2016 Royal Rumble

Prince12 · Post #181 » by **Prince12** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:01 am

Well, the boss decided he was due another run with the belt

heatwillbeback · Post #182 » by **heatwillbeback** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:03 am

I think they put the belt on the wrong feud.

Bray and Lesnar needs a title. Roman and hhh does not.

Post #183 » by **Geddy** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:04 am

Hogan will come back to fight HHH for the title

Post #184 » by **Stanford** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:06 am

Geddy wrote:Hogan will come back to fight HHH for the title

I don't believe we've seen the last of Flair in the ring.

Post #185 » by **DJhitek** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:06 am

Predictable ending really....but damn with Styles here to stay and a huge push for Ambrose I'm excited.

detroitKG · Post #186 » by **detroitKG** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:08 am

Bruh.

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Butch718 · Post #187 » by **Butch718** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:11 am

This is exactly what's wrong with the product, they could have created themselves such a huge star if Ambrose won, instead they put over the 40 year old part timer, why create new stars when you can push reigns chasing the title down our throats. The crowd would have exploded if Ambrose won.

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Spens1 · Post #188 » by **Spens1** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:11 am

well that was pathetic, was hoping that Ambrose would win somehow (gimme dat good ol' Russo swerve over old man ego as champ)

and Bray getting eliminated by HHH, Bray needs to come out on raw and just murder him with the Wyatt family, also if they get Steph and Vince that would be great also.

apart from the rumble match (which was good until towards #25 onwards), the IC title was MOTN, Tag Team titles match was good and fast, divas title (SPACE MOUNTAIN AIN'T CLOSED DOWN YET WOOOOOOOOOOOO) and US title where decent matches

also that AJ styles debut, one day in the company, already the most over active wrestler

skbucks1985 · Post #189 » by **skbucks1985** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:13 am

You guys are all wrong, that finish was BEST FOR BUSINESS.

Honestly, I didn't hate it. Would I have preferred something totally out of left field like AJ winning, sure. And maybe its because you could see this coming from a mile away as this has clearly been the direction they were probably going to go in. Reigns-HHH isn't my favorite WM main event, in fact I can't think of a WM main event I've been less interested in. But the match was I thought great in setting up at least 3 other likely WM matches. Brock-Wyatt is clearly happening, I'm guessing they'll do Ambrose-Jericho and either Owens-Zayn or Owens-Styles.

Mr.Raptorsingh · Post #190 » by **Mr.Raptorsingh** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:14 am

I wonder who they put in a program with Styles.

And how long is HHH going to have the title for anyway?

detroitKG · Post #191 » by **detroitKG** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:15 am

safi brings up a great option for the IC title at Mania...4 way? Styles Ambrose Zayn Owens??? That would be insane!

Prince12 · Post #192 » by **Prince12** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:23 am

Yeah, i think that four way is certainly on the cars. Seemed to tie up with the eliminations tonight.

AJ probably on par with Lesnar for biggest pop of the night but id have to actually put sasha at a close third. Crowd really erupted like i have not seen for a long long long time to a diva. Was pretty cool.

The match fizzled out at the end when it looked to predictable. First rumble in forever that had no nostalgic moments but some good story lines were progressed/started so I'm cool with it.

Spens1 · Post #193 » by **Spens1** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:26 am

safi wrote:You guys are all wrong, that finish was BEST FOR BUSINESS.

Honestly, I didn't hate it. Would I have preferred something totally out of left field like AJ winning, sure. And maybe its because you could see this coming from a mile away as this has clearly been the direction they were probably going to go in. Reigns-HHH isn't my favorite WM main event, in fact I can't think of a WM main event I've been less interested in. But the match was I thought great in setting up at least 3 other likely WM matches. Brock-Wyatt is clearly happening, I'm guessing they'll do Ambrose-Jericho and either Owens-Zayn or Owens-Styles.

Reigns vs HHH in the main event of mania seems pretty bad for business if you ask me, that match wouldn't sell 80k into mania this year

i agree though, they did set up 3 or 4 clear matches, but thats the thing, everything in this company has become so calculated, soulless and predictable, why would the fans invest any energy and emotion in it when it seems they can't be bothered also

Spens1 · Post #194 » by **Spens1** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:28 am

detroitKG wrote:safi brings up a great option for the IC title at Mania...4 way? Styles Ambrose Zayn Owens??? That would be insane!

that would be amazing, so many feuds in one match (well, basically Owens v everyone because Owens :lol:

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Post #195 » by **Stanford** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:30 am

Butch718 wrote:why create new stars when you can push reigns chasing the title down our throats.

Look; I wasn't thrilled with the ending, but Reigns chasing the title is creating a new star. You don't create stars in one match. It takes a sustained effort.

Butch718 · Post #196 » by **Butch718** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:34 am

Except the crowd isn't fully 100 percent behind him and never will be.

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WRau1 · Post #197 » by **WRau1** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:42 am

I liked the PPV didn't like the ending. HHH v Reigns doesn't need the title. Excited about the WM possibilities, though. Raw SHOULD be good tomorrow.

Spens1 · Post #198 » by **Spens1** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:48 am

Stanford wrote:
Butch718 wrote:why create new stars when you can push reigns chasing the title down our throats.

Look; I wasn't thrilled with the ending, but Reigns chasing the title is creating a new star. You don't create stars in one match. It takes a sustained effort.

all well and good with the intention, but you could hear the crowd, they wanted nothing to do with roman

it was bad enough here, imagine how many times worse it would be at mania

Post #199 » by **Stanford** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:52 am

Sometimes they want nothing to do with Roman, sometimes they do. It's a work in progress. He's had a lot of moments when the crowd has gotten completely behind him.

skbucks1985 · Post #200 » by **skbucks1985** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:54 am

Spens1 wrote:
safi wrote:You guys are all wrong, that finish was BEST FOR BUSINESS.

Honestly, I didn't hate it. Would I have preferred something totally out of left field like AJ winning, sure. And maybe its because you could see this coming from a mile away as this has clearly been the direction they were probably going to go in. Reigns-HHH isn't my favorite WM main event, in fact I can't think of a WM main event I've been less interested in. But the match was I thought great in setting up at least 3 other likely WM matches. Brock-Wyatt is clearly happening, I'm guessing they'll do Ambrose-Jericho and either Owens-Zayn or Owens-Styles.

Reigns vs HHH in the main event of mania seems pretty bad for business if you ask me, that match wouldn't sell 80k into mania this year

i agree though, they did set up 3 or 4 clear matches, but thats the thing, everything in this company has become so calculated, soulless and predictable, why would the fans invest any energy and emotion in it when it seems they can't be bothered also

Reigns-HHH is a pretty lackluster main event, I think anyone arguing otherwise is fooling themselves. But I think its a match they were forced into because of injuries and of the options they have, I think its one of the better ones.

I fundamentally disagree with the idea that predictable=bad. I'm not excited about HHH-Reigns because I'm not really a fan of either guy and the story they've told hasn't really appealed to me. I'm pretty excited about Ambrose-Jericho even though I figured that was probably the direction they were going after that 6-man tag all those months ago and I can probably give you a basic outline of how the feud will play out and culminate, so I see a high level of predictability there. But I'm a fan of both guys and I'm confident that they can create a story that appeals to me.

Who will win the Royal Rumble?