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WWE Royal Rumble 2018 Thread *Spoilers***No Betting Talk*

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    #62
    Rjd2
    Registered Users Posts: 12,025 ✭✭✭✭Rjd2


    Bret Hart wrote: »
    Wouldn't surprise me if she enters the match at number 30. If Rousey does come in for Wrestlemania then Steph will be the one she'll be working with.

    Good chance that either Rousey eliminates her in the match or Steph sneaks up and eliminates her,leading to either Steph v Ronda at Wrestlemania or Steph and HHH v Ronda and The Rock.

    For the match at Mania to have heat, makes sense forSteph to eliminate Ronda. I don't know how over Ronda will be when she debuts as she has been out of the limelight for a bit and Brock had been in the E previously.

    Working with Steph probably means she will be over as a face due to how loathsome Steph is, anybody else the crowd could turn on Ronda.

    Expect to see Nia in some sort of enforcer role for Steph also.


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    #63
    SlickRic
    Registered Users Posts: 36,144 ✭✭✭✭SlickRic


    I've never given less of a shít about the Rumble.


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    #64
    J. Marston
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    They could instantly make a star out of any of the women if they threw Stephanie out.

    The pop would blow the roof off the place.


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    #65
    Loughc
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    SlickRic wrote: »
    I've never given less of a shabout the Rumble.

    I was genuinely looking forward to watching the Rumble on Sunday, then Raw 25 happened and it genuinely has made me realise I have no faith in WWE to put on a decent show on Sunday night and I could prob do with the sleep more.


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    #66
    Loughc
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    J. Marston wrote: »
    They could instantly make a star out of any of the women if they threw Stephanie out.

    The pop would blow the roof off the place.

    They could... or they could have Step humiliate the winner or win it herself.


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    #67
    Lord TSC
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    SlickRic wrote: »
    I've never given less of a shít about the Rumble.

    In a way, I'm actually happy the build up as been bad.

    Usually, they build up one or two people, and the winner is obvious weeks out. And don't get me wrong, there's an obvious favorite in Reigns. But from a story point of view, everyone has been neglected equally this year....


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    #68
    CastorTroy
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    I would like Bayley to be the one to eliminate Steph. She's previously been on the receiving end of a Steph putdown and needs something to do


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    #69
    Loughc
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    Lord TSC wrote: »
    In a way, I'm actually happy the build up as been bad.

    Usually, they build up one or two people, and the winner is obvious weeks out. And don't get me wrong, there's an obvious favorite in Reigns. But from a story point of view, everyone has been neglected equally this year....

    I still don't see Reigns getting the Rumble win, with the Raw PPV on in February, I imagine he'll win the Number one contender ship then.

    CastorTroy wrote: »
    I would like Bayley to be the one to eliminate Steph. She's previously been on the receiving end of a Steph putdown and needs something to do

    Is Steph not commentating for the women's Rumble? I can't see her getting involved in it, maybe after it, she'll either get in the ring to celebrate with the winner or to humiliate them, either way she'll be looking to take the spotlight off them.


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    #70
    DM_7
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 18,171 Mod ✭✭✭✭DM_7


    Elimination chamber is a RAW PPV so they don't need a RAW winner........


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    #71
    Furious-Red
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    #72
    Jerichoholic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,585 ✭✭✭Jerichoholic


    Torture.


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    #73
    Lithium93_
    Registered Users Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


    Well I'll be muting commentary on the women's rumble then.


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    #74
    Jerichoholic
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    I'll try the Spanish feed.


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    #75
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users Posts: 28,873 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Dunno if any of ye watch Derry Girls, but there was a bit in it with the granddad turning the volume to zero when Ian Paisley was on and could still hear him. Can picture that happening with Steph. No matter how low the volume is down or which language you choose, you'll still hear her.


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    #76
    Lithium93_
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    Lord TSC wrote: »
    I could see Asuka playing the Big Show role. The monster who eliminates a few people, looks unstoppable, and then a few women team up and throw her over, as the commentators stress how much work it took to eliminate her.

    I'd have Becky as my favorite to win right now, tbh; a feud of Charlotte vs Becky practically writes itself, and is one they've not done yet really (at least on the main roster). Would be the best from a character and story PoV.

    Mind, this is all presuming that the whole thing isn't to push
    Rhonda if she's joined
    . Or, worse yet, Stephanie decides she fancies winning it...
    Ronda is apparently off to Colombia to finish filming a movie,
    and she won't be back Stateside until mid-February


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    #77
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,774 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    Jerichoholic wrote: »
    I'll try the Spanish feed.

    Steph is on that feed too.


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    #78
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users Posts: 39,644 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    Loughc wrote: »
    Steph is on that feed too.

    How ?


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    #79
    Loughc
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    Itssoeasy wrote: »
    How ?

    She’ll be speaking in a Spanish accent.


    Nah I’m just messing :pac:


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    #80
    x43r0
    Registered Users Posts: 4,277 ✭✭✭x43r0


    Jerichoholic wrote: »
    I'll try the Spanish feed.
    Loughc wrote: »
    Steph is on that feed too.
    Itssoeasy wrote: »
    How ?

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    #81
    SlickRic
    Registered Users Posts: 36,144 ✭✭✭✭SlickRic


    nobody should be surprised that Steph is commentating on the Rumble match.

    the McMahons are the most insecure family in the history of sports or entertainment, and they are obsessed with taking ownership of the 'Women's Revolution'. I expect to hear that phrase at least half a dozen times on Sunday.

    it's sad.
    it's pathetic.
    it's counter-productive.

    in 2018, who the hell talks about a 'women's revolution'? Women in sports is not a new thing. Women being good at sport isn't fúcking revolutionary. It's the norm. People watch it and enjoy it. WWE aren't leading the way on this. They're actually patronising the women with how much they go on about it, and how they try and shove Steph to the forefront of it.

    Such small-time insecurity from a bunch of people who head the biggest wrestling company in the world.


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    #82
    CastorTroy
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    Was thinking Kharma could make an appearance but then I read she got into some kind of backstage altercation with Reby Sky at tna so probably not gonna happen


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    #83
    Loughc
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    I know it’d never happen but I would love for the WWE some year to go with a complete unexpected winner. A complete mid carder.

    Some one like Chad Gable for example. And then they can spend the next two months building the fcuk out of him.

    Show him training preparing for Mania. Getting advice from legends. It would really be a whole anything can happen at the Rumble moment.

    Would never happen but it’d be awesome.


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    #84
    DM_7
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    Yeah, that would be an interesting way of building someone. They kind of did that with Swagger but using the elimination chamber.


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    #85
    Kankan14
    Registered Users Posts: 1,146 ✭✭✭Kankan14


    Any chance a mod could include (no betting talk) in the thread title?

    This way everyone will take it to the betting thread.

    Also the lads who don't want odds to spoil the RR this way their heads won't explode. Lol


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    #86
    Lord TSC
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 42,429 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lord TSC


    Betting posts moved to relevant thread. Keep it in the betting thread please. Going to update the title and OP now.


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    #87
    Pentecost
    Registered Users Posts: 3,846 ✭✭✭Pentecost


    Been avoiding the odds but I’ve just seen a retweet from the Mirror football account which has probably spoiled it. Obviously I’m not saying what it was but it’s annoying that it’s been posted by a football related account.


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    #88
    Jerichoholic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,585 ✭✭✭Jerichoholic


    Donald Trump is 150/1


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    #89
    Lord TSC
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 42,429 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lord TSC


    Pentecost wrote: »
    Been avoiding the odds but I’ve just seen a retweet from the Mirror football account which has probably spoiled it. Obviously I’m not saying what it was but it’s annoying that it’s been posted by a football related account.

    I think it's best to go dark soon, cause the spoilers will be harder and harder to avoid...


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    #90
    CastorTroy
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    Jerichoholic wrote: »
    Donald Trump is 150/1

    Great. Now we know he's gonna win.

    I see Roman just officially entered the rumble. What were the other guys in the locker room doing that they hadn't all entered before him?

    On that note, did he take someone else's spot last year or did they start the match with only 29 entrants?


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    #91
    Jerichoholic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,585 ✭✭✭Jerichoholic


    He already had a title match earlier. So nobody expected/wanted him to enter.


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