Almost eliminated during the Royal Rumble

[That Zon Kid]

Hey guys. This is my first thread. I've been thinking about this one for a while. I wanted to create a thread about how a guy could come back in the rumble once he's almost eliminated, like the way Kofi does it every year.


I think that it would be cool to land on a handstand, since both feet have to touch the ground and then walk to the steps and get back in.


Let me know what you think.

 

[Rampage Bentley]

Honestly, I'm not a huge fan of these.

It's playing on a technicality. If you've been thrown over the top rope and you're walking around on your hands, and have absolutely no contact with the ring, but you're feet haven't touched, you should have been eliminated.

The elimination scares/creative re-entering was original and fun when John Morrison did it the first time, now I think it cheapens The Rumble.

 

[Mr.Maikeru_Sawyer]

you mean this....KOFI KINGSTON'S HIGHLIGHT HANDSTAND: ROYAL RUMBLE 2012

http://www.wwe.com/videos/kofi-kingstons-highlight-handstand-royal-rumble-2012-25061728

gotta make sure I don't get dinged for infraction. but the handstand deal has been done. sorry but like the one said these things just cheapen it.

 

[JUSTINMFNBEEMER]

I think the best would be someone gets eliminated but lands in a canoe, then paddles around the ring for the rest of the match, pulls out a fishing pole, and just hooks everyone over the top rope.

In all seriousness though, it seems like now the royal rumble is expected for two things: old farts returning for a cheap pop and a quick cheque, and these flashy almost eliminations. Its kind of predictable and has to be hard on the talent to one up last years, so maybe lay off it for a couple years then have someone do it again so it seems fresh.

 

[hunterXhunter21]

My favorite thing like this that I don't think has been done since. It was The King who came out or was thrown under the top rope then camped out under the ring. It may have been Bret or some other face who pulled him out at some point. Anyway I liked it and always get disappointed each year when it doesn't happen.

 

[DocHollywood]

I recall when "Skinning The Cat" was being used by Shawn Michaels and Owen Hart.. they did it better then Terry Funk anyways.. I agree that this is something that can be used too much. Morrison and Kingston have done it.. now let it go for awhile..

 

[DocHollywood]

Yeah "HunterXHunter21" he slid out of the ring after Jake Roberts pulled Lucifer out at the 1996 Royal Rumble.. it was during all the confusion. Suddenly Lawler was under the ring and remained there until Shawn Michaels pulled him out and put him back in the ring.. it was classic and fit Lawlers style nicely.

 

[MattRhys20]

I think all scenarios have been done to be honest:

1 - The land on an object then jump back into the ring - John Morrison in 2011
2 - The get out and away from the ring, but both feet aren't on the floor - Kofi in 2012
3 - The pushed out and use an item as a kind of stepping stone - Kofi in 2013

Stretching my brain for this, but the only one I can think of, is if someone was to be eliminated and then HOP on one leg for a bit, then get back in, but that's just a variation of scenario 2.

So anything that happens in the future, will just be a parody of one of the three scenarios

 

[EastCoastFan]

I think all scenarios have been done to be honest:

Stretching my brain for this, but the only one I can think of, is if someone was to be eliminated and then HOP on one leg for a bit, then get back in, but that's just a variation of scenario 2.

One close to that took place in the 1995 Royal Rumble. Shawn Michaels got dumped over the top rope at the end by Davey Boy Smith. He held onto the top rope and during his struggle to get back in the ring, one foot touched the ground.

Not long after that, they had a battle royal on one of the TV shows (I think it was Superstars - Raw had not become the cornerstone of WWF programming yet). Jerry Lawler got thrown out of the ring and landed on one foot, keeping the other one off the ground. Instead of getting back in the ring, he stayed outside - until Bret Hart came down to the ring. Lawler hopped around outside the ring on one foot until Bret caught up with him and stomped on Lawler's standing foot, causing him to put his other foot down and be eliminated. For weeks after that, Lawler appeared on TV with his foot bandaged up screaming foul over what Bret did.

 

[MattRhys20]

One close to that took place in the 1995 Royal Rumble. Shawn Michaels got dumped over the top rope at the end by Davey Boy Smith. He held onto the top rope and during his struggle to get back in the ring, one foot touched the ground.

Not long after that, they had a battle royal on one of the TV shows (I think it was Superstars - Raw had not become the cornerstone of WWF programming yet). Jerry Lawler got thrown out of the ring and landed on one foot, keeping the other one off the ground. Instead of getting back in the ring, he stayed outside - until Bret Hart came down to the ring. Lawler hopped around outside the ring on one foot until Bret caught up with him and stomped on Lawler's standing foot, causing him to put his other foot down and be eliminated. For weeks after that, Lawler appeared on TV with his foot bandaged up screaming foul over what Bret did.

I'll take your word for that, I was only 3 at the time so I didn't see it obviously.

In which case, I would like to change my statement... ALL scenarios have now officially been done

 

[das1234]

i'd like two things:
first, these stunts should mean something, meaning the guy who does it should win the rumble afterwards.
second, i'd do something with a tag-team where the first guy is eliminated and catches the other guy falling and plants him back inside. would make for an awesome pop when faces would do it.

 

[HBsam31]

I think that whole thing got stale after the second time they did it. Watching Kofi do it again this year was actually pretty absurd. It is something that happens that is cool every so often, but I don't think they need to make it a point to do it every year. My favorite one though is from the 1995 Royal Rumble when The British Bulldog thought he eliminated HBK only for him to dangle for what seemed like forever with only one foot touching. He then got back in to eliminated The Bulldog for the win.

 

[faltemer]

I think having a heel group waiting around the side to catch and break the fall of their leader throughout would be interesting, or simply a tag team helping each other out like team hell no almost did this year.

 

[prestonluv]

I have always wondered about what eliminations have happened over the years by mistake.

You know, the ones where they get thrown over the top but were supposed to hold onto the ropes or land on the ring on the outside of the ropes.

I have never rewatched the rumbles looking for these but it sure would be interesting to know.

What if one of the final 2 or 3..or even the winner was accidentally elimanated?

 

[Klinz]

I have always wondered about what eliminations have happened over the years by mistake.

You know, the ones where they get thrown over the top but were supposed to hold onto the ropes or land on the ring on the outside of the ropes.

I have never rewatched the rumbles looking for these but it sure would be interesting to know.

What if one of the final 2 or 3..or even the winner was accidentally elimanated?

Well i'm pretty certain the Batista/Cena finish in 2005 was exactly this, with Vince obviously having to come down to sort it out.

I also heard that Austin wasnt supposed to be eliminated in 1996. He got thrown out accidentally but then saw the refs werent looking and slid back in.

 

[Matty~!]

The Austin elimination was in 1997 and I don't think it was a mistake it was part of the continuation of the Austin / Hart angle leading to Wrestlemania. Where originally it was supposed to be Bret and Michaels before Michaels lost his smile, then the whole mania card had to be rebooked. I assume the plan would have been for Bret to beat Austin for the no.1 contendership at the February PPV, which was changed to the 3 of the final 4 in the rumble plus Austin. They conveniently forgot Fake Diesel was part of the Final 4.

As for the whole Kofi / John Morrison thing as long as the don't tough the floor at ringside like Kofi did with the handstand deal one year I like the ingenuity and athleticism.

 

[mral82]

I have always wondered about what eliminations have happened over the years by mistake.

You know, the ones where they get thrown over the top but were supposed to hold onto the ropes or land on the ring on the outside of the ropes.

I have never rewatched the rumbles looking for these but it sure would be interesting to know.

What if one of the final 2 or 3..or even the winner was accidentally elimanated?

It happened the year Edge won as HBK wasn't supposed to get Eliminated as Batista was trying to save him but he had the look of what the f' did I do as that was the year Taker was the Champ at The Rumble and supposed to be Michaels-Taker Streak and Title vs Career I think so that had to re-write the story so it would happen HBK's Career vs Taker's Title.

zigglerlover2002 Does anyone remember in the 2009 rumble mystireo using morrison and miz to get back into the ring

Plus Mysterio at the 2006 Rumble I think landed on the table the Sabu setup by the ring by slide under onto if I remember

Another way someone was saved and I was p'od was back in 1997 the wat Stone Cold won thanx to the refs not seeing him get eliminated over the top and coming back in to eliminate Bret.

Another great moment In Rumble histroy was back in 2000 when KaiEnTai would not stay gone and got eliminated like I think 4-5x each and The Mean Street Posse taking out the APA.
As far as guys who never got eliminated from the Rumble at all but either got beat up as they were coming out or thru the ropes was:
1991: Randy Savage (schelduled for it but no-showed)
1994: Bastin Booger (Schelduled but was unable to due to some kinda sickness or injury)
1998: D.O.A. Member Skull (never made it to the ring because he was attacked by Los Boricuas prior to the Royal Rumble match because they had mistaken him for Stone Cold Steve Austin.)
2001: Maven (As after he eliminated The Taker thanx to Team Xtreme distraction then coming back and taking him under the bottom rope and beating him up alot up in Concessions)
2004: Spike Dudley (coming down then getting attacked from outta no where by Kane)
2005: Scotty 2 Hotty (was attacked by Muhammad Hassan before he made it to the ring, and therefore was unable to compete and never officially entered the match.)
2008: Hornswoggle (spent most of the match under the ring. After he entered the ring, Big Daddy V and Henry started to double team him. Finlay, who was supposed to be the next scheduled entrant, came out early and attacked them both with his shillelagh and was immediately disqualified. He left the ring with Hornswoggle, who left through the ropes and never returned. It was then explained later that Finlay was actually disqualified for "jumping the gun" and failing to wait for his entry number to be called.)
So them are some of the intresting moments in Rumble History.

 

[Kliq69]

One of the weirder ideas that had crossed my mind was having a rich or influential heel arrange a whole bunch of people to catch him or allow him to walk on them to avoid elimination.



While not a near elimination, another new idea would be a harness and wire. A heel arranges for a tech to drop the harness while the rest of his opponents are busy. Could lift him up 15 or so feet and he'd be safe, could also lower him down in prime spots to eliminate guys who are busy fighting at the ropes.

 

[ThePrawnCurry]

The Royal Rumble is a spot fest and always should have these gimmick 'near-eliminations'
as some part of the actions

The 1-night returns are also some special and something Vince does not get enough credit for,
these guys are getting 1 more shot at the spotlight even if they are eliminated in 15seconds

My gimmick would be that the new guy would come out and take a seat at the commentary or time keepers booth ubtil his nemesis would drag his @ss into the melee

 

[Rhodes2TheFuture3313]

I like the idea the poster had about a group standing outside the ring staving off eliminations. This would be unique and work well for the Shield. Reigns and Rollins are outside haven't been in the rumble, yet and prevent Ambrose from being eliminated a couple of times. It would be cool if someone set up a ladder and a table or 2. Possibly someone moving the steel steps on one side as to protect themself from elimination. It would be innovative.

 

[gooseholla]

I've got one that hasn't been done. Someone goes over the rope and jumps to the barrier. They then crowd surf around the arena and come back in the other side of the ring.

Yes, it will probably be done at some point...

 

[Klinz]

I've got one that hasn't been done. Someone goes over the rope and jumps to the barrier. They then crowd surf around the arena and come back in the other side of the ring.

Yes, it will probably be done at some point...

That would be pretty cool to see, although I doubt it would happen in WWE because they'd be too afraid the crowd would drop him, or that someone is a jerk to the wrestler.

 

[Matty~!]

That would be pretty cool to see, although I doubt it would happen in WWE because they'd be too afraid the crowd would drop him, or that someone is a jerk to the wrestler.

ECW used to let Spike Dudley be crowd surfed around different venues including the ECW arena and I'm sure that there were far more nefarious patrons that attended those shows, than people that currently attend WWE shows.

 

[Klinz]

ECW used to let Spike Dudley be crowd surfed around different venues including the ECW arena and I'm sure that there were far more nefarious patrons that attended those shows, than people that currently attend WWE shows.

Yeah but that was ECW, this is WWE in 2013, they make it out that it's a big deal that The Shield come down through the crowd. It's a nice idea but I doubt they'd ever do it.

 

[WackerJr]

Yeah but that was ECW, this is WWE in 2013, they make it out that it's a big deal that The Shield come down through the crowd. It's a nice idea but I doubt they'd ever do it.

Cue CM Punk from last year where the guy in the crowd kept pushing and taunting him until he reacted and lashed out at the wrong person... It'd be amazing to see, but no way it would be risked, and too many people to be planted on the crowd if they wanted to make sure it worked.