Question about the Rumble...

[Larryhausen]

And any battle royal, I guess.

Come Rumble time, everybody talks about who was buried, who lasted too long, and who got eliminated too soon, etc. etc.

My question is: Do the Agents tell someone how long they're gonna last? Also, are they told who to go to to be eliminated? Or is it just a free-for-all, with maybe the last 5-10 wrestlers being predetermined?

Anyone have any information on this?

[Boku AKA Da Green Guy]

From what I've heard that the Late Great John Tenta said, the really only planned thing is that the winner must be "protected".

But I could be wrong.

[Larryhausen]

That's what I thought, since battle royals are too much of a clusterwax to really plan out for each performer. Which is why I don't understand it when people talk about who got buried and whatnot.

And that brings up a second question: How do people decide when to get eliminated? Do they just walk over to someone and whisper in their ear something like "I don't feel like being here anymore. Please throw me over the ropes."?

[johngirl]

I'm guessing they still plan out who gets eliminated by who. There has to be some kind of planning.

[lotus]

There's probably bullet points to nail but most of it is probably made up on the fly I'd wager.

[kingbuxton]

Every element of the Rumble is planned. Every last detail.

[RAW100023]

lotus said:

There's probably bullet points to nail but most of it is probably made up on the fly I'd wager.

Not to get off topic but, Lotus, is your sig the real deal, or Photoshopped? If it's real when did this happen?

[JoshWoodrumGreaterThanHBK]

ROH_Fan that pic was sussposed to have happened on a Raw way back when Hogan was champ in 2002