Rate The PPV: Royal Rumble (2019)

[Abdullah]

It was long enough that Graves had to point it out.

I liked the first four matches. The Women’s Rumble was easily the best on the card and I liked how the writers didn’t hold back. They did everything they could to benefit Becky. That’s rare for this company, in general, to play to strengths like that.

Men’s Rumble was fine. Didn’t like how none of the guys really shined. Hated Brock vs Finn and that was the worst Bryan match I’ve seen in some time. Then again, WWE title matches on PPV have often been slow and disappointing.

6 or a low 7. The women carried this.

[Rudy Gobert Fadeaway]

9/10 for how good both Rumbles were

-1 point for AJ being shit on PPV as usual.

[Ben Wyatt]

7. Would be at least a point higher if the PPV wasn't so damn long

[Chiral]

Fun but SOO LOONG AHHHHHHHHGHHGHG. These 12 hour PPVs peak halfway through and the rest is just so tiring. I was watching the 2010 Rumble and it was like 2.5 hours and that timestamp was comforting

[Bang Bang Bart]

7/10.

Fun show, but Bryan vs. AJ was weirdly disappointing.

[kingoftheindies]

I had fun with the show, but the show was just too long.

Overall a decent showing. The Women's Rumble I felt deflated the crowd. I said it in the ppv thread, but last year's rumble (despite being a tad sloppy at times) was treated as a celebration for the current women as well as the women of the past and the crowd seemed to have fun. This one? While I admire using just current talent it was quite clear that the crowd didn't care enough for this to be a 30 person battle royal. Just too much sloppiness, and too many ladies the crowd didn't know and/or care about. Plus I gotta say, both Tamina and Nia have been treated like jokes for so long it's hard for them to be seen as intimidating.

The Men's Rumble? I was burnt out by the time it started, but it wasn't bad. I just didn't feel that the Rumble was as big of a deal this year if that makes sense. The crowd even seemed genuinely bored at times, and only popped for the things that actually were unexpected (Hawkins getting an elimination, Black eliminating Ambrose, Ali eliminating Shinsuke and Joe)

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7 for the opener, Becky winning the Women's Rumble and a really fun Finn vs. Brock match.

Way too long, though, for sure. I feel for people in other parts of the world staying up until 6 AM their time to watch it.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Can’t vote. I wanna vote 1 point for each hour this show lasted and the scale only goes to 10.

Seriously, like a 4. Most of the matches were awful, but some entertaining moments. Way, way, way, too long.

[MolotovMocktail]

9. Lost a point because the men's Rumble didn't let the ring fill up that much.

[TWERKIN' MAGGLE]

9.

Lost a point because get AJ out of the goddamn title scene.

[brettappedout (BLM)]

This was the first time in awhile I felt the the show was too long. And the matches outside of Kickoff Crusierweights, Becky/Asuka, Becky winning and sprinkles of the both Rumbles, this was a snoozer. I'm really usually not this negative, but yeah I'd give it a 6 now. However I'll watch it again tomorrow and see if anytging changes.

[romanstylesiii]

Jan 28, 2019 0:30:02 GMT -5 Ben Wyatt said:

7. Would be at least a point higher if the PPV wasn't so damn long    

With the pre show, it is just too long to sit through. I should leave an event wanting more, instead I truly do not want to watch RAW tomorrow 

[Mozenrath]

9. I had a few complaints, but this was better than I expected, and I already expected it'd be a pretty decent show.

It actually makes me legitimately interested in the road to Wrestlemania for a change, that's pretty nice.

[Rican]

7 feels right. Lots of fun points but too long

[adamclark52]

3

[Stu]

It just dawned on me. Tonight we saw Asuka, Shinsuke Nakamura, Io Shirai, Kairi Sane, Hideo Itami and Akira Tozawa. Was this the first show with all of WWE's Japanese superstars? Or am I forgetting some shows or people who didn't show up?

[Deleted]

A 2.

Both Rumble matches were miserable slogs.

The women's match was especially awful. Filled with dweebs and it lasted forever. They really, really needed some surprise returns here. Got nada. Sloppy.

Asuka/Becky was a match that happened.

AJ/Bryan was dull and in a bad spot on the card.

I love Miz and Shane as a team but I hate that they're leaning into the "daddy wasn't proud" stuff.

Finn and Brock was fun. And it was what, 9 minutes? HINT f***ING HINT WWE. Shorten your matches. Significantly. This goes for NXT as well. You can tell perfectly fine stories in under 15 minutes.

I think the match results were cool, but as far as entertainment goes? This shit was dire. There's no reason these shows should go on this long.

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10 for me. Fun the whole way through.

[brown bricks]

3.

LOVED Asuka and Becky and I love that Becky won the Rumble.

Having said that, outside of that opening match, the entire show bored me to death. I was nodding off multiple times during that terrible Bryan/Styles match. The women's rumble felt like it went on for roughly 8 hours.

[Deleted]

It was a good, but ultimately massively predictable show. It's really sad if I can not watch the show at all for a few months and still call all of the winners in advance. Also it was long as f***.

7