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Got home late and was skipping all the in-between match stuff, was anyone of note shown ringside?
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Dangerous Person posted:Yeah, true sorry one caveat to that: RUSEV debuted in a Rumble but unlike KENTA or Nakaura he's loving Rusev and looks enormous so it's bvelievable he could get kicked out of a Rumble fine AJ did debut too, but that was high risk and luckily they realised having him booted by Kevin Owens was the only heel the crowd would not hate viscerally for it
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roode doesn't really do anything for me, but anyone who uses a ddt as a finish these days instead of just a transition movie is ok in my book
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SunshineDanceParty posted:Joe and Tye should be the debuts tomorrow. Tye's ceiling is Zach Ryder, but a debut at 10 and knocking a guy out will be enough. Yeah, give him his midcard run with a good Rumble showing, either through getting a few solo eliminations or just staying alive in the match for a while, then work him around some other midcarders on one of the two shows. He'll be catchphrase over and you'll get  .
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Benne posted:IIRC TNA and NJPW used to have a working relationship until they hosed up Okada there is a conspiracy theory that they sent him there on purpose knowing they'd gently caress him over and gently caress him up to destroy his ego so that when they did push him he wouldn't become big headed about it
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Lid posted:sorry one caveat to that: RUSEV debuted in a Rumble but unlike KENTA or Nakaura he's loving Rusev and looks enormous so it's bvelievable he could get kicked out of a Rumble fine Bro why you gotta break my dreams and poo poo
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Jan 29, 2017 04:34
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my only problem with tye debuting in the rumble is the possibility that instead of counting down for every following entrant, the crowd will just chant ten over and over.
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Jan 29, 2017 04:35
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SunshineDanceParty posted:Joe and Tye should be the debuts tomorrow. Tye's ceiling is Zach Ryder, but a debut at 10 and knocking a guy out will be enough. i dont think anyone has illusions of tye being a top guy, but he's incredibly solid, whether in nxt or wwe. might as well let him get some wwe ppv checks since he's so incredibly organically over.
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Lid posted:having a guy randomly appear in a rumble as a debut AJ debuted last year in the Rumble. e: Bah saw your other post. I still don't think it would hurt Nakamura to be in it as a debut. There are enough big names in this Rumble anyways that his elimination by Goldberg, Undertaker, or Brock would be reasonable. Jaragoh fucked around with this message at 04:47 on Jan 29, 2017 |
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Mulaney Power Move posted:my only problem with tye debuting in the rumble is the possibility that instead of counting down for every following entrant, the crowd will just chant ten over and over. Worst case scenario, Tye doesn't debut and they still do it anyway.
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Troxartas posted:Got home late and was skipping all the in-between match stuff, was anyone of note shown ringside? Michael "P.S." Hayes (also Samoa Joe and Uk champ Tyler Bate, but they're not as notable) Blasmeister fucked around with this message at 04:51 on Jan 29, 2017 |
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Jan 29, 2017 04:49
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Jaragoh posted:AJ debuted last year in the Rumble. It would be a big loving risk, and due to how conservative WWE is, it will never happen, but one day I would love to see a hot debut at the Rumble that ends with a complete surprise win by the new guy.
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Jan 29, 2017 04:49
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Benne posted:IIRC TNA and NJPW used to have a working relationship until they hosed up Okada Looking at Okada now, it seems almost impossible that anybody could gently caress him up. But like life, TNA finds a way.
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Just popping in to say I'm watching Royal Rumble 5 and it's very cool.Jerusalem posted:Looking at Okada now, it seems almost impossible that anybody could gently caress him up. But like life, TNA finds a way. Makes me mad just thinkin about it
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Jan 29, 2017 04:54
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I expected the show to be well worked but unexciting, and it exceeded that. It wasn't GREAT, and it fits on the low end of Takeover ranks, but it was an enjoyable watch. Tag match and main event were really good, Seth was really good, and the women's match served it's purpose well. I am hyped as gently caress for the Nikki vs. Asuka match I assume is coming next Takeover. Not sure where the men's division sits now, Nakamura will get his rematch but the division is poised for someone to break out and climb the ladder, but I don't see that person. Maybe Roddy Strong? Not sure how much I like that.
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Blaise330 posted:Worst case scenario, Tye doesn't debut and they still do it anyway. Yeah, unless they have The Miz or someone come out to Dillinger's music, the crowd will probably start doing it anyways. Give Dillinger a solid run and he'll be a go-to midcarder who's always over. You'll need a new Zach Ryder when Mojo Rawley accidentally kills him by high-fiving him in the jaw or something. But yeah, show was good but it's not going to be very fondly remembered or anything. It may be the first time in a while that the WWE PPV is more exciting and fun than the Takeover before it. Then again, we've had some bizarrely bad Rumbles recently.
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remusclaw posted:It would be a big loving risk, and due to how conservative WWE is, it will never happen, but one day I would love to see a hot debut at the Rumble that ends with a complete surprise win by the new guy. Samoa Joe is my genuine pick to win. I'm calling Joe/Cena as the WWE title match for Mania.
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thelazyblank posted:Yeah, unless they have The Miz or someone come out to Dillinger's music, the crowd will probably start doing it anyways. Give Dillinger a solid run and he'll be a go-to midcarder who's always over. You'll need a new Zach Ryder when Mojo Rawley accidentally kills him by high-fiving him in the jaw or something. If The Miz comes out to any music but his own it should be Daniel Bryan's. But do it at #10 and you'll get the desired effect.
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lmao i'm just now reading about how if billie and peyton really didn't care which of them held the title, one of them could have just pinned the other while nikki and asuka were dead outside the ring
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remusclaw posted:It would be a big loving risk, and due to how conservative WWE is, it will never happen, but one day I would love to see a hot debut at the Rumble that ends with a complete surprise win by the new guy. The problem is that a lot of the casual fans aren't going to recognize anyone who isn't already a regular on Raw or Smackdown, which means that you've got a maximum of 60 minutes to get the guy over enough that the crowd buys the win and will pop for it. You'd need a guy whose offence is interesting and different, who looks like he could realistically pick up 7 or 8 eliminations, and who can go an hour without spending half of that time having a Roman-esque nap on the floor. Joe and Hero could do it, and maybe Omega, but I don't know who else could.
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Eltoasto posted:Not sure where the men's division sits now, Nakamura will get his rematch but the division is poised for someone to break out and climb the ladder, but I don't see that person. Maybe Roddy Strong? Not sure how much I like that. I figure Roddy challenges unsuccessfully to kill time while building someone else up (Jose?) or Ohno gets a shot.
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Jan 29, 2017 05:32
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Jerusalem posted:Looking at Okada now, it seems almost impossible that anybody could gently caress him up. But like life, TNA finds a way. Holy poo poo, Sanada is going to be the next big thing in NJPW.
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When was the last time an NXT champion was not undefeated before winning the title? Sami? Edit: Joe lost to Finn twice before becoming champ at a house show. Capsaicin fucked around with this message at 06:06 on Jan 29, 2017 |
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Wiccan Wasteland posted:Holy poo poo, Sanada is going to be the next big thing in NJPW. Sanada is, no poo poo, awesome in NJPW.
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Julio Cruz posted:The problem is that a lot of the casual fans aren't going to recognize anyone who isn't already a regular on Raw or Smackdown, which means that you've got a maximum of 60 minutes to get the guy over enough that the crowd buys the win and will pop for it. You'd need a guy whose offence is interesting and different, who looks like he could realistically pick up 7 or 8 eliminations, and who can go an hour without spending half of that time having a Roman-esque nap on the floor. Joe and Hero could do it, and maybe Omega, but I don't know who else could. AJ could have done it last year, but they weren't sold on AJ yet, as seen with his "Pitbull" run up until they understood what they had. That I think is the biggest obstacle, debuting a guy, in the Rumble, who already has Vince and co sold on him.
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Bobby Roode is incredibly boring as hell but the Double Hoganplex was cool. I don't remember anything else about this show
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Wiccan Wasteland posted:Holy poo poo, Sanada is going to be the next big thing in NJPW. Was Sanada in TNA too? And did they gently caress him up there as well? Because in NJPW from the very first second I saw him I thought,"Wow that guy is a star" so it would be hilarious if TNA screwed that up too.
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Blasmeister posted:Michael "P.S." Hayes Wow, all the stars. (Thanks)
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Jerusalem posted:Was Sanada in TNA too? And did they gently caress him up there as well? Because in NJPW from the very first second I saw him I thought,"Wow that guy is a star" so it would be hilarious if TNA screwed that up too. He was, but he was actually kinda pushed. Won the X title a few times, and was in a heel stable with James Storm and Abyss if I remember right.
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Women's match was my favorite match of the night. It set up Asuka vs Nikki very nicely and their inevitable Takeover match will own
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Capsaicin posted:He was, but he was actually kinda pushed. Won the X title a few times, and was in a heel stable with James Storm and Abyss if I remember right.
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ppv was pretty good. thought the main event exceeded expectations even if the doctor poo poo was stretched too thin. that being said there's a chance the Rumble will break the streak and be better than this NXT ppv but who knows
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bradzilla posted:I doubt Nakamura's main roster debut is tomorrow night, sorry guys probably monday or tuesday yeah
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gonna need someone to recut the sanity entrance to "The Boys Are Back In Town"
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I liked the women's match too. Billie and Peyton are adorable and while not technical masterminds their act is different enough to provide for a different element than you're used to in matches. Also they're both my girlfriends.
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Basic Chunnel posted:He was brought over via a working agreement with Keiji Mutoh's Wrestle-1 vanity promotion and as such, was given an overt Great Muta gimmick as the Great Sanada, with facepaint and mist and everything, that apparently was part of a rivalry with Muta that blew off at the W1-hosted Bound For Glory. I think that might have been the last one before the bottom fell out of the roster. Was that when they taped him losing the title for an episode that would air after the ppv, and W1 refused to say that the match was for the belt or something?
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I dug Nikki waking up to see Asuka won and giving a "Go you" smile
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Kinda wish they'd had Joe go after Seth Rollins instead of a bunch of nameless security guards. Could've furthered the Rollins-HHH feud while giving Samoa Joe a feud & angle in a time where he's sorta motionless.
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That wouldn't make sense with Joe winning the rumble tomorrow.
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time to be the change i want to see in this world https://streamable.com/jteow
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