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It really bums me out that the hype this forum used to have for the royal rumble is completely gone. I really thought that was the one gimmick that they'd never be able to ruin, but here we are. Do y'all even do a toxx thread for it anymore?
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Visual Basic Bitch posted:It really bums me out that the hype this forum used to have for the royal rumble is completely gone. I really thought that was the one gimmick that they'd never be able to ruin, but here we are. Do y'all even do a toxx thread for it anymore? i think roman reigns coming out at 30 was the last time i'll ever give a poo poo about the royal rumble
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Jan 22, 2020 02:09
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I think 2014 ruined it for me, even if it hadn't been outright killed for another year or two. I just...they managed to find a way to get Rey Mysterio booed. Loudly. edit: and that was probably also some of the loudest pops roman reigns ever got, hilariously Visual Basic Bitch fucked around with this message at 02:15 on Jan 22, 2020 |
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Jan 22, 2020 02:12
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Visual Basic Bitch posted:It really bums me out that the hype this forum used to have for the royal rumble is completely gone. I really thought that was the one gimmick that they'd never be able to ruin, but here we are. Do y'all even do a toxx thread for it anymore? We have over 120 people signed up to the Rumble Roulette so the interest is still there, but WWE hasn't done much to make people too excited for the actual show just yet unfortunately. Toxxes should come naturally rather than being forced, if anybody wants to toxx I'll keep track of it and if there are enough to generate a thread then one will be made. I'm still hopeful the Rumble will be good, it's still a show concept I really enjoy and I imagine it will be a ton of fun to watch in the moment regardless of whatever the ultimate finish is.
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Jan 22, 2020 02:13
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JUNGLE BOY posted:i think roman reigns coming out at 30 was the last time i'll ever give a poo poo about the royal rumble His stretcher nap was my limit.
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Jan 22, 2020 02:14
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Visual Basic Bitch posted:I think 2014 ruined it for me, even if it hadn't been outright killed for another year or two. I just...they managed to find a way to get Rey Mysterio booed. Loudly.
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Jan 22, 2020 02:21
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Visual Basic Bitch posted:It really bums me out that the hype this forum used to have for the royal rumble is completely gone. I really thought that was the one gimmick that they'd never be able to ruin, but here we are. Rumble 2014: Batista winning was spoiled to everyone well in advance, Reigns was in the final two, and fans near-rioted because Bryan wasn't even in the match Rumble 2015: Reigns won in the most negatively received a Rumble has ever been, that got actively worse when Bryan was eliminated barely halfway into the thing, and Reigns winning was spoiled to everyone well in advance Rumble 2016: HHH won the Rumble and the world title at the same time, and Reigns was in the final three Rumble 2017: Orton winning was spoiled to everyone well in advance, and Reigns was in the final two Rumble 2018: Reigns was in the final two yet again, Nakamura actually won! Surprise, they did nothing with it and never planned to, but they sure got you. They even did the same thing with Asuka that same night (which was funnier and better, that actually deserved doing nothing with) They booked it so terribly for like five years in a row that it wasn't even fun to really even be a bystander for if there was anything you were slightly interested in on TV at the same time. Over the past six months I've really gotten into CW shows like Supergirl and Batwoman, and those both air this Sunday night, so I have something else I can spend my time watching and that I'm sure I'll enjoy I had to be reminded via Twitter when the Rumble was even happening because the most recent recap here didn't even mention that oh yeah, it's This week, and that's when I looked at (and posted in here) the card because  it's bad even by their standards. At least last year had Bryan/Styles and Finn/Brock to fool people
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Jan 22, 2020 02:35
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Chris James 2 posted:They booked it so terribly for like five years in a row You're forgetting the 3 before that with the 40 man Rumble in 2011 where nothing of note happened after Punk and the Nexus were gone and boring-rear end ADR won, 2012 where Jericho pulled an iron man and absolutely should have won but didn't in favor of Triple H's workout buddy Sheamus, and 2013 where everybody saw from a light year away that it was going to be Cena to set up the Rock rematch. And even if the matches themselves were good (I remember 2011; it wasn't. The other two have vanished from my brain) I think in the long term a bad winner can really sour the memory of a Rumble. TriffTshngo fucked around with this message at 02:44 on Jan 22, 2020 |
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Jan 22, 2020 02:42
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i would just like to state on the record that i am making my annual toxx, and that if either of my roulette champions win their rumble match i will become the new permanent moderator. if my champions fail i will take on the mantle of the one who defeated my final champion.
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Jan 22, 2020 02:43
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I hear Ezra Miller showed up in the Flash. That's neat.
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Jan 22, 2020 02:46
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Didn't Sheamus win in 2012 because everyone on the
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Jan 22, 2020 02:50
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2018 was good even though the aftermath sucked and 2019 wasn't that bad even though Seth winning was predictable.
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Jan 22, 2020 03:00
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When my history twitter connects with my wrestling world.... http://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1219800147992961026 What is this from?
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Jan 22, 2020 03:09
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I was happy Seth won and then they absolutely hosed his run sideways over and over while that kid from the Simpsons was screaming. Like I'm still angry about doing Kofi like that but maybe he's just happy his parallel time with the belt vs Seth's is just an abrupt ending as opposed to a toilet erupting all over him nonstop for months. And now Seth has the tag belts in a stable with the pair that beat him for the tag belts a year ago.
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Jan 22, 2020 03:11
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Bizarro Kanyon posted:When my history twitter connects with my wrestling world.... Nerdist used to have a show called Celebrity Bowling, they got WWE folks for one of them. They got yanked off youtube after Chris Hardwick turned out to be a sex pest, but you can still find them on dailymotion: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x66bzfb
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Jan 22, 2020 03:52
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karmicknight posted:Hopefully Cody spooks them into activating the world war three battle royal to keep it out of the hands of AEW.
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Jan 22, 2020 04:17
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the 2018 mens rumble was unironically an extremely good and entertaining rumble, and the right person won. the fact that they poo poo the bed right afterwards sours it so hard.
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Jan 22, 2020 04:22
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Uhhhh Asuka apparently avoided getting killed in a mall shooting https://twitter.com/WWEAsuka/status/1219821812378488832 https://twitter.com/LVMPD/status/1219819624939716608 Shawn Cotureier fucked around with this message at 04:27 on Jan 22, 2020 |
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Jan 22, 2020 04:24
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Shawn Cotureier posted:Uhhhh Asuka apparently avoided getting killed in a mall shooting Tasteless. I'm sorry and should have thought better of that. TheKingslayer fucked around with this message at 04:38 on Jan 22, 2020 |
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Jan 22, 2020 04:27
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Jan 22, 2020 04:31
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Jesus. Glad she's okay.
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Jan 22, 2020 04:54
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Holy poo poo. Glad she's okay, hope the people hurt come through okay.Procrastinator posted:the 2018 mens rumble was unironically an extremely good and entertaining rumble, and the right person won. the fact that they poo poo the bed right afterwards sours it so hard. Yeah, they might have screwed the pooch on the follow-up, but Nakamura (and Asuka) winning was legit cool on the night and I really enjoyed that Royal Rumble.
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Jan 22, 2020 05:18
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The 2018 Rumble is the last WWE event I remember enjoying, which worked out well because they started taking blood money right after that.
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Jan 22, 2020 05:25
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Shawn Cotureier posted:Uhhhh Asuka apparently avoided getting killed in a mall shooting  get me out of this state / planet
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Jan 22, 2020 05:32
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The Rumble is traditionally my favorite thing in wrestling but they have been consistently loving with it for the majority of the last decade which makes it hard to care. Half of them have just been an extension of Roman's current angle that year and this year is just being set up as the Brock show. I'm assuming at least the first half of it will just be him destroying everybody before Cain Velasquez eliminates him to set up a rematch nobody wants.
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Jan 22, 2020 05:45
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God, remember that time AJ Styles debuted Remember how they did nothing but show roman reigns looking confused Remember how that was so obviously bad that they uploaded a video to youtube that actually showed styles coming out
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Jan 22, 2020 05:48
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I do remember because WWE recognizing their mistakes is a rarity.
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Jan 22, 2020 05:50
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Fentry posted:The Rumble is traditionally my favorite thing in wrestling but they have been consistently loving with it for the majority of the last decade which makes it hard to care. Half of them have just been an extension of Roman's current angle that year and this year is just being set up as the Brock show. I'm assuming at least the first half of it will just be him destroying everybody before Cain Velasquez eliminates him to set up a rematch nobody wants. Is there even a particular reason to make it the Brock show this year? I haven't actually watched WWE in a long time and I have no idea what Brock's goals as a champion are, it seemed to me that he was always perfectly content with showing up at Raw once a month and then have a mediocre PPV match. Where is this "Brock is determined to murder everybody" stuff coming from?
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Jan 22, 2020 05:56
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Grendels Dad posted:Where is this "Brock is determined to murder everybody" stuff coming from? Everyone currently on the roster that Brock can have a great match with he has either already faced or is such a non-star that they don't want to put them against Brock. They still want to feature him in a major way, so they put him in the rumble instead.
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Jan 22, 2020 06:01
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Vince appears to have the goal of having Brock take a hot dump on every remaining gimmick his PPVs have. No champ vs champ at survivor series, hosed up mitb, now loving up the rumble.
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Jan 22, 2020 06:03
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Visual Basic Bitch posted:God, remember that time AJ Styles debuted They actually put that entire Rumble on Youtube today and left the gently caress up in.
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Jan 22, 2020 06:06
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Incessant Excess posted:Everyone currently on the roster that Brock can have a great match with he has either already faced or is such a non-star that they don't want to put them against Brock. They still want to feature him in a major way, so they put him in the rumble instead. Jesus, that sounds awful. They have truly booked themselves into a corner with Brock.
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Jan 22, 2020 06:07
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Drew winning the Rumble and beating Brock at Mania would save this whole thing. I'm a genius, I know.
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Jan 22, 2020 06:19
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Brock will lose the title to Vince in Tampa Bay.
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Jan 22, 2020 06:21
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AJ debuting at the Rumble ruled. Yeah they hosed up the camera cuts but it still ruled and the fixed version they put up online is still something I get a real kick out of watching. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuBVcsPVPyQ That pop 
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Jan 22, 2020 06:24
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Bryan still cool.Daniel Bryan Interview posted:Q: Is it weird that you have become this symbol for the left among WWE fans, and could that character make it as an actual hero in the WWE?
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Jan 22, 2020 06:25
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"The left among WWE fans" more like "the WWE fans left"
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Jan 22, 2020 06:33
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Daniel Bryan is a cool and good dude and far, far, far better than WWE deserves.
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Jan 22, 2020 06:39
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Spiderdrake posted:Vince appears to have the goal of having Brock take a hot dump on every remaining gimmick his PPVs have. Don't forget when he caused a HiaC match to end in a no-contest by interfering in it!
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Brock will be eliminated by a returning Shane McMahon.
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