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Yanda · 02-01-2025, 03:18 PM

got all my predictions done. hope I go 60 for 60 on Entrants, and 4 for 4 on winners tonight!

trackercowe · 02-01-2025, 03:21 PM

Imagine if AJ Lee returns and wins the Rumble? Punk and Lee both get title shots at Mania... It won't happen, but the fans would go nuts if they do. If Triple H wants to shake things up and get huge numbers on Netflix on Monday that's exactly what he should do.

CaptainCrunch · 02-01-2025, 03:45 PM

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I think Punk winning makes the most sense, especially since he appears weekly. He's also never won the Rumble, which will add to his legacy. Plus they can create more stories on who he'll choose to face at Mania, whether it be Cody, Gunther, or possibly Reigns if he wins a Title... Obviously Cena is the other option, but he won't be on television every week, and he's won twice before. Cena is already confirmed for Elimination Chamber. I assume he wins there, and gets Cody at Mania.

As for the Women's Rumble, I agree that Charlotte winning seems stale before it even happens. She's had so many title runs over the years that it'll be tedious seeing her get another. She will also end up being the heel in an expected feud with Straton. That feels like a lesser program, and Flair already won back in 2020. That being said Vince was always a fan of Charlotte, could Triple H feels different about her? The only problem is I don't see another obvious winner. Maybe Becky Lynch, but they're not going to run back Lynch/Ripley yet. Perhaps there will be two winners or some sort of controversy angle? They haven't done that yet, whereas with the Men's Rumble that happens every few years. Maybe both Charlotte and Becky win?

We could do a two person win ala Bret and Luger (I still marvel at how they did that years later).

I mean to be honest, I've never been big into Flair, and I was getting bored of Lynch after she lost her way and went heel.

You could have a nice sub feud in the rumble with Guilia who's awesome and Perez.

But have two winners, one established, and one new like Perez or Guilia or Grace and have them feud over who should get the Wrestlemania shot and maybe make it a three way thing.

CaptainCrunch · 02-01-2025, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by trackercowe

Imagine if AJ Lee returns and wins the Rumble? Punk and Lee both get title shots at Mania... It won't happen, but the fans would go nuts if they do. If Triple H wants to shake things up and get huge numbers on Netflix on Monday that's exactly what he should do.

I would love to see a return by Lee, but I doubt she would, it really sounds like she's moved on in her life, with her writing. But she looked super ripped in Heels.

trackercowe · 02-01-2025, 04:04 PM

If the women's match starts the show it'll mean we're getting an "expected winner", ala Charlotte. So hopefully the two Rumble matches finish the show.

I agree Charlotte and Becky have both been surpassed by Rhea, Bianca, Tiffany, maybe even Liv. They're not at the same level as they once were. The only one of the four Four Horsewomen that has evolved these past few years is Bayley.

CaptainCrunch · 02-01-2025, 04:54 PM

This is a really good rumble, with good stories for the lesser known's like Deville and the NXT girls.

I've said it before, you can absolutely admire the Rhea's the Bianca's and others, but I don't think anyone can dispute how much work Liv has done and how much she's improved.

And Yes!!!!!! ALEXA

CaptainCrunch · 02-01-2025, 04:55 PM

She just blew the roof off of the building, what a fricken pop

trackercowe · 02-01-2025, 05:24 PM

Great match, obvious outcome.

Charlotte looks shaky as well. That knee can't be 100%.

trackercowe · 02-01-2025, 05:54 PM

Alexa vs. Liv would be an interesting program. Imagine if Alexa steals Dom? They could make that into a running theme haha.

CaptainCrunch · 02-01-2025, 06:09 PM

They set that up.

I give credit to Jax, she apparently came back a much better person and has worked pretty hard. But She's just not that interesting.

I groaned when they rolled out Nikki Bella, she really can't work with any of the girls in this generation. Hopefully it was a one time thing.

They went with the easy thing with Charlotte. I had hopes that Perez would pull the upset, she has arrived.

Buff · 02-01-2025, 06:32 PM

I quite enjoyed the ladies rumble. Very happy when Nia Jax was eliminated. Not a fan of her at all.

Tag match was meh.

Now Netflix is freezing on me during the ladder match.

My first PLE in over 20 years and Netflix is buffering.

CaptainCrunch · 02-01-2025, 06:38 PM

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I quite enjoyed the ladies rumble. Very happy when Nia Jax was eliminated. Not a fan of her at all.

Tag match was meh.

Now Netflix is freezing on me during the ladder match.

My first PLE in over 20 years and Netflix is buffering.

My Netflix is fine.

Kevin Owens always brings it. If I'm a upper card guy in WWE, I want to work with Owen's as much as possible, because he's a lot like Bret, he just makes everyone look good. Did love the use of the tiny ladder.

Buff · 02-01-2025, 06:56 PM

I'm a big fan of what KO brings to the table. I'd love for him to be champion again. That match was too predictable as to who was coming out on top though.

Now that WWE is on Netflix I'll probably be getting back into being a regular viewer again.

Strange Brew · 02-01-2025, 07:09 PM

Looked like a botch there.

CaptainCrunch · 02-01-2025, 07:56 PM

Why!!!!!!! Why the . . . What the?

Buff · 02-01-2025, 08:24 PM

If Logan Paul had won I would have immediately stopped my comeback to watching wrestling.

trackercowe · 02-01-2025, 08:26 PM

Wow! What a swerve. I did not see that coming.

Strange Brew · 02-01-2025, 08:28 PM

Well it’s kind of cool when pro wrestling can surprise you like that.

trackercowe · 02-01-2025, 08:30 PM

I mean Jey deserves it... Super over with the crowd, #2 merchandise seller in the company, loved backstage. Good on them for putting someone like him over. Cena, Roman, Punk, Rollins don't need the rub. Completely shocking... Throws the main event speculation in Mania up in the air.

Maybe we get a triple threat of Punk, Rollins, and Roman best on how the show ended?

CaptainCrunch · 02-01-2025, 09:10 PM

That two foot stomp on Roman by Rollins looked brutal.

The WWE Camera work is so good the visual of Rollins with Reigns in the back ground burning holes in him was amazing.

The Punk Rollins Roman is logical. This kind of leaves Cena wandering the desert, We should hate Logan, but you can't deny that he's a natural and a super freak and entertaining as hell.

Overall a really good value Rumble. The amount of main event talent that the WWE has in both the Men's and Womans division is frankly ridiculous.