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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Jan 30, 2021 22:58:47 GMT -5
Acting like size gives you any sort of advantage. It was fun in the early days of the Rumble where everyone would team up and try to eliminate someone like Andre, but they've had too many giants and hosses thrown out effortlessly over the years. No one buys them having any kind of advantage.
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Post by chrom on Jan 30, 2021 23:05:09 GMT -5
Acting like size gives you any sort of advantage. It was fun in the early days of the Rumble where everyone would team up and try to eliminate someone like Andre, but they've had too many giants and hosses thrown out effortlessly over the years. No one buys them having any kind of advantage. But how could anyone possibly eliminate The Big Show with his size? It can't be done! Minus the fact he's never won one ever. |
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Post by Macho Pichu on Jan 30, 2021 23:10:38 GMT -5
What’s the actual kayfabs rule for that, anyway? Is it once the countdown ends whoever rolls into the ring first is officially that entrant? Going by how Nia Jax and Becky Lynch got into the Men's and Women's Rumbles in 2019, yes. Mine is revealing who 1 and 2 are beforehand. 30 I'm OK with, especially if it's earned in a match, but it takes part of the fun away when we know who starts. See, I'm okay with seeing who starts, but from that point forward, EVERYTHING should be a surprise. Knowing who #30 is ahead of time just takes that away, since once #29 comes out, we've already exhausted all possible surprise, outside of the winner. |
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Post by romanstylesiii on Jan 30, 2021 23:13:17 GMT -5
Acting like size gives you any sort of advantage. It was fun in the early days of the Rumble where everyone would team up and try to eliminate someone like Andre, but they've had too many giants and hosses thrown out effortlessly over the years. No one buys them having any kind of advantage. Yeah, literally doing it every rumble for the last 30 years has turned it into a parody of sorts. |
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Post by The Creepo Man on Jan 30, 2021 23:14:36 GMT -5
Hasn't happened this year thankfully but I hate it when they give away the Number 1 entry before the Rumble. One of the best bits is wondering which 2 guys are going to start the match..Takes away the fun and mystery when you give it away beforehand. Ax and Smash starting #1 & 2 in 1989 was epic! Demolition knew the rules and they resumed their alliance when Andre the Giant entered third. The majority of the time, tag team partners and close friends who collide don’t understand the point of “every man for himself”. The person eliminated throws a fit (Hulk Hogan “You Stole My Belt!” was the prime example) and the friendship gets broken up. |
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Jan 30, 2021 23:21:45 GMT -5
At less Kane is not in them, since Kane always get brought up what he did in 2001 10 years later.
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Post by CMWaters on Jan 30, 2021 23:23:20 GMT -5
Going by how Nia Jax and Becky Lynch got into the Men's and Women's Rumbles in 2019, yes. Mine is revealing who 1 and 2 are beforehand. 30 I'm OK with, especially if it's earned in a match, but it takes part of the fun away when we know who starts. See, I'm okay with seeing who starts, but from that point forward, EVERYTHING should be a surprise. Knowing who #30 is ahead of time just takes that away, since once #29 comes out, we've already exhausted all possible surprise, outside of the winner. In the pre "number of entrant on screen" days, I can say having been at a Rumble knowing who #30 was beforehand helped out because at least I back in 2004 kinda lost track of the numbering before Goldberg entered the match. Hence why my view is that way. Plus, many times in the past they announced all the participants in a Rumble match, and by process of elimination you could figure out who was #30 (see 89 with DiBiase, for example). |
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Post by Jonathan Michaels on Jan 31, 2021 0:12:06 GMT -5
If we get rid of all the things you guys are suggesting, what the hell would be left?
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Post by Macho Pichu on Jan 31, 2021 0:14:09 GMT -5
See, I'm okay with seeing who starts, but from that point forward, EVERYTHING should be a surprise. Knowing who #30 is ahead of time just takes that away, since once #29 comes out, we've already exhausted all possible surprise, outside of the winner. In the pre "number of entrant on screen" days, I can say having been at a Rumble knowing who #30 was beforehand helped out because at least I back in 2004 kinda lost track of the numbering before Goldberg entered the match. Hence why my view is that way. Plus, many times in the past they announced all the participants in a Rumble match, and by process of elimination you could figure out who was #30 (see 89 with DiBiase, for example). I forgot that numbers onscreen weren't always a thing, which explains a lot. |
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Post by mrpeacock on Jan 31, 2021 0:27:07 GMT -5
I’m sick of the comedy one second elimination. If it happens every year it’s not a surprise or funny anymore.
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Jan 31, 2021 2:39:11 GMT -5
What’s the actual kayfabs rule for that, anyway? Is it once the countdown ends whoever rolls into the ring first is officially that entrant? Going by how Nia Jax and Becky Lynch got into the Men's and Women's Rumbles in 2019, yes. Mine is revealing who 1 and 2 are beforehand. 30 I'm OK with, especially if it's earned in a match, but it takes part of the fun away when we know who starts. What was f***ing infuriating about the 2019 Rumbles was that Becky Lynch had to beg if she could take Lana’s spot in the Rumble, with road agent Fit Finlay visibly letting everyone watching know that he’ll allow it... later that night in the men’s Nia just beats the shit out of R-Truth and enters, no agents there to stop her. |
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Post by Mid-Carder on Jan 31, 2021 2:59:44 GMT -5
It's not really what you asked but there are way too many multiple-Rumble winners.
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Post by mcstoklasa on Jan 31, 2021 3:10:17 GMT -5
I landed flat on my way back outside the ring but my feet are up in the air. I'm not eliminated lolz
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Post by mcstoklasa on Jan 31, 2021 3:14:18 GMT -5
Acting like size gives you any sort of advantage. It was fun in the early days of the Rumble where everyone would team up and try to eliminate someone like Andre, but they've had too many giants and hosses thrown out effortlessly over the years. No one buys them having any kind of advantage. But how could anyone possibly eliminate The Big Show with his size? It can't be done! Minus the fact he's never won one ever. He was robbed at Rumble 2000!! |
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Post by karl100589 on Jan 31, 2021 3:16:43 GMT -5
“How the hell will anybody eliminate <INSERT ANY BIG GUY THATS BEEN IN SEVERAL RUMBLES AND NEVER WON> ?”
They need to start selling it as a disadvantage. The big guy immediately becomes a target since everyone else is likely to gang up on him.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jan 31, 2021 3:35:59 GMT -5
He should just enter the rumble in a giant orb. Less dumb than standing on pancakes  Yeah, it's been obvious they've run out of ideas a few years ago... and keep trying to come up with stuff to fit it. like they had the idea of doing teh cheer launch which was cool... but had no way of getting Kofi into that position without doing the dropping pancakes on the floor... which as I've said is about 1 step away from "I'm wearing shoes so TECHNICALLY my feet didn't hit the floor." (though a heel running through all of these technicalities might be funny) or takes like forever to actually setup and pull off. hell they've done the handstand twice... granted Kacy's was superior.... not to mention like everyone does the apron to barrier leap. |
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Post by Malibu Stacy on Jan 31, 2021 3:38:26 GMT -5
I got to admit,I LIKE the Kofi save spots. I just would prefer someone other than Kofi did them
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Post by thehottag on Jan 31, 2021 4:19:45 GMT -5
In order of annoyance:
3) Taking someone elses spot in the match. I thought there was supposed to be a draw of who entered when? If I injure Pat Mahomes just before kickoff, can I start in the Superbowl? Why aren't there hoards of wrestlers at gorilla waiting to jump the number 30 entrant?
2) Waiting outside the ring. This cheapens the whole match. If you can just hang outside the ring for whatever reason (under the bottom rope, never getting in, etc.) then why stop there? Why not just drive around the arena until there is one person left, & then get in? If anyone does it & goes on to win, it makes them look like a fluke, & all those that didn't do it look like idiots.
3) Pointing at the Wrestlemania sign. Why. Why is it even there? You don't see a Survivor Series sign hanging at Summerslam, do you?
This trope gets exponentially worse the more people do it. One person who has just won the Rumble? I can just about stomach it. But when there are 2 people actually still wrestling it drives me nuts. Guess what, numbnuts? Pointing at a sign won't get you to Wrestlemania! Beating your opponent, who is right in front of you, will! Pay attention!
They do it every year too, making the whole thing contrived to the point of ridiculousness. Hate, hate, hate it.
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Post by Heartbreaker on Jan 31, 2021 4:22:14 GMT -5
I swear Dolph Ziggler has been entry 1 for 10 f***ing years.
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on Jan 31, 2021 8:13:48 GMT -5
I hope they skip the Royal Rumble number stats promo video they do every year.
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