WWE Royal Rumble, Sunday 2nd February 2025, 10am AEDT on Netflix (Countdown 8am on Youtube)

[ULTIMATE_WARRIOR]

I can only assume Jey is going to come out to a chorus of boos this week at RAW based off some opinions in here.

If so I’ll concede they made the wrong call.

If not, I’ll continue to think they made an awesome surprise choice!

 

[TimZoo]

I can only assume Jey is going to come out to a chorus of boos this week at RAW based off some opinions in here.

If so I’ll concede they made the wrong call.

If not, I’ll continue to think they made an awesome surprise choice!

I think he's their no.1 merch seller now,or close to

 

[DarkPhoenix]

From a different angle. That must have hurt

Every time you see him it still surprises just how ****ing quick the guy is. It's almost unbelievable

 

[Ry009]

Gotta be Flair Stratton IMO. Flair vs Flair 2.0.

Charlotte and Rhea had one of the greatest women's matches of all time 2 years ago and I reckon she could do similar with Tiffy and make another huge star.

Is Tiffany really Flair 2.0? Is she not good enough to be her own thing? If she's brunette is she still Flair 2.0?

At least with Rhea there's existing history and you can easily go down the obsessed heel route with Charlotte pretty quickly.

I can't see Becky coming back and doing a Cody this year, so seems odd to me they had Liv drop the title just for both Rhea, when Rhea winning the title back at Mania would have made sense.

Tiff is already over, but a loss to Charlotte won't do favours whereas Rhea can easily wear it. Charlotte beating Tiff would be a horrible call IMO.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

I can only assume Jey is going to come out to a chorus of boos this week at RAW based off some opinions in here.

If so I’ll concede they made the wrong call.

If not, I’ll continue to think they made an awesome surprise choice!

Just because someone is popular, doesn't mean they're a great choice to main event wrestle mania. You're using a very narrow scope to try and make a point about a guy you obviously rate.

His entrance and catch phrase are undeniably over. But he's not great in the ring (as a singles star) and probably one of the worst going round on the mic. Two things very important to being a main event star.

Gillberg was popular with the fans. They loved his mock Goldberg entrance. Wouldn't want him anywhere near the top of the card.

 

[BEEG]

I can only assume Jey is going to come out to a chorus of boos this week at RAW based off some opinions in here.

If so I’ll concede they made the wrong call.

If not, I’ll continue to think they made an awesome surprise choice!

Yep has got himself over, I just wish he didn't face Gunther at SNME.

He deserves to win the big one.

 

[BEEG]

Just because someone is popular, doesn't mean they're a great choice to main event wrestle mania. You're using a very narrow scope to try and make a point about a guy you obviously rate.

His entrance and catch phrase are undeniably over. But he's not great in the ring (as a singles star) and provably one of the worst going round on the mic. Two things very important to being a main event star.

Gillberg was popular with the fans. They loved his mock Goldberg entrance. Wouldn't want him anywhere near the top of the card.

Haha Gillberg

 

[DarkPhoenix]

Haha Gillberg

Wwf legend

 

[BEEG]

I'm starting to think Drew was the one who was suppose to eliminate Punk.

 

[Cleavy]

Even though I'm not a fan ,if you're going to make a new top star, then Uso is the right choice for this moment considering the narrow losses to Gunther.

 

[nobbyiscool]

I said it 7 hours ago, and I'll say it again for posterity...

Jey isn't going for Gunther. It makes too much sense from a Bloodline perspective for him to be the one to do what Roman and Solo couldn't do. It's not over yet.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

I'm starting to think Drew was the one who was suppose to eliminate Punk.

There were a lot of very obvious botches on the ppv. Maffew from botchamania is going to have a field day.

 

[Cleavy]

It was pretty funny that there were 2 rules in place for the "surprise" entrance, and sooo many people ignored the first one!




Anyway, congrats on the win Cleavy & WAbulldog who both had 3 correct selections out of 8. (I ruled Alexa Bliss a surprise entrance based on 1) it being two years since she's appeared, and 2) recent dirtsheet reports.)

Ry009 do you think maybe we could get them the board badge? I didn't ask you beforehand.

Turns out I don't know how to insert tables, so here's a screen shot!


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can I get a 1/2 point for IYO being in the first 2 entrants? lol

 

[Ry009]

Even though I'm not a fan ,if you're going to make a new top star, then Uso is the right choice for this moment considering the narrow losses to Gunther.

Seemed like MITB would have been the much better fit for him.

Assuming they might have someone like Bron in mind though hopefully this year.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

I said it 7 hours ago, and I'll say it again for posterity...

Jey isn't going for Gunther. It makes too much sense from a Bloodline perspective for him to be the one to do what Roman and Solo couldn't do. It's not over yet.

Especially with cody teasing going heel adjacent.

 

[Cleavy]

Especially with cody teasing going heel adjacent.

the subtle moustache growing in wasn't lost on me

 

[Jack Richards]

How good was Joe Hendry!

Just rewatching the match again (as it was so good) and he got an incredible pop. WWE bound very soon surely.

How long is his contract with TNA?

 

[Jack Richards]

Tiff is already over, but a loss to Charlotte won't do favours whereas Rhea can easily wear it. Charlotte beating Tiff would be a horrible call IMO.

Makes the most sense for Flair to go the 'easy' route (vs Tiffy)

 

[nobbyiscool]

the subtle moustache growing in wasn't lost on me

Right? It's one of those heel things wrestlers do that just screams 'I'm an arseh*le.'

 

[ULTIMATE_WARRIOR]

Just because someone is popular, doesn't mean they're a great choice to main event wrestle mania. You're using a very narrow scope to try and make a point about a guy you obviously rate.

His entrance and catch phrase are undeniably over. But he's not great in the ring (as a singles star) and probably one of the worst going round on the mic. Two things very important to being a main event star.

Gillberg was popular with the fans. They loved his mock Goldberg entrance. Wouldn't want him anywhere near the top of the card.

Jey has been consistently over and mega popular for a long period of time now. It certainly isn’t a narrow scope it’s probably the most important scope. He’s not just some flash in the pan. And I definitely rate him. The energy of the show skyrockets whenever he gets on the TV.

I’m not a wrestler so I’m not going to judge how he is in the ring like some sort of an expert. I’ve seen him put on good entertaining matches for me, as a singles guy. Hell he had one just last week on SNME. So I’m not sure what the problem is. Is he a ring technician!? Probably not, I don’t know. I guess either is Cena if Jey isn’t.

I don’t think Gillberg is a real comparison to Jey Uso. I’m sure you’re sensible enough to realise that.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

As an aside. Hope we never see a rumble with a 300m long ramp way again. Especially when you add the bend in the ramp, it just kills any momentum of an entrant

 

[Shaxx Attaxx]

There were a lot of very obvious botches on the ppv. Maffew from botchamania is going to have a field day.

Might need to have a video dedicated to the women’s rumble.

 

[Cleavy]

In hindsight, they should have done this year what they did with Jordynn Grace last year. Would have made a much better impact (no pun intended).

There was a lot of dead time in both Rumbles, where you're just waiting for one of the 'bigger' participants to come out and eliminate a bunch of bodies. I've never been so happy to see Nia Jax in my life.

 

[Shaxx Attaxx]

I said it 7 hours ago, and I'll say it again for posterity...

Jey isn't going for Gunther. It makes too much sense from a Bloodline perspective for him to be the one to do what Roman and Solo couldn't do. It's not over yet.

Yep if you’re going to push him don’t put him in the fake world title picture. Cody vs Jey makes sense.

 

[ULTIMATE_WARRIOR]

Yep has got himself over, I just wish he didn't face Gunther at SNME.

He deserves to win the big one.

I think him losing clean to Gunther at SNME is a critical part of this story.