WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.879 --> 00:00:06.519 This is WWE Superstar Drew McIntyre and you're listening to 2 00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:13.599 the WWE podcast, the. 3 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:24.640 Show, the one that everybody wants me tell you stand 4 00:00:24.719 --> 00:00:28.960 three sixteen says says us. Your ass is MYNYD. 5 00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:30.559 You can acknowledge me. 6 00:00:33.240 --> 00:00:36.679 Well, guys, the Royal Rumble has come and gone. We 7 00:00:36.799 --> 00:00:39.520 now have the answers as to who has won the 8 00:00:39.600 --> 00:00:41.759 Royal Rumble for the men and the women. We've got 9 00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:43.200 the outcome of the Fatal four Way, We've got the 10 00:00:43.200 --> 00:00:47.280 outcome of the United States Championship match. We've got some answers, 11 00:00:47.320 --> 00:00:50.479 but it overall seems to it And this is just 12 00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:56.520 my my quick feeling on the show, based on everything 13 00:00:56.520 --> 00:01:01.000 I've heard from you guys too, and from other podcasters 14 00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:04.599 and their fans, and it felt like most people were 15 00:01:04.680 --> 00:01:10.959 underwhelmed with the show. Most people seem to be disappointed 16 00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:14.719 by the show. Most people feel like something was missing 17 00:01:14.719 --> 00:01:19.159 from the show, whether it was someone, something of feeling 18 00:01:19.159 --> 00:01:19.920 and intangible. 19 00:01:19.959 --> 00:01:20.760 The crowd was too. 20 00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:25.319 Quiet, and I would say there are some and there 21 00:01:25.439 --> 00:01:30.159 is some legitimacy to those claims. I think that the 22 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:34.200 show perse me my view of the show, I tweeted 23 00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:35.920 out earlier. I said that it was a good I 24 00:01:35.920 --> 00:01:38.840 thought it was a good show, even if it was predictable. 25 00:01:39.519 --> 00:01:42.439 And I'm all about making the right decision in lieu 26 00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:44.879 of just doing something shocking that makes no sense just 27 00:01:44.879 --> 00:01:48.040 for the sake of shock. We've seen that before under 28 00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:52.920 the Vince McMahon regime and under the Hunter regime, Triple 29 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:55.959 H regime, there has been more of a sense of 30 00:01:57.200 --> 00:02:02.760 ples over delivery. Now, well, there was a dark cloud 31 00:02:03.040 --> 00:02:06.560 hanging over the entire show, and that cloud was called 32 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:11.759 Vince McMahon, and that cloud consisted of the lawsuit pending 33 00:02:11.800 --> 00:02:14.599 against Vince McMahon from the former employee. We went over that. 34 00:02:14.639 --> 00:02:16.960 You guys have heard about it already, and in the 35 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:19.800 post press conference, wwe did a very bad job. I 36 00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:25.479 thought of kind of skimming over it or trying to 37 00:02:25.840 --> 00:02:31.120 downplay it. I mean, even Triple H, who is usually 38 00:02:31.159 --> 00:02:34.080 pretty good at dealing with the media, gave a really 39 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:37.479 just not good answer saying he didn't read the lawsuit 40 00:02:38.599 --> 00:02:40.599 and then he doesn't want to focus on the negatives. 41 00:02:40.639 --> 00:02:44.680 There's so many positives. And I had to say to. 42 00:02:44.599 --> 00:02:46.840 Triple H, like, I understand what you're doing. You're trying 43 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:48.879 to divert the attention and there are some good things 44 00:02:48.879 --> 00:02:50.280 to talk about, a lot of good things to talk 45 00:02:50.280 --> 00:02:52.879 about from the show, But that's all stuff that is 46 00:02:52.879 --> 00:02:56.680 in the sandbox, you know what I mean. It's almost 47 00:02:56.719 --> 00:03:00.800 like he was prioritizing a fantasy environment, which is the 48 00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:04.639 on screen stuff with WWE. 49 00:03:03.520 --> 00:03:05.960 Over the actual real. 50 00:03:05.759 --> 00:03:10.319 Stuff going on with Vince, the real world stuff, the 51 00:03:10.360 --> 00:03:12.840 stuff that is always more important than what's on camera, 52 00:03:13.879 --> 00:03:15.919 And he wanted to just really dismiss it. I don't 53 00:03:15.919 --> 00:03:18.520 want to that's the negative stuff. I want to focus 54 00:03:18.520 --> 00:03:24.080 on the positives bad, bad, that just sounds and looks bad. 55 00:03:24.639 --> 00:03:27.599 And then telling us he didn't read it. Okay, maybe 56 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:29.639 he didn't, Maybe he didn't. Maybe he sell the truth. 57 00:03:29.639 --> 00:03:31.120 He probably is telling the truth. He didn't read it, 58 00:03:32.120 --> 00:03:33.759 but that's still not a good thing. I mean, your 59 00:03:33.800 --> 00:03:38.840 your father in law is under under this cloud of 60 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:42.400 a massive civil suit, and you are not even bothering 61 00:03:42.439 --> 00:03:46.360 to read it. I mean, I understand what he's doing. 62 00:03:47.039 --> 00:03:49.520 I understand the attention that he wants to divert away 63 00:03:49.520 --> 00:03:49.800 from that. 64 00:03:49.840 --> 00:03:50.599 Don't don't look at that. 65 00:03:50.639 --> 00:03:52.439 Look go look over here, look at all this nice stuff. 66 00:03:53.080 --> 00:03:54.759 Because he's trying to make the company look as good 67 00:03:54.759 --> 00:03:59.000 as possible and just kind of push it aside, but 68 00:03:59.080 --> 00:04:02.199 it just still doesn't look good. And he could have 69 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:04.400 just said, look that it's a pending lawsuit. I can't comment. 70 00:04:04.879 --> 00:04:07.680 It's a you know, for legal reasons, guys, we can't 71 00:04:07.719 --> 00:04:10.280 talk about the suit. If you have questions about tonight 72 00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:11.840 and the Royal Rumble itself, I'd be glad to. 73 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:14.360 Answer them, end of story. That's it. 74 00:04:15.280 --> 00:04:17.439 And instead he actually decided to go a different road, 75 00:04:17.639 --> 00:04:21.279 which I thought was a bad call, a really bad call. 76 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:24.519 But so I don't know if it was that that 77 00:04:24.639 --> 00:04:27.199 made the show feel a bit underwhelming, and I agree again, 78 00:04:27.199 --> 00:04:28.519 I thought it was a good show because of the 79 00:04:28.519 --> 00:04:32.680 booking decisions, but I didn't think that, you know, some 80 00:04:32.720 --> 00:04:39.240 of the matches, particularly the men's rumble match, wasn't particularly overwhelming, 81 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:43.079 and maybe to an unfair degree. Every year, our expectations 82 00:04:43.079 --> 00:04:46.199 get raised to a level that's unachievable. And yes, brock 83 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:48.759 Lesser did not show up. Bron Breaker is the man 84 00:04:48.800 --> 00:04:53.240 who apparently took his spot, and the positioning of Braun 85 00:04:53.360 --> 00:04:57.439 made Braun not Braun, although Braun Strohman I actually thought 86 00:04:57.480 --> 00:05:00.959 he was going to appear. You know, look when you 87 00:05:00.959 --> 00:05:03.519 look at bron Breaker's number, and where he came in 88 00:05:03.560 --> 00:05:07.040 and how Dominanti looked that was apparently supposed to be 89 00:05:07.120 --> 00:05:10.720 brock Lesner's spot was bron Breaker filling in for Brock. 90 00:05:11.120 --> 00:05:14.120 So Brock does not make it appearance. We are not 91 00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:16.879 going to get a brock Lessner and a Gunther matchup, 92 00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:20.319 it appears, unless something comes out that clears brock Lesner's name. 93 00:05:20.399 --> 00:05:25.480 Without question, brock Lessner is off TV indefinitely until things 94 00:05:25.480 --> 00:05:29.160 are settled. And even after that, if things are looking 95 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:32.000 bad for Brock, if he is found guilty or some 96 00:05:32.800 --> 00:05:38.040 he's involved in a way that is let's say undesirable 97 00:05:38.319 --> 00:05:40.720 to say the very least, then he probably won't be 98 00:05:40.759 --> 00:05:44.639 back on TV. Ever, so a lot is hanging in 99 00:05:44.639 --> 00:05:47.720 the balance with this suit, and that didn't help the 100 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:51.560 royal rumble. Brockleser's appearance, I think would have really helped. 101 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:54.199 Many of us were looking forward to a Gunther brock 102 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:59.720 Lesner interaction and that didn't happen obviously, But for broun Breaker, 103 00:05:59.759 --> 00:06:04.240 it's a breakout performance. You know, when when one door closes, 104 00:06:04.240 --> 00:06:07.000 another opens, and that door of opportunity opened for bron Breaker, 105 00:06:07.040 --> 00:06:09.199 and I think he made a very nice, big splash 106 00:06:09.319 --> 00:06:12.160 in the Rumble. I do I think he You know, 107 00:06:12.199 --> 00:06:14.519 that military press of gun throw over his head was 108 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:20.160 incredibly impressive. The crowd reacted fairly well to him. There's 109 00:06:20.199 --> 00:06:22.199 a lot of narrative going around again that the crowd 110 00:06:22.240 --> 00:06:26.519 was quiet, and at times they were. At times they were, 111 00:06:26.600 --> 00:06:29.480 especially during the women's Royal Rumble, they didn't have a 112 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:33.079 whole lot of energy, shall we say. They felt a 113 00:06:33.079 --> 00:06:36.920 bit underwhelming at times quiet, But they weren't the worst 114 00:06:36.959 --> 00:06:41.199 crowd in the world. I'm hearing over dramatized statements from 115 00:06:41.240 --> 00:06:43.680 people that this was one of the worst crowds in 116 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:46.079 the history of Ples, and I wouldn't go that far. 117 00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:47.240 They weren't. 118 00:06:47.319 --> 00:06:50.240 They weren't a I don't think they added a ton 119 00:06:50.319 --> 00:06:53.879 to the show. But they weren't silent, you know. I 120 00:06:54.160 --> 00:06:58.120 thought they were loud when they needed to be. But generally, yeah, 121 00:06:58.160 --> 00:07:00.600 their energy was down a bit, yes, I would agree, 122 00:07:01.920 --> 00:07:04.319 So that didn't help the show. The absence of brock 123 00:07:04.399 --> 00:07:08.399 lesn didn't help the show. The black cloud, as I 124 00:07:08.439 --> 00:07:12.800 mentioned of Vince McMahon's lawsuit, definitely did not help the show, 125 00:07:13.279 --> 00:07:16.120 which is what everyone was thinking about. Also in the 126 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:17.879 men's Rumble, as we're kind of looking at some of 127 00:07:17.920 --> 00:07:19.920 the negatives here, because there are some positives, and I 128 00:07:19.920 --> 00:07:22.319 got a lot of good stuff to say. Pat McAfee, 129 00:07:22.360 --> 00:07:26.759 I love uncommentary. I mean, that's not exactly a shocking 130 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:29.519 statement or a controversial statement. A lot of people like him, 131 00:07:29.560 --> 00:07:32.839 I do on commentary. He's grown on me. Why would 132 00:07:32.839 --> 00:07:35.959 they waste a Royal Rumble spot on Pat McAfee. What 133 00:07:36.079 --> 00:07:39.360 did that do for anyone? I understand that him in 134 00:07:39.399 --> 00:07:42.720 the Rumble is funny, and yeah, like, okay, I get it. 135 00:07:42.759 --> 00:07:45.920 He would he just eliminated himself because he would have 136 00:07:45.959 --> 00:07:48.399 gotten his ass kicked. But like, then, why even waste 137 00:07:48.399 --> 00:07:51.560 the spot that could have gone to an NXT guy 138 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:54.360 or another guy on the roster. You're gonna have Pat 139 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:58.639 come in look like a chicken and then, you know, eliminate. 140 00:07:58.240 --> 00:07:59.160 Himself for what. 141 00:08:00.319 --> 00:08:03.720 That doesn't help anyone. It wasn't funny, didn't help Pat 142 00:08:03.800 --> 00:08:06.560 McAfee in any capacity, and it took a spot away 143 00:08:06.560 --> 00:08:09.040 from a guy that would have actually competed. That was 144 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:13.199 a weird waste of a spot. So there's that, and 145 00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:15.680 then there's also the returns that underwhelmed a lot of people, 146 00:08:17.040 --> 00:08:20.240 or to be more specific, the lack of returns that 147 00:08:20.519 --> 00:08:23.480 underwhelmed people. Now that's not to say that people didn't 148 00:08:23.480 --> 00:08:27.399 care about Andrade. They absolutely did. Andrade coming in was 149 00:08:27.439 --> 00:08:31.079 a big moment, coming back after how many a few years, right, 150 00:08:31.720 --> 00:08:35.240 that was a big moment, you know, having him return, 151 00:08:35.360 --> 00:08:37.519 The interactions with Santos, all of that was a lot 152 00:08:37.559 --> 00:08:40.480 of fun. So Andrade will be a big player moving forward. 153 00:08:41.840 --> 00:08:46.600 But and of course Naomi Naomi, I mean, ye, by 154 00:08:46.600 --> 00:08:49.720 the way, the announcers didn't react the way I thought 155 00:08:49.720 --> 00:08:51.200 they would. They were just kind of like, and it's 156 00:08:51.240 --> 00:08:53.399 been a long time and here's Naomi. I feel like 157 00:08:53.440 --> 00:08:55.480 they would have should have oversold it a little more, 158 00:08:55.519 --> 00:08:59.039 and they were just almost quiet about it initially anyway. 159 00:08:59.639 --> 00:09:02.960 So Naomi was a big return. Really good to see her. 160 00:09:03.960 --> 00:09:06.840 And the debut of Jade Cargill was arguably the biggest 161 00:09:06.840 --> 00:09:09.879 moment of the entire night. I mean, you could argue 162 00:09:09.879 --> 00:09:12.279 it was the biggest moment of the night over all 163 00:09:12.320 --> 00:09:15.559 the championship matches and everything else could have been the 164 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:17.200 biggest moment of the night, you could have argued. And 165 00:09:17.240 --> 00:09:21.840 the crowd reacted appropriately. They were waiting for Jade Cargill. 166 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:24.360 Some of the face offs she had we'll get into 167 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:27.279 the Women's Rumble in a little bit, but particularly with 168 00:09:27.320 --> 00:09:31.039 Bianca Bella air people or are just dying for so 169 00:09:31.159 --> 00:09:34.120 many different moments with her. I mean, obviously she didn't win, 170 00:09:34.159 --> 00:09:39.200 but still live. Morgan returns, but it's that big return, 171 00:09:39.279 --> 00:09:43.200 that big moment, that big, big thing that didn't happen, 172 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:46.559 Like Roman losing the belt didn't happen, the Rock returning 173 00:09:46.679 --> 00:09:49.759 or interfering or getting involved in any capacity didn't happen. 174 00:09:50.279 --> 00:09:52.399 The guys that you thought were gonna win, or the 175 00:09:52.440 --> 00:09:54.360 guy and gal you thought we're gonna win one, which 176 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:57.480 is fine. Again, it's not a complaint at all, but 177 00:09:57.600 --> 00:10:01.879 that big goosebump moment never came. And I think that 178 00:10:02.080 --> 00:10:06.840 is what people are really pointing to when they talk 179 00:10:06.879 --> 00:10:09.240 about this year's Royal Rumble pay per view or ple 180 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:13.320 e is that there was no big, massive goosebump shocking 181 00:10:13.440 --> 00:10:17.440 moment that we all were looking for and almost maybe unfairly, 182 00:10:17.960 --> 00:10:20.279 you know, maybe unfair Maybe we should stop expecting that, 183 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:25.200 maybe we should stop expecting WWE to produce those moments 184 00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:29.279 every single pl But the Royal Rumos a big pl 185 00:10:29.440 --> 00:10:31.960 I mean, this is not exactly your you know, your 186 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:34.399 extreme rules event in the middle of the summer. This 187 00:10:34.480 --> 00:10:37.480 is a you know, one of the Big Four beloved 188 00:10:37.559 --> 00:10:40.120 by fans pay per view, so kind of weird that 189 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:42.360 they didn't produce that moment. But I don't know what 190 00:10:42.440 --> 00:10:44.080 options they had, and they didn't want to do it 191 00:10:44.200 --> 00:10:47.039 just to do it, and I respect that. 192 00:10:47.720 --> 00:10:48.559 So it sounds like. 193 00:10:48.559 --> 00:10:52.639 A big, big whiny baby complaint about the ple and 194 00:10:52.720 --> 00:10:55.720 it's not. But I do tend to feel while it 195 00:10:55.759 --> 00:10:59.240 was a good event and good booking, it lacked that 196 00:10:59.720 --> 00:11:03.080 Google Spump feeling. It lacked that big feeling like you 197 00:11:03.120 --> 00:11:06.000 could come away from this pe and go, huh yeah, Okay, 198 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:11.120 all these decisions made sense, but there wasn't those that 199 00:11:11.480 --> 00:11:13.559 kind of like awe inspiring moments that none of that 200 00:11:13.600 --> 00:11:15.320 didn't occur, which I think is what a lot of 201 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:20.360 us are complaining about, unfairly or fairly. So we'll get 202 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:22.200 into all of it in just a minute, but first, 203 00:11:22.639 --> 00:11:26.279 after that big long intro, Welcome to the WWE podcast. Everybody, 204 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:28.159 Thank you so much for joining us, as we are 205 00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:30.879 going to review the twenty twenty four Royal Rumble here 206 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:35.080 in depth, and tomorrow will be joined by Anthony DeMarco 207 00:11:35.120 --> 00:11:37.039 who will joining us for the current state of wwe, 208 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:38.519 I wonder what the heck we're going to talk about. 209 00:11:39.120 --> 00:11:42.679 And we are then going to pursue our regular schedule 210 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:45.759 here until the next pl which is in I think November, 211 00:11:45.799 --> 00:11:49.320 no November February twenty fourth, twenty fifth, something like that, 212 00:11:49.360 --> 00:11:52.000 for the Elimination Chamber event, which is four weeks away, 213 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:54.200 and then after that it's about five or six weeks 214 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:57.960 until Mania sixty nine days as I record this, until 215 00:11:57.960 --> 00:12:02.000 WrestleMania forty, so that'll go quick, as it does every year. 216 00:12:02.200 --> 00:12:04.759 It feels like they tell us seventy eighty ninety hundred 217 00:12:04.799 --> 00:12:07.120 days and then you blink and here we are. It's 218 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:09.440 like ten days away, right. That happens every year. That'll 219 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:12.200 happen this year. But we do have one more pit 220 00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:15.320 stop in the Elimination Chamber in Perth. I think a 221 00:12:15.320 --> 00:12:18.000 lot's going to happen there. Of course, I believe Punk 222 00:12:18.039 --> 00:12:20.360 will compete in the chamber, He'll win his right to 223 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:23.120 face seth rollins in the chamber. To me, that is 224 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:27.320 more than likely what's going to happen. But thank you 225 00:12:27.399 --> 00:12:30.799 everybody for joining us here on what was a very 226 00:12:30.799 --> 00:12:33.720 eventful show. 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And it opened with the Royal Rumble and 245 00:13:25.559 --> 00:13:29.759 the Women's Royal Rumble, and again it started honestly kind 246 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:32.600 of It started hot. Okay, let me let's be stray 247 00:13:32.679 --> 00:13:35.360 with you. It started hot, It started really fun with 248 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:38.120 Naomi's return I was a bit underwhelmed with the reaction 249 00:13:38.240 --> 00:13:41.480 from the announcers at the beginning of her return. It 250 00:13:41.600 --> 00:13:43.639 was what a year and a half, nearly two years 251 00:13:43.679 --> 00:13:46.519 since she was back in WWE May of twenty twenty two, 252 00:13:46.919 --> 00:13:51.080 so nearly two years. Naomi back was a nice hot 253 00:13:51.120 --> 00:13:53.679 start to the rumble. I had no issue with it. 254 00:13:53.759 --> 00:13:56.519 I was I mean, it was a kind of a 255 00:13:56.600 --> 00:13:59.559 set the tone type of return that I hoped would 256 00:13:59.600 --> 00:14:03.679 be the case. And really throughout the women's Royal rumble, 257 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:09.440 I was not exactly impressed until Jade Cargill came out, 258 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:13.919 or really Becky Lynch and number one, by the way, 259 00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:15.200 was who was it? 260 00:14:15.279 --> 00:14:15.639 Who was it? 261 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:18.480 No inn Italia in Italia who was eliminated eventually by 262 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:23.159 Tiagan Knocks. But Naomi came out and big return. She 263 00:14:23.240 --> 00:14:27.360 had a big showing. Nice to see her back. I 264 00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:29.399 have absolutely no issue with this. The women's division needs 265 00:14:29.440 --> 00:14:31.679 a little bit of a boost, and Naomi had a 266 00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:37.759 nice showing and she was eventually eliminated by Jade Jade Cargill, 267 00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:40.039 by the way, we'll get to Jade. We then got 268 00:14:40.080 --> 00:14:43.200 Bailey at number three, who, of course we all know, 269 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:47.480 went the distance. Candice Leray Jordan Grace. I thought it 270 00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:53.559 was Jordanna. It's Jordan Grace. She's the current TNA knockout champion. 271 00:14:54.440 --> 00:14:59.159 Very interesting here, you know, it's this is the first 272 00:14:59.200 --> 00:15:03.919 time that I can recall in which the TNA champion 273 00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:08.240 anyway was involved in the actual royal rumble. I think 274 00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:10.120 we've seen a little bit of a crossover before, but 275 00:15:10.559 --> 00:15:12.440 nothing like this where she actually had a hell of 276 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:16.279 a showing here. Jordan Grace was, you know, one of 277 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:18.600 the standouts up until, of course, we got the bigger 278 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:22.720 names here with Bianca bell Air and yeah, the other 279 00:15:23.240 --> 00:15:26.799 the other woe I mean, Tiffany Stratton eventually came out 280 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:28.799 and she had a nice showing too, But Jordan Grace 281 00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:30.320 really was the first one that you looked at and 282 00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:33.039 went wow. All right, and most of us who watched 283 00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:35.519 WWE you have never seen her before. Most of us 284 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:38.720 don't even know the name Jordan Grace, and so it 285 00:15:38.799 --> 00:15:41.480 was a nice showing for her. The crowd reacted pretty 286 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:45.519 well to her. She is a powerhouse woman and it 287 00:15:45.600 --> 00:15:47.759 was cool to see a bit of a crossover. So 288 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:50.960 she was eventually eliminated by Bianca bell Air, but she 289 00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:51.879 had a hell of a night. 290 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:52.960 No doubt about it. 291 00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:56.000 If she ever does come to WWE and do her thing. 292 00:15:56.519 --> 00:16:00.000 Indy Hartwell was next. She was eliminated by Bailey Oscar 293 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:03.960 was eliminated by Cayden Carter and Katana Chance. Maybe then 294 00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:07.240 had Ivy Nile and Katana Chance come out eight to nine. 295 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:10.799 Bianca Belle Air was number ten and she was eventually 296 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:15.039 eliminated by Tiffany Stratton. By the way, Kyrie saying who 297 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:18.320 gets almost no reaction, which is a shame lately, came 298 00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:21.960 out at eleven. Teagan knocks at twelve, Cayden Carter at thirteen, 299 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:24.440 Chelsea Green and Piper and Niven. Now here's one of 300 00:16:24.440 --> 00:16:27.679 the bigger bright spots of the show for me. Beyond 301 00:16:27.759 --> 00:16:30.039 the Jade Car Gill, which was clearly the biggest star 302 00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:33.840 moment of the night, it was Chelsea Green, the unsung 303 00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:37.639 hero of this match, who just kept getting raged alled 304 00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:41.639 and somehow staying in the match. When she got eliminated 305 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:44.759 by Becky Lynch eventually, I mean I was disappointed when 306 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:47.960 she did. She is entertaining as hell. I mean, Chelsea 307 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:50.879 Green is just so good at what she does, being 308 00:16:50.919 --> 00:16:58.639 that annoying kinda that just you know, obnoxious character that 309 00:16:58.720 --> 00:17:02.039 runs her mouth and obviously can't back it up, but 310 00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:06.799 then will gloat about some ridiculous statistic. For example, she 311 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:10.519 was the fastest eliminated from last year's Royal Rumble five 312 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:12.960 seconds and then somehow she said she made history, right, 313 00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:16.640 so she turns it into some obnoxious kind of flex 314 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:20.759 and I enjoyed Chelsea Green. She just kept getting squashed 315 00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:24.519 in the corner by Piper Niven or Nya Jacks. It 316 00:17:24.599 --> 00:17:26.359 was just a lot of fun and seeing her eventually 317 00:17:26.359 --> 00:17:28.400 get eliminated was kind of sad. I was hoping she'd 318 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:31.839 somehow just luck her way into the end of the match, 319 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:34.599 but Chelsea Green was really No one's talking about it. 320 00:17:34.599 --> 00:17:39.039 But I enjoyed Chelsea Green in the match a lot. Now, 321 00:17:39.359 --> 00:17:42.680 this match up to this point, number fifteen was Piper Niven, 322 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:45.119 so we're about halfway through the rumble now. It was 323 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:49.720 kind of clunky, a lot of botches and especially by 324 00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:52.680 the time Nia Jacks came out, a lot of botches, 325 00:17:54.079 --> 00:17:56.160 a lot of miss spots, and the rumbles. Not an 326 00:17:56.160 --> 00:17:58.599 easy match to navigate. Most women haven't been in a 327 00:17:58.680 --> 00:18:00.759 Royal Rumble match, has only been once them on top 328 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:03.680 of it, so I get it. But it was kind 329 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:07.160 of a sloppy middle of the match here, one that 330 00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:09.519 was kind of took the crowd out of it, the 331 00:18:09.559 --> 00:18:13.319 announcers trying to cover for them. I mean, it happens, 332 00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:16.839 but it was uncomfortable to watch at times. So then 333 00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:20.039 we get to number sixteen, Zili. She didn't have her 334 00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:22.319 lightning coming out of her arms and legs, so I 335 00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:25.279 think that's probably why she didn't win here. I didn't 336 00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:27.119 see any come out of her. Usually on her entrance 337 00:18:27.440 --> 00:18:31.319 she's able to, you know, produce some kind of electricity 338 00:18:31.359 --> 00:18:33.480 from her from her limbs, and I didn't see any, 339 00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:36.480 So she must have not had her power crystals activated, 340 00:18:36.640 --> 00:18:39.559 which is why she didn't win the match. So I'm 341 00:18:39.599 --> 00:18:42.519 not sure what happened there. You know, she'll have to 342 00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:45.400 check with zord On. That's a Power Ranger reference for 343 00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:46.920 those of you that have no idea what I'm talking about. 344 00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:50.440 So all right, Then we got Zelena Vega, who had 345 00:18:50.440 --> 00:18:53.680 a nice showing Selena Vega. She was eventually eliminated by 346 00:18:53.680 --> 00:18:56.759 Shanna Basler, but Zelena Vega also is somebody that I 347 00:18:56.880 --> 00:18:58.240 enjoyed the showing she had. 348 00:18:58.759 --> 00:18:59.079 She had. 349 00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:02.039 She came in hit Mediora right away. I think that 350 00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:04.799 she had a nice showing. Now she didn't make it 351 00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:07.200 as deep as I was hoping that she would make it, 352 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:12.119 but she kind of settled things down for me seeing 353 00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:14.319 her come out, and I, you know, as you guys know, 354 00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:16.960 I'm a bigs Leena Vega fan, so that was nice. 355 00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:20.519 Maxine Duprix coming out, I think she had a pretty 356 00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:23.680 bad botch or maybe no, was it after the reverse Caterpillar. 357 00:19:24.079 --> 00:19:27.119 I'm not sure, but Maxine Duprix, the crowd was with her, 358 00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:30.640 you know, the crowd reacted to her pretty decently. And 359 00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:34.279 then we get Naya Jax, who was eventually eliminated by 360 00:19:34.359 --> 00:19:37.480 Jade Cargill. Here, but number nineteen was Naya Jax. We 361 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:39.039 all knew what she was going to do in the rumble, 362 00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:41.599 just be a force to be reckoned with. Shatzi comes 363 00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:45.240 out in her ridiculous power wheels tank, which needs to 364 00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:49.519 just be destroyed. Becky Lynch, now we're getting serious, right, 365 00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:52.039 Becky Lynch comes out at number twenty one. She was 366 00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:57.200 eventually eliminated by Jade Cargill. By the way, Becky Lynch, 367 00:19:57.519 --> 00:20:00.000 let me just say this was probably the biggest dis 368 00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:02.759 appointment of the entire night. And I understand she made 369 00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:05.440 it deep into the match, but she's number twenty one, 370 00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:09.240 so that's not exactly impressive. But also, she got her 371 00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:12.119 ass kicked ninety eight percent of the time she was 372 00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:16.759 in the match outside of the first moments she came in, 373 00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:19.599 which is what every single entrant on the men's and 374 00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:21.720 women's side does. And the second they come in, they 375 00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:24.720 just start kicking ass, right and then within ten seconds 376 00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:26.920 somebody knocks them down. That's just what happens. It's just 377 00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:30.359 the way everyone enters the rumble. Outside of that flurry 378 00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:33.799 that everyone gets upon the entry of the match, she 379 00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:39.559 did nothing, absolutely nothing. And this isn't a slight on Becky. 380 00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:41.720 This is a slide on the way she was booked here. 381 00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:45.160 It was I mean, I don't want to say awful. 382 00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:49.400 It was very surprising. Is maybe the word disappointing if 383 00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:53.319 you're a Becky Lynch fan. Becky Lynch did essentially nothing 384 00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:56.599 in this match. She just got her ass kicked time 385 00:20:56.960 --> 00:21:00.359 after time she spent I'm not kidding you. If someone 386 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:02.799 was to do a percentage ninety eight, maybe a bit 387 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:06.319 of an over drama dramatization, I understand probably about eighty 388 00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:10.200 percent of the time realistically, she was getting her ass kicked, 389 00:21:10.599 --> 00:21:13.319 laying on the ground, getting stomped in the quarter, getting splashed, 390 00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:18.000 getting hit with a finish. She did nothing in this match, 391 00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:22.599 and that was very surprising, and van Becky Lynch, it 392 00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:26.559 was unbelievable really, So that was a big surprise for me, 393 00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:28.440 was Becky Lynch having essentially. 394 00:21:28.119 --> 00:21:31.039 No say at all. 395 00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:35.079 Alba Fire then came out and Valhalla, who was eliminated 396 00:21:35.119 --> 00:21:38.720 by nia Jackson five seconds. Our Truth had some something 397 00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:40.440 to say here. Oddly, he thought he was in the 398 00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:43.319 men's rumble, which was I mean, anything Our Truth does 399 00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:47.720 is funny. He was confused and nia Jax just threw 400 00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:51.119 him out. Michin comes in and she was eliminated by 401 00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:54.240