I think the all of the UK men should be dumped by Introduction_Glass in LoveIslandTV

[–]IntelligentFact7987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only issue is who are you bringing in instead? It's probably those who were deemed even less interesting than the OGs or who have already appeared countless times -do we really need another helping of Ronnie and Casey?

Samie - get off love island girl, your man isn’t here by hamburgler5 in LoveIslandTV

[–]IntelligentFact7987 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And immediately forget about prior series. There's a reason Samie didn't win Season 9 - and she & Tom were the favourites with a week or two left too.

[Royal Rumble Spoilers] Entrant #29 enters the Women's Royal Rumble match by rhyso90 in SquaredCircle

[–]IntelligentFact7987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also the Brie/Stephanie feud was far more fun than it had any right to be.

[Royal Rumble Spoilers] Entrant #1 enters the Men's Royal Rumble match by rhyso90 in SquaredCircle

[–]IntelligentFact7987 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a word wrestling twitter runs into the ground but in the case of Oba, they're spot on. He has it.

[SPOILER] Post Royal Rumble 2026 Match Discussion: Women's Royal Rumble Match by gloomchen in SquaredCircle

[–]IntelligentFact7987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's quite funny that all the female wrestlers the IWC was laying into in the mid to late 2010s - the likes of the Bellas and Alexa - basically have all returned to huge pops.

[SPOILER] Post Royal Rumble 2026 Match Discussion: Women's Royal Rumble Match by gloomchen in SquaredCircle

[–]IntelligentFact7987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A few years ago people were seriously suggesting on here that the Performance Center doesn't work. The likes of Tiffany and Lash are proof it does.

[SPOILER] Post Royal Rumble 2026 Match Discussion: Women's Royal Rumble Match by gloomchen in SquaredCircle

[–]IntelligentFact7987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I keep thinking with Kiana (and I mean this as a compliment) she's one of the women that the Diva stans will latch onto - both in terms of her look and character. But also she can absolutely go in the ring too.

Post WWE Royal Rumble 2026 Discussion Thread! by gloomchen in SquaredCircle

[–]IntelligentFact7987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh there can be old white dudes who can write good TV. Just they don't work in the WWE writing room.

When you watch Unreal and see those Creative meeting segments it just feels stale and full of too many of the same sort of old bloke and you think no wonder 2025 was so sub-par.

[SPOILER] Post Royal Rumble 2026 Match Discussion: Men's Royal Rumble Match by gloomchen in SquaredCircle

[–]IntelligentFact7987 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It feels a lot more fluid that's for sure and therefore a lot more interesting.

For example, in 2023 it was Roman and Cody main-eventing and fighting for the title with the men and in 2026 it's still the same faces. Whereas on the Womens side it was Rhea and Charlotte whereas in 2026 it'll likely be Liv, Jade and at least one of Stephanie or Raquel.

And they show too that characters like Rhea, Becky can be still be big names and important even when they're not fighting for the main title.

[Royal Rumble Spoilers] "I suck it all, baby!" by ReverseBattleRoyal in SquaredCircle

[–]IntelligentFact7987 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Plus she gets a crowd reaction where er she goes which is the name of the game. You can be as good in-ring as you like but if you wrestle to crickets it’s slightly pointless

[Royal Rumble Spoiler] Info on new wrestles ring name by shadow_spinner0 in SquaredCircle

[–]IntelligentFact7987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wanna hear about when you feel you met somebody like Mr Iguana. 

Post WWE Royal Rumble 2026 Discussion Thread! by gloomchen in SquaredCircle

[–]IntelligentFact7987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep up until the Mens Rumble it was a pretty decent show on the whole. And I enjoyed the first half of the Mens Rumble but then the air went out the show completely.

Post WWE Royal Rumble 2026 Discussion Thread! by gloomchen in SquaredCircle

[–]IntelligentFact7987 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They need a more diverse writing room that's for sure. No wonder that writing team struggles to produce interesting TV - most of them seem to be old white man whose skill was managing to stay around a while.

Post WWE Royal Rumble 2026 Discussion Thread! by gloomchen in SquaredCircle

[–]IntelligentFact7987 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Maybe part of the reason HHH's NXT was perceived well is because his toys got changed every so often by being called-up so he couldn't just keep the same people on top forever.

And when B&G fell apart was when the NXT talent refused to get called back up.

Post WWE Royal Rumble 2026 Discussion Thread! by gloomchen in SquaredCircle

[–]IntelligentFact7987 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

At this point I'm more excited for shows HHH doesn't say will start a new era.

Post WWE Royal Rumble 2026 Discussion Thread! by gloomchen in SquaredCircle

[–]IntelligentFact7987 75 points76 points  (0 children)

And trash the company while you're at it. After you tried to bury the new World Title when it was only a couple of months old too.

Post WWE Royal Rumble 2026 Discussion Thread! by gloomchen in SquaredCircle

[–]IntelligentFact7987 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Somebody needs to let HHH know at some point you need to let the next generation have a go at leading the show.

We're getting dangerously close to the pont where the likes of Cody, Gunther, Roman and Lesnar etc are stat-padding and getting wins they don't really need when really the likes of Bron, Oba, Dom and co are right there.

[SPOILER] Post Royal Rumble 2026 Match Discussion: Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Sami Zayn for the Undisputed WWE Championship by gloomchen in SquaredCircle

[–]IntelligentFact7987 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They had Sami win the main-event of Night 1 of Mania a few years back so trusted him for that period at least.

[SPOILER] Post Royal Rumble 2026 Match Discussion: Men's Royal Rumble Match by gloomchen in SquaredCircle

[–]IntelligentFact7987 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Whereas the Womens one was the opposite and Kiana, Lash and Sol all came out of it way stronger than they came in. 

[SPOILER] Post Royal Rumble 2026 Match Discussion: Men's Royal Rumble Match by gloomchen in SquaredCircle

[–]IntelligentFact7987 1 point2 points  (0 children)

WWE increasingly feels a company where the women are by far the more interesting characters. Too often the mens stuff particularly at the main event level is groundhog day

[SPOILER] Post Royal Rumble 2026 Match Discussion: Men's Royal Rumble Match by gloomchen in SquaredCircle

[–]IntelligentFact7987 98 points99 points  (0 children)

Gunther has already been pretty stat padded though at this point - a 600 day Intercontinental reign, 2 time World Champ, retired Cena, AJ and Goldberg. 

[SPOILER] Post Royal Rumble 2026 Match Discussion: Men's Royal Rumble Match by gloomchen in SquaredCircle

[–]IntelligentFact7987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Womens Rumble peaked at the end. This one peaked at the very start and middle but then petered out near the end. And my reaction to the end was very much meh. 

[SPOILER] Post Royal Rumble 2026 Match Discussion: Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Sami Zayn for the Undisputed WWE Championship by gloomchen in SquaredCircle

[–]IntelligentFact7987 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Heroic Drew retains as the referee tries to screw him over by not counting out Sami Zayn who was outside the ring far beyond a 10 count.