Your favorite & least favorite Rumble matches

[psychokiller]

You can add as many as you want. I’m doing my top 10 & least favorite 10.

Top 10:

1. Rumble 1992
2. Rumble 2001
3. Rumble 2004
4. Rumble 2002
5. Rumble 1994
6. Rumble 2005
7. Rumble 2007
8. Rumble 1990
9. Rumble 2008
10. Rumble 2000

Bottom 10:

1. Rumble 2015
2. Rumble 2014
3. Rumble 2010
4. Rumble 1995
5. Rumble 2013
6. Rumble 2016
7. Rumble 1996
8. Rumble 2017
9. Rumble 2012
10. Rumble 1988

[Gus Richlen: Ruffian]

Top 5:

1. 2007
2. 2004
3. 2015
4. 2012
5. 2000

Bottom 5:

1. 2013
2. 2011
3. 2010
4. 2005
5. 2014

[CeilingFan]

Here are both lists in  chronological order

Top 5

1989
1990
1992
2007
2016



Bottom 5

1995
1997
1999
2009
2015

[thecrusherwi]

It's hard to rank Rumbles, but I tend to favor Rumbles that let the ring fill up (1991 and 2008 come to mind as good examples of this). I hate Rumbles like 2002 where there are never more than 6 or so people in the ring at once.

[jivesoulbrah]

Best 5:
2001
1992
2003
2007
2008

Worst 5:
1997 - the worst IMO. So many random luchadores/jobbers no one knew
2010 - ring never fills, entrant #30 was already in the final 4
1995 - 1 minute intervals, jobber filled
2015 - DBry eliminated in a few mins, local men Kane and Big Show, Zack Ryder coming out after Wyatt’s speech, Roman Reigns circle jerk
1999 - McMahon winning, not a ton of star power, ring empties a few times in the beginning.

[Bub (BLM)]

The ones that stand out to me as really enjoyable are 1992, 2001, and 2008. The ones that stand out as being particularly awful are 1995, 2006, and 2015.

[PrimeTyme]

From least to most favourite.

2015
2012
2014
1997
2011
2013
1988
2006
1996
2010
2017
1995
2000
1998
2009
2004
1993
1999
2016
1994
1989
2003
1990
1991
2007
2005
2001
2008
2002
1992

[BrodietheSlayer]

Top 5

1992
2002
1989
2008
2001


Bottom 5

1995
1993
2006
2014
1988

[cabbageboy]

The 1995 one is some sort of nightmare that even 23 years later I can't wake up from. Bulldog was my favorite. The 1996 one was better but totally lacking in star power since the roster was lousy.

I'd say the 1990-92 Rumbles are some of the best, with 92 being the gold standard. The 2004 one (yes I know, Benoit) and 2005 were both really good. The 2007 is probably the last truly great Rumble. Think about that for a minute. 2010 was decent. But really pretty much since 2008 the vast majority have been total clunkers.

[Jiren]

Top 5
- 1990
- 1992
- 2000
- 2001
- 2002

Bottom 5
- 1995
- 1999
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017

1996 & 1997 weren't great but they didn't irritate me as much as the other in the bottom list

[2coldMack is even more baffled]

You know what's weird? I have absolutely zero memory of the 2003 Rumble. Like....none at all.

[jivesoulbrah]

Jan 10, 2018 23:23:12 GMT -5 2coldMack is even more baffled said:

You know what's weird? I have absolutely zero memory of the 2003 Rumble. Like....none at all.

The one where Christian dressed up like Jericho to distract HBK

Chris Nowinski getting a concussion

Tommy Dreamer hits Jericho in the face with a kendo stick that gives him a large lump in the forehead

Cena rapping for nearly 2 mins during his entrance

Lesnar almost eliminating The Undertaker prematurely so he had to grab his leg and pull him back in the ring.

[Hit Girl]

Best - 92

Worst - 95

2000 was the last one I actually watched.

[Deleted]

Jan 10, 2018 20:41:50 GMT -5 psychokiller said:

You can add as many as you want. I’m doing my top 10 & least favorite 10.

Top 10:

1. Rumble 1992
2. Rumble 2001
3. Rumble 2004
4. Rumble 2002
5. Rumble 1994
6. Rumble 2005
7. Rumble 2007
8. Rumble 1990
9. Rumble 2008
10. Rumble 2000

Bottom 10:

1. Rumble 2015
2. Rumble 2014
3. Rumble 2010
4. Rumble 1995
5. Rumble 2013
6. Rumble 2016
7. Rumble 1996
8. Rumble 2017
9. Rumble 2012
10. Rumble 1988

Best 92, 08, 11, 14, 15.
Worst 04 in hindsight, followed by 03 and 2000.

[2coldMack is even more baffled]

I also think people sleep on the 1997 Rumble. It's a pretty neat, underrated little match that's slightly marred by an overbooked ending.

[thegame415]

Top 5:

1. 2001
2. 2002
3. 1992
4. 2008
5. 2000

Bottom 5:

1. 2012
2. 1997
3. 1996
4. 1995
5. 2015

[The Legend of Groose]

I loved 1992, 1997, and 2002.

2014, 2015, and 2016 can go to hell.

[A Platypus Rave is Correct]

I haven't watched them enough to rank them for best and worst... probably just say '92 as best.

But the 2015 has got to be up there as one of the worst booked. and no it's not because Roman won.

but because in the grand scheme of things it set up almost NOTHING for mania.

I can probably count the number of storylines that got started during the rumble on one hand... no feuds that were going on interacted during the rumble.

Bryan returns only to get tossed out early with little fanfare,

Kane and Big Show one by one eliminating pretty much everyone that was getting a reaction like sacks of garbage.

even if someone that I or the crowd liked won... I'd still have called it a shitty rumble for the reasons listed above.

And no despite what some people try to spin the narrative the crowd were not booing everyone once Bryan was out.

Ziggler, Dean, Ryback, and a few other people all got positive reactions when they came out and got to do anything in the ring.

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Jan 10, 2018 23:54:41 GMT -5 A Platypus Rave is Correct said:

I haven't watched them enough to rank them for best and worst... probably just say '92 as best.

But the 2015 has got to be up there as one of the worst booked. and no it's not because Roman won.

but because in the grand scheme of things it set up almost NOTHING for mania.

I can probably count the number of storylines that got started during the rumble on one hand... no feuds that were going on interacted during the rumble.

Bryan returns only to get tossed out early with little fanfare,

Kane and Big Show one by one eliminating pretty much everyone that was getting a reaction like sacks of garbage.

even if someone that I or the crowd liked won... I'd still have called it a shitty rumble for the reasons listed above.

And no despite what some people try to spin the narrative the crowd were not booing everyone once Bryan was out.

Ziggler, Dean, Ryback, and a few other people all got positive reactions when they came out and got to do anything in the ring.

I really enjoyed it because the guy I wanted to win...won. I'm that fickle with rumbles a lot of the time. Good booking is a bonus. It was a total cluster in its setup though.

[Duke Cameron]

2004 tops my list.