He's just taking it to his opponent, receiving as much punishment as he takes, and keeping his mouth shut. Owens is a natural, and Reigns is great, too, when Certainly it didn't at all jive with what WWE would do with theĬharacters in question later on in the evening, but it kept the belt on the more popular wrestler. Was a surprise interruption that would tilt the match in Owens' favor at the end. Of course Reigns would avoid the three-count after taking a brass knuckle sandwich to the face, but it Owens brass knuckles at an opportune time. It was as violent as the WWE gets its current form, and more so with Jericho dropping Owens and Reigns pounded one another, flew through tables, crashed through chairs, took the action into the seatingĪrea for a while, and slammed through announce tables. There should be more no-DQ matches, because who doesn't like a stack of chairs and a pile of broken tables? Owens mocked and There would be mayhem on the ground and that Jericho would find some way to come to his friend's aid in a moment of need.
It was fought under no disqualification rules, which, ofĬourse, meant that even with Owens' best friend and current United States Champion Chris Jericho suspended high above the ring in a shark cage,
The WWE's favorite whipping boy was once again in the middle of a title shot picture against current WWE Universal Champion (horrible title nameĪnd belt design, FWIW), Kevin Owens (awesome wrestler and deserving champion, FWIW). WWE Universal Championship Match (No Disqualifications) It'll be interesting to see if Bayley remains in the title picture through WrestleMania. Nevertheless, it was a big draw match that didn't disappoint, at least beyond the outcome. Slotting them to lead off the show seems only to diminish what they did in the ring considering all of the action (and a couple of controversies) toįollow. Both women are talented performers, though Who, despite coming onto the scene in her father's footsteps, has emerged as the face of women's wrestling while Bayley seems to still be climbing Without further ado, a brief analysis and grade for each main card Rumble event:īayley may be a hugger, but she wasn't in a loving mood coming out to face the ever-dominant Charlotte, the reigning RAW women's champion
WhatĮveryone loves Roman Reigns.in this position. It was a fast-moving, high energy show, rocking SanĪntonio's Alamodome ("it's electric!" as Michael Cole would say.ad nauseam) in one of the best PPV's the company has put on in some time. Every one of them a winner, few of them with any serious disappointments, excluding the severalĮxpected jokes and bits of nonsense dotting the first half or so of Rumble entrances. Matches, so much skill, grace, and violence. Few, if any, Pay-Per-View events manage this much excitement, so many amazing Maybe even beyond, but rather for the intensity of action. Necessarily for story advancement beyond some of the future feuds and matches set up during the Rumble for the immediate future, Mania, and (more on that below) - it was nevertheless a fantastic show, not While most of the outcomes weren't all that unpredictable - the WWE still clingingĬharlotte as women's champ, Cena tying the record, Owens retaining, no real surprises in the Rumble beyond one gigantic middle finger to the
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See? WWE still knows how to put on an amazing Pay-Per-View. Video, audio, and supplemental reviews were written after re-watching the program on Blu-ray. WWE Network in hopes of offering a more immediate reaction to the event itself rather than one tinted or tainted by what's occurred in the windowīetween the event's airing and its Blu-ray release. Note: The analysis portion of this review - general thoughts and scoring matches - was written the morning after 2017's Rumble aired on the Reviewed by Martin Liebman, March 11, 2017