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Post by The Lost One on Feb 1, 2024 12:34:36 GMT
Women's Royal Rumble - pretty good, glad Bayley won. A few other good performances - Tiffany Stratton really impressed me, can't imagine she'll be kept down in NXT too long. The Becky vs Nia thing was a little bit of a damp squib as neither really ended up being contenders in the end. Jade Cargill kinda stole Nia's thunder a bit - seems like she's going to be the next big thing. Not much real drama bar Natalya betraying Tegan Nox. Loved R-Truth coming in by accident and fleeing in fear from Valhalla. Nice to see Liv back.
Fatal Four Way - Very entertaining but I get so bored of Roman winning by cheating or dumb luck. If the narrative behind him is that he is some invincible god, why is he never allowed to come across as such. LA Knight continues to win me over.
KO vs Logan Paul - I can't stand Paul and I wouldn't be the biggest KO fan but I really enjoyed this one. Loved the twist with the brass knuckles.
Men's Royal Rumble - I liked the Uso vs Uso start, it's a pity it lost focus as more wrestlers came in. I really would have liked to see Jey go all the way but not surprised he didn't. It feels like Cody and CM Punk were the only real contenders and wasn't surprised they were the final two - as soon as CM Punk said the thing about 'Dusty's Boy' it was clear Cody was going to win. Disappointed the Miz didn't do better. Bron Brekker was very impressive too - like Tiffany Stratton, can't see him staying in NXT long. Nice to see Kofi get revenge on Kaiser even if it wasn't one of his better rumbles overall.
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Post by Marv on Feb 1, 2024 14:41:05 GMT
Women's Royal Rumble - pretty good, glad Bayley won. A few other good performances - Tiffany Stratton really impressed me, can't imagine she'll be kept down in NXT too long. The Becky vs Nia thing was a little bit of a damp squib as neither really ended up being contenders in the end. Jade Cargill kinda stole Nia's thunder a bit - seems like she's going to be the next big thing. Not much real drama bar Natalya betraying Tegan Nox. Loved R-Truth coming in by accident and fleeing in fear from Valkyrie. Nice to see Liv back. Fatal Four Way - Very entertaining but I get so bored of Roman winning by cheating or dumb luck. If the narrative behind him is that he is some invincible god, why is he never allowed to come across as such. LA Knight continues to win me over. KO vs Logan Paul - I can't stand Paul and I wouldn't be the biggest KO fan but I really enjoyed this one. Loved the twist with the brass knuckles. Men's Royal Rumble - I liked the Uso vs Uso start, it's a pity it lost focus as more wrestlers came in. I really would have liked to see Jey go all the way but not surprised he didn't. It feels like Cody and CM Punk were the only real contenders and wasn't surprised they were the final two - as soon as CM Punk said the thing about 'Dusty's Boy' it was clear Cody was going to win. Disappointed the Miz didn't do better. Bron Brekker was very impressive too - like Tiffany Stratton, can't see him staying in NXT long. Nice to see Kofi get revenge on Kaiser even if it wasn't one of his better rumbles overall. Agreed with all your assessment. I don’t keep up with the wrestling anymore but I do check out the big events from time to time and the Royal Rumble was always my favorite. The women’s Rumble rocked. Jade looks great. I just wish she would’ve turned her attention to Becky the second she noticed her. That would’ve made her come across as a little more no nonsense to me. Like she might be a face but she’s a face you don’t turn your back on. I also really loved the Chelsea Green stuff. Thought she was hilarious. R Truth is fantastic. Glad Bailey won. The men’s rumble was fine. It basically devolved into a 1v1 match by the end which was interesting. Some of these guys I don’t really get tho. Maybe I need to see an episode of Raw but I don’t really see the appeal to Gunther. I thought last years had more memorable moments overall. Stuff like the Ricochet/Logan Paul springboard move comes to mind. The R Truth hot tag was the highlight for me. Had me rolling again. Was fun to see Carlito. I haven’t seen him in like a decade it feels like. The Paul-KO match was boring to me. The 4 way was ok but also felt short. I also expected more matches…like a tag team bout…but I guess when you have 2 rumbles there isn’t much time leftover. Also I was missing Alpha Academy. I like those guys and was looking forward to seeing them in the Rumble. I didn’t know if they were out with injury or what. |
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Post by The Lost One on Feb 1, 2024 17:27:26 GMT
I just wish she would’ve turned her attention to Becky the second she noticed her. That would’ve made her come across as a little more no nonsense to me. Like she might be a face but she’s a face you don’t turn your back on. Yeah, I thought that was where it was going too. Although it was perhaps more amusing that Becky got knocked out by accident when Jade was swinging Naomi about. Ha agreed, fair play to her taking that much abuse. Sure she was sore after all that! To me he's kinda like a real deal Roman Reigns in that he has this degree of invincibility but isn't shown to cheat as much. He's a bit lacking in charisma though, probably why Ludwig Kaiser does more of the rabble rousing element. Well Maxine Duprii was in the women's rumble but yeah I agree the guys were conspicuous by their absence. I don't think any of them are injured as they've all been in Raw recently. Definitely agree it was a shame - love those guys. |
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Post by Nike316 on Feb 2, 2024 2:38:34 GMT
I thought the Rumble was just ok. It wasn't as good as it could've been but it had it's moments. I thought the female Royal Rumble was boring minus the appearances of Namoi, Jade Cargill, and Liv Morgan, and I didn't care for Bayley as the winner. The men's Rumble had more interesting encounters, and even though I didn't care for Cody Rhodes winning again I don't mind now, since he's not going to be challenging Roman Reigns anyway.
The title matches were good but maybe Logan Paul should've just won against Kevin Owens by cheating, while the WWE Championship match probably could've been a little longer.
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Post by The Lost One on Feb 2, 2024 13:13:16 GMT
Wonder if Sasha Banks might also make a comeback now all is apparently forgiven. Although last I heard, she'd moved on. |
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Post by Nike316 on Feb 3, 2024 1:53:01 GMT
^ I can't say I blame Sasha for moving on from WWE. The company completely undermined her career.
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Post by The Lost One on Feb 3, 2024 20:40:44 GMT
Tiffany Stratton really impressed me, can't imagine she'll be kept down in NXT too long. Didn't expect it to be that quick though! |
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Post by Nike316 on Feb 4, 2024 0:05:07 GMT
^ I also have to say if Sasha does return, then she would probably team up with Bayley to take on Damage CTRL.
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Post by The Lost One on Feb 4, 2024 13:09:37 GMT
^ I also have to say if Sasha does return, then she would probably team up with Bayley to take on Damage CTRL. That would be pretty awesome! |
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Post by emeralderosion98 on Feb 10, 2024 1:31:35 GMT
^ I also have to say if Sasha does return, then she would probably team up with Bayley to take on Damage CTRL. That would be pretty awesome! Well, you know now she isnt coming back and going to AEW. Talk about appeal factor though, dont see whats great about Banks. |
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Post by petrolino on Feb 10, 2024 21:27:17 GMT
I couldn't see it live but did see some youtube highlights. I agree it's nice seeing Liv Morgan return from injury, after having her mugshot plastered across the tabloids and the internet.
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