Rate Royal Rumble 2024

[Lizuka #BLM]

I'll give it a 4 since the end of the women's match was good and I like both Rumble winners but holy shit that was a boring show.

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

5 - very average. Just not a lot going for it although both Rumble matches finished relatively strong.

[Fade is a CodyCryBaby]

Was at six or 7 for me most of the night. I’ll go with 7 cause I wasn’t expecting Cody to win.

Whole night felt like a B. Felt reserved. Especially in comparison to last years. Could be the crowd (who popped for big moments and then chilled), could be the dark Vince cloud, could be not wanting people to get injured before mania.

One of the most boring PLE’s in a good while.

[Gus Richlen Was Wrong]

Was gonna go 9 but the bullshit ending to Paul/KO takes -2 for me. So 7.

[Allie Kitsune]

3.

Good Rumble Winners.

One of the most boring shows ever otherwise, though.

This shit is supposed to be fun, right?

Because this absolutely wasn't.

[J is Justice]

6.

Women's Rumble picked up when Chelsea started getting squished. Roman match was garbage and ruined my enjoyment of the KO/Logan match. Men's Rumble was boring but I'm very happy with the winner.

[bearned]

It sucked. 4/10.

I can’t believe a last two of Punk and Cody was such a snooze fest. There was zero drama.

Also that dumb KO/Paul finish was the suckiest finish that ever did suck. Stupid.

[Doo Doo is a Ratings Expert]

6/10

Didn't care about anything outside of the Rumbles, and both Rumbles ended up being average at best IMO.

[hitman777]

The dead crowd killed it.

[asuka007]

4/10:

The Women’s Match was sloppy in parts. But it was salvaged by Jordynne, Chelsea, and Jade were standouts. Liv coming back and being runner up again (make that a story WWE). Tiffany and Roxanne having nice showings., etc. And the finishing sequence.

The Fatal Four Way was boring with a boring finish.

KO vs. Paul was MOTN mostly. And that finish on its own was clever. But it was the wrong one to do on this show.

The Men’s Rumble was very dull. Bron was the highlight. Punk looked AWFUL in that home stretch and it went on way too long.

Just a disappointing show overall.

[Lizuka #BLM]

Jan 28, 2024 0:00:55 GMT -5 bearned said:

It sucked. 4/10.

I can’t believe a last two of Punk and Cody was such a snooze fest. There was zero drama.

Big part of it was just how completely out of it Punk was. No clue how he degenerated that much in, what, four months, but he looked completely spent well before the ending.

[UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm]

I'm going to be a bit harsh with a 4. Part of the reason why it is getting such a lower score than I almost ever give out is because this looked to be an incredible show, even with the awful things going on in the news with WWE. It's like they picked all the "right" winners or a general idea of what would be "good" but forgot to put any rumble spots or any wrestling in it. I'm shocked people were just apathetic at the Universal Title match instead of outright booing. Women's Rumble was my match of the night and it was straight up trash until the last 20% where it was amazing. Kevin/KO had the exact type of ending you really shouldn't do in a 4 match card and... the mens main event rumble.

Super cool with Cody winning, I really like him and I know a lot of other people don't. My issue isn't if you like the winner or not, what are you going to remember from that men's rumble?

Bron showing up for a bit? R-Truth's stuff?

This was a bad show and I was expecting much better from WWE especially with how good their PPVs usually are. Rumbles shouldn't be this lacking in moments but it gets even worse when I bet you can't remember more than a couple wrestling interactions in the rumble matches.

[chronocross]

6/10, enjoyed the Women's Rumble more than the Men's this year.

Happy to see Cody win and get another shot at Roman, hopefully he wins at WM40.

I can do without ever hearing or see Pat McAfee again.

[Allie Kitsune]

Jan 28, 2024 0:01:22 GMT -5 hitman777 said:

The dead crowd killed it.

Aside from Jordynne Grace, they didn't do a damned thing to even ATTEMPT to pop the crowd.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

It was fine. I will say though that, for all the over main eventers they’ve had in the last few months, the midcard hasn’t followed them up. Big gaps in overness, and it sucked most of the ongoing drama out of the matches, leading to just waiting for the most logical potential winners to happen… Which they did, thankfully, leading to this show merely being mid as opposed to all-time bad.

6.

[Watch AEW Magnitude]

I watched a different show apparently. Other than the quiet crowd, I had fun.

[Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story]

I went 8. I had a good time, they set up the right matches. Punk has a lot of work to do to get back in ring shape. I’m sure he’ll get there.

[A Platypus Rave]

gave it a 7, it was ok... and the right people won the rumbles...

The Logan/KO match had a good ending and I do think the right person won there even if Logan is a douche.

The Fatal Four way was boring and useless... like basically every Roman Reigns title match.

The Women's rumble was a bit faster paced and seemed like it had more story going into ti than the men's which was almost entirely "Will we correct the mistake of last year and let Cody win at f***ing mania?" as well as "Oh also Punk is here."

I do wonder if something made them change plans last minute to play it as safe as they did *AHEM*

overall a decent but rather unremarkable affair, like most Rumbles.

[fw91]

6. I have no complaints. Just a little meh in the middle of the rumble matches.

[Allie Kitsune]

Jan 28, 2024 0:02:06 GMT -5 UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm said:

I'm going to be a bit harsh with a 4. Part of the reason why it is getting such a lower score than I almost ever give out is because this looked to be an incredible show, even with the awful things going on in the news with WWE. It's like they picked all the "right" winners or a general idea of what would be "good" but forgot to put any rumble spots or any wrestling in it. I'm shocked people were just apathetic at the Universal Title match instead of outright booing. Women's Rumble was my match of the night and it was straight up trash until the last 20% where it was amazing. Kevin/KO had the exact type of ending you really shouldn't do in a 4 match card and... the mens main event rumble.

Super cool with Cody winning, I really like him and I know a lot of other people don't. My issue isn't if you like the winner or not, what are you going to remember from that men's rumble?

Bron showing up for a bit? R-Truth's stuff?

This was a bad show and I was expecting much better from WWE especially with how good their PPVs usually are. Rumbles shouldn't be this lacking in moments but it gets even worse when I bet you can't remember more than a couple wrestling interactions in the rumble matches.

I honestly went lower because this wasn't even "You can talk about it, it's a trainwreck" bad.

It's just boring bad.

Which is worse because Bayley and Cody won, and they SHOULD HAVE won.

But they didn't make how we got there matter. They didn't do anything to make the show fun or memorable, and the Rumble is supposed to be the biggest hype generator WWE has.