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Post by CMWaters on Oct 24, 2013 11:07:50 GMT -5
For those that aren't aware, in the 1989 Royal Rumble, Ax and Smash of Demolition, who were also tag team champions at the time, drew #1 and #2 respectively and fought each other a bit until #3 came out.
I personally got a kick out of watching that, and think that they should do it again at the next Rumble, perhaps with The Usos.
Agree/Disagree?
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Post by wwefan71080 on Oct 24, 2013 11:10:18 GMT -5
No, not going to happen with Daniel Bryan being #1 but maybe the 2015 Royal Rumble
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Post by AdamAFL was sooooo wrong on Oct 24, 2013 11:14:02 GMT -5
Agree. I haven't seen the '89 Rumble but I remember something simialr happening at the '01 Rumble. Jeff Hardy was one of the first and then Matt came in at #3, they teamed up to eliminate #2 and #4 before fighting each other until Matt eliminated Jeff. They were respectful and it wasn't to show dissension or anything, they just did fought because it was the Rumble and it was really interesting to see it happen.
Realistically they could do it with most teams. Except The Shield because they're too much of a unit, they'd hang around and just wait for the next guy to come in. Kinda like Punk & the Nexus at the '11 Rumble.
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Post by Hawk Hart on Oct 24, 2013 11:15:27 GMT -5
That's a great idea but the 2014 Rumble is gonna be a rehash of the 1999 Rumble. Triple H and Bryan start it out, Bryan gets molested in a bathroom a disappears for a while, comes back and is a house of fire and then Triple H wins after Orton distracts Bryan.
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Post by Kayfabe FAN don't want none on Oct 24, 2013 11:16:20 GMT -5
IMO Rumble need a new #1 entrant winner.
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Post by highfivessteve on Oct 24, 2013 11:19:21 GMT -5
AX: Gonna be a long night
SMASH: Me too. AHHHHH
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Post by Hit Girl on Oct 24, 2013 11:23:38 GMT -5
#1 = HHH
#2 = Stephanie
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Post by AdamAFL was sooooo wrong on Oct 24, 2013 11:25:04 GMT -5
IMO Rumble need a new #1 entrant winner. I'd say we need a number 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 25 and 26 winner more  . |
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Post by Hit Girl on Oct 24, 2013 11:40:05 GMT -5
No one should ever have won it from #1
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Post by mizerable on Oct 24, 2013 11:50:45 GMT -5
IMO Rumble need a new #1 entrant winner. I hate the #1 entrant winner, especially when it's been used so many times. I have no problem with someone going the distance, perhaps even clearing Mysterio's time, but I'd rather they have a random number that hasn't won before or explain if you draw one of the middle numbers, you aren't AS tired out in the end, but you have the momentum going from the time you spent in there, so it's easier to eliminate newer entrants. That would at least sell the idea of wanting to compete instead of rolling under the bottom rope and waiting till everyone has been eliminated besides one guy. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2013 12:20:43 GMT -5
IMO Rumble need a new #1 entrant winner. I hate the #1 entrant winner, especially when it's been used so many times. It says a lot about my Rumble fandom (which was once quite great and potent) when I can only think of 2 instances when this happened: HBK in '95, Benoit in '04. Vince in '99 was kinda the same thing, but I try not to count that one for obvious reasons that we'd probably all agree with. But did Mysterio win it from #1? Bleh, because yeah that's definitely going back to the well too quickly and kills the gimmick for quite a while afterwards. Says a lot about that Rumble, too, since I barely remember it anymore. |
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Oct 24, 2013 12:22:19 GMT -5
I hate the #1 entrant winner, especially when it's been used so many times. It says a lot about my Rumble fandom (which was once quite great and potent) when I can only think of 2 instances when this happened: HBK in '95, Benoit in '04. Vince in '99 was kinda the same thing, but I try not to count that one for obvious reasons that we'd probably all agree with. But did Mysterio win it from #1? Bleh, because yeah that's definitely going back to the well too quickly and kills the gimmick for quite a while afterwards. Says a lot about that Rumble, too, since I barely remember it anymore. Technically, Rey won it from the #2 spot. That's basically the same thing as the #1 spot despite what WWE says though so yes, he essentially won it from the #1 spot. |
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Post by mizerable on Oct 24, 2013 12:25:19 GMT -5
I hate the #1 entrant winner, especially when it's been used so many times. It says a lot about my Rumble fandom (which was once quite great and potent) when I can only think of 2 instances when this happened: HBK in '95, Benoit in '04. Vince in '99 was kinda the same thing, but I try not to count that one for obvious reasons that we'd probably all agree with. But did Mysterio win it from #1? Bleh, because yeah that's definitely going back to the well too quickly and kills the gimmick for quite a while afterwards. Says a lot about that Rumble, too, since I barely remember it anymore. He won it from #2. Again...the only way I consider it to legitimately work, is what I would do in the old Smackdown games. As soon as a new entrant hit the ring, I would throw his ass right back out. I would be the only person in the ring for 95% of the match. It's just too silly to have it go in that manner when you have the same number win, yet if you draw #11 through #18, you're likely not going to win. I also wish that Alberto drew a number less than 30 when he won. If they aren't going to continue the 40 man Rumble, then it makes his entrant number look silly by comparison when adjusting them altogether. |
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Post by Hawk Hart on Oct 24, 2013 12:29:48 GMT -5
It says a lot about my Rumble fandom (which was once quite great and potent) when I can only think of 2 instances when this happened: HBK in '95, Benoit in '04. Vince in '99 was kinda the same thing, but I try not to count that one for obvious reasons that we'd probably all agree with. But did Mysterio win it from #1? Bleh, because yeah that's definitely going back to the well too quickly and kills the gimmick for quite a while afterwards. Says a lot about that Rumble, too, since I barely remember it anymore. He won it from #2. ...he said as though there were any real difference between winning from one or two. |
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Oct 24, 2013 12:33:06 GMT -5
...he said as though there were any real difference between winning from one or two. Which is why we need Heath Slater or Santino to fall out of the ring and be eliminated at number one before the 2nd entrant comes out to show the dangers of being 1st |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2013 13:54:49 GMT -5
Again...the only way I consider it to legitimately work, is what I would do in the old Smackdown games. As soon as a new entrant hit the ring, I would throw his ass right back out. I would be the only person in the ring for 95% of the match. It's just too silly to have it go in that manner when you have the same number win, yet if you draw #11 through #18, you're likely not going to win. We have a wonderfully devious shared experience, sir, because that's EXACTLY how I played those for months on end. *sigh* Smackdown really was the best game to feature the Rumble, wasn't it? (Ok, the Dreamcast Rumble game was also very good gameplay, it just suffered from having only 10 wrestlers in it, so you literally had the same guy coming out over and over again at times. Of course, they actually made a point to make it a *different version* of the wrestler - different tights, mainly - which was a nice touch. AND they managed to program it so there could be like 6-8 guys in the ring at a time.) ...he said as though there were any real difference between winning from one or two. Which is why we need Heath Slater or Santino to fall out of the ring and be eliminated at number one before the 2nd entrant comes out to show the dangers of being 1st Oh my gosh..... Someone (Slater would be great) needs to get in a small feud with Justin Roberts or a ref.....carry it in the Rumble.....come out as #1, get into a small tussle with the announcer/ref, and get shoved or tripped into the ropes, and over and out.  |
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Oct 24, 2013 15:41:27 GMT -5
Which is why we need Heath Slater or Santino to fall out of the ring and be eliminated at number one before the 2nd entrant comes out to show the dangers of being 1st Oh my gosh..... Someone (Slater would be great) needs to get in a small feud with Justin Roberts or a ref.....carry it in the Rumble.....come out as #1, get into a small tussle with the announcer/ref, and get shoved or tripped into the ropes, and over and out. That works. Hell they could just act over confident like an idiot, get on the mic and say something and just fall out posing on the top rope |
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