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The Grey posted:I really hated Lawler doing the "This guy is my pick. Yup, I'm picking this guy." gimmick. Seems like he does that every Rumble. He does. Every single one.
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Oh man I can't believe people are upset about this, Asuka will be loving fine and the ESPN article already says it's a full time contract for Rousey so clearly she's giving her all to this. This is why we have two shows and two rosters. Also for those making GBS threads on her character let me remind you that you watch loving wrestling. Few of these people are paragons of upstanding morals.
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The Grey posted:I really hated Lawler doing the "This guy is my pick. Yup, I'm picking this guy." gimmick. Seems like he does that every Rumble. I'm okay with it because it's a Heenan thing. They might have been pushing it harder tonight for that reason.
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I just really hope they put Heyman or someone else with her to do the talking.
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Midnightghoul posted:She has nowhere else to go She doesn't need to go anywhere period, she has millions in the bank. Shitbag or not Rhonda is straight up more popular and over than everyone else in WWE aside Cena and Brock, it is a business decision and begrudgingly a good one. Even if the ending was weird as gently caress, It's a $$$ decision and...I guess people left the arena happy? Certainly better than 2015's thats for sure. I dont really care about Rhonda anyways, Asuka won the RAMBLE and it ended up being surprisingly good/decent. Only real "gently caress this poo poo" parts were Brooke eliminating Kairi pretty fast and Naomi getting eliminated seconds after doing the Kofi spot. Rest was passible for right or wrong reasons (Passion of Bayley, Kelly Kelly botching not even 5 seconds in) to good.
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Plus it's not like Ronda booked the loving ending herself.
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STAC Goat posted:The complete answer is Rousey is a lovely person, WWE is a lovely company, the people defending Rousey are lovely, and we're all lovely for supporting WWE. At some point you have to grow up and stop making excuses and whataboutisms and admit that you're a lovely person willing to put your principles beneath your personal entertainment. None of which makes Rousey a less lovely person.
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Maybe its just new rumble shine but I thought that both actual Rumbles were really good, some of the best recent rumbles. Is that the consensus?
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Doc Morbid posted:I thought she was trying to look terrified, expecting Ronda to rip her arm off. It's Steph though, so who knows. I sorta read it as "you're scary, but I'm standing my ground." So a bit of both.
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flashy_mcflash posted:She's a bigger star than anyone in the company other than maybe Cena, like her or not Yeah, I mean, even if she "washed out" of the UFC, she was still arguably THE biggest name in MMA for a while and she's also got an Olympic medal to boot. I hope she's a natural at this pro wrestling thing though.
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I need to know what Rhonda Rousey ringgear looks like
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Saint Freak posted:I need to know what Rhonda Rousey ringgear looks like a mawashi and nothing else
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achillesforever6 posted:I just make up for it by doing DSA work and helping out people when they need it. In short I'm a land of contrasts. We all are. Its the old thing where like your phone and your shoes and that steak you ate and a million other things in your life are complicated. And somewhere along the line you hopefully find a balance where you do more good than bad and avoid bad at least a little. But that doesn't mean we should make excuses are get all "whatabout" with it. That's just lovely and a big part of the problem.
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Dias posted:Yeah, I mean, even if she "washed out" of the UFC, she was still arguably THE biggest name in MMA for a while and she's also got an Olympic medal to boot. I hope she's a natural at this pro wrestling thing though. it was inarguable for a while, once Conor took off then it stopped but Ronda was bigger than Brock was, bigger than GSP, bigger than Anderson
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flashy_mcflash posted:She's a bigger star than anyone in the company other than maybe Cena, like her or not Yeah I know but she can get a win on raw every few weeks and have good segments all leading up to a title win. Basically Goldberg her. She's going to look lovely in a main event with Alexa.
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I am very excited about the possibility of Ronda Rousey ripping Kevin Dunn's arm out of its socket the first time he goes full perv cam on her.
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projecthalaxy posted:Maybe its just new rumble shine but I thought that both actual Rumbles were really good, some of the best recent rumbles. Is that the consensus? Men was probably the best since Edge winning it tbh. Women's was way better than expected and Id take it easily over the last half decade or so.
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projecthalaxy posted:Maybe its just new rumble shine but I thought that both actual Rumbles were really good, some of the best recent rumbles. Is that the consensus? nah, both were pretty great everything was pertty well laid out and executed well someone of the women's stuff was a bit botchy, but a third of the participants were retired (I just hope they cut it down to like 20 next year tbh) and it all flowed pretty well
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Fart City posted:I am very excited about the possibility of Ronda Rousey ripping Kevin Dunn's arm out of its socket the first time he goes full perv cam on her. 
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projecthalaxy posted:Maybe its just new rumble shine but I thought that both actual Rumbles were really good, some of the best recent rumbles. Is that the consensus? Seems to be, yeah. Personally I thought they both ruled.
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Also I really, really dug Sasha going heel during the Rumble.
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the rombles were good. the only part i didn't like too much was so many of the competitors going outside the ring to rest very often in the final romble. However it was good
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Yeah Sasha was unironically one the best parts of the Rumble. Lasted a good while and showed her going Rachet again. Rachet Heel Sasha was best Sasha character
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Jerusalem posted:Also I really, really dug Sasha going heel during the Rumble. turning on bayley is not going heel, it's the equivalent of that kids in the hall sketch about the irresistible punching bag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXGhmA921R0&t=106s
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I thought the women's rumble was kind of weird with just how many guests there were and how like all of them got eliminations (I'm pretty sure Michelle McCool threw out four people and that was unnecessary) but it was still pretty fun. Asuka rules.
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John Dudebro posted:I thought the women's rumble was kind of weird with just how many guests there were and how like all of them got eliminations (I'm pretty sure Michelle McCool threw out four people and that was unnecessary) but it was still pretty fun. Asuka rules. michelle is married to a dead man
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I liked Sasha being the Iron Woman spot. I thought the Rumble wpuld start with Sasha and Bayley in the "friends gotta fight" spot but they still paid that off in the match.
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Best Rumble in years and I consider the woman's debut rumble a success as it exceeded my expectations... there were botchy moments but those will be ironed out as they keep doing it year after year
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Doc Morbid posted:I thought she was trying to look terrified, expecting Ronda to rip her arm off. It's Steph though, so who knows. My read was definitely "Absolute contempt" + "Absolute terror".
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Also Roman vs Nak is the absolute perfect rumble finish. Its designed to make one wing of the fanbase fight the other.
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projecthalaxy posted:Also Roman vs Nak is the absolute perfect rumble finish. Its designed to make one wing of the fanbase fight the other. For the last four they had Finn/Nak in the left corners and Cena/Roman in the right. Absolutely perfect, especially for Philly (crowd owned).
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Strawberry Panda posted:Who were entrants 16-18 for the Men's rumble? Did I miss anything funny? Kofi, Jinder, Seth. Nothing special around then, Kofi got eliminated with no typical theatrics. Hurricane was funny for a second
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