WWE 2K14 Royal Rumble Redo: History Thread more stats added

[Big Bad Brad]

I have been working on a secret project for the last two months. I have been redoing every single Royal Rumble from 1988 to 2014 on WWE 2K14. I was lucky to find all the CAWs I needed on Community Creations for this to work except for 5 guys which was Drew Carey (2001), Takao Omori (199), Latin Lover (1997) Christopher Nowinski (2003) & Luther Reigns (2005) I ended up creating those guys myself also someone created a Male Version of Chyna which I was able to use for her entry and for Beth I just changed the Chyna CAW to a blonde and called it Beth Phoenix and for Kharma I created a male version of her which turned out pretty bad.

I didn't do this like one right after another right away I did take breaks from this like I said it took me two months and I just finished the 2014 Royal Rumble today.

I also simmed the title match each winner received at Wrestlemania (even the early Rumbles where the title shot at Mania wasn't the prize for winning.)

I'm going to be using the number they drew in the real life Rumble for these stats since its more fun that way.

I hope its ok for me to post this here I spent a lot of time working on it and want to share the results.

1988



Hacksaw Jim Duggan -#13

Final Four
Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, King Harley Race, One Man Gang, Hacksaw Jim Duggan.

Notes:
This Rumble was the first of two Rumbles to have the exact same final two as in real life.
This was the only Royal Rumble where the winner was the same winner as in real life.
Hacksaw Jim Duggan would challenge Macho Man Randy Savage for the WWF Championship at Wrestlemania 4.
Duggan would defeat The Macho Man and become the WWF Champion.

1989



Bushwhacker Butch -#10

Final Four
Bushwacker Luke, Ax, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Bushwacker Butch

Notes:
By winning this Royal Rumble Butch became the first and only person from New Zealand to win the Royal Rumble.
Bushwhacker Butch challenged Macho Man Randy Savage for the WWF Championship at Wrestlemania 5.
Macho Man defeated Butch to retain the Championship.

1990



Rick Rude -#28

Final Four
Hulk Hogan, Barbarian, Mr. Perfect, Rick Rude

Notes
This Rumble had 3 men in the Final Four that was in the Final Four in real life (Hercules was in the Final Four in real life).
Rick Rude became the first Heel to win The Royal Rumble.
Rick Rude would challenge Hulk Hogan for the WWF Championship at Wrestlemania 6.
Hulk Hogan would defeat Rick Rude and retain the Championship.

1991



Jake "The Snake" Roberts -#9

Final Four
Dino Bravo, Paul Roma, Texas Tornado, Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Notes:
Jake Roberts would challenge Sgt. Slaughter for the WWF Championship at Wrestlemania 7.
Sgt. Slaughter retained the Championship.

1992



Greg "The Hammer" Valentine -#11

Final Four
Barbarian, Sid Vicious, Haku, Greg Valentine

Notes:
Greg Valentine would win the WWF Championship by winning this Royal Rumble.
Greg Valentine would defend the Championship at Wrestlemania 8 against Randy Savage.
Randy Savage would win the Championship.

1993



Macho Man Randy Savage -#30

Final Four
Fatu, Tito Santana, Rick Martel, Randy Savage

Notes:
Randy Savage became the first and only man to win the Royal Rumble from the last spot.
Randy Savage would challenge Bret Hart for the WWF Championship at Wrestlemania 9.
Bret Hart would retain the Championship then Challenge Hulk Hogan to a title match and Hogan walked out as WWF Champion.

1994



Jeff Jarrett -#12

Final Four
Owen Hart, Bob Backlund, Bret Hart, Jeff Jarrett

Notes:
Jeff Jarrett would challenge Yokozuna for the WWF Championship at Wrestlemania 10.
Jeff Jarrett would defeat Yokozuna in one of the biggest upsets in Wrestlemania history to win the Championship.

1995



The British Bulldog -#2

Final Four
Crush, Lex Luger, Shawn Michaels, British Bulldog

Notes:
This was the second of two matches where the final two was the exact same as in real life but unlike 1988, the original winner didn't win.
British Bulldog became the first and only English Royal Rumble winner.
British Bulldog also became the first person to win from one of the first two entries.
British Bulldog would challenge Diesel for the WWF Championship at Wrestlemania 11.
Diesel would retain the Championship.

1996



Vader -#13

Final Four
Owen Hart, Henry Godwinn, 123 Kid, Vader

Notes:
Vader challenged Bret Hart for the WWF Championship at Wrestlemania 12 (Not an Iron Man Match like in real life)
Bret Hart defeated Vader to retain the WWF Championship.

1997



Goldust -#14

Final Four
Ahmed Johnson, Razor Ramon, Jerry Lawler, Goldust

Notes:
Goldust would challenge Sycho Sid for the WWF Championship at Wrestlemania 13.
Sid would retain the Championship.

1998



D'Lo Brown -#11

Final Four
Faarooq, Owen Hart, Dude Love, D'Lo Brown

Notes
All Three Faces of Foley entered this match and surprisingly they entered about the same as in real life and none of the faces of Foley were in the ring together I don't usually post info like this but I thought that was very interesting.
D'Lo Brown became the first Black Man to win the Royal Rumble.
D'Lo Brown would challenge Shawn Michaels for the WWF Championship at Wrestlemania 14.
Shawn Michaels would retain the WWF Championship and drop the belt the next night on Raw to Stone Cold.

1999



The Godfather -#17

Final Four
Dan Severn, Chyna, Droz, Godfather

Notes:
Godfather became the Second Black Man to win the Royal Rumble and the 2nd former member of the Nation of Domination.
The Godfather would challenge his former Nation teammate, The Rock, for the WWF Championship at Wrestlemania 15.
The Rock retained the Championship.

2000



Gangrel -#12

Final Four
Billy Gunn, Christian, Kane, Gangrel

Notes:
At Wrestlemania 2000, Gangrel, challenged Triple H for the WWF Championship but due to controversy the runner up in the Rumble, Kane, was added to the match as well as Mick Foley making it a Four Way Elimination Match.
Order of Elimination
Mick Foley pinned Triple H
Kane pinned Gangrel
Kane pinned Mick Foley to win the WWF Championship.

2001



Jeff Hardy -#1

Final Four
Val Venis, Rikishi, Tazz, Jeff Hardy

Notes:
Jeff Hardy became the first person to win from the Number 1 spot.
Jeff Hardy challenged The Rock for the WWF Championship at Wrestlemania 17.
The Rock retained the Championship.

2002



Kurt Angle -#26

Final Four
Test, RVD, Matt Hardy, Kurt Angle

Notes:
Kurt Angle would challenge Chris Jericho for the WWF Undisputed Championship at Wrestlemania 18.
Kurt Angle would defeat Chris Jericho to win the Championship.

2003



Eddie Guerrero -#14

Final Four
A-Train, Chris Jericho, RVD, Eddie Guerrero

Notes:
Eddie Guerrero became the first Latino to win the Royal Rumble.
Eddie Guerrero would challenge Kurt Angle for the WWE Championship at Wrestlemania 19.
Kurt Angle would retain the Championship.

2004



Kurt Angle -#19

Final Four
Tajiri, Kane, Goldberg, Kurt Angle

Notes:
Kurt Angle became the only person to win more than one Royal Rumble.
Kurt Angle jumped ship to Raw to challenge Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship, Shawn Michaels would get added to the match making it a Triple Threat at Wrestlemania 20.
Kurt Angle pinned Shawn Michaels and became the new World Heavyweight Championship.

2005



Chris Jericho -#11

Final Four
Shelton Benjamin, Batista, Daniel Puder, Chris Jericho

Notes:
Chris Jericho would jump to Smackdown to challenge JBL for the WWE Championship at Wrestlemania 21.
Chris Jericho would defeat JBL to win the Championship.

2006



Tatanka -#15

Final Four
Super Crazy, Joey Mercury, Bobby Lashley, Tatanka

Notes:
Tatanka would challenge Kurt Angle for the World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania 22, Randy Orton would get added to the match making it a Triple Threat.
Randy Orton pinned Kurt Angle to win the World Heavyweight Championship.

2007



Ric Flair -#1

Final Four
MVP, Sandman, Tommy Dreamer, Ric Flair

Notes:
Ric Flair became the second man to enter from the number 1 spot and win it all.
Ric Flair would challenge John Cena for the WWE Championship at Wrestlemania 23.
John Cena would defeat Ric Flair to retain the Championship.

2008



Big Daddy V -#24

Final Four
Chuck Palumbo, Shelton Benjamin, Kane, Big Daddy V

Notes:
Big Daddy V became the first and only ECW Superstar to win a Royal Rumble.
Big Daddy V challenged Chavo Guerrero for the ECW Championship at Wrestlemania 24.
Big Daddy V won the Championship.

2009



The Undertaker

Final Four
Mark Henry, CM Punk, Carlito, Undertaker

Notes:
In a shocking turn of a events Undertaker would challenge Jack Swagger for the ECW Championship at Wrestlemania 25.
Undertaker defeated Jack Swagger to win the Championship and become 17-0 at Wrestlemania.

2010



Drew McIntrye - #9

Final Four
Kane, CM Punk, Ted DiBiase Jr., Drew McIntrye

Notes:
Drew McIntrye became the first and only Scotsman to win the Royal Rumble.
Drew McIntrye would challenge Chris Jericho for the World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania 26.
Chris Jericho would retain the Championship.

2011



Diesel -#32

Final Four
Yoshi Tatsu, Dolph Ziggler, Hornswoggle, Diesel

Notes:
This was a 40 Man Royal Rumble.
The final two of this Rumble (Diesel & Hornswoggle) had the biggest height difference in the Rumble History.
Diesel would challenge The Miz for the WWE Championship at Wrestlemania 27.
Diesel would defeat the Miz and win the WWE Championship.

2012



Hunico -#16

Final Four
Dolph Ziggler, Road Dogg, Kofi Kingston, Hunico

Notes:
Hunico became the second Latino to win the Royal Rumble.
Hunico Challenged Daniel Bryan for the World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania 28.
Daniel Bryan retained the Championship.

2013



Daniel Bryan -#21

Final Four
Randy Orton, Zack Ryder, Brodus Clay, Daniel Bryan

Notes:
Daniel Bryan was one half of the Tag Team Champions.
Daniel Bryan would Challenge The Rock for the WWE Championship at Wrestlemania 29.
The Rock would retain the Championship.

2014



Dean Ambrose -#11

Final Four
Antonio Cesaro, Alexander Rusev, Fandango, Dean Ambrose

Notes:
Dean Ambrose was the United States Champion.
Dean Ambrose would challenge Randy Orton for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania 30, Daniel Bryan would get added to the match after defeating Triple H earlier in the night.
Randy Orton pinned Daniel Bryan to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

1. Jeff Hardy (01), Ric Flair (07)
2. British Bulldog (95)
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9. Jake "The Snake" Roberts (91), Drew McIntrye (10)
10. Bushwhacker Butch (89)
11. Greg Valentine (92), D'Lo Brown (98), Chris Jericho (05), Dean Ambrose (14)
12. Jeff Jarrett (94), Gangrel (00)
13. Hacksaw Duggan (88), Vader (96)
14. Goldust (97), Eddie Guerrero (03)
15. Tatanka (05)
16. Undertaker (09), Hunico (12)
17. The Godfather (99)
18.
19. Kurt Angle (04)
20.
21. Daniel Bryan (13)
22.
23.
24. Big Daddy V (08)
25.
26. Kurt Angle (02)
27.
28. Rick Rude (90)
29.
30. Macho Man Randy Savage (93)
32. Diesel (11)

[Big Bad Brad]

I would like to get some comments on this since it did take me two months to get all this done.

What do you think is the biggest surprise in these Rumbles.

Which Rumble winner do you like which do you think would suck if he really won in real life?

[Hulkshi Tanahashi]

I can't decide which win is more shocking: Tatanka or Hunico.

[SAJ Forth]

Fun reading the winners.

[Hulkshi Tanahashi]

Also, I like The Godfather's photo. It looks like even he was shocked that he won that Rumble.

[Big Bad Brad]

I'm going to give my opinions on each Rumble compare the Redo winner to the Real Winner, etc...

1988

Nothing to really say on this one except Hacksaw Jim Duggan must have been destined to win the first Royal Rumble. Him winning the title at Wrestlemania 4 is something I'm glad didn't happen in real life.

1989

Its hard to pick which Rumble winner was the most shocking I got to toss Bushwhacker Butch into the puzzle, I didn't think Big John Studd wasn't that great of a Rumble winner but I think Bushwhacker Butch would of been worse if he was a Sheepherder then maybe it would be ok but The Bushwhackers were pretty much a comedy team and a Bushwhacker has no business main eventing Wrestlemania.

1990

I think Rick Rude would of been an excellent Royal Rumble winner, I hated that Hogan won this rumble when he was the WWF Champion I think the Rumble should be used to make stars and Hogan was already the Champion, while Rick Rude would of gotten that extra push he needed to be a serious Main Event talent and I think Rude VS Hogan at Wrestlemania 6 would of been a good Main Event.

1991

Jake "The Snake" Roberts is a legend and honestly I don't mind him winning the Royal Rumble this year but even though I said I hated Hogan winning in 90 I liked him winning in 91 because he wasn't the champion and he hadn't been the champ for almost a year winning this match helped show that he still has "it" so I like a Hogan win over Roberts in this case but I do think Jake Roberts VS Sgt. Slaughter could of been a better Wrestlemania match.

1992

NO NO NO! Greg Valentine winning the Royal Rumble and taking the WWF Championship just no! I honestly have never been a fan of Greg Valentine I always considered him pretty boring both in the ring and his personality so him winning and taking the belt would of been awful. Ric Flair was the way to go in this Rumble.

1993

YES! I think Macho Man Randy Savage would of been a much better Rumble winner than Yokozuna. Wrestlemania 9 is considered one of the worst Wrestlemanias of all time but sometimes one truly excellent match on the card could make a lousy Pay Per View great just ask Shawn Michaels & Undertaker. A Bret Hart VS Randy Savage match would of been a great Wrestlemania match up it would of been a good way for Macho Man to pass the torch to Bret Hart.

1994

Jeff Jarrett as a Royal Rumble winner and winning the WWF Championship from Yokozuna at Wrestlemania 10? No please no! I do think having one winner is better than having two winners but Jeff Jarrett? Really? And the sad part is Bret Hart was a runner up in the Rumble I was cheering for Bret to win when I did this Rumble.

1995

I liked the way this one turned out with Bulldog and Shawn both the final two just like in real life and I loved that Bulldog won this one. What I am about to say might not be popular but I'll say it anyway I was not a fan of Shawn Michaels in the 90s, I was a fan once he returned in 2002 because he changed a lot but I didn't like Shawn back then because I thought he was a little cocky prick and it turns out he really was a cocky prick backstage I just got that vibe from him so I hated it when he won the Royal Rumble in 1995.

1996

YES! I so much wanted Vader to win the 1996 Royal Rumble I was huge fan of his in WCW and I wanted to see Vader dominate WWE like he did WCW. I'll let you all in on a secret even though Shawn Michaels was a baby face at this time I still looked at him like a little cocky prick and I hated him winning the Royal Rumble again and I hated it so much that I literally quit watching wrestling for 2 years because Shawn Michaels was going to main event Wrestlemania again. Like I said once he returned in 2002 I was a fan because I could tell he was no longer a cocky little prick and I could see how great of a wrestler he really is.

1997

I'm not sure about this one, the real result in this match was kind of a crazy, Austin got eliminated then comes back and eliminates Bret weird and Austin didn't even get a title match at Wrestlemania from this win. I'm not sure a Goldust VS Sid main event would of been what is best for business.

1998

D'Lo Brown winning this Rumble was a bit odd of course I think Stone Cold was the perfect winner this year it helped kick off the Austin Era which helped kill off WCW at least in the ratings. D'Lo Brown VS Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania? No thanks.

1999

Godfather as the winner? I'm not sure if Godfather winning is any worse than Vince McMahon. In this Rumble redo Godfather did throw out Stone Cold so he collected the 100,000 dollar bounty Mr. McMahon put on Stone Cold in this Rumble. Godfather VS The Rock would of been an interesting match since both men where in the Nation of Domination but I don't know if it would of been a good match.

2000

Gangrel was an odd choice to win this Royal Rumble and the Fatal Four Way at Mania is also weird with Gangrel and Kane involved. I think The Rock was a better Rumble winner.

(Continued)

[Big Bad Brad]

2001

I like Jeff Hardy, I'm a big fan of his but winning the Rumble in 2001 at the number 1 spot I don't about that, I wouldn't have a problem with Jeff winning any other year but with Jeff winning that would mean we wouldn't get that awesome TLC match with Edge & Christian, The Hardys and the Dudleys at least Drew Carey didn't win I would have preferred if Kane won since he was so dominating in this Rumble.

2002

I don't have a problem with Kurt winning, I like him winning more than Triple H. I think Kurt Angle and Chris Jericho could of had an awesome match at Wrestlemania.

2003

LATINO HEAT! No problem with Eddie winning it wasn't as predictable as Brock winning in real life. Eddie Guerrero and Kurt Angle could of had a great match at Wrestlemania without either botching a big high risk move.

2004

I think Kurt Angle winning would of been a good thing, I did like Benoit winning in real life so I like this about the same as in real life. And in real life Kurt challenged Eddie for the WWE Championship and since this is a redo I wanted to redo the main event of Wrestlemania 20 and have Kurt challenge Triple H and Shawn Michaels for the World which would of meant Eddie Guerrero would defend the WWE Title against Chris Benoit and just for fun I simmed that match and Benoit walked out WWE Champion.

2005

Chris Jericho would of been a great Rumble winner this year but with Jericho winning and main eventing Wrestlemania would the Money in the Bank still have happen since I think it really was Chris Jericho's idea. Anyway I had him challenge JBL instead of Triple H because Triple H and Chris Jericho had been done to death while JBL and Jericho hadn't been done yet.

2006

This one has to be one of the weird Rumble wins I think if we did a prediction game on who would win this year I don't think one person would predict Tatanka and Tatanka taking Rey Mysterio's place at Wrestlemania 22 just feels weird. During the final moments of this redo I was rooting for Bobby Lashley since it would of been more believable than Tatanka.

2007

I'm glad Ric Flair got to win a Royal Rumble in this Rumble Redo but winning at number 1 when he is clearly past his prime and main eventing against John Cena wouldn't of been bad but I think Undertaker winning was a better choice.

2008

Actually I like Big Daddy V winning more than John Cena, because its Cena after all. And since Big Daddy V was an ECW superstar it could of really put over the ECW Championship as a legitimate World title.

2009

I believe this was Undertaker's last Royal Rumble and I think its a good way to end your Rumble career by winning. Now I have a reason I had Taker challenge Jack Swagger for the ECW Title. First he's already faced Triple H at Wrestlemania 17 and he would face him at Wrestlemania 27 and 28 so I don't think we needed another Undertaker/Triple H match then you have Edge who he beat the previous year and if he challenged Edge Big Show would been involved making it a Triple Threat and do you really want to put Undertaker in a Triple Threat? And I came up with a good storyline where Jack Swagger calls Undertaker out saying he's afraid to face the All American American ECW World Champion.

2010

Drew McIntrye is a good talent but never really got a big break and ended up in a comedy team of 3MB when he could of been a World Champion or a serious Main Eventer I liked Edge winning in real life but I think Drew winning and facing Chris Jericho for the World Title would not be a bad thing.

2011

Diesel was a surprising entry in this Royal Rumble but I think even more surprising was Hornswoggle lasting to the very end and almost winning the match which would of been a dark day in the WWE. Diesel coming back and having one more run in the WWE and main eventing Wrestlemania I don't think it would be that bad and I think Diesel winning is better than Del Rio winning in real life.

2012

Hunico is definitely a shocker right up there with Tatanka and Bushwhacker Butch. The current Sin Cara winning a Royal Rumble not cool but challenging Daniel Bryan and having Daniel Bryan retain the title and not lose in 18 seconds at Wrestlemania 28 very cool.

2013

YES! YES! YES! YES! I don't care if he was Tag Team Champion at this time Daniel Bryan VS The Rock would of been an interesting match at Wrestlemania and much better than John Cena winning again.

2014

I'm torn on this one I think Dean Ambrose would of been a good Rumble Winner better than Boretista. I didn't like the results of the game's simulation Randy Orton retaining the title by pinning Daniel Bryan I sure hope that doesn't happen in real life.

[Big Bad Brad]

Out of 27 Royal Rumbles only 8 Rumble Winners have won a World Title at Wrestlemania (That includes Kurt Angle twice)

that means only 33% of the winners won the title at Mania while the other 67% did not win the title.

In real life number 27 has produced the most Rumble winners but in the 2K14 Rumble redo number 11 has produced the most winners at 4 (Greg Valentine (92), D'Lo Brown (98), Chris Jericho (05), Dean Ambrose (14)

The person who won a Royal Rumble after having appearing in the most Rumbles before they won is The Undertaker (Not sure of the exact number right now but I don't think any other winners had competed in as many Rumbles as Taker did before winning)

Longest Time in a single Rumble is a tie between Jeff Hardy (01) & Ric Flair (07)

Shortest time before winning would be Randy Savage in 93.

The person who has appeared in the most final fours: Kane (I would have to count it in this topic but I know he appeared in a lot of final fours and never won)

[Big Bad Brad]

I do remember doing one of the early rumbles and Honky Tonk Man eliminating 8 guys I think it was 1990 which was pretty impressive.