Tye Dillinger vs. Dolph Ziggler is my personal pick for "feud I really want to happen right now." Dolph enters the Rumble #2 and then Tye enters #11 or 12. Jinder Mahal is the #10 entry and gets tossed by Tye without too much trouble. Tye then goes nose-to-nose with Ziggler and tells him that he owes King an apology. Dolph shrugs it off and then gets absolutely OWNED by Tye.

We've been here and done this with Dolph before. It's time he starts making new stars by doing what he does best -- getting his ass kicked. It also feeds into his current frustrated character. Tye whips him and then drops ten elbows on him, mocking the old pose Dolph used to do (similar to Tye's "10" actually) and then tosses out Zigs and makes him kiss Jerry Lawler's feet.

He triumphantly continues on in the Rumble as JBL asks "Haha! Who is this guy, Mackal?!?" and Cole informs us that he is "Tye Dillinger. The Perfect Ten -- inside the ring and outside it."

Tye is 10 :mad:

That would be far too unlikely to work. Move him away from the #10 spot and give him a sincere run.

Not sure which of the Rumble threads I should put this in, so I'll put it here "to be safe." I previewed the show on my latest podcast:

http://www.nextlevelradioonline.com/...lting/MP72.mp3

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That wasn't funny.

I'm curious as to whether or not Gargano & Ciampa retain the NXT Tag Titles and have a great match at Takeover Mania in a good showing for the division, or if they lose the belts and split up so they can do the Gargano vs. Ciampa match at their big show.

Probably the best to keep them together if they lose the belts tonight (or in the near future) because I don't think NXT has any regular big face teams left after them. Only other big face team was TM-61 and they are going to be out for a while.

Wouldn't even split them on NXT since they are going to have a lot more value as a team than as separate guys for call-ups.

I do get the "we could use teams" argument, but I personally think they are going to be more interesting as singles guys. But I would split them up on the main roster after you've given them some shine in one of the divisions. Honestly, RAW could probably use them a lot more than SmackDown.

Sneak Peak at the Royal Rumble set


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wow, i just read chris jericho is gonna be suspended in a shark cage above the ring during owens' match.

not as stupid as judy bagwell on a pole, but they're getting there.

The whole "manager being suspended in a shark cage above the ring" has been done for decades. It's not that stupid.

i don't recall ever seeing one.

so is the point of the match to free the guy or he's just hanging there not to interfere? cause there are easier ways to make sure he doesn't.

He's just hanging there so as not to interfere. Obviously if this was a legit sport they'd be easier ways... but the shark cage concept pretty much just guarantees that at some point we'll see some sort of shenanigans.

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2000 RR

Tag team table match

Lawler mentions something about Dudleys playing with erector sets as kids after they set up tables on steps
"There's going to be some erection destruction right here" JR as Jeff gets put through the table

I remember Paul Bearer being in one for a Taker-Mankind match. Also, Jerry Lawler was in one for a Bret Hart-Issac Yankem match back in the day. Those are the only WWE ones I remember.

Takeover Toronto had Paul Ellering in one for the AOP match

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lol Goddammit, I love Cornette.

"Can you be bribed??"

Lol Andy Richter is judging the Miss Rumble 2000 contest and I forgot The Kat was WWF women's champion

Royal Rumble thought

#1 & #2 should conspire to work together to continually eliminate wrestlers immediately as they enter the ring instead of fighting each other so they can be the last 2 and 50/50 chance of winning

Lol Rikishi with the first 5 elimination in RR 2000

Blackman #6

Bah gawd its Fatu vs Mabel

#7

Lol dead wrestler 4 in a row Vis Bossman Test Bulldog
Gangrel breaks up the dead pool
Edge..backlund..

Then all 6 dump Rikishi lol

Jericho in..HOF run or future

Dead #5 crash..#6 Chyna

HOF again Farooq
Road dogg breaks everything up again
Al Snow.."went to TNA run" coming?
Val Venis TNA 3

Its Albert! Now Hardcore Bob Holly. And the Rock
Its the Assman..dun dun..Big Show.....jbl in..and out

That's gotta be Kane..Godfather..HOF (in or will be) run again..#4

And..lastly...Xpac

Lol X Pac in final 4 with Show Kane and Rock and he pulled a 97 austin..and now he gone

Rock wins..meh

Big Show looks as good now as he did in 2000

Also odd that Big Show Jericho and Mosh have wrestled recently of everyone and 6 have died

Watching monster trucks from the Alamo Dome that was taped earlier this week and all I could think of was the WCW stuff they did with monster trucks lol

That haircut does wonders for Braun's look. Both guys slimmed down. Big Show looks great

No doubt they both look smaller and in better shape. That being said, they're also both a lot further apart and zoomed out further on both guys in the newer 2017 photos.

Weird thing is it looks like Big Show grew from the first to second pic

This is a real wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person...f_Roman_Reigns

Did owenbrown edit this?

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who's the ginger with the umbrella?

Jack Gallagher from the Cruiser division.

Because he's not leaning forward in the second pic, plus weight-loss makes him look taller and his posture looks straighter. Not all that weird really :)

Feels like they've got the PPVs backwards and Raw should have the Chamber and SDL Fast Lane.

If you put SDL's top 6 guys in the EC, let's say Cena, AJ, Corbin, Ambrose, Wyatt, Miz that's a very thin under card. You could do Orton vs. Harper, a Tag Title Match, a Women's title (perhaps an EC for that too), then you're on to guys like Crews, Kalisto, etc that don't feel like PPV attractions.

Meanwhile on Raw there's more depth and a lot of converging paths in the title scene where you could put the title on the line or do the EC for a shot as they didn't have the Rumble winner. You'd still have a Raw Women's title match, US Title, Tag Team championship match, Cruiser title match and enough undercard to put on a decent show.

Whatever the pool is for the next batch of callups, Smackdown really needs to get the most for depth reasons. For example, if they got both Joe and Dillinger, their midcard and main event scene gets a really good boost at the same time.

Was ok when RAW got more draft picks because of the extra hour but then they quickly got a bigger boost with the Cruiser division while all Smackdown got was Jack Swagger I think.

Big Show actually looks fantastic. Good on him for putting in the hard yards.

Are Smackdown specials 2 or 3 hours?

You have the chamber, an Orton defence, Ziggler vs Crews, Lynch vs Mickie, Bliss vs Naomi, a tag title match, they will manage.

But yeah, roster is pencil thin. I know they value NXT, but Bobby Roode is 40. They need to get these guys up and get use out of them while they can.

It's not like Roode is dying. He could have five to ten years left.

3 hour ppvs just like RAW branded ones.

Think the idea is you're potentially wasting miles on an already experienced wrestler, who you could very much use on your main show.

I tend to agree. Roode is main show ready and he'd fit right in on Smackdown.

In many ways he seems like he doesn't belong on NXT because his style is already that of the main roster, which is quite different than NXT's style.

Watching all of nxt on the app.

In 2014

Emma. Wtf is this. Awful worker too.

She's good when working heel.

He didn't make an appearance in the rumble when he faced John Cena earlier in the night.

History has shown that you can't rely on guys after their mid forties he really to still be putting on high quality matches.

You want to get a guys best years in the best shows, and they are running out of time to do that

Think he meant the event, not the match itself. Kane (with one gimmick or another) had appeared at 21 straight Royal Rumble events before this one.

WWF Did You Know: Ted Dibase and IRS weren't the original plans for Money Inc. It was going to to HBK and DiBiase with Sherri being the common link

Would have not worked at all

Nope, but Michaels was floundering as a singles star at the time, especially with Jannetty fired right when their angle was starting. He didn't really have a lot to do.

Pretty much only picked up steam when Bulldog left and they had that barnburner on SNME

It irks me how they keep referring to it as "Royal Rumble" and not "the Royal Rumble".

Thank fuck my life's priorities are in check.

Has anyone been released by the WWE more times than Jannetty?

What's more impressive is how often he was re hired

Yes

Captain Lou
Iron Sheik.
Terry Taylor-as a wrestler and producer/agent.

HBK had a couple good years in his 40s

Is Roode in the same conversation as HBK?

In this conversation, he is.

Cynick brings up a good point. Rhoode is = HBM

Glad we settled that

I think he is the exception that proves the rule! They need to get Roode up now and stop wasting time in developmental when Smackdown is crying out for guys.

Roode doesn't seem to fit in NXT because his gimmick is too big for it. In my opinion. I think he should be in Kevin Owens' position.

Honestly after seeing Owens go up against Braun last night I really wanna see him get a babyface run. I think the dude could really pull it off. Unfortunately I feel like RAW is too busy now to fit Roode in, and even if you somehow found a place for him there you'd still have to find a way to turn Kevin and get Roode into that spot without it coming off as extremely forced. Personally I think the most natural place for Roode on the main roster would be Smackdown.

Right now RAW would be bad for Roode, but right not is not great on SmackDown either. Unless you have Roode destroy Dean Ambrose and then face John Cena for the Intercontinental Title at Mania or something. Not that thrilling and steps on a few toes, since they don't have much planned for Styles at the moment either.

I'd like to see Seth Rollins vs. Samoa Joe for the Universal Title at WrestleMania now, with Triple H working as Joe's manager. The odds of this happening? HAHAHA no, but I think that's a match for that belt that I'd actually like to see.

not talking about your post specifically, but this is the dumbest fucking saying ever.

I used to think so, until you work out that exceptions being exceptions actually do prove the widespread applicability of rules.

i will murder you in the face

The Undertaker looked like shit at the Royal Rumble. :( Roman Reigns is a bad visual match for him.

So, just wondering, are we going to see Asuka make her main roster debut before WM 33 or will it probably be @ or after the biggest show of the year? Any consensus opinions or anything? I think she could add yet another much needed boost to the SD! LIVE Women's roster, but am afraid they are probably going to waste time with her and wait until Mania or after for her to debut, possibly dropping the belt to whomever at NXT TakeOver: Orlando.

Where the fuck is STD to correct shit when it actually needs correcting??

Flair probably had a few good matches in his 40s

The Force is Strong with Stroman.

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Stan took that SCM like a perfect 10.

Bobby Heenan appreciates your being fair to Flair

Royal Rumble 92 stands out

see post above ;-)

Turned 40 in 1989
Flair vs Steamboat wrestlewar 89(Voted match off the year)
Flair vs Sting Starcade 89
Flair wins the 1992 Rumble
Flair vs Savage WM 8
Flair vs Vader Starcade 93
Flair vs Steamboat Spring Stampede 94

So a couple highly respected matches til he was like 45. Past that middle to late 90s WCW wasn't really conducive to Flair having good matchrs..

Maluco is sort of right about not relying on older wrestlers as your main source for high profile matches at least in a modern WWE sense.

Historically it used to be the real big pushes and money making moments didn't happen till your late 30s but almost no company had as tough of a touring schedule as the WWE especially in modern times. Way too much wear & tear from it which affects older wrestlers a lot more.

WWE's current trend for high profile matches to be a lot more high tempo and hard hitting also does no favor for older guys without needing to go in the part-timer route. Not even Cena is immune to this which is why he's been more of a part-timer in recent years because the wear & tear started to affect him a lot.

Doesn't mean older stars can't produce great matches anymore but your going to be very limited on how many they can produce before breaking down (ex. Sting) or need long breaks (ex. Taker) in the WWE. Roode being 40 means his shelf life for top quality matches is going to be small and same goes for Nakamura and other older stars from NXT.

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Vintage Elizabeth


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