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OK...I actually did fairly well predicting the matches, I got everything right except for the two Royal Rumble matches themselves.
Chad Gable (Shorty G) vs. Sheamus This was on the kickoff show, and Sheamus picked up the win. Nothing remarkable about this match whatsoever. Grade: C. Baron Corbin vs. Roman Reigns Ok. This match was a LOT better than I expected it to be. Given that both of them were also entered into the Rumble later, I figured this would be a relatively short, uneventful match, so they could both be well rested for the Rumble...NAH. This match went everywhere at Minute Maid Park (Houston Astros). In the stands, in the production area, Baron Corbin gets stuck in a Port-A-Potty, the Astros Dugout, they went all out. Reigns gets the win, and hopefully this is the end of this pointless feud. I can't believe I am doing this for Roman or Corbin, but...Grade: B+. Women's Royal Rumble Match Charlotte Flair won the Women's Royal Rumble match, but by far, the MVP of the match was Beth Phoenix as one of the "surprise" entrants. Beth entered the ring fairly early, (I wanna say somewhere between 5-10), and lasted until she was one of the final three...all while slowly dying her hair red with her own blood. Midway through the match, Bianca Belaire (an NXT performer) threw Beth into the corner turnbuckle...only Beth ran a little too fast, and nailed the back of her head on one of the ring posts, which opened up a gash, and caused her to bleed. As the match went on, her hair got redder and redder, but she kept going. Shout outs to Naomi, for her creative way to avoid being eliminated, channeling John Morrison and leaping to the barrier so her feet didn't hit, then working her way to the announcers table, grabbing the table cover and using it as a bridge to get on to the steps, to get back in. Naomi is probably the only one on the women's roster athletically capable of that stunt, and she pulled it off to perfection. Also, the women's match saw the return of Santina Marella. Not Santino, but Santina. Santina enters the ring, immediately found Beth Phoenix, who was not amused and gave "her" the death stare, to which Nattie joined in with...Santina pulls out the cobra sock from uh...her bra, puts it on her right hand, looks at both beth and Nattie, and then decides to cobra herself, and self-eliminate. Overall, this was a really well done Rumble match. Grade: A-. Bayley (c) vs. Lacey Evans (Smackdown Women's Championship) This was basically a filler match. Lacey isn't ready to be a champion, and Bayley looked like she was just phoning it in. Bayley gets the win, and I got a snack. Completely forgettable. Grade: D. Bray Wyatt (The Fiend) (c) vs. Daniel Bryan (WWE Universal Championship) I am not sure what I think about this match. It was very hard fought, had a few really great moments, Daniel Bryan had the crowd firmly on his side, but then again, it was a strap match. Not that this type of match is a bit archaic, but it's a bit archaic. WHy not have an old fashioned blindfold match while you are at it? Bray got the win in a very violent match. Had this been just a no DQ type match, without a strap, I might grade it higher, but I gotta take points off for a match type last seen in the 1970s...Grade: B+. Becky Lynch (c) vs. Asuka (Raw Women's Championship) I am not going to go to much into this fantastic match, all you really need to know is that it REALLY makes me want to see them go at it again at Wrestlemania. This may have been the best match of the night, and it left me wanting more. Dear WWE: Becky Lynch vs. Asuka at Wrestlemania, IRON WOMAN match. Grade: A+. Mens Royal Rumble For the men, it was a tale of two Rumbles. For the first half, it was basically a gauntlet match for Brock Lesnar. He kept eliminating wrestlers one at a time, and then waiting for the buzzer to signal it was time for the next one to come down the aisle. It very much looked like this was going to be the script for the entire match, until NXT's Keith Lee, followed by Braun Strowman, Ricochet and then Drew McIntyre. Keith Lee, Braun Strowman and Drew McIntyre are all big enough in size to go toe to toe with Brock, which prevented Brock from dominating them 1 on 1, like had been...and then Drew McIntyre eliminated Brock...holy shit, the crowd went NUTS. From that point, it became a more traditional Rumble, with lots of wrestlers entering the ring. As the ring fills up, when it's time for the 21st entrant, the music blares: ON THIS DAY, I SEE CLEARLY....WTF? EDGE! (not U2's guitarist, the other one). The Rated "R" Superstar, who was forced to retire in 2011 the day after winning the World Championship, has been medically cleared to wrestle again, and he put on a show. While he didn't win, Edge looked like he hadn't missed a beat in the last 9 years. Anyway, the final two were Drew McIntyre and Roman Reigns (because of course Roman is one of the final two)...but when Drew tossed Roman over the ropes, somehow the crowd erupted even louder than they did when he eliminated Lesnar...The crowd is ready for Drew McIntyre as Champion. It's gonna happen at Wrestlemania. No way after that booking for the Rumble, that McIntyre doesn't go over. Grade: A+. Overall, this was probably the strongest PPV the WWE has put on since last year's Wrestlemania. It had a few weak moments, but as a whole, the 2020 Royal Rumble was a major success. Overall Grade: A-.
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