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CBS Sports called the men's Royal Rumble Match one of the five worst Royal Rumbles ever, if not lower. Gave the match an F.
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It lack the usual energy. The camera work wasn't good outside of catching Kofi missing his spot. The crowd just seemed ho-hum through most of it also. Then when Lesnar came out the rest was so predictable.
 
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Interesting PPV but very predictable.

The most interesting thing was how many retired women came back for the rumble. Just showed me how bad the womens division is now.

Melina
Kelly Kelly
Aliyah
Michelle McCool
Cameron
Ivory
Brie Bella
Mickie James
Alicia Fox
Summer Rae
Nikki Bella
Sarah Logan
Lita
Molly Holly

LOVED seeing Rollings come out to The Shield entrance and wearing his old gear, Nikki Bella struggling to keep her boobs tucked in, and Rousey's return.

HATED when Kingston missed saving himself in the Rumble. Clearly a Oops. Also hated they didn't show the WrestleMania sign when it caught fire, the mixed tag team match, Lynch/Doudrop, Lesnar being the last entrant in the Rumble (really???) and was disappointed in the Reigns/Rollins and the Lesnar/Lashley finish.
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I’m not a fan of the gross disparity between competitors. A select few like Lesnar, Lynch, and especially Reigns are put on a near untouchable pedestal above the rest of the roster. The entire company revolves around them and everyone else has to fight for any remaining time and attention.
 
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It lack the usual energy. The camera work wasn't good outside of catching Kofi missing his spot. The crowd just seemed ho-hum through most of it also. Then when Lesnar came out the rest was so predictable.
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Definitely no real surprise appearances for the Men’s Rumble match. But having said that, it wasn’t terrible, or worthy of an ‘F’ grade.
 

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As I Tweeted earlier today, there was no Asuka, no Bayley, and no Alexa Bliss. Why bother?
 
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The entire company revolves around them and everyone else has to fight for any remaining time and attention.
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That's how they story-tell.

Heels get the bright light to rile it all up and you put the best face in that position.

Then it's up to the faces to gain the greater light.
It used to be the light was with the fans, but now they go through a strange combo of algorithms, demos and plain favoritism/"trust" while trying to be clever by improvising-on-the-fly, which is generally a bad idea with this group of producers.

I liked it when Freddie Prinze Jr. was trying to be the stabilizing voice of the Creative group.

Ah well. Roman Reigns is great yah? Best thing they got going right now.
 
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They probably won't sell until Vince kicks the bucket.
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I've read from a few sources that Nick Khan has admitted that they're listening to offers. I never thought things would reach that point while Vince was still alive.

Tony Khan should ask his Dad for an advance on his allowance and buy it. And why not? He's buying everything and everyone else?
 

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I've read from a few sources that Nick Khan has admitted that they're listening to offers. I never thought things would reach that point while Vince was still alive.

Tony Khan should ask his Dad for an advance on his allowance and buy it. And why not? He's buying everything and everyone else?
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He's got to run out of money at some point. Right?
 
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He's got to run out of money at some point. Right?
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It doesn't look like it so far. He's paying guys to sit around and do nothing and that shows no signs of slowing down. He clearly doesn't have to worry about turning a profit at this point, and I'm not sure that he ever will. He tried to pay Brian Kendrick the other night before news about his past comments broke, and word is that he's about to pay Keith Lee too. And I have to think he's just the first of several released WWE performers whose 90-day no-compete clauses have just expired.

If I had Jacksonville Dixie's allowance, I'd be signing Karrion Kross and Scarlett as soon as I could. Those two have big-time star power and I think WWE terribly mishandled them before they released them. Their mistake could be AEW's gain (yet again).

And I have to think Roderick Strong will be released soon and Tony Conned will then be able to complete his live action figure Undisputed Era collection too.

But I have to believe at some point his Dad Shad Khan will get tired of funding his son's money-losing vanity project, unless he dies before then. At that point, nothing will likely stop the kid from blowing through his inheritance. And until that day, the carnies will line up for that easy money. Not since Ted Turner and the early days of WCW has the business seen someone willing to spend so recklessly and lose so much money. WCW at one point actually turned a profit.
 

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It doesn't look like it so far. He's paying guys to sit around and do nothing and that shows no signs of slowing down. He clearly doesn't have to worry about turning a profit at this point, and I'm not sure that he ever will. He tried to pay Brian Kendrick the other night before news about his past comments broke, and word is that he's about to pay Keith Lee too. And I have to think he's just the first of several released WWE performers whose 90-day no-compete clauses have just expired.

If I had Jacksonville Dixie's allowance, I'd be signing Karrion Kross and Scarlett as soon as I could. Those two have big-time star power and I think WWE terribly mishandled them before they released them. Their mistake could be AEW's gain (yet again).

And I have to think Roderick Strong will be released soon and Tony Conned will then be able to complete his live action figure Undisputed Era collection too.

But I have to believe at some point his Dad Shad Khan will get tired of funding his son's money-losing vanity project, unless he dies before then. At that point, nothing will likely stop the kid from blowing through his inheritance. And until that day, the carnies will line up for that easy money. Not since Ted Turner and the early days of WCW has the business seen someone willing to spend so recklessly and lose so much money. WCW at one point actually turned a profit.
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I'll be totally shocked if Lee, Wyatt, and Strowman don't find work soon.
 
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I'll be totally shocked if Lee, Wyatt, and Strowman don't find work soon.
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Wyatt and Strowman’s motivations are puzzling to me. But maybe they’re like a lot of people these days and would rather do what they enjoy and make less money rather than being wealthier but unhappy?
 
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