Otto Dem Wanz Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Really, really enjoyed that Men’s Rumble match, it was booked exquisitely. And a winner the crowd responded to overwhelmingly positively for a change! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members mim731 Posted January 29, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted January 29, 2018 Is there some sort of heat in Sasha backstage? A couple of things Graves said seemed a bit odd: "Sasha isn't in a faction, because no-one likes her" and "You know, Sasha, where there's a back, there's a knife" both seemed a bit oddly harsh, and specific to her. But could be just Graves being a heel commentator, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doog Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Interesting that they’re already advertising Nakamura v Styles as a lock for WrestleMania when they still have the SmackDown PPV Fastlane in March. You’d have to assume AJ isn’t defending the title which would be odd as you could be looking at an over 3 month build to this match with him just killing time which won’t help anyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King Of Swing Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 5 minutes ago, mim731 said: Is there some sort of heat in Sasha backstage? A couple of things Graves said seemed a bit odd: "Sasha isn't in a faction, because no-one likes her" and "You know, Sasha, where there's a back, there's a knife" both seemed a bit oddly harsh, and specific to her. But could be just Graves being a heel commentator, I suppose. Graves isn't particularly consistent. He'll be all ripping on the faces one second and burying Elias the next. It's like he's inherited all of JBL's worst traits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King Of Swing Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 9 minutes ago, Doog said: Interesting that they’re already advertising Nakamura v Styles as a lock for WrestleMania when they still have the SmackDown PPV Fastlane in March. You’d have to assume AJ isn’t defending the title which would be odd as you could be looking at an over 3 month build to this match with him just killing time which won’t help anyone AJ & Nakamura Vs. Owens & Sami maybe? Could add a stipulation that Owens & Sami would be added to the Wrestlemania match if they win. Sure it would be a blatant time killer but would be a good match and could also be used to further the current Shane/Daniel storyline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted January 29, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted January 29, 2018 For the tag belts, by then...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Fox Piss Posted January 29, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted January 29, 2018 I enjoyed the show. Haven't seen much since Mania but watched both Rumbles and the Lesnar match. Just some things i took away. - Sami Zayn walkout! The fuck is it about? Was first thing i saw and thought to myself, i can't deal with this. - I'm all in for some Lesnar/Braun - Nakamura had no presence during the Rumble. Like zero. Intentional for the finish? - Rusev was rumble MVP. Balor impressed me for first time. - Trish was MVP. - I'm a huge Sasha Banks fan but she's need to evolve the gimmick/look. I mean the rings piss me off and is she still wearing Kanye 2007 Stronger glasses? - Rousey draws me in but can anybody else see this all ending in tears in quick fashion? I just can't see her sketchy behavior towards the end off her UFC run not appearing in this super intense situation she now finds herself in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Dem Wanz Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Did anyone else feel the same about the face off between the ‘old boys’ Cena, Orton and Rey and the ‘new guys’ in Bálor, Naka and Reigns? In that it made me feel old as fuck. Cool visual though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted January 30, 2018 Awards Moderator Share Posted January 30, 2018 7 hours ago, Silky Kisser said: it was a shocker to see how little a fuck people care for Bailey. The crowd was dead for her arrival and she just came off like such a non star. That Bayley isn't the female John Cena as she was hand-picked to be is one of the biggest mis-steps in recent booking. I cling to the hope that finally Sasha booting her from the Rumble ignites their feud and we can pretend it's 2015 NXT all over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyUK Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Really enjoyed that. They needed to bounce back after RAW 25 and they did so. Rousey's debut wasn't how I expected it to go but it was a pretty big moment. The two Rumble matches were pretty great and it's nice to come out of them with most people satisfied with the winners after the past few years. Loved the amount of surprises in the women's match and Rey looked like he'd just come out of a time machine in the men's. Lesnar/Braun/Kane was just 10 minutes of pure carnage, these Brock matches work so much better when they're special attractions and not the main selling point of the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Supremo Posted January 30, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted January 30, 2018 I don’t understand how Brock and Strowman can have such fun, daft, crazy brawls in multi-man matches, but their one-on-one pay per view match late last year was such a boring let-down. The pacing of this show was super weird. I don’t understand why they put the Raw tag title match on after the men’s Rumble. Surely I can’t be the only one who fast forwarded it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted January 30, 2018 Awards Moderator Share Posted January 30, 2018 5 minutes ago, Supremo said: I don’t understand how Brock and Strowman can have such fun, daft, crazy brawls in multi-man matches, but their one-on-one pay per view match late last year was such a boring let-down. The pacing of this show was super weird. I don’t understand why they put the Raw tag title match on after the men’s Rumble. Surely I can’t be the only one who fast forwarded it? I had it on, but in the background and on mute while I was having tea. I assumed the thinking was SmackDown match, SmackDown match, Rumble, Raw match, Raw match, Rumble. And between the choice of having three Rumblers wrestle again straight after or having anounce table carnage for most of the show, the better option was to do Raw’s matches later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members mim731 Posted January 30, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted January 30, 2018 I thought they needed the Raw tag title match to go after the rumble to tell the story of Rollins being exhausted and Jordan "wussing out" after getting a little knock and forcing his knackered partner to do the heavy lifting 2-on-1, and that being why they dropped the tag titles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Statto Posted January 30, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted January 30, 2018 10 hours ago, The King Of Swing said: AJ & Nakamura Vs. Owens & Sami maybe? Could add a stipulation that Owens & Sami would be added to the Wrestlemania match if they win. Yeah, I'd say something like that is nailed on for Fastlane. Something where they can build a bit of unease between AJ & Nakamura, but have a hook to make them work together to maintain the Wrestlemania match as it's currently set. As played out as the "point at the sign" bit is, I liked how there was some of Nakamura's character inserted in there with the trademark point & sitting on the ropes. A nice contrast to the usual "stand on middle rope, straight arm pointing at the designated angle towards the sign please". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boytoy Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 I wonder who was responsible for the layout of the rumble matches? Felt night and day different to the previous years. The first one made me love the Rumble again and the second one was loads of fun. I was surprised it went on last but it was a good call. Also, has anyone ever spent as much time in a rumble (30 minutes!) and done as little in that time as Andrade Almas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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