Royal Rumble 2018

[hammerva]

Imagine a 4 hour show and they are still in overtime.

 

We never really got that Bella vs Bella feud from a number of years ago. They had to get the belt off AJ Lee first

[FMKK]

Please keep the spirit of puro alive by putting over the spiritual successor to Misawa, Nikki Bella

[sek69]

I never realized how much I want to see Nikki vs Asuka until tonight.

[thebrainfollower]

crowd literally looks like it could not care less Asuka won

[KawadaSmile]

smh wwe pandering to the japanese crowd

[WingedEagle]

That was a pretty anticlimactic finish.

[Jmare007]

Man, Asuka is up there with anyone in terms of kayfabe, she's dominated for almost 3 years straight.

[Kronos]

I never realized how much I want to see Nikki vs Asuka until tonight.

 

Right?

 

Now go back 6 years and imagine yourself saying you want to see KANA vs Nikki Bella. . .

 

*brain explodes*

[FMKK]

Asuka whiffed that kick to eliminate Nikki lol.

 

That way overdelivered in my expectations. Excellent match.

[El-P]

Shinsuke Nakamura & Asuka winning. How amazing.

 

And really, the women's Rumble, after somewhat of a shaky start, developed into a legit excellent one. My crazy theory ? The French announcers mentioned talking with Pat Patterson earlier in the day. So there...

[sek69]

Alexa with the six inch heels to not look like a smurf.

[El-P]

Das Angle.

[C.S.]

OMG! I was not expecting Ronda after we didn't get her in the Rumble match. NICE fake-out!

[El-P]

She points at the sign ! Ah ah ah.

[hammerva]

THEY ARE LETTING HER COME OUT TO JOAN JETT

[FMKK]

Don't know how to feel about that.

[Childs]

Well that was quite a show. Great weekend for WWE.

[Kronos]

Well, which of you predicted it would end with Ronda pointing at the sign?

 

That was a lot of fun.

[El-P]

The matches weren't very good (well, AJ's was quite good), but the two Rumble were legit great. It's past 5 hours in the morning. Off to bed people. It was fun.

[KawadaSmile]

Ronda Rousey as Stephanie McMahon's stand-in.

 

The Corporate Champ.

[Jmare007]

Ronda doing her mean face while pointing at the Mania at least makes for a good picture to circle mainstream media.

 

 

Damn good show, btw. WAY better than I expected.

[WingedEagle]

Ronda smiling and pointing wasn't the best look. I'm pretty sure they'll make it work but Mike Tyson this was not.

[hammerva]

So I guess they are still playing into the Stephanie and Rousey situation from WM 3 years ago? Or Stephanie completely fucked up how important that was

 

According to ESPN it is a full time contract to the WWE. Not a one time thing. Maybe not a Brock whenever the fuck he feels like it thing

[Kronos]

THEY ARE LETTING HER COME OUT TO JOAN JETT

 

I have been wondering all night what they would do musically if she showed.

 

It was the right choice.

[C.S.]

Honestly, that was the best main roster WWE PPV in a long, long time. Both Rumbles were fantastic. The undercard wasn't as strong, but nothing was truly terrible.