Royal Rumble fallout thread

Not too fond of the booking but it was still a very enjoyable show. All the matches were at least good and it had one of the best Rumble matches in a long time.

Regarding Becky, they killed her momentum stone dead especially when Sasha kicked her out of the ring like a sack of spuds. She was just a stepping stone on the way to Sasha-Charlotte at WrestleMania which is a shame as she was doing really well. But if Sasha-Charlotte is the plan for WrestleMania then what happened last night made perfect sense.

So everyone is talking about HHH facing Reigns. But doesn't Ambrose get a shot as being the last guy in the ring besides HHH. I know Reigns technically is owed a rematch, but maybe Ambrose gets HHH at Fastlane.

Royal Rumble undercard was solid, well booked considering how bipolar WWE's booking can be, the only the downside the Royal Rumble match itself was predictable as hell.. But then again with the injuries piled high, they did what they had to..

Was it just me that marked out like **** when aj styles stood across the ring from reigns there's money in that match down the line for definite, I love how Cole and jbl put him over like hell toO when he came out

CastorTroy wrote: »

So everyone is talking about HHH facing Reigns. But doesn't Ambrose get a shot as being the last guy in the ring besides HHH. I know Reigns technically is owed a rematch, but maybe Ambrose gets HHH at Fastlane.

i think the issue with giving the belt the HHH considering the whole thing is the authorithy getting the belt off of roman is that it is now completely obvious what will happen in the world title frame in the next 2 monthsish to WM.

Firstly reigns somehow ends up getting into the frame of a no 1 contender-ship match at fastlanes. i feel hhh will likely not defend the title until WM now.
odds stacked up against reigns at fastlane but he just about does it. maybe its him vs lesner and the wyatts attack lesner leading to his win and building to lesner vs wyatt. he gets beaten down repeatedly by the new day and league of nations up to WM where he overcomes the odds likely with some help maybe from the rock and the usos to beat hhh as they couldn't in their right minds keep the title on him beyond WM at this stage of his career.

far more interesting in it for me would have been reigns win and have to defend at fastlanes with a side match determining the no.1 title match leading the uncertainty of him having the title by WM or who will face him i would have wyatt face him at WM and win and put luke harper who is hugely talented with the help of the rest of the family in a story vs lesnar

Brock Lesnar does not get out of bed for Luke Harper. Tbh even Bray Wyatt isn't really worthy of Brock at Wrestlemania.

CSF wrote: »

Brock Lesnar does not get out of bed for Luke Harper. Tbh even Bray Wyatt isn't really worthy of Brock at Wrestlemania.

It would've been a great match, had Bray been built up properly, and not blowing hot and cold like he does, but yet the WWE will push ahead with it, because the roster is so depleted w/injuries..

It'd be a squash & an easy payday for Brock.

The only thing that sucked is Brock being shoved down the card to face The Wyatts. They needs a re-tooling fast. The Wyatt family aren't a dominate force despite the booking against Kane, Big Show and Henry. Brock owned all three of the big men in the rumble and after a "four on one beat down", Brock just walked away. How are they a threat?

Just go all 1999 and have HHH vacates the title and we get a match between Dean and Brock/Sheamus for the title at Fastlane. Also have HHH and Roman in a cage match to become the number one contender for the title at WM.

Having watched it out now finally I have to say they set it up masterfully to keep the crowd from ****ting on it,

Had AJ and Jericho come in early and last ages

The person to throw out AJ A fan favourite in Kevin Owens

Kept him in there until Sami Zayn came in and threw him out

Kept Sami in there until just before Brock came in

And had Strowman obliterate Kane and Big show the two people complained most about

and having Ambrose one on one with Triple H aswell at the end.......

Putting the title on the line they booked themselves into a corner in the final 2 there was only one winner, but if the title wasn't on the line you could have had Ambrose win and had two months then to build him for Wrestlemania

It's incredible.

WWE spend months, nay years, making sure their heels cheat to win big matches.

Not HHH.

He gets to win as clean as a fúcking sheet.

If only they booked their other heels like HHH, the roster might not be in the fúcking state it's in.

He came in at number 30 and the two main threats were taken out by factions....not as clean as you think

See I think it's WWE's own fault they've booked themselves in to a massive corner with there anti booking of the likes of Wyatt, Ambrose, Reigns and Rollins etc

There hasn't been anyone bar Lesnar and Cena booked strong in the last 3-4 years and all this see saw booking of the lower to upper mid card has screwed the capability of all the up and coming guys, There's a lot of things to blame here but I don't think Triple H is one of them

I really like the Wyatts and think they could have been this big, dominant group who can terrorise and drive someone crazy but they've and in particular Bray have spent the last 18 months losing every big match. WWE have made them into a bit of a joke and now we're suddenly expected to see them as a threat to the companiy's biggest baddest beast.

Would you say that taking into account the buildup, storyline*, the match itself and post-match angle that this was the best women's match on the main roster?

*I actually got emotional during the video package.

The only mark against it is the ending, losing because of a jacket over her head but I guess that's not Becky or Charlotte's fault. If Becky had won after all that build-up it would have been amazing. Oh well.