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With Stephy's involvement, more like "strap on". Yeah that cracked me up.

Major kudos to them for turning it into a shoot to wake up the crowd. But, this.

Unless this tag turns into a shoot, it might as well be Candice Michelle vs. Layla or the Right to Censor. The WWE UniverseTM is fresh out of fucks to give for the moment.

If it is Rousey, I appreciate the efforts throughout the weekend to document her as filming out of the country. If its Steph, the men's Rumble was terrific.

That Spear counter to the Kinshasa was AWESOME.

Until the end.

Final four time. This has been a pretty fun Rumble thus far.

GREAT call.

They are having a GREAT time with this Slater business. Its hilarious.

Always.

WHAT DAY IS TODAY!?

Usos vs. Gable & Benjamin was a ton better than that crowd would have you believe. Odd to go 2-0 with the second fall that quick, but work in the first fall was terrific from the heat to the stretch run. ***1/2

Merci bien. It's only 1:30 PM here, so I don't need coffee yet. Yep. That was actually refreshing. I don't think the Kane match will run long either. It won't, right ? From your lips to Vince's ears. Entrances for that match should run close to 10 minutes, by which point it may already feel a bit long.

Apparently the Philly crowd didn't get the memo that this match is good and they should appreciate how much time its been given.

AJ vs. Sami/KO was much better than I expected. Smart work around the handicap stip and Zayn's effort on the near fall made that pretty great. Appreciate it not running too long as well.

Hasn't that always been the rule during the brand split? I didn't think so but could totally be off on that.

Revival vs. Gallows & Anderson was unexpectedly fun for a pre-show match. Bonus points for The Revival scoring the win. **3/4 for that. Interesting wrinkle that Rumble winners can challenge champion on either show. Opens up a couple possibilities.

Finished Takeover and NJPW in Sapporo night 2 just in time to tune in here. Stoked!

From where I'm sitting Charlotte has been completely mediocre since turning face. I thought she was one of the absolute highlights of 2016, both on the mic and in the ring, but haven't found a single thing she's done special since last year's Mania.

I freaking love these lists. Never, ever tire of looking over them. I feel the same way. Almost every time I look at someone's list I find a new match or two (or twenty) to love. And I find it really interesting to see what different people's tastes are, and how they match up with and differ from mine. I definitely recommend making a list. I found the process very interesting and I feel like I understand my own taste in wrestling better now, if that makes sense. It'll be interesting to revisit this down the line and see what's changed. Totally makes sense. How did you go about it? I've tried tracking how I rate most matches over the last few years, so on the one hand I could gather up those I've rated 5 and 4.75 and work from there. That obviously leaves out certain personal favorites that I wouldn't try to argue are on the periphery of the discussion of the best matches ever, but I love them nonetheless for whatever reason. But that gets into best vs. favorite.

Wow, that Kotoka news is terrible. As noted above he really shined last year and provided a unique energy up and down the card, always bringing great fire to his outings. Hopefully he stays healthy and busy in the years ahead.

I freaking love these lists. Never, ever tire of looking over them. I'll need to try and compile mine at some point, but a) when I sit down to put that time into wrestling (which is certainly often enough) I end up watching something rather than looking through lists to collect all of the top matches and I have no idea at all how I'd rank everything I've rated most highly. But those are good problems to have.

Plus, that really should happen when it would benefit all parties -- the participants and the company -- if such a match were hot enough to merit the slot and command the public eye in the buildup. Perhaps peak Rousey with (or without, I'm not sure) the right opponent could've made that happen, but I don't think her star is that that level today. To this point no one on the women's side has been pushed as a headliner of the promotion, but rather of the division. That may very well happen, but we're still early in this approach and the development of talent to flesh out that side of the roster on two brands. No need to jump the gun.

Unless you've been hanging in the office or booked her tickets out of town, what's the point of going so hard with something like this? Have some fun. Its wrestling.

No question about it. Predictable is often the best way to go, but that doesn't make it a lock.