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Post by WarriorWarrior on Jan 28, 2007 23:11:49 GMT -5
The Rumble used to be used to give a midcard star who they are ready to main event a push to Mania and the title. They done this so many times.
Bret in 1994
HBK in 1996
Austin in 1998
Brock in 2003
Benoit in 2004
Batista in 2005
Rey in 2006
So, the final 2 been people who have been in the company 20 years doesnt sit right with me. Dont get me wrong I love them 2 to bits but surely they should have put a young uppercomer over? I mean Undertaker? The guy won his first title SEVENTEEN years ago. The rumble is only once a year and I feel its been wasted on him. Dont get me wrong. Awesome match and awesom ending, but I feel it was wrong. Orton could have gone over. Or even Kennedy could have been in it.
Does anyone else feel this way?
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Post by "Hollywood" Cactus Matt on Jan 28, 2007 23:13:47 GMT -5
16 years ago ;D
But yeah, I pretty much agree with you.
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Post by Andrew is Good on Jan 28, 2007 23:13:59 GMT -5
I think the lack of star power and up and coming star power is the reason for Taker and HBK in at the end in my opinion. Austin still was very established and over. So was Bret, HBK, and well, everyone else you named. So I think lack of star power and wanting to have a babyface win maybe is the reason for Taker winning.
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Jan 28, 2007 23:15:00 GMT -5
I feel pretty much the exact same way. They wasted an opportunity to get a young guy over tonight.
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Post by Arturo Classico on Jan 28, 2007 23:15:12 GMT -5
The Rumble used to be used to give a midcard star who they are ready to main event a push to Mania and the title. They done this so many times. Bret in 1994 HBK in 1996 Austin in 1998 Brock in 2003 Benoit in 2004 Batista in 2005 Rey in 2006 So, the final 2 been people who have been in the company 20 years doesnt sit right with me. Dont get me wrong I love them 2 to bits but surely they should have put a young uppercomer over? I mean Undertaker? The guy won his first title SEVENTEEN years ago. The rumble is only once a year and I feel its been wasted on him. Dont get me wrong. Awesome match and awesom ending, but I feel it was wrong. Orton could have gone over. Or even Kennedy could have been in it. Does anyone else feel this way? I agree but once isn't so bad as I see it. I mean Hogan won twice when he was main event and that felt wrong. I thought that it would be wrong for any ME to win but at the end when I say HBK and Taker I realized it was cool. Plus it was to give appetiation to both so that not bad. Anyway next year an uppermidcarder can win like Edge, Orton, Carlito, Punk ,Kennedy or MVP. |
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Post by Hiroshi Hase on Jan 28, 2007 23:15:25 GMT -5
I think it's because the midcard on various shows aren't as strong as they once were.
The final 4 people were pretty much a dead give away, Edge/Orton/Taker/HBK.
Guys like RVD or Carlito didn't have a hope in hell, as they are just midcard fodder, especially RVD, his time in the sun is up.
Orton is just boring and I don't see him in any big one-on-one feuds over any major titles. I think he's suited comfortably in the role of Edge's whore.
So it doesn't hurt to give Taker the rub just this once. I see no harm in it, even if the match with him and Dave is going to be boring as f***.
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Post by Corporate H on Jan 28, 2007 23:16:05 GMT -5
There's three world titles this year.
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Post by Error on Jan 28, 2007 23:22:33 GMT -5
Bret and Luger co-won the match in '94 and outside of that, all of those listed were predicable.
Brock in '03 had already been World Champ.
Benoit was already an established main eventer from WCW and his stint in WWE and, like Taker, it was used to get him in the main event.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2007 23:23:24 GMT -5
There's no one in the midcard worthy of winning the Rumble right now. You can make they case that it's because WWE has botched so many wrestlers pushes. But atleast they realized this and didn't try forcing someone down are throats leading into Wrestlermania.
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Post by Garee on Jan 28, 2007 23:28:52 GMT -5
I just don't see any other guys other than the last for in the ring that have the momentum to main event Mania, had they built them up, they could have had someone else win it
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Post by kickassforumguyme on Jan 28, 2007 23:33:41 GMT -5
As long as the young guys not Orton then yeah why not, let a young guy when next time.
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Post by Hiroshi Hase on Jan 28, 2007 23:35:15 GMT -5
There's no one in the midcard worthy of winning the Rumble right now. You can make they case that it's because WWE has botched so many wrestlers pushes. But atleast they realized this and didn't try forcing someone down are throats leading into Wrestlermania. You're right there, god forbid they try and shove a Chris Masters like they did in early 2006 as the "future", or a Carlito or something, these guys aren't ready for the big time, so I see nothing wrong with HBK or Taker winning it this year. |
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Post by subject2 on Jan 28, 2007 23:35:53 GMT -5
although i prefer a younger guy 2 win it i think having a a main eventer win was suitable for this rumble...every other time a young up and comer has won...they had a TON of momentum going in...HBK...brock..benoit...aistin..althgh they were kinda midcarders when they won they still were considered the most popular star at the time...midcarders in the WWE today have very litte momentum...the rumble winner is normanlly who the fans WANT to win...its almost alwasy the most popular guy at the time..
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Post by WarriorWarrior on Jan 29, 2007 0:43:12 GMT -5
although i prefer a younger guy 2 win it i think having a a main eventer win was suitable for this rumble...every other time a young up and comer has won...they had a TON of momentum going in...HBK...brock..benoit...aistin..althgh they were kinda midcarders when they won they still were considered the most popular star at the time...midcarders in the WWE today have very litte momentum...the rumble winner is normanlly who the fans WANT to win...its almost alwasy the most popular guy at the time.. What about 1999 lol |
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