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WWE ROYAL RUMBLE Discussion Thread 01/27/24 (media.kbin.social)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by TellumSiege@kbin.social to c/SquaredCircle@kbin.social

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Tonight, WWE Royal Rumble is LIVE from Tampa Bay, FL! The card includes:

Men's Royal Rumble match: 30-man Royal Rumble match where the winner gets a shot at the Men's World Championship at Wrestlemania 40!
Women’s Royal Rumble match: 30-woman Royal Rumble match where the winner gets a shot at the Women's World Championship at Wrestlemania 40!
Fatal four-way match for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship: © Roman Reigns (with Paul Heyman) vs. Randy Orton vs. AJ Styles vs. LA Knight
Singles match for the WWE United States Championship: © Logan Paul vs. Kevin Owens

And more!

Show starts LIVE at 8pm EST | 5pm PST on Peacock. Check your local listings for more information.

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[–] GoodandPlenty@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

No other result than Roman here, but I’m sure we’ll get a good match nonetheless. Just hope everyone else gets a good showing in defeat.

WWE just totally leaning into the Slim Jim stuff here.🤣

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[–] TellumSiege@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago (5 children)

And out comes Grace. One of the main reasons I'm watching right now lol

[–] GoodandPlenty@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

More of a TNA guy myself as well. Cheers!

[–] TellumSiege@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago (7 children)

TNA's great! Might actually be my favourite wrestling show these days lol.

And I know she won't win this but I really hope Grace does well here. So far so good I think.

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[–] hellothere@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

As a complete aside, the way cagematch formats the result for rumble matches always makes me chuckle

Men's rumble result

Cody Rhodes defeats Andrade and Austin Theory and Bobby Lashley and Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed and Carlito and Carmelo Hayes and CM Punk and Damian Priest and Dominik Mysterio and Drew McIntyre and Finn Balor and Grayson Waller and Gunther and Ivar and JD McDonagh and Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso and Karrion Kross and Kofi Kingston and Ludwig Kaiser and Omos and Pat McAfee and R-Truth and Ricochet and Sami Zayn and Santos Escobar and Shinsuke Nakamura and The Miz

Women's rumble result

Bayley defeats Alba Fyre and Asuka and Becky Lynch and Bianca Belair and Candice LaRae and Chelsea Green and Indi Hartwell and Ivy Nile and Jade Cargill and Jordynne Grace and Kairi Sane and Katana Chance and Kayden Carter and Liv Morgan and Maxxine Dupri and Michin and Naomi and Natalya and Nia Jax and Piper Niven and Roxanne Perez and Shayna Baszler and Shotzi and Tegan Nox and Tiffany Stratton and Valhalla and Xia Li and Zelina Vega and Zoey Stark

I mean, it's not wrong, but it's also somewhat generous.

[–] GeekFTW@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

Truth lmao

[–] kubj31196@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

Sometimes good guy deserves to win. The fact that most of us booked ourselves into think Punk would get it over Cody makes it even more sweet.
This is the most I've been invested in since Hangman vs Omega. Time for Cody to finish the story.

[–] ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So I went and watched the clip of Jordynne Grace in the Rumble. Honestly, I was shocked at how they put her over. Seems like they put a lot more respect on TNA with her appearance than they did with Mickie James in 2022; mentioning the TNA Knockouts championship by name, making a point of the fact that she beat Naomi for the belt, and not only letting her dominate the match for a bit, but commentary also selling her dominance. Loved the quote "TNA has an absolute weapon as champion!"

[–] kessleragain@beehaw.org 2 points 9 months ago

Yeah, Jordynne looked like she belonged in there with everyone. They absolutely made her look great. Mickie showing up with the belt felt huge, but this feels bigger for the reasons you mention and that Mickie had a verbal agreement with TNA and a history with WWE while Jordynne has a contract with TNA and no history with WWE, as far as I'm aware.

[–] angmatandaa@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

I woke up late this morning (Manila local time) so I only got to started watching live during the Logan Paul vs. Kevin Owens match. I was so relieved the wrong finalist didn’t win the men’s Rumble match.

Watching the PLE replay now, boy did my goosebumps raise with the surprise entrants to the women’s Rumble!

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[–] TellumSiege@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

Still no Punk. Kinda surprised it's taking so long...

[–] GoodandPlenty@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I do like being right, even if it’s obvious.🤣

[–] TellumSiege@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

I mean I didn't see it coming lol

[–] GoodandPlenty@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Big pop for Cody at the end there. I really like that finish, and not just because my son marked out past his bedtime. It was well put together and fairly unique when compared to past Rumble’s.

Entertaining show and we’re well on the road to Mania now. Props to anyone who posted in here along with me, you folks are the coolest!

[–] GoodandPlenty@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Just want to add that I love, love, love Michael Cole standing to call the match. Makes it seem so much more important.

[–] TellumSiege@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

I noticed that too. It was a nice touch.

[–] GoodandPlenty@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

This is a great final four. Anyone can logically win. Let’s go Gunther!!

[–] TellumSiege@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

Omos is massive lol.

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