Royal Rumble Moments

[XIII]

Watching 2015 and the fans are savage after Bryan gets eliminated and again when Big Show and Kane start Local manning things. LMAO.

[coleslaw]

Kofi Kingston soaring over the turnbuckle post only to land with his feet on the ring steps.

Like what an absolutely insane bump to take just to be dumped like a minute later if I recall correctly

[coleslaw]

In the 2001 Royal Rumble, I wanna say it was Undertaker and Kane that cleared the ring, displaying absolute dominance over the match

The countdown starts as everyone sits in anticipation...who steps up to the challenge of the two biggest, baddest men in the match choosing to work together?

The countdown stops and it's Scotty 2 Hotty

[Jindrak Mark]

Austin and Rock briefly squaring off during the 2001 match. They had done the same thing the previous month in the 6 man hell in a cell at Armageddon. It was the match everyone wanted to see at Wrestlemania and they kept doing little teases and the crowd would erupt every time.

[Venti]

The aforementioned 1997 performance from Stone Cold. There's a great "shit just got real" feeling when he shows up. And after a succession of lower to midcard guys who show up and get eliminated fast, all of a sudden Bret shows up to face Austin one-on-one and things get really good.

Maven eliminating Undertaker via dropkick in 2002 is a good one since you'd never expect it, and then him trying it again the following year.

Even though it's a bit hokey, I honestly love the Too Cool dance in the middle of the 2000 Rumble. Especially when Rikishi ends up dumping Scotty and Brian over the ropes, shrugs, and then keeps dancing lol. One of those times they can get away with something so goofy due to how over it was.


As for surprise entrances, AJ Styles in 2016 and John Cena in 2008 both give me goosebumps to this day when I rewatch them.

[dablueboy]

Dec 24, 2022 11:29:52 GMT -5 Venti said:

The aforementioned 1997 performance from Stone Cold. There's a great "shit just got real" feeling when he shows up. And after a succession of lower to midcard guys who show up and get eliminated fast, all of a sudden Bret shows up to face Austin one-on-one and things get really good.

Maven eliminating Undertaker via dropkick in 2002 is a good one since you'd never expect it, and then him trying it again the following year.

Even though it's a bit hokey, I honestly love the Too Cool dance in the middle of the 2000 Rumble. Especially when Rikishi ends up dumping Scotty and Brian over the ropes, shrugs, and then keeps dancing lol. One of those times they can get away with something so goofy due to how over it was.


As for surprise entrances, AJ Styles in 2016 and John Cena in 2008 both give me goosebumps to this day when I rewatch them.

Cena’s return is great but it’s ruined a classic JR call by having Cole, Taz and Joey Styles all chime in in between Ross saying ‘What the hell, Mah Gawd It’s John Cena, Cena’s number 30’ and ‘the roof is exploding off of Madison Square Garden’. It didn’t need Taz’s ‘you gotta be kidding me’, Styles’ ‘oh my god’ and Cole’s ‘Triple H’s expression told the entire story’

[Venti]

Dec 24, 2022 11:48:35 GMT -5 dablueboy said:

Dec 24, 2022 11:29:52 GMT -5 Venti said:

The aforementioned 1997 performance from Stone Cold. There's a great "shit just got real" feeling when he shows up. And after a succession of lower to midcard guys who show up and get eliminated fast, all of a sudden Bret shows up to face Austin one-on-one and things get really good.

Maven eliminating Undertaker via dropkick in 2002 is a good one since you'd never expect it, and then him trying it again the following year.

Even though it's a bit hokey, I honestly love the Too Cool dance in the middle of the 2000 Rumble. Especially when Rikishi ends up dumping Scotty and Brian over the ropes, shrugs, and then keeps dancing lol. One of those times they can get away with something so goofy due to how over it was.


As for surprise entrances, AJ Styles in 2016 and John Cena in 2008 both give me goosebumps to this day when I rewatch them.

Cena’s return is great but it’s ruined a classic JR call by having Cole, Taz and Joey Styles all chime in in between Ross saying ‘What the hell, Mah Gawd It’s John Cena, Cena’s number 30’ and ‘the roof is exploding off of Madison Square Garden’. It didn’t need Taz’s ‘you gotta be kidding me’, Styles’ ‘oh my god’ and Cole’s ‘Triple H’s expression told the entire story’

Oh god, a 4 man commentary team. 3 is too much as it is.
Should have just been JR and King

[fg]

Dec 24, 2022 10:46:37 GMT -5 Jindrak Mark said:

Austin and Rock briefly squaring off during the 2001 match. They had done the same thing the previous month in the 6 man hell in a cell at Armageddon. It was the match everyone wanted to see at Wrestlemania and they kept doing little teases and the crowd would erupt every time.

Let’s compare it to Cena/Orton 10 years later where they had two stare downs, announcers said that it is a great moment and the crowd…couldn’t care less. I think two people in the crowd loved it.

Yeah, I get why they did it because it was one of the first times they interacted as faces but that feud was stale by then.

[XIII]

I’ve been watching Rumbles in order and every time that Kane comes out it’s such a let down. Oh the memories. LMAO

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

[dangerousdanpotato]

Samu almost beheading himself in the 1994 Royal Rumble. I know he did the hangman spot fairly regularly, but it never looked as brutal as on this occasion.

[eudypfohl]

Dec 22, 2022 15:23:22 GMT -5 SmashTV said:

Slaughter hurtling over the turnbuckle when getting eliminated in the 92 Rumble. It was the most athletic thing I’ve ever seen him do.

He'd done that spot before. Not all the time s it's not something you pull out regularly...but I remember being very impressed with it when it happened.

Sarge could be sneaky athletic during his matches. I loved the Gulf War rules (whatever it was called) no holds barred stuff he did with Hogan around 1991