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Royal Rumble Preview
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Royal Rumble Preview & Host Introductions
00:00:11
Speaker
What is up, Foley fam? For wrestling fans, it is the most wonderful time of the year. It's Royal Rumble weekend, and we are doing our Chick Foley show Royal Rumble preview. Before we get into all the action for this weekend, let's start by introducing the stars of the show. Sheena, how are you doing? I'm doing good, man. Ready to get this rumble underway. I feel like January has been the longest month of our lives, so I can't believe that the Royal Rumble is finally here. We've been looking forward to it for two years now.
00:00:39
Speaker
Marco, how's life of a Massachusetts man? Good, good. Just like Michael Buffer. Let's get ready to rumble, guys. Let's do this.
Travel Plans and Episode Overview
00:00:49
Speaker
Oh, yeah. All right. We got the big guy, Jordan. What's going on up in Omaha, man? Nothing, man. I'm heading out tomorrow morning for St. Louis. So I am rumble bound tomorrow morning. So really excited to get that going and get a couple of days off work.
00:01:07
Speaker
Travel safety. How long a drive is that? It's about six and a half hours. That's not too bad. Not enough for a guy from the Midwest. Yeah, anything under 15 is good. This is going to be a little bit of a slim down episode. We're really just going to get in and hit all the matches in the rumble, have a couple of predictions, and then get out of here. We are going to come back on Sunday night with a review. Jordan's going to be back from his trip.
00:01:33
Speaker
we'll get some kind of on the ground correspondence from what it was like in the building, who was getting the big pops and all that. So hope you guys enjoy.
Social Media & Sponsor Promotions
00:01:40
Speaker
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00:01:54
Speaker
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00:02:09
Speaker
All right.
Miz & Maryse vs. Edge & Beth Phoenix Analysis
00:02:10
Speaker
So we are going to kick it off with the it couple versus the grit couple. Hopefully this isn't a shit match. So, uh, it's a lot of, uh, you know, a lot of bad, bad headline puns. You can work out for this match if it ends up being a stinker, but we'll start it off. Sheena, what's your thoughts on the miss and Maurice going up against edge and Beth Phoenix.
00:02:28
Speaker
I think this is going to be a fun match. You know, on paper, you're just kind of, or I guess as you just kind of look at this, you're like, ah, it's a throwaway, Ms. and Maryse, Edge and Beth. But let's not forget that these, these four people are multi-time title holders. All of them are decorated WWE superstars in their own right. So, um, this is, this one's kind of tough cause I could see it going either way for me.
00:02:53
Speaker
I'm going to go with Miz and Maurice. I think they're going to pull it off. I think some sort of crazy underhanded shenanigans are going to go on and Miz and Maurice are going to find a way to squeak over on this one.
00:03:04
Speaker
Yeah, I'm hoping, I'm hoping edge in Bethwyn and we just kind of put a bow on this view. I think it's carrying through mania. I think we're going to get edge in a miss. See, I feel like this match has always been the endpoint though. So if they were going to stretch it to mania, I feel like they would have had, you know, edge and miss fighting, you know, another couple dozen different matches for we finally got to this one. So to me, it feels like it's going to be the end of it.
00:03:26
Speaker
Maurice is a really good comedy heel as far as your in-ring work goes. So I think it should be a fun match as a nice little special attraction for the Rumble. But this is probably the match I am least excited by. Marco, what about you, man? What's your thoughts on the Miz and Maurice against Edge and Beth?
00:03:43
Speaker
Yeah, you know, my thoughts on the mix tag matches, uh, be in the market. Yeah. Yeah. Not a huge fan, but, um, I'm going to, I'm going to side with a sheet on this one. I think, uh, this and Marisa winning it. Um, and I think they can still end the feud. Um, edge already beat Ms. Clean.
00:04:01
Speaker
Um, so there's no need for, I mean, for me anyway, in my own opinion, for, you know, the grit couple, uh, to beat the it couple. Um, I mean, they can drag it on until elimination chamber and have like Maurice and Beth Phoenix have a one-on-one with edge in the corner or something like that. So who knows? I mean, they like to, they like to drag things out as long as possible.
00:04:23
Speaker
Uh, you know, I don't know. I thought, you know, I thought miss and Maurice would be the most like cringe worthy thing on TV, but I, I kind of think edge and Beth are getting there for me and I like both. I like both of them. I have something, I think it's Beth's Mad Max hair and her like overly dramatic facial expressions where she's like,
00:04:41
Speaker
Yeah, she's doing the most like she's getting the overacting award, you know, she's just she's really putting on like she's some sort of like sniveling junkyard dog, you know, just like chomping at the bit to like bite Marisa's head off. And I'm like, it'd be cool if she just came in and acted a little bit cool. Like, hey, you know, I'm the glamazon or whatever, but she's acting like she's post apocalyptic or something. And it's just it's really it's just annoying the hell out of me. Yeah, another thing to go ahead. Oh, no, I was gonna say another thing too with with
00:05:11
Speaker
uh, Maurice and miss is we see them all the time as a couple, like being on, on like on raw or on their show, visit misses. And we very rarely, I mean, we rarely get to see engine, you know, Beth Phoenix as a couple. So it is kind of like, we'd see it together, like kind of being a team is kind of awkward.
00:05:30
Speaker
A little bit. It's awkward. I mean, they did. I mean, they're not the worst onscreen couple that we've ever seen. I mean, I think Seth and Becky definitely won the worst couple of WWE history award. But yeah, and I like them. I think they, I mean, they look cool, you know, but it's just, it's a little bit too much for me. They're just, they're just doing a little bit too much, but I actually, I'm excited for this match. I think it's going to be fun. I'm going to put a positive spin on this.
00:05:54
Speaker
Jordan, you're a resident women's wrestling aficionado. Are you going to be popping hard for this one in the building? I'm actually excited for this match. I think the build's been good for it. Seeing Beth back is always cool. I mean, she's awesome. Maurice is great. I know Edge and Beth Phoenix winning seems obvious, and that's why they probably shouldn't win, but I think that's why they're going to win.
00:06:19
Speaker
Uh, whether it's shenanigans or not, whatever. I think it does carry through WrestleMania as well. Um, but I'll go, I'll go edge in Beth when this one.
Becky Lynch vs. Doudrop Predictions
00:06:29
Speaker
All right. Let's move on to the women's championship match, the Rob women's championship match, Becky Lynch, defending against the eloquently named do drop. Uh, I still don't know why she hasn't gone back to Piper and that's such a better name. And I do think she's a talented performer, but this name's just like an anchor.
00:06:46
Speaker
If you, yeah, exactly. If you had me on this, Becky Lynch versus Piper Niven, I'd be like, Oh hell yeah, dude. Like this is going to be a banger, dude. But the fact that it's Becky Lynch versus Dewdrop, I mean, it's just for me, it's, there's no contest. Becky Lynch is walking out with her title. Like this, this could potentially be a squash as far as I'm concerned. Same. Uh, Jordan, what's your thoughts? Literally.
00:07:09
Speaker
Yeah, I love women's wrestling, and this one's not it. I hate that name so much. And like Sheena said, if it was Piper and Evan, I know it's the same wrestler, but they're not letting Doudrop win the title. Becky wins this one pretty easily. Yeah. No.
00:07:25
Speaker
Yeah, I like Piper Niven so much, man. If I could change one thing in WWE, that wouldn't be at the top of my list. But that'd be one of the first five or six things I'd do is change her name back to Piper Niven. It's the worst, man. Marco, what about you? You think she might pull off the upset? Or are we unanimous in saying Becky Lynch is walking away with this one?
00:07:44
Speaker
No, it's definitely unanimous. I mean, I'm not sure if it's going to be like a, you know, a two minute match, but, um, you know, Becky said, obviously we sold our way out of, it's not going to be like a, a clean win. She obviously is a good match. I mean, I'm hoping for the best
Beverages & Royal Rumble Food Plans
00:07:59
Speaker
because we know Piper Niven can, can perform. And I love that she's like a different, she has a different body type. Like she's just very unique looking and I don't know why they're dragging her down with this, with this do drop moniker. Like let her go in there and be a behemoth badass.
00:08:13
Speaker
She should be like the female evader. Yeah, exactly. So yeah, I hope she puts on a good performance and I hope that, you know, maybe they see something in her era during this big spot because this is definitely the biggest match that she's had. So, you know, I hope she performs well. All right, we got the appetizers out of the way. Before we get into the main courses, let's have a drink.
00:08:39
Speaker
It's time for the weekly beverage break where we go around and talk about what we're each sipping on as we pod. Sheena, get us started. I'm drinking one of our classics around here, something that we keep in the fridge at all times. It's a dogfish head, sea quench ale. It's a sour. It's just... Very good. Yeah, nice and citrusy and delicious. So can't go wrong with this. Yeah, definitely recommend picking those up. It started off as just a limited time only crafty and then it's hit so big that it's showing up at
00:09:08
Speaker
a lot of different, a lot of different like mainstream grocery stores. I actually grabbed a 12 pack of Walmart last week. So yeah, I definitely hit the sequence to our ale. I am drinking a local beer. This is the from Smartmouth Brewery. You know, we get a lot of stuff from them. We're actually hitting them up tomorrow for some beers and it is their Boom Shakalaka dark lager. I'm typically not a fan of dark lagers, but
00:09:32
Speaker
This one, the can art, you know, I'm a sucker for some good can art, and it's inspired by the 1996 NBA All-Star Game. That was the one down in San Antonio's, MJ's first year back from his first retirement. They had those really cool desert-themed uniforms with the teal and the orange. So, had to go grab this, and it's been a pretty good beer. Yeah, Smart Mouth consistently has the best can art in the Hampton Roads area for the local breweries, for sure. Yeah, definitely. Marco, what are you drinking?
00:09:59
Speaker
I went with a three-time Royal Rumble winner, Stone Cold Steve Austin's Broken Skull IPA. I considered getting a Broken Skull tonight, but I went with the sequence, so good job repping. Oh, yeah, of course. You have to do it. I mean, we're waiting for that logger to show up.
00:10:18
Speaker
Can't wait for that. Excited to try it. It's supposed to be April 1st, right? April 1st. Come on, bro. You want the lager? Yeah. Oh yeah, with March 16th, right? Oh, I thought you were joking. I'm the one that got April 2 on that. I thought you were joking. No, yeah, March 16th, right? It'll probably be April 1st by the time it's in stores if we even get it on the East Coast by then. Jordan, what are you drinking, man?
00:10:50
Speaker
You guys couldn't give us the memo. We could all been on the same page. I got two broken skulls sitting here in the fridge right now. Damn. It would have been three people. Messing up anyways. Uh, let's talk about the plan for, uh, for food and drink for the rumble. It's probably the second biggest wrestling weekend of the year besides mania. Uh, Jordan, we'll start from you since you're going to be a far from home. Uh, have you scouted out any restaurants or anything in St. Louis to pregame it?
00:11:09
Speaker
I like Marco. I'm also drinking broken school tonight. It's just throw rumble weekend.
00:11:18
Speaker
So we're going to go to Shake Shack before Rumble. So there's a Shake Shack, Grab Street from the stadium. So that's where we're going to go before the Rumble.
00:11:30
Speaker
What are you going to go with, man? The Shaq Stack, man. That's my favorite thing. Dude, I've actually, I prefer to get two singles now instead of the double, man. I feel like it's, I don't know, I really like the single better than the double. So I like to go, if I'm really hungry, I go with two singles instead of going with one double. I think that's the move.
00:11:50
Speaker
Okay. The room stack is freaking good too. I'm a, I know Seth hates mushrooms with all his heart, but that's true. That's true. Stack is bomb. Get the, uh, get the bacon cheese fries, Jordan. Definitely get those, man. Those hit, dude. Yeah. The Shaq sex, not a double cheeseburger, dude. The Shaq stack is the burger with, uh, with a mushroom patty on top of it.
00:12:10
Speaker
Oh, that's what I like. Yeah, that's what I like. That was the double, man. Oh, yeah, that's just a double shack burger, huh? Yeah. The shack stack has the cheese-filled portobello mushroom on top of it. Oh, man. That sounds so good. Yes, baby. That's the one. Yeah, so the shroom stack is just the shroom burger, right? It's just the shroom as the burger. But yeah, I like that, the shack stack with the mushroom and the beef. Mushrooms are the greatest thing ever.
00:12:36
Speaker
About the boot all three of you guys off the show and it's just gonna be a solo Yeah, have you seen that uh, Sonic movie the Sonic the Hedgehog the live-action one. Oh, yeah Yeah, you see the you know that like mushroom place that he could go to I would definitely live there and just eat mushrooms all day long Marco you got any big food or drink plans for the rumble?
00:12:59
Speaker
No, we just went shopping this week. I got a hunker down. I'm not sure if you guys see the news at all this week, but we're kind of getting like a blizzard this weekend, so. Yeah, we're supposed to get something bad on Saturday also. Yeah, 24 inches possibly. I hope we're not getting that much. Yeah, it should be fun. I'll be locked in, watching the rumble.
00:13:23
Speaker
Probably do some shifts. Make sure you get all, make sure you get all the perishables, get all the milk and bread. You can, you know, I went out. Yeah. Yeah. That's what people do. They go out the day before and everything's a bad house. So yeah. Well, we are, I think we're going to do, if we can, we're going to call our little seafood shop and see if they got any sashimi grade.
00:13:43
Speaker
salmon and tuna because we're going to do our poke, uh, poke rumble. So we're going to do 30 different types of poke. No, not 30, but we're going to, I think we had like 12 last time. Yeah. 12 different varieties. Wow. You got crawfish crab.
00:14:02
Speaker
tuna and salmon. And then we flavor the salmon and the tuna different ways. And they've been like three or four different flavors out of each of the different proteins. But yeah, our little shop is closed this week and they're not going to open until Friday. So we're not even going to know until Friday whether or not we're going to have poke. So we may have to do an audible, but hopefully. Probably just go with like some wing stop or something if poke doesn't work out. Oh, we got wings in the freezer, dog. I'll hook it up. We'll do homemade wings. All right. You guys ready to get into the big matches? Jordan knows about my wings.
00:14:31
Speaker
All right, let's do it.
WWE Championship Match Speculations
00:14:35
Speaker
Sheena does make a mean chicken wing. Let's start with the WWE Championship match. Long awaited. This is one of the last handful of dream matches WWE still has to give us. Bobby Lashley going up against Brock Lesnar. Jordan, you're going to be in the building. We'll start with you.
00:14:54
Speaker
Man, this one, this one's really hard for me. I like both of these two a lot. I feel like one of the champions is going to lose. I think it's going to be Brock that's going to lose, man. I think, I think Bobby Lashley gets the title back in at Rumble. Yeah, I guess I feel like the two matches are so intertwined. We could probably go ahead and just kind of discuss both. So Jordan, so you're thinking that Roman is going to beat Seth.
00:15:21
Speaker
I do. And yeah, I just, I feel like one of the two has to lose cause they're going to wrestle at mania. And I just, I feel like it's going to be Bobby that wins. Yeah. And you told me it's as cool as a title unification would be. I really don't see it happening. Jordan, you kind of talked me out of it for multiple reasons and I don't see it happening. So are you thinking, are you thinking that, um, Roman's going to win, Brock's going to lose. Do you think the possibility of Brock entering the rumble is there for
00:15:48
Speaker
Saturday and then he's gonna win the rumble. We don't need to do three matches in one one. We don't need to do three matches in one one. We don't need to do three matches in one one. We need to do shirt defense rider.
00:16:05
Speaker
That's what we need. Yeah, thanks guys for listening to the 16 minute podcast this week. She was trying to go and wrap everything up in one minute. Yeah, I kind of, but like I said, let's save the RumbleTalk for afterwards, but I do feel like these two matches, the Indians are tied up because
00:16:23
Speaker
Yeah, one champ has to lose. I just don't think for a number of reasons that we're going to get that title unification. To me, I think that Brock being the fresher champ, I think he is going to get it because I think he's going to win because they're not going to want to take the belt off him so soon.
00:16:39
Speaker
And I really think that they are going to try to between now and WrestleMania to shift the roles where Roman is the clear babyface and Brock is the heel. That's what they're going to try to do. I don't know if they'll be successful, but I feel like that's what WWE is going to try to do to finally give Roman his proper like babyface, WrestleMania, coronation moment. They tried to do it four times and it's never quite connected. And I feel like they're thinking the fit. Yeah, like she said, the fifth time's the charm. So
00:17:05
Speaker
What I see happening, I see Brock retaining over Lashley and just a sobber knocker of a match. And then I see him coming back. We know that Usos aren't going to be there to get involved. I see Brock costing Roman his match against Seth and to kind of set the table for Roman versus Brock for the WWE Championship at Mania. So that would give Roman his baby face moment.
00:17:24
Speaker
and it would get Roman back on Raw. Raw is always Vince's baby. No matter what channel SmackDown's on, I feel like in Vince's heart, Raw is always gonna be most important. And he's built Roman up on SmackDown. It's time to bring him back home to Monday Night Raw. So you think Roman and Seth is gonna main event the show. Brock and Bobby's gonna go on first.
Universal Championship Match Debate
00:17:44
Speaker
I think the men's rumble is gonna main event the show. I think the men's rumble will go on last. I think Brock and Bobby lastly opening the show.
00:17:55
Speaker
But yeah, that's my prediction. Marco, how do you see this playing out? Oh, man. So I'm going to stick with my prediction that I did on the raw down this past week. I'm going with Bobby Lashley, winning the championship from Brock Lesnar.
00:18:15
Speaker
I don't think they're doing a title unification. Once Brock Lesnar mentioned that on SmackDown, they never mentioned that again. They completely erased that out of everyone's memories. They never called back to it. They never brought that up ever again. That's definitely not happening.
00:18:35
Speaker
When he won that championship, I don't think it was a legit, he was thrown in to win that because obviously Roman Reigns. So it wasn't like, it was like a buildup for Brock Lesnar to be in that match and win the championship. He was kind of thrown in there. So I don't think his.
00:18:51
Speaker
Not that like the title isn't legit at all, like his his win isn't a legitimate win. It's kind of like there was not. There was not a there was not a proper build for that. It was your tip. No, no. I mean, I'm going to wreck it and leave the shotgun. It was not a proper build. He just wanted. I think he's a placeholder. I think he's holding the title for somebody. And it's Bobby Lashley. Bobby Lashley's in a win. And then I'm also going with Roman Reigns.
00:19:17
Speaker
Keeping the title and for my reasoning and that is Seth Rollins is not beating Roman Reigns three times That's that's that's definitely not happening. They don't actually not especially not this version of Roman Reigns. Yeah, it's not gonna happen Yeah, they had this Roman Roman has let Roman has leveled up I you guys know I love Seth freaking Rollins as much as anybody on this pod or that watches wrestling but yeah, I
00:19:42
Speaker
I just like, like Roman said, um, in his promo, like you, you don't even know what's going on here. Like I, you know, I'm not the same guy that, uh, that I was before. And, uh, he's, he's the head of his table. And I think I felt like you guys are wrong though, man. That has always had Roman's number. And if Seth beat him somehow at the rumble, that still saves it. Seth and Roman Reigns, they are going to main event at WrestleMania someday. Like that's just in the cards. That match has to happen in the main event at WrestleMania.
00:20:09
Speaker
And what bigger way to build it than Roman has never defeated this guy. This is the one guy that Roman can't beat. And I was going to go at him at WrestleMania. Maybe maybe that's our main event next year. Back in back in L.A., we'll see if they can get the rock. Maybe stuff you plan B. Well, that's what they're doing now. They're doing that storyline now. Roman Reigns has never beat Seth Rollins. So I would they repeat it again.
00:20:33
Speaker
Well, I think Seth's going to win this time to make it even bigger when they, when it finally does happen down the road. I don't know. I feel like consistently entertaining the last year, but next to Roman, I think he's walking out with that belt. He has nobody's nobody's taken anything away from Seth, but I think it's just proven especially this close to mania.
00:20:50
Speaker
Roman is not, he's like collecting his powers, dude. He is, he is powering up right now as we speak. So like to, to go into mania at full force. I don't think the history of mania last year was an aberration where the champ comes in and retains. That does not happen very often. Like I think Roman can lose it. I'm going to say, yeah, I think he's losing it.
00:21:11
Speaker
Yeah. I think that's going to be his big, to be his big freaking like, you know, big stick. Yeah. The send off for his, I mean, he's already the longest reigning champ and he beat Brock's record. Yeah. And the thing is they've been pointing out how many days he's had the title last couple of weeks. They always do that right before somebody loses. That is true. I think they want to see Roman winning a championship at mania. We saw him walk in.
00:21:37
Speaker
I mean, I don't think Romans. I mean, that's not a bad. That's not a bad call either. I mean, definitely. They put so many chips in the, in the Roman Reigns, uh, in the Roman Reigns basket. If he's going to lose, I could much, I would, uh, I could see it much more clearly him losing at the rumble instead of at mania. And this is a toss-up match. I'm not, I like, I would not put any money on Seth winning, but that's just my opinion. I feel like Seth's going to take it.
00:21:58
Speaker
either, you know, these two matches are both super intriguing because, you know, it's going to be very interesting what order they go in as well. Because, you know, what happens in one, the outcome is definitely going to weigh heavily on the next
Critique of Royal Rumble Build-Up
00:22:09
Speaker
one. So I'm thinking you got a picture right now in WWE because there are so many different ways we can go with this between now and mania. Yeah, I'm thinking of both of those matches. Obviously, though, both those matches are going to happen before the rumble happens. So my guess is whoever loses out of those matches is entering the rumble anyway.
00:22:26
Speaker
Yeah, definitely. Can we get on something before we go into the Rumble matches? We talked about this last week after we stopped recording. Do you guys ever remember a Royal Rumble with less build towards the two Rumble matches?
00:22:42
Speaker
No, it's all about the championship matches. Yeah. Yeah. The Royal Rumble was like making a backseat this year. I mean, literally you can see like if you, yeah, if you go on the Wikipedia page for the Royal Rumble, everything announced on Twitter, announced on Twitter, announced on Twitter, like they, like they've announced very few of these entrants on SmackDown or Raw, you know, it's like everything's social media. It's ridiculous. Yeah. Let's, let's get into them.
Women's Royal Rumble Predictions
00:23:05
Speaker
Let's go ahead and start with the women's Rumble.
00:23:07
Speaker
You know, same thing. We had... How many open spots are left there, Shane? Can you count up real quick? Yeah, let's see. Same thing. The talent, you know, there's been so many women. I feel like they've really taken a lot of the hits with all the releases over the last year. Like, so many of them have been on the women's side of the roster, on the main roster. There's a ton of part-timers and former superstars coming back. So, yeah, 21 announced right now. So, we're gonna have nine more surprises. Mirko, what's your thoughts on the women's rumble? What direction do you see this match going?
00:23:36
Speaker
Man, um, another prediction I have is, which it probably won't happen, but I think, I mean, I think it is just to have fun with it. I think Charlotte Flair is going to win the rumble again, and she's going to be the first ever to pick her own opponent. But then what's going to happen is, because obviously we have a elimination chamber after and things can change. Um, but I think somewhere, somewhere down the line,
00:24:01
Speaker
someone's going to get it. She's going to pick somebody, obviously a weak opponent if she does win. She's not going to want to pick anyone stronger than her. But then something's going to happen where they're going to be like, no, no, no, you can't pick this person. They're not eligible.
00:24:14
Speaker
And then they got to throw someone else in there. That's what I think is going to happen anyway. I don't, just as a, I know a lot of people on Liv Morgan to win. If Bailey comes back, she could possibly win and you know, Sasha Banks is out. She's injured. So the only person I see really winning this is she's for sure. She's for sure out. Like she kitsch. There's no way she could return at the rumble. What's up Sasha banks or Sasha. Yeah. So she, yeah. Yeah.
00:24:40
Speaker
Unless she's a surprise entrant, but normally why would they have Sasha Banks as a surprise entrant? She would have, I don't know. They need some surprises in the rumble. We got Bailey, Sasha, Oscar. I think Sasha and Bailey are both going to come in. Yeah, I think so too. I think definitely Bailey, but I'm picking Charlotte to win for some reason. I think she's going to be the first champion to win it and pick her own opponent. That's what I'm going with.
00:25:05
Speaker
I'm going with Bianca. I think, uh, we're going to have our first, uh, she's going to be a back to back Bel Air, dude. You know, I could, uh, I could totally see that. I think she, I mean, and it's just prime for her to, to go face Becky, you know, I think that's going to be the big match at mania. Um, so I'm going to pick my girl Bianca Bel Air, Jordan.
00:25:25
Speaker
So I, I'm not picking two people, but I have two things that I want to happen in this rumble. First of all, since I'm in the house, Trish Stratus has to come back for this Royal Rumble. He's in the ring for five minutes. I don't care. I just want to see her come back. I know she's not winning, but just have her come back. I honestly think the women's division needs something to happen. Becky needs a big time opponent. It's time to bring back Ronda Rousey and Ronda Rousey wins the rumble.
00:25:55
Speaker
Yeah, I see that that they're trying to get her back in. I just I feel like that's a huge match. We never got the Becky versus Rhonda. We're on one that's that we wanted and the ending for WrestleMania kind of sucked. Yep.
00:26:10
Speaker
There hasn't been a whole lot of smoke around those rumors. It's kind of just like you said, it's just a little bit of rumblings right now. I could also see Charlotte coming back. That could be a way to bring Rhonda back also. Charlotte could win and then say that she wants Rhonda to be her opponent just to have a big time match.
00:26:26
Speaker
Yeah. I, it's, I feel like it's more wishful thinking than a true prediction, but I agree with Jordan. I want to see Rhonda come back and win this thing. And I want to see Becky and Rhonda one-on-one at mania. If Rhonda comes back, she's definitely winning. I mean, there's, I don't see them bringing her back to lose the rumble. So like if we hear, um, you know, her, her music hits, it's a for sure thing. Yeah, that'd be pretty cool.
00:26:47
Speaker
But yeah, besides that, you know, I Bailey and Sasha threats and I really feel like Bianca and live they're really the only people that have been built up. Besides from, aside from Charlotte is potential winner. So should be pretty interesting. It's always fun seeing it. We're gonna see a lot of people we haven't seen in a long time. The Bellas are going to be back.
00:27:06
Speaker
I'm excited for it, but yeah, it's not the most exciting Rumble field we've ever seen.
Men's Royal Rumble Potential Winners
00:27:11
Speaker
And we can say the same thing for our next match, the men's Rumble. This one, looking at the people that have been announced so far.
00:27:19
Speaker
Dude, it's slim pickings, man. To me, the only people, the people that I see could, they could really win this thing. Austin theory has been getting a lot of time with Vince, but I still can't see him. That would be the wet part of the cinch, dude. I feel like Montez Ford's like a dark horse pick that could do it. And then RK bro. I feel like RK bro have been like, they're probably the hottest act there. You still got AJ. They could do it, but it's really a crap shoot right now for the guys that have been announced. Big E's in there.
00:27:44
Speaker
I got a feeling that we're all going to be going in the, uh, the similar direction with our predictions. So Jordan, you're going to be there in the building. We'll toss it to you first, man. Who is going to be standing tall at the end of the night point at the WrestleMania sign, the one and only the reigning defending Brock Lesnar.
00:28:01
Speaker
Yeah. That's the way I'm leaning to. I think it's going to be Brock to close the show. Marco, you thinking the same thing? I'm not thinking the same thing. See, I'm going with my Seth losing prediction, him entering the Rumble and him winning it. That's what I'm going with. Wow. You guys can't count on Seth Rollins. He's going to find a way to get back into the WrestleMania picture. If he loses against Roman Reigns earlier in the night, it's going to happen.
00:28:27
Speaker
That would be cool with either one of those things happening. If your prediction saw a tree, you could move him back over and do him and Bobby Lashley. That would still be a big match for Mania. For me, yeah, it's same vein as you guys. I think Roman is losing his match and I think Roman's going to come in at number 30 and win the Rumble for the first time since 2015. He's been one of the most consistently strong Rumble performers. He's been like, he's either won it or been the second or third runner up in every Rumble that he's been in.
00:28:54
Speaker
Yeah, I think Roman is standing tall at the end of the night, and Roman's going to go to WrestleMania. Let's do a little bit of fantasy booking here. Sheena, you can go first. Let's fantasy book one AEW superstar into the Rumble. Who would you pick? Well, I mean, I think there's only one right answer for this, and it's going to be the one and only the American Dragon, Daniel Bryan.
00:29:15
Speaker
Weasling his way into the rumble and then losing the rumble Yeah, yeah, I could see that one I think I think Cody would be cool even though I'm you know, I hate Cody's character I feel like
00:29:34
Speaker
Cody would be the most intriguing just because he's probably got, aside from Jericho, he's probably got the most history in WWE of anybody in AEW. CM Punk. And he just lost the TNT title. CM Punk would be cool too. I feel like that one's a bridge too far though. I don't know if they could get WWE.
00:29:49
Speaker
Yeah, Cody still hasn't signed either. So it's a possibility. Yeah, that would be awesome for Cody. You know, I'm thinking come in like the 18 spot, pop the crowd like crazy and have, you know, make it down to the final five before getting eliminated. But yeah, Cody would be really cool. Jordan, what about you, man? One AEW guy into the Rumble.
00:30:08
Speaker
Dude, honestly, I think I would pick Kenny, man. I would love to see Kenny Omega in a Royal Rumble match. Like, dude, you know he can go a full hour in a Royal Rumble match, too. He could definitely run the distance from one to the end. So, yeah, I would love to see him do it.
AEW Stars in the Royal Rumble
00:30:24
Speaker
All right. Let's go around. It's a, I feel like day one really kind of kicked us off on the road to WrestleMania, but traditionally the Royal Rumble is what really gets it started. Let's go around. Everybody pick what is going to be the last match on day two of WrestleMania. Sheena, you can go first. It's going to be Roman and Brock for which belt for the universal title. All right. I say Roman and Brock for the WWE title, Jordan, Roman and Brock for the universal title.
00:30:51
Speaker
And Marco, I don't know. I think Kevin Owens, no, no. Yeah. So you don't think we're getting Roman and Brock at mania. I don't know. I don't know. It's too, I think, I think Brock Lesnar went before, you know, so maybe it would be good to go a different direction. I'm thinking we had it twice. Twice at WrestleMania.
00:31:18
Speaker
Yeah, I'm thinking, I don't know. Brock just like, I mean, obviously he's, obviously he can't, he can't win a rumble and he, you know, he doesn't demolish everybody, but I'm trying not to count out elimination chamber and what's going to happen at that premium live event, not the pay-per-view, but the premium live event. And we got a Saudi action, um, in between now.
00:31:42
Speaker
Yeah, and if there is a title on the line, someone's losing it, because people always lose their titles, except for Roman Reigns, anyway. Yeah, exactly. On Saudi ground, so who knows. But yeah, it's, I don't know, just running through everybody and winning everything. It's cliche, but obviously it could happen, but I'm going to go with Seth and Roman. I'm hoping that main event actually happens this year, as opposed to next year. That'd be cool. I mean, I would not be mad at that at all.
00:32:08
Speaker
Yeah. All right. So we're locked and loaded. We're ready for the rumble on a Saturday night. Love that. So we don't got to worry about getting up and going to work on a, on Sunday morning. Uh, Sheena remind the listeners where they can find you guys on social media. You can find me on Instagram at chick Foley Marco on Twitter at chick Foley show.
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Speaker
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00:32:43
Speaker
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00:33:03
Speaker
Championship against George the Animal Steel. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Three straight, baby. I'm breaking the record
Closing Thoughts & Next Episode Tease
00:33:10
Speaker
next week. All right, Jordan, safe travels on the way to St. Louis and attending the Rumble. Remember, guys, we're going to be back Sunday night with a wrap up review discussion of all the fallout from the Rumble. You guys will be hearing it on Monday morning. Yeah, and Jordan will be giving us his thoughts from being right there in the building. Jordan, give us some closing thoughts before we head out this week.
00:33:32
Speaker
Guys, we are on the road to WrestleMania. Let's enjoy some wrestling this weekend and let's get ready to rumble.