Wrestling Discussion Thread: Royal Rumble Jan 29th 2022 Road to Wrestlemania

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saw RAW

show started with a tag team battle royale, four teams and all competing for the title shot. viking raiders won, i was sure randy and riddle would win it but this was surprising for sure

elias vs jackson ryker was an ok match, elias ran away from the match making it a count out and a win for ryker

mcintyre and lashley contract signing was an ok segment.

humberto vs ricochet again a decent enough match, though the outcome was that neither of the 2 men could beat the 10 count after they went out of the ring, so a double ring out

jeff vs cedric, jeff taught cedric the loudmouth a lesson here.

asuka and nikki vs rhea and charlotte in a tag match, it was good one imo. nikki and asuka were quite playing with rhea and charlotte while rhea and charlotte were showboating each other . asuka and nikki won after charlotte slammed rhea and nikki got the win

mansoor vs gulak was ok, mansoor pulled a quick win

kofi vs riddle, now this match was quite good. riddle and kofi both on their feet superstars. high flyters and what not. randy came out to support riddle. while riddle went a bit far by doing randys finishers, kofi took the win

alexa playground segment with shayna guest, it was an ok thing haha they tried making it those cinematic things like they did with ppv events. would wanna see where this goes now

 

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saw smackdown

show started with some family drama with roman and the usos. last weeks roman interruption and dominick being hurt in the match

big e and ko vs sami and apollo. the match was good. big e and ko defeat apollo and sami by pinning sami. afterwards a new match for next week, ko and bige vs crews and azeez

liv morgan vs carmella, match was okayish, morgan defeated carmella

ding dong hello segment with bayley was good, seth was the host and both were laughing until bianca came out and laughed back at bayley and what had happened to her show after cesaro crashed the segment

gable vs montez ford, the match was good but backstage otis attacked montez's partner dawkins during the match and than interrupted the match later on. montez won via DQ

mysterio came outa nd challenged roman at hell in a cell for what he did to his son dominick and roman didnt accept just yet but dominick showed up and started attacking with a kendo stick both father and son were attacking roman but roman took care of them both. for a change usos were not at the ringside and roman took care of himself of a 2 on 1 attack

 

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saw RAW

so the show started with nikki and charlottes match, with distraction from rhea made charlotte a count out of the ring, nikki once again won but after the match charlotte was beating down on nikki when rhea came to help her out.

jeff hardy vs morrison and cedric, for the first half morrison won thematch from hardy but later cedric came out and said he wanted a match and so hardy allowed him but this time hardy was the one who took the win from cedric.

eva marie vs naomi, i dont even know what this was, eva marie didnt even compete let some else niven compete and destroyed naomi and took the victory herself what

new day vs RK BRO, man rkbro stable is very good. seperate they didnt perform well but together they are unstoppable.

asuka vs rhea ripley, the match was good, asuka is a great superstar and rhea is the champ so this match was good. rhea took the win but after the match charlotte bombarded rhea from behind and they had a real tough bout for a while until offcials broke it up but even than charlotte was quite furious and sprang left and right to attack rhea.

nia vs alexa, so this match was an ok one, we saw a bit of a good match up between alexa and nia former friends, until alexa was getting a pin on nia and reginald broke it up for a DQ and win to alexa but after the match it seemed alexa had reginald under her mind control something, more creepy drama from wwe

drew mcintyre and viking raiders vs lashley, aj and omos, three man tag match here, this one was good omos got little inring type but i guess that was good, the raiders performed real well here and gave mcintyre the advantage he needed. mcintyre slammed lashley at the end to get the win for the team

 

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saw smackdown

show started with rey coming out and calling out roman for what he did to dominick last week. he demanded a hell in a cell match for today rather than on sunday and thats exactly what he got later on the show a match with roman and himself as the main event in a hell in a cell

big e and ko vs crews and azeez, the tag match was ok, azeez at the end punched a nail in KO and took the win

battle for the crown, nakamura vs corbin, winner takes crown, nakamura rightfully as the king of strong style is now officially king Nakamura

bianca segment was good, bayley showed up and this time she had the belt in her hand and her pics all over the stadium.

backstage jimmy made peace with his cousin roman and now is on his side as the family needs to be strong together

now the main event roman vs rey in a hell in a cell match

man this match was great, rey was throwing everything he got at roman but roman persevered and gave it all back to rey. roman took the win all by himself and hes turning out to be a great HEEL not only can he do the talk now, he can deliver too. wonder why the match took on smackdown and what is scheduled now for the ppv hell in a cell this sunday for roman hmmm

 

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saw HELL IN A CELL

the kick off show had mandy vs natalya, the match was good it was more of a friendly match than real one as both superstars while proving good moves also had mutual respect for each other during it, natalya defeated mandy rose

main show card

smackdown womens championship, bianca vs bayley, now this hell in a cell match was quite good. both superstars gave it their all, you could see the lashes on bianca during the match on her back she took quite some hits. bayley participated in one of these before so she was more accustomed with the layout and got more tricks up sleeve but at the end it was bianca who still won

cesaro vs rollins, this was an ok match, both of em gave some good shots, rollins took a quick pin on cesaro for the win

alexa vs shayna, man what are they doing with alexa, these shenanigans and drama and the eye thingie hypnosis now. the match tried to be one of those filmy things they do in each ppv but kinda failed. alexa won but wasn't an impressive match up

Kevin vs sami, the match has been done long since their rivalry friendship and all that. anyways sami got the best of the match this time as he rolled up kevin for a clean win

raw womens championship match rhea vs charlotte, this match was going good quite well but the ending was totally unforeseen as flair won because of a DQ by rhea, like wth

hell in a cell match, bobby vs mcintyre, ohh man the match i was waiting for and it did not disappoint both of the superstars wrestled and smacked their way in the hell in a cell ring. bobby even tore his skin on his shoulder man, gruesome stuff. in the end bobby took the win which was kind of expected as bobby is here to stay for a while at least

 

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saw RAW

opening segment with lashley coming out and than the new day xavier and kofi coming out and challenging lashley to the belt, lashley accepted but first he wanted xavier that night and that too upon xaviers request in a HELL IN A CELL oh yeah

so this raw was mostly MITB qualifying matches for the next PPV

first up ricochet vs aj styles, aj styles had the upper hand but with viking raiders interruption and taking out omos, aj got distracted and ricochet pulled a quick pin to take the win, ricochet is in the MITB match

asuka and naomi vs eva marie and duodrop, so ok evas partners name is duodrop hun that too according to eva, well we all know eva wasn't winning this since well MITB match would had been a clustereff is she did, anyways duodrop did the heavy lifting and when it was time for the win eva marie got herself tagged in and lost to naomi. asuka and naomi qualify for the Womens MITB

randy vs john morrison was the next match, randy was doing so well but suddenly riddle came out in support of randy and that made a distraction and randy lost to morrison in that moment, morrison qualifies for the MITB

alexa and nikki vs shayna and nia, alexa kept playing her mind games and nikki took the win for the team. alexa and nikki qualify for the MITB

riddle vs mcintyre, an already bruised mcintyre took on the match but after a good battle eventually riddle won. riddle qualified for the MITB

finally we see xavier woods vs lashley, HELL IN A CELL main event match, xavier from the get go man took on lashley fast and both of them were going at each other real good. xavier not holding back gave his best but lashley's a beast so he took him down eventually and after the match gave more beating to show kofi whats next for him at MITB

 

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saw Smackdown

show started with jimmy uso letting roman that his brother jey wont be showing up for the show, so roman told jimmy to prove his worth to be his right hand man instead.

than bianca came out and touted her victory against bayley but seth rollins interrupted her and than a mixed tag team match bayley and seth vs cesaro and bianca was fixed.

seth and bayley pulled fast one one bianca and took the win

nakamura crowned as the new KING of smackdown, backstage corbin felt very disheartened, felt sad for him aww

MITB QUALIFIER MATCH, crews vs big E, match was goog and BIG E def needed this win, he is in the MITB

sonya introduced carmella as the first MITB womens qualifier but liv morgan came out to join in as well and a match was setup between carmella and liv, if liv won she was in the MITB and she did won and got in the womens MITB

jimmy uso vs ziggler, time to prove roman that jimmys worth to be his right hand man, match was good and after a grueling fight, jimmy won, back stage roman was happy to see jimmy wiin

we see roman coming out and for his big championship celebration and all at HELL IN A CELL and wait whats this EDGE its edge, he came out and thrashed roman and later jimmy came out to help but jimmy was sent aside by edge as well. so EDGE is back for roman again

 

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saw RAW

the show started with a battle royal among superstars, randy was not on the show so his triple threat match was handed to riddle to compete for.

the battle royals winner was riddle which was good as that match made him compete in the triple threat for randy

shayna vs nikki, again we see this match and again with alexas interference nikki got the win from shayna

kofi and mvp segment was good. mvp got that kick from kofi yeah

asuka and naomi vs doudrop and eva marie, rematch from last week again but this time doudrop won it even though eva marie made it happen she did not


ricochet vs morrison, the match was a DOUBLE count out but that jump to morrison oh man, ricochet was flying

tamina ,natalya and charlotte vs rhea, mandy and dana, the triple tag match was ok, this time charlotte took the win for the team but rhea got the last laugh after the match

finally the main event triple threat between , aj , mcintyre and riddle. the match was great. all did well and that foot thing with riddle and going back and coming back just to lose to mcintyre will have to see how randy reacts to this next week.

 

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saw smackdown
edge was out as the show started and he addressed roman reigns who wasn't on the show sadly

nakamura and big e vs corbin and crews, an already disheartened corbin got another blow during the match that his G wagon merc is towed away that led to a distraction and big e pulling a pin on him

bianca and bayley had a segment, it was ok

ko vs sami zayn, man these two give it theirbest when fighting each other, the last man standing match was awesome, KO won

sonya made her way to the ring and announced that zelina vega isback yes zelina is back, she was a great as a manager and ok as inring talent well better than most i'd say, liv morgan challenged zelina and morgan won even though i would had wanted zelina to win but ohh well

seth rollins wants to challenge roman for the title alongside edge, so if seth can beat cesaro next week in a ladder match he gets an opportunity at the title

otis came out vader bombed dawkins and that was IT. good haha

now final segment, jimmy uso wasn't hearing what edge had to say about his cousin roman so he came out and told edge to show up, edge did and well he did the same thing to jimmy what he did roman at WM.

 

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saw RAW

the show started with miz tv and out comes mcintyre and than ricochet, the show segment was alright, the match ricochet vs johnny drip drip aka morrison was good, morrison won

nikki, bliss, naomi and asuka vs eva marie, duodrop, shayna and nia, four women tag match, the match was alright, nia jax hit nikki with a samoan drop to win the match for her team

mustafa ali vs mansoor, this match was alright as well. mansoor is new so he got tricked into that pin haha

mcintyre vs jinder, thematch is between former 3mb members. so it was good. the end was a bit disappointing as it ended in a DQ coz jinders men interfered but jinder stole mcintyres sword as well at the end. mcintyre won due to DQ


riddle vs aj styles, riddle won due to aj being distracted

new day vs the hurt business ( mvp and bobby ), so the match was good. kofi slammed trouble in paradise on mvp to take the win

 

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saw smackdown
roman kicked off the show and as jimmy came out so did JEY. yeah the family is together now

mitb qualifier match, corbin vs nakamura, nakamura won and is in the MITB match

natalya and tamina vs shotzi and teagan nox, shotzi and teagan in an upset pinned the champs and now maybe they get a shot at the titles soon

bayley is injured for the next 9 months and so her replacement to face bianca is carmella at mitb

mitb qualifier , cesaro vs seth, seth won this one and was very happy

at the end edge called out roman and so he did came out but the odds went against roman even with his cousins at his side because dominick and rey showed up in edges corner, edge sent roman a clear message by submitting both jimmy and jey

 

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saw RAW

the show started with a non title match between bobby and xavier woods. the match was good with a shocking finale of xavier pulling fast one on bobby and taking the win which highly demoralised bobby lashley till the end of the show

jinder and mcintyre segment was good. jinder broke mcintyres replica sword and mcintyre breaks jinders custom bike haha

asuka vs nikki vs naomi vs alexa. the match was ok, fatal four way match between the four, nikki pulled a quick pin over asuka and make her spot in the MITB

sheamus vs carillo, carillo was attacked backstage by sheamus and in ring it was the shortest match ive seen straight brogue kick to carrilo and sheamus retains his us championship

ricochet vs morrison, oh man what a match, best match for RAW. the end on the ladder to morrison was splendid. ricochet won

rhea vs natalya, the match was good and rhea won but after the match charlotte attacked rhea just like rhea did to her last week.

VIP lounge segment now, bobby was furstrated over his loss in the start of the show, he doesnt want all this fancy girls and stuff around him anymore his only focus are going to be his matches now, so perhaps we can see the end of THE HURT BUSINESS now hmmm

 

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Cant wait to see crowds back and some good comebacks fingers crossed . #wwesmackdown

 

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saw smackdown

finally the crowds back and man that excitement on superstars and giving that vibe off was great

the six man tag match which stated the show was good. team uso and roman won defeating the mysterios and edge

finn balor is back and he joined smackdown

nox and shotzi vs natalya and tamina, nox and shotzi again pinned natalya due to distraction caused by zelina and liv at the ringside.

womens smackdown match, bianca vs carmella, bianca retained the championship by pinned carmella, easy win i'd say

fatal 4 way match between BIG E, Seth, kevin owens and nakamura, man that dive from the long ladder ontop of nakamura from kO WAS something. seth won the match but that jump made the match soo much more

 

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SAW MITB ppv

kickoff show

hell yes, the usos vs the mysterios for the tag champions. the match was a good one and USOS finally won it.

main event starts

womens MITB ladder match, the match was good, each superstar contributed equally well doing their won thing. kinda surprised that nikki won though but lets see whats ahead for her

raw tag team championship match viking raiders vs aj and omos, the match was something. omos manhandled the viking raiders a force to reckon with. omos won it for his team easy

wwe championship match bobby vs KOFI, this one was a bit undersided, it was just to boast bobbys future in wwe and a sidelined match, KOFI could had done so much more but alas he was subdued to the immense power of bobby and showboat of his clutch. bobby wins

raw womens championship, rhea vs charlotte, the match was intense and satisfying seeing both duel it at with their best, finally the queen comes on top as her rightful place. charlotte wins the title

mens MITB ladder match, now this was the mens time and it was intense, from flying high and all that smacks and temp alliances the match was good. BIG e winning now thats something to see ahead of

universal championship match edge vs roman reignz. ohh man this was a long one and brilliantly done. both gave it their best and if you think edge aint got it he still does. vince needs to know that edge still got it and should give him more matches on the weekly shows. anyways roman is STILL your tribal chielf and the head of the table BUT cena is BAACCK yes cena at the end said nothing but made his appearance so is he after roman now

 

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saw RAW

john cena the open agent is on RAW and explained his return, his feud will be with ROMAN and he is going be on smackdown this week.

than it was riddle and the viking raiders taking on omos and aj styles with morrison. omos got sidetracked later in the match which had the viking raiders pull a quick win

elias vs jackson ryker symphony match was OK. ryker won, a grueling match it was

nia and shayna vs natalya and tamina, the match was fine, tamina took the win for the team as again reginald caused a bit of distraction to shayna and after the match shayna told nia to ditch reginald to which she did and than good for reginald as he became the 24/7 champion right there using his unique skills

number one contenders match, sheamus vs humberto, this feud has been going on for sometime, anyways sheamus won again

bobbys open challenge to anyone backstage and out comes KEITH LEE yes after months of break hes back and well he couldn't beat bobby but was a good match BUT damn after wards we see GOLDBERG coming out and he said BOBBYS NEXT !

kross vs jeff was an ok match, i dunno why jeff chose to do that steal thing with kross but well jeff won.

charlotte vs rhea ripley rematch for the raw womens championship. the match was good. charlotte taking hits on rheas injured knee and all that. eventually charlotte maanged to win her title but afterwards rhea smacked charlotte a bit and that gave way for NIKKI A.S.H to come outand cash in her MITB and win the title. wow nikki is the new champ already

 

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saw smackdown
john cena opened up smackdown and again challenged roman to come out but out comes heyman who lets cena know that roman will address his challenge on his own terms and mocks cena and goes backstage.

balor vs sami zayn was an ok match, balor won.

dawkins vs gable, now the venue is outside with a huge crowd and these to duel it out, the match was fine, crowd was high and dawkins took the win

than it was bianca vs carmella rematch for the championship and bianca retained by winning

edge was out and he was pissed at seth, he made seth come out and than sneakily argued he come in the ring after some verbal spar edge laid the smack on seth.

.toni storms debut match with zelina vega, toni storm won though could had used someone else than zelina for a debut match for her

dominick vs jimmy uso, usos won deafeating the mysterios

out comes roman reign now on his terms, some heated words from the champion and the tribal chief ohh man that missionary talk ooof roman laid some humour this time around for cena to hear and declined his challenge, as soon as he does out comes balor and challenges roman onto which roman accepts his challenge instead

 

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saw RAW

nikki opened up the show as the new raw womens champion, soon charlotte came out and than rhea which propagatedt new summerslam match a triple threat for the raw womens championship but also a charlotte vs nikki match on RAW

damien priest vs sheamus for the #1 contender forthe us championship. damien priest won

aj styles and omos vs the viking raiders for the raw tag titles. thematch was good but OMOS again overpowering anyone. omos and aj won

veer vs mcintyre, it was an ok one, mcintyre this time slamming jinders advocate. the match ended in a DQ and made mcintyre the winner

keith lee vs karrion kross, karrion here again as the nxt champ and won this one from keith lee

mace and Tbar vs mustafa and mansoor, this was a good tag match, even suprised mustafa as mansoor won the match so we can see a new stable here in the making

bobby took on both shelton and cedric to show goldberg hes ready. slammed both shelton and cedric and got a double pin victory

riddle vs john morrison, riddle gets distracted by omos and ajstyles and that gives morrison to pin riddle.

finally we have charlotte vs nikki, the match was good. showed how powerful charlotte is, nikki was evasive but in the end charlotte won

 

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saw smackdown

the show starts with john cena coming out and gave his side from last weeks of romans speech about cena. out comes corbin and gets some attitude adjustment from cena

rey vs jimmy uso, the match was fine, rey stole this one from jimmy with the help of his son

so sasha banks is back and she helped belair from carmella and zelinas gang up

contract signing between balor and roman, now this was interesting, corbin beats up balor and than out comes cena to beat corbin again and now he has the contract and signs his name against romans, so cena stole balors opportunity here and made himself in the match for summerslam wow

six man tag match was ok,big e and team won against ziggler, roodes and crews

edge was attacked by seth and than seth continued his speech later on.

lastly we had sasha and belair team up to take on zelina and carmella, match was good and after the match ofcourse we get the OG sasha again while she backstabbed belair and is again after the title. no surprises there

 

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saw RAW
well the show started with mvp and bobby in the ring addressing the goldberg situation and out comes goldberg, yeah he mocked bobby and left.. ok segment

veer and shanky vs mcintyre, the match was OK

rhea vs nia jax, another ok match, shayna tried distracting but rhea still won, after the match some arguement shayna and nia and shayna left and rhea again came in the ring to smack nia one more time

doudrop vs tamina, tamina won.

damien and ricochet vs john morrison and sheamus, it was a good one, started with damien and morrison but sheamus and ricochet joined later to make a tag match, ricochet and damien won


riddle vs omos, ohh man just by that you know how this is gonna go, riddle tried doing everything he could but man omos is something else. omos wins

karrion kross vs keith lee for the third time, yeah keith took the win this time.

nikki vs charotte, now this was a no hold barred rematch for the title, flair was very dominant at first but nikki at the end got ahold of herself and fought back and eventually yes won the match retaining the title