Hey, I liked the Royal Rumble. What'dya know? How about that? I know some, or most, or all of you didn't because Triple H walked out as champ and I fully acknowledge that as being a ridiculous scenario, but I dug it. For the most part. I live-blogged the entire PPV here and then even recorded a video thing about it if you're the peculiar type who requires audio and visual...
Short story even shorter, I liked the return of Sandow's smartypants robe gimmick, the Last Man Standing Match, Kalisto's title win, Sasha arriving after the Charlotte win, and the Rumble match itself. I did get worried that WWE was trying to unwisely pull off a Roman win when they crushed him and took him out of the match for twenty minutes (hashtag #RomansSleeping), but that in itself was a misdirect. Though, unfortunately, it did hang a dark cloud over the whole thing because I couldn't fully enjoy things with the grim prospect of Reigns' return looming.
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Short story even shorter, I liked the return of Sandow's smartypants robe gimmick, the Last Man Standing Match, Kalisto's title win, Sasha arriving after the Charlotte win, and the Rumble match itself. I did get worried that WWE was trying to unwisely pull off a Roman win when they crushed him and took him out of the match for twenty minutes (hashtag #RomansSleeping), but that in itself was a misdirect. Though, unfortunately, it did hang a dark cloud over the whole thing because I couldn't fully enjoy things with the grim prospect of Reigns' return looming.
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