Omega v Jay White will probably lead on to Omega V Okada considering the booking style is faction v faction.
Omega v Jay White will probably lead on to Omega V Okada considering the booking style is faction v faction.
Originally Posted by Disco
At the moment I'm looking at:
Okada / Naito
Young Bucks match (I've never seen a full match outside of PWG, which probably plays up to the stuff Young Bucks are notorious for)
Cody vs. Ibushi
4-Way
I'll probably watch those four over the course of the weekend then look at the other few depending how I feel.
The Bucks match is definitely less spotty than their ROH stuff, it had some very simple but inventive parts which I think works a lot better than five minutes of superkicks.
I could not be more bored with the Bucks after last years spot fest. Literally every match had over the top catch spots that took me out of the match. Saying that the Being The Elite series is great viewing and they will pull off a 10k PPV this year. If they get Billionaire backer they will destroy WWE on the West Coast.
Latest episode of Being The Elite continues the Kenny v Cody fued. I dare say they saving it for a future American date maybe a ROH show?
Am tempted by that given it's down the road.
Took a punt and bought a ticket. No idea if IPW is any good but that match alone should be worth it.
They seem to have the standard British Strong Style wrestlers.
https://www.ipwuk.com/wrestlers
That alumni roster. I watched WrestleMania 28 at Andy Boy Simmonz's house, which I imagine takes some beating as a shit claim to fame.
I forgot about that squash match yikes.
Ospreay vs. Dunne should be tremendous.
I deleted my post because it is just fan boy dribble but Dunn and Bate would both be perfect NJPW.
I'd pay admittance just for that match so I can't imagine you'll be disappointed.
@Queenslander NJPW Oz tour announced today, you think you'll make a show?
They arent coming to Brisbane.
Sasha Banks being sloppy as fuck hasn’t ended her own career yet but it has ended Paige’s.
Is this from that kick to her back? If so then she is probably better off being finished by that instead of something worse.
The source I saw said it was a "kick to the head" in a 6 woman tag match at a house show, but I don't know how reliable they are, so if there was a kick to the back in the same match it could easily be that.
Yeah, she kicks her in the back, and then she starts acting as though she can't feel her arm[s] (looks like that anyway), so the referee stops it. If it is that then she can't have been fit in the first place.
Her comeback was going about as well as could be expected with WWE booking, too.
They should probably keep her about. She could could probably be a passable heel manager if they cared for such things any more.
Paige
I had loads of holiday to use before March so I've booked the day after the Rumble offHaving said that, I've just seen the card & it looks pretty terrible, so hopefully the rumbles will save the day.
You'd hope we're due a decent Rumble if only by law of averages. Either way, I suppose it'll be a "I remember where I was watching when-" moment when Ellsworth returns to win the first womens Rumble.
I've just watched the Fatal Four-Way from Wrestle Kingdom and even if he didn't have quite the budget to do it on such a grand scale Scurll's entrance wasn't that much less embarrassing than some of HHH's Mania efforts. Good match though.
The hot tip to win the Womens is a new entrant I've not heard of. Romana Reigns is set to debut and I reckon she'll take it.
When was the last decent Royal Rumble? 2012? 2010? Triple Haitch winning the other year was lol, but the match itself was toilet.
There hasn't been a good one since I got back into it, certainly. That'd be '14 or '15.
I liked the actual match last year, but the result was shit and was part of the worst main event feud I've ever seen in wrestling. The one where Cena came back from injury about six months early and won it was the last one I remember as being ace.
2001.
Rumbles where we know the winner 9 months in advance and they don't even bother to give us any shock returns are utter shite.
All Rumbles are great, best match of the year. Any of the ones where Road Dogg came back and ran the show for five minutes, any with Edge hiding for half an hour or the one time I genuinely believed Santino was going to win.
And get out of here Webly, the man turned into a fucking crow, it was great.
Is there a consensus rumoured winner this year?
I enjoyed something like a third of last year's and then it went to balls.
Is it not just Roman Reigns like every other year, or is he not in so it's Cena?
It genuinely wouldn't surprise me if they had Reigns win it, and if they're having it turn about given Smackdown won last year's then there's not a chance it's anybody else unless they have some 2000-esque number 1 contendership antics planned.
Who are the Champions now, Styles & Bork, right? Surely it's Reigns so they can do Reigns/Lesnar at WM for a change.
It'll be Nakamura to set up the dream match with Styles. Reigns will get to Mania some other way.
Edit- Unless they're going with Don Cena wins the 17th title, which would be
It has to be a Smackdown winner surely?
WM will see Reigns finally take Lesnar down, with Strowman I imagine being the backup plan or involved too. Unless Strowman/Reigns wins it and takes the chance away.
Thinking Reigns needs to win the Royal Rumble to set up a match with Bork is exactly the sort of unimaginative nonsense thing WWE would do, sadly, but they really ought to be setting up somebody for Styles.
I'd fucking love it to be Nakamura but it seems to much of a tap-in for WWE not to fuck up.It'll be Nakamura to set up the dream match with Styles. Reigns will get to Mania some other way.
Edit- Unless they're going with Don Cena wins the 17th title, which would be
"Free Agent" John Cena winning and mugging off Styles in another overrated finisher-fest is entirely plausible.
That's a point. If they want him breaking Flairs record, this or next year is surely the last time to pull the trigger? And you can't have that match not being at WM.
I'm hearing it's Brawn Strongman.
Cena will be busy with the Undertaker.
Big Dave seems convinced that it's going to be Cena Vs Taker at mania, which is at least 5 years too late. Taker's matches since the streak ended have been shite with no reason to care. Cena could probably carry him to one last good-ish match, which might be for the best given that the Reigns match was piss poor, but I think the post match send off was good enough to leave it there. People will riot when Cena wins if that match happens.
How many actual likely winners are there beyond Reigns, Strowman, Cena & maybe Nakamura?
I'd take Strowman off that list, and those are your 3.
Reigns Vs Lesnar is absolutley locked in, no way they go with Strowman after the disaster he had with Lesnar last time.
Brock Lesnar has had one good, proper match in about two years but Strowman probably would get more of the blame for that in WWE offices rather than Brock. It's hard to criticise a guy while his balls are on your chin, after all.
Strowman's not winning anyway.
As for the idea of Undertaker wrestling again: Ugh. Just give up, you old bastard.
EDIT: Make that singles matches, re: Brock. The other three in that fatal fourway did alright while he was having a lie down.
Taker's matches versus Lesnar in 2015 were both pretty good, but other than that, his matches have been crap for a few years.
EC3 is out of TNA, do we think NXT or Rumble appearance?
NXT more likely.
Isn't there a 90 day no contract bullshit clause from TNA/Impact/whateverthefuckitscalled?
As much as he was a big star in TNA, I don't think he's big enough for a Rumble spot. Most of WWE's audience would have no clue who he is.
"De-rek Bate-man ... "<clap> <clap> <clap> <clap> <clap>
He has the roid acne of a future champion.
Just seen Austin Aries has not only won the TNA World Title but also their secondary title, with whatever stupid names they have these days.
This is after Evan Bourne won both of their lower tier titles at the same time, and then seemingly dropped one to Aries while giving away the other to Josh Matthews.
Just fucking fold already.
Is Lashley gone too yet? I could see him in the Rumble, plus they've got a Trump aide gimmick ready to roll for him.
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