The Royal Rumble Power Rankings

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01/23/24 • 108 min

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Feat. Suge Wrestling. On a day WWE finds themselves in headlines everywhere, Hoop welcomes Suge to the class for a thorough discussion, Since only one person can win the Royal Rumble, we make the arguments for the very best candidates and put them in some logical order. On that journey, the guys hit some of any and everything going on in WWE. Cheers to wrestling being dope, enjoy the pod!

(9:00) After the news of the day & Suge's introduction, the convo actually starts with an AEW temperature check (17:20) before switching to the ramifications of Seth Rollins' knee injury MITB?
Tier 1 of the rankings emerges with the mentions of Cody Rhodes (35:07), CM Punk & Dwayne 'The Rock' Jonson. Does Rock/Roman need to be at Mania? Does it need to be this year?
Darrell makes the case for Sami Zayn-ia (52:30) & Suge answers with McIntyre Mania 2.0
The rest of the Bloodline forges its own tier (1:01:10) looking at the prospects of Solo Sikoa & the Brothers Uce. Wildcards for Bron Breakker & Carmelo Hayes. Should the Rumble or the 4-way main event?
A closing 3-pack offers rumor mill on Nick Aldis, Mercedes Moné, Jade Cargill and praise for NXT 2.0 (1:17:20)

Follow Suge on X: @SugeWrestling

(9:00) After the news of the day & Suge's introduction, the convo actually starts with an AEW temperature check (17:20) before switching to the ramifications of Seth Rollins' knee injury MITB?
Tier 1 of the rankings emerges with the mentions of Cody Rhodes (35:07), CM Punk & Dwayne 'The Rock' Jonson. Does Rock/Roman need to be at Mania? Does it need to be this year?
Darrell makes the case for Sami Zayn-ia (52:30) & Suge answers with McIntyre Mania 2.0
The rest of the Bloodline forges its own tier (1:01:10) looking at the prospects of Solo Sikoa & the Brothers Uce. Wildcards for Bron Breakker & Carmelo Hayes. Should the Rumble or the 4-way main event?
A closing 3-pack offers rumor mill on Nick Aldis, Mercedes Moné, Jade Cargill and praise for NXT 2.0 (1:17:20)

Follow Suge on X: @SugeWrestling

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(46:00) A ROY debate spins us from East to West. Are you team Wemby or team Chet?
(52:40) Narrowing down the contenders in the West as it appears right now
(1:12:37) A fantasy farewell into NFL playoff talk and some Super Bowl predictions

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The Finishing of the Story

Feat. Justin Walker - Fresh off an interview with former ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli, my main man drops in to discuss the 2024 Royal Rumble PLE. The beauty of a four-match card is the agenda is clear. The other beauty of wrestling, is that there's no condensed way to talk about it. So we thoroughly break down the show, along with some thoughts on how to get to 'Mania 40. Enjoy the pod!

(7:00) We get things going right away with how we feel about Cody Rhodes winning back-to-back Royal Rumble matches **spoiler alert**
(24:20) More on the Men's Rumble - including a loaded final 6, a strong debut from Bron Breakker, & whether or not CM Punk's return was handled properly.
(42:50) We touch on Logan Paul vs. Kevin Owens, the WWE/Netflix deal, and the Universal Championship fatal 4-way.
(1:08:04) The opener closes the pod - a STELLAR women's Rumble match featuring the return of Naomi, Jade Cargill bursting on the scene & a feel-good Bayley victory.