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That Snuka Splash attempt by Strowman was unreal. Awesome.

That was a whole lot of filler.

Even from a kayfabe perspective, why is Beth Phoenix being inducted? She might be the least credible inductee ever, including the Celebrity Wing.

I don't think that I've ever seen Samoa Joe do that leg sweep before! That was pretty cool.

Why? I don't think people want to see long Goldberg matches. It's all about his aura of being a destroyer. I don't care if he wins the title tonight or not but I don't want to see him wrestle Kevin Owens for twenty minutes nor Brock at Wrestlemania. That's what they tried to do with him his first time around in WWE and it sucked. He's not really made for long matches.

What percentage of the time do you think WWE storylines payoff in satisfying fashion? I am afraid to provide my answer to that for fear it will be seen as a troll, but I am genuinely curious. I will provide it at some point after other people provide theirs. Outside of Wrestlemania season, I'd say something like 10-20%. During Wrestlemania season, probably closer to 50-60%.

Reigns/Strowman should be good. Joe/Zayn should be good. Curious if Goldberg wins the title. I don't think Brock/Goldberg or Jericho/Owens either one really needs to be a title match at Wrestlemania. Neville/Gallagher should also be pretty good. I do actually hope that Goldberg squashes Owens. Maybe Jericho distracts Owens which leads to a Spear then Brock can beat down Goldberg after the match?

Strowman/Big Show was awesome. A good hoss on hoss match. Seeing the crowd disappointed that they didn't get a Superplex in 2017 was amazing! Strowman is really good. The Heyman/Lesnar promo was also pretty good to me. Fun stuff.

When The Rock "hosted" Wrestlemania, it was terrible.

Gratz to Bray. That match was fun. I really love the career trajectory of Baron Corbin though. Started in NXT, worked his way up to the main roster. Won the Andre the Giant Battle Royal at Wrestlemania last year. This year he'll probably win the Intercontinental Title from Dean Ambrose. Next year he can win the Royal Rumble then the World Title at Wrestlemania. That would be a great three years and really show him climbing the ladder. I would like that.

Orton/Harper was good. That was fun.

I love Becky. She's my favorite female wrestler in WWE by quite a large margin. I like Alexa Bliss too and Nikki Bella occasionally brings it. I have no problem with them. I don't like Mickie James at all. I think Nattie is downright bad. And Naomi, despite having an awesome entrance & being extremely athletic, really needs to slow down because she gets too sloppy. I like the women on Smackdown & enjoyed the Becky/Alexa stuff. I just don't enjoy what they're all doing right now. This doesn't sound that bad to me. It could be fun.

Plan is for Bray to win to set up Bray-Orton for the title. Doesn't feel like a very Wrestlemania like match. What's the plan for Cena then? At least it'd be something different though.

No idea what the plan for Wrestlemania is or who is coming out of the Elimination Chamber with the title. I guess Cena retains? Or he could lose the belt & then at Wrestlemania have a chance to break Ric Flair's record? The rest of the card looks really, really, really bad on paper. Could not care less about Crews or Ziggler. I like Kalisto but feel this is an awful spot for him. Surprised Ascension/Vaudevillains are both on the PPV. If they were released, I'm not sure who would even notice. I actually like Viktor but last time I saw Connor on TV, holy shit had he let himself go. Tag Match has too many bodies that don't mean anything. I like Becky Lynch a lot but I have zero desire to see Mickie James wrestle in 2017. Alexa/Naomi will be awful. Don't expect much from Nikki/Nattie. Three women's matches on one brand PPV? Wow. Harper/Orton could maybe be a sleeper but Orton doesn't seem to bring much anymore & Harper feels like damaged goods.

I'm personally waiting for the B-shows. Namely WCW Thunder, Saturday Night, Main Event, Worldwide and old WWF Velocity shows. Mostly WCW Saturday Night though, especially pre-Nitro.

Genuinely didn't know that the Rock 'N Roll Express weren't in already.

That match was awesome & Meltzer gave it 2 3/4 stars...but on the same PPV gave Styles Vs. Ambrose 4 1/2. Dude is just about as far away from my opinions as can be.

It's amazing to me how much more of a star and a threat Joe looks like in street clothes than he does in his wrestling gear.

Misawa/Kobashi Vs. Kawada/Taue is the best wrestling match I've ever watched. If we're talking about impact on pro-wrestling, my answer would be different but bell-to-bell? Nothing is touching that for me. And I'm not even a big Taue guy.

My problem with the Royal Rumble match itself was there were 1. no surprises and 2. way too many people that didn't matter. Mojo, Ellsworth, New Day, Big Cass, Enzo, Gallagher, Apollo, Dolph, Tye, Kalisto... it was like ALL filler. Just killing time until the "real" stars (Goldberg, Brock, Taker, Reigns) came in. Out of the first 20 entrants, I think the only two that mattered were Strowman and Corbin. There wasn't any suspense. The final four sucked. And the winner sucks. So yeah, I didn't like it. John Cena Vs. A.J. Styles was great though, so glad I tuned in. Plus the countdown for each participant in the Rumble will never not be fun, even if I felt disappointed about 25 times out of 30 this year.

That match was insane. Holy shit.

Look forward to people overrating that Charlotte Vs. Bayley match. I mean, both women did a top rope move AND Charlotte had some blood. Gotta be at least 4-stars! Can't wait to see what Meltzer says about that one. Charlotte still wins on PPV. Sasha got squashed on the preshow.

EDIT: moving to other thread per what Childs said.

No, the NXT crowds and the recent booking both stink. I'm not saying that the booking is good, I said it says more about the shitty fans than the booking. I'm saying that Bobby Roode is only over because of his theme song. The same way Tye Dillinger is over for that stupid 10 chant and how Blue Pants was over. If that Glorious theme song was on literally anyone else, they would also be over. Regardless of good or bad booking. That crowd is cheering that song. Period.

People on Twitter are going bananas over this show but I thought it was very lackluster with a few disappointing outcomes. Maybe we'll get both Samoa Joe and Shinsuke Nakamura on the main roster soon? Not really a lot of reason left for me to keep tabs on NXT. I certainly don't care about Bobby Roode, Eric Young or Billie Kay. Authors of Pain are... woof.