Special Edition WWE Royal Rumble 2018

It is 601 on the East Coast.
It is 301 on the West Coast, I do a little bit of math there.
It is the 28th of January in the year of our Lord 2018, season 8, episode 26, 429 times.
This voice has welcomed you to the Clubhouse Podcast live every Sunday night, 7 Eastern
4 Pacific.
But not next week.
We'll talk about that here in a minute.
Welcome.
My name is Rob.
I am the executive producer of the Clubhouse Podcast.
And boy, things change today.
But I'm not alone.
We got a room full of people here tonight.
We're on an hour early because it's Royal Rumble Sunday.
The first major of the year is upon us.
We got a bunch of people in this room that this is their favorite pay-per-view of the year,
and we start with someone who believes that in his heart of hearts back in the co-host
chair after 457 episodes.
Actually, we haven't done that many.
Chad is back.
Welcome, sir.
Just a slight exaggeration there.
I never exaggerate.
Shoot.
Ever.
We're going to keep going clockwise around the room next to him is the Lady of the House
and a woman whose note-taking abilities are going to be put to the test today.
Jen Romance here.
How are you, friend?
I am excellent.
Hello, everyone.
We keep going around with the fact-checker of this show and a man who is not ashamed of
his t-shirt.
Don.
You know him.
It's fun.
Don.
Go.
I'm calling out a fraud because at the last wrestling show, there's this guy saying,
you're on the champ on the champ, but then I am the champ on the two-time defending champ
right now.
Well, let's get there.
Let's get there.
We haven't even gotten there yet.
As we keep going directly across from the death, from me at the desk, is a man who's got
the coolest shirt in the room.
I don't care what any of you say.
Alex is here.
Welcome, sir.
Welcome to wrestling, Christmas.
We keep going around the room.
He's back from Toronto, and he is ready to act on anyone in this room he feels the need
to.
Docs here.
Hello, sir.
Hello, my leapshands.
Alex, come on.
We keep going around the room.
I told you you got a lot of people on the show tonight, a man with the coolest sunglasses
I've seen in many, many years, and he keeps changing it up every time he's here.
L.A.
Is back, sir.
Dude.
Too many people.
What's up, my fans?
We keep going around a guy who's got a retro Pepsi can, because that's how he rolls,
Russ is here, and rounding out the dais until Andrew gets here, because he's on his way.
Greg's wearing his Brock Lesnar shirt this evening, is he correct?
Is that my correct on that?
All right.
Greg, how are you, sir?
We're still having problems with that microphone.
All right.
So let's go through corrections and updates real quick.
Actually, Judd was married to Dario Frank TV until 2013, not Elio Castronevas.
We got that wrong.
Dolph Lundgren has a degree in chemical engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology and a
master's degree in it from the University of Sydney.
Oh, Andrea did get here.
He got here in time.
That's good news.
I actually want to keep going on this.
But we mentioned wrap chips last week, and I went ahead and I found all the flavors,
so I can share them with you guys.
Have you seen these, L.A.?
I was waiting.
I was waiting.
I was waiting.
I was waiting.
I was asking, you're looking at me.
You're looking at me.
You're looking at me.
You're looking at me.
You're looking at me.
Huh?
Huh?
Have you seen these things in the convenience store?
Yes.
Okay.
We have the Fettihwap honey jalapeno, Lil Busy's Louisiana Heat Wavy Chips, Migos Sour Cream
with a dab of ranch, Fabulous, Fabulous, F-A-B-O-L-O-U-S, New York, Delhi, Cheddar,
Wavy Chips, and the Romeo Miller barbecuing with my honey.
Those are all the flavors.
They're all spelled with a silent C.
Alright, so let's get into, Don is, did successfully defend his title again, and that ends
today, brother.
Because you don't know what's coming.
Alright, so here's your possible points, was 142 for the year.
Owning the seller this year is a man who hasn't been to a pay-per-view since money in the
bank.
Chad finished with 55.
That's a 387 winning percentage, which is probably still better than the 76ers.
Drew finished with 69, with a 486 win percentage, he was 4 and 3 at clash.
Everybody did really well at Clutch at Champions.
Doc finishes two points better at 71.
He finished at an even 500.
He was 5 and 2 at Clutch at Champions.
You guys, Steven, who just had to take off, but I've got his picks for today.
He finished with 81.
That's a 5-71 percentage.
He did the worst at Clutch at Champions at 3 and 4.
L.A. beat his tag team partner by 3 points with 84.
592 win percentage, 6 and 1.
Best record at Clutch at Champions, by the way.
Congratulations, sir.
I finished with 86.
That's a 606 winning percentage.
I was 4 and 3 at Clutch at Champions.
And Don pretty much opened a can.
He finished with 105 out of 142.
That's a 739 win percentage.
He was 5 and 2 at Clutch at Champions.
Alright, so let's talk real quick.
I know it's been a while.
But let's talk about Alex win 5 and 2.
Jen win 5 and 2 as well.
Alex, your Clutch at Champions.
Great going in with a D minus.
What do you say now?
I'll give it a pop up to a D plus.
Gen Rome, you said C.
I'll stick with my C.
Alright, Rust, you said C plus.
I'll stick with C plus.
Great, you said B minus.
Stick with D minus.
I said C plus.
I'm going to drop it to D plus.
L.A., you said C plus.
D minus.
Alright, fair enough.
Steven said a C.
He didn't give me his corrected grade.
And Doc said C plus.
Where do you think it now?
Steven, it's A to have an A for calling Dolph.
I thought I was saying it went down to the C minus.
Alright, I'm going to hold on to the rules.
Because we're going to get right into the week that was.
We're going to get to the rules when it's time to do the rules.
Alright, so we found out this week that, by the way,
just so everybody's clear.
No, this is an impact.
Um, let's just say up front.
We're not talking about the Enzo thing.
Because the facts aren't completely in yet.
And I'm not ready to talk about that yet.
So it's all be clear.
Alright.
That being said, the 2019 rumble is going to be in Arizona.
That chase field.
That's all I'm saying.
Steph will be doing commentary for the women's rumble tonight.
Which I think will lead the car.
I'm hoping Rhonda Rousey says she will not be there.
But it's only a five hour flight from South America.
There will be a new 24 that's going to debut after the pay
per but tonight doing the behind the scenes for WrestleMania 33.
The ad looks really good for this.
So I'm not staying up that late.
And apparently we're talking Seth Rowan's Jason Jordan
for WrestleMania because everybody needs a bathroom break.
There were some issues against each other.
Yes.
Oh, great.
So issues with the crowd at the Manhattan Center for Raw 25
Monday night.
There were some issues.
And people were just extended periods where they were just
watching video screens because there just wasn't a lot
from there.
We'll talk about that here in a minute.
Allegations and photo evidence of the King and JR
napping between segments.
Yeah.
There were chance of BS and chance of refund throughout the
Manhattan Center Monday night.
Wow.
If you're going to screw a crowd New York into place to do it, kids.
Although Triple H did come out afterwards to thank everybody after
the Miz came out, followed by Seth Rowan's and Baller Club and
Seth and Baller Club actually took selfies with the crowd for a
while after to kind of because they weren't supposed to be there,
but they went across town to kind of help quell that a little bit.
Possibility of two elimination chambers next month.
The team mobile center in Vegas or in Paradise, Nevada have
released their their ads for elimination chamber.
And in the description, it says what 12 raw super stars will be in
the chamber on the banner are both Joe and Alexa Bliss.
And somebody called that in October.
You did.
You did indeed, sir.
Congratulations.
Now we go from a really cool thing to really really.
Your post-Restylmania program for Lesnar apparently is lashly.
So if if watching golf on TV is a little too fast paced for you,
get ready for this thing.
And then probably the biggest Vince headline of the week,
the XFL's coming back in 2020.
Yeah.
There will be eight teams with 40 man rosters.
Vince will own all of the teams, but each team will have a GM.
There will be two hour games.
He's talking about getting rid of half time.
Yeah.
Just power and through it.
There will be a 10 week regular season.
And then a 14 playoff that will take place over two weeks.
No politics, but everyone will stand for the anthem,
which I think is kind of weird.
I have a question.
Yeah.
Bring back the USFL while they're at it too.
No players with criminal records.
Although Johnny Menzel has already said he's interested
and their response as well.
He wasn't convicted of a crime.
Or necessarily charged.
Hi, mate.
And Vince said it's going to cost about $100 million.
And it's of his own money.
He's putting it on his own money.
Yes.
I say it's going to take to cover the seven month break
in the NFL.
Are you playing every three weeks?
I'm very confused.
There's two buys.
Yeah.
Everybody gets two buys at the same time every week.
Very strange.
Oh, jeez.
But Vince has said he's not going to cross promote the two brands.
That was one of my biggest problem with it the first go around.
Is I didn't need undertaker showing up at half time of an XFL game.
They need to be separate entities.
I'm OK with it being separate entities.
Well, do this your company.
Why are you not going to throw in a pay review?
I will tell you, I think the coach is your sideline reporter.
I'm with it.
I mean, I say it does play by play.
Oh God.
Maybe we'll get Matt Vesker's in back.
Just keep O&A away from it.
All right.
Some notes from Raw.
I was excited that the Manhattan Center did have the ICO pro banner
up on the balcony.
You got to want it.
Do you blame them?
Because they only had one match during the whole show.
It doesn't matter.
Hardy one.
They had two.
What was the other one?
Well, they had three.
Because you had the Matt, the broken Matt Hardy.
Yeah.
You had Baller Club.
Revival.
Reverse of the Revival.
OK.
And you also had a cruiserweight match, too.
That was dark, wasn't that one?
There were two dark cruiserweight games.
Right.
But they still had matches there.
Yeah.
Two matches and three matches.
How about that pop for Vince when he came out?
It's great to see that he's finally physically returned to normal.
His head matches his body frame now.
Well, normal for Vince.
Normal for Vince.
Normal for Vince.
I was humored that Stephanie and Shane decided to get a go fund me for the back.
Dad, we don't want to buy something for you.
But we'll let the fans do it.
Here's your $47 plan.
And I'll tell you why Austin missed so many of the beers thrown at him.
It was Miller Light.
He's used to natty light.
It's different weight.
No, it was always natty light.
It was always natty light.
I worry about the women's rumble after watching Asuka throw everybody out of the ring,
because that was really awkward.
Because remember the women's rumble, it's the same rules.
You have to go over the top rope.
It's not like a normal women's battle royal where you can go through the middle rope.
You have to go over the top.
I was a fan of all the people at the Manhattan Center that were wearing retro gear.
Respect for that, for buying the bit.
And I did love the oversized macho man fat head that was in the crowd.
That made me happy even though it was black in my NWO.
And can somebody tell me when is Cesaro going to get his dentures?
It's just getting weird now.
It doesn't have a list.
Have you ever seen Abyss though with his teeth?
Yeah, but Abyss has always been like that.
And I saw Abyss in person two weeks ago.
And who's to say he doesn't already have it?
He just doesn't want to wear it while he's fighting.
But when he's cutting a promo though, he's got the thing in.
Well, I guess it depends on where he came from.
And I did like, you guys know how I feel about when they throw the stats up on Raw.
I just really can't, but they finally had one that interested me.
Almost 800 superstars have had at least one match on Raw in 25 years.
That was an interesting stat I saw.
Did anybody else notice that Elias' guitar was very strategically placed to hide the middle finger on Johnny Cash's t-shirt?
But then when he got rid of the guitar, it looks like they blurred the middle finger on it.
I was like, come on.
My favorite signs of the night, one from each venue.
From the Barclays Center just said, remember Pyro.
And the other one, and God bless whoever this did because it was a professionally done sign.
And if you haven't watched Raw for 25 years, you probably wouldn't catch it.
But it said, silk stockings next on USA.
And I mean, it was professionally printed.
It wasn't handwritten.
That was just like, I feel like they should have shown an episode of that show just for that guy.
I think now I'm missing that show.
Oh, that was brilliant.
My mom hated that show because my dad loved that show.
Your dad, who is the ultimate irony of our friendship?
Because for those who don't know the reason I call him Doc is because his last name is Hauser.
Now, Doc and I have known each other.
This is 2018.
This will be 22 years that Doc and I have been friends.
And back when Doc had his really long hair.
You have to see pictures of it to really grasp the greatness of Doc's long hair.
And so we'd been friends for like five years before I found out that Doc's dad was actually a neurosurgeon.
And he's like, I thought that's why you called me that.
I was like, no, it's because your last name is Hauser.
So, all right.
So some headlines from impact this Saturday.
This Saturday, if you have the Twitch on your computer, then not that doesn't mean a virus.
If you go to, they have a Twitch channel to be doing brace for impact as the name of the show that they'll be doing live Saturday from New Jersey on Twitch for,
it's part of the WrestlePro network that they're working with.
And Emma, now being using her real name, Teniel, being advertised for that show.
Wait, that's her real name?
Teniel Dashwood.
That's her real name.
That's her real name.
And if you missed impact, first of all, congratulations.
Matt Sydal is your new grand champion.
This should get really wild ago, like over the summer.
All right.
So let's talk about impact real quick, because I actually sat through it.
So we're going to talk about it.
How long, if ever, has Lashley been referred to as walking Armageddon?
Is that a good answer to that long?
Okay.
So that's been a thing for a while.
Yes.
And you know, you had a stupid goat shirt as the goat in there.
It was way back with him and JB were beefing, yeah.
And why we had a grand champion match that had no rounds.
It was just a straight wrestling match for the grand champion.
I had one of my head before when Aaron Ricks had the bill,
but I don't think it was a specialty match.
No, it was a song because the EC3 dropped it,
because we all know what's going to happen tonight.
You want to know,
you want to know,
here's the thing for my thing for impact.
Do you want to know how far off your radar Vince,
off of Vince's radar, you are?
They're doing a live event in New Orleans,
the Friday before WrestleMania.
But Vince doesn't ever do any shows anywhere near them, like ever.
Like, I don't need to compete with you.
You need to compete with me.
So good luck with all of this.
Okay, because he wants to buy it.
Of course he wants to buy it.
He wants to own it all.
Let's see, I do love...
After that grand champion match,
and they do this every week, I've noticed,
the two weeks I've watched so far,
Josh Matthews like,
that match trending worldwide,
you taped three weeks ago.
How do you know?
Yeah, we were talking about it on Twitter,
and then it trended.
And does Borash have to annunciate everything?
He wears me.
Everybody, and like, he radiovomits all over my living room.
Hey everybody!
Did you see the end of that women's match,
that title match?
I did.
She missed out with the belt hit to the head by a mile on that.
Yeah, that was bad.
Let's see, where am I?
And apparently, I guess this app doesn't seem to be doing well
because Borash shoved it down our throats for two hours,
worse than Cole ever has.
But at least Borash didn't show us how to download an app.
So I don't have to lose my cool to it.
And that table in the lashly moose match.
Dear God, like, you could see the cuts in it.
How they prepped it,
worse than I've ever seen in WCW.
Like, it was terrible.
There was at least 12 cuts.
Yeah, that were Chris Cross.
So that way when he hit it, it broke in perfect diamonds.
And Josh Matthews said he was 0 for 7 after three matches.
I don't know a lot about new math.
But that doesn't seem to work for me.
We have to show your winner.
All right, so before we get into Smackdown,
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All right, so here we go.
Let's see.
205 Live is going to get a GM this week.
I think the general consensus is it's going to be gold dust.
No, it's not going to be.
Take over Philadelphia was last night.
You did have exactly no belts change hands.
But a very, very slow show to start.
Not a bad tag title match.
Women's match was decent.
I've seen better takeovers,
but that NXT title match was amazing.
What do we figure they went?
Alex, was it like 40 minutes by the time we tallied it?
I think it was in the high 30s.
It was a great match.
Go back and check out at least the main event
if nothing else from last night.
It's way too early to put Shayna Baszler on any kind of pay-per-view.
She was terrible last night.
Oh, absolutely terrible.
I was like, okay, there's my bathroom break.
Oh, it was, it was bad.
Sameer Singh has a torn ACL.
He's out indefinitely.
Congratulations to Chad Gabel.
He and his wife have welcomed a new daughter named Meadow Ann.
So, Mausletov to those kids.
Meadow Ann Gabel?
Yeah.
Why not?
And I know LA's already got this on order from shop.
You may now purchase a Roosive Day calendar.
It is a 12 month calendar that is a Roosive Day.
And every day is Roosive Day.
Boy, they are going with this bid, aren't they?
Roosive Day.
Roosive Day.
Hey, wait, a 205.
What are they doing with the cruiserweight now?
They vacated the title.
They haven't said if they're going to do a tournament
or if they're doing whatever.
They're going to announce this week.
The only thing I have from Smackdown is I do like the new day's new shirt.
The wig of it just a little bit as it grooves.
I thought I was going to be shocking every now and then.
All right.
What's going on here?
Why am I not?
Really?
Yeah, boys?
Yeah.
Why is this not turning off?
I just got really cold in this room.
All right.
So, before we run the card,
because it is Royal Rumble Day,
I'm ready for this paper, really.
We're changing the rules this year,
because we're sick of Don running away with it by WrestleMania.
Since I'm so good, you have to change the rules.
That's OK.
Oh, OK.
So we have now have two give me.
OK, fair enough.
So here's how it's going to work.
Everything this year,
stay with me, everybody.
Everything this year is risk reward.
Everything.
Risk reward.
So now I'm really going to run away with it.
The more specific you are,
the more points you can gain,
but the more points you can lose.
Now, also, for those of you that can't seem to keep up,
there is a huge penalty if I don't have your picks
by the time we go on air.
If I do not have your picks by the time I hit record
on this computer,
you lose the maximum number of possible points
in that pay-per-view.
That was a minus.
Can you just take a buy-week from picks?
Nope.
You're committed,
because you don't take you that long.
You got a month to put them together.
Question, what happens if somebody shows up to the show
here in the studio,
and you already started picks?
Are they out for the whole thing?
No, they're not out.
They just lose the points,
and they can gain back whatever they're here for.
Okay.
All right.
Now, here's how it works.
If the match winds up a Double DQ,
it's a break even.
Because that's just fair.
But Double DQ nobody wins, nobody loses.
Okay?
If you just pick the winner,
it's worth one point.
One point either way.
Gain or lose.
Okay?
If you predict the person who gets the pin
or retrieves the belt in a ladder match
in a tag team match,
it's two points.
So you can just say the revival wins.
That's one point.
But if you say dash gets the pin,
it's worth two.
Makes sense?
Now,
if you predict how it happens
outside of a ladder match,
because we don't know how that works.
So if you say pinfall submission,
count out, or DQ,
that's a three-point risk,
because the more specific you are,
the more you can win,
but the more you can lose.
Everybody with me so far.
One time per pay-per-view.
And you can only use it one time
and it does not carry over.
You can call shenanigans.
Because we put them together.
Shenanigans has to involve somebody
stay with me because I needed
input from somebody on the outside
to make sure that it was sadistic as possible.
So,
if you...
Do you need your bottle?
Are you okay?
So one time per pay-per-view,
you can call shenanigans.
Shenanigans only qualifies
if it's somebody not traditionally
involved in the match.
So you can't call shenanigans
on the sing-brothers
because they're always there.
That's a five-point risk.
However,
if you call shenanigans
and it doesn't happen,
in this case,
I will not take five from you.
So that's the only time
that you can only benefit.
Why?
No, every pay-per-view,
you do it once.
Hold on.
If you...
If you say risk reward,
if you call shenanigans,
you should lose the five
if you're going to call it.
You know what?
I'll leave it to the floor.
I'll leave it to the floor.
Do you guys want that to be
a risk reward?
No.
Why not?
Don, you've already said your opinion.
I both have done.
All right.
Anybody vote against?
All right.
Then it's a risk reward.
I don't want to verify this.
So, five or negative five.
Five or negative five.
I call shenanigans
No shenanigans have.
You lose five.
But you could...
Let's say you call shenanigans
but you're like Alexa Bliss
wins via pinfall.
You'd only really lose two points
because you'd gain three
for the other thing.
Okay?
Now, you don't have to call shenanigans
but you...
No, you do have to call shenanigans.
That's the point of shenanigans.
I mean, there can be pay-per-view
where you don't...
You don't want to use the shenanigans.
You don't have to use it.
But it doesn't carry over.
Like, you wouldn't get two
for the next pay-per-view.
Right. And if you don't use it,
you don't instantly lose five.
You only lose the five.
Right.
Now, for a survivor series,
you will get five bonus points
on top of the tag team
if you pick the soul survivor.
So, you could get seven points
for picking the soul survivor
in a survivor series match.
Okay.
Now...
Can you remind us of this?
I will.
I will.
For money in the bank...
If you...
If you call a money in the bank,
cash in.
I'll give you ten.
Oh.
That's the money in the bank.
Turn around.
Now...
Now, here's the thing.
You could go for broke
call cash in and shenanigans
in the same match
if you want to.
However...
You better be sure.
I won't...
I won't take...
No, here's the thing.
I won't take away the five
for shenanigans
if it doesn't happen.
So, you could lose ten
but you could gain 15.
Yeah.
But yeah.
Because that's only fair.
Because it doesn't happen.
You know.
Now...
Now let's talk...
Actually, I'm going to hold on to that.
If there's an open challenge
like there is tonight...
I'll give you one.
If you pick the winner.
It's like for tonight.
Whether it's Bobby or the field.
I'll give you one.
I'll give you two.
If you actually successfully
pick the opponent.
I'll give you five
if that opponent wins.
But I won't take away for the last two.
So, you could gain up to eight
but you could only lose one.
I got a theory.
Now...
Under a normal battle royal circumstances
like the Andre the Giant battle royal at WrestleMania.
The winner...
The amount of points you can gain or lose
depend on how many people are in the match.
So, if it's...
The Andre the Giant battle royal turns into 15 guys.
It's a 15 point risk.
Everybody with me.
Now, let's talk the rumble.
This is where you need to pay attention
because this is where it gets real.
Oh no.
This is...
This could make or break the entire thing.
Because what I've done with the rumble...
It's insane.
I'm prepared for hate.
Trust me.
Because this is the first year in a long time.
We don't know who's coming in win at all.
At least sometimes we at least know one and or 30.
We don't know anything going into tonight.
So, here's the thing.
Everybody is going to pick who they want to win the rumble.
Oh, yes I did.
I had a vision brother.
Your risk reward will depend on when in the match.
They enter the rumble.
So, if you pick the number one person that winds up in the rumble
and they ray Mysterio the thing,
I will give you 30 points.
No questions asked.
Now, if you pick the first person that enters the rumble
and they don't win, I'm taking 30 away.
So, if you...
Oh, yes I am.
No.
Because that's the amount of time they're in.
Because the earlier in the rumble,
you pick the higher the risk
because they'd have to go through the whole thing.
So, if you pick both number one picks
and they both lose, you're out 60.
No more progress.
Nope.
I don't have an index card to measure it.
So, now.
Let's do this.
So, if you pick one, it's worth 30.
Two, it's worth 29, 328, etc.
So, if you pick the person that winds up 30
if you're only going to gain or lose a point.
Because the likelihood of them winning the rumble
is more likely than it would be somebody earlier.
So, I can't reward that.
Oh, yeah, I'm telling you.
It's going to be crazy.
And I will say this.
And I want you guys to hear me.
Part of the reason we're doing this this year
is you really want to pick smartly.
Should we just go ahead and say it?
You talk to the guy who's had a smoke break
that you made the rules with, that guy?
Now he just knows.
Now he just wrote it forever.
Let's just say,
you really want to win this year.
That's all I'm saying.
What do you get if you win?
Same thing I did for the last two years?
Not going to tell you.
Because no, he knows because he's responsible for it.
I don't want this evil on me.
You want to do well this year.
I'm afraid it could happen in college.
Unless he comes yesterday and you come back there
with a bluest day.
That's probably next door.
Bitch, belt is easy, easy, easy, easy.
I'll take the blue belt.
All right, let's run the card
because we're already at the 31-minute mark.
Yeah, all right.
So we've got two of the three free show matches
that are going to be gimmies
because they've already happened.
The revival, jobs to the club.
the revival one and the faces of course one the 205 live match because that's
what the faces do all right so let's get it this is not in the order that I
think it will happen it's just the order of importance yes if they haven't
happened if they if they happen during the show we don't count as it's
given but if we can get this done quickly with the Bobby Roode match because
that hasn't happened yet so it is an open challenge so remember if you pick
Bobby you're taking a point if you can if you pick the field it's still a
point if you say who the person is that's two if they win that's five Chad
you're taking Bobby or the field Bobby okay Jen but you want to say how it
happens no okay so just one point all right Jen all right Don Bobby Roode
pinfall oh Don's already out the gate look at him Alex Bobby Roode clean
finish on a pin doc Bobby Roode pinfall L.A.
stop it and can I still pick his opponent yes yes yes
yes okay so now we're starting to make it three Andrew
do you want to pick the opponent Steven says Bobby Roode as well Greg
Bobby Roode pinfall picking the opponent all right Greg picking the opponent I am
gonna say I didn't know I could pick the opponent okay Don quickly I'm gonna say
it's not gonna agree with L.A. it's gonna be Dolph Ziggler I am going to say
Bobby Roode via pinfall but it's not gonna be Ziggler I have a theory and it's
gonna be ladies and gentlemen E C three I had I had a moment of clarity on
Friday that's who I'm going with all right so now rock tag team titles
rock tag team titles on the line Seth Rollins and Jason Jordan versus the bar
Andrew says um Steven says Rollins and Jordan
general the bar you're gonna pick how they do it all right just straight one okay
Don don don don don I'm saying the bar by pinfall okay so title change yeah Alex
Rollins and Jordan oh okay doc okay L.A. leave it alone Don I'll take I'll take
I'll take Rollins and Jordan okay Andrew okay he says the bar Rollins and
Jordan okay I am gonna say you know what I'm going the other way I'm saying the
bar win it by pinfall which creates the Seth Jordan now I think because you've
got to go through another pay for you you've got to build a time all right
Smackdown live team tag team Chammy chips on the line in a two out of three
falls match the new so's versus Gabe Benjamin Gabel Benjamin woo awkward
awkward I take that I'll take that was that was my fault that was a horrible
hurting slip Don in three falls Gabel Benjamin and that's what I'm gonna say they
went in three falls three falls okay Steven says they retain or they we have
new tag champs as well Alex I agree with Don Gabel Benjamin two to one okay doc
I don't want to I'm going with you those okay L.A. Yeah if you want to I'll give
you an extra point for it because I do reserve the right to change it any time
as the commissioner so you're gonna have Gabel okay with the pinfall okay the
first one in the second one okay so you're using your shenanigans correct
correct so it's gonna be a referee's word that that could that can be
shenanigans are you gonna use your shenanigans on this match okay so who gets
the third pinfall so the third pinfall is gonna be Benjamin on Jimmy okay so new
champs all right Andrew okay how many falls how many falls two or three it's
it's best two out of three falls okay great oh rest I'm sorry okay okay
Chad everything all right Jen Benjamin Gabel this will go three falls because they
never are they very rare we don't I think the new so's retain and it'll go
I can't go that deep on it I can't because otherwise I'm already taking a lot
of risk here I've got I've got a balance in somehow let's see two on one
handycat match for the WWE Championship AJ Styles versus Kevin Owens and
Sammy Zane Alex I believe we're up to you are we up to Don Alex are up okay
so we're at 37 minutes now we got to move okay Doc okay L.A. I'm not gonna cheat
like some of these other guys phones which I think should be part of the rules
now for now okay fair enough okay but we all know they're not going to let my
guys get the dual chance okay okay with the pen over okay whoa the risk is
happening Andrew okay Greg okay Chad okay don now if a GM gets evolved that
that'd be shenanigans right that is correct okay I'm called shenanigans and AJ
wins I call shenanigans and Owens and Zane win and I say that Zane gets the
pinfall which starts the rift between them so I'm calling shenanigans on this
match Sammy Zane gets the pinfall AJ Styles triple threat match for the
WWE Universal Championship Lesnar versus Strowman versus Kane Doc oh by the way
Steven did say he said AJ and he also says Lesnar I'm saying Lesnar because it's
gonna fall into another prediction for later okay all right Andrew all
right Russ Greg Chad Jen Don I can do Lesnar pins Kane okay Alex same as
Don Lesnar pinning Kane I'm going the other way Lesnar pins Strowman that'll
further the angle pinning Kane does nothing for you all right let's get into the
two big ones the wet we're gonna start with the women's Royal Rumble match which I
think I think this leads the card I really do I think this is the first match on
the card now here's the thing we have 18 we have 18 women currently listed in
this match we are being told that nine women from NXT are going to be called
up for this match so that only leaves room for three surprise match entrance I
would advise against picking someone not announced for the match because if
they don't wind up in the match that's going to be a 30 point loss for you
because they didn't even show unless you are so sure that person's going to be
in the match with God bless you so here's who we have announced no no no no
Naomi Asuka Ruby Riot Natalia Sasha Bailey Mandy Rose Sonya Deville Carmella
Tamina Lana Liv Morgan Sarah Logan Mickey James Nia Jax Becky Lynch Alicia
Fox and Dana Brooke LA you're up oh by the way Steven says Asuka no she's not
in it she's she's done her career's over that kick from Sasha was bad not
Sasha's fault so all you people that are trolling her online go pound sand so
LA worth a 40 minute mark we got to move this thing all right doc oh that's
right because we're gonna injure all right Chad Jen Sasha Banks oh a different
pick there Don Asuka okay sticking to my guns I don't think Asuka makes it
Becky Lynch okay doc okay for me I'm real tempted to see things through Alex's
lenses because if Asuka's in the match she wins it and it's just too obvious of
a choice but if she gets Kofi Kingston elimination chambered like Edge did
that changes the game but I'm going to stick to Asuka in this deal because you
have to put her in the matchup at WrestleMania yes I but I'm saying Asuka
because you're gonna put her in the spotlight at Mania they already to push
Nia but I think because also remember if you watch the pre-show Charlotte is
rooting for Asuka because I remember which which brand she's on she said she
wants to break Asuka's streak so apparently we're saying the winner can pick
the champion they take on at least that's what's being intimated because
why else would Charlotte say that she's the Smackdown champion all right men's
rumble match you have you have eight it was at 18 guys currently announced you
have a lot of room for for instability here but here's who we have listed as
of when we went on the air because one more got added Finn Balor John Cena
Baron Corbin Biggie Apollo Cruz Ty Dillinger Elias Aiden English Matt
Hardy Kofi Kingston the Miz Shinsuke Nakamura Titus O'Neill Randy Orton Roman
reigns Rusev Xavier Woods and Bray Wyatt Steven says Shinsuke Andrew he is
saying Randy Orton all right Russ Greg Chad Shinsuke
Shinsuke Don Shinsuke Alex Doc I'm saying Roman reigns because I'm making a
long-term prediction that'll be Roman reigns and Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania
an interesting prediction but there but there is a monkey ranch involved in that
because we are there's a possibility that somebody from Smackdown wins it and
your elimination chamber becomes a number one contender
that's fine because I'm aware of that L.A.
That would be amazing.
Please give him all the points if that happens, give him all the points.
Okay I just I don't think Shinsuke wins this thing.
I just I don't think Shinsuke wins this thing and I don't think Orton wins
this thing but I think it's a Smackdown person that being said I and this well let
me say something let me just say I think one of your one of the people that shows
up and this is not to any risk I'm just saying this to say it first
smartest man alive credibility I think Jeff returns tonight I'm going to put
that out there however I honestly believe this Royal Rumble will be awesome
they are pushing him to the moon right now he granted he has the IC belt
right now but he is your top heel and that's the kind of thing that you would
set you could run and say I'm going to be both intercontinental and universal
champion so you say the miss I am saying the miss okay all right I'm going on
record because did not see that coming EC3 would have been a better booking okay
so let's okay so we got to grade the card we're running out of time we're
running out of time to grade the card Stephen has giving this an A but then he
texted me right after he's like I'm so peeled right now I guess he saw the end of
the US match Russ you're up all right Greg Chad this is your favorite paper
year the minus now is there any bias involved there is it lowered because of it
now it's just it doesn't look all that fascinating to be on paper
general with how they did the women with the latter match I'm giving it a C plus
oh don't be minus wrestling Christmas will always get an A okay talk I'm going
with a minus because I'm thinking the women of practice and they're going to do a good job
in the world all right he is LA you can't call a man a feminist when he answers with
I'm in it for the chicks you kind of negated at that point he's kidding he's
kidding he's kidding all right so one hour show all right Andrew I'm very excited
for both rumbles this year I'm really excited that we're finally getting the
women's rumble the women's rumble that I have clamored for for years that is
well documented on this show I am going to say it has a B plus and I expect
myself to raise that level by the end of the evening this may cross the a
threshold all right it's almost time kids we are 12 minutes away from going
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