Cena Nuff Reigns? WWEДЄfter 24 minutes of near-falls, clever counters, big move after big move, and just generally exhausting action, John Cena AA'ed AJ Styles into oblivion, winning the WWE Championship once more. The last time that WWE used a shark cage for a main roster match (we see you NXT TakeOver: Toronto) was for the Christmas week episode of SmackDown in 1999, when Triple H was stuck in the contraption to keep him from interfering in a Big Show/Mankind WWE title match. The trend of shark cage matches throughout 2017-18 was seemingly spurred by WWE's action figure line coming out with a shark cage playset in 2016, but they've run the gimmick match in prior years, particularly in the 80s and 90s. Seems weird that a 'no disqualification' match would also see Chris Jericho neutralized by being suspended in a shark cage, doesn't it? I mean, anything can go in a no DQ match, right? If Jericho had escaped, would Kevin Owens have been disqualified? A book on WWE logic gaps could be 1300 pages. Man Goes Into Cage, Cage Goes Into Air WWE Ten years later, WWE went with a smaller venue, as the 2007 card took place at the AT&T Center, current home of the NBA's Spurs. The 1997 card was held in the Alamodome, where a heavily-papered crowd saw homeboy Shawn Michaels regain the WWE title in the main event. If this location seems a little bit familiar, it's because Alamo City may as well be Rumble City.Д®very year that has ended in a seven during the Royal Rumble's lifetime has taken place in San Antonio. WWE opted to go the stadium route for the event, booking the massive Alamodome, where more than 52,000 fans would witness the evening's action. The 2017 Royal Rumble emanated from Charles Barkley's favourite city (to have a laugh at the expense of), San Antonio, TX. It hardly felt like a stadium show, but t'was good enough. It was a pretty good Rumble for the most part, though a shade or two beneath the previous year's swift go at restoring the prestige that a Royal Rumble should have.

For the first two-thirds of the 30-man battle, it was shaping up well, but when everybody had to play dead during the Lesnar/Goldberg/Undertaker extended tribute.well, depth chart dioramas can take the air out of you. John Cena being chief among them) and a few average moments that didn't seem to hit on their potential, with the Rumble match coming to mind. The 2017 Royal Rumble ended with a somewhat-peculiar choice of Randy Orton as the winner, capping off a night some nice highs (AJ Styles vs. Why not Samoa Joe?! Why not Finn Balor?! Why not Shinsuke Nakamura?! Losers of World title matches never enter the Rumble later (except when it did happen in 2005, 2011, 2012, and later 2018)! When the first 'DOO-doot' of Roman Reigns' music blared at the number 30 Rumble spot, I thought the very medium of Twitter itself was going to have a nervous breakdown. I do appreciate a good 'troll' moment, especially when it's at the expense of people whom you know are bound to have a harmless freakout. Enjoy the show, and try to act surprised when Triple H shows up.I admit, I laughed. WeвЂ™re including 10 of tonightвЂ™s best comments from the open discussion thread in tomorrowвЂ™s Best and Worst of Royal Rumble column, so be sure to reply to your favorites with +1 to nominate them for consideration. If youвЂ™d like to read our complete rundown of the card including our predictions, click over and read that here. Kickoff Match for the Raw Tag Team Championship (two referees): Sheamus and Cesaro (c) vs. Kickoff match: Alexa Bliss, Mickie James and Natalya vs. Cruiserweight Championship Match: Rich Swann (c) vs. Raw WomenвЂ™s Championship Match: Charotte Flair (c) vs. WWE Universal Championship Match: Kevin Owens (c) vs. WWE Championship Match: AJ Styles (c) vs. 30-man Royal Rumble Match (announced participants: Goldberg, Brock Lesnar, Big E, Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods, Chris Jericho, Braun Strowman, Baron Corbin, The Undertaker, Dean Ambrose, The Miz, Dolph Ziggler, Cesaro, Sheamus, Bray Wyatt, Randy Orton, Luke Harper, Big Show, Sami Zayn, Big Cass, Rusev, Mojo Rawley) (8 open spots)Дў.

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