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Post by hijuko on Jun 15, 2022 6:59:33 GMT -5
Which was the most disastrous? For me, 2022 because at least Reigns needed it and in 2015, we had very nice surprise returns like Bubba, Boogeyman and DDP.
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Post by Spider2024 on Jun 15, 2022 7:12:26 GMT -5
I can't remember much about the 2022 one honestly. I know it had Bad Bunny and Shane McMahon (who was equally as bad in said Rumble.) 2015 was very poorly booked, but I did like the Kofi save in that one. Also, this video alone is enough to validate the existence of the 2015 Rumble: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx5B_udtS3A |
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Post by J is Thunder Justice on Jun 15, 2022 7:53:16 GMT -5
2015 was so bad it was good.
2022 was just boring.
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Post by msc on Jun 15, 2022 8:21:33 GMT -5
2022 is more like 2014 - a decent but unspectacular Rumble hurt by a bad finish.
2015 was an absolute mess on all levels. Bottom of the barrel stuff.
Since then we've had a very good one, a decent but forgettable one, an all time great, a decent but forgettable one, a marmite Drew making one, and a reasonably OK one (2016-2021 in order) so 2022, on averages we were due a not so good one.
Due a properly great one again though now.
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Post by PKO on Jun 15, 2022 8:44:58 GMT -5
2015 was a mostly decent Rumble that was then absolutely destroyed by the ending. It had the double whammy of Big Show and Kane (way past their prime) taking out everyone in the closing stretch which audibly pissed off the crowd, and then it was won by the opposite of the fan favourite, the anointed chosen one, babyface Roman Reigns. It’s a great example of WWE booking for themselves and not the fans.
2022 was just boring. For a Rumble, that’s one of the worst sins.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jun 15, 2022 9:04:39 GMT -5
2022's is really dull and really poorly planned out. Like, it got Shane fired, so, that's not a good sign for how it was received, and with good reason.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Jun 15, 2022 9:21:07 GMT -5
2022 was boring, poorly laid out, and had a shitty finish.
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Post by theironyuppie on Jun 15, 2022 10:00:59 GMT -5
2022 was more boring (at least the men's, the women's is quite fun besides a flat Ronda/Charlotte closing sequence) but 2015 had worse implications. I still maintain they could have avoided a little of the heat by just having Roman show some actual agency in beating Kane/Big Show rather than them randomly turning on each other.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jun 15, 2022 10:06:47 GMT -5
2022 was more boring (at least the men's, the women's is quite fun besides a flat Ronda/Charlotte closing sequence) but 2015 had worse implications. I still maintain they could have avoided a little of the heat by just having Roman show some actual agency in beating Kane/Big Show rather than them randomly turning on each other. It'd have helped a little bit. Maybe have Kane take the turnbuckle pad off to try to hit Roman into it, but he knocks Kane's head into it instead and tosses him, then Big Show after he tries to do his punch on Roman, who dodges it so he punches the turnbuckle and has to sell that. Spear or Superman Punch, then dump him out, too. |
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jun 15, 2022 10:08:29 GMT -5
They really all just blur together to me at this point.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Jun 15, 2022 10:50:58 GMT -5
I can't remember much about the 2022 one honestly. I know it had Bad Bunny and Shane McMahon (who was equally as bad in said Rumble.) I hope you aren't saying that Bad Bunny was bad. He was good. I'd go with 2022. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2022 11:03:43 GMT -5
2022 was woeful.
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Post by Spider2024 on Jun 15, 2022 11:05:41 GMT -5
I can't remember much about the 2022 one honestly. I know it had Bad Bunny and Shane McMahon (who was equally as bad in said Rumble.) I hope you aren't saying that Bad Bunny was bad. He was good. I'd go with 2022. No, I was just going for a play-on-words on the 'Bad' part of the name. I agree, Bad Bunny was one of the highlights of that Rumble. |
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Post by saneiac on Jun 15, 2022 11:26:21 GMT -5
Even though the 2022 Rumble happened less than 6 months ago, I had to look up who won it. And after learning it was Brock... I still don't remember it. And what was the point of Brock winning, anyway? So he could lose his title shot and then leave? There have been some questionable winners in the past, but at least those winners hung around for more than one match afterwards. I would have to rewatch 2022 before I call it the worst. Seriously, I don't remember anything about it other than Shane McMahon. But I can definitely call it the most meaningless Rumble of all time.
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Post by Jonathan Coachman on Jun 15, 2022 11:35:43 GMT -5
The 2022 Royal rumble was just forgettable like I literally don’t remember a spot from this year’s rumble
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jun 15, 2022 11:47:00 GMT -5
I’m going to make the case that, for as bad as 2022 was, I feel like people expected some of it to go how it was because of past Rumbles being that bad.
Which is why 2015 is worse.
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Post by Moppy on Jun 15, 2022 11:58:27 GMT -5
I don't think I even saw the 2022 Rumble, so I'm voting by default here.
But surely nothing can have gone as wrong as the damn match itself turning heel and the Rock getting boo'ed.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Jun 15, 2022 13:51:06 GMT -5
How is 2022 winning by so much? It wasn't that bad. The ending with Brock was stupid but up until that it was ok. Nothing super interesting but not anything that wanted to make me pull my hair out. 2015 is like the worst booked wrestling match ever. The only two guys of the thirty in the match that came off looking better then they did coming in were the two guys who needed to the least: Kane and Big Show. Recent bias is strong though I guess.
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Post by tagteammatchplaya on Jun 15, 2022 14:44:19 GMT -5
2022 Had Madcap Moss in it, 2015 didn't, so 2022 is better
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jun 15, 2022 14:47:44 GMT -5
How is 2022 winning by so much? It wasn't that bad. The ending with Brock was stupid but up until that it was ok. Nothing super interesting but not anything that wanted to make me pull my hair out. 2015 is like the worst booked wrestling match ever. The only two guys of the thirty in the match that came off looking better then they did coming in were the two guys who needed to the least: Kane and Big Show. Recent bias is strong though I guess. See, the thing that makes it not the worst booked match ever was that the first, say, 10 entries or so were fun. DDP came back, Bray and Boogeyman had a fun confrontation, Bubba returns to Philly (even though that involved racism for some reason?), just a bunch of fun moments. The moment Bryan got eliminated, though? Never has a match fallen apart so quickly and so vindictively to its audience. |
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