Royal Rumble Weekend, Part II: Royal Rumble Preview

01/27/18 • 0 min

We're coming at you live from Philly! Alasdair and Kyle are together in the same room at last to break down the Royal Rumble before they head off to NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia! We're excited about the tag title matches, confused about the heavyweight championships, and just generally prepared to be watching the two Rumble matches for hours upon hours. With so many open spots, who might show up? Who will emerge victorious, and why is it Rusev? We've got all your answers as we give you the second of our Royal Rumble weekend episodes!

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Royal Rumble Weekend, Part I: NXT TakeOver Preview

It's Royal Rumble weekend, and Alasdair and Kyle are headed to Philadelphia! We'll have a bunch of episodes coming at you from our trip, and we run down the entire bonkers schedule that we have ahead of us. First up though we have to struggle through technical difficulties one more time to bring you this preview of NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia, which might be the first TakeOver we can recall in which we're most excited about the championship match. But there's plenty to like about the other four matches, and we break it all down as we get ready for the likes of Ember Moon and the Undisputed Era to defend their titles. Plus we take a few minutes at the end to discuss the all-important question of 205 Live's General Manager. Oh and thanks for giving us so little to talk about, Raw 25, we owe you one!

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Royal Rumble Weekend, Part III: NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia Reactions

Alasdair and Kyle are recovered from the incredible, emotionally exhausting draining experience of going to NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia! We have some spoiler-free praise for the pre-show matches set to air on next Wednesday's show that feature Roderick Strong, Tyler Bate, TM-61, and more. We then break down a card that has some all-time great stuff and some wonky stuff, with more of the latter early on. We look at how injuries affected the storytelling in the tag and women's title matches. We praise Velveteen Dream and his limitless potential, even if he still has things to figure out (which, you know, he's 23 years old, so that's fine). And then we have nothing but praise for Aleister Black and Adam Cole, which would be the match of the night if not for Andrade "Cien" Almas and Johnny Gargano melting our minds and our hearts with pure wrestling perfection.