That ending was pathetic...
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That seemed way quick. I know there's two big men in this match, one injured, but still.
Divas match.
I think that's probably the kicker there... they maybe felt they had to keep it short for Henry's safety, and to make it no look odd that he would sit out a large portion of the match. They could have maybe used an injury angle or something, but I don't think they wanted to make anyone look too weak here... and that's exactly the result they acheived.
Still, Bryan retained... which is excellent news. I honestly thought he would last a week when he first one the title, so it's great to see them have confidence in him (and he has been fantastic).
8 Diva Tag Match?? Time to make a cuppa... This should just be Beth vs. someone... I'll happily watch a Beth singles match.
So is this till 4 or 430?
The Purple Aki sign.This whole Kane storyline is so bad.
The Chair shots were so fake it was unreal.
Brodus! Show is good again now.
Johnny Ace is gold.
feck YES!
Ricardo!
Ricardo!
I fecking love the Royal Rumble.
40 people or 30?
30 this year.
This is utter shite.
If that's the case then this has been a shit rumble
Big Show has managed to eliminate pretty much everyone I would have wanted to win
Well that was shit
That was good.
I enjoyed it...but I'm Irish
So much for Jericho's build-up.
I'm fine with Sheamus winning, btw.
I'm fine with Sheamus winning, btw.
Utterly terrible. I expected little, but this was worse.
Two months ago that would've been my pick. Sheamus vs Mark Henry for Wrestlemania. Made sense at the time, but given recent developments and all the hype behind certain people, it just seems a bit weird, but it makes sense. At least as much sense as Del Rio winning last year did.
Sheamus vs Daniel Bryan, the Wrestlemania US title dark match from last year that ended with a lumberjack brawl is going to be your World Heavyweight Championship match this year.
Sheamus vs Daniel Bryan, the Wrestlemania US title dark match from last year that ended with a lumberjack brawl is going to be your World Heavyweight Championship match this year.
feck me...I can't believe how bad and anti-climactic that was.
Checklist of things not to do anymore when I have insomnia:
1. Watch wrestling
Checklist of things not to do anymore when I have insomnia:
1. Watch wrestling
I thought it was great, so much for the WWE being predictable! The only things I suspected that actually came true were that Kharma would return (as they've been mentioning the "only two women in the rumble" a lot in the last couple of weeks) and that the Miz would last a long time. Whereas things I got wrong were (off the top of my head):
1 - The winner
2 - I had no idea Ricardo would make his in-ring début! feck yeah! The boys already over with the fans
3 - Kane/Cena ending (that Ryder would be involved was obvious, I just had no idea that Kane would destroy super Cena)
4 - I had no idea the announcers would be involved, that was quite fun to watch and proved to be quite entertaining
5 - I though the funkasaurus would be involved and would get the most eliminations. On a side note, I'm already sick of his gimmick, he needs an actual storyline and quite. The US title perhaps?
6 - I thought Mason Ryan would feature heavily
7 - I was expecting a heel super stable to be formed
I'm sure there were others but its 4am now
1 - The winner
2 - I had no idea Ricardo would make his in-ring début! feck yeah! The boys already over with the fans
3 - Kane/Cena ending (that Ryder would be involved was obvious, I just had no idea that Kane would destroy super Cena)
4 - I had no idea the announcers would be involved, that was quite fun to watch and proved to be quite entertaining
5 - I though the funkasaurus would be involved and would get the most eliminations. On a side note, I'm already sick of his gimmick, he needs an actual storyline and quite. The US title perhaps?
6 - I thought Mason Ryan would feature heavily
7 - I was expecting a heel super stable to be formed
I'm sure there were others but its 4am now
Oh, the Spanish announcers table, how did no one go through that? Swerve or what?
3/5. Not bad.
I thought it was great, so much for the WWE being predictable! The only things I suspected that actually came true were that Kharma would return (as they've been mentioning the "only two women in the rumble" a lot in the last couple of weeks) and that the Miz would last a long time. Whereas things I got wrong were (off the top of my head):
1 - The winner
2 - I had no idea Ricardo would make his in-ring début! feck yeah! The boys already over with the fans
3 - Kane/Cena ending (that Ryder would be involved was obvious, I just had no idea that Kane would destroy super Cena)
4 - I had no idea the announcers would be involved, that was quite fun to watch and proved to be quite entertaining
5 - I though the funkasaurus would be involved and would get the most eliminations. On a side note, I'm already sick of his gimmick, he needs an actual storyline and quite. The US title perhaps?
6 - I thought Mason Ryan would feature heavily
7 - I was expecting a heel super stable to be formed
I'm sure there were others but its 4am now
I only watched the rumble match, but I just thought it was dull as feck. Rumbles always used to be full of personal feuds and come with a huge dramatic twist when I was into this shit back in the day.
The only way this one could have been saved was if Stone Cold had come out at no. 30 and eliminated the feck out of everyone. Instead, Big Show came out, even though he was apparently already on the card in a title match earlier on, and proceeded to do nothing other than be Big Show for about two minutes. It also seems the whole point of the Jericho stuff posted earlier in here was so he could be eliminated from the Royal Rumble...so in other words, there was absolutely no point to it at all...who's thinking up this shite?
Of course you wouldn't have liked all the little things, by the sounds of it you don't really follow the wrestling any more. There were personal fueds in the Rumble but there you don't really care about them. You did touch on one thing that was lacking though.. Star power, there were way too many Jobbers in there, it needed an undertaker and a HHH to make it a classic.
Jericho's return has been badly handled now. If he is not going to speak for 3 weeks and then just make one idle boast, you either book him for a strong rumble similar to Miz or a win. Instead, he has neither really other than doing a good job of putting over Sheamus. Where they are going with Jericho I have no idea. I still reckon he will face Punk but his return has been a big let down so far.
Jericho's three biggest strengths to me are his mic work, the fact he can have a good match with anyone and his fueds tend to entertaining and he can put people over. So far he has neither spoke, had a proper match or fueded with anyone or be a particular big part of the PPV(despite the hype). A huge waste of a stellar talent.
Jericho's three biggest strengths to me are his mic work, the fact he can have a good match with anyone and his fueds tend to entertaining and he can put people over. So far he has neither spoke, had a proper match or fueded with anyone or be a particular big part of the PPV(despite the hype). A huge waste of a stellar talent.
Jericho might come out on RAW and say that it's the end of the world because he didn't win.
Also on RAW, I bet Johnny Ace makes a big deal of the fact that his hand only hit twice for the count.
Also on RAW, I bet Johnny Ace makes a big deal of the fact that his hand only hit twice for the count.
He might do but he's still been badly booked.
The crowd still have no idea if he is heel or face. He got one of the biggest pops of the night when he entered. It was obvious he is supposed to be a heel on this run if you read the WWE columns(like JR's) but he has not spoken or had a match with anyone, so no one knows what to do. Because Jericho is an attitude era star he gets cheers.
Coming off the Rumble he still had no actual angle with anyone in the company.
I think we had a lot of cool moments during the rumble match, but the finish left a bit to be desired. Couple that with the fact that there were at least a half hour of video packages in this PPV, I can understand a lot of people being disappointed if they paid money for this.
While having each announcer enter the Rumble was a nice "fun" thing, it's a bit sad when you decide to have 10% of the match consist of announcers. It's also a bit of a letdown to drop the "This time anyone can enter" hint and have everyone thinking champions are going to be involved only to have it mean "oh hey, looks like the announcers can compete too!" I think at least one of those three spots (Cole's probably) should've gone to Kane. Funkasaurus and Drew McIntyre probably could've just skipped their match and entered the Rumble too.
Basically I think they spent 2/3rds of the Rumble just saying "Hey look at us! We're fun!" and then realized that they needed to get serious for the last couple entrants. Then half of everyone who had a legitimate shot at winning was eliminated in just a few minutes. It doesn't help that Cena already has a match at Wrestlemania that's been booked for a year, HHH, Undertaker, and the Rock are just biding time, Mark Henry, Del Rio, Christian, Sin Cara, and Rey Mysterio are injured, Zack Ryder's kayfabe injured, Evan Bourne can't lay off the drugs, and CM Punk and Daniel Bryan (who carried the beginning of the Rumble last year) are champions and didn't compete.
I'm happy with Sheamus. I'm happy for Sheamus vs Daniel Bryan and the fact that we're still probably going to see CM Punk vs Chris Jericho or Chris Jericho vs Undertaker at Wrestlemania. It just seems weird to yank a guy who was stuck squashing Jinder Mahal on a weekly basis and subbing in for Randy Orton for his feud with Wade Barrett and hey! Now he's important again!
While having each announcer enter the Rumble was a nice "fun" thing, it's a bit sad when you decide to have 10% of the match consist of announcers. It's also a bit of a letdown to drop the "This time anyone can enter" hint and have everyone thinking champions are going to be involved only to have it mean "oh hey, looks like the announcers can compete too!" I think at least one of those three spots (Cole's probably) should've gone to Kane. Funkasaurus and Drew McIntyre probably could've just skipped their match and entered the Rumble too.
Basically I think they spent 2/3rds of the Rumble just saying "Hey look at us! We're fun!" and then realized that they needed to get serious for the last couple entrants. Then half of everyone who had a legitimate shot at winning was eliminated in just a few minutes. It doesn't help that Cena already has a match at Wrestlemania that's been booked for a year, HHH, Undertaker, and the Rock are just biding time, Mark Henry, Del Rio, Christian, Sin Cara, and Rey Mysterio are injured, Zack Ryder's kayfabe injured, Evan Bourne can't lay off the drugs, and CM Punk and Daniel Bryan (who carried the beginning of the Rumble last year) are champions and didn't compete.
I'm happy with Sheamus. I'm happy for Sheamus vs Daniel Bryan and the fact that we're still probably going to see CM Punk vs Chris Jericho or Chris Jericho vs Undertaker at Wrestlemania. It just seems weird to yank a guy who was stuck squashing Jinder Mahal on a weekly basis and subbing in for Randy Orton for his feud with Wade Barrett and hey! Now he's important again!
Something strange has to be going on backstage. It seems like they definitely had something planned, but they've had to change their mind a few times and I think Mark Henry's sudden injury might have also forced them to scramble. If Mark Henry was supposed to win the match today originally, then Jericho winning the Rumble and challenging Punk would've made sense (and still does). But if they had to scramble to put together a WHC match for Mania, Sheamus winning and challenging Bryan probably takes precedence. But then all the Jericho buildup ends up looking like a big letdown.
People still calling themselves fans while watching only WWE in 2012 never seize to amaze me.
Why would anyone watch the current product which is wickedly self loathing, reeks of contempt for it's audience, lacks any basic logic, is full of stupid and soulless buzz words (universe...) and is pandering to little kids.
Why would anyone watch the current product which is wickedly self loathing, reeks of contempt for it's audience, lacks any basic logic, is full of stupid and soulless buzz words (universe...) and is pandering to little kids.
Just finished watching it.For something that I didn't pay for, I thought it was fairly enjoyable overall...
I'm fine with Sheamus winning, as I don't think Jericho vs. Punk needs the Rumble factor to get the match over (if that makes sense). I think Sheamus vs. Bryan, if that is the direction they go, needs to sensibility of having Sheamus as a Rumble winner, to give the match some added importance. Of course, that might not be the match at all.... as either Orton could beat Bryan for his title to make it Orton vs. Sheamus, or either or both Orton and Barrett could be added to the match to make it a triple threat/ 4-way. I think the last idea is probably the way they'll go, which will be irritating, if only because Sheamus had to win a sodding rumble to get his shot, and yet other people get to be added to the match just as easily... i know they've done the same thing before, but I'm still not a fan of it.
It's a good star making moment for Sheamus, who is very over with the crowd. It's a good thing to have on his C.V, and with Rock vs. Cena this year, they can afford to do these kind of things. Mania is a one match card on the face of things, that's the main attraction and what people will be buying it for, so I think they'll just want to make sure they fill the rest of the card with extremely good/entertaining wrestling matches
I still think Punk and Jericho will fued, it makes sense, and both are good enough on the mic and in the ring to give the fued the head it needs. I'm not sure what direction they're going with Jericho, I assume he explains it all on tonight... so i'll wait until after that to reserve judgment.
Other notes:
I'm fine with Sheamus winning, as I don't think Jericho vs. Punk needs the Rumble factor to get the match over (if that makes sense). I think Sheamus vs. Bryan, if that is the direction they go, needs to sensibility of having Sheamus as a Rumble winner, to give the match some added importance. Of course, that might not be the match at all.... as either Orton could beat Bryan for his title to make it Orton vs. Sheamus, or either or both Orton and Barrett could be added to the match to make it a triple threat/ 4-way. I think the last idea is probably the way they'll go, which will be irritating, if only because Sheamus had to win a sodding rumble to get his shot, and yet other people get to be added to the match just as easily... i know they've done the same thing before, but I'm still not a fan of it.
It's a good star making moment for Sheamus, who is very over with the crowd. It's a good thing to have on his C.V, and with Rock vs. Cena this year, they can afford to do these kind of things. Mania is a one match card on the face of things, that's the main attraction and what people will be buying it for, so I think they'll just want to make sure they fill the rest of the card with extremely good/entertaining wrestling matches
I still think Punk and Jericho will fued, it makes sense, and both are good enough on the mic and in the ring to give the fued the head it needs. I'm not sure what direction they're going with Jericho, I assume he explains it all on tonight... so i'll wait until after that to reserve judgment.
Other notes:
- - Bryan is awesome. His character is terffic, and he has shined as of late.
- - I couldn't give two shits about Cena vs. Kane, I find the whole thing incredibly tedious
- - The main event was great up until all the over-booking came into play. Also, I think it made Ziggler look a bit weak, as CM Punk was just twating him almost at will towards the end. I think they should have given him a few closer nearfalls before the ref bump, and possibly his own non-3-count pin whilst the ref was down.
- - The GTS into the Fame-asser was a very cool reversal.
- - Kingstons athleticism in the rumble was brilliant. Best spot of the night I'd say.
- - Kharma was also great, her vs. Beth at mania is actually a diva's match I would look forward to seeing.
- - Fun entries into this rumble were - Foley, Ricardo Rodriguez (who is brilliant), Road Dogg, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Kharma, Lawler, Booker T and Michael Cole... that's 8 spots from 30, and nearly a third of the rumble. Is the roster really that shallow at the moment??
That was the thing for me. It felt as if half the people had just been bunged in because they didn't have any proper wrestlers to fill the gaps.
The best bit I thought was when that huge woman type thing practically launched someone into the crowd. The hand stand was pretty cool too, but the ending was a huge anti climax
...and with Jericho, if that was the plan for him, they'd have been better off keeping him under wraps completely until the rumble and having him run in as the 30th entrant. If you're going to build someone up for months and then give them the big return, it has to be for a better reason than because they want to show off their new jacket.
The people who apparently thought he'd fluffed his lines when he re-appeared a few weeks back...what's actually happened since to make them think "oh, maybe he didn't then"...nothing.
Heh I'm a bit 50-50 on this PPV.
WHC Match - good match overall I felt. Big Show was dominant for a large portion of it but with Henry injured and Bryan's size, I didn't expect any different. I quite liked the finish too, Bryan's on-screen attitude is quality.
WWE Title Match - Agree that Ziggler should have had a few near falls while the ref was knocked out too. Lauranaitis guest reffing was rendered pointless, that was just stupid. Fairly good match overall though but it could have been better.
Diva's match - Mmm Bella twins and Eve get me going. Good to see Beth back on top.
Kane vs. Cena - wasn't Cena supposed to have 'embraced the hate' with the angry face? No? Still not heel? Hurry up please.
Royal Rumble Match - disappointing. Kofi's handstand stole the show for the most part. In a 30 man rumble, it was a bit of an insult to have so many entrants not on the regular roster. Also, some of them were being eliminated too quickly. There was never really a time when there were 10 or so guys in there fighting it out (which I would've like to have seen, then someone come in and clean house). The finish? Would have made much more sense back when Sheamus was feuding with Christian. After that he was relegated to mid-card and was just squashing guys left, right and centre. Also, it made no sense for Jericho to come in and lose. I don't understand how my world as I know it has ended.
Meh, will see what happens tonight.
WHC Match - good match overall I felt. Big Show was dominant for a large portion of it but with Henry injured and Bryan's size, I didn't expect any different. I quite liked the finish too, Bryan's on-screen attitude is quality.
WWE Title Match - Agree that Ziggler should have had a few near falls while the ref was knocked out too. Lauranaitis guest reffing was rendered pointless, that was just stupid. Fairly good match overall though but it could have been better.
Diva's match - Mmm Bella twins and Eve get me going. Good to see Beth back on top.
Kane vs. Cena - wasn't Cena supposed to have 'embraced the hate' with the angry face? No? Still not heel? Hurry up please.
Royal Rumble Match - disappointing. Kofi's handstand stole the show for the most part. In a 30 man rumble, it was a bit of an insult to have so many entrants not on the regular roster. Also, some of them were being eliminated too quickly. There was never really a time when there were 10 or so guys in there fighting it out (which I would've like to have seen, then someone come in and clean house). The finish? Would have made much more sense back when Sheamus was feuding with Christian. After that he was relegated to mid-card and was just squashing guys left, right and centre. Also, it made no sense for Jericho to come in and lose. I don't understand how my world as I know it has ended.
Meh, will see what happens tonight.
The problem nowadays is that the biggest moaners (those in their mid 20's) can't seem to grasp the main reason why wrestling isn't that fun for them anymore. The naivety in watching wrestling has gone.
The mid 20's lot are still living off the Attitude era where they were in their young years, they can't seem to understand that it's not that wrestling has all of a sudden become incredibly shit, it's that they've grown up and know too much.
Of course it still isn't as great as it was back in the late 90's but it's actually better than it was in the mid 90's. I'll admit I don't enjoy it as much as I once did but I still appreciate it. Too many people nowadays watch it with a stupid amount of cynicism and then act all surprised when they're not satisfied after a ppv.