Royal Rumble Review

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Just a little heads up before we get Into the Royal Rumble review, in the intro I will be discussing themes of sexual assault, emotional harm, and sex trafficking, reader discretion is advised.

Intro

On thursday evening, around 10 pm uk time, news came out about an artical in the American publication. The Wallstreet Journal, accusing former WWE chairman, and TKO executive. Vince Mcmahon, and former. head of talent relations. John Laurinaitis. of serious sexual assault, emotional harm, and sex trafficing dating back to early 2019. Janel Grant the plaintiff in this case, is suing Mcmahon, and. Laurenitis, on the grounds of. Physical and emotional abuse, sexual assault, and sex trafficking at WWE, for my preparation going Into this part of my review. I read large chunks of this dossier, and to say that I was sickened, shocked, and horrified to my core, was an understatement. The accounts that i read were so digrading, that I can't, and won't go Into detail here. Back In 2020, the wrestling Industry was stunned, by stories brought to light by women wrestlers, this would go on to be called, the speaking out movement, which was used to tell stories of. Sexual abuse. Sexual misconduct. Cohersive behavior, and. Domestic Violence, within the wrestling Industry. those allegations are vital to this case in my opinion, The speaking out allegations went Industry wide starting out here In the UK, and then going global, with indie wrestlers, and WWE NXT UK, and U.S stars getting mentioned. Some got suspended, and some were fired after Investigations were launched. This happened In the same time line. Calling Mcmahon, and. Laurinaitis's hypocrisy Into play. Two years later. Mcmahon and Laurenitis found themselves In very hot water, as the subject of abuse raised Its head again, when historic rape allegations came out about Mcmahon. Laurinaitis was fired from his WWE post, on the grounds of. Sexual misconduct. He was quietly let go. Mcmahon made a song and dance, by going on TV, on both of his flagship shows, and getting cheered by fans. Showing his true colours, and eventually retiring a week or so later. Just 7 months later. Vince would long arm himself back Into the company, and hold It hostage, so that no deals could get through, to do with TV rights, or the eventual sale of the Company. Fast Forward one Year, and. Vince Is gone from. TKO Ltd, and most importantly. WWE. These new set of allegations are not new, considering that Janel Grants case was looked at, but not followed through on. When contacted originally, in regards to the hush money Scandal. Vince resigned from his post yesterday, and gave one of the most faulse statements I have ever heard. Like I said earlier. I've read large parts of the dossier. And Its made me sick to my stomach, and there are two things that I can't get out of my head. The first thing Is, the level of control was shocking, and the words made me feel numb, and there Is these words, when you say no, it actually means yes, As someone who was brought up to believe, you treat women with dignity and respect, I find this behavior, to be that of a privileged child, who has never been told no. NO MEANS NO END OF DISCUSSION. The industry needs to come together, and start to heed with change, now, more than ever, so that Individuals can't become Issues, Problematic, or worse. Monsters. If you or someone you know, has been affected by any of the issues raised In this article, you can call In the UK Rape Crisis on 0808 500 2222 and In the U.S you can call. Rainn on 800.656 hope 4673. Both lines are run 24 hours a day, and someone will always be there. And If you are a survivor, please remember, tll. Talk. Listen, and. Learn. Due to all of the heaviness Involved In this article, their will be no Smackdown review this week.

WWE Royal Rumble 2024

Intro video

The show kicked off In controversial fashion, If something awful has happened, 24 hours beforehand. Don't have a known scumbag Introduce the show. Hulk Hogan was a known Vince guy In the 1980's. and an all out horrible person. If you know, you know.

Womens Rumble Match

I loved this Rumble Match, and all of the directions that could spin off from this. The Match had a nice flow to It, and was a great way to start the show. From NXT stars. Roxanne Perez, and. Tiffany Stratton having good showings, an emotional Naomi, making her return to the company, Jordynne Grace making an appearance from TNA. The Multiple Damage Ctrl story beats, to the debut of Jade Cargill, her debut was excellent, showcasing her strengths, and lining up future opponents. She eliminated Nia Jax, and had a lift off against. Bianca Belair, which amazed me. This Rumble was perfectly timed, and was enjoyable to watch, Bayley outlasted the 30 women, In order to punch her ticket to Philadelphia, as. Iyo, and. Rhea watched from the Backstage Area. I like this development, because It means that the plates that have been spinning, can cook for longer.

Fatal 4 way Match For the WWE Universal Heavyweight Championship

Roman Reigns retained his WWE Universal Heavyweight Championship, In a Fatal 4 way Match, that was flat, and disapointing against. LA Knight. Randy Orton, and. AJ Styles. It was slow. It was methodical, and Predictable. Yes, all participants did manage to pull things together, but It was to little to late, in my opinion. The heavy reliance on using Solo Sikoa, is starting to get a little bit jarring.

Logan Paul vs Kevin Owens United States Championship

Logan Paul vs Kevin Owens, was a fun bit of filler. Now don't get me wrong. I hated how it ended, but the Match was decent. The action was decent, and told multiple story beats, which lead to Logan getting the win by dq were overplayed. Thanks to Logans Impulsive co host, trying to give him brass knucks. Austin Theory came out, and took the weapon, after Logans mate, was kicked out from ringside. Theory slid the knucks In. Logan took hold of them, but. KO got them from Logan, and smacked him with them. When the ref performed the count, he saw the brass knucks, and disqualified KO, this means Logan keeps his belt. KO in the aftermath went mad, and put Logan through a table. All of this equisitely shot. No Kevin, does make for a nice change.

Mens Rumble Match

This Years mens Rumble was cathartic mix bag, from the longterm story of the battle of the brothers Uso. Pat Mcafe having second thoughts. The NXT entrants. Bron Breakker, and. Carmelo Hayes, both having good, to great outings. R Truth, doing his best John Cena Inpersonation. Gunther and Cody turning the clock back a year. a tease of a possible Cm Punk heel turn, which lead to him and Cody meeting as the final two, after the Imperium leader was eliminated by Cody. Their mini Match verged on being sensational, with echoes of their epic promo dual from. Monday Night Raw bleeding through. Cody got the win, and could now face the possibility of finishing his story. The Mans Rumble did suffer from pacing issues, but that did not deter my enjoyment. It had drama when It needed It, and humour to lighten the mood over a weekend, that was overshadowed, by one mans actions. With the pyro setting as the perfect backdrop, their will be a certain son of a plumber, looking down from heaven thinking. This year, he will do it. Roman watched from the sky box, as the walls of his gingerbread house, could start crumbling down. Whilst Seth Rollins, looked as smug as a Cheshire Cat.

Overview Of The Royal Rumble 2024

With all of WWE's creative plates all spinning at once, i'm now starting to get the feeling, that if one accidentally fell off, things could be ok. With several directions that they could turn down. This Is the road to Wrestlemania, and were only just getting started.

WWE Royal Rumble 2024 Is a solid 8/10