I just hope Ronda changes theme music, it was a bit too girly for her.
And her Rowdy Piper inspired attire looked about 5 sizes too big for her, even if it was his jacket
I just hope Ronda changes theme music, it was a bit too girly for her.
And her Rowdy Piper inspired attire looked about 5 sizes too big for her, even if it was his jacket
There's rumours that it's going to be Rousey and a partner vs Trips and Stephanie.
Going by what storylines and current champs there are I'd go with something like...
Rousey v Flair (c)
Brock (c) v Roman v Braun
Styles (c) v Nakamura
Triple H v Kurt Angle
Asuka v Bliss (c)
Shane/Cena/Orton v Owens/Zayn/Bryan (Bryan kept out of the match only to really kick Shane's head off, and a means of getting Cena/Orton on the card)
Miz (c)w/Miztourage v Balor w/The Club
Roode (c) v Rusev
6 man ladder cruiserweight title - Rey Mysterio Jr wins
Seth Rollins v Jason Jordan
-- Preshow --
Andre Battle Royale
The Usos(c) v Harper/Rowan
The Bar (c) v The Revival
Long day for anyone there like, and pretty much every title changes hands
I know, I'm just preferring Taker to be kept away, in selfish reasons it'll tarnish my mania trip last year
Hmm I’m not sure what to make of it. I was totally against the women’s match main eventing but in the end it justified it and was far and away the best match of the night. Obviously with RR appearing it had to go last as it wouldn’t have had the same impact at the beginning of the show.
Unfortunately the rest of the card suffered because of it. The wwe title match going on first is criminal. Didn’t think much of the match itself either with neither Shane or Bryan involved and not the longest of matches - still intrigued as to where this heads.
SmackDown tags should have been good and I thought it was going to be the length of time it took for the first fall to be secured. After that fall though it was hideously booked and ruined the match.
Men’s rumble has been earning a lot of praise but I didn’t like it at all if I’m being honest. Booking again was puzzling. For example when Elias came out and had a free run to sing etc why wasn’t Cena the next entrant? Bray entered. Took a couple out and had a moment to stand waiting for the next entrant and it wasn’t Matt Hardy (yes they had their bit eventually but still). Again not enough surprises. The rumble is all about surprises and the two were Hurricane which was entertaining and bloody Rey who I never liked anyway! Im not a massive Nakamura fan since he moved up to the E so was not particularly thrilled to see him win and even less so with the final three of him + Roman and Cena. I’d be more invested in Naka winning it if him and AJ were closing mania. I do believe they could/ should have a brilliant match and it should close mania. A ‘dream wwe title match’ but it’ll go on about fourth and dive no doubt just to accommodate Roman...again. I don’t know. It probably was better than recent rumble matches, maybe I’m just being a bit too pessimistic - at least it got the crowd up rather than Roman winning it I will say.
The next two matches were awful because of the rumble being there though. Crowd were spent. I hated the fact Sheamus Cesaro and Seth were in the Rumble despite still having to compete. Three spots could have gone on surprise entrants. Looks like we’re heading to Seth and Jordan down the road somewhere with it. Universal match was terrible. You knew it was going to be like it was but it was just awful for me - minus the knee to the head and legitimate punch to the face
Women’s rumble was excellent. Lots of surprises and some good stuff and booking in there. Yeah there were a couple of botches but they (the women) worked hard. Sasha looked great from number one. As did Trish who looked as though she could still do it - really enjoyed hers and Mickie’s face off. Asuka a predictable winner and shame about the bit of a botch finish but it was really really good. Rousey appearance decent minus all the sign pointing
So I don’t suppose it was a bad event but the match order hindered it. The rumbles should have book ended it. Men/ SmackDown tags/ Raw tags/ title/ universal/ women would have worked better.
