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Post by Dave the Dave on Sept 12, 2013 7:51:57 GMT -5
Maybe they were impressive, maybe they were just laying around the ring killing time, but who surprised you by doing really well in the Royal Rumble?
One example I remember (which might make sense now) was a young Blackjack Bradshaw staying in the 1998 Rumble for around 45 minutes. He put on a good performance. 8-Ball was in too for like 35 minutes, but he kind of just hung around. I just watched this one last night and thought it was cool to see.
Maybe this is well known, but I also loved fat dancing Rikishi eliminating 7 people immediately in 2000.
You have any specific Rumble performances you love?
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Post by CMWaters on Sept 12, 2013 7:53:18 GMT -5
The sheer randomness of Shane Douglas in 1991 lasting as long as he did with some of the bigger names of the time period.
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Post by chronocross on Sept 12, 2013 8:07:45 GMT -5
R-Truth eliminating Big Show AND Mark Henry at the same time in 2010, that had me shocked.
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Post by Famous Rocking Chimes on Sept 12, 2013 8:08:58 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2013 8:09:40 GMT -5
Miz and Cody Rhodes lasting near the entire rumble before Big Show put them out.
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Sept 12, 2013 8:12:03 GMT -5
Hasn't Cody Rhodes had a couple? And we all thought they were going to turn into pushes?
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Post by Kayfabe FAN don't want none on Sept 12, 2013 9:44:49 GMT -5
Generic blue attire Cody Rhodes stayed for like over 30 minutes in 2007 for some reason.
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Post by Push R Truth on Sept 12, 2013 9:46:59 GMT -5
Didn't Coachman last like 30 minutes in a Rumble?
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Post by Instant Classic on Sept 12, 2013 9:51:12 GMT -5
Maven eliminating Taker was surprising. I liked how the next year they tried to reenact it.
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Post by Spearmint* on Sept 12, 2013 9:58:48 GMT -5
I always liked Jericho's performance in the 2003 Rumble. It wasn't entirely surprising as he was a upper-midcarder at the time, but to go 38 minutes (the longest time of the rumble), get 6 eliminations (the most of the rumble) and look good doing it is always a plus. Plus his elimination was from someone outside the match so that adds a touch as well.
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Post by mizerable on Sept 12, 2013 10:18:11 GMT -5
Mr. Perfect lasting until the final 3 in 2002. I know he didn't do much, but it's still a fairly big deal.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Sept 12, 2013 10:19:20 GMT -5
R-Truth eliminating Big Show AND Mark Henry at the same time in 2010, that had me shocked. What I always remember about that was that the crowd was COMPLETLY dead when R-Truth came out, couldn't give a crap about him entering. Then he eliminated Show and Henry and became the most over guy in the match. |
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Post by sunnytaker on Sept 12, 2013 10:20:05 GMT -5
santino nearly beating del rio to win it all hasn't come up yet? or was that a different battle royale i'm thinking of?
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Post by Bootista on Sept 12, 2013 10:36:02 GMT -5
Maven eliminating Taker.
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Post by government mule on Sept 12, 2013 10:43:25 GMT -5
Kane nearly going the distance in 2001 i think was a pretty decent effort and he came off really well from it.
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Post by Dave the Dave on Sept 12, 2013 10:46:06 GMT -5
Kane nearly going the distance in 2001 i think was a pretty decent effort and he came off really well from it. I don't think that surprised anyone. It was his year and I'm still mad he didn't take it. |
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Post by Dean-o on Sept 12, 2013 10:50:20 GMT -5
Bob Backlund almost lasting an hour in 1993.
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Post by Hulk With A Mustache on Sept 12, 2013 10:51:12 GMT -5
santino nearly beating del rio to win it all hasn't come up yet? or was that a different battle royale i'm thinking of? No, that was a Royal Rumble. It was that big 40 man Rumble they had a few years back. |
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Post by Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 on Sept 12, 2013 13:52:00 GMT -5
Rick Martel's performance in the Rumble (1991 I believe...). Didn't think he would last that long and did a decent performance in retrospect.
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Post by RedSmile on Sept 12, 2013 15:32:06 GMT -5
I have to nominate Shawn Michaels' first Rumble win in 1995. This was a guy who, at the time, had mainly been a color commentator on RAW, talk show host on the Heartbreak Hotel, and a pseudo-manager/tag team partner for Diesel/Nash. He didn't wrestle all that much. This would also be the first time somebody won after drawing #1, so that was also a surprise before it became a overused cliche.
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