Taker was the stooge all along??

You know what I mean! :p

BTE is gonna do something with that pic I know it.

Posted it in another thread but G1 Supercard at MSG might be fucked along with the DDT and Stardom shows that weekend. The Japanese guys can't be on the US New Beginning shows, hundreds of people already delayed and backlogged in getting their visas and who knows when or if this thing will end.

Ticket prices for the show were no joke, and now it might end up being a glorified ROH show. Terrible.

Says who? Roh does multiple tours per year with New Japan stars, the last being in October I think. I doubt everyones visas all expired or they all got delayed.

You may be right about the other two shows as they don't appear in the states as regularly.

While I don't know what work visa they are on, they generally don't last for more than 6 months to a year, and apparently New Japan renews them in bulk. Maybe not everyone will miss out, but I think a lot of them will.

For their sake I hope the big three can at least be clear.

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Sean Mooney dm'd me on Facebook asking if I've checked out his new patreon page yet and I don't have th heart to tell him his podcast stinks lol

V excited 4 TAKEOVER on Saturday.

Fell many weeks behind in NXT so I don't even know any of the matches or stories.

I'm still excited for it.

Royal Rumble card actually looks really good. Which is in its own way kind of disappointing, because you know most of those matches aren't going to get the time they deserve.

The Royal Rumble is probably going to be the only WWE show I watch all year and even then I'll probably just watch the Rumbles.

Have very little excitement for the rumbles this year. Dunno why but I just have this feeling that there isn't going to be any good surprises, and I cant think of anyone I care about winning.

Royal Rumble has the potential to be one of the best WWE PPVs in years.

He was just there to play bingo.

As long as AJ vs Bryan, and Asuka vs Becky get a proper amount of time for their matches , then I'll be happy.

Hopefully they prove my hunch wrong when it comes to the rumble.

Could be really fun with some surprises. I’d like to see Shawn Michaels show up.

Shawn Michaels is done, man.

First look at the Royal Rumble stage. Wrestlers entering from the dugout, which is covered by video screens, with a curved walkway to the ring and a tron above the ring.

https://i.imgur.com/0Dt9J38.jpg

Surprise entrants will be the same old same old. Road Dogg, Billy Gunn, Goldust, Jim Duggan etc. Would be awesome to get some legit random surprises in there, Ken Shamrock, John Morrison, Mr. Kennedy, I'm just throwing out the first names that come to mind.

I would legitimately mark out if it were Morrison or Kennedy. I'd jump out of my seat if it were MVP. Give me something unexpected, WWE. I am somewhat expecting The Dream to be one of the surprises.

Going to make some random predictions on the last ten guys.

1. Shawn Michaels. Gives him a chance to interact with a bunch of guys at once.

2. Kurt Angle. I can just see him trying to get more in on Baron Corbin. And they are going to be loading up this show. How he gets eliminated will be interesting, since I can’t see him taking a major bump.

3. Lucha House Party. We’ve had one guy enter three times, but we’ve never had three guys enter as one.

4. Jimmy Uso. Here comes the Ax.

5. Jey Uso. Here comes the Smasher.

6. Matt Hardy. Probably while Jeff is in the ring.

7. Shelton Benjamin. I think they want a bunch of black people in. And this could continue the old joke of Shawn Michaels eliminating him. I’d mark for a re-do of the springboard into the Sweet Chin Music spot.

8. Braun Strowman. You know he’s going to be in.

9. The Miz. I can see Miz entering and going a little while so he can enter the tag match already exhausted.

10. Curtis Axel. To Real American. Nah, just kidding — EC3.

Dude

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My predictions for the last 10:

-Bobby Roode
-Bray Wyatt
-Braun Strowman
-Chad Gable
-EC3
-Kane (one last Rumble before retirement)
-Kurt Angle
-Rusev
-Shinsuke Nakamura
-Velveteen Dream

Idea for Titus. Instead of him running to the ring and having him do some stupid pratfall, they should have one of those old school carts that they used to drive him to the ring in the early Wrestlemanias

I could totally see Titus doing that pratfall spot again, good call

Would be cool if Lio Rush eliminated Braun Strowman

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I like how WWE have no idea how to be subtle. Titus has worked one match on Raw (a battle royal) since August, yet he's now randomly put into the Rumble and it's so clear it's just to do the same gag he's already done.

I wonder if LARS will debut and get that spot of big dude who eliminates a lot of other dudes

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WWE likes to take things that happen organically and beat it into the ground, so you totally know it's happening.

especially when it has passed it's peak.

Can't wait for Michael Cole's fake laughter during the segment

Also looking forward to every time we get a surprise entrant Cole yelling "OH MY, IS IT, COULD IT BE, IT IS"

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That is... actually kind of bad ass.

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