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**Jari** · 01-25-2016, 04:57 PM

Alright my two cents on the PPV:

1) Given that neither Henry, nor Swagger spent anymore than 30 seconds in the Royal Rumble match, what was the fucking point of having them win the kick off show match when you could have taken along two more NXT guys who would actually get a reaction (Gable and Corbin if you're asking who I would have put in)

2) Great LMS match between Ambrose and Owens. Owens is one of the best in the business and Ambrose really stepped it up in terms of his performance. I've found some of his in-ring work a little stale since his feud with Rollins but since the World title tournament and becoming IC champ, he's reached the standards he set before.

3) Decent tag team match with an impressive finish from Big E. That was Brock Lesnar style strength in catching Uso (Jimmy or Jey)

4) Kalisto got a big opportunity and I thought he Sin Cara'ed it. Quite a few botches but they got through the match. Somewhat worryingly ADR and Kalisto don't have much chemistry. I know this is classic 50/50 booking but depending on what Kevin Owens' plans for Wrestlemania are, I would not be adverse to ADR winning the title back and then having a match with AJ Styles at Wrestlemania.

5) I kind of switched off for the Diva's match. Mega to see Sasha Banks return and hopefully this builds to a Triple Threat at Wrestlemania, Banks winning the title, ditching the Diva's title for the Women's title, going through the competition until Summerslam time when Bayley debuts.

6) The Rumble match itself:

Now battle royales or rumble matches are usually quite shit. I thought this one was quite well put together and allowed a lot of guys to get their spots in.

Now maybe I am swimming against the tide by trying to apply logic to a wrestling match but I have a number of issues with it. Firstly the booking of Roman Reigns - so the LoN drag him out and beat the hell out of him, leaving him at ringside (which is bizarre given they could have taken him back into the ring, then thrown him out apparently). Reigns decides that he does not require a stretcher but instead, as the heroic babyface, voluntarily walks to the back, presumably for a cup of tea and a chance to de-frizz his hair. Meanwhile the nasty villain Kevin Owens valiantly drags half his carcass to the ring after a brutal Last Man Standing match. Reigns then appears at the end of the match, avoiding the Wyatts and Brock Lesnar, feeling no ill effects from the brutal beating 20 minutes earlier. The fuck?

Speaking of the Wyatts and Lesnar, if eliminated parties can come back in and get involved, why did Lesnar not just jump back in and kill Bray Wyatt?

HHH winning was as predictable as...well Reigns winning last year or Bootista winning two years ago. And in that one action, it sums the WWE perfectly. If they want HHH vs Reigns at WM, it doesn't need the title involved. He could easily have eliminated Reigns and then fallen to Dean Ambrose and just like that the place would have exploded and a new star would have been born. Given Owens the IC title, then Ambrose manages to overcome the odds of beating HHH in the Rumble. Then Owens can wrestle Zayn, AJ, Neville, etc while Ambrose can be the underdog Champion Daniel Bryan didn't have the chance to be because of injury. But instead a part-timer from the Attitude Era of course comes out on top.

I don't really know where things are going to go tonight because I can't believe they're actually going to go into, what they want to be, the biggest WM of all time with Reigns vs HHH for the title as the main event but what last night did show is that despite all the injuries and absentees, the WWE still has an incredible roster but it also has a lot of dead weight and that's principally because of the 50/50 booking they love so much.

Despite all that I actually thought it was a decent PPV, let down by some poor choices in the main event but the bastards have got me intrigued as to what they're going to do tonight.

01-25-2016, 04:57 PM	#25
Jari I said 'Good Day'! Posts: 1,047	Alright my two cents on the PPV: 1) Given that neither Henry, nor Swagger spent anymore than 30 seconds in the Royal Rumble match, what was the fucking point of having them win the kick off show match when you could have taken along two more NXT guys who would actually get a reaction (Gable and Corbin if you're asking who I would have put in) 2) Great LMS match between Ambrose and Owens. Owens is one of the best in the business and Ambrose really stepped it up in terms of his performance. I've found some of his in-ring work a little stale since his feud with Rollins but since the World title tournament and becoming IC champ, he's reached the standards he set before. 3) Decent tag team match with an impressive finish from Big E. That was Brock Lesnar style strength in catching Uso (Jimmy or Jey) 4) Kalisto got a big opportunity and I thought he Sin Cara'ed it. Quite a few botches but they got through the match. Somewhat worryingly ADR and Kalisto don't have much chemistry. I know this is classic 50/50 booking but depending on what Kevin Owens' plans for Wrestlemania are, I would not be adverse to ADR winning the title back and then having a match with AJ Styles at Wrestlemania. 5) I kind of switched off for the Diva's match. Mega to see Sasha Banks return and hopefully this builds to a Triple Threat at Wrestlemania, Banks winning the title, ditching the Diva's title for the Women's title, going through the competition until Summerslam time when Bayley debuts. 6) The Rumble match itself: Now battle royales or rumble matches are usually quite shit. I thought this one was quite well put together and allowed a lot of guys to get their spots in. Now maybe I am swimming against the tide by trying to apply logic to a wrestling match but I have a number of issues with it. Firstly the booking of Roman Reigns - so the LoN drag him out and beat the hell out of him, leaving him at ringside (which is bizarre given they could have taken him back into the ring, then thrown him out apparently). Reigns decides that he does not require a stretcher but instead, as the heroic babyface, voluntarily walks to the back, presumably for a cup of tea and a chance to de-frizz his hair. Meanwhile the nasty villain Kevin Owens valiantly drags half his carcass to the ring after a brutal Last Man Standing match. Reigns then appears at the end of the match, avoiding the Wyatts and Brock Lesnar, feeling no ill effects from the brutal beating 20 minutes earlier. The fuck? Speaking of the Wyatts and Lesnar, if eliminated parties can come back in and get involved, why did Lesnar not just jump back in and kill Bray Wyatt? HHH winning was as predictable as...well Reigns winning last year or Bootista winning two years ago. And in that one action, it sums the WWE perfectly. If they want HHH vs Reigns at WM, it doesn't need the title involved. He could easily have eliminated Reigns and then fallen to Dean Ambrose and just like that the place would have exploded and a new star would have been born. Given Owens the IC title, then Ambrose manages to overcome the odds of beating HHH in the Rumble. Then Owens can wrestle Zayn, AJ, Neville, etc while Ambrose can be the underdog Champion Daniel Bryan didn't have the chance to be because of injury. But instead a part-timer from the Attitude Era of course comes out on top. I don't really know where things are going to go tonight because I can't believe they're actually going to go into, what they want to be, the biggest WM of all time with Reigns vs HHH for the title as the main event but what last night did show is that despite all the injuries and absentees, the WWE still has an incredible roster but it also has a lot of dead weight and that's principally because of the 50/50 booking they love so much. Despite all that I actually thought it was a decent PPV, let down by some poor choices in the main event but the bastards have got me intrigued as to what they're going to do tonight.