Owens and Sami won't be a match. They will be in a multi person match. No way they get time at wrestlemania alone. They will probably just have an nxt match. We don't know if Sami is even up full time.

The rest of your card was total meh

Ambrose vs Jericho is not appealing

Meh....you only say that because of the Unwarranted Self Importance that you live your life by.

Let's face facts...you're the 'Chris-Chan' of Paul Levesque fans, minus you shitting your pants everyday.

=P

One thing I loved is that the 'suprise' wrestlers were either new or return wrestlers. Was really tired of the old washed up people coming in year after year.

Classy troll is classy.

Just try not to get arrested at WM, ok? :shifty:

Oh. LOL...was just trying (and apparently failing miserably) to make a "...because he's also known as "Captain Charisma" reference/joke.

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Thank you Triple H!

I guess my Top 3 wrestling talents of all time list, comprising of Taker, Bret, and Warrior, regardless of whether they're alive or dead, does make me a classier person than you.

=P

Would be better in Tout form, STD.

I'm buying a 2nd WWE Network subscription.

It would have been hot if rollins wasnt injured and we had the triple threat at mania

STD with a super quality post. Love it man.

All but guaranteed the annual celebrity spot in this years HoF class.

Very true. If we had Cena or DB also I would understand everyone's gripe but look at the roster. Hell, now you don't need to worry about HHH/Rock anymore either.

BRINGING SOME POSITIVITY INTO THIS THREAD

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<font color=goldenrod>christ, a lot of you people have a serious case of Stockholm Syndrome</font>

Should clean your monitor... @STD

some non-PG positivity there, Jaw.

Please take any and all further negativity into Shisen's thread.

Thank you.

Oh yeah. And what the fuck happened with Kofi?

This thread is now a celebration of the life and times of the greatest superstar of our times... TRIPLE H

Cole said he got eliminated during the LoN beat down of Reigns.

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Got dropkicked off of Big E's shoulders after getting too close to the ring.... They missed it, but replayed it several minutes later.

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Hmm.

=P

So much negativity up in here.

It's fucking 2016.

I feel like the thought is that the WrestleMania crowd would just shit on Reigns in favor of Lesnar. So now they'll have no choice but to back Reigns. When in reality, this just feels more like when Batista vs Orton was gonna main event Mania.

I'm kinda with fan on this one.

The ending was predictable. Glad that Dean got to be in the last two. Would have liked some consistency with Brock re-entering the ring and eliminating Bray; Brocks character would never take what they did to him lying down, he'd destroy everything.

AJ Styles was really cool. Marked out for him. That's about it really.

Fantastic show. Undercard had 4 really fun matches. Owens/Ambrose was great. New Day always fun. Cool Big Ending. Even Kalisto/del rio delivered the goods. Huge pop for Sasha was great. The one great moment from the women's division since the 3 nxt women showed up.

Rumble match itself was the best since 2011. Owens eliminating Styles was a brilliant move. Couldnt have picked a better person to eliminate him.

People are going to complain about HHH winning, but it was the right choice. They aren't going to gamble on an unproven commodity. Not for WM. Not after Daniel Bryan ' s multiple injuries. Great show. Well done. Excited for tomorrow's Raw.

I'm the biggest Sasha Banks fan on this forum. No ones bigger than me right now. Literally and figuratively.

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<font color=goldenrod>I just don't understand how anybody can think Triple H main eventing a WrestleMania in 2016 is a good thing. All it does is highlight how piss poor they've been at creating credible, believable main eventers. I know they've had a ton of injuries right now but holy balls, Triple H vs. Roman Reigns is about the most uninspiring main event I can imagine.

Add to that Lesnar/Wyatt in a match that should be hypothetically interesting but will invariably end with Wyatt losing the big match like he always does and Undertaker wrestling somebody like Kane or Braun Strowman in his final match and yeah...the prospects this Mania aren't looking good.

The undercard can still be really good, but that's not going to be enough to get me to sit through 3 hours of Raw every week.</font>

Loving AJ's new theme.

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That was really fucking weird watching him just kinda "aww shucks" his way to the back. Should have had to empty out the locker room to get him away from Wyatt.

AJ's got a great flow

really digging his theme too, don't care

My body was chiseled by the Gods themselves lock jaw /dennis reynolds.

I was referring to my erection. 10% body fat for the win :y:

dog his theme is hard as hell lol. i heard those organs and the build up and said "oh shit this is dope." just like sheamus theme is dope as hell too

yeah defs... was just re: @ someone earlier in this thread who was making fun of it

good show

Read a report about there being less surprises/legacy entrants because it was for the title and it wouldn't make much sense.

Which I agree with.

theme is great

AJ Styles coming back to Florida to watch the guy who runs the place book himself as champion. Deja vu.

Fan, you're on fuckin fire right now lol

Just thought about it, and I think that SASHA BANKS may have got the "pop of the night".... maybe AJ Styles more, but I dunno.

I enjoyed the Rumble match. The ending was predictable but the injuries have kind of tied their hands. A lot of excellent booking decisions like having AJ come out early, having Owens be the one to eliminate him, have Ambrose against HHH at the end instead of Reigns .

Sasha vs Charlotte at Mania will be pretty good.

Only match I just couldnt get into was Del Rio match but that is mostly because I find him extremely boring .

Owens/Ambrose stole the show with opening match and performances in the Rumble. That is what should have happened a few years ago when Bryan and Wyatt tore down the house in the opener.

Overall after last few Rumbles, this one was really good.

Del Rio is awesome. He's just never involved in anything interesting so it's hard to get into him as a character.

2002 Rumble match is still #1 all time due to Mr. Perfect and HHH/SCSA face off. This is a solid #2 though.

I still have goosebumps and the hardest erection of my life.

I liked this show a lot. Overall, one of the better rumbles of recent years.

Preshow tag match was pointless, since Swagger and Henry were both immediately eliminated from the rumble. If rumors are true about the Bubba singles push, then the dudleys should have won, with bubba eliminating d-von to start the split.

Last man standing match was fantastic. Early MOTY candidate. Great job by both guys. I think they went with the right choice here. Ambrose should have a good long reign, past Mania, so that he can do for the IC belt what Cena did for the US belt.

New Day as awesome as ever, and as uninterested as I am about the Uso's at this point, this was still a great tag match. Brilliant ending too. Kind of want Xavier to take over as tag champ, and give Big E a nice singles push.

I don't care for Del Rio. I don't dislike him, but no matter how hard I try, I just can't give a shit about him. He was ok in this match tho. Kalisto is amazing on the other hand, and is like 96' Mysterio. Just an absolute joy to watch. He made this match a lot of fun. Like the IC belt, I think this needs good long reign. The US has switched hands a few times now, and it's already losing all the luster that Cena built it up with. Kalisto going into every match as the underdog but continuously scraping by with his speed and agility would be a really good story, albeit an oft used one for smaller guys. But with the quality of matches he can deliver, I think it would work.

Great Divas title match. Very poor finish. Getting duped by Flair interference yet again makes Becky look weak. Not even having to use Natural Selection or the Figure 8 makes Becky look weak. Completely ignoring Becky and her emotional selling post match makes her look completely irrelevant. I wanted Becky to win, but I was okay with Charlotte winning as long as it was a very hard earned clean victory. At least that would keep Becky looking strong for a possible 3-way at Mania. Falling for more Ric Shennanigans just made her look dumb. Also, the whole kiss thing just seemed awkward. I don't know how to feel about all this until it plays out more. If they keep becky looking strong for a mania 3-way I'll be okay with all this, but if they just go with Sasha vs Charlotte, then they'll just be doing the same "Champion vs Challenger and everyone else is a jobber" format that has made the division shallow for decades.

The Royal Rumble.

I ain't even mad you guys. I thought it was a great rumble. AJ obviously was awesome. Wish he would have actually hit the Styles Clash on someone after teasing it so much. Saving it for his actual match debut I guess. Some great, fun moments. A few spots that could have been taken by someone more interesting, or another surprise entrant, but for the most part was satisfied with the entrants chosen.

As for HHH winning, I think it was the right move. Yeah, it was a little predictable but honestly, even when Ambrose, the IC title holder mind you, was in there, they did a fantastic job of making it seem like there was a slim chance they were going with him. Can honestly say I was never 100% certain who was winning. Brilliant idea eliminating Reigns before Ambrose.

As far as Mania is concerned, I'm not worried. It's true that HHH isn't a huge marquee name compared to his peers, but I also think people here are underestimating him as well. He's still a big deal to the average wrestling fan, and he has a certain presence, and aura that come from being a long time main eventer. A HHH wrestlemania match always has an epic feel that Bray or Ambrose wouldn't be able to replicate this early in their WWE career. The only other option given all the participants would have been Brock Lesnar. Like #1 Fan said, they have unfinished business, but I don't think most wrestling fans want to see the same main event back to back. At least not Reigns back to back. If it was someone everyone liked you might be able to get away with it, but Reigns is still getting too devisive reactions for it to be a reliable gameplan.

HHH vs Reigns isn't my first pick for the mania main event but given all the injuries, and who they had available they made the right choices. And again, the way they went about it was fantastic and had me on the edge of my seat. As for HHH vs Reigns itself, I'm looking forward to it. Say what you will as far as HHH being a draw, but I'm confident that the match itself will be good. HHH consistently delivers in big match enviornments and it doesn't get any bigger than this year's mania.

There is one more possibility, and that's a Cena vs Reigns main event. I actually would like to see that more than Reigns vs HHH/Lesnar. I'm not sure how they would go about it with Cena being injured, and HHH the current champ (Noid will respond to this with a huge explanation), but if Cena will be ready by Mania, then they should definitely do it.

So yeah. While not perfect enjoyed this show a lot. 4/5 Gobbldy Gookers.

Then you're a major faggot who probably enjoys anal rape from George Takei.

=P

fuckin' muties

Post of the Year from Fignuts.

2016, Triple H still winning everything. not that I'm complaining. :y:

Raw should be interesting. Fast Lane could be very interesting. The road to WrestleMania should be awesome.

She could kick my ass long as she also nursed me back 2 health:heart:

WWE Fast Lane is still in the way.

Oh yeah, forgot to mention this. Totally agree, it was perplexing. When Ziggler's music hit, I was like "Oh shit I see. He's going to take his frustration out by annihilating Dolph in the aisleway.", but nope. Nothing

Also, totally echo everyone's thoughts on AJ's theme. So many themes now have a lot of energy to them. AJ's is way slower paced, but badass, and the opening will be immediately recognizable, which is really the most important part.

I liked the show everyone knew it would be Brock,HHH or Reigns stop whining.

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You might even say this Royal Rumble was

Excellent show from top to bottom

God imagine how amazing this would have been if they had been able to keep AJ's signing a secret. I mean, with his contract being up in New Japan, and the Rumble being in Orlando, people may have suspected a little bit but it still would have been an insanely shocking moment. As cool as it was, you kinda knew he was coming out tonight.

Hate dirtsheets sometimes. Moments like this kind of make me wanna go completely dark on wrestling and stop coming here and stop reading the sheets, but I love you all too much to deprive you of my magnificent presence.

Found it kinda silly that K.O limped to the ring....then as soon as he got near it, it was as if his injury miraculously disappeared.

Selling is hard

He was suckering people in. Making them think he was hurt.

This Royal Rumble was a great damn show.

The opening match with Ambrose and Owens was brutal, fitting their styles so well. Even better was how Owens sold it in the actual Rumble match.

Tag team match was ehh.

Del Rio vs. Kalisto was really fun. Great to see them giving the ball to Kalisto to run with.

Divas match was really good. I need a Flair kissing Becky gif. Awesome match between the two. Sasha coming out and show no allegiance was fucking awesome.

It was a solid fucking Rumble match. We kind of all knew what was going to happen, but the AJ debut was fucking gold. Owens eliminating him was the best thing. Wish Ambrose would have won to set something unexpected up though.

It was damn good.

I dunno They teased it too much not to use it at all. Cole even mentioned it by name. Like I said, I think they didn't want to give everything away on Styles, and are saving it for his raw debut or something. It's not a bad idea.

I havent watched a PPV in about 3 years But I would pay for that in a heartbeat.

At this stage I cant see myself buying WM this year again. Makes me a bit sad tbh :wavesad:

I really enjoyed the show.

Great undercard and the people on the undercard all looked good.

Would I have preferred someone else to win? personally yes, but as with all Rumbles (and most PPV's) there are always very few people you expect to win so I'm neither surprised or disappointed.

With some of the feuds that look like they're coming out of the Rumble (and some fantasy booking on my part), I feel this is the year the "special attractions" and veterans should be used to put over the new talent.

Bray over Brock
Reigns (with Rock) over HHH (with Vince)
Ambrose over John Cena
Owens over Taker
Kalisto over heel Y2J (it's clear they want to push Kalisto)

Throw in a MitB ladder match with AJ Styles winning after interference from a debuting Bullet Club and you've got some new, unseen storylines.

I imagine they'll probably just have Styles do the Bloody Sunday with the Styles Clash being used for special occasions.

I've got no clue how they fit Kalisto and The Undertaker into WrestleMania. There's a sentence I never thought I'd say.

Do they pair up Taker & Kane to take on The Wyatt Family? Does Taker go off with Sheamus -- a reasonably big guy that can work and they want to plug into the main event scene? Do they just do Taker vs. Kane for the feels?

Kalisto could lose the US Title to someone on the Road to WrestleMania, but provided he doesn't, who is their best bet to put him against? Do they send in someone like Neville or AJ Styles to get the best match possible out of him? Does Stardust plug in here as a great character performer to bounce Kalisto off? Do they do some sort of Mask vs. Hair Match against Del Rio? Pay Rey Mysterio a lot of money to come back? Toss a bunch of guys into a Ladder Match?

I'm not convinced that John Cena is going to miss WrestleMania to be honest.

* Triple H (c) vs. Roman Reigns for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship

* Brock Lesnar vs. Bray Wyatt

* The Undertaker vs. John Cena

* Charlotte (c) vs. Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch for the Divas Championship

* Dean Ambrose (c) vs. Chris Jericho for the Intercontinental Championship

* The New Day (c) vs. The Usos vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. Mark Henry & Jack Swagger

* Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn

* The League of Nations vs. AJ Styles, Dolph Ziggler, Kalisto & Neville

* Kickoff: Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal

Or something like that.

I feel like Kalisto will be getting pinned quite often now that he is US champ.

He might even lose it back to Del Rio on RAW.

Can anyone else see them adding a Hell in a Cell stipulation to Triple H vs. Roman Reigns at WrestleMania? You know -- just to give it that extra oomph?

If Roman Reigns wins, he's the WWE World Heavyweight Champion and The Authority disappear.

<font color=goldenrod>What made the ending of the match fall flat in my opinion is that they completely forgot the context of what was supposed to be happening. Triple H comes out, and do they sell it as the COO abusing his power to his own nefarious ends? Do they speculate about the fact that the most powerful man in the company drew the best number? Do they talk about how it's obviously a set-up? No, Michael Cole continues his bizarre gimmick for this show of being utterly obsessed with how many Royal Rumbles someone's been in. Rather than all of the storyline-centric comments that I just listed, Michael Cole's reaction to Triple H entering the Rumble is "HE'S BEEN IN NINE ROYAL RUMBLES!".

I expected they'd play up some dissension between Reigns and Ambrose on the "every man for himself!" front, and was genuinely surprised that they didn't, and by the manner of Reigns getting eliminated. That was fun. Ambrose wrestling Triple H was sloppy as hell, though, really ugly stuff.

But now, let's go back to context. Why was Triple H in the match? His end-goal wasn't to become WWE Champion, it was to stop Roman Reigns from becoming champion. Anyone else, practically, would have been preferable. Given the match's earlier history of outside interference, it's clear that Triple H could have screwed over Reigns without entering the match himself. Even if you accept that Triple H had to enter the match to attain his goal, when his target, and only real concern, is Roman Reigns, then why bother dicking around with Dolph Ziggler? And - context again - when we've just seen The Miz sit outside the ring and pick his spots, why wouldn't Triple H do the same? And then, once Reigns is out, why wouldn't he just get back in and help his best friend? You could argue fair play, but surely it's acceptable revenge for the guy who almost certainly orchestrated an assault on Reigns specifically designed to take him out of the match?

So what we end up with is, because of the announcers' inability to sell the story of the feud, and the context-blind booking, Triple H winning clean. We're supposed to think that Triple H screwed Reigns out of the match and be chomping at the bit for Reigns to get revenge, but Triple H didn't do anything wrong. He entered the match as a legal entrant, and eliminated Reigns well within the rules of the match. Not only that, but Triple H was returning from injury and eliminating the guy who put him on the shelf - that's a babyface performance. On top of that, Reigns sat out half the match only to come in later to try and win - admittedly through no fault of his own (arguably - he was capable of walking out) - and that was something we had, only minutes earlier, been encouraged to resent The Miz doing. Context.</font>

Great post. :y:

Triple H wasn't playing slimy boss here. And you're right -- he didn't need to win the Royal Rumble to achieve his goal. Arguably, given what they obviously plan to do for WrestleMania, Bray Wyatt should have won this thing.

And I'm not saying that as a huge Bray Wyatt mark either. It just would have made sense given the context of everything.

* Bray Wyatt (c) vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship

* Triple H vs. Roman Reigns in a Street Fight

That works better than what they're going with, in my opinion.

The last paragraph really hits it on the head.

When Reigns was escorted out for "injury" that did it for me, I walked away and didn't care that HHH was going to win. The highlight of the rumble for me was Styles.

The Rumble was OK but the main plot points they wanted to book were stupid as fuck. Vince doesn't learn 17 years later that you eliminate someone before they're taken to the hospital. They don't want Brock to be an aggressive monster anymore even if he faces injustice and the one time they turned a crowd that was booing Reigns to one that cheers him was when he was pissed off and destroying the Authority. So when he's thrown out he just sits there and looks sad rather than beat up HHH and help his buddy or even beat up HHH after he wins.

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Yea, I would NOT want to be on the receiving end of anything Lesnar, let alone a big flying knee at full speed.

He hits with such an unmatched intensity, it was very noticeable last night when he was shoulder to shoulder with the other jabronis.

Brock should have at least came back in to F5 Bray Wyatt.

I liked the show, but my only problem was why would Vince have The League Of Nations destroy Reigns at ringside (illegally) and then just leave him there instead of destroying him, rolling him back in and having someone easily throw his lifeless body over the ropes to officially eliminate him..... I'm certain no one in the crowd or watching bought that Reigns wouldn't be coming back, just lazy booking in my eyes.... LON & Vince had enough heat.....

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TIGER KNEE

Hey I got to meet Trish, and not get thrown in jail. I think James will be ok.

But this is JS and he is going to be near his God.

I mean, Michelle McCool used it for years.

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