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Post by The Ichi on Jan 29, 2012 17:41:17 GMT -5
'96 at least had Extra Pissed-Off Tweener Diesel complaining about how he deserved a shot at the title, and the big, hyped-up debut of Vader. '95 had... Luger, I guess? And no one gave a damn about Luger. To me Bulldog, Owen, Luger and Shawn all seemed somewhat possible. I didn't find it to be as blatant as 1996, with all the special attention given to Shawn. 1995 was obvious because Diesel was the champion, who just turned face after a heated break-up with, you guessed it, Shawn.
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Post by BRV on Jan 29, 2012 17:43:24 GMT -5
The Rock in 2000 and Randy Orton in 2009 are in a dead-heat for me.
During the Royal Rumble match itself, Jerry Lawler is saying, "When is The Rock coming?", "Is this The Rock's number?" and "I predict that The Rock will be next!" from pretty much the 10th entry on, and The Rock doesn't arrive until number 24. Also, looking back on it, the 2000 Royal Rumble match rivals only the 1995 and 1996 matches as the most obvious from a competition standpoint. There is virtually nobody in the 2000 match who stood a chance of winning, outside of The Rock.
The 2009 Royal Rumble event, on the other hand, was essentially advertised as "Come see Randy Orton win the Royal Rumble! And watch a few other matches over the course of three hours, while you're at it!" There was more legitimate competition in the '09 Rumble, but they painted about as clear a picture as they could that Orton, and nobody but Orton, was winning that night.
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Post by kidglov3s on Jan 29, 2012 17:43:50 GMT -5
To me Bulldog, Owen, Luger and Shawn all seemed somewhat possible. I didn't find it to be as blatant as 1996, with all the special attention given to Shawn. 1995 was obvious because Diesel was the champion, who just turned face after a heated break-up with, you guessed it, Shawn. After Diesel retained vs Bret, but that wasn't known until the show had started, right before the rumble match itself. I can see that point but I was thinking more like obvious throughout the build rather than like immediately prior to the match.
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Post by FUNK_US/BRODUS on Jan 29, 2012 17:44:05 GMT -5
At the time I didnt think so, but looking back, I REALLY shouldve seen Del Rio winning from a mile away.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on Jan 29, 2012 17:46:56 GMT -5
'96 at least had Extra Pissed-Off Tweener Diesel complaining about how he deserved a shot at the title, and the big, hyped-up debut of Vader. '95 had... Luger, I guess? And no one gave a damn about Luger. To me Bulldog, Owen, Luger, Backlund and Shawn all seemed somewhat possible, and Shawn didn't really seem to have been made exceptionally more likely, though I guess the Pam Anderson thing fit his gimmick more than the others. I didn't find it to be as blatant as 1996, with all the special attention given to Shawn. I think I also recall a few weeks leading up to the '95 Rumble where Vince would narrate over clips of Michaels eliminating Diesel from the previous year's match while talking about how long he was able to stay in and wondering how he'd do this year. They were both telegraphed, but '95 was the one the really stood out to me at the time as less "Who will win the Rumble?" than "Will Shawn Michaels win the Rumble?"
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2012 20:08:29 GMT -5
Beginning with the first Rumble I saw, 96, here were my own thoughts going in:
96 - Michaels, though I thought Diesel had a decent chance 97 - I thought for sure either Bret or Undertaker was winning it 98 - Never thought anyone but Austin 99 - Expected Austin to be left against Vince, Bossman, and Test and overcome the odds to win it 00 - Didn't expect anyone but The Rock 01 - Had a hard time calling that one at the time. I remember thinking Rock, Austin, and Undertaker were all decent choices. 02 - Yeah, that was Trips all the way, maybe Angle to swerve folks, but that was always Hunter's title match 03 - Lesnar, nobody else even crossed my mind 04 - If not Benoit, I was thinking Goldberg. I knew it had to be one of the two guys who got the pre-Rumble push 05 - Cena or Batista was winning that, no question 06 - I can safely say I didn't think Rey was winning it. I really expected either Triple H or Orton to take it 07 - Was torn between Michaels or Undertaker going in 08 - I think we ALL expected Triple H to win that one 09 - Yeah, they made Orton's win very obvious ahead of time 10 - I didn't really have a prediction here. I knew it WOULDN'T be Michaels, but as far as who would win, I had no clue 11 - I was definitely thinking Cena
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Post by bogey316 on Jan 29, 2012 22:48:44 GMT -5
I can't wait until a few years from now when everybody is saying how obvious that it was that Sheamus was going to win tonight.
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Post by Dub H on Jan 29, 2012 23:51:01 GMT -5
Not really predictible this year,there was a chance it wont,but Sheamus was my top pick to win,he was winning EVERY MATCH.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2012 23:58:00 GMT -5
It actually takes longer to list the ones who weren't surprises. The ones that were pretty predictable since 2000 (if you guess two people, they're one of them): -Rock in 2000 -Austin in 2001 -Triple H in 2002 -Lesnar in 2003 -Mysterio in 2006 -Undertaker in 2007 -Orton in 2009 -Edge in 2010 -Del Rio in 2011. BTW, predictable doesn't necessarily mean it's the wrong choice or boring. But they don't do a great job most of the time keeping you guessing at who is going to win that thing. Not citing Batista as obvious? I remember it being pretty much assumed from the word go.
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Post by Perpetual Nirvana on Jan 30, 2012 0:01:17 GMT -5
It actually takes longer to list the ones who weren't surprises. The ones that were pretty predictable since 2000 (if you guess two people, they're one of them): -Rock in 2000 -Austin in 2001 -Triple H in 2002 -Lesnar in 2003 -Mysterio in 2006 -Undertaker in 2007 -Orton in 2009 -Edge in 2010 -Del Rio in 2011. BTW, predictable doesn't necessarily mean it's the wrong choice or boring. But they don't do a great job most of the time keeping you guessing at who is going to win that thing. Not citing Batista as obvious? I remember it being pretty much assumed from the word go. It was 50/50 between him and Cena. And honestly, they seemed to be pushing Cena harder.
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Post by kyromax on Jan 30, 2012 0:05:26 GMT -5
Benoit winning was a bit predictable, but there was always that doubt that the WWE would not actually let him win.
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