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Post by bluebeach25 on Dec 24, 2022 19:57:35 GMT -5
One of the best rumble matches ever for me.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Dec 24, 2022 20:02:43 GMT -5
In terms of progressing a lot of the major storylines going on in the company, it worked. Especially when it came to Shawn trying to get his rematch with The Undertaker, exploiting the fact that Taker was the WHC at the time.
But it absolutely wrecked virtually everyone on the undercard, with what had to be the most wrestlers that did not last to the next interval in history. How do you do a Rumble where #30 is in the Final Four the moment he comes out?
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Dec 25, 2022 0:07:59 GMT -5
In terms of progressing a lot of the major storylines going on in the company, it worked. Especially when it came to Shawn trying to get his rematch with The Undertaker, exploiting the fact that Taker was the WHC at the time. But it absolutely wrecked virtually everyone on the undercard, with what had to be the most wrestlers that did not last to the next interval in history. How do you do a Rumble where #30 is in the Final Four the moment he comes out? It’s one of the weirdest Rumbles in that regard. John Cena gets the Iron Man with only a 27 minute run in the match. Only seven wrestlers in the entire match are in there longer than 10 minutes. |
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Post by Starshine on Dec 25, 2022 5:26:43 GMT -5
No, it f***ing sucks.
That is my costructive criticism on the matter.
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Post by 4real on Dec 25, 2022 8:49:08 GMT -5
I hated it. Much prefer Rumbles when lots of guys are in like 2009 the year before.
It has its moments though (the CM Punk stuff, HBK eliminating HHH and his eventual elimination by Batista) but I hated how empty the ring was.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Dec 26, 2022 3:08:38 GMT -5
Hate it. Might be my least favorite Rumble ever. 2015 is definitely the worst one but I think 2010 annoyed me more for some reason. Never understood the rationale for them having so many guys get eliminated so quickly. Sixteen guys lasted less then four minutes. So over half the participants. That's insane. That also includes Chris Jericho who only lasted a little over two minutes and did nothing. So it wasn't just the midcard they buried. Were the people booking it just in a rush or something and threw it together in a few minutes?
It is probably the most polarizing Rumble. Either people really like it or really hate it. Most on this board seem to be more in the latter camp. There are people who really like it though for some reason. I guess maybe because of the Punk stuff. However I never liked Punk so I didn't care about that and they also made guys I like such as Ziggler and Ryder look like losers at his expense. I get it advanced a lot of the main eventer storylines. However I don't get why they had to make everyone else look jobbers to do that.
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Post by tafkaga on Dec 26, 2022 13:13:38 GMT -5
I'll add my name to the list of voices that hated this Rumble. Honestly, Rumbles after a certain year all kind of run together to me, but 2010 always stands out as one that distinguishes itself for being terrible.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Dec 26, 2022 14:08:44 GMT -5
Nope, it was and still poopy.
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Post by XIII on Dec 26, 2022 14:11:05 GMT -5
was this the one where HBK was trying to win so he could fight Taker and he gets eliminated late?
if so, the HBK stuff was good, but everything else more or less sucked.
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Post by Chiral on Dec 26, 2022 14:24:46 GMT -5
IIRC there was enough criticism about the 2009 Rumble's ring being too full and the match going too long so they course corrected here WAY the other direction.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Dec 26, 2022 14:36:31 GMT -5
The Punk stuff was like the only part of it I liked.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Dec 26, 2022 16:30:20 GMT -5
My favorite part is when Cena nearly murders HBK by throwing Triple H’s entire body on his head.
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Post by jivesoulbrah on Dec 26, 2022 18:09:11 GMT -5
For me it’s absolutely one of the worst rumbles. The bottom 5 for me are
1999
1995
2022 (men’s)
2010
2015
Honorable mentions to 1993 and 2020 (men’s)
The 2010 rumble has a really bizarre pacing to it, they made so many people look like jobbers. When it’s down to Cena and HBK after HHH is eliminated, why have Shelton Benjamin, Yoshi Tatsu, R Truth, and Chris Masters in the middle of all the top stars? I feel like they would’ve been better suited to fill up the ring towards the middle when Matt Hardy and Kane come out. They just feel like they’re in the way and are treated as such. And why have R Truth eliminate Mark Henry and Big Show the way he did? Also CM Punk should’ve been the iron man in that match, instead of HHH throwing him out he could’ve at least stayed until HBK/Cena or even Edge.
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Post by canceled4truth on Dec 26, 2022 18:57:52 GMT -5
It's such a weird Rumble because in terms of storytelling it's one of the best but in terms of pacing it might be dead last
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Dec 26, 2022 20:42:52 GMT -5
It’s high points are strong but it’s weak points are honestly as bad as the worst Rumbles and there was more bad than good
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