Royal Rumble 2023 aka 30 years of pointing at sign as Mania main event booking

[Coffey]

Man, they follow that Rumble match up with this product placement bullshit... 

[Matt D]

Agree that it was a pretty good Rumble. Banger Bros controlling the middle worked well.

[hammerva]

So wait the Pitch Black match is basically doing a match under Naomi ring entrance lights?

[Coffey]

It's a glow in the dark match like at a bowling alley lol

[Dav'oh]

No "Fight Forever" chant for the Pitch Black match?

[C.S.]

Just now, Dav'oh said:

No "Fight Forever" chant for the Pitch Black match?

"THIS IS AWESOME!"

"YOU'VE STILL GOT IT!"

[sek69]

Honestly that wasn't as bad as I was expecting, and the black light at least made a cool visual.

[hammerva]

Well that was a complete waste of 4 months of Smackdown

[Coffey]

Does Bray... have the fucking Mountain Dew logo on his arm in glow in the dark paint?

[Dav'oh]

Fluoro Kendo Stick, preferred weapon of Techno House Ninjas.

[hammerva]

The best part of this dumb shit is McAfee not having a clue what the hell this angle is 

[C.S.]

I don't want to hear another word about Mauro's forced pop culture references - Pat McAfee comparing this neon abomination to "The Last of Us" is a bad joke.

[sek69]

Seems like the announcers should have pointed out Bray was wearing the Fiend mask during that last part. 

[Ziggy_The_Iron_King]

15 minutes ago, Blehschmidt said:

That definitely is going on my repeat Rumble watch list. Very well done from start to finish.

Agreed,  alot of these modern Rumbles are only good to watch as it happens, you didn't see the same hoaky Rumble spots we've seen the last decade or so. Just guys out there like they're trying to win instead of trying to do spots to fit next year's Rumble highlight reel.

[Blehschmidt]

Regarding the Pitch Black match... At least it was short?

[hammerva]

By the way if Naomi does come back tonight in the women's Royal Rumble that entrance and that last match is going to be awkward as hell 

[Johnny Sorrow]

I have no time for Wyatt spooky shit, but that black light shit looked awesome.

[Matt D]

9 minutes ago, hammerva said:

The best part of this dumb shit is McAfee not having a clue what the hell this angle is 

Mauro is far better than McAfee. And I thought Mauro was the worst.

[Coffey]

This women’s match is worse than the mountain dew match and it’s not close 

[C.S.]

1 minute ago, Coffey said:

This women’s match is worse than the mountain dew match and it’s not close 

I completely zoned out, so you're probably right.

[southofheavy]

Rob Zombie's Lord Humungous black light poster, brought to you by Mt. Dew, killed this crowd dead. 
 

[C.S.]

Seth's marriage to Becky must be on the rocks if he's taking her to Applebee's. 

[NintendoLogic]

I really enjoyed the men's Rumble. Great decision to load the match with workhorses so there was no real dead space in between the set pieces. What happened to Rey Mysterio, though?

The Mountain Dew Pitch Black match was too short to be truly offensive and they had enough sense to save the Uncle Howdy bullshit for after the match. Probably the best possible Bray Wyatt match, in other words.

I was willing to give the Raw women's title match a chance, but I tapped out after it turned into chinlock city. I hope you guys enjoy the rest of the show.

[C.S.]

2 minutes ago, NintendoLogic said:

What happened to Rey Mysterio, though?

Sub attacked him and took his mask.

[Champagne]

Liv 4 Brutality explodes!