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Post by Woo on Jan 6, 2017 19:46:54 GMT -5
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. I can't disagree more. If Coach and Michael Cole can enter then so can they. Was it the 2009 rumble where everybody was skinning the cat and it ended with Big Show pretty much doing it too? That was such a great pay-off and a wonderful mini story to that rumble.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jan 6, 2017 20:03:22 GMT -5
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. I can't disagree more. If Coach and Michael Cole can enter then so can they. And Hornswoggle has been in two or three of them. Besides, Kharma could easily hold her own in the men's division, and Beth would be believably dominant in the current cruiserweight division, so I never had any issue with either of them being in the Rumble.
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Post by Woo on Jan 6, 2017 20:19:57 GMT -5
I can't disagree more. If Coach and Michael Cole can enter then so can they. And Hornswoggle has been in two or three of them. Besides, Kharma could easily hold her own in the men's division, and Beth would be believably dominant in the current cruiserweight division, so I never had any issue with either of them being in the Rumble. Ricardo Rodriguez too. In fact in the same rumble that Kharma competed we saw King, Booker, Foley, Cole and Ricardo all waste spots. Kharma was the best of them all.
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Post by lildude8218 on Jan 6, 2017 20:20:58 GMT -5
2010
I miss the "I Am Perfection" version of Dolph's theme
Dolph and Evan Bourne starting it off was the first time in a while where the first two weren't huge main event names
JTG manages to steal his way into the Rumble again this year. Why they only gave Cryme Tyme one spot is an interesting question.
This whole segment is just a glorified promo spot for CM Punk
Beth Phoenix as a surprise entrant. Wasn't she with Punk at the time?
Drew McIntyre looks like a baby without facial hair
Triple H blocks the GTS this time and eliminates Punk. How appropriate.
More like Ten DiBiase, amirite?
Morrison always put his opponent way too close to the corner before hitting Starship Pain
I spaced out for a minute and suddenly DX have emptied the ring.
Now we're down to DX vs. Cena
It's Shelton and Shawn's in the ring. RUN, SHELTON, RUN!!!!!!!!
Cena eliminates Shelton. Shawn must be PISSED
Yoshi Tatsu working very light with the two vets and he botches his own elimination
Big Show almost gets eliminated the same way he always does but he manages to get out for once
Oh yeah, they re-hired Chris Masters briefly. Forgot about that.
The second half of this Rumble has been pretty blah.
I can't even remember what injury Edge had that he was returning from here.
We have a Final Four decided before #30 even comes out.
Another good Final Four where literally anyone could have won. What's interesting is Shawn only wanted to win to force Taker to face him again at Mania. Edge and Jericho were feuding and through circumstance they wound up facing each other at Mania for the World Title and the other two men, Cena and Batista squared off for the WWE Title. So basically everyone involved here got a Wrestlemania Main Event regardless if they won or lost.
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Post by chronocross on Jan 6, 2017 22:48:14 GMT -5
Still shocked that R-Truth eliminated both Big Show and Mark Henry at the same time.
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Post by CeilingFan on Jan 7, 2017 10:02:48 GMT -5
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Post by HMARK Center on Jan 7, 2017 16:04:36 GMT -5
YES, thank you.
It's something that drives me up a wall about modern Rumbles; why are there so many wasted spots in the Rumble? In reality, I get it; it's a match with an easy formula for surprise entrants, and since an older wrestler can just kind of move around slowly then go over the top rope it allows for nostalgia pops, or even non-wrestlers, etc.
But in kayfabe? Geez, you attach about the biggest prize imaginable to it, a main event spot at your biggest show of the year...and you're willing to let post-1980s Honky Tonk Man or Michael Cole win it? ESPECIALLY when they have multiple brands and GMs and what have you, why would they risk the biggest showcase for their champion and title like that? Would be nice for them to really figure that stuff out, maybe have the top 10 contenders (can obviously kayfabe that) from each brand and then a series of "wild card" spots or something, just something to give it a big of logic. And, really, the current formula usually winds up meaning the winner is pretty predictable, anyway.
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Post by CeilingFan on Jan 8, 2017 11:12:36 GMT -5
of all the participants of the 1990 Royal Rumble, the last one to main-event a WrestleMania was Shawn Michaels in 2010.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2017 13:10:11 GMT -5
Bret loses the title to Sid the next night. Instead of getting a rematch he faces Austin and Undertaker gets a title shot at Mania. Actually Bret did get a rematch against Sid on the go home RAW before Wrestlemania 13, it was the the infamous steel cage match where Bret went on his "This is bullshit" tirade to close out the show. It actually had a good story line going through out the match as Austin actually tried to help Bret win, because by doing so would turn their match into a title match. And then Taker tried to help Sid because if Bret won Taker/Sid would not have been for the the title. Obviously Taker was more successful in his interference. Austin goading Bret into a fight was great: "IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN YOU AND ME FOR THE TITLE, BUT YOU COULDN'T GET THE JOB DONE 'CAUSE YOU'RE A LOSER!"
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Post by lildude8218 on Jan 8, 2017 17:10:45 GMT -5
2011
Punk comes out #1 and suddenly we have a gang fight about to break out. Gonna be a long night. Reminds me of that World War 3 battle royal where the Horsemen and the Dungeon of Doom fought and were DQ'd
Two of the most hated catchphrases of this era were: EXCUSE ME and AND I QUOTE
"All members of the Corre and the New Nexus must return to the locker room immediately. Failure to comply will result in disqualification from the Royal Rumble match!" but what about Punk? He drew #1 and is supposed to be there. But if he leaves then he can't enter the match and if he doesn't leave he'll be disqualified!
Beardless Bryan is #2. Talk about pandering to the IWC.
I had erased Nexus leader CM Punk from my mind until now.
The #3 spot is always such a throwaway spot, no pun intended. Imagine if they had just had Punk and Bryan fight for the length of the match.
Morrison with one of the most amazing save spots in the history of the Rumble but think of how easily he could have f***ed up by slipping off that wall
Someone needs to make a Yoshi Tatsu/Bayley theme mashup
This is a very transitional Rumble. We have at of new guys here but a few veterans popping up (Regal, Chavo) that I didn't even remember were still around/active in 2011
I always thought the logo on Mark Henry's single looked more like an elephant than a guy lifting a barbell
At this point Gorilla Monsoon would have said "Punk and Bryan STILL in there" about 16 times
Can we call this the "Sign Guy" Era of WWE?
Tyler Reks comes out to take on 4/5 of the New Nexus. Odd choice. They should have used someone else in that spot to at least get someone over for their fighting spirit rather than just getting overwhelmed and tossed.
Also why didn't someone take their time getting to the ring and try to run from Nexus and wait for more help?
It seemed rather obvious that they were waiting around for Cena to show up and destroy the whole group
Not sure if the fans are booing Nexus or if they're booing what's going on with the group nonsense
Husky Harris gets eliminated and here comes Mason Ryan. What are the odds?!?!
Booker T does a better job dealing with 4 guys than the guys who were currently active
at least Hornswoggle actually gets involved this time around
Cena and Hornswoggle tagging up against a very tanned Tyson Kidd who looked like Shelton Benjamin for a second
When Hornswoggle does the Five Knuckle Shuffle should it be called the Five Foot and Under Shuffle?
Kofi Kingston enters and this seems like the meeting of the Super Friends
Hornswoggle's elimination took way too long for a simple Brogue Kick off the turnbuckle
Wade Barrett at #30 sounds like a perfect last pick for the last few years of Rumbles. But we have 10 more to go.
Two years in a row where Matt Striker says "Holy Shit" at something.
Was a bit odd for Nash to be Diesel when he could have gotten the same response as Kevin Nash.
I like how everyone though The Miz was entering the Rumble when Alex Riley came down at #34
Barrett easily eliminates Diesel
Big Show and Nash share a stare in the aisle. Wonder if that was set up by management or if Nash went into business for himself.
When I see Ezekiel Jackson, that is what I imagined Moose looking like before I actually saw him.
They did a really good job of making you completely forget that Santino was still knocked out on the floor. Well I guess unless you were ringside on that side and could see him the whole time.
I completely missed Alex Riley getting eliminated and had to go back to try and find it. Sad that it took the announce team ages to realizes he went out. Oof, just saw it, what a total botch. You can see Cena say something to Kofi about it since Riley was going to factor in later.
Orton and Cena look at each other like two lovers who hadn't seen each other in years
Cole calls the Final Four "Two Icons and Two Future stars." too bad, Barrett and Del Rio would be gone before that ever happened.
"Miz ensuring that he won't face John Cena at Wrestlemania." Oops....
Oh wow, they even rang the bell after Del Rio was the "last man left" I forgot about that. Santino slowly starts rising as soon as that happens.
Ending was booked REALLY well but there's no way in hell Santino was winning here. Would have been a HORRIBLE move unless they planned on Del Rio winning his shot at the following PPV.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2017 18:30:56 GMT -5
Barrett easily eliminates Diesel IIRC, around that time there was an online "spat" between the 2. I think Nash was being more vocal, being very critical of Barrett. When he heard he showed up, I KNEW he'd be tossed by Barrett. And I like to think it was a stipulation of Nash getting that Rumble spot too.
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Post by lildude8218 on Jan 8, 2017 18:35:07 GMT -5
2012
Miz assigned #1. Again blowing the suspense. I think this was the year with the "morphing stage" but I could be wrong.
Having R-Truth be #2 would have been a total f*** you to the fans since he had a match with Miz where the loser would be #1
Oh, Alex Riley at #2 is an obvious choice as well. Forgot that he had turned face already.
Booker T: "Hopefully he got a ginseng in his raw jelly." K....
Oh, Truth is #3. That's pretty much just as bad. He might as well have been #1.
I can't believe Doctor Doom Cody didn't last long enough to make it into a Royal Rumble
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE, MICK FOLEY?!?!?
Nice troll letting the fans think Alberto was back when it was really Ricardo. This was the batshit crazy Rumble if I remember right.
Foley and Ricardo form an Unholy Alliance
It's almost like "Well, we know Cena vs. Rock is the main event so who really gives a shit about the Rumble this year?"
I just realized that Cody was just sitting in the corner the whole time Foley and Santino were squaring off
How many injuries did they have this year that they gave Lawler a spot too?
Ezekiel Jackson looks like he spraypainted his head
Oh yeah, I forgot Khali and Jinder Mahal were brother-in-laws.
No one noticed that Booker wasn't wearing pants that whole time.
Kofi's handstand is the first of his Rumble escape acts
They had a real missed opportunity by not having Hunico land on the bicycle and ride it around the ring before going back in. At this point it wouldn't have been any more bizarre than anything else.
Duggan's back in his underwear. I think he's got the record for most surprise appearances.
Remember that short-lived Duggan/Super Crazy tag team? They should have been called Crazy HOOOOOOOOOO
Cody Rhodes becoming the Legend Killer here.
Michael Cole has to strip to get into the match. He rips all the buttons off his shirt in the process. He even does the Wrestlemania sign point!
Was this Kharma's only WWE match? Total missed opportunity with her.
Camacho totally out of position when he was supposed to catch Hunico.
Sheamus feels like the first real main eventer that entered in a while
Random Road Dogg for no reason!
This is starting to feel like a bus with 10 WWE superstars broke down somewhere and they couldn't make the show
Jey Uso pulls a "JTG" by being the only team member allowed in for some reason. Sorry Jimmy, we need to make room for Michael Cole and Ricardo!
Cole: "Otunga....he's a lawyer, guys!"
Orton with the biggest pop of the night so far.
I feel like they've gotten lazy and just go "who's a big guy? he'll be the last entrant. Big Show or Kane or someone."
They just had Big Show facing Bryan tonight in a gimmick match so there was no way he was winning here. Orton was sorta still feuding with Barrett so they would have needed to do a sharp left turn to get him into something with either Punk (who he faced at Mania the previous year) or Bryan. Jericho would wind up facing Punk for the title without winning the Rumble so he didn't really need the win here, although it would have helped further his current storyline since he had just returned. Sheamus winning here was probably the right choice since it forced a challenger for Bryan without needing them to add extra story and it gave him that extra rub he needed.
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Post by The Gallus Mark on Jan 10, 2017 0:38:54 GMT -5
The intro of Lex Luger in 1993 is so wonderfully creepy by Bobby Heenan.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2017 11:10:44 GMT -5
This is starting to feel like a bus with 10 WWE superstars broke down somewhere and they couldn't make the show The most accurate and generous description of this Rumble match possible.
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Post by Sam Punk on Jan 11, 2017 13:10:56 GMT -5
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. I can't disagree more. If Coach and Michael Cole can enter then so can they. Was it the 2009 rumble where everybody was skinning the cat and it ended with Big Show pretty much doing it too? That was such a great pay-off and a wonderful mini story to that rumble. Coach and Cole shouldn't enter either.
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Post by lildude8218 on Jan 11, 2017 19:10:00 GMT -5
2013
Dolph wins a chance to pick his own number and Vickie makes him #1 anyway
Jericho is #2. I guess this was a surprise. I lost track of Jericho's timeline too many times to care at this point.
It's amazing that Cody's gimmick was just "moustache"
Kofi in some ugly grey trunks
Santino's stupid entrance made me remember how done with his nonsense I was
Drew McIntyre was the jokester of 3MB? Alright....
Goldust is another one where I have no idea if he was a surprise or not. Who's next? Marty Jannetty?
JBL says that Goldust made his debut in the Royal Rumble teaming with Dusty in 1991. Even though he had wrestled Ted DiBiase in that 10 minute challenge prior to that.
Wow, Otunga's music was BAD. Hell of a black eye on him too.
Sheamus is the biggest star to come out since Jericho
Tensai is Japanese for "Albert with shit all over his face"
Goldust has lasted way longer than I figured he would have
This is another "who cares?" Rumble because Punk and Rock is the real main event
Kofi piggybacks on Tensai for a minute. I don't understand why Kofi used JBL's chair like a pogo stick. Couldn't he have sat in it and made sure his feet didn't touch the floor and just pushed it to the apron?
Random Godfather in what looks like pajamas. Gets eliminated immediately. Godfather looking more like Sinbad when he takes his glasses off.
I think Wade Barrett had more entrance themes than days as champion
Cena is here to eliminate literally everyone
Barrett, Slater, Cody, and Dolph standing together waiting on Cena like they're a stable or something
Rey Mysterio looks like Baby Rellik with that mask
To me it always seems like the Rumble isn't as great if people are pulling double duty
Antonio Cesaro comes in and knees Wade Barrett for no apparent reason before going after Sheamus
"Bo Dallas has lasted over 10 minutes!" Woopity shit.
Great Khali in his 7th Rumble here. Can't believe he hung around that long.
Zack Ryder looks scared running down the aisle
If you crop the bottom of the screen it totally looks like Kane and Bryan are banging when Kane catches him
Ryder with a Taka bump when he's eliminated
Face Miz fighting with heel Cesaro in the aisleway. Talk about Bizarro World.
Surprise Cara but no one cares
Oh yeah, there was a Bo Dallas/Wade Barrett feud that lasted like 3 weeks
Sin Cara goes for a high spot and runs right into the corner where John Cena is sitting instead of the opposite corner where no one is
Ziggler and Jericho lasted through all the numbers but have hardly done anything
Here's another one where the outcome was obvious before the match even started. Even a monkey could figure out they were gonna do Rock/Cena II
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Jan 11, 2017 19:33:20 GMT -5
Kofi piggybacks on Tensai for a minute. I don't understand why Kofi used JBL's chair like a pogo stick. Couldn't he have sat in it and made sure his feet didn't touch the floor and just pushed it to the apron? How are you going to get traction on the mats outside?
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Post by CeilingFan on Jan 11, 2017 19:39:02 GMT -5
Ted DiBiase and Mike Rotundo both competed in Royal Rumbles. Later on their sons also competed in the Rumble.
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Post by Ishmeal Loves Kaseyhausen on Jan 11, 2017 19:46:12 GMT -5
(Don Callis/The Jackyl said somebody saw Kurrgan at a club dancing with his wife and said that would be his new gimmick. The whole time, Don is trying to get Kurrgan to stop because he looked idiotic.) I'm like 90% sure Callis said Vince himself saw Kurrgan dancing at the Mania 14 after party. They debuted in May of 98 so that would make sense.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2017 19:47:52 GMT -5
(Don Callis/The Jackyl said somebody saw Kurrgan at a club dancing with his wife and said that would be his new gimmick. The whole time, Don is trying to get Kurrgan to stop because he looked idiotic.) I'm like 90% sure Callis said Vince himself saw Kurrgan dancing at the Mania 14 after party. They debuted in May of 98 so that would make sense. It's possible, but I think he was hinting that either one of the agents (Gerald Brisco is likely) or Kevin Dunn saw it.
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