Welsh Wonder
A dribbling mess on the sauce
Hope Daniel Bryan announces his comeback for the Rumble and Heath Slater dumps him out straight away.
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It's not really that interesting when it's more than likely that Roman will win.I was desperate for HHH's music to hit during that segment.
The title being on the line in the rumble is interesting though.
I think Brock will win the Rumble setting up rather Roman vs Brock at Mania or HHH enters the Rumble and elimates Roman setting up them 2 at Mania.I thought the odds on Reigns winning the Rumble will plummet after the title stipulation, but you can still get 4/1 on him at Paddy Power. Decent bet I think. He's a cert to be in the last 2.
Rumble is in Florida and Reigns is from Florida so he'll probably get a good reaction.If Roman wins the rumble and retains the title I think the stadium will riot. He's got better over the past month but I think this will kill any momentum he's built.
Interesting rumours from the NJPW guys it makes sense especially when WWE just launched the Network over there, I wouldn't be surprised to see 4-5 of the top guys from NJ to eventually join the roster. I want Kenny Omega
Other than Cena and Batista, everyone that has won two rumbles has actually done it in consecutive years.Don't think Reigns is winning two rumbles in a row, regardless of the title being on the line.
Don't worry, Roman will be getting his Wrestlemania moment this year, I'm sure of it.Other than Cena and Batista, everyone that has won two rumbles has actually done it in consecutive years.
I wouldnt rule him out. Vince is obsessed with pushing Reigns.
Breaking Ground was pretty good this week as a season finale. Some great moments in respect to Dusty as well.
I hope Lesnar wins the Rumble, unless like 5 people work together to eliminate him.
Yep. I think Strowman will enter at Number 2 now.A lot of potential storylines to be set up during the Rumble as well. Big Show/Strowman, Ambrose/Jericho ect ect.
The possibilities are endless, not to mention that Samoa Joe is still in NXT as well.The talent pool between wwe main and nxt is getting insane, If (as seems to be dead on) the njpw guys are going to WWE
What would your guys realistic dream matches be with these guys coming in? Styles vs Rollins, Nakamura vs Cesaro. Just for pure entertainments value rather than drawing ability.
Yeah I've heard some rumours about him entering but nothing of any usual substance yet. Samoa Joe, AJ styles, Kevin Steen, El Generico, Claudio Castagnoli, Kenta, Prince Devitt, Nakamura. Imagine telling somebody 5 years ago that these guys (plus a few I've probably missed) would all be in WWE in a few years and not one of them really doing badly.The possibilities are endless, not to mention that Samoa Joe is still in NXT as well.
I know one thing, if AJ enters the rumble I will definitely mark out.
Big Show vs Strowman will be a really boring start. They'll just lumber around till next entrant.Yep. I think Strowman will enter at Number 2 now.
It's a tough comparison, NJPW tend to pay pretty good downsides from my understanding, however there are other areas where they lag behind, the talent don't get any money from merch or anything like that which is a pretty big bugbear for many, I know the Bullet Club have been very pissed off about that. Tama Tonga even started making and selling bootleg gear so that they could make money from it. They also haven't increased anyone's money from the worldwide expansion with NJPW World or anything, so there's a bit of discontent and a like for like wage would actually be lower in the WWE, with the merch topping this up, with a Nakamura style guy he'd probably make quite a bit because he would be used to spearhead media in Japan etc... Basically I don't really know. What I do know is that WWE is paying BIG for Nakamura. Think Del Rio as a ballpark figure, not Balor, and Balor is on huge money for NXT.Also @phelans shorts, hopefully you will have some insight on this. While I know NJPW wages are probably not close to WWE in terms of top stars, wouldn't Nakamura be on a pretty big wage even by WWE main roster standards? Would WWE really pay someone that much to have them stuck in NXT for a prolonged period?
Yeah, really enjoyed the whole series. Glad they showed footage of London as well. Good stuff.Breaking Ground was pretty good this week as a season finale. Some great moments in respect to Dusty as well.
He did. They made the correction on RAW I think.Seriously, Big Show cant be number 1. I still have a feeling he fecked up and meant he was the first to enter (rather than he will be number 1).
Thanks for that Meltzer.Little update: WWE aren't fully confident at the moment that they will land Nakamura, and there's a suspicion this is a power play to get more money out of New Japan from his end. Nakamura certainly hasn't closed the door on New Japan and renegotiating.
As for the non-Japanese guys, they're certainly gone. Strong chance of others (mainly Tonga and Rocky Romero) leaving before long.
It's alright, no one believed me that James Storm wasn't signing with WWE either. Dave was saying he was as recently as this week.Thanks for that Meltzer.
Balor to turn heel and feud with Roman please.
Balor Club vs The Family.
Like?It's alright, no one believed me that James Storm wasn't signing with WWE either. Dave was saying he was as recently as this week.
Some ex TNA folk at this weeks NXT taping though, they're a different story entirely.
3 time world champion (across promotions) and Greatest Man Who Ever Lived, for one.Like?
I would love the WWE \ NXT to sign Brooke from the Knockouts division, She is a decent wrestler and obviously gorgeous to.
Would not surprise me if they introduce Machine Gun and Gallows at the Takeover during Wrestlemania week and have Balor turn heel on Sami Zayn during/after the title match. Balor club is born and maybe even introduced to the main roster straight after.Thanks for that Meltzer.
Balor to turn heel and feud with Roman please.
Balor Club vs The Family.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BAM25bhNxkl/
Love Finn... (can't embed this Instagram post for some reason)
Who cares? i am so fecking excited.
Is this business with the bullet club going to be the worst kept secret in wrestling ever?