The X-Factor: The road ahead Submitted by Victor Mariscal on 01/31/2019 at 07:10 PM
The 2019 Royal Rumble was the first PPV I attended since Cyber Sunday in 2008. It was overwhelming with that many fans. Those commemorative seats aren’t the most comfortable though.
That stupid lighting though, I wish Vince would slap Kevin Dunn. I went back to my car for my sunglasses before the preshow ended, yet they changed the lights to red for the SD Tag match so I didn’t need them anymore.
I think it was decent, if not an uneven and REALLY long show. Styles vs. Bryan didn’t deliver as it should’ve, and believe me I’ll get to that later. I’ll wager there was disappointment because – other than Double J – there was a lack of surprise entrants. That is what made the first Women’s Rumble so special. It makes the Rumble special.
The ‘mark’ in you had to enjoy what happened to Nia Jax. They weren’t so much preaching violence against women as they were vicariously giving the people revenge. We see “Bring back the Attitude Era” but people lose their damn minds when something like this happens. A woman doing spots with the men happened all the time in those years. You wouldn’t think so given how much castration she’s done, but even Stephanie took part in it.
This is the first WrestleMania season since 2004 - and 2016 due to injury - that isn’t featuring John Cena prominently. It won’t feature Roman Reigns main-eventing either. Your darlings won for the second time in a row. The women will likely close the biggest show of the year. What do you have to complain about now?
You’re the IWC. You’ll think of something.
Here’s a gripe of mine. Whatever the design, the WWE title was usually treated with respect. Daniel Bryan’s sustainable belt totally fits his heel character. Bring out a custom design if you need to, but don’t throw the main one in the damn garbage!
They have been course-correcting lately. Mandy Rose revealed she wasn’t pissing Naomi off for the sake of being a bitch. Shane and the Miz’s partnership has been hitting the right notes. They still have a ton of work to do.
Here’s where I’ll end it.
I didn’t watch All In. That’s not to say I didn’t respect what they did. I get what it meant to the business as a whole. Someone gets future endeavored and TNA, ROH, and New Japan are brought up. Now it’s All Elite Wrestling who haven’t gotten off the ground yet. The fans are counting their chickens before they hatched.
Maybe AEW takes off, forcing Vince McMahon to stop repeating old mistakes. He’s already promised bigger paychecks once the new TV deals kick in. AEW likely can’t compete with their reach or checkbook. As long as they do enough things right, it would be the shot in the arm the industry needs.
