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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2019 19:26:40 GMT -5
There are inconsistencies & errors with this video. They count the Greatest Royal Rumble Match, which shouldn't be part of this. Also, they have Kane with 43 Eliminations. He actually had 45 Eliminations. He had 1 elimination as Isaac Yankem and in 2013, he eliminated Daniel Bryan, but since Kane was already eliminated and it was Cesaro that actually threw Bryan over the top rope, Cesaro gets credit, but Kane caught him and dropped him, so Kane should get the elimination. One thinf they completely left out is a percentage of winners that have gone on to win the title at Wrestlemania... how low is it these days?
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Post by hbkid718 on Jan 24, 2019 19:48:19 GMT -5
There are inconsistencies & errors with this video. They count the Greatest Royal Rumble Match, which shouldn't be part of this. Also, they have Kane with 43 Eliminations. He actually had 45 Eliminations. He had 1 elimination as Isaac Yankem and in 2013, he eliminated Daniel Bryan, but since Kane was already eliminated and it was Cesaro that actually threw Bryan over the top rope, Cesaro gets credit, but Kane caught him and dropped him, so Kane should get the elimination. One thinf they completely left out is a percentage of winners that have gone on to win the title at Wrestlemania... how low is it these days? Sorry, I have no idea. I don't keep track of that.
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Post by hbkid718 on Jan 24, 2019 19:49:52 GMT -5
They should air a Special on the Network showing all of the Announced Participants picking their Entrant Numbers. We don't have to see what numbers they get or anyone not announced, so the surprise entrants won't be ruined. They can even do something with R-Truth pulling a number and someone telling him that he doesn't have to do it since he already got #30 and then he does it anyway and takes that number since it's a lower number and he thinks it's better to have a lower number. So, he ends up coming out at like #5 and then #30 could go to a surprise.
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Post by msc on Jan 24, 2019 19:57:38 GMT -5
There are inconsistencies & errors with this video. They count the Greatest Royal Rumble Match, which shouldn't be part of this. Also, they have Kane with 43 Eliminations. He actually had 45 Eliminations. He had 1 elimination as Isaac Yankem and in 2013, he eliminated Daniel Bryan, but since Kane was already eliminated and it was Cesaro that actually threw Bryan over the top rope, Cesaro gets credit, but Kane caught him and dropped him, so Kane should get the elimination. One thinf they completely left out is a percentage of winners that have gone on to win the title at Wrestlemania... how low is it these days? 14 of 27 = 51.8%
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jan 24, 2019 20:59:37 GMT -5
The Royal Rumble set, in progress: {Spoiler}
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Post by hbkid718 on Jan 24, 2019 21:45:32 GMT -5
Here's my look at Sunday's Royal Rumble with everyone's Royal Rumble History. I won't be doing Facts & Stats after the Rumble since it's too much work with so many wrestlers involved, but sometime next week, I will do a separate column looking at the Rumble & everyone's Stats after I update my Rumble Match History Page. So, this should hold you over until then. Thanks.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2019 4:16:01 GMT -5
One thinf they completely left out is a percentage of winners that have gone on to win the title at Wrestlemania... how low is it these days? 14 of 27 = 51.8% Ouch.
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Post by clifford on Jan 25, 2019 5:30:16 GMT -5
One thinf they completely left out is a percentage of winners that have gone on to win the title at Wrestlemania... how low is it these days? 14 of 27 = 51.8% I wonder what the % drops to if you calculate how many Rumble winners went on to the main event at Wrestlemania the year they won the Rumble- and by main event I mean the match that closes the show, any other match anywhere else on the card is not 'the main event' no matter what the WWE say. You know, the fact that they spout ad nauseam every single year in the lead up to the Rumble? I'd say it's below 30%.
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Post by msc on Jan 25, 2019 5:38:10 GMT -5
I wonder what the % drops to if you calculate how many Rumble winners went on to the main event at Wrestlemania the year they won the Rumble- and by main event I mean the match that closes the show, any other match anywhere else on the card is not 'the main event' no matter what the WWE say. You know, the fact that they spout ad nauseam every single year in the lead up to the Rumble? I'd say it's below 30%. 10 of 27. 37% Apparently if the Rumble winner is in the main event, they do better.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Jan 25, 2019 6:58:48 GMT -5
Last year's women's Rumble had 13 surprise entrants: Two from NXT and 11 who were legends. There are seven open spots in this year's match. I would assume three of them would be from NXT, but Lacey Evans may cancel out one of those spots unless she's been called up full time. Regardless, I'd say the best options from NXT would be some combination of Shayna Baszler, Bianca Belair, Io Shirai and Toni Storm. Dakota Kai would've been good before her injury. I also wouldn't be surprised if Safir and Duke were thrown in just to attack Charlotte and Bayley for the sake of teasing a Horsewomen angle. The only legends I would expect are Ivory and Madusa, since they weren't around last year. I can't imagine any of last year's legends getting another pop. Trish and Lita would still get pops and a while back there were rumors of them having WrestleMania plans so I wouldn’t be shocked to see them. There's also the Bellas, they'll get pops in Phoenix. And there's the possibility of them giving Eve a spot, since she missed it last year due to pregnancy.
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Post by realist on Jan 25, 2019 10:21:25 GMT -5
My prediction: Charlotte wins the women's rumble from Number 3 just like her father in 1992.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2019 14:35:02 GMT -5
Gonna make a fun little prediction.
Charlotte wins the womens rumble and since she is the man.. Becky lynch wins the other rumble by eliminating Corbin.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2019 14:50:56 GMT -5
WWE apparently remade the 1991 poster for 2019.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2019 15:09:04 GMT -5
The Royal Rumble set, in progress: {Spoiler}{Spoiler} {Spoiler}I'm getting WrestleMania 19 vibes, which isn't a bad thing.
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Jan 25, 2019 21:23:53 GMT -5
The Pickem' Game is up.
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Post by sarkerpolseng on Jan 25, 2019 21:27:35 GMT -5
Any possibility that regular Balor loses his match against Brock, but Demon Balor wins the Rumble?
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Post by nisidhe on Jan 26, 2019 3:54:03 GMT -5
Any possibility that regular Balor loses his match against Brock, but Demon Balor wins the Rumble? Only if they want to bury the title match by putting it on first, then can have someone do a slap 'n' go job with the paint. On the occasions when he has brought out the Demon, it's at least 3-4 hours in makeup for him with an artist often brought in locally. I don't think he would want that kind of pressure on the day, especially if he then faces the brigade of "Oh, facing BROCK LESNAR for the title wasn't important enough a match to warrant the Demon, but Baron Corbin was and here he is as the Demon in the Rumble match?" I would rather see Finn lose as the Demon against Lesnar than to get the narrative that the biggest match of his career was somehow not important enough for him to draw on it when Baron f'ing Corbin got the Demon. What makes the idea particularly galling is that the decision on when the Demon is brought out has been repeatedly and publicly stated as belonging to one man.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Jan 26, 2019 9:11:30 GMT -5
"I'm the champion for the cows!"
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jan 26, 2019 9:17:16 GMT -5
"I'm the champion for the cows!" Yeah, WWE still totally hates Daniel Bryan, don't they? Making him cut promos along the lines of his real-life beliefs, totally tearing down their entire business model and calling out his own boss... Pricks. Bryan should go to AEW.
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Post by Abdullah on Jan 26, 2019 9:21:37 GMT -5
"I'm the champion for the cows!" Yeah, WWE still totally hates Daniel Bryan, don't they? Making him cut promos along the lines of his real-life beliefs, totally tearing down their entire business model and calling out his own boss... Pricks. Bryan should go to AEW. To be fair, I think his most recent title win ended most of the claims. Heh.
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