That was amazing I literally jumped off my chair crowd was so loud that you could barely hear his entrance song
Didn’t he retire like a decade ago because his neck was stuffed and it would be unsafe for him to wrestle?
I mean it’s very cool (he’s my all time favourite) but still…
Medicine has come a long way in a decade.
He’s also got a lot older in a decade! A decade older in fact!
His bank balance got a lot smaller over the decade?
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The men’s rumble was unreal. The “Brock” half was so god damn entertaining. Proper “I’m 10 years old again” stuff. Then the “Drew” half was awesome as well. So many great moments within it, including obviously Edge coming back. Loved the bit where Rollins was left alone with four blokes that all had legitimate cause to murder the prick.
Women’s rumble was pretty good. It’ll get better every year. Bazsler looked like a friggin beast, just fkn yeeting others over the top instead of going through fancy spots.
The other matches were ok. It’s clear now they regard the rumbles as the draws of this event and the other matches are the filler so they don’t try and make too much of them.
Not picking on you specifically here C_B but why do wrestling fans care so much about fkn ratings. I don’t watch an NBL game while thinking “wonder how many are watching the A-League at the moment”.
Exactly right, but the common understanding of his previous injury was that it was a life and death (or at least permanent disability) scenario.
But also money is awesome
Asuka/Becky match was pretty good was hoping for Asuka to win but not to be.
Actually yeah that match deserves better than “ok”
Tell you what, Worlds Collide had some fkn bangers. CW 4 way, DIY v MM and the main event. Ripley/Storm was a rehash of their first two matches, I’m certain they could have done more with that but I’m sure we’ll see that someday down the line.
edit - just thinking about some of the major standouts from the shows on the weekend (Lesnar, Lee, McIntyre, Walter) it seems that Vince McMahon is right, there is always going to be a market for watching big units slap each other about.
Strowman and Lee beating each other up, when Lesnar is laying there… was literally the stupidest part of that Rumble match.
I think cause it’s treated as any other TV show would, the days of it being seen as a legit sport are gone. It’s about ratings and revenue and AEW needs good ratings to be a long term competitor to WWE, the entire promotion will die unless people watch. WWE not so much because it has it’s WWE network but WWE made the conscious effort to go head to head with AEW on Wednesday nights, so they’re clearing trying to beat and stifle the growth of WWE and interesting to watch a competitor beat WWE which is good for wrestling.
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I meant in relation to it being a TV show made for ratings as opposed to something athletic like the NBA.
Yeah I get that, but why keep constant track of it? I reckon I would struggle to find the fandom of any other TV show doing the same thing
Just watch it and enjoy it man
Care is probably too strong, more interested. Like it’s interesting to see how to direct competitors are faring against each other, which was born from such heavy interest in the Monday night war era. People were interested to see how a new start up promotion with big capital would fare against the big behemoth.
Caught up.
Last five minutes of the women’s Rumble, including wholesale eliminations and non-chickenshit heel returning from a rest-and-hide outside, was rubbish.
Wholesale eliminations aren’t necessarily bad — I enjoyed Lesnar running though the first 13 opponents. His reigns as absent champion may have damaged the WWE overall, but damn the guy can be entertaining. So many GIF-able (re)actions from him.
Can we fire Dunn already? LOL/rage at missing Edge’s first spear — especially with them giving the job to the best seller in the WWE (Ziggler). Hard to decide if it was worse than the botch during AJ Styles’ debut.
Arguably Beth had the best performance from the family, though.
The best match of Wrestlemania weekend may already be announced: Minoru Suzuki vs Orange Cassidy!
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Both dogsh*t wrestlers! 