Random Rumble Thoughts

[randomranter]

That Test/Lashley match was horrible. I knew it would be bad to begin with, but that was far worse than I expected. And that finish couldn't have been any worse.

Does Kelly Kelly constantly have to remind us that she's an "exhibitionist"?

Why was she spinning the container when there was only one ball left in it?

Her banter with Edge was probably the dumbest promo she's ever put on. And that's saying something.

The Sandman skit was great -- Throwing the ball aside and saying "Like it matters" made me almost spit out my beer. You could read into that line so many different ways........

Anyone here NOT see sabu going through that table?

Why no Monty Brown? (I refuse to acknowledge the WWECW name he's stuck with.)

I think CM punk should've made it to the final six. HBK, Taker, Rated RKO, Punk, and whoever. Punk eliminates random guy #6, RKO Eliminates punk, then play out the final four the way it ended up.

No boogeyman makes me sad. Having Miz come in, followed by Boogeyman next would have been hilarious. I'd mark out like a schoolboy to see Boogeyman enter the rumble from under the ring, spit out a bunch of worms, and scare Miz into eliminating himself.

Why no Joey Styles doing commentary with Cole and King?

The cena/umaga match was about 30 times better than I thought it would be. The finish was unique, and made up for the stupid "Internal Injuries/Overcoming the odds for the 3426246th time" angle that they walked into the match with.

I think they should keep the clock ticking continuously in the lower corner of the screen, instead of only showing us the final 10 seconds or so. Has anyone ever checked to see if it really is 90 seconds between entrants?

What makes me sad about their cut to 90 seconds between entrants from 2 minutes is that some of the old longevity records will now never be broken. I'd rather they go back up to 2 minutes between entries and cut out the stupid crap like Kelly's "Im an exhibitionist...but I'm really not" promos.

[Matt Rogers]

Punk did pretty well, I think, he only went out when there were the favourites left.

Cena makes weird faces when he uses a rope.

Kelly looked good.

Sandman's elimination made me laugh, it was a case of "I don't give a s***, I just want to cane someone!"

[Avalanche Alvarez]

randomranter said:

That Test/Lashley match was horrible. I knew it would be bad to begin with, but that was far worse than I expected. And that finish couldn't have been any worse.

Does Kelly Kelly constantly have to remind us that she's an "exhibitionist"?

Why was she spinning the container when there was only one ball left in it?

Her banter with Edge was probably the dumbest promo she's ever put on. And that's saying something.

The Sandman skit was great -- Throwing the ball aside and saying "Like it matters" made me almost spit out my beer. You could read into that line so many different ways........

Anyone here NOT see sabu going through that table?

Why no Monty Brown? (I refuse to acknowledge the WWECW name he's stuck with.)

I think CM punk should've made it to the final six. HBK, Taker, Rated RKO, Punk, and whoever. Punk eliminates random guy #6, RKO Eliminates punk, then play out the final four the way it ended up.

No boogeyman makes me sad. Having Miz come in, followed by Boogeyman next would have been hilarious. I'd mark out like a schoolboy to see Boogeyman enter the rumble from under the ring, spit out a bunch of worms, and scare Miz into eliminating himself.

Why no Joey Styles doing commentary with Cole and King?

The cena/umaga match was about 30 times better than I thought it would be. The finish was unique, and made up for the stupid "Internal Injuries/Overcoming the odds for the 3426246th time" angle that they walked into the match with.

I think they should keep the clock ticking continuously in the lower corner of the screen, instead of only showing us the final 10 seconds or so. Has anyone ever checked to see if it really is 90 seconds between entrants?

What makes me sad about their cut to 90 seconds between entrants from 2 minutes is that some of the old longevity records will now never be broken. I'd rather they go back up to 2 minutes between entries and cut out the stupid crap like Kelly's "Im an exhibitionist...but I'm really not" promos.

ECW is dead. These are the "zombies" everyone's been clammoring for.

If Kelly Kelly didn't remind us she was an exhibitionist, she'd have no purpose. The Double E has enough coat racks already.

She's an idiot.

See above comment.

I think Sandman's on his way out. That makes me sad.

Sabu too.

Marquis Cor...Monty Bro....whatever you want to call him is being brought about slowly as they transform the ECW into...ECWWEOVWDSWWXFL! (Oh dear...)

No love for Punk in the Double E. Call TNA, stat!

Their worm surplus is either low or Marty is not getting booked.

No Styles? Kayfabe hate from that Raw shoot?

So you CAN wrestle with a ruptured spleen! Holy crap!

It's actually 91.3 seconds. Bastards.

That's the Double E!

[Fortunato]

randomranter said:

No boogeyman makes me sad. Having Miz come in, followed by Boogeyman next would have been hilarious. I'd mark out like a schoolboy to see Boogeyman enter the rumble from under the ring, spit out a bunch of worms, and scare Miz into eliminating himself.

I didn't see the Rumble, but that sounds like a great idea. Not only is it funny and unique, but it plays into the established continuity between the two characters.

[Red 'n' Black Reggie]

why were cole and king commentating? they both suck.

[4real]

Finlay got eliminated WAYYYYYYYYYYYY too early.

HBK eliminating Orton & Edge was great.

I was waiting for Khali to get in the Rumble match for ages. What a legend.

The Miz should have been eliminated by JBL and lasted longer.

Umaga and Cena forgot about Cena's injury

Cena hitting Umaga in the head with a monitor is ok, but Umaga destroying the announce table is WRONG according to JR.

No taker and kane face off? Damn.

[DiBiase is Good]

There are several threads around about this, but I'm just gonna post it here.
This was the best Rumble for 6 years.
An excellent PPV, not even Test/Lashley could spoil that.

[Hiroshi Hase]

I thought guys like Kenny and Nitro would've stayed much longer than that. Punk put in some time there, and was put over on commentary several times, unlike most of his other WWECW extremists.

Did anyone catch HBK telling Khali which way the hard cam was? THought that was funny.

[psychotix5000]

dibiaseisgood said:

There are several threads around about this, but I'm just gonna post it here.
This was the best Rumble for 6 years.
An excellent PPV, not even Test/Lashley could spoil that.

Second.

[4real]

The Khali Little Bastard skit was great.

[Rocky Angle]

I really enjoyed the rumble. Everything I watched was great. (Of course, I only half watched Batista vs Kennedy, Cena vs Umaga and I didn't watch Lashley vs Test at all).

The rumble match itself was great, let down a bit only by the complete absence of any surprise entrants.

[Error]

randomranter said:

I think they should keep the clock ticking continuously in the lower corner of the screen, instead of only showing us the final 10 seconds or so. Has anyone ever checked to see if it really is 90 seconds between entrants?

I actually did this year. I wasn't sure if they were going with 2 minutes, 90 seconds or, 1 minute so I timed 3 of them. It was 90 seconds each time.

[Stu]

jinxed said:

randomranter said:

I think they should keep the clock ticking continuously in the lower corner of the screen, instead of only showing us the final 10 seconds or so. Has anyone ever checked to see if it really is 90 seconds between entrants?

I actually did this year. I wasn't sure if they were going with 2 minutes, 90 seconds or, 1 minute so I timed 3 of them. It was 90 seconds each time.

Which shows how fast time moves when watching the Rumble. I'd hate to think how bad it was watching 1995, with the minute intervals.

And regarding the whole CM Punk not being in the final five or whatever, it doesn't really matter. He was still in there for a good amount of time, and when he was finally eliminated, he went out the exact same way as about a half dozen guys, including Benoit. He was not singled out. He looked as good as he could have.