I was very happy with the ovation that Jeff Jarrett.

There were problems with this show. But I was entertained. There were few big moments but the moments that were big were great.

I am sticking with 7 though. Royal Rumbles are like sex and pizza, even if it's bad, it's still a bit good. But they should have put more into it. I love this event and it only happens once a year (except in Saudi Arabia) and there should have been more.
 
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The rumbles just lacked any story and dynamic. Just stupid spots and eliminations.
 

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The rumbles just lacked any story and dynamic. Just stupid spots and eliminations.
I honestly want to hear how the hell you would’ve done it? Let me guess, something like this?

“Finn comes out and beats Brock as the demon!

Becky wins everything! With “better spots.”

The women’s rumble has “better spots!”

The men’s rumble has a surprise NXT entrant who gives me Indy boners! And does “better spots!” For the win??!!!!!! Wooohooooo!!!”

I mean I don’t get it. It wasn’t a perfect PPV by any means, but a damn good rumble? Fuck yes it was. Much better than the past like 8 years or so from what I can recall.
 

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I honestly want to hear how the hell you would’ve done it? Let me guess, something like this?

“Finn comes out and beats Brock as the demon!

Becky wins everything! With “better spots.”

The women’s rumble has “better spots!”

The men’s rumble has a surprise NXT entrant who gives me Indy boners! And does “better spots!” For the win??!!!!!! Wooohooooo!!!”

I mean I don’t get it. It wasn’t a perfect PPV by any means, but a damn good rumble? Fuck yes it was. Much better than the past like 8 years or so from what I can recall.
Brock vs Finn isn't a Rumble match...

The last 10 mins of the Woman's Rumble was very good. So I have no complaints with Becky winning.

Woman's Rumble had a few good spots but lacked any story for the most part. Too many comedy spots.

No I fucking hate nxt surprise entrants. What are you talking about?

I thought it was a very good show. I rated it 8/10 ffs. I even said the rumble matches were enjoyable. Saying it lacked any story is valuable criticism. Especially the men's. Lacked drama and intrigue

In this decade I don't think it's better then 2010, 2018, 2017.
 
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Brock vs Finn isn't a Rumble match...

The last 10 mins of the Woman's Rumble was very good. So I have no complaints with Becky winning.

Woman's Rumble had a few good spots but lacked any story for the most part. Too many comedy spots.

No I fucking hate nxt surprise entrants. What are you talking about?

I thought it was a very good show. I rated it 8/10 ffs. I even said the rumble matches were enjoyable. Saying it lacked any story is valuable criticism. Especially the men's. Lacked drama and intrigue

In this decade I don't think it's better then 2010, 2018, 2017.
No shit Finn vs Brock isn’t royal rumble match. I literally said “it wasn’t a perfect PPV by any means, but a damn good rumble.” In other words, a damn good rumble PPV.

Fair enough I guess. I just disagree that it didn’t have good spots, moments, etc. I just don’t understand what “story” you were expecting from any royal rumble match? It had plenty of drama with braun and Seth getting knocked out and then Nia coming in and kicking ass and then getting her big ass whooped. Wouldn’t have guessed that ever. And I honestly thought Seth might not win, given that WWE fucks up all the time, and he won by curb stomping Strowman on the apron. It was nice.
 

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Fair enough I guess. I just disagree that it didn’t have good spots, moments, etc. I just don’t understand what “story” you were expecting from any royal rumble match? It had plenty of drama with braun and Seth getting knocked out and then Nia coming in and kicking ass and then getting her big ass whooped. Wouldn’t have guessed that ever. And I honestly thought Seth might not win, given that WWE fucks up all the time, and he won by curb stomping Strowman on the apron. It was nice.
Can't think of any stories that were told other then the generic clichés you would see in a Rumble match. It was a match built on spots instead of drama and story. Didn't get off my feet once. Bit of a spot fest with nothing to sink your teeth in. Sure you had wrestlers that are fueding or don't like each other eliminate each other and Seth getting taken out by Lashley. That was a it, really. Sure the ending was good, but last year's final four was superior. The last 10 muns of last year's Rumble was fucking great. This year just didn't do anything fir me.
 

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Decided to watch the Rumble because work has recently decided that I don't need to work the weekends, and "meh, might as well". Was going to do my typical, long-winded, heavily-formatted review style but I'm going to try and not write a thousand words and will instead just give quick thoughts on all the matches since I'm not really invested in the product.

They Had Becky Lynch Tap!? ~ One of the most notable things about the Royal Rumble PPV was that, despite barely keeping my thumb on the pulse, I had basically predicted the results perfectly (only thing I got wrong was I thought Becky & Charlotte would both win the Rumble, so that's half-credit), so I came into this fully expecting Asuka to win but wow, I was not expecting them to have her tap out Lynch. Glad they did though, it clearly didn't damage Lynch and it helps re-legitimatize Asuka, plus it looked awesome. Favorite match of the night, a lot of good submission spots (loved them stealing each-other's finish), the fisherman neckbreaker looked a bit sloppy but was still a cool spot, and I like Asuka locking in the Asuka Lock on the rope. Plus, Asuka won a Championship match in a strong fashion, of course I'm going to love this match.

Miz's Father Only Became Proud of The Miz When Shane McMahon Won Championships for Him ~ Granted, The Miz cheated a lot to win all his single championships, but still, kinda a big slap in the face when you need to have Shane McMahon help you to make daddy proud. This was okay. I didn't hate it. Can't really remember anything about it outside of the Shooting Star Press and the commentary harping on the fact that Daddy Miz was never proud of him before.

Was The Attire Thing Planned? ~ This was the second best of the night, probably and the only thing I can think to ask is if Sasha's arm dangling bits falling off was intentional or not, because quite frankly her using them on Ronda in the Bank Statement was the highlight of the match though also I think it made the post-match funnier because Ronda gave Sash face props despite the blatant illegal tactics Sasha used on her in the match.

Finlay Stop Checking Out Lana and Stop Your Son From Molesting Zelina Vega ~ Not as good as last year but still loaded with a lot of fun moments. Both Kacy and Naomi's Rumble save moments stand out the most to me, outside of the return of Hornswoggle: Sexual Predator of course. I really enjoyed Naomi's Rumble save the most because a lot of times when WWE does these in a Rumble, they tend to get eliminated quickly after anyway (which almost defeats the purpose of it) so I like the fact that Mandy Rose snatched away Naomi even getting to fulfill her Rumble save. It was funny, but I thought it was also effectively impactful, like you get to see all the effort that Naomi put in since it was a long spot, and right before she can even return to the ring, Mandy Rose, already eliminated, with impeccable timing, knocks her out. Nice continuation on their feud (which sounds terrible, btw) and nice twist on the Rumble Save moment. The stuff with Lynch was also well-done. The most notable complaint I have for this was they gave the Iron-Woman distinction to Natalya, but it feels like she didn't even do anything. Like she got two eliminations, according to wikipedia, and the first happened almost immediately in the match and the second was with Kairi's help, the only spot I can remember her during is a powerbomb. It just didn't feel impressive at all that she lasted this long but unless unlike Seth Rollins, she was in the ring for most of her time.

Why Was This the Worst Match? ~ So The New Daniel Bryan has been conflicting for me. I've seen only a handful of promos and two matches from him. On one side, I love the new character, stuff like a hemp Championship, fantastic. Him calling out Vince McMahon, also great. On the other hand, I haven't liked either of his matches. I thought the match with Brock Lesnar was terrible (and yes, I'm aware I'm in the minority there) and this was better but it was really slow, it never really picked up, and it ended with a finish that while interesting for future stories, prevents the match from having a satisfying conclusion. Like, I enjoyed the moonsault Reverse DDT from the barricade since that was really slick and I enjoyed Styles using the turnbuckle to get on the ropes for the Phenomenal Forearm since it was the only form of pay-off we got the methodical pacing, but that was about it. Not awful mind you, but I was tuning out of this match.

This Was Fun ~ That's right, I thought the Lesnar/Bryan match was terrible but I enjoyed this one. Really fast-paced, a lot of high spots, the story they told with Balor made sense, and it did a solid job of making it seem like Finn Balor could've actually beaten him. On that note, has the Coup de Grace been kicked out of before? I don't watch much, but I can't recall it every being kicked out of, even in the Elimination Chamber they didn't have Strowman kick out of it (Balor hit it on him, and then Miz took out Balor before he could pin Strowman, because presumably Miz is an idiot), as far as I'm aware, this is the first time it happened on the main roster which means the commentators did an awful job (surprise here) since they didn't even sell the fact that Lesnar kicked out of it.

Hurt by Predictably But it Was Fine ~ Of all the matches, I feel like this is the one that was most hurt but the obvious outcome. Probably because they had Rollins on the outside, being taking out by Bobby ButtHurt Lashley, which just made it super obvious he was going over. Like, Lynch entering the Rumble at the very end (very smart to have her replace Lana and technically go in last to get the pop btw, didn't mention that but it was an excellent idea) made it obvious that she'd win but that happened at the very end and the drama between her and Charlotte was more interesting, plus she was more active. With Rollins, it did happen near the end but that was still so much content in-between, that it felt obviously constructed for him to come back and win. The finish there was cool with the Curb Stomp though. Besides that, this was enjoyable, I liked both of Kofi's spots, and I thought the No Way Jose joke was hilarious, first time I've enjoyed that guy. Oh and Nia! Dude, I was so happy that the men beat the crap out of her, it's been too long since Randy Orton got to RKO a bitch that was so fun. Also since it was mentioned earlier, Nia's the reason why the Men's Rumble closed last, they couldn't do her spot in the Rumble without having her lose the Women's first.

All in all, pretty fun show and I completely failed my quick thoughts objective. This is a show that is good enough to pull me back in though, I had fun with it, but it did help that I had pizza and my friend over to watch it, plus the Rumble matches are inherently fun so it's hard to mess that up, at least when experiencing it live, less-so in re-watch. Like, I'm not going to watch Mania this year unless work decides I'm still not doing weekends by then, but I enjoyed watching it.
 

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He really did grope Vega's ass on purpose
[doublepost=1549161702][/doublepost]Rumble match was pure shit

... compared to how much effort was put in the past (well not the last few years but)

S H I T !