Grimmas

I let my sub expire last spring and I considered re-upping this fall. I am really glad I did not.

Me too, apparently. Toronto.

Dylan is Hechicero not rookie of the year anymore?

Hogan has to induct him right? Was there any B+ level celebrity he was close to? I could see Choice #1: Hogan, Choice #2: Seth Green. I bet Lanny inducts him either that or DDP. Lanny will accept on Savage's behalf, WWE are already teasing that Hogan will induct him. I always forget you need someone to accept for the dead. Another good one would be Lawler.

Hogan has to induct him right? Was there any B+ level celebrity he was close to? I could see Choice #1: Hogan, Choice #2: Seth Green. I bet Lanny inducts him either that or DDP.

He'll make my list, that is for sure. Being my favourite guy since Bret retired helps, but add in ten years of great matches. A couple of five star affairs and a lot of diversity, he is going to move up the list. He will be an interesting case, as he is a modern guy, but retired. His execution sucks and he is really sloppy. However, so much charisma and really knew how to build a match.

My new posting schedule will be Raw on Sunday and Main Event & Smackdown on Tuesday. WWE Raw, 1/5 Live from Roanoke, VA A video package is shown highlighting what happened with Triple H and him going away in an ambulance, as well as footage of Dean Ambrose beating Bray Wyatt in the Street Fight. Triple H & Stephanie appear on the screen and says he will not be there live tonight, due to a potential unsafe environment. However, they announce that they are shaking up the announcing teams. Raw will be hosting by Michael Cole & William Regal, while Smackdown will be hosted by Tom Phillips & JBL. Jerry Lawler has been fired from the company. Cole & Regal walk out as the new announce team. Crowd changes for Lawler, Cole goes to say something but Regal stops him threatening his job. 1) Luke Harper defeats Sami Zayn in a longer match. Real back and forth and Sami shows his fighting spirits, but Harper's power is too much in the end. Bo Dallas does a short promo saying he is out of the Rumble due to injury, but keep bo-lieving and he will win in 2016! 2) The Ascension have a squash match over local jobbers. A long video package of Daniel Bryan training for his return, shots of surgery, etc.. is played. It ends with a Bryan promo declaring he will get his title back. Crowd chants "Yes!" until it goes to commercials. 3) The Bella Twins defeat Natayla & Emma after Tyson Kidd accidentally distracts Natayla. Backstage Renee Young tries to talk to Natayla, Tyson Kidd & Cesaro but they are still united heading into the Rumble and will all walk out with gold. A video package of Jake "The Snake" Roberts accessing the WWE Network on his phone is shown. 4) Dean Ambrose, Bad News Barrett & Erick Rowan defeat Goldust, Stardust & Titus O'Neill in a solid contest. All 6 men will be in the Royal Rumble. Back from commercial and Ambrose is still in the ring. He cuts this promo about how he vanquished Bray Wyatt from the WWE and now he will win the Royal Rumble and go into WrestleMania 31 and take the title back! Kane appears on the ramp and makes some statement about how if that is his goal, he will need to align with the Authority. At that moment their is a murmor in the crowd and it appears Sting is in the rafters. Kane looks all confused as we go to commercial. We are told The Authority will make a statement after this next match. 5) Dolph Ziggler successfully defends the Intercontinental Championship against Seth Rollins. After a long match with inteference from The Stooges the lights go out, The Stooges disappear and then Ziggler hits the Zig Zag for the win. Triple H & Stephanie appear on the screen live from Titan Towers. They explain that what Sting is doing is unacceptable. They know he attacked them for no reason and that he is messing with The Authority. They are not sure why, but they warn him. They mention that Lawler has never agreed with them and that he is old and useless and you will never see him again. At this point Stephanie announces that there will be a 15-women Royal Rumble match at the Rumble and the winner will face the WWE Divas Champion at WrestleMania 31. They end their conference with a warning to everyone, they are back and everybody that opposes them will regret it. Next week they will be live at Raw in Dallas, Texas and they will have a major announcement. Back from commercials and the announcers discuss what The Authority could be announcing next week. 6) Kofi Kingston & Big E defeat Miz & Mizdow after Mizdow gets distracted by the crowd cheering for him, causing him to stop mimicking Miz. All 4 men are announced as being in the Rumble match. Event Center with Renee Young: She runs down the card at the Royal Rumble 2015. Brock Lesnar © vs John Cena (World Heavyweight Title) A short promo by Paul Heyman saying that Cena was lucky to survive the previous matches, but he won't at the Rumble. The Usos © vs Cesaro & Tyson Kidd (Tag Team Titles) Nikki Bella © vs Natalya (Divas Title) The Divas Royal Rumble match featuring: Emma, Brie Bella, Alicia Fox, Naomi and more to come. A promo by Alicia Fox and how she is the favourite to win. Big Show vs Roman Reigns (Street Fight, winner enters the Rumble) The Royal Rumble match featuring: Daniel Bryan, Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger, Erick Rowan, Luke Harper, Titus O'Neill, Curtis Axel, Bad News Barrett, Sami Zayn, Dean Ambrose, Goldust, Stardust, The Miz & Damien Mizdow, Kofi Kingston & Big E & either Big Show or Roman Reigns. Just announced for the Rumble is Adam Rose & The Bunny, followed by a promo by them. A video package showing the Numbers countdown for the Rumble thing, like always, is shown. You are told you can watch all the Royal Rumbles on the WWE Network, join now. 7) Roman Reigns & The Usos defeat Big Show & Cesaro & Tyson Kidd. Roman hits a spear on Tyson for the win. Post match Show nails Roman with a steel chair laying him out. A video package highlighting Rusev's reign over the WWE and how Ryback used to do the same thing and highlighting their feud. 8) Rusev successfully retains the United States title over Ryback. Afterwards Lana says he is entering the Rumble and will become champion. The announcers state that next week's main event will be Dean Ambrose against Big Show. The second 24/7 episode hyping Cena-Lesnar is aired to end the show. Followed by a graphic for Ambrose-Show and The Authority's major announcement and that the Main Event will feature Seth Rollins vs Jack Swagger.

Taker-Rey, really? Watched it again last year, it didn't jump out at me as exceptional..... What's the rest of the list? http://placetobenation.com/the-top-25-matches-in-royal-rumble-history/ Here is the article I wrote for top 25 matches in Royal Rumble history.

2010 was pretty awesome. Christian-Ezekial Jackson was pretty good. Taker-Rey Jr. was a top 5 Rumble match ever and the Rumble match itself was pretty great.

I completely disagree. Goldberg was a heck of a pro-wrestler who got better and better. Name a Reigns singles match that would get in Goldberg's top 10. Goldberg had more charisma and presence. The WWE wishes they had a newcomer like Golberg right now.

I was so bummed when the WeeLC match didn't happen. Didn't happen? It was one of my favourite matches last year. I'm confused. Excuse me, not the WeeLC match, the Mini in the Bank match. Holy crap, a Mini in the Bank match would had ruled. Bring in Pierrithito & Mini Abismo Negro & Mini Psychosis and if you can Blue Center & Demus 3:16 and you have a MOTY.

I was so bummed when the WeeLC match didn't happen. Didn't happen? It was one of my favourite matches last year. I'm confused.

Thanks to this, my to watch list on youtube is getting out of hand.

What bugged me for years is that they wouldnt give him a run with a World title and then watched talkwrestling on the net and they asked the same thing and the guys opinion said apparently Vince doesnt see Christian as a Main Eventer. WTF?? I love Christian and I think, as a babyface, he was one of the best in ring wrestlers in the late 2000's. However, he wasn't a main act guy. Maybe, that short run before he left you could had tried, but you had Cena. Christian is a great guy to have on your roster and could had been in the Arn Anderson, sometimes main event, but is the upper of the middle of the card guy.

A real fun read. I love your enthusiasm for the Dorada-Psicosis match. Dorada is so Rey Jr. in 96 and nobody talks about him. It's really sad that the WWE is not building a minis division around him being the center piece.

I don't know what "so hot" means. They just hit a 14 year high in attendance, and the complaint is that it only grew 1000 tickets. In August, they drew the fourth biggest house in the world, a house that would have qualified as the biggest house WWE drew all year with the exception of WrestleMania, and there are people (you among them) who considered that a failure. I don't think anybody is comparing this run to the glory days of Japan or to the Attitude Era...except for the people who are constantly holding it to those standards as the comparison point and downplaying how well they're doing. They are "hot" when you look at where they were four years ago. To deny that seems strange. The fact that the in ring has been so widely praised contributes to this, too. On a much, much smaller scale, a promotion like PWS would be getting incredible amounts of hype if the shows weren't terrible. They're arguably the most successful indie in the U.S., and get very little credit for it because the shows stink. Hot shows help perception. So hot is when you make an argument that a weird booking decision (like Tanahashi beating Styles for the title) is justified because they may sell out the Tokyo Dome. Look, NJPW is doing better. It's a solid #2 promotion in the world. It's not a promotion that is so hot that their top star is a slam dunk hall of famer. I know you like to bring up the August house as proof of their awesomeness, but they still only filled half of the building. No matter how you want to spin it (18k is a lot of people), it is still only half the building filled. If WrestleMania 30 drew 38k, that would be a big house. However, it would be a failure because they only filled half the building and they would be mocked for it.

I understand it wasn't a sell out. What I don't get is, if NJPW is so hot, why did they only sell a 1000 more tickets than last year?

If Bryan wrestles before the Rumble match, they are fools.

I still don't know how Josh Alexander is not signed to NXT or ROH in a major role.

Signed for Smash in Toronto for February is two awesome matches. Tyson Dux vs Drew Gulak and Biff Busick vs Josh Alexander. Could be two legit MOTYC.

You are right, sorry. It's the vocal minority.

What is the theory on why, it seems, New Japan fans are so defensive?

http://placetobenation.com/pro-wrestling-super-show-ecw-wrestlepalooza-98/ Host: Steven Graham Guests: Marc Clair & Glenn Butler On this week’s episode we go into the extreme vault to look at ECW Wrestlepalooza ’98. As we continue down the ECW ppv path, we stop on this panned show. Is it as bad as people say? Let’s find out.

CAVENARIO!!! I also love that the are re-matching two matches from the Anniversary Show.

You didn't say much, nor where you that hard on him. However, you thought the squash was nothing while everyone else thought it was excellent. i.e. not in love with Muraco enough!