Love Edge. This is dumb. Love you guys.

:eek: Edge won.

Kind of weird how very abrupt that whole ending sequence was like if WWE was suddenly running very low on time. Also made Orton taking that very lengthy nap break utterly meaningless with how quickly it backfired for him.

Match itself was amazing overall.

Love the Rumble. That was great.

Both rumble endings were out of left field for me tonight, had a blast the whole way!

Edge was certainly not my first choice but I'd take him over Strowman, Riddle or Rollins any day of the week.

23 pages for a WWE PPV? Weak as shit :o

I'm okay with it, mostly because it's good to instill some doubt that these kind of obvious ploys aren't always going to work, especially since they usually do in WWE.

I get people not being excited about Edge winning since he's old guard. I think he wants to be around more than a Lesnar/Goldberg, assuming his body can hold up to it this time around.

I'm not sure who else would have been a great choice for either of the current champions, I also imagine they want to have some kind of "name" in one of those spots to try and lure some new subscribers when they move over to Peacock to try and prove they're worth the money to NBC, so let's all just thank god it wasn't Goldberg or Lesnar.

I'd go with Edge vs Roman over Edge vs Drew

Def watching this Yokozuna doc

What sucks about this is they didn't need to reveal Edge was entering the Rumble. He could've shown up at #1 as a mild surprise (only mild because he returned last year/people kinda expected it)...but I don't think anybody's first instinct would be "oh shit Edge is totally going the distance!"

Instead, knowing he'd be in for the past week, people talked themselves into him being on the shortlist of possible winners.

Great thread guys

This year's show was one of the better top-to-bottom Rumble shows in recent years.

Outside of the Women's Tag title being a big dud and the WWE title match being just a typical WWE style Goldberg match, everything else was very entertaining.

Anyway, really enjoyed this show. Dunno if it'll be enough to keep me sticking around til Mania but as a standalone show this was great. I'm a mark for Edge and while he wasn't my first choice, I'm glad he's getting a moment after all the injuries. Women's Rumble was incredible.

I would've liked a Bryan win but honestly, that was fucking stellar. First ppv I've watched since mania.

I wonder if Edge challenges McIntyre. Run with the McIntyre putting away legends shtick.

If they feed him to Roman, welp, that gives Roman the big match he deserves. So I guess it's cool Edge won.

Yeah I mean I'm glad in the sense that I did not see it coming which usually isn't the case. But I feel like Rollins would have been a good match for Roman at mania. Or DBry.

Now I can only hope it's Drew v Edge. Or Orton beats Drew again for the title in the interim but God, Drew/Orton really needs to be over for now. I just really don't want to see SPEAR VS SPEAR as the main event at mania. I just don't.

That's how it's done AEW

They should have had Christian win. Missed opportunity of a lifetime again.

Now watch, RAW gets like 3 replies tomorrow night lmao

Christian looked to be in great shape and with such a lengthy run in the Rumble, I'd have to imagine he's getting one last run even if it's just for Mania season.

If Edge is going after Roman, I want E&C vs. The Usos at Fastlane if Jimmy's fit enough to return by then.

Overall, womens rumble was better IMO....

I mean Christian screwing over Edge for the win would have been even further out of left field and I'd have def popped for it.

"Interesting" how in the women's division "legends" return and no one really expects them to beat the young fresh blood.... but when "legends" appear in a men's Rumble it is like "yeah they are better than all this young fresh blood, no doubt".


That being said, Christian is better than anybody on the roster and should have won and unified all the titles at Wrestlemania.

RAW is a big problem but on the Smackdown side, could have gone with either Big E if they wanted to go in a Bianca Belair style route in terms of building up a new big star or Daniel Bryan for the established big star name recognition for Peacock reasons.

I would have had Orton come back earlier and screw Edge out of it, leaving Orton, Braun, and Christian....

Braun gets eliminated somehow leaving Orton and Christian.... announcers playing up how Orton came back and eliminated Edge and how Christian hasn't wrestled in ages and how the odds are stacked against him.... but then Christian pulls it out and eliminates Orton and shocks the world!

Wouldn't shock me if Orton won the Elimination Chamber match actually and they went w/ Edge vs Orton again

I miss E&C’s podcast. Hearing them discuss all of this would be great.

Riddle looked incredibly good in some parts. It sucks how much of a chore it is to get through his segments on RAW.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Edge's last three matches have gone 36m41s, 44m45s and 58m28s</p>&mdash; luchablog (@luchablog) <a href="https://twitter.com/luchablog/status/1356092104045428736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Seeing Riddle again just reminded me that he should very obviously be a heel

I don't get the no shoes thing, it weirds me out...feet are so gross...

Watching the Yokozuna documentary. It's really good

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The company is never going to groom a bona fide big star ever again, because they don’t want to lose that person to a TV show, or a movie contract, or an outside career. It’s going to be medium talent, announcers and podcast herbs pretending they’re huge stars, rinse repeat..</p>&mdash; Jon Draper (@iamjondraper) <a href="https://twitter.com/iamjondraper/status/1356091794891661312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Not gonna lie, I assumed when Seth returned, with the people left in the match, that he was going to win. Seth vs Drew would be easy to get up and running again, and assuming Becky is on her way back, it would be a logical way to get Seth back on Raw.

I'm gonna assume now they are either gonna get the belt back onto Orton or they are gonna pull a Charlotte and just kind of add Randy to Edge vs Drew for a triple threat.

I am glad we got a Fiend-less Rumble

Posts like this are so fucking dumb

15 entrants in the men’s Rumble, literally half the field, were 40 or older

Moreover, Otis and Dominik were the only entrants under 30.

I thought they botched Christian's story in the match. I would have had Braun, Edge and Christian left, but Edge being #1 entrant is completely drained and stands no chance. So during a scuffle, Christian sacrifices himself to take out Braun for Edge and let Edge win.

Then Orton comes back and that whole thing happens.

But overall i have no issue with Edge winning. I didnt want Daniel Bryan. I didnt want Strowman, didnt want Orton or Rollins. They sure werent about to give Riddle that push so it was basically like.. Cesaro? Big E is in a solid spot as IC champ.

Edge made sense and I also dont know why people dont think he'll challenge Reigns. That match is way more interesting and makes much more sense.

What happened to Keith Lee?

Might be a COVID precaution (or he might have it) because his girlfriend Mia Yim tested positive

What day did Alleister Black die? I forgot.