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ah yes, my annual reminder that Dana Brooke still exists

Seems like the announcers should have pointed out Bray was wearing the Fiend mask during that last part.

Honestly that wasn't as bad as I was expecting, and the black light at least made a cool visual.

That was probably one of the best booked Rumbles in a while. The only time it dragged was when they were collecting bodies for Brock to toss around. Also this really shows they think a lot of Gunther to set the Ironman record and, ironically, be the ring general of the match.

Noted crypto scammer Logan Paul

I guess this means Beth in the women's match?

Booker has them Iron Shiek knees

Rhea makes it worthwhile.

Corey and Pat talking about Pittsburgh drinking spots is like a fever dream to me

Corbin getting murked will always get a thumbs up in my book.

Nothing seems to make Brock happier than seeing new MEATY MEN to slap meat with.

Here comes Brock to take out the trash

I really want Gunther vs Drew now

Corey referencing Mil Mascaras eliminating himself from the Rumble got a pop from me

It was a very New Day way to swerve the old "tag partners fight at the Rumble" spot. Plus the crowd didn't seem to want to see them fight.

GUUNTAAA beating the shit out of fools for an hour is gonna slap

Well we already got Pat McAfee (and Cole apparently legit marking out for it), so we're doing great so far.

my man Fluffy on the pre-show, nice!

IIRC Rocky is in Mexico since he's New Japan's liaison to North America and Fantasicia Mania is coming up soon. He seems to be really good at being a proper buffer that allows companies that sometimes (or all the time in CMLL's case) act weird to play together nicely. Also there's probably going to be a rematch while the CMLL guys are in Japan that should be good.

tbf it did seem that the whole Head of the Table thing was an obvious setup for a confrontation w/ the Rock since he's clearly the top money earner in the family.

I get they probably didn't want to book Drew and Sheamus to lose, but them just choosing to give up their spot because they got attacked by the Insurrection Raiders was kinda lame. I don't think I've ever seen Miz just brainfart mid promo like he did tonight, but props to him for handling it like a pro. Main event was solid, Solo is so good for his time in the biz it's crazy. It's going to be interesting how KO is booked at the Rumble. Clearly he's not winning but he's been built up so many times I wonder if he's in danger of being in Lex Luger territory as the guy who always challenges for the title but loses.

I think it's funny they gave the real Marine the finisher of the fake Marine.

She's already a champion so it doesn't even make sense for her to be in the Rumble, let alone win it.

I mean, at least in a Vince run WWE he didn't. Yeah it's stupid but there's no way a guy who looks like him was going to go anywhere on the main roster.

Santino was good at getting Vince's brand of comedy over as best as anyone could, but at the end of the day he was still polishing turds. Funny thing is he just showed up in Impact as their new authority figure so I suppose we'll see if he can succeed in a non WWE environment.