Official Greatest Royal Rumble Thread

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

GREATEST ROYAL RUMBLE
April 27, 2018
King Abdullah International Stadium - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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SCHEDULED MATCHES

50 MAN ROYAL RUMBLE
Apollo Crews, Baron Corbin, Big E, Bobby Roode, Braun Strowman, Chad Gable, Chris Jericho, Daniel Bryan, Dolph Ziggler, Elias, Goldust, The Great Khali, Kevin Owens, Kofi Kingston, Kurt Angle, Mark Henry, Mojo Rawley, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio, Shane McMahon, Shelton Benjamin, Sin Cara, Titus O'Neil, Xavier Woods and 26 other participants to be announced

STEEL CAGE MATCH FOR THE WWE UNIVERSAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Brock Lesnar (c) v Roman Reigns

WWE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
AJ Styles (c) v Shinsuke Nakamura

FATAL 4-WAY LADDER MATCH FOR THE WWE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Seth Rollins (c) v Finn Balor v The Miz v Samoa Joe

WWE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Jeff Hardy (c) v Jinder Mahal

WWE RAW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
The Bar (Sheamus and Cesaro) v Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt

WWE SMACKDOWN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper and Rowan) (c) v The Usos (Jimmy and Jey)

WWE CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Cedric Alexander (c) v Kalisto

John Cena v Triple H

CASKET MATCH
The Undertaker v Rusev

Announced matches may change without notice

[Bub (BLM)]

Joe just gets back from injury and immediately ends up in a ladder match. This f***ing company sometimes.

[Push R Truth]

The King was probably watching one of his kids play with their gold plated WWE figures and decided on a whim to write a check big enough to book exactly what the kid was fantasy booking.

[Allie Kitsune]

Come on, my dude.

Tell us what's really important!

What are the ranking multipliers for this show?

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Oh yeah, this is for sure the Saudi royal family just throwing a shit ton of money at the WWE and saying “I want my own Royal Rumble!” I half expect one of the crown princes to win it.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Apr 9, 2018 18:43:56 GMT -5 Allie Kitsune said:

Come on, my dude.

Tell us what's really important!

What are the ranking multipliers for this show?

I'm looking at 1.5x, same as a standard non-Big 5 PPV. Yes, it's called a Royal Rumble, but it's not the established one with 30 years of gravitas and credibility behind it.

[ASYLUMHAUSEN]

Apr 9, 2018 18:40:00 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

STEEL CAGE MATCH FOR THE WWE UNIVERSAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Brock Lesnar (c) v Roman Reigns

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So who’s going to keep the Vader tradition alive and get arrested on this trip?

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Apr 9, 2018 18:53:37 GMT -5 ASYLUMHAUSEN said:

Apr 9, 2018 18:40:00 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

STEEL CAGE MATCH FOR THE WWE UNIVERSAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Brock Lesnar (c) v Roman Reigns

The match? Based on last night, yeah, probably. The crowd will probably be more into it in the intended way, though, thus getting those big cheers Vince wants for Reigns winning the belt.

[ASYLUMHAUSEN]

Apr 9, 2018 18:59:01 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Apr 9, 2018 18:53:37 GMT -5 ASYLUMHAUSEN said:

The match? Based on last night, yeah, probably. The crowd will probably be more into it in the intended way, though, thus getting those big cheers Vince wants for Reigns winning the belt.

OH probably

But I imagine the reaction in this thread day of the event.....

[El Cokehead del Knife Fight]

A Royaliest of Rumbles if you will

[Prince Petty]

I'd rather see Elias in that IC Title match than Joe.

Wonder what sort of women's matches they'll get?

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Apr 9, 2018 19:11:18 GMT -5 Prince Petty said:

I'd rather see Elias in that IC Title match than Joe.

Wonder what sort of women's matches they'll get?

Judging by their antiquated and archaic religious and social policies, none.

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Apr 9, 2018 19:11:18 GMT -5 Prince Petty said:

I'd rather see Elias in that IC Title match than Joe.

Wonder what sort of women's matches they'll get?

Ummm...the women roster are not going to be there for reasons.

[Gus Richlen Was Wrong]

Apr 9, 2018 18:59:01 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Apr 9, 2018 18:53:37 GMT -5 ASYLUMHAUSEN said:

The match? Based on last night, yeah, probably. The crowd will probably be more into it in the intended way, though, thus getting those big cheers Vince wants for Reigns winning the belt.

He's not winning.

[The Rick Jericho]

Could Titus and Matt do that all day please?

[Savage Gambino]

Apr 9, 2018 20:33:03 GMT -5 Gus Richlen Was Wrong said:

Apr 9, 2018 18:59:01 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

The match? Based on last night, yeah, probably. The crowd will probably be more into it in the intended way, though, thus getting those big cheers Vince wants for Reigns winning the belt.

He's not winning.

Talk about your Catch-22:

Either he IS winning, and they had to haul his ass all the way over to the other side of the world just to get a positive reaction.

Or he ISN'T winning, and they had him haul his ass all the way over to the other side of the world to job to the 300-pound pimple on RAW's ass not three weeks after having his head caved in in front of his wife, children and extended family.

Yeesh.

[ASYLUMHAUSEN]

Apr 9, 2018 18:55:38 GMT -5 @akeemresurrection said:

So who’s going to keep the Vader tradition alive and get arrested on this trip?

[This Player Hating Mothman]

"Greatest Royal Rumble" as the name for an event throws me off in so many ways. For one, it's just not a good name, but more pressingly, it sounds like a propaganda event that would be name by an authoritarian regime glorying itself. And I'm not taking that point any goddamn further.

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You know, honestly I really don't even think I'm going to watch this. Maybe but a 50 man Rumble sounds more exhausting than entertaining and the rest of this card's doing nothing for me.