WWE: GDT: Royal Rumble 2025

[Brodeur]

Edit…now the countdown hit zero, Alpha Academy music hits, bit of a pop, then as Otis starts walking down the ramp a deafening pop. It seems odd as if they added the additional pop. I could be wrong.

At least on the YouTube version there was a secondary pop. I chalked that up to the crowd not being sure if it was a Creed brother coming out since the graphics are similar (insert Def Rebel music isn't distinctive joke here).

The one that confused me a bit was Stephanie Vaquer getting a noticeably larger pop than Giulia did. I wondered if "Stephanie" was visible on the Titantron and some fans thought it was Stephanie McMahon.

 

[Jussi]

At least on the YouTube version there was a secondary pop. I chalked that up to the crowd not being sure if it was a Creed brother coming out since the graphics are similar (insert Def Rebel music isn't distinctive joke here).

The one that confused me a bit was Stephanie Vaquer getting a noticeably larger pop than Giulia did. I wondered if "Stephanie" was visible on the Titantron and some fans thought it was Stephanie McMahon.

Based on how loud the crowd said Penta's cachphrases, I think there were just a lot of latinos in the crowd.

 

[Jussi]

CM Punk: I Would’ve Had John Cena Eliminate Me To Win The WWE Royal Rumble

CM Punk and John Cena came short in their attempt to win this year’s WWE Royal Rumble as Jey Uso won it. Punk was eliminated in sequence, with Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns getting eliminated before a post-match brawl happened as Rollins attacked Reigns. It was Uso and Cena in the final two...

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[FriendlyGhost92]

Trying to figure out why WWE just willingly let video get out there from Gorilla of Jacob Fatu celebrating with Jey after RR.

These are the kind of things where you shoot your own dick off.

 

[I Hart Conor Garland]

Trying to figure out why WWE just willingly let video get out there from Gorilla of Jacob Fatu celebrating with Jey after RR.

These are the kind of things where you shoot your own dick off.

How?

 

[Lunatik]

How?

it's real to them dammit!

Personally I like it, shows how good his character work actually is.

 

[I Hart Conor Garland]

it's real to them dammit!

Personally I like it, shows how good his character work actually is.

The company is making more money than at any time in their history. Their collective dick is fine.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

The company is making more money than at any time in their history. Their collective dick is fine.

I believe this is the same argument Road Dogg used in 2019 to justify that their product wasn't dogshit.

To answer your question, why was Punk/McIntyre so over?

 

[TD Charlie]

I believe this is the same argument Road Dogg used in 2019 to justify that their product wasn't dogshit.

To answer your question, why was Punk/McIntyre so over?

I'm with you all the way here.

Yes, we know that a lot of these guys are good friends behind the scenes. Boiled down, they're pretty much all just actors in the same stage show. But when the premise of the show is all about how much certain guys hate each other, and they go through such great lengths to drive home the realism, they shouldn't be openly showing us the exact opposite behind the curtains.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

I'm with you all the way here.

Yes, we know that a lot of these guys are good friends behind the scenes. Boiled down, they're pretty much all just actors in the same stage show. But when the premise of the show is all about how much certain guys hate each other, and they go through such great lengths to drive home the realism, they shouldn't be openly showing us the exact opposite behind the curtains.

Yep. If it's totally OK to expose the business like that, why was it a big deal when The Rock came out hugged Cody and Roman?

It's a simple concept of, you don't have to live your act, and if you get caught out of character, it's OK. But don't be blatantly putting out videos being buddy buddy with the guys you're supposed to hate.

Bet you McGregor/Mayweather doesn't sell as many PPVs if they had pushed out videos of both of them on the same private jet being completely civil doing their promotional tour.