KB Answers Wrestling Questions

[Vageena Hertz]

So are you going to have the women's rumble on mute?

 

[klunderbunker]

I'm almost tempted to listen, just to hear everyone cower in fear and make sense of her nonsense.

 

[Vageena Hertz]

What takeover match are you most looking forward to?

 

[klunderbunker]

Black vs. Cole.

 

[Dan Severn's Moustache]

Biggest wrestling guilty pleasure? I can't help but love the APA bar room invitational from Vengeance 2003.

Edit: Also, Blood Runs Cold from WCW.

 

[klunderbunker]

Dancing Kurrgan. It's so stupid but I can't help smiling every single time.

 

[Da Prophet]

I'm almost tempted to listen, just to hear everyone cower in fear and make sense of her nonsense.

I'm currently watching Youtube videos in an attempt to learn Spanish so I can switch the commentary.

 

[klunderbunker]

I'm currently watching Youtube videos in an attempt to learn Spanish so I can switch the commentary.

Si!

 

[Richard Blonoff]

Did they ever reveal what the "R" in Irwin R. Schyster stood for? Also, I know pro wrestling is a weird place, but how did they get away with last name? I never connected it as a kid, but a character whose name is shyster and deals with money has some pretty anti-Semitic undertones.

 

[klunderbunker]

Not that I'm aware of.

Eh it was a different time.

 

[Vageena Hertz]

What are your takeover predictions?

 

[klunderbunker]

http://kbwrestlingreviews.com/2018/01/27/takeover-philadelphia-preview/

 

[Dan Severn's Moustache]

You know, in retrospect, the 2014 Rumble match wasn't that bad. It's godlike compared to the travesty that is 2015.

Is 2014 better with age do you feel, and is 2015 possibly the worst along with 95 and 99?

 

[Kodo Sawaki]

Was watching some stuff from couple of years ago so need to ask

What happened to Rollins? Guy was at the top and now he seems like an afterthought. I mean yes, he has tag titles but he is far from main eventing anything if you dont count Shield reunion stuff.

Was it that injury or that now he is there at wrong time because seems like stuff is happening all over him but not to him directly. Although he did get curb stomp back.

 

[klunderbunker]

You know, in retrospect, the 2014 Rumble match wasn't that bad. It's godlike compared to the travesty that is 2015.

Is 2014 better with age do you feel, and is 2015 possibly the worst along with 95 and 99?

2015 is right there with 99. 95 isn't as bad as it's much shorter. And yeah 2014 is acceptable until the ending.

Was watching some stuff from couple of years ago so need to ask

What happened to Rollins? Guy was at the top and now he seems like an afterthought. I mean yes, he has tag titles but he is far from main eventing anything if you dont count Shield reunion stuff.

Was it that injury or that now he is there at wrong time because seems like stuff is happening all over him but not to him directly. Although he did get curb stomp back.

Put toys in crib, wait a few months, throw toys out. WWE in a nutshell.

And yeah the injury hurt him a lot. No pun intended.

 

[Dan Severn's Moustache]

I think 2014 worked as a net positive because WWE had the sense to turn Batista and put Bryan in the spotlight. Nothing good ever came from Big Show and Corporate Kane dumping out prospect after prospect like garbage.

And 95 might actually be worse than 99 in my book. 99 was nonsensical, but at least it left an impression. Bar HBKs performance, it left me feeling nothing.

What Rumble do you think deserves to be talked about more? I think 2003 is pretty underrated.

 

[klunderbunker]

Nah 1999 is terrible and makes it that much worse. 1995 is more boring than bad and it has the awesome ending.

2000, which has a little bit of everything. 1990 set the standard for a great Rumble too.

 

[Vageena Hertz]

Have you done a rumble preview?

 

[klunderbunker]

http://kbwrestlingreviews.com/2018/01/28/royal-rumble-2018-preview/

 

[A11oftheLights]

How much better would the pacing and momentum of the rumble have been if you swap the men and the womens match around? Was there a risk of the womens rumble being treated as a piss break if it was where the men's was?

Side question: Are there too many women on the roster compared to the amount of time they get? Like I just look at like half of the roster and go what is so special about you? This couples in with the fact that they bought in another two factions so they dont really have much depth to their characters/personalities

 

[klunderbunker]

Yeah there was a chance of that. I'd have done it like they did here.

Yeah they don't have enough time. Notice how on Smackdown it's so often THROW EVERYONE INTO THE MATCH AT ONCE? It's the only way to get them on TV but does nothing for developing any of them. That's not good.

 

[Richard Blonoff]

Thanks to them internets a good chunk of people had Shin winning because of leaked rumors and betting odds, but he really hadn't had much build recently. In your opinion, who is the most shocking Rumble winner ever? For the sake of arguments, let's exclude anything pre '93 since those weren't for the Wrestlemania spot.

 

[klunderbunker]

Cena in 2008 as he was rumored to be out until after Wrestlemania.

 

[Skairipa Matrix]

Are you surprised Pete Dunne wasn't in the Rumble? After he was pulled from a show this weekend by WWE I thought he'd end up in there for sure.

 

[Da Prophet]

Is there any hope that Styles/Nakamura main events over Lesnar/Reigns or are we facked?