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Post by bmfjules on Jan 19, 2015 17:32:42 GMT -5
There's been a handful of threads about these ideas, such as the Ziggler dressing up as La Parka idea, which I dug.
So in the interest my entertainment, are there any Rumble finishes you've waited years to see finally happen which have so far yet to happen?
For me: The random lower card "jobber" finally proves ANYONE can win the Rumble. I still think this could be done someday, and it doesn't have to be a random deal. Find a guy you want to push as a good underdog, so it would still be someone WWE wants to promote but just give them the Zack Ryder treatment for a year or so before you begin their once in a lifetime Rumble to Mania program.
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Post by Spider2024 on Jan 19, 2015 17:38:48 GMT -5
The first 29 men somehow all take each other out before #30 is even called. So, all #30 has to do is walk into the ring, and he (or she) is going to WrestleMania.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Jan 19, 2015 17:40:00 GMT -5
The person that does the "cool elimination save" spot needs to actually win the match.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jan 19, 2015 17:43:54 GMT -5
Someone needs to break Rey Mysterio's record! It is nearly a decade old and he still holds the record for longest time in a rumble despite it being a piss poor performance (comparatively speaking anyway). I'd pick Ziggler to do it  |
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Post by bmfjules on Jan 19, 2015 17:49:44 GMT -5
Another one of my own - debuting superstar wins the Rumble on his first night and establishes himself as a player right from the get go. Would have been cool if they had done this with say, Lesnar in 02, or even Goldberg in 03 although that would be more of a re-introduction, although still a WWE debut. With how they pushed him the rest of the year, even Rusev could have done this in 2014.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Jan 19, 2015 17:50:34 GMT -5
For me: The random lower card "jobber" finally proves ANYONE can win the Rumble. I still think this could be done someday, and it doesn't have to be a random deal. Find a guy you want to push as a good underdog, so it would still be someone WWE wants to promote but just give them the Zack Ryder treatment for a year or so before you begin their once in a lifetime Rumble to Mania program. I'd love this too, but it doesn't seem like it would realistically happen. The thing is that the "someone WWE want to promote" would likely NEVER get "the Zack Ryder treatment" even if they lost every match for a year. That person, even if they constantly jobbed, would probably be featured on RAW every week and probably wouldn't lose to anyone lower than say...The Miz (who has lost his luster, but he's still a former WWE Champion and has held his share of titles, so kayfabe-wise there really is no shame in losing to him). Your scenario, if it happened, would probably be someone like Swagger or Cesaro at the lowest, not an actual "C-Show regular" type. |
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Post by karl100589 on Jan 19, 2015 17:53:51 GMT -5
The person that does the "cool elimination save" spot needs to actually win the match. Michaels in 95? |
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Post by bmfjules on Jan 19, 2015 17:56:30 GMT -5
For me: The random lower card "jobber" finally proves ANYONE can win the Rumble. I still think this could be done someday, and it doesn't have to be a random deal. Find a guy you want to push as a good underdog, so it would still be someone WWE wants to promote but just give them the Zack Ryder treatment for a year or so before you begin their once in a lifetime Rumble to Mania program. I'd love this too, but it doesn't seem like it would realistically happen. The thing is that the "someone WWE want to promote" would likely NEVER get "the Zack Ryder treatment" even if they lost every match for a year. That person, even if they constantly jobbed, would probably be featured on RAW every week and probably wouldn't lose to anyone lower than say...The Miz (who has lost his luster, but he's still a former WWE Champion and has held his share of titles, so kayfabe-wise there really is no shame in losing to him). Your scenario, if it happened, would probably be someone like Swagger or Cesaro at the lowest, not an actual "C-Show regular" type. I agree sadly. I think the other way works, but it's nowhere near as big a OMG type moment. Someone like a Cesaro or Swagger could also work well for this, just have a good storyline reason as to why they are suddenly winning where they used to be losing like how Buster Douglas, a boxer who had unused potential for years suddenly for ONE night became a world killer after the death of his mother (NOT suggesting this as a storyline mind you)inspired him to actually train and go KO Tyson. |
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Jan 19, 2015 17:59:06 GMT -5
Well, I am pretty sure AAA owns the name 'La Parka' so I don't expect WWE to use that character or at least not to identify the character by that name. This is the reason why WCW's La Parka now works as L.A. Park. Yes, I know this was just a fantasy idea. Ziggler already has a history of disguising himself as Sin Cara, but that won't work as well now that the regular Sin Cara has very noticeable tattoos.
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Post by bmfjules on Jan 19, 2015 18:01:47 GMT -5
Well, I am pretty sure AAA owns the name 'La Parka' so I don't expect WWE to use that character or at least not to identify the character by that name. This is the reason why WCW's La Parka now works as L.A. Park. Yes, I know this was just a fantasy idea. Crap. Sin Cara. Not La Parka. Meant to say as a tribute to the old DDP/La Parka match with Macho... Source: officialfan.proboards.com/thread/515905/zig-cara-win-rumbleEdit - saw your above edit. So neeeeeeeeeeeeevermind. FWIW, I think a fake tat would be more than enough to offset that, or just don't do it and those who notice it notice it, and those who don't don't. Still would be a cool moment IMO. |
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jan 19, 2015 18:05:35 GMT -5
There's been a handful of threads about these ideas, such as the Ziggler dressing up as La Parka idea, which I dug. So in the interest my entertainment, are there any Rumble finishes you've waited years to see finally happen which have so far yet to happen? For me: The random lower card "jobber" finally proves ANYONE can win the Rumble. I still think this could be done someday, and it doesn't have to be a random deal. Find a guy you want to push as a good underdog, so it would still be someone WWE wants to promote but just give them the Zack Ryder treatment for a year or so before you begin their once in a lifetime Rumble to Mania program. Also, just wanted to throw out that I always love the idea mentioned in the OP. Maybe, not quite Zack Ryder level, but someone like Maven winning in 2002 (instead of being murdered by The Undertaker). Especially since the name sells the show more than anything now and the marquee names can balance out the a new face in the WWE title match, I think it's as good a time as any if not quite possibly the best time to pull the trigger on this. |
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Post by BorneAgain on Jan 19, 2015 18:11:01 GMT -5
I'd love to see something at this year's Rumble with Bryan or Ziggler doing the marathon run beaten down by the likes of Big Show, Kane, Harper and Sheamus, only for the counter to come on even though 30 guys have already entered. Bryan and the Authority are confused and watch the clock strike 0, lights go out, and then after a few moments in the ring, its none other than Sting. He then beats up the Authority, tosses out Show, Harper, and Kane, and starts stalking after HHH who bails in fear.
Finish the sequence with Ziggler/Bryan vs. Sheamus, give the babyface a big victory, and if people protest that Sting's first match was a brief appearance, explain that he wasn't an official entrant and never actually was in the match.
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Post by PKO on Jan 19, 2015 18:11:26 GMT -5
The first 29 men somehow all take each other out before #30 is even called. So, all #30 has to do is walk into the ring, and he (or she) is going to WrestleMania. And they had the perfect opportunity with Jeritroll |
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Post by DrizzlinShytes on Jan 19, 2015 18:12:18 GMT -5
A tag team or stable actually teams up and successfully gets down to only that team or stable being left in the Rumble. This would work well if you had been teasing some sort of break up and then use the Rumble as the actual time the team or stable breaks up. It would have worked with The Shield most obviously of late. However, what if Evolution had let Benoit hold the belt and everyone is out of the championship picture until the Rumble and they actually get down to Flair/Orton/Batista/HHH as the final four and then HHH finds out everyone is not going to jump out for him? That gives the winner a feud to work for the PPV before WM and likely gives that winner a first challenger in the post-Mania malaise.
Another idea they teased with Lawler and kinda did with McMahon is to have a heel not perform in the whole Rumble through hiding under the ring and have them come out after the last man is eliminated. Or have them leave on a stretcher. Never mention them and after the winner is celebrating and their music is playing have the hurt guy's music hit and come back down.
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Post by khali on Jan 19, 2015 18:12:30 GMT -5
I do want there to be a year where a lower card guy wins out of nowhere. Not as low as a Ryder kind of guy, but someone like Cesaro who they could use as a way to move up the card quickly. I'm actually surprised they never done this, if only for the big shock factor involved with it. It's a missed opportunity for a big moment of they don't ever do it.
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Post by karl100589 on Jan 19, 2015 18:14:42 GMT -5
Part of me has loved the idea of something similar to Santino in 2011, someone gets knocked out (or hides) for the majority of the match and forgotten about, what people think is the final 2 eliminate each other and the knocked out wrestler emerges from the outside to take the win.
It could work for a comedy mid carder or a wily, cowardly heel.
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Post by DrizzlinShytes on Jan 19, 2015 18:14:52 GMT -5
I do want there to be a year where a lower card guy wins out of nowhere. Not as low as a Ryder kind of guy, but someone like Cesaro who they could use as a way to move up the card quickly. I'm actually surprised they never done this, if only for the big shock factor involved with it. It's a missed opportunity for a big moment of they don't ever do it. They have used MiTB to serve this purpose. Arguably, it is too risky to try the Rumble and WM for a test run on an unproven guy. It would be cool and if it worked (in other words if the guy got over and cut promos and had a great Mania match) but the risk is huge that you are left with a Mania match that is bad and no one cares about. |
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Post by DrizzlinShytes on Jan 19, 2015 18:16:51 GMT -5
I can't remember a Rumble finish where there is one guy left as the clock goes down for number 30. That could be interesting if you had two really over guys. What if Daniel Bryan was left standing as the clock counted down for Number 30 and it was Rollins or Ambrose or Reigns or someone that we all thought might actually eliminate him?
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Jan 19, 2015 18:24:24 GMT -5
Just once I want a double-elimination spot to end the match. They get so obsessive over the final two, but I think it'd be cool just once to have a good ten minutes or so of a triple threat situation before two guys get dumped together. If Ryback ever wins, that'd be a great way to do it.
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Post by bmfjules on Jan 19, 2015 18:31:12 GMT -5
Classic era Santino thinks he has won the Rumble after the other two main event guys double eliminate each other, so he goes nuts celebrating, doing his trumpet dance, foolishly forgetting that number 30 still hasn't even come out yet, so the look of dissapointment on his face as number 30's music hits, and it's say.... Undertaker/Lesnar/Batista/Chuck Norriss/Insert whatever badass you want, and Santino just says screw it and eliminates himself.
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