ROYAL RUMBLE

mer Jan 26, 2022. 4 minute read

Back in the Divas Groove: Natalya and Summer Rae Reignite 2014

I didn’t experience the WWE Divas era live, which feels simultaneously like a blessing and a curse. Women’s wrestling has come a long, long way in WWE even just in the past 5 years — if we’re being honest, they have much further to go. But there was never a…

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Colette Arrand Jan 31, 2021. 8 minute read

The Royal Rumble Is Wrestling’s Greatest Gimmick Match

Tonight is the Royal Rumble, the one night in 365 where, regardless of how good or bad WWE’s endless narrative grind is, everything feels fresh, new, and full of possibility. I would charitably call myself a lapsed viewer of WWE television, but the Rumble—the match itself, that is—always brings me…

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mer Jan 27, 2020. 10 minute read

Oh, Big Boys: WWE Royal Rumble Recap and Review

Surprise returns! Port-a-potty spots! The strap! An outdated transphobic joke! This show had everything and more. A very solid Rumble delivered us two unsurprising, but not undeserved, winners, and a great new GIF of Brock Lesnar making a 😮 face. Sheamus vs Shorty G (Kickoff) Sheamus starting off the preshow…

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