#buried

Would have been funny if Reigns got DQed for shoving the ref out of harms way.

Don't see Reigns' IC reign ending in any other way than something really anti-climatic especially if it happens after his eventual Universal title win.

Roman is the best wrestler in WWE

You go sit in the corner and think about what you said

:lol: at Gulak correcting Enzo's worded promo.

Best was the time he spelt "SAWFT" correctly while doing an Enzo promo.

Anthony Hopkins needs to be banned for a Wellness Violation

Did gold dust lose weight

Ummm don't think Goldust weighs under 205 lbs.

Mixed weight tag match

Wrestling version:

https://i.imgur.com/Iee1pjw.gif

Women are evolving at the Royal Rumble

cowbell? :lol:

Another week, another ungrateful WWE crowd who can't appreciate great music by Drifter and his pals.

Women going over the top rope too. Really cool. Getting excit3d for the women's rumble now. 30 wrestlers too. Heck ya.

I would mark if Sable returned and eliminated Bayley tbh

Finn technically main-eventing RAW again to start off 2018 right

What a world we live in.

Angry Miz girl lol

USA Network's new show after RAW called "Football Fanatic" seems like its going to be really terrible based on the constant commercials shown tonight.

Year of the Beast is going to end up Year of the Dog at WrestleMania

Camera work on this brawl is utterly terrible.

Year of the (COCK) Blocker

Lesar sitting up and laughing harkens back to doing that VS taker without Taker's goofy look

hush

RAW was decent this week (imo)

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To be fair, quite a bit of that was the retainer/mouthguard he needed to wear afterwards. I'm guessing he doesn't "have" to wear it anymore, likely hasn't for awhile, and the joke has run its course. So he is "allowed" to promo without it in his mouth.

Anyone else actually kinda bummed about the Women's Royal Rumble? Like, I used to spend all PPV looking forward to the Rumble, and now they're probably going to serve one up right at the start. And it's been a while since they've booked a good Rumble, so now they're going to have to do two.

Ive noticed definitely the last 2 weeks they've given most of the wrestling matches time to breathe a bit, kinda interesting to see if thats a trend or just because of the holidays

Really depends on how the card shapes up but can see the Women's Rumble be in the middle of the card. Too historic of a moment to be thrown as just a curtain jerker and last thing WWE needs is to burn out or sour the crowd that early into the show.

Pre-show matches
1-2 matches to open the show
Women's Rumble
1-2 matches as a breather
Men's Rumble to end the show

Then again WWE also rarely does stuff that makes sense so I could see it actually start the show and have an abysmal ending to kill the crowd till the Men's Rumble.

Right now, neither of the bookies favorites or rumored possible winners are that appealing as choices for both Rumble matches.

What!? Yes! No half-assing it if you want a revolution, dammit!

A woman is eliminated when she is thrown over the top rope and BOTH FEET TOUCH THE FLOOR or this is all a sham.

Meh. Even a bad Rumble is still usually the highlight of the card so I'm fine with it.

I guess they could do it that way. I'd just prefer it if they did it at another point in time over the course of the year, or give them their own concept. Whatever. I'm curious to see how they agent it out, and there will obviously be some outside talent being used, which could be a lot of "fun." I doubt it will be great, but you only get to do the first one one time, so we'll see how it pans out. I actually think the women would get a lot more by simply them building up a Women's Title match to get spotlight while the Rumble is the Rumble.

The Raw choice for the Rumble winner is Roman Reigns, which is a definite possibility, because Vince would not mind trolling the crowd. But they can get a huge pop for whoever eliminates him him last. I imagine they'll want it to be a babyface then. I can see them switching the WWE Title to Owens and turning Shane heel, with either Nakamura or Orton winning the Rumble to challenge him. And I think the pop is going to work better for Shinny Naks, and he's a fresh choice. I think Nakamura is 3 on the bookies picks?

Honestly, I think Nakamura has a better shot at winning the rumble than Reigns simply because WWE tries to go for "shock value" when they can and Reigns losing doesn't stop him from going for the title at WrestleMania anyway.

I'm leaning towards Nak, I just can't see AJ vs. Nakamura at Mania for the title, haha. Reasons why:

* Vince does not want "New Japan!" chants during his WWE Title match at his big show.

* AJ vs. Nakamura is face versus face, and Styles has delivered more -- it's easy to imagine the crowd being "frustrated" by a Nakamura title win under those conditions, even when they shake and blah, blah, blah.

* I personally love AJ on the mic, but he's not exactly the sort of stickman you get to carry a feud.

My gut is telling me that AJ and Nakamura are going to be like ships passing in the night. I was thinking that they might go with Owens winning the belt at the Rumble to set up something with Nakamura, but I'm also thinking Orton could get it at Fastlane or something. They've kind of "linked" Orton and Nakamura a lot on television. I could see Orton winning the belt and then "officially" welcoming Nakamura to the main event scene in WWE by turning on him.

As for what Styles does -- if they go with Owens, I can see Shane turning heel to help him out, which sets up Styles vs. Shane II: This Time It's More Personal. But I can also see Owens & Zayn vs. Styles & Shane if they go with Orton.

Since 2006, when there are two world title matches at WrestleMania, the winner of the Royal Rumble has opened the show as much as he has closed it out. Much like winning titles in the 2 title era, winning the rumble isn't treated as a major accomplishment as much as it used to be.

I can't see Nakamura winning it either. Just more than Reigns, really.

I can see Owens winning it though.

No, you're 100% correct. That's why it's hard to pick a winner from SmackDown, because the title match almost doesn't matter. It could be AJ Styles vs. Baron Corbin, truthfully. I think the biggest thing about a SmackDown guy winning it would be that they're likely going to eliminate Reigns last in Philly, which is going to get them a MOLTEN pop. More than winning the actual Rumble itself, the moment will stand out for people. Kind of like when Dolph Ziggler cashed in Money in the Bank.

They love the shock value of putting it on the guy going for the secondary "world" title and Owens vs Styles seems like a possible WrestleMania match. Maybe with Owens being like "You can't fire me because I won a contract for a world title match at WrestleMania" like Orton did that one year.