Royal Rumble 2021: Brought to you by Bad Bunny

[cobainwasmurdered]

right now all that is scheduled is

Men's Rumble
Women's Rumble
Roman Vs Kevin Owens
Drew Vs Goldberg

but in something that is actually a get for WWE Bad Bunny will be performing his big hit "Booker T" at the show

Bad Bunny to perform 'Booker T' live at WWE Royal Rumble

Sunday's Royal Rumble pay-per-view will include a special pro wrestling-inspired musical performance. WWE has announced that Bad Bunny "will perform his hit

www.f4wonline.com

I'm actually shocked that they capitalized on this. They're normally terrible at that stuff.

Anyway thoughts and predictions? Anyone bothering to watch this?

 

[King Kamala]

I have almost zero interest in the product but I will not miss The Royal Rumble (or WrestleMania). Excited for Reigns Vs Owens LMS as well.

Really hoping Daniel Bryan finally gets the RR win we wanted 6-7 years ago.

Now watch Constable Baron Corbin win it or something.

 

[Epic Springs]

The Rumble is one of the things I look forward to most in wrestling so I'll be watching those. No interest in the rest of the card.

 

[JHawk]

Who the fuck is Bad Bunny?

Unless Booker T is a mystery entrant and the performance leads to his entrance, I couldn't care less.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

bad bunny is one of the handful of must popular musicians on the planet. He was the most streamed musician of 2020. I don't care about musical acts personally but this is a huge deal for WWE.

 

[Brocklock]

It's a big get, but I will probably be getting food during Bad Bunny like I would when the most popular musical artist of any year since 2005 would perform. Excited for the Rumbles like usual. One of the only times I get excited for WWE anymore.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

im into roman vs KO as well as the rumble matches btw. First time I've givena fuck about Owens in years. Roman is just that good.

 

[Dandy]

I’d probably watch a Rumble any time they put one out.

 

[alfdogg]

 

[tekcop]

bad bunny is one of the handful of must popular musicians on the planet. He was the most streamed musician of 2020. I don't care about musical acts personally but this is a huge deal for WWE.

damn i really am in a wrestling bubble. and i barely watch wrestling anymore

 

[Brocklock]

Anytime someone says someone is the biggest musician in the world, that person is probably prominent in the Reggaeton or Trap genres and I am completely aloof to those genres of music beyond trying to listen to Reggaeton in High School and hating it. Same thing happened with the J Balvin meal on McDonalds a few months ago where I had no idea who he was, but he's one of the biggest musicians in the world.

Also most of the most popular things these days are particularly terrible (especially in music) which is what I use to make myself feel better for being out of touch.

 

[tekcop]

who

 

[tekcop]

I'm sorry, but if you're making music in 2021 but not in 1997, I probably don't know who you are.

 

[JHawk]

In doing some research, Bad Bunny became the first Latin artist to have an album debut at #1 on the Billboard chart with his latest album in November.

Also in doing research, my teenagers don't know he is and an informal poll of asking co-workers "Have you ever heard of Bad Bunny" led to a lot of "who" with one "Is that a children's book" and one "Is that like Grumpy Cat" mixed in, so nobody I know outside the wrestling bubble knows him either.

 

[The Amazing Rando]

I'd resubscribe to the Network/Peacock if some kid's dick of a rabbit somehow introduced Booker T for a segment where he, oh I don't know, made Retribution look worthless and pathetic, I guess?

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

WWE revealed tonight that Orton and Edge will be the first two entrants in the men's rumble. Natalya will be number 30 in the women's rumble.

 

[King Kamala]

Dumb IWC Guy: Ibushi is going to be in the Rumble!

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1355594854043066369

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

oh god what is nia wearing.

 

[The Amazing Rando]

I guess good on Nia for being safe but that was the weakest leg drop I've ever seen. The Worm looked deadlier than that.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

goldberg drew opening supposedly

 

[King Kamala]

Opener could have been worse but we really don’t need to see Goldberg attempt the pro wrestling version of George Foreman-Ron Lyle ever ever again.

 

[JHawk]

I thought that was a fun three minute sprint but any longer and I would have probably hated it.

 

[Brocklock]

Opener could have been worse but we really don’t need to see Goldberg attempt the pro wrestling version of George Foreman-Ron Lyle ever ever again.

that was more like a worse Sapp/Kimo in K1

 

[King Kamala]

I thought that was a fun three minute sprint but any longer and I would have probably hated it.

I would have enjoyed it more if it wasn’t basically the same thing as Goldberg-Lesnar from WrestleMania 33.

This is my first time seeing Carmella’s current gimmick and it seems like it would be better used one someone who is actually good.

 

[claydude14]

Lol came here to say this is the first I’ve seen or even heard of Reginald.

 

[King Kamala]

Was he an indy worker at some point? Someone in the IWC somewhere is like “actually Reginald was really awesome on the indies. I can’t believe WWE would use him like this.”


This is from someone whose local Indy used a young Palmer Cannon as their top baby face in the early ‘00s ...

 

[alkeiper]

Noelle - “there’s no cheating in wrestling”

 

[King Kamala]

Just googled Reginald and he wasn’t picked up from the indies but Cirque De Soleil!

Cue boomer wrestling fans grumbling.

 

[Krankor]

I'm not sure what I am actually watching.

 

[JHawk]

So...if I was fluent in Spanish would I have given a shit about Bad Bunny there?

If he's really that big a deal, wouldn't you put him on Raw and hope he'd draw a rating and not on a PPV that has no fans in the arena? Because ain't nobody subscribing to the Network for a 3-minute song, so without ticket sales I don't see the point.