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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jan 3, 2016 23:04:52 GMT -5
-Blatant disregard for everyone the fans cared about. WWE treated the reaction as Bryan fans being whiners, when the fans reacted positively to Ziggler, Ryback, Mizdow, Ambrose, Rusev, and Swagger. The "fans only want Bryan or nothing" message sent out by WWE and others is a way to deflect how bad the booking was here. I know fans that take this mentality that the crowd wouldn't have accepted anyone but Bryan... which is flat out wrong because then they wouldn't have cheered for Ambrose, Ryback, Ziggler, all after Bryan was eliminated. That said even if one of them won it would still be a terribly booked Rumble where nothing really happeend except Reigns won. No new feuds started or continued during the match... no matches for Mania were made... etc. |
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Post by Jake, The Jake, Jake on Jan 3, 2016 23:05:06 GMT -5
It was the worst booked thing they have ever done. Two guys in their mid 40's buried the entire roster, and they took out the overwhelming fan favorite just 10 minutes in. Why would you bring Daniel Bryan back just to bury him? To get some $9.99 bucks for the Network and give the Rumble some form of unpredictability because Bryan was the only other serious option aside from Reigns. Anyone who thought Ambrose or Ziggler would face Brock at WrestleMania that year were kidding themselves on. Seriously. They wanted to have their cake and eat it too. They never seriously cared about Daniel Bryan or entertained the thought of him winning the thing, but at the same time, they knew that announcing his return beforehand would make a shitload of people excited for the rumble. They talked out of both sides of their mouth and ended up pissing everybody off in the process. |
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Post by mysterydriver on Jan 3, 2016 23:06:26 GMT -5
Roman essentially sitting in a corner until it was time for his late-game Rumble heroics did him no favors either.
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Post by chrom on Jan 3, 2016 23:06:56 GMT -5
So you think they finally learned their lesson for this years Rumble?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2016 23:10:18 GMT -5
Don't worry, this year's Rumble will suck too given Cena or Triple H will be winning.
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Jan 3, 2016 23:11:03 GMT -5
It's been a long time since I've seen it but IIRC, the crowd was so pissed off and shocked at Bryan's elimination, you could barely hear them counting down to the next entrant.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2016 23:14:08 GMT -5
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Post by Perfect Timing on Jan 3, 2016 23:14:16 GMT -5
It was the match that never got started if I remember. Like some big macho guy bragging to his girl about what he is going to do and getting her excited early on(Bubba Ray)and then totally losing his boner and her interest.
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Post by StormanReigns on Jan 3, 2016 23:18:29 GMT -5
-Blatant disregard for everyone the fans cared about. WWE treated the reaction as Bryan fans being whiners, when the fans reacted positively to Ziggler, Ryback, Mizdow, Ambrose, Rusev, and Swagger. The "fans only want Bryan or nothing" message sent out by WWE and others is a way to deflect how bad the booking was here. I know fans that take this mentality that the crowd wouldn't have accepted anyone but Bryan... which is flat out wrong because then they wouldn't have cheered for Ambrose, Ryback, Ziggler, all after Bryan was eliminated. That said even if one of them won it would still be a terribly booked Rumble where nothing really happeend except Reigns won. No new feuds started or continued during the match... no matches for Mania were made... etc. There was also a pretty bad botch. They rang the bell before Rusev was even eliminated. The live crowd also ruined the surprise of Rusev still being in the match. That match was so poorly booked, that people actually forget those two things happened. I can't think of another instance where bad booking made everyone forget about such bad botches |
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Jan 3, 2016 23:25:03 GMT -5
Another annoying thing about the Bray Wyatt character. The Authoritey conspired to make sure he does not win the Rumble... Next PPV he is targeting the Undertaker... And after that Ryback.
He says he wants to take down the Machine.. But when he has a legitimate reason to target the Aurthority ... He does something else.
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Post by eJm on Jan 3, 2016 23:27:09 GMT -5
I know fans that take this mentality that the crowd wouldn't have accepted anyone but Bryan... which is flat out wrong because then they wouldn't have cheered for Ambrose, Ryback, Ziggler, all after Bryan was eliminated. That said even if one of them won it would still be a terribly booked Rumble where nothing really happeend except Reigns won. No new feuds started or continued during the match... no matches for Mania were made... etc. There was also a pretty bad botch. They rang the bell before Rusev was even eliminated. The live crowd also ruined the surprise of Rusev still being in the match. That match was so poorly booked, that people actually forget those two things happened. I can't think of another instance where bad booking made everyone forget about such bad botches Here's another thing people forget; They messed up the Kofi spot. Kofi comes in, gets quickly thrown into Adam Rose's Rosebuds as he comes in, Adam Rose gets tossed out ridiculously unceremoniously, Kofi gets back into the ring...and is tossed out soon after. How do you mess up a spot that, years before, got some of the biggest reactions of the Rumble? |
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Jan 4, 2016 0:24:14 GMT -5
Rewatched last year's Royal Rumble event on the Network just there (remember when the Ascension were somewhat relevant?) and the main event was just as bad as I remembered. No D-Von to go with Bubba's return, Bryan going out after ten minutes in anti-climactic fashion, the Local Men dumping out Ziggler, Wyatt and Ambrose like they were garbage, Mizdow barely getting a look in, and Rock having to hold Reigns' hand while he was getting booed out of the building all combined to make a horrendous show that was worse than the match the year before. The triple threat was kick ass though, that match cemented Rollins as a main eventer for me. It also amused me how Tom Philips asked Cena what was next for him and then Rusev interrupted the interview right on cue. It was the worst booked thing they have ever done. Two guys in their mid 40's buried the entire roster, and they took out the overwhelming fan favorite just 10 minutes in. Why would you bring Daniel Bryan back just to bury him? They thought Reigns would get cheered for "avenging" the other fan favorites who got eliminated. |
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Post by bearned on Jan 4, 2016 1:09:50 GMT -5
The rumble match itself was one of the few times I've legitimately felt angry about a wrestling match. So many things wrong with it.
The triple threat was great though.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2016 1:15:33 GMT -5
I do have to say this. It's amazing how WWE rehabbed Roman Reigns popularity throughout the year and it was surreal to see him getting cheered in Philly when he won the title. But holy shit what an awful Rumble. Even if someone like Ziggler or Ambrose won, it would be one of the worst booked Rumbles ever.
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Post by Hit Girl on Jan 4, 2016 1:18:19 GMT -5
If Bryan wasn't going to win the Rumble, he shouldn't have even been in it.
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Post by RIHT on Jan 4, 2016 1:31:55 GMT -5
WWE didn't have the balls to have Reigns in with Bryan as the final two, much less than be in the same ring at the same time (at least at the Royal Rumble).
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Post by Brickstone Kid on Jan 4, 2016 1:33:14 GMT -5
So is there a correlation between the Rumble winner getting shit on and the elimination (or merging) of the World Championship? Seems like when we used to get shitty winners *cough*Sheamus*cough* they would always be in an undercard Mania match with whatever belt was secondary at the time. And we still had hope for a decent main event.
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Post by Nic Nemeth on Jan 4, 2016 1:36:01 GMT -5
This is why I get annoyed when people say the 2014 Rumble was worse than the 2015 Rumble.
Seriously, did you people not watch the 2015 one? It was way worse.
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Post by MichaelMartini on Jan 4, 2016 1:41:32 GMT -5
There was also a pretty bad botch. They rang the bell before Rusev was even eliminated. The live crowd also ruined the surprise of Rusev still being in the match. That match was so poorly booked, that people actually forget those two things happened. I can't think of another instance where bad booking made everyone forget about such bad botches Here's another thing people forget; They messed up the Kofi spot. Kofi comes in, gets quickly thrown into Adam Rose's Rosebuds as he comes in, Adam Rose gets tossed out ridiculously unceremoniously, Kofi gets back into the ring...and is tossed out soon after. How do you mess up a spot that, years before, got some of the biggest reactions of the Rumble? And how Curtis Axel wasn't officially eliminated? At least they made a joke out of it later. That Rumble was the moment I gave up on WWE. I'll still watch some PPVs but that's only when I have nothing to do on a Sunday night. |
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Jan 4, 2016 4:47:24 GMT -5
If Bryan wasn't going to win the Rumble, he shouldn't have even been in it. If Bryan wasn't going to be in a "main event" match at Mania, he shouldn't have come back until afterward. |
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