WWE Royal Rumble 2020

[Brandon]

SUNDAY, JAN 26 | 7 PMET/4 PMPT


Universal Champion "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt vs. Daniel Bryan



2020 Women's Royal Rumble Match



Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch vs. Asuka



Roman Reigns vs. King Corbin (Falls Count Anywhere Match)



2020 Men's Royal Rumble Match



SmackDown Women's Champion Bayley vs. Lacey Evans



Shorty G vs. Sheamus



United States Champion Andrade vs. Humberto Carrillo

[Brandon]

Burke really trying to pull an Allysin Kay/Tessa Blanchard and expose Asuka's offensive past before her big title match. 😭

[Burke]

Hopefully the Rumble matches are better than last year. That was one of the rare Rumble PPVs were I preferred the title matches to the actual RR match.

I like that I'm not 100% sure who's winning like is the case a lot of the time. I could see Roman/Seth/Drew/Owens potentially winning the mens and Shayna/Ronda/Charlotte/Sasha for the womens.

[Tarry]

The undercard is ... questionable.

I hope they finally take the hint and have the Rumble matches bookend the show to make it an easier watch.

[Burke]

Jan 26, 2020 15:07:58 GMT -5 Tarry said:

The undercard is ... questionable.

I hope they finally take the hint and have the Rumble matches bookend the show to make it an easier watch.

Roman/Corbin is so pointless with them both being in the Rumble too. Take that away and the two Rumble matches and three world title matches is perfect for the main card, with the Sheamus and Andrade matches on the pre-show.

[Burke]

Predictions:

Drew/Shayna for the Rumbles
Fiend
Becky
Roman
Bayley
Sheamus
Andrade

[Burke]

I wonder if the big guys will get a little cart to the ring since they're in a stadium again.

[Burke]

What the hell do Andrade and Rey have to do to get a PPV match. They've had good feuds on SD and now RAW but they always wrestle on TV and move onto something else for the PPV.

[Burke]

It's weird commenting on Discord and not here.

Anyway, I loved the first half of the women's Rumble match with Bianca, Liv/Lana, Mandy/Otis. The second half wasn't as good though.

I only listed Charlotte as a contender earlier because she's like Roman in that if she's in a match, you can't discount them, but I really didn't think she'd win. I was expecting Shayna or Ronda.

[Burke]

The men's Rumble had a crap first half and a great second half, opposite of the women's.

My boy D-Mac is going to WM!

[Brandon]

And that's just on period.

[Tarry]

Jan 26, 2020 23:17:09 GMT -5 Burke said:

The men's Rumble had a crap first half and a great second half, opposite of the women's.

I thought the opposite, I thought the beginning of The Broyal Lumble (yes I called it that) was amazing, then it fell off as the ring filled up (around the time the likes of Karl Anderson and Dolph Ziggler came in) but then it pulled it back towards the end.

[Tarry]

The Women's Rumble was better than last year's but it was still dragged down by no-name NXT talent taking up too many spots. I'd much rather have legends that people know than fucking Shotzi Blackheart or whatever her name is.

[Burke]

In hindsight I don't mind the Brock stuff like I did watching it live. I think it was mostly worth it in the end for the huge reaction his elimination got. The spot with him dumping Rey out then jumping over Big E to clothesline Kofi was great.

I wish Kofi got to put up a little more of a fight though.

Jan 27, 2020 10:57:30 GMT -5 Tarry said:

The Women's Rumble was better than last year's but it was still dragged down by no-name NXT talent taking up too many spots. I'd much rather have legends that people know than fucking Shotzi Blackheart or whatever her name is.

I was praising it at first because the NXT people were more relevant and actually getting a reaction this year but then in the second half of the match suddenly you had a few no-name people to mess up the vibe.