Shane? Looks like someone’s entitled uncle and wrestles like someone who’s really into MMA but hasn’t actually had a fight. He can’t fathom what anyone gains in working with Shane, who’s a terrible wrestler and insists on going 50-50 with whoever he faces throwing those goddamn awful punches.
Miz is going with “Miz and Mac” as a team name but I prefer my compound team name ‘The Shiz’. WWE SmackDown Tag Team Title The Bar (c) vs. Great match though and it elevates Asuka that she won clean. It says a lot about WWE that they’re quite prepared to job out their hottest female act to get other women over but if the genders were reversed they would never do the same thing (Austin, Cena, HHH etc). Having to find something new to catch The Man out.
It’s a very spirited match that feels rushed to start with but instead shapes up as a great back and forth with Asuka going over clean with the Cattle Mutilation. The match clearly designed to make a point Asuka is a star too. While the crowd support is for Becky the flow of the match is nicely even with Asuka generally getting the better of the big spots. They tease some pretty big spots until Asuka hits a swinging neckbreaker off the apron, which I don’t really get. I like her urgency here, often looking for the Disarmer so she can get part the formality of wrestling and get on with being The Man. Becky Lynchīecky has definitely been posturing more and I don’t know if that’s deliberate on her part or whether she’s been told to but it does make her seem like a bigger deal. WWE SmackDown Women’s Title Asuka (c) vs. It’s a little ballsy doing an open air show in January but this is Arizona. We’re in Phoenix, Arizona at a massive open air stadium Chase Field. Seth Rollins won the Men’s Royal Rumble (57:35).Becky Lynch won the Women’s Royal Rumble (71:22).Location: Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona, USA