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I thought Joe Rogan hated pro wrestling? Maybe it was just CM Punk he hated?

Joe Rogan is fickle. He shat on Kanye for years and sang his praises when he was on his podcast.

Yeah but it's the Undertaker

He respects the grind that the wrestlers endure but doesn't care for the theatrics or in-ring combat.

That's fair, imo

Read the results for "WWE Superstar Spectacle". Sounds super cringe.

I forgot about that, is that the one in India where all the WWE guys are fighting random locals?

Here are the taping results:

Patrick Clark will wake up in the morning to watch it, and Hulk Hogan will like him for it :rofl:

Feels so contrived...

Oh no. First Drew gets COVID, now he’s got some Indus Sher on him.

Scotland contributing to India's Covid cases :n:

She looked pretty good on 205. Both the Dusty Cup matches on 205 were good. Still trying to figure out who "Curt Stallion" and "Tyler Rust" are.

I dunno Curt Stallion but Tyler Rust worked in the indies for years as Rust Taylor

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lol this company is so dumb

even the Rumble's gonna be phoned in at this point

what

That's fuckin dumb

It's not new, they always randomly have somebody announced for number 1, or have somebody win number 30.

Lesnar was announced number 1 just last year.

I wish one year they would do a different number...oh here comes number 19, that means R-Truth is gonna be on his way in 10, 9...

Lesnar had an angle behind it. Really any time they announce a spot early there's an angle...someone wins a match to get #30, someone is punished to get #1, etc.

They're just announcing spots for no apparent reason this time.

Edge announced for the Royal Rumble

Yeah they do usually use 30 as a carrot for somebody, like mixed match challenge winners getting 30.

I agree it's lazy, but it's not shocking lol

Does the Thunderdome have a spot for a WM sign for people to point at?

And the #30 entrant.... THE MODERN DAY MAHARAJA..... JINDER MAHAL!!!!

Did the back quoting for a reason...

Probably going to do that stupid CGI shit they did for Asuka and Roman Reigns' entrances at WrestleMania to just insert a shitty, cartoony looking, poorly rendered sign hovering in the air in roughly the direction the wrestler points in. Won't be actual fans there to ask "WTF are they pointing at?" because everyone will be looking at a screen because Thunderdome.

Not that #30 necessarily has to be a surprise or whatever, but it's better for me to not know who is coming out when (unless there's a story for it). Plus you know commentary will mention it during the show so not watching Backstage won't even help.

And I was thinking Bayley and Bianca could've challenged each other like "I'll outlast you, I'm entering first." "FU I'm entering second." (I think Jericho did this or something similar with HBK in 2002.)

This is just so lazy.

Rumors of a "controversial finish" being planned for one of the Rumbles.

One thought - the pre-announced #30 is a schmuck everybody knows won't win, Brock or somebody takes him out as an actual surprise.

Other possibility - only 2 people left in the ring before #30 enters, they take each other out Bret/Luger style and #30 wins without doing anything

What if Goldberg beats Drew and also wins the Rumble to challenge Roman to a title vs. title match...

Then I thank them for giving me a reason to skip WrestleMania again :y:

Bad ass baby face Brock going against bad ass heel Roman, who I don't think has ever beaten Lesnar at Mania, with Heyman caught in the middle, would be fun. And it's a "big level" match, which I think Roman needs/deserves. Plus he can finally go over Brock at Mania.

For the women, push Rhea. Let her win the Rumble. Let her beat Charlotte for the women's title. And push her.

I would love of Becky and Ronda to come out at 29 and 30, rekindle that feud and set up a grudge match at Mania.

This is all nonsense fantasy dream booking that'll never happen but I'd be ecstatic to watch it.

I would also be happy with Cena coming back and challenging Reigns. I think Reigns needs a big name match and Lesnar or Cena putting him over at Mania are the biggest I can think of. Not at all interested in a Goldberg match.

I can't picture Cena wrestling an actual match like he used to. His last two matches were getting squashed by Taker in 2 minutes and not having to wrestle in the Firefly Funhouse. I think whatever he does this year would have to be similar to those, maybe just hitting his signature moves.

cinematic matches are dumb

I really enjoyed the Boneyard Match between Taker/AJ, Stadium Stampede and the Best Friends/Proud & Powerful Street Fight (not sure if Street Fight counts as cinematic).

Damn shame if true. I'd hope not. It doesn't need to blood and guts and Cena is typically very safe in how he bumps. But, given he's made himself smh asset in film I can see why he prob won't wrestle. At least not with huge advance notice.

Brock is a different story. He's worth the paycheck this yr, imo. It's a big match, him and Reigns mesh well, the dynamic this time around is completely different, and Reigns can cement himself as the new beast incarnate or whatever.

There's nobody I'm seeing on the SmackDown roster that'd interest me. I guess a Daniel Bryan match would be fun but the story isn't there.

I seem to be in the minority but I didn't like the Stadium stampede match. Santana and Ortiz v Best Friends was stellar and outside of some small goofy shit, the Boneyard match was really fun.

I've always wondered how it would get over if they just had some lower card guy win the Royal Rumble. Someone like Drake Maverick or back in the day: Heath Slater

Do a Rocky vs Apollo Creed from Rocky 1 storyline.