The Chief

I have a weird feeling they're going to try to repeat the Wyatt heel turn from last year but make it stick regardless of reactions. They copied every other bone head decision from last January.

Per wwe.com Roman Reigns to speak on his Royal Rumble crowd reaction tonight

I wonder if the live Steve Austin show is still on? That was supposed to be tonight, right?

He needs a couple more years to train then he'll be good to go.

Haha, just noticed Kidd, Rose and Cesaro changing their gear for the Rumble. Can't imagine what kind of petty bullshit will result from those shirts. Those rascally millenials!

Roman Reigns was always going to bomb on the live crowd. He is nowhere near ready for the main event scene. Im not a Reigns hater but if he the supposed god saviour of WWE for the next decade pushing him now to the main event scene is the wrong thing to do. Some of the decisions WWE come up with is crazy considering the fans are the ones who make a wrestler. Maybe in the future they do a voting system. Let the fans vote for who should win the Rumble. We all know its pre determined well us adults do so there be no harm in us voting for who we want to win. Please stop posting while drunk.

I don't think anything about the Rumble match looked good on paper. No Diesel push. Rusev was just in there for a long time. He did nothing of note. No spectacular eliminations, just guys falling off No buddies forced to square off. You could have did Miz vs Mizdow here. No future feuds set up. Remember they used to set up stuff like Michaels vs Angle here? None of that. This is the EASIEST match ever to book. You have to be actively trying to fuck up the match this bad.

Well, this is gonna be interesting.

Good point in that they set up no feuds. The Rumble was always a great way to easy book feuds for Mania based on betrayals or eliminations. God, I can't remember what anybody did in this fucking thing. Except Kane and Big Show.

The sad thing is even if the booking is asleep at the wheel, the Rumble at its worst can still be entertaining. You have to be actively trying to fuck up something as bulletproof as the Royal Rumble match.

I heard the Rusev chant loud and clear. I'm trying to think of the worst possible WrestleMania card. Which means what WWE thinks is the best possible card. Brock Lesnar defends against Roman Reigns HHH vs Sting (Ziggler as Stings cornerman) Cena vs Rusev (Cena wins) Big Show & Kane defeat The Usos for the tag titles Bryan vs Wyatt opener Orton vs Seth Rollins Six divas vs six other divas Everyone else in a battle royal

That's even worse and makes everyone look like a big pussy. Bryan lost fair and square, I'm pretty sure they did that on purpose. They wanted no possible out.

Bryan will probably get Wyatt at Mania. If he makes the card.

Nobody who is the future even did anything noticeable besides Reigns. No cool spots, no cool eliminations, moments, nothing. In the post show were talking about records that Big Show and Kane set. What the FUCK.

So horrible. Last year taught them nothing. This is even worse. So many anticlimactic eliminations too. Horrible on every level.

Fuck this company

Christ, Ascension vs NAO is the last match that needs a headlock spot

Me neither at this stage, but you had to admit, his presence at Mania would definitely enhance the current bleak lineup of names. I admit it enhances nothing for me. I have no interest in seeing him wrestle anyone on the roster. Or anyone not on the roster.

Don't give a shit about Rock.

RVD is long-winded (yeah, I wasn't expected that) and certainly loves to talk about him wanting to "show-off". Still, after a while, it does gets interesting in how he portrays Heyman and some of the ECW crew (Candido for instance). His views on pro-wrestling totally explain why he works the way he does, and in a way it's kinda refreshing although I really can't stand his style at this point. He doesn't tell a lot of insighful stories, but I admit the bit about his "argument" with Tajiri in WWF is really funny, and the dry way RVD tells makes it all the better. As expected, he puts Sabu over big time, which is nice since Sabu puts over RVD all the time too, so you get the feel there's a deep friendship there. Decent episode overall. I like RVD the person a lot. Seems like the coolest dude ever. His story about Sid had me dying laughing. "You see him and you just wanna shit your pants!!!"

Ummm, yeah, sure man!

They rip Strongbow a new asshole on that Lanny Poffo podcast. Parv, you would love it.

I think Undertaker should train even longer, keep him away for at least five years so that he can come back for a big WrestleMania match with Steve Austin. Maybe Steve's career ending neck problems will have healed by then!

Dave's been around for a while. I'm sure he saw it at the time. And like its been said a lot of these leaked out through live feeds. Why is this so hard to comprehend?

The conversation about the Puerto Rican jobbers is hilarious. I love these shows.