C.S.

Asuka is winning.

Mild reaction for #30: Trish "Not Ronda" Stratus.

Fun spot with Cattie and Beth, best friends hugging and crying before the inevitable turn.

In a perfect world, Becky Lynch would win the Women's Rumble. Alas, we live in a very imperfect world.

Lesnar is the worst. Glad that dogshit is over with. Time for the main event: Steph on commentary (plus, I think there's a match happening too).

I'm still burned out from that magnificent men's Rumble.

Best Rumble of the Network era by a mile!

Dolph's HBK cosplay act is as wretched as ever.

Jinder will do the monster clear-out.

Camera work is atrocious. WCW/TNA levels of bad. They cut out Zayn attacking Slater on the way to the ring.

Terrible match and booking - a total burial for Benjamin and Gable. Did jacked Benjamin get popped by a Wellness test?

This match is just plain stupid. No one believes there will be co-WWE Champions (and if there is, that's even worse). Plus, AJ and KO still have anti-chemistry. AJ vs. Zayn 1-on-1 would've been a much better match, though the outcome of that obviously would never be in doubt. Well, it's not in doubt now, so same difference, I guess.

I watched none of the TV, but I have followed Gargano's ascension through PPVs, CWC, etc. It was still a damn great pro wrestling match and one of the best I've seen in a very long time (IMO, of course).

I usually recoil at gushing posts like this, but yeah, it was a DAMN great match! Everyone should really go out of their way to watch it, even if they watch nothing else from the show (which might not be a bad idea, because I found the rest of the card pretty bland and lacking - but that incredible main event MORE than made up for it) .

So was Mamma Mia. Maybe they are running in the Rumble. Meryl Streep wins the Women's Rumble CONFIRMED!

MOTY contender for sure. The PPV was dull, but the main event more than made up for it. Johnny Gargano may be the best seller I've ever seen, and I've seen them all.

That's my guess too, and it's honestly the right move. As red hot as Gargano-Ciampa headlining the pre-WM TakeOver would be, they don't really need the title. Almas has been a good champ.

At least the right guy won. Aleister Black is a future World or Universal Champion. Adam Cole is a future 205 Live headliner - if he doesn't get called up as Michael Cole's geek younger brother, that is.

Agreed. So sick of these tame PG garbage brawls. They're horrid. This entire PPV has been a snooze. If this is what Triple H's WWE will look like, God help us all. The bloom is definitely off the rose when it comes to NXT. Like Raw and Smackdown, it's now an ice cold brand.

I hope Black crushes Cole, but he won't.

My guess: Baszler locks in her submission, refuses to let go, and gets DQed. Edit: Guess not.

I don't like what I've seen in NXT. Like Sami Callahan before him, he's shown me nothing. I guess some people just aren't good fits for NXT/WWE.

Wasn't he brought in to be a player-coach? Give the guys who need more experience a seasoned vet to work with? I think he's been doing his role pretty well so far. Was he? That sounds like something frothing-at-the-mouth Chris Hero fanboys told themselves to make it okay that their man is losing constantly and isn't over in NXT. I could be wrong though.

Kassius Ohno is the Braden Walker of NXT. Stick a fork in him - he's done.

No thread for the PPV? Unpopular opinion: AoP was the better team in that match. Velveteen Dream vs. Duke "The Dumpster" Drose now. Dream is money and better win.