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Post by psychokiller on Dec 21, 2014 20:19:23 GMT -5
Looking back, I think he should have won it instead of Sheamus. It felt pointless to give Sheamus the Rumble win since he beat Bryan in 18 seconds anyway. It just felt like a waste. Jericho at the time I think could have used the Rumble win more since he just returned & started a big feud with Punk.
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Post by BRV on Dec 21, 2014 20:23:11 GMT -5
I honestly think that word leaked out in advance about Chris Jericho winning the Royal Rumble, and too many people thought of it as a foregone conclusion, so WWE threw a curveball at the last second and gave the win to Sheamus.
Not that any of it mattered in the end. Jericho still got his WWE Championship match and Sheamus would have had his World Heavyweight Championship match whether he won the Rumble or via some sort of tournament or battle royal on SmackDown.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Dec 21, 2014 20:24:00 GMT -5
I think it's because they wanted a Rumble winner to win at WrestleMania for once so it would boost the percentage in that damn hype video they do every year. It had taken a battering with four straight Rumble winners failing to win the title at WrestleMania... Down to like 55% or something.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2014 20:26:10 GMT -5
Because.
-Vince McMahon
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Post by psychokiller on Dec 21, 2014 20:27:01 GMT -5
I honestly think that word leaked out in advance about Chris Jericho winning the Royal Rumble, and too many people thought of it as a foregone conclusion, so WWE threw a curveball at the last second and gave the win to Sheamus. Not that any of it mattered in the end. Jericho still got his WWE Championship match and Sheamus would have had his World Heavyweight Championship match whether he won the Rumble or via some sort of tournament or battle royal on SmackDown. True, that he got his title shot anyway. But I think Jericho adding winning the Rumble to his resume would have been good & would have built up the Punk match even more. Ever since they got rid of the World Heavyweight Title, Sheamus has been a complete afterthought. I wonder if he's even going to be in the main event scene again.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Dec 21, 2014 20:31:33 GMT -5
I honestly think that word leaked out in advance about Chris Jericho winning the Royal Rumble, and too many people thought of it as a foregone conclusion, so WWE threw a curveball at the last second and gave the win to Sheamus. Pity that never happened with Batista. That was a foregone conclusion if ever there was one.
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Post by BRV on Dec 21, 2014 20:38:15 GMT -5
I honestly think that word leaked out in advance about Chris Jericho winning the Royal Rumble, and too many people thought of it as a foregone conclusion, so WWE threw a curveball at the last second and gave the win to Sheamus. Pity that never happened with Batista. That was a foregone conclusion if ever there was one. That's one of the (many) problems with combining the WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship. Now the Royal Rumble winner will face the lone champion at WrestleMania, and around November or December, rumors start leaking about WrestleMania plans, so by January, we've got a decent idea about who the Rumble winner will be. So unless WWE decides to completely alter their WrestleMania plans, the rumored winner will likely always be the actual winner, whereas like we saw in 2012, they can throw a wrench into the plans without completely scrapping a projected WrestleMania card.
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Post by mcstoklasa on Dec 21, 2014 20:42:20 GMT -5
Sheaumus won a royal rumble?
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Dec 21, 2014 20:44:17 GMT -5
Pity that never happened with Batista. That was a foregone conclusion if ever there was one. That's one of the (many) problems with combining the WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship. Now the Royal Rumble winner will face the lone champion at WrestleMania, and around November or December, rumors start leaking about WrestleMania plans, so by January, we've got a decent idea about who the Rumble winner will be. So unless WWE decides to completely alter their WrestleMania plans, the rumored winner will likely always be the actual winner, whereas like we saw in 2012, they can throw a wrench into the plans without completely scrapping a projected WrestleMania card. Agreed totally. I mean, guessing the two or three most likely Rumble winners has never been especially difficult anyway - WWE doesn't do subtle foreshadowing - but now it feels downright predictable.
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Post by kidglov3s on Dec 21, 2014 20:49:08 GMT -5
I'd rather have things be a tinge more predictable (as predictability would follow logic, which is good) in trade for having the rumble be for a shot at the champ rather than a champ.
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Post by Some Guy on Dec 21, 2014 21:05:48 GMT -5
I honestly think that word leaked out in advance about Chris Jericho winning the Royal Rumble, and too many people thought of it as a foregone conclusion, so WWE threw a curveball at the last second and gave the win to Sheamus. Pity that never happened with Batista. That was a foregone conclusion if ever there was one. I'd say Cena in 2013 was the most predictable of all time. There was literally no one else with a shot, and every single promo was all about John Cena.
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Post by FAR5222 on Dec 21, 2014 21:07:55 GMT -5
According to WWE2K14 Jericho won the 2012 Rumble. Even WWE felt he shouldn't have won.
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Post by lovingway on Dec 21, 2014 21:19:03 GMT -5
Sheaumus won a royal rumble? I thought the same thing last year when they showed it in a hype video
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Post by JTG Fan on Dec 21, 2014 21:22:19 GMT -5
I was in favor of it being Sheamus because I thought around that time he could really be cemented as a top babyface...and then WWE decided to have him squash Bryan in the opening match and totally kill any legitimacy the Royal Rumble and the World Heavyweight Title/popularity Sheamus had.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Dec 21, 2014 21:22:21 GMT -5
Because WWE really wanted to get Sheamus over huge. It didn't work. Even before the 18 seconds fiasco, it really wasn't working and it felt forced.
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Post by Mayonnaise on Dec 21, 2014 21:23:48 GMT -5
I honestly think that word leaked out in advance about Chris Jericho winning the Royal Rumble, and too many people thought of it as a foregone conclusion, so WWE threw a curveball at the last second and gave the win to Sheamus. Not that any of it mattered in the end. Jericho still got his WWE Championship match and Sheamus would have had his World Heavyweight Championship match whether he won the Rumble or via some sort of tournament or battle royal on SmackDown. I don't even think WWE wanted to do it, it has always seemed like a Jericho call to me. Then again that whole return sucked so maybe it was a Vince call.
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Post by Hypnosis on Dec 21, 2014 21:27:24 GMT -5
Pity that never happened with Batista. That was a foregone conclusion if ever there was one. I'd say Cena in 2013 was the most predictable of all time. There was literally no one else with a shot, and every single promo was all about John Cena. Hell, even the Royal Rumble 2013 commercial showed him at the end after everyone else predicted other winners.
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Post by Juice on Dec 21, 2014 21:39:24 GMT -5
Sometimes the Rumble winner needs to be a shocker. Sheamus was that. Sometimes the Rumble winner needs to be the clear and precise predictable answer based on current storylines. Like Benoit or Cena.
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Post by Some Guy on Dec 21, 2014 21:51:59 GMT -5
Sometimes the Rumble winner needs to be a shocker. Sheamus was that. Sometimes the Rumble winner needs to be the clear and precise predictable answer based on current storylines. Like Benoit or Cena. Cena did not NEED to be the winner in 2013. He had basically been getting endless title shots for 6 months prior and had just fought Rock the year prior. And I still think "Sheamus being a shocking winner" thing is overblown, because EVERYONE had him as the winner in December and only changed for the Jericho return.
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Post by xCompackx on Dec 21, 2014 22:00:03 GMT -5
According to WWE2K14 Jericho won the 2012 Rumble. Even WWE felt he shouldn't have won. Maybe it's just me, but I can't stand when they do stuff like that. I get the idea of retconning something and all that, but it's pretty lame to just cover up shitty booking decisions and pretend they didn't happen. They're doing that with Cena vs. Lesnar now too and trying to pretend that Cena has never beaten Lesnar.
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