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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2015 6:31:13 GMT -5
2014 was largely a decent Rumble. This one was shit from the second Bray Wyatt came out.
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Post by wallabylikeyou on Jan 26, 2015 7:38:43 GMT -5
This was one was worse by a country mile. 2014 was apart from Batista winning and no Bryan. This year? - The ring was pretty empty for long stretches
- Using R-Truth as D-Von stand-in undercutting the moment of Bubba's return
- Too many no hopers
- Missed opportunities with Miz and Mizdow
- Bryan tossed in anti-climactic fashion with loads of the match left to go
- Waiting too late to bring the likes of Ambrose and Ziggler in so the entire middle of the match is dead
- Predictable Kofi spot getting no reaction
- Kane and Big Show ffs
- Non-entity Cesaro
- Ambrose and especially Ziggler tossed like losers to put The Authority over
- Awfully booked ending having Kane and Big Show coming back in AND "wait a minute someone's not actually been eliminated!"
- Having Rusev come back in only to be easily thrown out right away
- Poor Reigns winning when he's not ready and his good will has been eroded
- Patronising Rock endorsement
- Aaaaand it's all about The Authority in the end of course
- They still don't get it and this time probably nothing can be done
EDIT: oh, also no NXT guys, but I'm sure they did that because the best candidates would get too much "smarky" love
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Jan 26, 2015 7:41:16 GMT -5
2015 was worse, by far. Because it was proof that they didn't get the picture.
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Post by Eunös ✈ on Jan 26, 2015 7:49:54 GMT -5
2014 Rumble match itself actually wasn't that bad, It was only when 30 came out and it was pretty much confirmed Batista was winning that it started to suck.
2015 was just a bad match.
But in fairness, both are still better than 1999
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Post by Zach on Jan 26, 2015 8:24:26 GMT -5
Apparently I am the only one who wasn't upset when Bryan was eliminated. Sorry but I think he sucks. My dog could cut a more interesting promo. I figured he was going to win so I actually became more interested after he got thrown out because I was thinking maybe it would be Ziggler. After Ziggler was eliminated I thought "wait....so Wrestlemania is gonna be Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar? Who the hell wants to see that?"
The first half of the rumble was just ridiculous. Only 2 men in the ring at a time for almost the entire first half! Way too many people that you KNOW aren't going to win.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2015 8:30:41 GMT -5
2015 is the worst Rumble, period. Even worse than 1999s. It has no redeeming qualities and manages to mess up pacing, entrant order, elimination times and spacing, and virtually anything else you can think of necessary to make a good Rumble.
Whoever thought it would be a good idea to have Bryan eliminated, and then try to replace him with Reigns instead of putting in Ambrose or Ziggler in soon after to calm the crowd down, needs to be booked for a visit with leading mental health care professionals.
The idea "Lets have Bryan get eliminated, then give the crowd no one to like for the next 30 minutes" should be an actual wellness policy violation.
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Post by wallabylikeyou on Jan 26, 2015 8:44:31 GMT -5
2015 is the worst Rumble, period. Even worse than 1999s. It has no redeeming qualities and manages to mess up pacing, entrant order, elimination times and spacing, and virtually anything else you can think of necessary to make a good Rumble. Whoever thought it would be a good idea to have Bryan eliminated, and then try to replace him with Reigns instead of putting in Ambrose or Ziggler in soon after to calm the crowd down, needs to be booked for a visit with leading mental health care professionals. The idea "Lets have Bryan get eliminated, then give the crowd no one to like for the next 30 minutes" should be an actual wellness policy violation. It really felt a step behind for the entire thing, . Even apart from the big stuff, simple things like having Miz and Mizdow's entries so far apart, having Wyatt's promo answered by Ryder instead of Bryan and having Kofi eliminated one second after the Rosebud save all seem ike really silly little mistakes.
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Post by Widow's Peak on Jan 26, 2015 8:55:34 GMT -5
This one just sucked booking-wise. That crowd was not going to be happy with the winner no matter what, but you could have eased that with a fun Rumble match. This one just had too many dead spots that when you got to the end, you just really wanted it over with.
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Post by ritt works hard fo da chickens on Jan 26, 2015 9:10:48 GMT -5
Apparently I am the only one who wasn't upset when Bryan was eliminated. Sorry but I think he sucks. My dog could cut a more interesting promo. I figured he was going to win so I actually became more interested after he got thrown out because I was thinking maybe it would be Ziggler. After Ziggler was eliminated I thought "wait....so Wrestlemania is gonna be Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar? Who the hell wants to see that?" The first half of the rumble was just ridiculous. Only 2 men in the ring at a time for almost the entire first half! Way too many people that you KNOW aren't going to win. You probably aren't the only person who doesn't like Bryan. However, if you can't see why he deserves better han what he got this rumble I don't know what to tell you. I don't like Bray but I can see why he got to look good this rumble. He has a future in this company they can build things off of. Russev got a bit of a rub and it was understandable. I just wish someone who wasn't a monster hoss got to look credible this rumble. I mean (r)evolution showcased all these young hungry talents and got rave reviews and then switch to the main showcase and it's back to 1980s status quo. If you weren't a big guy you didn't matter in this rumble. It seemed even more backwards thinking then ever.
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Post by Zach on Jan 26, 2015 10:10:27 GMT -5
Apparently I am the only one who wasn't upset when Bryan was eliminated. Sorry but I think he sucks. My dog could cut a more interesting promo. I figured he was going to win so I actually became more interested after he got thrown out because I was thinking maybe it would be Ziggler. After Ziggler was eliminated I thought "wait....so Wrestlemania is gonna be Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar? Who the hell wants to see that?" The first half of the rumble was just ridiculous. Only 2 men in the ring at a time for almost the entire first half! Way too many people that you KNOW aren't going to win. You probably aren't the only person who doesn't like Bryan. However, if you can't see why he deserves better han what he got this rumble I don't know what to tell you. I don't like Bray but I can see why he got to look good this rumble. He has a future in this company they can build things off of. Russev got a bit of a rub and it was understandable. I just wish someone who wasn't a monster hoss got to look credible this rumble. I mean (r)evolution showcased all these young hungry talents and got rave reviews and then switch to the main showcase and it's back to 1980s status quo. If you weren't a big guy you didn't matter in this rumble. It seemed even more backwards thinking then ever. They should have switched Bray and Bryan's roles. Bryan should at least have stayed in a long time and had some dramatic elimination. What they did to Ziggler was even worse....squashed by two old guys whose time has already passed and should have been eliminated early on
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Post by Zach on Jan 26, 2015 10:14:36 GMT -5
2015 is the worst Rumble, period. Even worse than 1999s. It has no redeeming qualities and manages to mess up pacing, entrant order, elimination times and spacing, and virtually anything else you can think of necessary to make a good Rumble. Whoever thought it would be a good idea to have Bryan eliminated, and then try to replace him with Reigns instead of putting in Ambrose or Ziggler in soon after to calm the crowd down, needs to be booked for a visit with leading mental health care professionals. The idea "Lets have Bryan get eliminated, then give the crowd no one to like for the next 30 minutes" should be an actual wellness policy violation. I see some of the talent coordinator guys on Total Divas, and yeah I know that whole show is fake, but you can just tell these are people that have no idea how wrestling works. The same thing with Kevin Dunn, these are all reality television people, they aren't wrestling people. I just imagine everyone behind the scenes is some little pipsqueak in a suit who never even watched a minute of wrestling on TV until 2008
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Post by Jiren on Jan 26, 2015 10:20:30 GMT -5
2015
2014 had a decent undercard & rumble till #30 happened, 2015 was just shit (Triple threat aside)
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Post by Jeff Mangum PI on Jan 26, 2015 17:25:29 GMT -5
2015 because how the f*** do you make the same mistake twice?
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