WWE Discussion thread- Raw/SD/PPV

[spookytwinkie]

Originally Posted by BoxBreaker72

I was so busy going crazy when AJ came out, I didn't notice his song.

Damn, damn fine nice theme. Not random sounds like Seth/Dean/Reigns and Owens. They seem to be investing quite a bit in AJ. Word has always been Vince hates paying for Music rights.

BTW, what is that song? Sounds like DMX lol.

it was decent. but a sound byte of get ready to fly would have got a bigger pop for sure.

I was excited to see him. I literally jumped, but it quickly went nowhere. he seemed to just be putting every one else over. but, he won that crowd. they were chanting his name far after he got tossed.

the only match worth mentioning was the opener. other then that, the show was a dud. didn't accomplish anything besides feeding hunters ego more. yea the guy that wouldn't put sting over not that long ago, and who is coo of the company, is now the champ. and probably will be until mania.

[duwal]

see Wolves THIS is a crowd pop

[Ty Hope]

RR won't be seeing cheers like that anytime soon. He'll always be an upper tier mid-carder that they try to push as a main eventer. At least Cena had charisma.

[Newbs]

Originally Posted by BoxBreaker72

I was so busy going crazy when AJ came out, I didn't notice his song.

Damn, damn fine theme. Not random sounds like Seth/Dean/Reigns and Owens. They seem to be investing quite a bit in AJ. Word has always been Vince hates paying for Music rights.

BTW, what is that song? Sounds like DMX lol.

Liked the theme, def. sounds like it could be DMX.

[nera20]

It was nice to see them give the Divas match some more time to develop it was a solid match overall and hopefully Sasha gets the belt soon and then Bayley gets called up and they Main Event WrestleMania!!!

[spookytwinkie]

Originally Posted by Wolves4Life

AJ had a GREAT pop in a city he made his name. Let's see when AJ wrestles in a city not in Florida how great the pop is.

lmao. wow. you obviously have no clue how world wide over this man is. guy is an international star. where as reigns isn't known outside the general wwe viewer. and if he was, they would boo too lol.



I can say the attack on hhh and Vince got him over for a short time. but that's already gotten stale. that's why he's getting booed again. bc even tho they loved seeing the bosses get it, now it's right back to where it was before.

if what you say is true at all, why was everyone on Florida booing the crap out of reigns? he's the Florida home boy and they were all over him.

they were still chanting for aj 10 mins after he was tossed.

[Ty Hope]

AJ is going to be way over unless they do something insanely stupid (possible).
Add that to the eventual forming of Balor club and you have your new faces of the company.

After tonight they must realize that face RR will never be who they want him to be. He has a chance as a heel though.

[dlouisb1313]

Originally Posted by jbrandonw

Since when can you be eliminated by someone who's already been eliminated. This is just silly.

There's been people eliminated in the past that came back in. If they eliminated anybody I have no idea.

[dlouisb1313]

Originally Posted by BoxBreaker72

Thank you. He is not only a delusional mark, but he's also a liar.

Wolves must be a member for some form of Congress.

[no10pin]

Originally Posted by dlouisb1313

There's been people eliminated in the past that came back in. If they eliminated anybody I have no idea.

Wasn't that the ending when Flair won the title from the Rumble? Hogan got eliminated and then pulled Sid out of the ring if I remember right...

[dlouisb1313]

Originally Posted by Wolves4Life

Bye.


See you here for RAW the next night.

Well the ratings will definitely tank. You'll be the only one tuning in. 1 person wouldn't even get a .000000001 Nelson rating.

[tsol27]

Just doing my monthly check in on wwe and saw that Triple H is the Champion tonight.. lol what a joke... Absolute joke of a product right now. The Aj styles moment was cool but im sure they will ruin it somehow

[CharlieHustle]

Originally Posted by jbrandonw

Since when can you be eliminated by someone who's already been eliminated. This is just silly.

Everyone is forgetting about the most infamous instance of this recently, CM Punk (final 3 or 4), in 2014 was eliminated by Kane who had been eliminated earlier in the night. Kane pulled Punk from off the top rope, eliminated him, then put him through an announce table. Punk's last match in WWE.

On that note though, WWE is making a mockery of the rules and regulations for the Rumble. Miz standing on the sidelines for 10 minutes. LON taking out Roman. Wyatts taking out Lesnar. At that rate, why not just bring a shotgun to the ring and threaten to shoot people if they don't jump over the top rope. Why not drive a forklift to the ring and just flip the whole thing over. It's already enough of a stretch when someone gets beatdown in the back or on their way to the ring, then someone else claims their spot. That's a stretch. Whatever this was this year, was just an absolute abortion. WWE killed the Survivor Series and now they are on their way to killing the Rumble. It just doesn't make any sense anymore. IMO, that makes 3 bad Rumbles in a row.

[CharlieHustle]

Another thing. Did anyone else have a problem with all the resting in the match? Spots 4-8 was quick elimination, followed by Styles and Reigns napping. Spots 9-20 were just 10 seconds of fury followed by everyone grabbing a knee and playing patty cake in the corner. I mean, I know they had to stall to get the Wyatts and Lesnar going, but WTF? This was exponentially the least amount of action in any Rumble, ever. Up until Lesnar came in, you would have thought that this was a kick/punch competition.

[Ty Hope]

Reigns resting for 30 minutes... lol
What a badass...

[rvelligan]

I have read all the comments and would like to post mine.
Everyone reading can agree Roman Reigns cannot handle a Wrestlemania main event spot. He has been a 2 year failed experiment. Triple H will headline, hopefully versus the Rock. That's a true main event. Lesnar versus Wyatt is a great co-main event. True talent should be on top. RR deserves Rusev at Mania as the 3rd match of the night.

[Stevepeters298]

Rumble was too predictable, 3 years in a row that everyone saw the finish coming from a mile away. Owens vs Ambose was match of the night. Question for you experts though... Who is up for Undertaker at WM?

[Ty Hope]

Rumor has Brock and Taker (maybe Kain too) vs the Wyatts.

[asujbl]

Originally Posted by CharlieHustle

Everyone is forgetting about the most infamous instance of this recently, CM Punk (final 3 or 4), in 2014 was eliminated by Kane who had been eliminated earlier in the night. Kane pulled Punk from off the top rope, eliminated him, then put him through an announce table. Punk's last match in WWE.

On that note though, WWE is making a mockery of the rules and regulations for the Rumble. Miz standing on the sidelines for 10 minutes. LON taking out Roman. Wyatts taking out Lesnar. At that rate, why not just bring a shotgun to the ring and threaten to shoot people if they don't jump over the top rope. Why not drive a forklift to the ring and just flip the whole thing over. It's already enough of a stretch when someone gets beatdown in the back or on their way to the ring, then someone else claims their spot. That's a stretch. Whatever this was this year, was just an absolute abortion. WWE killed the Survivor Series and now they are on their way to killing the Rumble. It just doesn't make any sense anymore. IMO, that makes 3 bad Rumbles in a row.

This.

As a casual fan from the 80's and early 90's I was excited to watch last night. Rumble was always my favorite as a kid.

Last night was just dumb.

Were the rules the same back in the early 90's? I have no idea but at least they tried to not make it so obvious.

I said the same as everyone else has already in this thread...and I know nothing about current WWE... as soon as Roman went back to the dressing room I said he'd be back. Why would the Miz randomly sit there, and then join when guys are still fighting, if you're allowed to not participate until you want just wait until there is 1 guy left. Lesnar is just going to walk away when a bunch of eliminated guys eliminate him?

The whole thing was stupid. We all suspend some logic for a few hours but lets at least try to make it make sense.

[Stevepeters298]

[QUOTE=Ty Hope;10415050]Rumor has Brock and Taker (maybe Kain too) vs the Wyatts.[/QUOTE

God i hope not

[fazzle]

Originally Posted by asujbl

This.

As a casual fan from the 80's and early 90's I was excited to watch last night. Rumble was always my favorite as a kid.

Last night was just dumb.

Were the rules the same back in the early 90's? I have no idea but at least they tried to not make it so obvious.

I said the same as everyone else has already in this thread...and I know nothing about current WWE... as soon as Roman went back to the dressing room I said he'd be back. Why would the Miz randomly sit there, and then join when guys are still fighting, if you're allowed to not participate until you want just wait until there is 1 guy left. Lesnar is just going to walk away when a bunch of eliminated guys eliminate him?

The whole thing was stupid. We all suspend some logic for a few hours but lets at least try to make it make sense.

The closest thing I can compare last night's Rumble to, when it comes to all the extraneous stuff, is the 1999 Royal Rumble. 99 Rumble is WAY worse, but it's the closest thing. In 1999 they did everything possible to not show the Rumble itself.

[Namttip]

Originally Posted by mnvikingstwins

Can we all agree to just put Wolves on ignore list? That's what I did. Helps in the basketball threads too when he's Maryland super-homer.

I did this about a year ago - it's great on taptalk - it sux on here as I still see he posts or you knucklehads keep quoting him

[JustinVerlander07]

Originally Posted by Ty Hope

AJ is going to be way over unless they do something insanely stupid (possible).
Add that to the eventual forming of Balor club and you have your new faces of the company.

After tonight they must realize that face RR will never be who they want him to be. He has a chance as a heel though.

Balor will not get over on the main roster. He's bland as hell.

[Ty Hope]

Originally Posted by JustinVerlander07

Balor will not get over on the main roster. He's bland as hell.

Time will tell. I personally disagree, but I followed him here in Japan where he was crazy over. We'll see.

[DefaultGen]

Maybe my expectations were at all time lows due to the last few years, but I loved the Rumble. The Reigns main event picture has been a total dud for a year now, we saw HHH winning a mile away, and I sure wish Bray Wyatt was more menacing than 1/4 of an elimination and hiding behind a wall of dudes... But I've been tuning out all the Reigns stuff for a while.

Highlight for me was Owens... restarting the brawl with Ambrose, seeing him get at Zayn again, eliminating AJ Styles. That guy is in the center of all my favorites right now. I'm also happy Kane and Big Show didn't chuck a quarter of the roster out of the ring, hopefully they retire soon!