Spots you HATE to see in the Royal Rumble

[No Longer a Produceman]

What spots are you tired of seeing in the Rumble?

The constant thing that bugs the hell out of me is when one wrestler is trying to eliminate another and someone attacks the wrestler trying to get an elimination instead of helping them. The ONLY time this makes sense is if the wrestler on the verge of elimination is their tag partner. Otherwise, it makes the wrestler making the save look like an idiot.

[HMARK Center]

My complaint for a long time was "Wrestler comes in, almost everyone else lays in the corner, new entrant hits their signature spots, new entrant gets hit and goes to sleep in the corner with everyone else until the next person comes in."

I think I remember the last Rumble I saw (can't remember which it was) being better about not doing that so much, but I'm honestly fine with Rumbles mostly being people slugging at one another and trying to push people over the ropes, with only a handful of featured signature spot sequences.

[UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm]

shingles

[Von Wagner's Brownies]

"This person went TROUGH the ropes, they're not eliminated."

[chrom]

Ten guys gang up on the big fat guy to try and throw him out.

[clc]

Being eliminated by someone not in the Rumble.
The ring is surrounded by referees. They should have some discretion and say, "that guy was not a valid participant, and you only went over the top due to interference, you can get back in the Rumble".

People stealing spots. Becky in 2019 was okay because she asked the official for permission.

Rolling outside of the ring. Again, why are referees there if not to enforce the rules? Even in instances where its a loophole being exploited. I like the old rule of if you don't get back in the ring before the next person enters, you are out.

[No Longer a Produceman]

Jan 27, 2024 18:56:07 GMT -5 clc said:

Being eliminated by someone not in the Rumble.
The ring is surrounded by referees. They should have some discretion and say, "that guy was not a valid participant, and you only went over the top due to interference, you can get back in the Rumble".

People stealing spots. Becky in 2019 was okay because she asked the official for permission.

Rolling outside of the ring. Again, why are referees there if not to enforce the rules? Even in instances where its a loophole being exploited. I like the old rule of if you don't get back in the ring before the next person enters, you are out.

It’s really like to see this rule enforced.

[sarkerpolseng]

A gorilla press not being used to try to eliminate someone.

[Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃]

The annual “watch Kofi save himself from elimination in a wacky way” spot

[chrom]

Jan 27, 2024 19:15:50 GMT -5 sarkerpolseng said:

A gorilla press not being used to try to eliminate someone.

Only time I've seen someone actually do that is Big Show doing it to X-Pac at 2000

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Kofi Spots

They've been bad for awhile now but he's botched the last two years

Doesn't help that all the save does is result in him getting immediately eliminated when he gets back into the ring so what the f*** has ever been the point?

[Lizuka #BLM]

Seemingly every single battle royal in wrestling nowadays has someone nap on the floor until the very end then they may or may not win and it's gotten really old.

[Deleted]

The long overdone Kofi Kingston save spots.

[Eunös ✈]

If you throw your opponent over the Top Rope. Actually make sure they have fully hit the floor before you turn around and start celebrating.

[yokohamacpfc]

Not spots but two commentator quirks that make me cross:

- Women from the divas' era as surprise entrants and them going overboard on what a big deal it is "OMG it's Michelle McCool who would have thought we'd see her again apart from all the other surprise entries she's made! Oh My! Trish! We haven't seen her for a whole four months!"

- Wrestler puts submission finisher on opponent and the heel announcer goes spare, "What is he doing Maggle? You can't win the rumble that way! Gotta throw them out!" I would like a wrestler to use their submission finisher on a foe for 30 seconds rendering them unconscious so they can easily flop them over the top rope and then get back to work after giving the announcer's desk a middle finger.

[msc]

Jan 27, 2024 19:24:12 GMT -5 chrom said:

Jan 27, 2024 19:15:50 GMT -5 sarkerpolseng said:

A gorilla press not being used to try to eliminate someone.

Only time I've seen someone actually do that is Big Show doing it to X-Pac at 2000

Bianca eliminated Candice LeRae in one of the womens rumbles with a gorilla press and I was genuinely surprised at the time!


Kofi Saves, he hasn't even managed one in 6 years now.

2019 - buggered it up (ref ignored it because his elimination was seconds later)
2020 - got Brock'd.
2021 - injured
2022 - buggered it up
2023 - buggered it up.
Time to call it quits.

[theironyuppie]

Jan 27, 2024 18:47:11 GMT -5 No Longer a Produceman said:

What spots are you tired of seeing in the Rumble?

The constant thing that bugs the hell out of me is when one wrestler is trying to eliminate another and someone attacks the wrestler trying to get an elimination instead of helping them. The ONLY time this makes sense is if the wrestler on the verge of elimination is their tag partner. Otherwise, it makes the wrestler making the save look like an idiot.

It's worse when the wrestler being saved winds up winning the match. Like Naomi saving Charlotte in 2020 when Charlotte had already turned on her once.

[tirtefaa]

"Not just a spot, not a liver spot, not a 'Spot' like your dog Spot. No, not just any spot but my spot."

[grungesmurf]

Jan 27, 2024 19:23:25 GMT -5 Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 said:

The annual “watch Kofi save himself from elimination in a wacky way” spot

The only time I would have enjoyed the Kofi save spot is if he ended up winning the rumble. Would have been good for his highlight package going to Wrestlemania.

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Someone hiding under the ring early then coming back near the end or someone gets "hurt" then comes back later near the end. Don't preach about the endurance of the Rumble then do this.