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I do like how "Political Hit" has gotten over more than just about any other WWE buzzword/catchphrase has in years. Dylan is a born worker.

I read that Shane had returned to battle The Undertaker for control of Monday Night Raw or whatever it is and, because it was 5.30 in the morning, assumed my sleep deprived mind had just read the words wrong. Huh.

My guess is they do give it to HHH and make it come across as sycophantic and stomach-churning as possible to attempt to shift some heat to HHH. Though I imagine he's too savvy for that.

Is Liger available to work it?

I wouldn't mind seeing Ziggler have a brief run in NXT. I bet he'd be over huge down there and it could well rehabilitate him before being brought back up. That would all depend on the idea that the company actually wants to build anyone up though.

Reigns is great and when you remove him from the bullshit surrounding him, he's capable of putting on awesome matches and connecting with the crowd. You make him look like an idiot, a weakling and have him be eliminated CLEANLY by the evil Authority and yeah, nobody is going to give a shit. Once again, we're told that HHH is the only guy that matters so of course he's going to look like a star.

Yeah, I will say that I dug the Rumble a lot and the majority of it made logical sense and set up future Mania plans, made Styles look hot etc but man, they just don't seem to plug these plans into any kind of context whatsoever.

You've got Lesnar tangled up with Bray Wyatt, you're cutting the nuts off Reigns every single week but at least HHH gets to headline a stadium

ahahahahaha

HHH ensuring he gets the babyface response tonight. The savvy bastard

God damn, I love Brock Lesnar. Him coming in and just wrecking motherfuckers will never bore me.

Ha, Owens getting all of his comeuppances is awesome.

So, if Reigns can walk, why isn't he going back in the ring? Owens is limping down to fight so he automatically looks tougher than the champion. Shit, I'll take Owens/AJ at Mania.

Why didn't they pull Roman out over the top and kick his ass for good measure? Awesome Umaga tribute spot though

R-Truth's gimmick as concussed and eternally confused veteran is yet another meta turn for WWE.

Styles is selling a bunch. Hyped for when he gets on offense against all 4 of the Wyatts and the place comes unglued.

Styles looks like he's headed for the final four. Reigns, Lesnar, Styles and Wyatt?

I hope The New Day never ever split up, what a great unit. I'd have marked huge if Xavier came out with a saxophone instead.

The more I think about this, the more I think Lesnar winning the Rumble would be the best idea. Reigns comes in first, fights off everybody and HHH, with The Authority conspires to eliminate him and after that, you're left with Lesnar facing the odds. Maybe against the 4 Wyatt members; Lesnar fights them off, wins the Rumble, wins the belt. At Fast Lane, it's Reigns/HHH; if Reigns wins, he gets the shot at Lesnar. Maybe you do Heyman promos where he brings up last year's Mania, he talks about how Roman deserves the shot. Reigns beats HHH, Reigns beats Lesnar at Mania and we all have a great time. Probably. That took me 30 seconds and I think that is way more interesting than HHH winning and more shows where the heel champ comes through

Gangrel is from Florida and I'd pop for him coming in, spitting "THAT RED LIQUID" into someone's eyes before they tumble over the top rope. What's Santino doing? At this point, I'm pretty much only watching this match for the surprise entrants.

Speaking of Balor Club, I'm guessing that this is how they're debuting him on the main roster? Gallows and Anderson as the team of the stable, Styles and Balor as the singles guys. Push Balor, build up the Styles face turn and build to a match between them? That could be wild.

Awesome! I've always meant to dig into TEW since EWR is so good but could never get around the interface issues and how long it takes to actually book 2 hour shows. I hope he streamlines everything in a way that eases that burden since everything else about 13 is excellent.

Weren't those DX runs huge successes when it came to selling merch? I know that point is tangential to the discussion but that seems like Vince seeing an opportunity to get more people crammed into the merch booths, rather than a network directive.

That'd be great. I don't get a ton of days off at Christmas but I'll gladly spend one of them watching this stuff.

Finally get through the 90 and 91 yearbooks Will sent me out in about June. Send Will more money so he can send me more yearbooks so I can make the same resolution next year.