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Post by lildude8218 on Dec 31, 2016 12:25:15 GMT -5
2004
Tazz "Imagine if Tajiri won this" JR "It would be big in Japan" Tazz "Oh yeah, cuz he's from der"
This all seems like an odd color palette swap with Orton in baby blue and Mark Henry in purple
Rhyno coming in just now made me realize that he missed well over a year with that neck injury and so this was his first Rumble even though he joined the company in 2001
It looked like Spike was yelling at the sound guy for not playing his music.
Spike Dudley attacked Kane first. He kind of deserved what he got.
Rikishi seemed like he was just going through the motions at this point. Looked bored walking down the aisle.
Tazz: "Welcome to Rikishi's ass, rookie!"
Rene Dupree's dance made it look like he was constantly walking on hot coals
I thought A-Train was JBL at first until I remembered Bradshaw was already in the match
Man, who did Shelton Benjamin piss off?
Ernest Miller's entrance is the ultimate Cornette Face
Kurt Angle guaranteed and dedicated his Rumble victory to the Armed Forces.....guess he spoke too soon
You know, it might be time to try the "Adrian Street" gimmick again just for shits and giggles.
Austin arguing with Foley makes it seem like Foley didn't even want to be in the Rumble but just wanted to kick Test's ass for some reason
I think they messed up this storyline badly. Foley/Orton should have happened at Wrestlemania instead of that horrible 3 on 2 match.
Billy Gunn was a weird runner
Nunzio should have been eating a sandwich or a hot dog while sitting outside
I really assumed Goldberg was winning here and challenging Brock for the title at Mania
Kurt Angle was like the foreman of the "Eliminate Big Show" job
Once Angle went out it was obvious that Benoit was gonna win it all. The struggle to get Big Show out was pretty cool though and definitely put over both men.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2016 14:46:50 GMT -5
I was at the '94 Rumble, and......I don't know if it was just me, but half the Rumble roster coming out to attack Taker really made the Rumble match a bit boring. We just saw them all. People seemed a bit more excited to see other wrestlers, I'd thought. And I know everyone remarks about Diesel's career saving pop, but I remember Valentine getting a loud pop when he came out. He was always rather popular in the Northeast, but since i...think he was a last minute entrant, it always made me wonder how so many people popped that loud for him that night. That pop was career-saving? Wow! Yup. Diesel was very close to getting let go by the end of '93. They didn't see a role for him outside being HBK's bodyguard. Then someone came up with the idea of giving him a monster run in the Rumble match - clear the ring, throw out the next few guys in quick fashion. It'd never been done before (even Yoko the year before got pretty normal treatment) and they hedged their bets that it would get a reaction from the crowd. And it sure did. Even though it didn't warrant an immediate booking change with him, they kept him and later that year it'd pay off very well. Providence, Rhode Island saved Kevin Nash (sorry, everyone).
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Post by lildude8218 on Dec 31, 2016 15:21:06 GMT -5
2005
Ric Flair finally got good at picking a number
The number drawing bits are always great but I guess you really can't show too many of them without spoiling things like surprise entrants or positioning. Obviously if someone is mad about their number it's probably bad or vice verse
Constipated Heidenreich or he's passing a kidney stone
I think I was one of the only people who actually liked Amy Weber
Man, Puder looked like such a douche
Damn areolas
Hey, Eddie, let's chop every rookie all night!
The Bischoff/Teddy nonsense is really annoying and distracting
They may as well have changed his name to Charlie Jannetty.
I'm pretty sure Tazz just called JR "Jesse"
Simon Dean and DDP would have made a good tag team all things considered
JR: "Edge is trying to corner Rey Mysterio in the corner......that makes a lot of sense." At least he realized how dumb the statement was.
Coach spent WAY more time in this match than he should have
It's amazing how quickly HBK went from hating Edge to Angle in the span of only a few moments
Tazz: "Isn't a caucus a dead body?"
Cena's pop was huge
London's elimination is still one of the best
Cena/Batista as the final two was definitely the way to go. I've heard the finish was actually a botch and Batista was supposed to just win, is that true?
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Post by Sam Punk on Dec 31, 2016 18:36:49 GMT -5
It always bothers me when tag teams fight each other. Why not work together to eliminate the other 28 guys, guaranteeing a win for one of you, then fight.
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Post by lildude8218 on Jan 1, 2017 17:47:36 GMT -5
2006
I had forgotten about Candice and her wand and Torrie and her dog
Randy clearly pulls #30 and Triple H clearly pulls #1. That's the one problem with these segments.
Why did Trish bother to wear clothes for her special referee gig? Jeez
I actually had to use Google to remember what the Victoria, Candice, Torrie stable was even called.
Rey Mysterio blames Eddie Guerrero for his shitty number. He should have blamed him for his shitty acting.
Oh, it's Shelton's mother. I had forgotten about this.
Melina's face is still repulsive to me
MNM get the last two picks and don't really care about what their numbers are. I always wondered how they pick the order of how people draw.
Torrie says that Chloe has Vince's name tattooed on her and then lifts her up to show him the tattoo. Vince gets way too excited. Yikes.
Spirit Squad promo to delay the start of the match. Let's go, idiots!
Lilian Garcia was horrible in 2006 and never got any better. She literally just said "The Royal Wumble"
I feel like I'm in for a long one on one match with brief interruptions by a guy who gets eliminated quickly
It always bothered me when Ric Flair's trunks and boots didn't match his robe.
Coach wastes a spot again this year. At least he didn't last very long.
I still hate the whole "he's Lashley, now he's Bobby Lashley, now he's Lashley again" confusion. Pick one and stick to it.
Chris Benoit is here and he's really mad
Booker T is really bad at Rumbles
Maybe I'm just burnt out from watching 19 Rumble matches but I feel like this one is dragging
Green shoulder pads for Road Warrior Animal is NOT a good look. It also looked two sizes too small.
RVD finally gets the crowd popping
I think Mysterio has been literally napping for 10 minutes or so
Chavo paying homage to his Uncle Eddie but no way in hell will we let him win
A pink and sweaty Eugene looks a lot like Hercules if you glance real quick
*Goldust enters* "WHAT?!? They hired him AGAIN?!?!?"
Orlando Jordan's color scheme made it look like he was teaming with Goldust. Golando? Jordust?
MNM still in this match just so someone can eliminate them simultaneously
Okay maybe not simultaneously. Nitro went out second.
Shawn really loved kicking Shelton
Everyone lays around so Shane McMahon can eliminate Shawn Michaels without any problem
Mysterio vomits and then Triple H gets eliminated into it
and Rey wins, HUGE shock....
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jan 1, 2017 18:55:07 GMT -5
It always bothers me when tag teams fight each other. Why not work together to eliminate the other 28 guys, guaranteeing a win for one of you, then fight. This especially bugged me in the '93 Rumble when Earthquake immediately attacked and eliminated Typhoon, particularly since the Natural Disasters had been feuding on and off with Money, Inc. and IRS was still in the match and would've made an obvious target. Even worse, with Yokozuna still to come out and 'Quake struggling to eliminate him and ultimately being eliminated himself by Yoko, in kayfabe wouldn't it have made more sense for them to wait until he'd been disposed of before going at it?
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Post by lildude8218 on Jan 1, 2017 19:06:50 GMT -5
2007
Ric Flair had the last pick out of the tumbler but still winds up with #1
#3 has become the absolute shit spot it seems. Kenny still manages to last a few minutes though
I feel like they missed an opportunity by having 3 brands. I always wanted them for one calendar month to bring back the Top 10. That way by the time the Rumble rolled around you had the Top 10 challengers from each brand entering the match. I would have had it be based off wins and losses to make it seem more legit
Sabu telegraphs his own elimination from a mile away
12 entrants and only 5 eliminations so far. Gonna see the pace pick up soon here probably.
Super Crazy was the Last Mexicool Standing
Surprised Rob Van Dam wasn't jobbed out here as punishment for the whole fiasco with him and Sabu months prior
Booker eliminates Kane after being eliminated. I don't remember this feud at all.
"Is there anyone in there capable of lifting Viscera over the top?" Well since he's never won a Royal Rumble.....
Viscera breaks his own record by needing 8 men to eliminate him
JBL really didn't like Chris Masters for some reason
Miz gets completely jobbed out
Khali looks like he's having fun tossing guys left and right
They clearly edited out HBK yelling at Khali to look at the hard camera
Soooooooo many chairshots
Another final two where you really didn't know who was going to win. Guess it didn't matter since both got title shots at Mania anyway.
One could argue that this was the prologue for the last 5 years of Shawn's career, and Ric Flair's for that matter, including Triple H trying to avenge his friend's loss at Mania and then HBK being the special referee for the HHH/Taker Hell in a Cell match
Taker wins and finally breaks the "No one can win from #30" jinx
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jan 1, 2017 19:33:45 GMT -5
Jerry Lawler "What poor schmuck is this?" before #2 comes out and it's Grandmaster Sexay Lawler says he's unlucky and JR says he's been unlucky since birth, which Lawler pretends not to understand. It's pretty funny. Another of my favourite JR calls - 'what the hell is Bob Backlund doing here?' Big Show was definitely a huge surprise. I had completely forgotten about his brief hiatus One of my favourite Rumble moments ever. The place f***ing explodes. Edge is lucky that he didn't break Nowinski's face or his own elbow with that mistimed double top rope dropkick from him and Mysterio I don't think anyone was lucky here. That move gave Nowinski the first of his multiple, career-ending concussions if I remember rightly.
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Post by Gecko on Jan 2, 2017 9:51:46 GMT -5
2005 The Bischoff/Teddy nonsense is really annoying and distracting I watched this one again recently with them coming down during the rumble to cheer on their brand. It was slightly weird because you think that they're going to be involved in some way, but then at some point you notice that they're not at ringside any more and have quietly snuck away without doing anything.
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Post by CeilingFan on Jan 4, 2017 17:19:28 GMT -5
2012 was the last time a woman participated in the Royal Rumble (Hopefully it stays that way).
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Jan 4, 2017 19:42:59 GMT -5
2012 was the last time a woman participated in the Royal Rumble (Hopefully it stays that way). Without sounding confrontational, why?
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Post by lildude8218 on Jan 4, 2017 20:03:47 GMT -5
2008
I still say Hornswoggle was the only logical choice to be Vince's kid. Vince spent years talking about his grapefruits and being a genetic jackhammer. The ultimate comeuppance to this would be his offspring being a little person. If it was Kennedy it would have just put over Vince as being able to spawn an athlete.
I blame Lilian Garcia for Mike Adamle's botch. She's staring over his shoulder the first time he appears on screen. Clearly he caught her crappiness.
That Maria segment went on WAY too long
Speaking of that, I remember being at Wrestlemania that year when the power went out during the Divas match. The mark next to me thought Santino was responsible. Had they gotten the lights back up quick enough they could have used that as an excuse.
As soon as Taker came out at #1 it was obvious who #2 was
Khali's body always looked so damn weird
Well let's see, Santino and Khali went out in no time at all, I wonder how Hardcore Holly will do....
OH shit, Holly made it to the next entrant
Batista draws a shitty number too. Maybe we'll get a repeat of the first Rumble PPV with midcarders in the finals? Doubt it...
Batista spears Morrison. Cuckolded!
Hornswoggle never enters. According to the old dusty rulebook you have to enter the ring before the next participant or you're eliminated. Guess we'll forget that part.
right now we have Batista vs. Holly, Taker vs. Palumbo, and HBK vs. Morrison. This is like Bizarro World.
CM Punk just qualified last night. Like he wasn't gonna be in the match anyway.
Taker sells for like EVERYONE in this match
Snitsky could have been the Amazing Colossal Man
Shawn superkicked Shelton AGAIN
Superfly looks like a grandmother coming out. Taker headbutts him and sells for Snuka. It's pretty awesome.
Tazz: It's safe to say The Miz and Jimmy Snuka are two completely human beings....different human beings....jeez!
As Roddy Piper comes out if you look you can see the biggest smile on Jimmy's face
Everything stops so the legends can have a one on one match. Punk smiling and then gets kicked by Morrison.
Kane ruins everyone's fun
Jimmy looks like he tries to get back in and Scott Armstrong grabs him and tells him something
If Morrison went a few shades lighter his furry boots would look like Big Bird
No one has really had a ring-clearing moment yet shockingly. Seems like they're stalling for something.
Pretty sure Tazz just called it the "Rum Rumble"
Mick Foley looks cold. So many layers.
Taker eliminates Snitsky. HBK eliminates Taker in shocking fashion and HBK gets thrown over by Kennedy. Taker gets pissed and attacks Snitsky for some reason and leg drops Snitsky through the announce table.
Hornswoggle eliminates The Miz and hides again.
I remember how pissed everyone was with Chavo being in the Rumble as ECW champ. I think they should have somehow said that Vickie had some influence in this and they just wanted to make sure Punk wouldn't win.
They needed a way better explanation for Finlay being DQ'd from the match. We also needed a proper elimination for Hornswoggle
This was a really weird era where everyone was REALLY behind Triple H and wanted him to win the title at Wrestlemania. Was it just so they could boo him with the title?
Triple H turns into our world killer eliminating several guys quickly.
Cena entering at #30 is still the biggest shock ever at the Rumble. I was convinced someone was just using his music and was pretending to be him until he showed his face.
Great moment where Cena and Triple H are about to square off and Mark Henry attacks Triple H first.
The final 3 being Cena, HHH and Batista was really a great idea since it could have literally gone any way. Cena had to win though with that return
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Post by James Fabiano on Jan 4, 2017 20:16:14 GMT -5
She had some real gems between 1999-2001 though. "Paul Barrow"? "The Allowance"?
Before YouTube, there was a site that kept a list of Lilian botches, week by week. Wish it was still around. Has Maffew done a Lilianmania video ever? If so he should ASAP!
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Post by James Fabiano on Jan 4, 2017 20:39:11 GMT -5
Really? Cause I had no idea about him until, well, he made his entrance.
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Post by jason1980s on Jan 4, 2017 21:04:10 GMT -5
I was pretty exited to see Haku and come out to the Headhshinkers music. I was happy he had a spot on the roster but it didn't last long. I don't think Haku could translate well into 2000s WWF. If he had come a year or so earlier it may have worked with him doing some hardcore matches with Al Snow or Bossman or even chasing Crash Holly god knows where.
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Post by CeilingFan on Jan 5, 2017 6:33:33 GMT -5
2012 was the last time a woman participated in the Royal Rumble (Hopefully it stays that way). Without sounding confrontational, why? I do not want to sound sexist, but the Rumble should be for men only. Chyna was a special case, but Beth Phoenix and Kharma shouldn't have been involved.
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Post by The Gallus Mark on Jan 6, 2017 0:06:36 GMT -5
Flipped on 2000 and my first thought is that I'm impressed how D'Lo never got gassed from just coming to the ring with all of his movements lol
That little bit with Too Cool was awesome. Rikishi was insanely over and had a really nice run in this Rumble.
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Post by jason1980s on Jan 6, 2017 7:46:18 GMT -5
Flipped on 2000 and my first thought is that I'm impressed how D'Lo never got gassed from just coming to the ring with all of his movements lol That little bit with Too Cool was awesome. Rikishi was insanely over and had a really nice run in this Rumble. Very true about Rikishi. It didn't take him or Too Cool long to get over when they returned in late 1999. It was the perfect combination/perfect gimmicks at the right time. Especially nice for Rikishi who had some pretty bad gimmicks and storylines his last few runs (New Headshrinkers, Make a Difference, Sultan). Sad that Rikishi's momentum was destroyed with the Austin storyline.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2017 10:44:44 GMT -5
2005 The Bischoff/Teddy nonsense is really annoying and distracting I watched this one again recently with them coming down during the rumble to cheer on their brand. It was slightly weird because you think that they're going to be involved in some way, but then at some point you notice that they're not at ringside any more and have quietly snuck away without doing anything. They vanished when Raw and Smackdown teamed up to eliminate Hassan. I can understand them leaving, the whole RvSD bit they were out there for was ruined when they everybody teamed up.
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Post by lildude8218 on Jan 6, 2017 18:21:01 GMT -5
2009
I wonder if Rey blamed Eddie for pulling #1 this time
Rey always put a mask on a kid already wearing a mask. What about the little kids who had parents who can't afford a mask?
Morrison out at #2. I expected Triple H or someone Rey was feuding with at the time. They kinda blew their load when it came to big shockers in the first few numbers.
Carlito now with pants!
Seemed like it was Khali's job to come in, kick ass, and pose to the camera then get eliminated shockingly quick
Oh, nevermind. He's here to job to Kozlov
Speaking of Triple H....
Can't believe Morrison is still in here after Kozlov went on a tossing spree
JTG steals his partner's spot with a two-headed coin. No wonder Shad turned on him later.
So many "Dueling feet danglers" it's almost ridiculous
Jericho's pyro hits and I thought it was Kane
RKO's to everyone....nope Pedigree on Orton. But somehow that leads to HHH eliminating Miz and Morrison
Mysterio uses Miz and Morrison as steps to get back on the apron. Runs around the entire apron without anyone thinking to just shove him off
Orton hits Mysterio with an RKO and JR says that Mysterio scored with a great shot
Taker fights everyone. He enters at #16 but he was actually #1 again. It just took him that long to get to the ring.
Goldust has been hired, fired, and re-hired so many times that I never know when he's a surprise entrant or if he was on the roster
Punk wants to enter with a springboard clothesline but no one is anywhere near him so he jumps to the rope and then jumps back down. He was also looking a bit heavy here.
Punk hits HHH with Go To Sleep. Seems shocking for the time.
Here comes Shelton. I'm half expecting a Shawn Michaels run-in just so he can superkick Shelton
Remember when William Regal was managed by Layla and wore a blouse for some reason?
I completely missed Mark Henry's elimination but so did the announce team
"SOS. I am not Shelton!"
"Can you believe Rey Mysterio has been in this match over 30 minutes?" Well since he went over 60 minutes to win the thing a few years ago.....yeah.....
So many bodies in this ring right now.
It's RDV!
I thought Brian Kendrick had the Yankees logo on his crotch for a second.
Kendrick botches getting eliminated early by diving through the ropes instead of over
Wow, I forgot how bad Dolph's first entrance theme was.
Santino wasn't ready, why didn't they let him go back in? psh.
And now Jim Duggan in his underwear. Hot....Sorry....I mean HOOOOOOOO.....yeah.....that's what I meant.....
Punk climbs up to the top to attack Big Show and slips off.
Orton's victory was telegraphed from the opening of the damn show when they played the video of him attacking Vince. It was obvious what was going to happen even without the other two Legacy members still being in near the end.
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