If Somebody "Shooted" In The Royal Rumble.

[chunkylover53]

In one of the other threads, I read that Dan Severn wanted to legit win the Royal Rumble by refusing to be thrown out. That never happened so we wouldn't know how that would work out. But lets say a midcarder got pissed off about his position on the card(lets say of Bob Holly stature) and wanted to make a name for himself(through force of course) by hanging in there for as long as possible, and perhaps even winning, thus smurfing up the entire event. What would the WWE do? I suggested a match between the winner and the runner-up, however, its possible for the winner to refuse to go through, thus losing his job in the process. How would WWE explain such an occurence?

[EvilMasterBetty, Esq.]

Sept 14, 2008 14:40:05 GMT -5 chunkylover53 said:

In one of the other threads, I read that Dan Severn wanted to legit win the Royal Rumble by refusing to be thrown out. That never happened so we wouldn't know how that would work out. But lets say a midcarder got pissed off about his position on the card(lets say of Bob Holly stature) and wanted to make a name for himself(through force of course) by hanging in there for as long as possible, and perhaps even winning, thus smurfing up the entire event. How what the WWE do? I suggested a match between the winner and the runner-up, however, its possible for the winner to refuse to go through, thus losing his job in the process. How would WWE explain such an occurence?

If someone pulled it off, then Vince would just book a match between the winner and whoever. If the winner refused to compete, he'd be fired on the spot and the WWE would bury him on TV and just book another match.

If he tried to shoot in that match, they'd just do a screwjob ending so that they would lose, and then fire him.

[Classy Lady]

I imagine if someone tried, the other wrestlers may see that he's not doing things quite according to plan, and gang up on him.

[George Harrison]

What if it were someone like Undertaker and HBK from a few years ago.

Last two men in the match, no chance of anyone stopping, HBK goes reckless and somehow gets taker over, difusing the whole scheduled ending.
What would happen then? As the biggest name in WWE screwed them over?

Im not saying it would happen, but it could legit happen if someone pissed off that they weren't to win it when they thought they should.

[The Genesis of KoOS]

Taker would have literally killed Shawn.

[chunkylover53]

Sept 14, 2008 15:17:21 GMT -5 The Genesis of KoOS said:

Taker would have literally killed Shawn.

Well of course he would....HE'S THE UNDERTAKER!!!

[centurioncajun]

In that case it's something they would probably work with. In a case of Shawn or Taker they are far too big of names to just fire over something like that. Plus they could probably make either work as the winner.

What I think is a much more interesting situation is if the aforementioned mid-carder would win from nowhere. Someone that hasn't been around very long but is decently high up. Like Santino. Then it would be very interesting to see if they would fire them, punish them by burying them for months, or just go with it.

[James McCloud IS John Godot]

I imagine they'd record a shot of the final wrestlers feet not touching the floor and would claim that since the "shoot" winner left the ring following his "victory", he in fact lost.

Then you fire him off-screen. The end.

[tonyexile]

Sept 14, 2008 15:11:29 GMT -5 George Harrison said:

What if it were someone like Undertaker and HBK from a few years ago.

Last two men in the match, no chance of anyone stopping, HBK goes reckless and somehow gets taker over, difusing the whole scheduled ending.
What would happen then? As the biggest name in WWE screwed them over?

Im not saying it would happen, but it could legit happen if someone pissed off that they weren't to win it when they thought they should.

Something like this is how I see it happening. I guess somewhat in the same situation, what if the wrestler who was supposed to win accidentally did lose for whatever reason (didn't catch the ropes, slip, etc.).

I imagine the 'E would just book some sort of follow up match to take care of it. If it was accidental, I can see it just being a clean normal match, but I imagine if it was a shoot case then that person would probably either get buried or entirely lose any push they had.

[x]

Past tense for shooting is "shot"

So it'd be "If someone shot in the Royal Rumble"

[nerdinitupagain]

Surprise 31st entry.

[Nacho STAYS Hyped]

Yeah, if someone like Khali or Big Show decided to shoot in the Royal Rumble, WWE's plans would be smurfed.

However, if it was someone of smaller stature, they would just get JBL or Holly or Taker to rough them up and throw them out.

[The Doctor]

It would be near impossible, even for someone of Big Show or Mark Henry or Umaga proportions.

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I always wondered what would happen if the scheduled winner was eliminated by accident (say skinning the cat and failing) or got injured and had to leave.

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

Sept 14, 2008 15:30:19 GMT -5 chunkylover53 said:

Sept 14, 2008 15:17:21 GMT -5 The Genesis of KoOS said:

Taker would have literally killed Shawn.

Well of course he would....HE'S THE UNDERTAKER!!!

Yeah, but it was the Royal Rumble, not the Great American Bash.

[James McCloud IS John Godot]

Sept 14, 2008 16:43:39 GMT -5 01010010 01101001 01100011 said:

I always wondered what would happen if the scheduled winner was eliminated by accident (say skinning the cat and failing) or got injured and had to leave.

You'd likely have the 'winner' put his shot on the line and lose, a la Ken Kennedy's MitB shot.

[Haulk]

Sept 14, 2008 14:43:57 GMT -5 Classy Lady said:

I imagine if someone tried, the other wrestlers may see that he's not doing things quite according to plan, and gang up on him.

I agree with that. Theres main eventers in there at the end and they would destroy whoever tried to change the ending.

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Sept 14, 2008 16:51:04 GMT -5 James McCloud IS John Godot said:

Sept 14, 2008 16:43:39 GMT -5 01010010 01101001 01100011 said:

I always wondered what would happen if the scheduled winner was eliminated by accident (say skinning the cat and failing) or got injured and had to leave.

You'd likely have the 'winner' put his shot on the line and lose, a la Ken Kennedy's MitB shot.

I thought that but, with the brand extension it seems like they could still put him in a title match and still have the guy they wanted go after the belt they wanted (as long as he is not injured). Say Trips is supposed to win but, gets thrown out accidentally and Cena wins, Cena could go after the RAW title and Trips the Smackdown title.

It also seems like they safeguard that by having two top level guys at the end now.

[Citizen Snips]

Sept 14, 2008 16:43:39 GMT -5 01010010 01101001 01100011 said:

I always wondered what would happen if the scheduled winner was eliminated by accident (say skinning the cat and failing) or got injured and had to leave.

I've heard that the finish in 2005 was botched, ie Batista wasn't supposed to hit the floor with Cena.

So basically, if something like that ever happens, Vince McMahon ends up in a wheelchair.

[jamofpearls]

Sept 14, 2008 15:11:29 GMT -5 George Harrison said:

What if it were someone like Undertaker and HBK from a few years ago.

Last two men in the match, no chance of anyone stopping, HBK goes reckless and somehow gets taker over, difusing the whole scheduled ending.
What would happen then? As the biggest name in WWE screwed them over?

Im not saying it would happen, but it could legit happen if someone pissed off that they weren't to win it when they thought they should.

Well, both of them went on to their wrestlemania championship matches anyways. So, they would probably do the same in this situation.