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Fanatically Speaking: Kent's Royal Rumble Recap & Breakdown · Fanatically Speaking with Kent

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Hey, what's up everybody? Welcome to fanatically
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speaking. I am Kent I am the solo host today
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for the episode Which means probably that it's
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going to be a wrestling episode. Yes. So today
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is a wrestling episode I'm gonna do a Royal Rumble
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Re recap break down Whatever you want to call
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it we had the two you know, the women's Royal
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Rumble the men's Royal Rumble and then the AJ
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Styles Gunther retirement match and also had
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the WWE Championship match with Sami Zayn and
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Drew McIntyre. So I wanna get into all those
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matches. Few surprises on the night, day, however
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you look at it, however you watched it. And then
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also there were some notes, you know, not a lot
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of shock and some, and then a little bit of a
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let down. there's a lot of there's a few letdowns
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in the in the in the mat in the night as well
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and i'm gonna get into all that and uh see if
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i was right on any of my picks that we're going
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to win from a previous episode when the rumble
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matches and and then where do we go from here
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you know again what does everything mean that
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happened uh you know at the royal rumble so first
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let's get into the the women's royal rumble match
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Again, I got a lot of know, you know took a lot
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of notes watching things just popped up came
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to my mind So Let's get this out here the Rhea
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Ripley's the biggest star the biggest female
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women's wrestler they have right she gets the
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biggest pop they're they're checking that You
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know that that meter on the crowd noise. She
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gets pyro. She gets it all Again, she's a star.
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You know, she's in a tag team right now the EOS
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guy even in the Royal Rumble You had maybe you
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wanted to win but yeah, but again that that's
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like a huge thing that I got She got a huge pot
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from Saudi Arabia And again, she's the biggest
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star. It's just when does she get back to the
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title pitcher main event pitcher not just a tag
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team, you know, I know there's a story and they're
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gonna go somewhere with it with her in EO eventually,
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but It kind of sucks not having her in a big
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match to have that one on one match with somebody.
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But we'll have to wait. One of those people,
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one of those other superstars who is, you can
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see a potential in the future is Lash Legend.
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Recently caught up from the NXT on SmackDown,
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kind of with a partnership with Nia Jax. But
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Lash Legend had a big showing in the Rumble.
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A lot of eliminations, she lasted a really long
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time. Now, with that being said, the crowd was
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not happy with Lash Legend. There was chants
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of overrated as she was making it down to the,
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you know, almost to the end of the rumble. So
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yeah, Saudi Arabia, not a fan of Lash Legend.
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I definitely took that away from watching the
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match. She got a big reaction from the crowd
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when Rhea Ripley eliminated Lash. They were super
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happy that she was gone. Let's see, my girl Chelsea
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Green, another great showing. everything she
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did, the way she acted out, everything in the
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match. Tried to have a moment with Rhea Ripley,
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ultimately got her eliminated, but like I said,
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she was doing her normal thing, had a cool little
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spot where, you know, Abafire was kind of like
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a surfboard bridge table for her, so her feet
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did not hit the ground, and she was able to.
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Move move keep on moving along with our fire
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and stay in the match But again, you know, she
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did not win But you know, I think there's still
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great things for her no matter what they say
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on unreal Chelsea Green could be a main event
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at WrestleMania. She could be the champion if
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she wanted to They just have to make it happen
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But she's definitely got what it takes You know,
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I always notice, again, I talked about Julia
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on the last episode, how she gets no reaction,
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nothing from the crowd. And she really didn't
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get it again in the Royal Rumble. She was in
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there for a long time. But again, really, no,
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you know, even in Saudi Arabia, they're not caring
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about Julia. They didn't care about Zelina Vega.
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It was just kind of like, oh, here's another
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here's another wrestler. Here's another. Entrant
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in the entrant in the Royal Rumble, but yeah,
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I just noticed no pop no no reaction from the
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crowd for either one of those I Would argue that
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Keanu James hadn't had a good showing to not
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just last legend But yeah Keanu James had a really
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good showing and again to me once again Not saying
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Julia can't wrestle like Julia can wrestle. But
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again, she doesn't have the other She's still
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missing something to connect with the crowd.
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Kiana James was getting crowd reactions. Super
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athletic, looks good in the ring. Again, when
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does she branch out from Julia? Because right
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now, you could put her up there. Like I said,
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really what I took away from this women's match
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was Lash Legend, again, good showing. Kiana James,
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really good showing too. lasting a good bit and
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performing well in the match. The big surprise
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of the match was Brie Bella making a comeback
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to the WWE into the Royal Rumble. She got with
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Nikki or sister. They did Twin Magic. Again,
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great showing, a lot of spots in the match, ultimately
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eliminated by Lash Legend. But she definitely
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showed got a nice reaction getting yes chance
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getting her hubby daniel brian brian danielson
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whatever you want to call them getting those
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yes chance and that was pretty cool to see as
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she you know did some of the the moves of him
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too with the kicks so that was a good spot good
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good stuff there that was the one big surprise
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and i guess that was pretty much it right um
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another good showing that i wanted to mention
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solruca Unbelievable by the way like yeah, maybe
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they I left her out just a minute ago, but yeah,
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I have it down here. So Ruka Every time she wrestles
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every time I see her in a match. I mean she does
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It yeah the soul snatcher I mean again just everything
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she does is amazing and I really there for a
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minute thought she could win There for a moment.
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I honestly thought she could win the match Didn't
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turn out that way. But again, you can tell she's
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an up -and -coming Star and they've got their
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eyes on her lash legend. And again, though Keanu
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James there don't leave her out a Couple surprises
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and and not that they were in the Royal Rumble
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the women's Royal Rumble I just think it was
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a it was a little bit like because they were
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so late in the rumble and that's you know You
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know Carrie saying and Kalani Jordan a Little
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shocked to see Kalani Jordan in the match She
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did fun but you know wasn't blown away. Wouldn't
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put her in that same category as I just did with
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Lash Legend and Kiana James and Soul Ruka but
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she was fun. Looked like she's got you know again
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you've seen her wrestle but now on the big stage
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it's how does it connect? How does it you know
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translate? How does it fit in? But, you know,
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just shocked that her and Sane were so late entrants,
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you know, no kind of big surprises. Of course,
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everything set up with Sane eliminating Asuka
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by accident, and then she got eliminated by Io.
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So, you know, that will create whatever tension
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it creates. The big tension that's going to be
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created obviously was Liv Morgan eliminating
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Raquel Rodriguez. after Raquel had eliminated
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Rhea Ripley. And that was a big elimination of
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for Raquel to eliminate Rhea. Great ending, by
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the way, you know, came down to Morgan, Tiffy,
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Tiffany Stratton was the number 30 entrant. So
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good to see her back. But yeah, she she was it
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was Morgan, Tiffy and Sol Ruka. And, you know,
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all three hanging onto the ropes outside of the.
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on the apron right outside the ropes and you
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know Tiffy eliminating Ruka and then Liv eliminating
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Tiffy great finish perfectly done Liv Morgan
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I did not have as a pick to win if you listen
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to you know to the other episode I had you know
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Bianca Belair, Tiffany Stratton and maybe Chelsea
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Green you know it was a long shot but that didn't
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happen So again, we get Liv Morgan. She's always
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been a runner up a couple times, I think. So
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finally wins, she's going to WrestleMania. So
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again, tension though, she eliminated Raquel.
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And obviously, Raquel's battling with Stephanie
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Vic here now. So which way is Liv Morgan gonna
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go? Which title that makes for interesting television
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leading up to WrestleMania 42? Again, Liv Morgan
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wins. Raquel still looks strong, even though
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she got eliminated by Morgan, because she eliminated
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Rhea Ripley. And she had a good showing in the
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Rumble itself. Tiffany still a star, even though
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she didn't win, she's runner up. There'll be
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a match for her at Mania. And then, like I said,
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Keyanna James is better than Julia. You know,
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these are the big takeaways from that Women's
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Warrior Rumble was... You know good for Liv Morgan
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Raquel still looks strong you know my the three
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up -and -comers looking strong Tiffany still
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a star and You know it has to be said the two
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that are together right now one's the United
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States champion even though Chelsea Green should
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still be the United States champion in my mind
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and But yeah, like I said, Keanu James is better
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than Julia. So that's my takeaway from the women's
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match the other big takeaway was That was missing
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and I was hoping was gonna be in it. Obviously
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Bianca Belair We thought I thought maybe we'd
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come back and this would lead to something that
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didn't happen So, I don't know what's going on
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there You would think she would be back in time
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for mania And then the other one, I thought maybe
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AJ Lee, you know, you set something up for her
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and Becky Lynch, but that didn't happen either.
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So I was expecting both of them in the main,
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I mean, in the Rumble, you know, instead we get
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Zelina Vega, Kari Sane, and Kalani Jordan. Somewhere
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in there, I wish they could have fit in AJ Lee,
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Bianca Belair, but we didn't. So on to the next
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match. And the next match was the AJ Styles Gunther
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match. It was the retirement. If AJ Styles did
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not win, he would have to retire. We already
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know Gunther obviously retired Goldberg last
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year and John Cena in his last match. Now John
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Cena was going to retire anyways, but Gunther,
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he did beat him in his last match. So technically
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he retired him and same for Goldberg. It was
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his retirement match. This was not, you know,
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this was just a stipulation. Really great match
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really, you know just you know close calls You
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know back and forth You know AJ doing Gunther's
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moves. He gave him all he had Just ultimately,
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you know Gunther just got him with you know,
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the sleeper put him to sleep completely He didn't
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smile and tap out like John Cena He didn't tap
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out at all And again, very good storytelling,
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very good to say will he won't he? How can they
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do this match? How will it end? Will it happen?
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Will it really happen? Right. Is this real already
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AJ going to retire? We're just in January, about
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to be February. Thought he was going to get a
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year of them. So, yeah, so AJ loses, he is going
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to have to retire. per their stipulations, but
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at the end, as he's getting his flowers, as the
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crowd is chanting his name, as they are cheering
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for him, he does something. He starts to take
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off his gloves. You know, a lot of wrestlers
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like John Cena puts his shoes, you put your boots
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in the middle of the ring, you're done. So AJ
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was gonna put his gloves in the middle ring.
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So he takes them off and he kinda teases putting
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them down. The crowd's like, no, no, no. And
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he keeps on and. Ultimately, he does not put
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them and he puts them back on does his pose to
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the crowd and then of course, you know slowly
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walks out but What does that mean and everyone
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wants to translate and try to figure out dissect?
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What does that mean? He put his gloves back on
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so, you know, I can only say a few things, right?
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You know, it's either like there's some some
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loophole will end up we will end up getting to
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keep AJ Styles and WWE What is that? I don't
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know. I mean it's wrestling like we can figure
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out something right or Again, he started in TNA.
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That's where he became a star first and TNA has
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a good relationship with the WWE so I Could very
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well see him going to TNA finish out his career
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there. Maybe go after the title one more time
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That would be big for TNA and I think you know,
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maybe that's the send -off he wants, you know
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at TNA For all those that thinks he's gonna go
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to AEW I don't think that's going to happen Like
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I said, I don't know if you've you've heard his
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reaction to that question, but he basically laughed
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and was like, yeah, yeah, but that's not So at
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this stage in his career, I mean why go to AEW?
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Yeah, he could get more views get more, you know,
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I eyeballs on him going to TNA or again, maybe
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there's a way he stays in WV. I don't know what
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that way that would be, but I don't want to see
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him go yet. But again, great match. Just already
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the matches I've seen one of the best ones of
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the year already. And again, no surprise there.
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Gunther normally puts on a really good match.
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AJ always performs. So pretty good stuff. We'll
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see what's next for Gunther as well. And we'll
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talk about him in a little bit too. Next match,
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probably don't have as much to say about this.
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Drew McIntyre defending the WWE Championship
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against Sami Zayn. And they really wanted to
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make you believe that Sami Zayn had a chance
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to win this match. Obviously, he's always the
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underdog. He's never been the champion, a world
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champion. He was 0 -11 against Drew McIntyre.
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He's in Saudi Arabia, right? Almost like a home
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field advantage for him, right? Saudi or Canada,
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that's Sammy's spots. So. In it, the match went
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basically how I thought it would go, right? I
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mean, a basic match. You know, few big spots
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where Drew finally got, you know, got him on
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the table, saying on the table. Ultimately gives
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him, you know. Couple claymores puts him out
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of his misery beats him easily To me and the
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question I have is you know, how many times do
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we need to do this with Sami Zayn? right Like
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you thought he was gonna beat Roman Reigns. He
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didn't and that would have been dumb Okay, what
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anybody says that was his probably best shot.
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This was thrown together Again, he wins, you
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know a fatal four -way and now he's in the title
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picture with Drew McIntyre so It wouldn't have
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made sense for him to win anyways, wouldn't have
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made sense for WrestleMania. I just don't think
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he's there yet, it's just not the right time.
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But again, can we just do, if you're gonna do
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it, I mean, do a bigger build up, have something.
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I think for Sami, it would take like a money
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in the bank type of win to get him a title. I
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don't wanna hear, I don't wanna watch the underdog
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story anymore from him. I'm not a huge Sami Zayn
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fan, but you know, it's all good, I respect him,
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great wrestler, but again, it's gotta be the
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right story, gotta be the right timing. This
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was definitely not it, so I don't know where
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he goes from here. Like I said, I don't wanna
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see him wrestle Kevin Owens again, and I don't
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wanna go down this road again of the poor Sami
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Zayn never had a championship story. Just think
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of something else. Something else creatively
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for him and again money in the bank would be
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something that that would be You know, that's
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a way to put the title on him and then build
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off of that And also, I don't think it's gonna
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happen You know and this is a thing and it doesn't
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have to happen Like, you know for him to be a
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fit, you know a baby face You know, maybe he
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needs to get mean maybe he needs to get mad.
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Maybe he needs to turn heel and then maybe he
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can get the title. Happens for a lot of guys.
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And maybe that's what Sami Zayn needs is just
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to, you know, again, turn heel. That or, again,
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money in the bank. There's different ways to
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get to that championship picture and to get that
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title other than, you know, out of nowhere winning
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it and going to WrestleMania or even winning
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it at WrestleMania. Maybe one day, but today's
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not the day. All right, so last we got the men's
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Royal Rumble and I took a lot of notes in this
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one Way more than I did for the women's Just
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more going on a lot going on. I think different
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stories to be told Out -the -box oba -femi as
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I keep saying he is Going to be a star again
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his promo You know on smackdown with Cody Then
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his performance on Saturday night's main event
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was just amazing And again soon as he come out
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the crowds in it. He's got the entrance. He's
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got the music. He's got the swag. He's got it
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all Right now and then he of course dominated
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now his first elimination was a little controversial
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Only that the second man coming to the ring was
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any Trent was broadbreaker and we knew that from
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the pre -show when Paul Heyman kind of spilled
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the beans on that and he was all mad. Well, Bron
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Breaker, did he make it to the ring? As Jim Cornett
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says, Lazy Booking here, because once again,
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we have another mystery, mysterious mystery individual
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in a black hoodie. We we've seen this with Bron
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Breaker last year when he joined the vision.
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We've seen it with R -Truth when he came back
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after being fired. Then we've seen it with Austin
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Theory, you know, when he joined The Vision.
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And then we've seen it with Jacob Fatu when he,
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you know, came in and messed up, obviously costing
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Cody the title in the cage match with Drew McIntyre.
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So here we are again, another man in the black
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hoodie, right? Obviously, yeah, he said theory
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was the black hoodie, but he did it a couple
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of times and eventually, you know was revealed
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as the guy but You know, it's like how many times
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are we gonna keep putting the mystery people
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in black hoodies? Can we do something different?
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But anyways man in the black hoodie. He has all
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the moves of Seth Rollins Takes out brown breaker
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throws them in the ring. Oh Bafemi eliminates
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brown breaker So the question already is Question
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already is who is? This mystery man First thing
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to come to mind even when we saw this with Austin
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theory was it's Seth Rollins Right. He's coming
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for revenge. He's doing something. He's still
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connected However, the case may be this would
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make more sense than it's Seth Rollins because
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he came after a brown breaker the the man who
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Spirited him and kicked him out of his own group
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and took basically took the lead, right? It would
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make sense that is Seth Rollins to lead to a
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WrestleMania 42 Match and get some revenge on
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them now. I had two other thoughts on who it
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could be I was not originally thinking one guy
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but the one I was and when theory came out obviously
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he came out later in the rumble and Originally
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when when they thought it was theory into to
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begin with before he was revealed You know, it
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was like maybe he's with Rob. Maybe Rollins is
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getting his own group to go against the vision
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blah blah blah And again, it could still be that
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right. Maybe it was theory that took him out
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Maybe theory is working for Rollins. I don't
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One of those that's a thought and the other is
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Finn Balor. He's mad still he didn't get in the
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Royal Rumble Obviously messed up punk and He
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took out Punk and messed up him and Styles' match
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on Raw. So maybe he's just still mad and maybe
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he took out Breaker. I don't know. But that's
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the three people. Rollins, Theory or Baller.
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We shall see. Next up was that poor ol' Rusev
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got done dirty. He barely got in the Rumble and
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got eliminated. Now no shame getting eliminated,
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you know, by Oba Femi. he also you know eliminated
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you know a few others there in the beginning
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he had a dominant performance oboe was rolling
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but i've just felt like rusev i was like man
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he just got in a man like come on like we're
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making him look weak that he gets eliminated
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that quick but uh that was a little i just said
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he got dirty um let's see here javon evans he
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was exciting He is super athletic super young
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obviously at 21 doing big things and he has only
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only Up to go as a performer Pretty good gimmick
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as well already, but let's see where he goes
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right but cool to see him oba Perform and do
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big things in the match. I thought both of them
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had good showings They had the nice little spot
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with trick Williams little NXT reunion of Javon
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trick and Let's see, kind of a surprise, right?
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We got Mr. Iguana in the match. I'm not mad that
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he's in the match, right? We've seen him on AAA,
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we've seen him on WWE programming, so not that
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mad that Mr. Iguana was in there. It just seemed
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like Saudi Arabia wasn't sure about him. Don't
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think that Saudi Arabia watches AAA by the way,
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and I'm gonna say about that in a minute, but
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yeah, so mr. Iguana Not a lot of love. No big
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pop. Nobody really cared about his puppet It
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was it was what it was. He tried to do his you
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know his spots and his gimmick and it just didn't
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get over The crowd did love trick Williams and
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and they were chanting whoop that trick when
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he came to the ring That was very noticeable,
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so they do watch NXT. Obviously, cuz like I said,
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Oba, big reaction. Trick Williams, big reaction.
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Now he's on SmackDown, but they were definitely
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chanting whoop that trick. Cody noticed he got
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a huge entrance, huge bop, big pyro. They were
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singing his song. So yes, Saudi, big Cody Rhodes
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fans. We got we got both El Grande Americanos
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so the the current one and then it said when
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he came to the ring the original so kind of cool
25:48
In Saudi it didn't get exactly the reaction and
25:53
the love I don't think that it that it maybe
25:56
would get back here in America, but You know,
25:59
I'm not mad at it pretty cool Then we got Royce
26:03
Keys debut in the WWE, formerly powerhouse Hobbs
26:07
of AEW. He got a little pyro too, got a little
26:12
graphic that said powerhouse Hobbs. I'm like,
26:14
wait a minute, I thought his name was gonna be
26:15
Royce Keys. And it just broke away and it revealed
26:18
Royce Keys as his new name in the WWE. Good showing,
26:23
looked good, powerful, got a couple spots with
26:26
some other bigger guys. We'll see what happens
26:30
with him but. another AEW, whatever you want
26:35
to call them, they left for the big time. So
26:39
we'll see where he goes, what's next for him.
26:43
Ilya Dragunov, he doesn't move the needle for
26:45
me or the crowd. Same went for Austin Theory.
26:51
They've tried so many things with Austin Theory,
26:52
and I said this before on the other, they've
26:55
tried so much. with him it just doesn't work
26:58
for whatever reason with this dude I think it
27:00
worked better when he was taking selfies and
27:04
kind of being that arrogant prick but right now
27:07
the angry theory in the vision theory not working
27:10
not sure again maybe he's in the black hood I
27:14
don't know but that's not working so he doesn't
27:17
move the needle and like I said Ilja Dragunov
27:19
to me doesn't move the needle great performer
27:22
great wrestler I think he's had some good matches
27:24
with Carmelo Hayes had that U .S. title open
27:27
challenge going. Not that I, you know, it's kind
27:32
of weird that he got the U .S. title. They kind
27:33
of passed it around there for a minute. Do like
27:36
Carmelo Hayes with it. But yeah, dragging off
27:38
again in the in the Rumble. Not a lot of reaction.
27:45
And speaking of no reaction, once again, LaParca
27:48
from AAA in the Royal Rumble and Saudi Arabia.
27:52
Again, I said not fans of AAA. or mexican wrestlers
27:56
they had no reaction could care less about laparca
27:59
even more than they did in mr iguana let's see
28:04
la night he got a huge pop they loved him in
28:06
saudi again he he is a star and you're you're
28:11
you're thinking maybe this is his time maybe
28:14
this is his uh time it just did not happen he
28:19
got a little revenge on the vision eliminating
28:22
theory eliminating Bronson Reed not Logan Paul
28:26
though that lasts a little longer then we get
28:29
Brock Lesnar he comes out huge he comes out with
28:33
Paul Heyman so that's kind of not weird and weird
28:36
at the same time so Heyman's the vision and he's
28:38
with Brock Lesnar now and they're not connected
28:42
but but we get that then I've just got here why
28:47
Ray Phoenix Again, I get Mystery Guana, I don't
28:51
get La Parka, and I don't get Rey Fenix. Rey
28:54
Fenix is not Penta. He does not get the same
28:57
love, but yet he is in the Royal Rumble. Again,
29:01
I'll go back to that because it's like who did
29:03
we not get in the Royal Rumble, but this is what
29:06
we got. Very interesting that we got Rey Fenix.
29:11
I got Oba Brock preview, little face -off. And
29:14
then ultimately, Brock eliminated Obafemi. And
29:17
I'm not mad at that. That's a good person to
29:20
eliminate Obafemi. And definitely hope we get
29:23
that match in the future. Let's see, Jey Uso.
29:28
He entered through the crowd. Kind of cool for
29:30
the Royal Rumble. Yeeting all over the place,
29:33
and then he ran it back during the Rumble. That's
29:36
kind of crazy. Almost missed by the cameraman,
29:39
and then now it's everybody. Cody Rhodes in LA
29:42
night got together to eliminate Brock Lesnar
29:44
and Brock didn't go berserk and kill everybody
29:48
that That kind of shocked me. I thought for sure
29:52
he would get in there and do something crazy,
29:54
but it Then we get the OTC Roman Reigns comes
29:58
in Obviously all the pyro all the greatness that
30:03
he is he comes in does his thing Get a little
30:07
Roman Cody tease a couple of times. They never
30:09
really did do much but again get the tees and
30:14
uh yeah um let's see LA night he eliminated and
30:19
I just at this point put you know they just keep
30:23
holding them down and holding them back like
30:25
when's that dude gonna get his shot when's he
30:27
gonna get a a true legit title opportunity when's
30:31
he gonna get that real big push to the top because
30:34
dude's a star crowds love him he performs I mean
30:38
again you saw him on run real You know, it was
30:41
a bad look the way they did him on unreal and
30:44
again he comes back He did get his he does get
30:48
back on the vision a little bit. But then again,
30:50
he's eliminated not even in the final like Four
30:54
guys that would have been cool to see LA night
30:56
in the final four to make you think maybe it's
30:58
him Didn't happen Randy Orton he got out there
31:03
Saudi Arabia loved Randy Orton They obviously
31:07
singing along with his music as well That was
31:11
cool. Drew McIntyre, not in this match, comes
31:16
back and he eliminates Cody Rhodes. So that will
31:20
set up something here soon before Mania. It's
31:24
too early to say, oh, it's gonna be Cody and
31:26
McIntyre at WrestleMania. No, he eliminated Cody,
31:30
so Cody could not challenge for his title. They
31:34
will find a way to, you know, somehow some way
31:36
they will meet again, I believe. Now, does that
31:39
involve Jacob if I too? I don't know. Um, and
31:43
I'll get back into that here in a minute. But,
31:46
um, but yeah, so he comes back to eliminate Cody.
31:49
Uh, we also get Roman eliminates Jay. Uh, also
31:53
before that, you know, he was telling Jay to
31:54
run it back. Jay was going to do it while he
31:56
did it. You know, Roman hit them and fought them
31:58
and was like, Hey dude, this is a Royal rumble.
31:59
What are you doing? So, uh, Roman again, being
32:02
the, being the OTC, he eliminates Jay. so that
32:07
should uh yeah give a little bit of a little
32:10
bit of storyline and in context you know for
32:13
the next time they they see each other in the
32:15
ring uh to ask why would you do that and it is
32:19
every man for himself uh final four we got roman
32:23
reigns logan paul gunther and randy orton not
32:28
a bad final four again i would have loved to
32:31
have seen um you know la night get that spot
32:35
but We and we get this is what we got not a bad
32:39
for though Let's see here, yeah, so got final
32:46
four they kind of split off Paul and rains gunther
32:49
and in Orton ultimately rains eliminates Logan
32:53
Paul and then You know Orton RKO's rains, but
33:00
then Gunther eliminates Orton Which leaves Gunther
33:03
and rains? I was really, really worried that
33:08
it was going to be an all -Hill Royal Rumble
33:11
because the previous three matches, again, Liv
33:14
Morgan, Hill, Gunther Hill, McIntyre Hill, it
33:19
has to be a babyface win, the men's Rumble, and
33:23
ultimately we do get the OTC. Roman Reigns wins
33:27
the Royal Rumble, again, as a good guy. But this
33:31
time the crowd is happy that he won unlike the
33:34
first time he won when he was being forced down
33:37
their throat But this time it you know, he was
33:40
one of my picks So I didn't get the women's right,
33:43
but the men I did have, you know five names.
33:45
It was going to be again Cody Rollman Brawnbreaker
33:49
Gunther or LA Knight. So I did get you know,
33:52
again, I had five picks but you know again, I
33:55
explained why it makes sense for Roman Reigns
33:57
to win the match because again, he can either
34:02
go after CM Punk who is the world heavyweight
34:04
champion or whoever, whomever will be the WWE
34:08
champion because not so it's going to be Drew
34:10
McIntyre. Again, I am rooting for a Cody Roman
34:13
three. That is the type of main event you want
34:16
to see at a WrestleMania or Roman CM Punk. That
34:19
again is the type of match you want to see at
34:21
WrestleMania, especially in the main event. Again,
34:26
I mentioned earlier why La Parca why Rey Fenix?
34:31
Because those are two spots and I had two other
34:33
names and this was what what I was getting at
34:35
was there's two people who we did not get a surprise
34:38
We did not get Chris Jericho We thought everybody
34:42
has been talking about this that Chris Jericho
34:44
was coming back and was gonna be at the Royal
34:46
Rumble We did not get it. That was a letdown
34:50
Because there really were no like surprises you
34:55
know, outside of, you know, Breaker getting taken
34:57
out. McIntyre showing up to, you know, cost Cody.
35:02
Yeah, Mr. Iguana is not a surprise. Chad Gable
35:05
or original El Grande Americano is not a surprise
35:10
that is big. We knew Royce Keys was going to
35:15
make his debut. We already heard that. Yeah,
35:18
LaParca and Ray Phoenix doesn't move the needle
35:22
for me. Well again, so no Jericho and again,
35:26
like I said personally new, you know, one of
35:28
my favorites at the moment Entrance everything
35:31
Kit Wilson. How do we not have Kit Wilson in
35:33
the Royal Rumble? But we get Rey Fenix and LaParca
35:36
like get out of here So very disappointed in
35:40
that So we'll have to see what the fallout is
35:43
going forward on Raw SmackDown Again, we got
35:47
you know domination chamber. So it'd be interesting
35:50
to see there Again if I had to say right now
35:55
Again, I could see Liv Morgan not going after
35:58
Jake Cargill. She's gonna go after You know Stephanie
36:01
the care and of course Raquel Rodriguez is entwined
36:04
in that already because there's already a feud
36:06
so Should be interesting in the Judgment Day
36:09
with that and then again, I think Roman could
36:12
go either way It's a win -win now again. I don't
36:16
think you'll go McIntyre. You know what I mean?
36:19
Unless there's something else there for Cody
36:22
But again, if you're talking about what do you
36:25
want to see at WrestleMania? Like I said on the
36:27
last episode you want to see the biggest and
36:31
the best stars and you know If rain if his reigns
36:36
in punk great and then you may be at Cody and
36:38
drew But definitely, you know, whatever Roman
36:43
big whatever he picks. I mean again, he's the
36:46
main event It would be interesting to see him
36:49
and Cody one more time. So yeah, we'll see where
36:51
it goes. Um, but yeah, so that's that. Uh, again,
36:58
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37:01
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37:05
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