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Post by sokratesschmitt on Jan 4, 2016 13:46:43 GMT -5
You have to remember, people were REALLY into the 2014 Rumble before they found out Bryan wasn't coming out and in hindsight, the match was actually really well done with the only problem being the winner. Hmm, for me it the whole point of being an "acceptable" rumble until entry number 30 was the underlining theme of "Bryan surprise entrant 30 and winning it"... in hindsight and knowing it did not happen, I couldn't care less for that rumble, don't think it was anything good in terms of booking. To me only interesting for watching crowd reactions and poor Rey Mysterio^^
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Post by Surfer Sandman on Jan 4, 2016 14:00:30 GMT -5
Roman essentially sitting in a corner until it was time for his late-game Rumble heroics did him no favors either. It was mind-numbingly stupid. I don't remember many wrestlers pulling this unless they were HEELS. Roman is/was supposed be a face and most faces don't slump in a f***ing corner. The ending was rage-worthy. Rock raising Roman's hand didn't do shit to change the outcome.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Jan 4, 2016 14:05:10 GMT -5
Oh thank god. I thought this was going to be a rose colored glasses thread.
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Post by Dub H on Jan 4, 2016 14:05:22 GMT -5
Reigns winning was a big issue
But oh it had so many more issues,SO MANY.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2016 14:10:18 GMT -5
And then 10-11 months later, the same building is blowing the roof off when Reigns wins the title off Sheamus on Raw.
.........say what we want about booking and that Rumble and beyond, but to the WWE that reaction last month for Reigns was absolutely a reset button.
So a 3rd Rumble screwup in a row? Maybe more probable than not now.
I still have yet to see it (outside various clips on Youtube) - I basically lived it entirely thru all your eyes by hitting refresh 10,000 times here on the forum's Rumble thread. It was quite a unique way to "watch" the match. The reaction to Bryan's elimination came a few pages close to the WM30 thread's reaction to Brock winning. >.<
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Post by Milkman Norm on Jan 4, 2016 14:11:04 GMT -5
Before he gets to old they really need Pat Patterson to mentor who ever agents the rumble match because since he's been gone they've gotten pretty bad each year.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jan 4, 2016 14:39:26 GMT -5
Before he gets to old they really need Pat Patterson to mentor who ever agents the rumble match because since he's been gone they've gotten pretty bad each year. I remember it was reported that Patterson booked last years rumble. If true that may not help. (though having a bunch of Mania matches to build for and not having half of the competitors in the match probably didn't help.)
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Post by weaselboy on Jan 4, 2016 14:59:38 GMT -5
Before he gets to old they really need Pat Patterson to mentor who ever agents the rumble match because since he's been gone they've gotten pretty bad each year. I remember it was reported that Patterson booked last years rumble. If true that may not help. (though having a bunch of Mania matches to build for and not having half of the competitors in the match probably didn't help.) I could be wrong but I heard it was Jamie Noble's booking.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Jan 4, 2016 15:04:27 GMT -5
Reigns winning wasn't so much the problem as how he got to that win was far worse.
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Post by Famous Rocking Chimes on Jan 4, 2016 15:04:48 GMT -5
I remember it was reported that Patterson booked last years rumble. If true that may not help. (though having a bunch of Mania matches to build for and not having half of the competitors in the match probably didn't help.) I could be wrong but I heard it was Jamie Noble's booking. I heard it was Road Dogg that booked it.
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Post by Dub H on Jan 4, 2016 15:06:15 GMT -5
I could be wrong but I heard it was Jamie Noble's booking. I heard it was Road Dogg that booked it. I heard it was Aurora
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Post by chazraps on Jan 4, 2016 15:10:51 GMT -5
Y'all finally ready to appreciate what an excellently booked Rumble 2012 was?
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Post by The Ichi on Jan 4, 2016 15:14:50 GMT -5
Didn't they also botch the ending? I could have sworn they celebrated Reigns winning early, then remembered "oh yeah, Rusev's still in".
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Post by ________ has left the building on Jan 4, 2016 16:34:41 GMT -5
Didn't they also botch the ending? I could have sworn they celebrated Reigns winning early, then remembered "oh yeah, Rusev's still in". More of a callback to the time Davey Boy Smith thought he won the Rumble only for HBK to toss him out because he was never eliminated.
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Post by Aboutreika18 on Jan 4, 2016 16:42:09 GMT -5
Didn't they also botch the ending? I could have sworn they celebrated Reigns winning early, then remembered "oh yeah, Rusev's still in". With the crowd in the background cheering for Rusev, the anti-American heel, to eliminate Reigns and win the rumble. How do you mess up a Royal Rumble this badly?
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Post by CeilingFan on Jan 4, 2016 16:47:21 GMT -5
The last 30-Man Rumble to be correctly booked was 2007.
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