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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 10, 2008 20:04:20 GMT -5
Card for the event
1. The Rockers vs Orient Express
2. Big Bossman vs The Barbarion
3. (WWF Championship) Ultimate Warrior vs Sgt Slaughter
4. The Mountie vs Koko B Ware
5. Ted Dibiase & Virgil vs Dusty & Dustin Rhodes
6. Royal Rumble
A great PPV The Rockers and Orient Express had a great match, Surprise me when I first saw the PPV that Slaughter won the belt
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Post by dizzy on Dec 10, 2008 20:07:35 GMT -5
Yeah, I have the original event on a dubbed DVD (not the edited one in the collection that's out now).
It was a good event, the only two things I didn't like were Roddy Piper on commentary (worst color analyst ever), and the predictable Rumble winner. Aside from that, great event, and I loved the outcome of the WWF title match. There was great surprise and drama to be found there. A lot of people don't remember Goldust was in the WWF at this time. I actually saw a house show in 1990 where he first debuted, sitting in the front row being berated by Dibiase during one of Dusty's matches.
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Post by Kash Flagg on Dec 10, 2008 20:09:08 GMT -5
I just found my tape of this event yesterday. I'll probably watch it tonight.
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Post by chunkylover53 on Dec 10, 2008 20:16:55 GMT -5
Virgil hitting Dibiase with the Million Dollar Belt was a great moment when it happened. Perhaps the highlight of his career.
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Post by edisraw on Dec 10, 2008 20:37:30 GMT -5
Virgil hitting Dibiase with the Million Dollar Belt was a great moment when it happened. Perhaps the highlight of his career. A bigger highlight then his run as Shane in WCW? |
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 10, 2008 20:57:28 GMT -5
Also a young Shane Douglas in the rumble
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Post by Ram Jam on Dec 10, 2008 21:28:52 GMT -5
First PPV I ever saw, and it was during that golden time that we ALL miss so SO bad....the time when I was a kid and thought it was all real. I saw the old and out of shape looking Slaughter cheat to win the title against this muscular Ultimate Warrior who looked like he stepped off the pages of a comic book. I couldn't believe it and wanted to see Warrior get his revenge.
I turned into the WWF progamming the following weekend to see what happened, and I was hooked. Nearly 18 years later, I'm still a fan.
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Post by J is Justice on Dec 10, 2008 21:39:54 GMT -5
Best Royal Rumble ever.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Dec 10, 2008 21:59:42 GMT -5
Thoughts:
The pop when Virgil hit DiBiase was amazing. They way the built Virgil's face turn was perfect.
Rockers/Orient Express is still one of my favorite tag matches ever. The crowd was red hot.
Bossman/Barbarian was far better than it had any right to be.
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Post by chunkylover53 on Dec 10, 2008 22:14:57 GMT -5
Virgil hitting Dibiase with the Million Dollar Belt was a great moment when it happened. Perhaps the highlight of his career. A bigger highlight then his run as Shane in WCW? Are you kidding me? 1991 was his year!!! He got over during his feud with Ted Dibiase and scored a victory over him for the Million Dollar Belt and he tagged up with two Hall of Famers(Bret Hart and Roddy Piper) and British Bulldog at the Survivor Series. Him as Shane was a WCW Saturday Night Jobber. |
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Post by texan on Dec 10, 2008 22:31:41 GMT -5
Great, great ppv........
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2008 22:35:45 GMT -5
A bigger highlight then his run as Shane in WCW? Are you kidding me? 1991 was his year!!! He got over during his feud with Ted Dibiase and scored a victory over him for the Million Dollar Belt and he tagged up with two Hall of Famers(Bret Hart and Roddy Piper) and British Bulldog at the Survivor Series. Him as Shane was a WCW Saturday Night Jobber. I remember him as Vincent but not as Shane at all...anyone have any footage? |
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Post by Aceorton on Dec 11, 2008 0:46:26 GMT -5
the only two things I didn't like were Roddy Piper on commentary (worst color analyst ever) Knock knock. Who's there? Randy Savage. |
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Post by dizzy on Dec 11, 2008 3:52:15 GMT -5
the only two things I didn't like were Roddy Piper on commentary (worst color analyst ever) Knock knock. Who's there? Randy Savage. Randy Savage who? Randy Savage who sucks as a commentator but still isn't as bad as Roddy Piper, that's who. |
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Post by Aceorton on Dec 11, 2008 3:55:09 GMT -5
the only two things I didn't like were Roddy Piper on commentary (worst color analyst ever) Knock knock. Who's there? Randy Savage. Randy Savage who? Randy Savage who sucks as a commentator but still isn't as bad as Roddy Piper, that's who. Actually, Rio Rogers may top (bottom?) them both. |
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Post by johnnyk9 on Dec 11, 2008 7:10:22 GMT -5
I always wondered why Koko B. Ware vs. The Mountie was edited off the Coliseum Video release I'll admit the match was pointless and the crowd was dead silent during the entire match (due to the shock of the Warrior losing the title), but Koko actually did a decent job of putting the Mountie over I just don't get it
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Post by blef on Dec 11, 2008 10:27:14 GMT -5
I always wondered why Koko B. Ware vs. The Mountie was edited off the Coliseum Video release I'll admit the match was pointless and the crowd was dead silent during the entire match (due to the shock of the Warrior losing the title), but Koko actually did a decent job of putting the Mountie over I just don't get it My only guess is to cut down the runtime of the video...? They did the same thing to Race/Haku at Rumble 89. |
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Post by Aceorton on Dec 11, 2008 13:32:00 GMT -5
My only guess is to cut down the runtime of the video...? They did the same thing to Race/Haku at Rumble 89. Which was also a great match, and certainly more deserving of being on the tape than Rockin' Robin vs. Judy Martin. |
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Post by HMARK Center on Dec 11, 2008 18:45:33 GMT -5
I actually just watched this whole event for the first time ever yesterday. I remember watching the hype videos for it when I was first getting into wrestling, but I didn't get to see it live, and then whenever I went to the video store across town where I rented all my wrestling VHS, they never had it in stock.
Having watched it as a 23 year old, I can safely say that this may have been the best out of the big 4 WWF pay per views that year. Rockers/Orient Express was fantastic for it's time, and still holds up very well. Orient Express never got the fair shake it deserved. Bossman/Barbarian showcased that both guys were more talented than given credit for, and more could've been done with Barbarian.
Slaughter/Warrior wasn't much as a match (Warrior basically dominated until the very end), but the drama with Savage and Warrior later chasing him out of the arena made it work, and makes it memorable.
Virgil's turn was jaw dropping. Amazing pop, even if the crowd knew it was coming.
Even the Rumble itself was mostly well booked, though you wish they could've done more with some of the guys who had great showings. Martel and Valentine were great throughout, Bret Hart got to last awhile (though that DID lead to something), even Shane Douglas did. Hogan winning seemed a bit much after he won in 1990, but I guess they figured they had to set up WM 7.
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Post by prodigy on Dec 11, 2008 19:30:29 GMT -5
Wasn't Andre supposed to win this Rumble? I remember reading he had an injury and couldn't make it, but he was scheduled to win.
This was a great PPV. Every match was damn entertaining. No need for Koko/Mountie (fast forward material at best).
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