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WWE ROYAL RUMBLE Discussion Thread 01/27/24 (media.kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Tonight, WWE Royal Rumble is LIVE from Tampa Bay, FL! The card includes:

Men's Royal Rumble match: 30-man Royal Rumble match where the winner gets a shot at the Men's World Championship at Wrestlemania 40!
Women’s Royal Rumble match: 30-woman Royal Rumble match where the winner gets a shot at the Women's World Championship at Wrestlemania 40!
Fatal four-way match for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship: © Roman Reigns (with Paul Heyman) vs. Randy Orton vs. AJ Styles vs. LA Knight
Singles match for the WWE United States Championship: © Logan Paul vs. Kevin Owens

And more!

Show starts LIVE at 8pm EST | 5pm PST on Peacock. Check your local listings for more information.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The women's rumble was the highlight of the entire show for me. The men's started slow but got better, IMO.

Edit: I forgot to mention Chelsea Green was a fucking trooper, she was very entertaining, and the best thing that ever happened for her was Piper bullying her way to the tag championships with Green, they are gold together.

Logan Paul continues to be impressive, Kevin Owens may just bring out the best in him, wasn't a big fan of the finish but if they want to push it to a final match at Mania it was for the best.

Roman again proves he needs interference to win a match, I'm so tired of this, I hope Cody gets to "finish the story" and that Rock isn't involved.

Now to the press conference...

Cody handled the Vince question like a PR guy... On the other hand, Triple H should have kept his stupid mouth shut because it made him look stupid and like he doesn't take it seriously.

Mishandling the post-show doesn't make him guilty of anything... but, damn the guy had three days to come up with something other than no comment, and he still couldn't just say no comment. I'm still in the camp without an investigation or the court going to discovery and the names coming out I can't demand he be fired without evidence, but I can say that if it were me making the decisions going forward TKO should have a PR guy handle the post shows, hell make Cody EVP again to do it. His response soured my defending of him until more is known, but I'm not ready to toss in the towel yet, but yeah, it wasn't great.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

US and Universal Title matches are pretty easy to call, but both Rumble’s are intriguing. Becky/Bayley and Cody/Punk are the prohibitive favourites, but I smell the potential for a swerve. Very much looking forward to both matches.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm looking forward to the Rumble's. I don't watch WWE regularly so I have no clue who the favourites are for the women's match...but, unless the Rock makes an appearance, I'd say Cody/Punk make a lot of sense for the men.

I'm guessing Logan Paul is the favourite in the US match?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep. Can’t see any reason for him to drop the belt here when Mania is just a couple of months away, but the match should be good.

I kind of zone in and out on WWE these days, but the Rumble to Wrestlemania season is usually when my attention is at its highest. It helps that my son is a huge Cody fan and basically treats him as a superhero, so you know who we’re cheering for tonight!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This and Summerslam season feel like the actual story

The rest can be OK but definitely feel like filler

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Didn't wait long to bring im Naomi. As a TNA fan I'm gonna miss her though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is my first time seeing Nia Jax and boy is she rough...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think they try to sell it as “part work part shoot” with her but it’s pretty obvious that she’s just not that good in the ring. On the other hand, having Jade debut by taking her out was a good call.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, if there's one thing Nia does well it's get heat. The crowd hated her.

And agree about Jade. Smart move to start her off strong.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

She’s also willing to get as good as she gives. I couldn’t find a clip of the whole match without the Cornette commentary, so if you’re not a fan of the guy, I apologize in advance. That being said, if tonight was your first look at Jax, I present to you this total debacle of work/shoot/work/work/shoot/shoot and hope you enjoy…

https://youtu.be/jwQYmZSm820?si=KP5HpW8zKrdMrztR

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That was ugly lol. The opposite of Danielson vs. ZSJ to me haha.

And funny enough, that whole thing lasted as long as the four entrances for the four-way. The video ended just as Samantha started doing the intro's.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Imagine if Undertaker had been in the match? He’d still be walking to the ring right now!🤣🤣

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

lmao not if it was the American Badass version!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not to speculate too much, but the lack of Mercedes here could very well indicate that she’ll be appearing in AEW soon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sounds like it's all but set in stone. If it is, TK should debut her ASAP.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From what I read, they're just waiting for her to finish up with some Hollywood commitments.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That makes sense. Hopefully those commitments are over by Revolution.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I can’t believe he hasn’t tweeted about it yet, haha.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The little “time elapsed by competitor” graphic is a nice touch.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No other result than Roman here, but I’m sure we’ll get a good match nonetheless. Just hope everyone else gets a good showing in defeat.

WWE just totally leaning into the Slim Jim stuff here.🤣

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like the question isn't who wins but who eats the pin. My uninformed opinion is AJ.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Good call, haha!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Surprised this match is happening before the US Championship match. Guess Roman is in a rush to go back on vacation lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Part of me wonders whether it’s a way to tease some of the participants entering the Rumble later.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I hope so. I'd love to see some interesting names show up...especially some more TNA talent.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Logan Paul really shouldn't be this good.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I look at it this way. He’s not the first piece of shit human being that’s been good at pro wrestling but at least he hasn’t killed anyone…that we know of.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And out comes Grace. One of the main reasons I'm watching right now lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

More of a TNA guy myself as well. Cheers!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

TNA's great! Might actually be my favourite wrestling show these days lol.

And I know she won't win this but I really hope Grace does well here. So far so good I think.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I live relatively close to Windsor so it’s kind of my home promotion, at least whenever they’re in town. Already have tickets to Sacrifice in March.

Grace had a good showing and a memorable elimination, so that’s about as good as we could have hoped for I think.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Nice! I'm just north of the GTA. There's a bunch of us Canucks here on Kbin. You, me, Geek, Cupcake.

Agreed. She looked great. And commentary did a good job of making her seem like a big deal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Happy to be part of the Canuck contingent!

Commentary did a great job of selling Grace’s importance and that’s almost better than her actual showing in the ring. Very pleased with her performance and happy to see TNA/WWE being chummy. I feel like Scott D’Amore is very well respected in the industry and is arguably the best booker right now solely given what he’s working with compared to others. HBK is probably second, just due to getting so much out of raw talent.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree about D'amore. I've said it in a few threads--the guy deserves to be Booker of the year or at the very least in the damn conversation.

And it's almost looking like TNA/WWE might have a partnership similar to AEW/NJPW. Probably won't be doing any joint PPV's soon but at least swapping talent here and there.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I saw it was spoiled, and I still was happy about it, she works hard and took a lot of flack for the voice change from the steroids, but she's an excellent performer, I hope WWE gives her a look after this when her contract is up, assuming she wants to move.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I must have missed the voice change stuff (thankfully) but my impression was that she’s always gotten flack for being a mark for herself. However, the fact that she’s married to Gresham makes me wonder whether she’s just catching that by proxy. Great performer and definitely due a serious look from WWE when//if she wants to test the waters.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Jade's in. Her and Grace were the only two spoilers I was aware of. Hoping there's a few more to surprises to come...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bayley wins! Was that the right move?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I think so. One of her stablemates is the current champ on SD, so that story writes itself. I doubt she’ll challenge Rhea, but a swerve in that direction could be cool.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Saw clips of Jordynne. What a cool moment!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

She had a great showing. Didn't look out of place at all.

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