C.S.

And if Becky won the Rumble for the same reason instead of Charlotte? If that's the case, people are probably lining up to have Jax potato them.

There's no way Shayna gets fired for anything - not if they want to keep Ronda happy.

The problem with using Nia Jax as a "monster" is that she can't pull it off in the slightest. It doesn't matter what the size difference is - she's not intimidating at all. Is it a case of her being too beautiful? I don't know. I see beauty in all women, but wrestlers like Chyna and Kharma pulled off the same role a hell of a lot better than Jax is.

While all of that is true, being in the ring with the dull Roode and the robotic Balor probably didn't help. With that said, yeah, Hideo Itami showed me absolutely nothing. For as much as I bag on Asuka and Hero at times, at least Asuka brings it in the ring and Hero is decent enough in his "trainer" role or whatever it is - Itami in NXT/205 was a bland bore both in the ring and as a personality.

Easily the biggest disappointment since the original Sin Cara. Whatever had in Japan and ROH, he didn't bring with him to the WWE. He was also the victim of bad luck (multiple injuries) and bad timing. When he was called down to 205 Live, I knew he was dead in the water. I'm glad they actually let him go. Maybe he can be an asset somewhere else (AEW?), because it was obviously never going to happen for him in WWE.

That belt is a work of art. I want to buy it right now!

The end result would be Becky making Charlotte tap because they'll want to protect Ronda, so leave Charlotte out of it IMO. Same as Bryan tapping out Batista instead of the champion Orton at WM30 (which no one cared about at the time and it didn't hurt Bryan at all, but I still thought it was stupid booking).

Holy shit! Time for you to start the "Wrestlers who are better than Seth Rollins" thread.

Gargano-Ciampa from the first round of the CWC. I bet a lot of those first round matches would fit the bill.

Only in wrestling would someone as "eccentric" as Hayes have an executive position.

Drunken Jericho is the absolute worst, but is it sad to admit I'd still root for him over lazy d-bag Brock?

Jericho and Brock got into a backstage confrontation after Brock concussed Orton at that one SummerSlam. Safe to say they probably don't like each other.

Re: Asuka I had a friend who was there live, so I made it a point to ask him about Asuka's crowd reactions. He said Asuka was over with the crowd and it was actually a pretty split crowd between her and Becky. It didn't come across that way at all on TV, at least not for me. So, I stand corrected. (BTW, is this the first time anyone on a message board, ever, has admitted to being wrong? It's a rare occurrence, at least.)

Yeah, WWE usually has the World Title challenger at Mania lose a meaningless pre-show match at the Rumble.

I might be hallucinating a decent singles PPV match that Seth actually won, but you're right that it's mostly been three-way matches and multi-man affairs.

Not who I would've picked to win, but on the bright side, Seth has had the best matches with Lesnar out of anyone, and Bryan vs. Seth would be good too. #SilverLinings and all that.

So, remind me again why the men's Rumble main evented? Lynch was a far better winner and bigger act.

Wasn't he eliminated by Kharma in a previous Rumble? Nice (if entirely unintentional) callback.

Randy Orton is now the top babyface in the entire company.

If they were going to do this, they should've done it with Becky Lynch.

Da fuck is this?

Lashley is about to become my favorite wrestler, and I normally think he's useless.

But it won't kill Rollins, who will probably win - that's the fucked up thing.

Wow, either they're pushing Aleister Black to the moon or the bloom is off the rose for Ambrose in Vince's eyes.