Last night at Luigi's was amazing! Thanks to everyone who attended. In my last blog I posted my schedule but I accidentally wrote the wrong date for Mohegan Sun.. (my bad) The tickets are now on sale, so here is the link and the corrected dates.
Next show this Friday at Hot Rods in New London!
Friday Funnies show on May 4. The address is 114 Bank St, New London, CT (Lower level) .. show starts @9
For the Mohegan show you have to buy tickets online only. Ticket's will not be sold at the door. Very important ---Tell the man at the door that you came to see Shawn! Buy ticket's here:
Sunday was the $2018 for 2018 contest at Broadway Comedy club. It was comedy competition.
I want to thank everyone for watching.
I think I totally rocked my set. Unfortunately I did not go to the final round, but hopefully I will back at Broadway Comedy Club.
My next show is Saturday and I will be performing at Luigi's in Old Saybrook ( https://www.luigis-restaurant.com ) 1295 Boston Post Rd. Old Saybrook, CT 06475 Diner served at 7! Show starts at 9. Come eat a great meal and see me! (hopefully you have tickets because a little birdie told me it is sold out! If it is indeed sold out and you still want to see me I will be in New London on Starwars Day! I will be performing at Hot Rod's Friday Funnies show on May 4. The address is 114 Bank St, New London, CT . The show starts at 9!
The
Royal Rumble has always been one of my favorite PPVs . It is full of
surprises. And as Micheal Cole says like a million times “The
Road to Wrestlemania starts at the Royal Rumble.” Although in
recent years I have been disappointed in the show. But this year was
amazing. It was a great show. The Best Rumble in over 10 years!
First off the was the first ever Women's Royal Rumble. As a long
time fan of women's wrestling this is something I have wanted to see
for years and it was the ACTUAL MAIN EVENT!
During
his infamous shoot interview with Colt Cabana, CM Punk criticized
the WWE claiming that any highly promoted match being a “main
event” Punk said the main event is always the match that closes
the show. And technically he is correct. As a fan, the main event
is whatever match excites me the most. This may be the last match on
the card but often times it comes much earlier. For me it was the
women's rumble that excited me the most and for once the WWE agreed
with me and it was the final match of the night!
While
on paper the under card was was...well underwhelming it was
surprisingly fun. WWE decided to open the show with AJ
Styles defending the WWE Championship against Kevin Owens and Sami
Zayn in a handicap match. Odd choice for the curtain
jerker
.
Styles is one of the best in the world and made it exiting. Rumour
had it that Owens was working hurt but it didn't show. Good match
with a possible bad call by ref that will have wrestlemania
implications. “Yep”
Next,
The Usos (Jey and Jimmy Uso) defended the SmackDown Tag Team
Championship against Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin in a
2-out-of-3-falls match. This was a clean sweep for the Usos, This I
found surprising. Usually this type of match starts with one team
wining the 1rst fall, then the 2nd
fall goes to the other team and excitement build as we need the
rubber match to determine the win. Real life doesn't always work out
that way... Part of me found this refreshing....part of me was angry
that they buried Gable and Benjamin and most of me wondered if they
were pressed for time. Either way 2 matches ...two interesting
choices.
Next
up (odd choice number 3 for the night) The Men's Royal Rumble!
While there wasn't many surprise entries in this rumble, it was very
entertaining. There was this great running gag where poor Heath
Slater gets knocked out before he gets into the ring and every time
he starts to get up the next entry knocks him out again. The payoff
is when Sheamus decides not to attack Heath and instead throws him
into the ring, that Heath then eliminates Sheamus. Now my only
complaint is I feel if you have a championship match that night, you
shouldn't be in the rumble. So as funny as for Sheamus to get
eliminated immediately, his spot and spots filled by Cesaro and Seth could have been given to someone else, maybe one of those surprise entries that this rumble was lacking in. There were a couple of surprises though....the biggest being the return of Rey Mysterio! Going into the rumble I wanted Shinsuke Nakamura to win as I want to see Styles vs Nakamura at Mania and It happened! There was a great bit where the final four was Cena, Reigns, Fin Balor and Nakamura. 2 members of the oldguard and 2 fresh faces. It made those final eliminations very exciting
Seth and Jordan then had to defend the Raw Tag Team Championships against the Bar. The was the weakest match of the night. The outcome was obvious... I know Jordan washurt and couldn't wrestle and they needed to get the strap off them and they also needed to progress the Jason Jordan vs Seth Rollins angle but I still thought it could have been better.
The
5th
match was much like the 1rst as in I know what the outcome was
going to be but it was still entertaining. Brock, Braun and Kane
destroyed every table around and just
about everything else. If you like to
see big guys breaking stuff this was the match for you.
Now
it was time for the Main Event ! The woman's rumble! As much as I
enjoyed the men's rumblle, I enjoyed this one more. Sasha Banks and
Becky Lynch started it off. NXT superstar and former World of
Stardom Champion, three-time Goddess of Stardom Champion and a
four-time Artist of Stardom Champion, Kairi Sane entered the rumble
at number six. I was hoping she would last long enough to wrestle
Asuka. I have been wanted to see them fight ever since Kairi signed
with WWE as Sane and Asuka never shared a ring while in Japan. The
Onna Kaizoku did the Insane Elbow several times !
Ember Moon the
current NXT champ also appeared in the rumble. The Nostalgia factor
was in full swing with Lita, Torrie Wilson, Kelly Kelly, Molly Holly,
Michelle McCool, Beth Phoenix, Vickie Guerrero, the Bella Twins, and
Jackie Moore all making returns at the rumble. Lots of fun spots.
Asuka came in at number 25 and was dominate. Asuka reignited her
feud with Moon and took the NXT champ out. WWE Hall of Famer Trish
Stratus had the number 30 spot. Like Asuka, Trish also went after an
old rival and it was wonderful see Trish wrestle Mickie James again.
The final 2 women left in the ring was Nikki Bella and Asuka. Nikki
Bella personifies the “WWE Diva” vs Asuka the new face of the
“Women's Evolution” What was WWE going to do... would they bask
in the past or live in the future? For the 2nd
time that night WWE made me ecstatic. Asuka won the royal rumble.
There was no other outcome I wanted to see more that Asuka pointing
to the WrestleMania sign and I got it.
The
evening also saw the debut of Ronda Rousey. While this is exciting
and did make the news and even though I think Rousey vs Asuka will
be an incredible match, I didn't like how it was handeled. Asuka was
in the ring celebrating her historic victory and and was about to
announce if she was going to challenge the RAW Champion or the
Smackdown Champ when Ronda's music hits... She comes into the ring
points at the Mania sign... As I said I don't mid Ronda in the WWE
but being a huge Asuka fan I can't help but feel that Ronda's debut
stole some of Asuka's thunder and it should have been done
differently.
Still
ASUKA and SHINSUKE NAKAMURA are going to Wrestlemania! This was the
greatest Royal Rumble in years and it will also be the greatest
Wrestlemania ever.
I think Asuka should enter #1 or #2 and
Win the first ever Women's rumble. Overall I have been pleased with
her treatment in the WWE, but I think outlasting 29 other women will
cement her as being unbeatable and when the time comes for someone
to break her streak it will make that woman an instant legend. I am
not saying this as an Asuka mark (which I totally am) but I do think
it is best for business.
Many might think I am insane for
thinking this, but I think if Ronda Rousey does debut in the Rumble
---SHE SHOULD NOT WIN. I think she should be in the rumble. I think
she should be in the final four but I think as this would be her
first wrestling match it would be bad if she won and would be like
David Arquett winning WCW championship.
Shayna Baszler should be a mystery
entry into the rumble. (or make a run in)
I think either Bayley, Sasha or Becky
should eliminate Ronda Rousey. I think twould do well to set up a
Horsewomen vs Horsewomen match at Mania. Yeah Ronda could eliminate
all the WWE horsewomen but I expect Rousey to clean house a lot and
if Ronda eliminates Bayley, Sasha or Becky it might just get lost in
the shuffle.
Io Shirai makes her WWE debut. It
seemed that Io had almost been signed by the 'E when suddenly the
deal feel through and she returned to STARDOM. I think this is a
long shot but as I can't understand why WWE got cold feet maybe sh
was signed all along but they were waiting for a big surprise.
Gail Kim is a surprise entrant. Gail
has said she will not be participating but then again so has Ronda
Rousey and EVERYONE expects Rousey to not only be in it but to win
it. So maybe so is Gail. Gail Kim vs Asuka is one of my dream
matches and even though Gail will be retiring on Febraury 3rd
in the UK (her final match will be against Casey Owens) I would love
to see appear at the 1rst ever Rumble and wrestle Asuka for just a
little bit.
I don't have as much to say about the
rest of the show....
We all know that the main event of
Mania will be Reigns vs Lesner... It is so obvious It is the reason
I know the outcome of the Universal Title Match. Lesner has to win.
Kane is the sacrificial lamb because Brock will win and WWE doesn't
want to make Braun Strwoman look weak. WWE could have Roman win the
rumble but if they do that the crowd will boo him out of the
building. I think a SMACKDOWN guy has to win the rumble (or a RAW
guy that will jump to SMACKDOWN) Like the RAW match I just don't see
the champ losing the belt but for different reasons. I love Zayn and
Owens but I don't see either of them beating Styles for the belt with
Wrestlemania around the corner. I think there one one of the tag
belts will change hands at the PPV. But I don't know which one. I
feel it will be the RAW one with Jason Jordan accidentally costing
the match. This will set up Rollens vs Jordan for Mania... as I
suspect that Dean was originally going to turn on Seth but with Dean
on the shelf...Jason is the new Dean...
I would like to see Shinsuke Nakamura
win the rumble as I think Nakamura vs Styles would be an incredible
match. But I also admit this is more me being a mark than thinking
what WWE. I have a feeling that John Cena will win it so he can tie
Ric Falir in rumbles and championships...
What do you think? Are you excited
about the Royal Rumble? Leave a comment on your thoughts about the
rumble below.
