Goldust?

[Robstar]

What do we expect or hope for from the return of Goldust? How can WWE ignore that reaction? It was a Road Warrior pop - the biggest you can get. I know that the crowd was amped up for possible exciting returns but even that was beyond the norm.

This was interesting too;

Cody Rhodes tweeted that he didn't know Goldust would be returning at the Royal Rumble.

He wrote: "Watching TheRumble. Well handled secrecy, @WWEDustyRhodes didn't even smarten me up, didn't see Dustin the whole day, then I heard his music. We have MANY differences, but you're pretty undeniable when I can barely hear said music because the crowd. Amused that I spoiled it for him"

As noted earlier, the Goldust return had been planned for a week or so prior to the pay-per-view due to the angle with his real-life brother, Cody Rhodes. With Cody claiming he was unaware of the return, it's likely WWE was "shooting" and wanted a genuine reaction from Cody when his brother entered the match.

[K2Jelly]

I think Rhodes might be pulling our leg here. Aren't all the spots in the Rumble planned? There's no way that Rhodes would be expected to just work with his brother nearly the entire length he was in without there being some kind of plan behind it. Out of all the matches in the WWE, the Royal Rumble is one match you don't want to fuck up in, especially concerning eliminations.

Anyways, I doubt WWE will go for it. They really didn't do anything with G-Dust last time he was around and I doubt they'd do it again now.

[Robstar]

Word is they kept Jericho a secret too. They're professionals Jelly. They CAN improvise you know. It's their job. There's no difference wrangling with Drew McIntyre than there is with Goldust in the Rumble. They call the spots and eliminations when they're out there for the most part. It hardly matters who goes out when if they know they aren't winning.

So while Kofi's spots were definitely planned and I'm sure everyone was told not to eliminate Dolph and Jericho until later, it's not until late in the match that the spots are absolutely set out.

[K2Jelly]

Word is they kept Jericho a secret too. They're professionals Jelly. They CAN improvise you know. It's their job. There's no difference wrangling with Drew McIntyre than there is with Goldust in the Rumble. They call the spots and eliminations when they're out there for the most part. It hardly matters who goes out when if they know they aren't winning.

So while Kofi's spots were definitely planned and I'm sure everyone was told not to eliminate Dolph and Jericho until later, it's not until late in the match that the spots are absolutely set out.

Alright. That makes sense then. I completely forgot about wrestlers calling spots during the match in a hushed tone to one another or through hand signals. My bad. Now that this seems like less than a work on Cody's part, maybe they're just trying to promote a possible feud? But then again, he's a bit busy with The Rhodes Scholars at the moment but I guess they could always do an angle where Goldust tries to turn his brother to the light or something. Sandow/Goldust interaction is anything but bad.

[Robstar]

I saw one moment recently, I think it was in the Rumble, where one guy possibly Dolph buried his head into the neck of someone int the corner - it looked like he was giving him a hiccy lol - and you could just tell they were calling a spot. Guys with long hair have an advantage here too. Sometimes though, it's so blatant it's embarrassing.

[Mad Bill]

It's doubtful we will see a reemergence from Goldy as is the case with the Godfather.

"The past is just that" - Mad Bill