Jack Brickman
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Re-watching the 1999 Rumble. Gillberg is the GOAT.
Overall I thought it was a solid PPV, but felt predictable as always.
Brock over Kane was a lock. Hearing Braun scream " you didn't beat me, made me cringe"
AJ was a given, but part of me hoped they went with the co-champs. That could have been fun.
Should have had a better challenger for Roode IMO. That would have been a great way to get eyes on the pre-show going forward.
Both tag matches sucked. Is the tag division where people go when they don't have creative for you?
Both RR's were solid. Trish was a nice touch to the women's match but Torrie & Kelly Kelly were awful.
Rousey at the end was lame to me. Smile, show curves, point at sign. Joan Jett song was awful. It felt like "I am a feminist", not "Im here to kick ass"
That was a well-booked show. No real complaints about any of the winners, and I think it sets up Wrestlemania season pretty well.
Nakamura/Styles at 'Mania is something many fans have only dreamed of. Hopefully it is given the time it deserves. These two could have a great 30 minute match.
I thought the tag matches were worked well enough, but the booking was odd in the case of the Smackdown tag match, and the Raw tag match was simply hurt by it's place on the card.
The Usos have really transformed themselves into a tag team that people care about regardless of if they are heels or faces. It helps that creative has finally allowed them to have personalities instead of just being a generic Samoan tag team.
I really like Chad Gable, and I guess him and Benjamin losing 2-0 in a best of 3 match is the only minor complaint I have. They've been developing them as a nice heel team over the last month, and I guess they were just too short on time given that there were two matches that would each be an hour long.
I think The Bar is great. I love Cesaro, and this tag team has breathed life into Sheamus, who I hadn't cared about in years. I'd love to see Cesaro break out on his own, but with Sheamus's back problems, his days as a full-time singles competitor are likely over, so they'll probably give The Bar a nice, lengthy run as tag competitors.
Rollins and Jordan needed to drop the titles to advance their storyline. Rollins is debuting new entrance music, and just brought back the Curb Stomp err Blackout, he's getting a major push. Not sure what that will result in as we move to Wrestlemania, or if it will even involve Jordan/Angle, but I'm a big Seth Rollins guy, so I'm excited. Would love to see him square off with Kurt Angle.
Roode/Rawley was on the pre-show just to give Roode a win, and get him on the show. I don't think they needed a better opponent, the pre-show isn't meant to further storylines.
Brock defended, no problem with that, and as indifferent as I am to the inevitable Reigns match up that we've known about for over a year, it'll be nice to have a the champ on TV every week after Wrestlemania.
Rousey debut was cool. (I liked the music, Joan Jett is bad ass) Not sure who she faces though. She's such a big name, you'd assume she ends up on Raw, but Asuka moving to Smackdown right now would be surprising as well.
She's fighting Charolette. Zero chance she fights anyone else.
That's the match up that makes the most sense to me as well. It just doesn't seem like the WWE way to have their big-time celebrity (most star power on the roster male or female) to go to Smackdown.
Maybe Rousey is going to take the Raw title at Elimination Chamber, and fight Asuka at Mania?
In terms of star power though, because this is a multi-year exclusive deal for Rousey, putting her on Smackdown is going to be a massive ratings draw.
I know, and Smackdown is my preferred show, so I'd love it. Just seems out of character for them considering they've never really seemed to care.
EDIT: Current rumor is Rousey/? vs HHH/Steph
That's the match up that makes the most sense to me as well. It just doesn't seem like the WWE way to have their big-time celebrity (most star power on the roster male or female) to go to Smackdown.
Maybe Rousey is going to take the Raw title at Elimination Chamber, and fight Asuka at Mania?
Good PPV, but Lesnar matches continue to be the worst match on card.