The Pro Wrasslin' Thread (WWE, WWF, WCW, TNA, ROH, NWA, NJPW, etc)

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Runa216 said:

PAOerfulone said:

Anyone watching the Royal Rumble?

Yup! Shocked to see Bianca Belair winning from the #3 slot and Edge winning from the #1 slot! 

The Rumble matches themselves were meh. They were alright, but nothing really that great. But the finishes and the outcomes were absolutely fantastic!

Bianca Belair is one of THE young names, along with Rhea Rhipley, who are going to carry that Women's Division when the Four Horsewomen decide to call it quits. Her and Sasha (Who I think is one of the top 10, maybe top 5, best workers in the industry, male or female) is the Big Money match at WrestleMania, and I am very much looking forward to it. 

And Edge... Man. I gotta say, at first, I wasn't sold on the idea of him winning the Rumble. My first pick was Daniel Bryan. But now, that it has happened and I think about the prospect of Edge vs. Roman Reigns (I assume he's going to pick Roman.) at WrestleMania, the more pumped I am!

And honestly, I think Edge should win. While Roman has been on fire since he came back, turned Heel, and aligned with Paul Heyman, and his run with the title has been fantastic, the story they're telling with Edge is just magical. It's the Shawn Michaels story all over again. 

2002 - Shawn came back after a career-ending back injury, overcame his former best friend, turned hated enemy - Triple H. Then went on to win the World Heavyweight Championship.

Now - Edge comes back from a career-ending neck injury, overcomes his former friend, turned enemy, Randy Orton. And now is going on to challenge for the Universal Championship at WrestleMania!

And Roman is the PERFECT foil! The Tribal Chief, the Head of the Table, the New Top Dog in the Company. He could look down on Edge and bury him into the ground the entire feud saying: "You’re washed up. You’re too old. You can’t do it anymore. You’re a broken shell of what you used to be with a bad neck. Just one more bad bump, and you’ll be a crippled old man who can't even hold his daughters anymore! You don’t belong in MY ring!"

The promo work with Roman, Edge, and Paul Heyman would be fucking AWESOME! Just have Roman crank the Heel heat up to Maximum and come down HARD on Edge - the underdog, resilient, miracle kid Babyface who starts to doubt himself here and there, but come Hell or high water he's going to go to WrestleMania, and he's going to finish what he started. 

And at WrestleMania, Edge gets his ass KICKED. He is getting beaten down, battered, bloodied, and demolished like we have never seen him get his ass kicked before and Roman is just tearing him apart. But no matter how much Roman kicks the living shit out of him, Edge just simply refuses to quit. No matter how badly Roman beats him down, Edge just keeps getting back up and coming back for more and more. Eventually, Edge starts fighting back, gets the upper hand, starts wearing Roman down, and no matter what Roman tries to do, he's throwing everything at him INCLUDING the kitchen sink, he just simply cannot beat this motherfucker! He starts getting desperate, angry, and starts to make mental mistakes, to where Edge, the Ultimate Opportunist and Master Manipulator that he is, starts to pick him apart. And finally, after a long, hard-fought, grueling WAR, with both men being absolutely spent, and it's simply a battle of wills - Who wants it more. Finally, it's Edge who comes out on top. 

It's the Tried and True, Cinderella story with the fairy-tale, happy ending at WrestleMania. A WrestleMania Moment for the ages, the kind that WrestleMania was made for! 

I'm aware that it's probably an unpopular opinion and that taking the title of Roman when he's on the tear that he has been is crazy-talk. But it's not like the loss is going to hurt him. Edge can always drop the belt right back to him at the next PPV. But for WrestleMania... I don't know, man. I think this is a story and a moment that is just too good to pass up.