The Wrestling Thread

[Alex]

Rollins/HHH has the potential to be amazing I think. Especially if he keeps throwing NXT guys at him or something.

[Gingawaria]

The card in general was good, but thought the Rumble match itself was horrible.

It's not looking good for my network sub. A Wrestlemania where the headline matches are Cena v Orton, Taker v Reigns and Goldberg v Lesner has snoozefest written all over it.

I'm hardly watching any WWE now... and that doesn't look likely to change.

FWIW I think Goldberg/Lesnar has been built perfectly - it won't be a classic by any means but I don't think it'll be long enough to be boring.

Reigns/Taker could be interesting if they turn Reigns heel. Which they seemed to hint at, at the Rumble.

Orton/Wyatt has been built well so far - be interesting where they go with it.

Can see them doing Cena/Styles one more time which after their first 2 encounters, I'd be more than happy to see.

Jericho/Owens has to happen too.

Throw in a couple of women's matches, IC title ladder match, battle royal and Rollins/HHH I can see it being a decent Mania.

[chadrtc]

I 100% dont belive Cena v Orton will headline Mania. No chance in hell would they go back to that again. Itll be against Bray somehow I think.

Which is a shame, because that's the best one of those three matches.

[Alex]

I 100% dont belive Cena v Orton will headline Mania. No chance in hell would they go back to that again. Itll be against Bray somehow I think.

[chadrtc]

The card in general was good, but thought the Rumble match itself was horrible.

It's not looking good for my network sub. A Wrestlemania where the headline matches are Cena v Orton, Taker v Reigns and Goldberg v Lesner has snoozefest written all over it.

I'm hardly watching any WWE now... and that doesn't look likely to change.

[Alex]

I bet we see Reigns v Undertaker at Mania too.

He was rammed down everyone's throats I guess, but now every time he is seen its loads of boos. Same with Cena. That bloke works as hard as anyone and has turned into one of the best wrestlers in WWE (Just look at his US Open challenge matches) and he still gets booed by the fans that think they know better.

[Gingawaria]

Yeah, thought it was a really good show. The Rumble seemed to me to be good fun. I dont really get the Reigns hatred at this point. He constantly has enjoyable matches and usually his other stuff is good.

Stroman and Corbin looked great I thought and the Goldberg/Lesnar stuff was perfect

Weird that Rollins was no where to be seen though.

Yeah the lack of Rollins was very odd.

Personally, I don't mind Reigns that much. Like you say, he's been putting on consistently good matches for a while now. I think a lot of it stems from just how much he was rammed down people's throats in the run up to the last 2 Wrestlemania's.

Seems to me like they're heading for a feud with Strowman though - whether that's for the title remains to be seen!

[Alex]

Yeah, thought it was a really good show. The Rumble seemed to me to be good fun. I dont really get the Reigns hatred at this point. He constantly has enjoyable matches and usually his other stuff is good.

Stroman and Corbin looked great I thought and the Goldberg/Lesnar stuff was perfect

Weird that Rollins was no where to be seen though.

[Gingawaria]

Opinions of the Rumble?

Thought overall the show was great.

Styles/Cena was fantastic, enjoyed Reigns/Owens as well.

Rumble itself was a little underwhelming although I was pleasantly surprised with the winner, especially considering who #30 was!

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[chadrtc]

Did you do the meet and greets? It was a genuine surprise to meet Finn Balor. Nice guy too, said his shoulder was healing nicely but that he was enjoying his holiday too much to be at the Rumble.

No meet and greets for us.

He'll be in the Rumble.

[Gingawaria]

It was a crazy couple of nights.

Watched both shows back earlier, the production team killed loads of the crowd chants on the network for both nights. I was astonished how quiet the crowd sounded on the TV for both shows, in comparisson to being there. That venue is amazing for it... but there wasnt a great deal else to do in Blackpool over the weekend, but still well worth the 9 hour round trip and a combined cost £58 for tickets for both nights. The mrs and I are on screen for most of the show second night, including a couple of lingering close ups... the production staff must have exquisite taste.

Did you do the meet and greets? It was a genuine surprise to meet Finn Balor. Nice guy too, said his shoulder was healing nicely but that he was enjoying his holiday too much to be at the Rumble.

[Alex]

Thought it sounded great on the TV, didn't take much away from it. But you can understand some being muted. Some of the chants were fairly 'industrial'

Good matches though, and its made me interested for the series going forward. Be fun to see Bate in the Rumble or something.