If it were me booking, I'd have Becky win the Rumble match by throwing out Nia at the end. She should then go on to face Ronda at Wrestlemania in a singles match, which is what the fans want. Charlotte can face Asuka in a rematch from last year. They're a good pairing, and this guarantees us two gre...

They're doing the match again because Braun isn't the guy, but he's been presented as a big enough star that they think that people might still want to see the match. Maybe they're even right. They're wasting Braun here so they can keep their other contenders for the Rumble. It'll keep people guessi...

Yeah, this is WWE all over to be honest. Nothing they've done so far has suggested that anything is really going to change. Ratings are down so they're: A) adding more fucking McMahons to the shows. The last thing anyone should want to see. B) claiming that they're going to start listening to the fa...

I'm already counting down to it. Wrestle Kingdom really takes the edge off the Christmas holidays coming to an end. It's great to have something to look forward to a week later. And Wrestle Kingdom is a show worth getting excited about in advance. This year's show is one of the best cards on paper t...

I think an underrated reason for this might be just how large RAW and SD are. They are high volume with huge rosters and spread themselves in so many directions that the shows wind up losing focus. I actually disagree with this, because you would think even if they were overstretched, there would s...

The weirdest thing about the WWE's main roster is that despite it being the biggest platform in wrestling, it's also where wrestlers go to stop being over. Aleister Black winning the Rumble wouldn't be ridiculous, because he'd automatically be more over than 95% of the rest of the roster. But six mo...

Ospreay is the man. I saw him face WALTER in OTT a couple of months ago, and I guarantee you the match blew away everything on the WWE main roster this year. He's the best week to week wrestler in the world right now, in my mind. Doesn't matter what kind of match he's having, or how many people are ...

Vader probably just gave us the shortlist there. Those seem the obvious choices, unless they decide to bring back an old-timer to win the men's match. If it were my choice I'd be going with Styles and Becky all day. As it is, Styles is probably the least likely of those three to win the men's match ...

When I said "even in Texas" I meant even in his own state as opposed to nationwide. I know it's a red state, though demographically Texas is trending towards becoming a blue state sooner rather than later. I do think that Cruz was beatable though, and it's easier to beat the right with som...

People are ruling Bernie out too easily. His age isn't ideal, but he is still the most popular politician in the country. Doesn't that count for something? The most popular politician being in the most prominent post would seem to be democracy functioning as it's supposed to, right? It's all well an...

There definitely are threats to Trump. Even a weak democrat would be a threat, considering he's the least popular American president in history (which is another reason why previous trends may not apply to him). But if Sanders - for example - was to become the nominee, he'd probably blow Trump away....

It's weird though, because while you're completely right in terms of Presidents historically being voted in for a second term, it feels like the basis of Trump's appeal was that he was 'the devil you don't know'. People were voting for a radical change and a shake up of the system. Which they've see...

It's getting easier to access products all over the world though, with the rise of streaming services. The WWE Network isn't much more accessible than, say, New Japan World. And the production quality of other promotions has come on leaps and bounds over the last decade. It's better outside of WWE m...

I'd be interested to know who everyone's overall favourites in the business are at the moment. Not just in WWE. I'd be particularly interested to see how many of those picked would be in WWE and how many would be working elsewhere. If I was to draw up a list of favourites (which would be fairly diff...

If that schmuck gets two terms then America is officially one of the stupidest countries on Earth. Think the jury is in on that one, dude. I'm pretty sure he won't get re-elected. He's the least popular American president ever. His popularity isn't what it was when he was elected and even then he w...

Oh and Elias. Elias is the man. Pity he's so boring in the ring. They're crying out for more babyfaces at the moment, and he's really getting over, but his lack of fire when wrestling is going to keep him at a certain level. It's hard to feature someone above a certain level if people never look fo...

This is amazing.

I wonder if he's ever thought the same thing. Or if they've ever both been eating chicken in their cars at the same exact time and felt a sudden connection.

VaderBomb wrote:this is clearly leading to another encounter. Bryan will beat Lesnar in 2019.

There's 100% no reason for this sort of optimism.

Is that historically, Vader? Or just based on right now? Cos from everything I've seen, Bryan's run since his comeback has been really uninspired. For the main roster I'd have to say Styles and Becky, because every now and then I'll hear about one of them having a match or a segment that I feel comp...

This has me intrigued. Raw, even if it was good, is too much for me to watch at 3 hours but I might tune into SmackDown. I love Styles, but his reign was kind of a bore and we all know how good heel Bryan is. Bryan had gotten stale as hell and having Styles be his rival will ensure fans boo Bryan (...