Royal Rumble: The Royal Rumble Match

i actually thought it was a great rumble! not the best but certainly left me with a smile and i woke up smiling this morning aswell!!
mvp flair wasnt great but good to see someone allow flair to have a clean win...nice show of respect from mvp!
y2j showed a nice turn of agression and the gash on his head was pretty sick! nice way to build up to a no dq match at mania!
santino was pretty funny and got alot of heat...just hope he learns to wrestle or he will just be someone who gets on the mic all the time!
edge finish against rey was one of the highlights! great spot!
hardy put in his best performance ever imo! he hit every spot perfectly and held his own! shame they kinda buried him with a clean finish but he certainly didnt look out of place in his main event spot! take note creative team!!
rumble match had some great moments, cm punk laughing at piper and snuka was classic! good to see they went for a different ending to last year and was a good moment when HBK and Taker came out 1 and 2!
and of course cena coming back...what a great surprise! people bitch about it but shaun micheals came back from injury and went straight back into the title hunt...same with y2j...and it will be good to see the end of the orton/cena feud which i was begging for but got robbed of! i for one am happy cena won!
 
Well, I actually ordered most of the PPV events since Cena was injured...and now I guess I'll be able to save some money & time one Sunday every month. RAW is already currently overfilled with top-level talent & now with Cena back there is obviously no hope for guys like Mr. Kennedy, unless they go to SD somehow.As much as I hate to say it, we can all just pray for a HHH heel turn sooner than later, because the only guy they'll let beat Cena is "H"
 
I ordered the Rumble last night and wasn't really impressed at all, untill cena came back. There were a few screwed up moves in the Rey/Edge match that just looked awful, but they turned that around into a pretty good ending. I think I went out for a smoke during most of the Hardy Orton match. And the Rumble itself wasnt that impressive this year. Snuka and Piper were highly dissapointing. Why not use those spots for people like Kofi Kingston, the Edgeheads, or some of the new signees. I was suprised that they had HBK and Taker start off the rumble. The spots of Finlay and Hornswaggle were a waste too, so there is four spots that they wasted in the rumble. The Cena entrance at 30 was a huge suprise, not that he is great in the ring or anything, but he can work a crowd and is decent in the ring. Good ending with HHH, Cena, and Batista left. There were also some pretty good possible feuds set up with Taker/Snitsky, HHH/Batista, the continuation of HBK/Kennedy and CMPunk/Chavo. Overall I give it a 3/5.
 
I thought the rumble was fine. though mad about hardy not winning and not just that but the match should have been longer. not mad about cena. the way i look at is i rather see cena/ triple h than orton/ triple h and that was the alternative. I really think cena will challenge orton at nwo, win the title and lose it to triple h at mania. its really not that big of a deal if orton gets demoted. maybe hell fight batista at wrestlemania. fact is the roster is stacked right now. more stacked than it has been in years actually. And I think cena will probably not be around every single week anyway. it was a good move and at the very least there is no reason to panic yet.
 
i thought the rumble was great, disapointed jeff didn't get the belt, i mean atleast just for a few weeks, maybe he could drop it on raw or no way out back to orton, but i think he really deserved it. & the rumble match itself i thought was decent. i thought taker was going to win when he was #1, i figured they would make him the first man to win at #'s 1 & 30 but when i saw hbk eliminate him i was sure hhh would win.i was glad to see cena, i was never a big fan & was pretty pissed when he beat hhh & hbk the past 2 wrestlemania's. but he had that belt for a year & never got to drop it to orton. they have unfinished business & for this to headline wrestlemania is more than sensible. i loved thier summerslam match & for years i knew these 2 would headline the big one at some point.so i thought his win last night was pretty cool, it was the highlight & surprise of the night.
the rey vs edge match.was great too. i would also like to see edge headline finally with taker but either one is fine
 
A couple of things I didn't mention earlier.

The Rumble itself seemed so short. 90 seconds isn't long enough. They should go back to the 2 minute intervals. The 2000 Rumble had a fairly large card plus a long rumble which even had time for Too Cool to dance halfway through. This one seemed so quick. As soon as someone got in and threw a couple of punches the countdown was on again.

The second thing is possibly the greatest bit of commentary by JR in wrestling history, when Piper & Snuka were squared off JR came out with

"It's like Deja Vu all over again"

Just Deja Vu would perhaps have done it!
 
through the crappiness of man flu I really enjoyed the Rumble horrible to go to get up for work 2 hours later but worth it. Didn't see Cenas return at all as soon as that music hit I texted my mate with the words "Cena to Win".
Plenty of favourite moments during the main event:

-Santino trying to puff himself up to look bigger - hilarious
-HBK running from Taker after HBK was eliminated if Taker vs Edge doesn't happen I'd sure as hell want to see HBK vs Taker.
-The commentary during it was actually good!

Only to name 3...
 
I seriously wondered after the first 15 minutes, if they had the guts to book Taker/HBK both lasting the entire time, starting first, and then being the last two as well, this time with HBK winning in a reversal from last year...That would have been epic...not that either one needs more epic moments in their storied careers...
 
That would've been great to seen them replicate HBKs 2nd Rumble win to have number 1 and 2 last till the end. Putting HBK in a class with Austin as the 2nd 3 time winner
 
Royal Rumble 2008 Sucks !
all the matches Ric Vs. MVP & world title match & WWE title match &
Y2J Vs. JBL I knew exactly the result, man it was really bad.

Royal Rumble Match : I had the feeling when it comes nearly to the end
that it was really fine rumble match, but after CENA shows up & WON
just like that ! I have to say that the rumble sucks it's not good step at
all what vince is doing there is a lot of guys deserve it more than cena,
if vince want cena to be the main event he can even done this without making him wining the rumble, I dont think Cena the SUPERMAN NEEDS to show up like that and just win the whole thing ! Crap storylines begins now.


The Rumble itself seemed so short. 90 seconds isn't long enough. They should go back to the 2 minute intervals. The 2000 Rumble had a fairly large card plus a long rumble which even had time for Too Cool to dance halfway through.

ya you are right, I was asking the same question to my self ... I think but I am not sure that some of the entrances it was little awful one of the entrances took 80 seconds only, and I think one of them was about 95 or 100 seconds !

I'm still not sure 100% about it ... but yaa it seemed short and weird
when it comes to the time.
 
IF Cena wins, which WILL obviously happen (leading to him holding the title for another whole year), WE SHOULD ALL RIOT.

I am so sick of what is happening at the the moment and the predictability of the matches.

Hardy was NEVER going to win the title at the RR. They put him over Orton so much for so many weeks leading up to the RR, it was obvious that Orton would come out on top. And of course, we all know what usually happens in WWE, the winner of the RR match is usually a face, whom "has to" fight a heel at Mania. Another reason why Hardy was never going to win considering that Hardy is a face and the champs on both shows are heels (I don't count ECW because let's face it, it's a meaningless pile of s**t brand).

And now with Cena's return, the push they've been giving Jeff will end up being a complete waste of time and he'll end up back where he was before, a mid-carder fighting for the IC title.

I would have had no problem with the result of the Orton/Hardy match if WWE had built it up the right way and not made it so predictable, as well as inevitably wasting the push given to Jeff (due to RR match result). I mean not once did Orton gain a single advantage over Jeff leading to the RR, the only thing Orton was able to get over Jeff was kick Matt's ass.

My next complaint is I don't understand why WWE don't let a heel win the RR match for once. Mr Kennedy would have been the perfect choice to win the RR match and get a huge push toward winning the title, especially as he had to forfeit his "Money In The Bank" title shot last year due to injury. This would also break up having to watch the same people wrestling for the title again, and again, and again. I can't stomach having to watch Cena Vs Edge or Cena Vs Orton again for the 5 millionth time, same goes for Triple H Vs Cena or Triple H Vs Orton (if Triple H had won the Rumble). The only other alternative would have been Triple H Vs Edge, but let's face it, that would never have happened as Triple H would never go onto the "B Show".

Mr Kennedy could have had a great match against either Orton or Edge at Mania, and if he were to fight Edge, you could throw in that revenge element as Edge "stole" the "Money In The Bank" title opportunity last year.

But unfortunately we're stuck with Cena against either Edge or Orton, "Take 5,000,001, ACTION!!!" And of course Cena (the RR winner) will win at Mania. That's another thing that pisses me off, how about making it so that the RR winner doesn't win their title match at Mania for once.

As for the other matches, Edge was never going to lose to Rey as he only just won the title a few weeks ago, plus Rey as champion won't bring in the kind of numbers WWE want for Mania, on the other hand Edge will, so I fully expect him to hold on to the title till Mania.

Y2J Vs JBL, what can I say, the writing was on the wall from the start. Y2J wanted revenge and so this was bound to end in a DQ. Another example of WWE wasting the push of a wrestler, Y2J's return, and putting him in a pathetic storyline like this just because JBL can wrestle again after his long term absence due to injury.

Ric Flair Vs MVP, another pathetic storyline of Ric Flair having to retire if he loses. Let's face it there's only 2 ways Ric Flair will retire from in-ring action, career ending injury or death, as it is well known Ric Flair needs the money. Even when he loses a match, you know WWE have something planned that will nullify the condition set by Vince. Most likely Linda coming to Raw and saying that Ric Flair's career is not over and that the condition is no longer in place or Flair will leave for a brief period and then come back a few months later.

My final complaint is 6 wasted spots taken in the RR match and participants within the match. These included: Finlay, Hornswoggle, Chavo, Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka, and Mick Foley. It would have been better to give four of these spots to MVP, JBL, Y2J and Ric Flair. There should have been an ECW title match and a Women's Championship match instead of MVP Vs Flair and Y2J Vs JBL. Don't get me wrong, the Women's division is crap, but at least this would have allowed for more big superstars to participate in the RR match.

The reason for these spots being wasted are as follows:

-Finlay: Because he get's himself disqualified and in a stupid storyline

-Hornswoggle: Hides under the ring almost the entire match, stupid storyline, is a midget, thus would never win the rumble in a million years.

-Chavo: Should have been defending the ECW title, his inclusion in the rumble further devaluing the ECW title and brand. It's bad enough that this title and brand are a joke. WWE and in particular Vince going further out of their way to bury the ECW name.

-Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka and Mick Foley: Sure they're legends, but they're also old and fat and can barely stay in the ring 5 minutes without almost having a heart attack. So let's face it, if they can't last 5 minutes in the RR match, thus being unable to maintain a schedule up until Mania, why bother giving them spots in the match, which are better suited to someone like London and Kedrick.

My other issues with the RR match include:

-Santino Marella: Thrown straight out as soon as he came in, which was obvious after he insulted New York teams earlier in the show.

-The Great Khali: Thrown out too quickly and easily, despite all the praise lavished upon him and the push he's been given as an "unstoppable" giant etc...

-Jaime Noble: The injury given to him due to the storyline with Chuck Palumbo is what annoyed me the most. The "injury" means he can't wrestle properly and thus can be thrown out within a minute.

-Shelton Benjamin: Given a huge push over a number of weeks, albeit on ECW, only to be thrown out within 20 seconds. What was the f***ing point of giving him a push then?

-John Cena:
"He's just come back from injury"
"He's number 30 in the Rumble"
"He's Vince's pet project"
"All these things clearly make him deserving of winning the RR"

One word "Bulls**t!!!!!!!!!". As everyone in attendance or watching at home could clearly hear, hatred for Cena is still fresh in the memory. Every strike by Cena was met by a deserved "boo" by the fans. We heard the "you can't wrestle" chant for Khali earlier in the match, well neither can Cena. But more than anything, what pisses me off about Cena is he get's his ass kicked for about 20 minutes, becomes "Superman", uses the only three or four moves he knows (5 knuckle shuffle, FU, STFU) and then proceeds to win the match. Furthermore all of his matches look almost exactly the same and he ends up holding on to the title for a ridiculous amount of time.

To sum up, WWE need to get their act together and fast.

Also the new announcer was annoying and crap.
 
-Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka and Mick Foley: Sure they're legends, but they're also old and fat and can barely stay in the ring 5 minutes without almost having a heart attack. So let's face it, if they can't last 5 minutes in the RR match, thus being unable to maintain a schedule up until Mania, why bother giving them spots in the match, which are better suited to someone like London and Kedrick.


-The Great Khali: Thrown out too quickly and easily, despite all the praise lavished upon him and the push he's been given as an "unstoppable" giant etc...


Regardiing your opinions on Foley, Piper and Snuka. One of the great things about the Royal Rumble match would be the surprise entrants. the Rumble has commonly had old guys making returns for about 30 seconds till they get eliminated. its one of the things that makes the royal rumble great so what if seeing Snuka and Piper means we dont get london or kendrick, Piper and Snuka got a great reaction from the crowd and it was entertaining. Foley may be a little past it but he didnt hurt the match in any way.

Regarding your opinion on Khali being eliminated, why would you want that no talent joke of a wrestler to stay in the match? The Big Show is returning soon who plays the unstoppable giant gimmick way better than khali so why does WWE need him anymore?
 
The rumble matches were good, i was glad to see orton retain and edge retain also. But the 30 man rumble in my mind was awful, it to me would seem insulting to have taker and hbk eliminated that early in the match, and the ending was bad too... I wish hhh would have won but Vince loves cena too much for that to happen..
 
I personally attended the show and let me just say. Hate on Cena all you want but the fact that they kept it a secret like they did, it was an incredible Royal Rumble. It was awesome that HBK and Taker started like that.

I find it funny how people complain about predictability but don't really realize that not much of last night was predictable.

First of all, everyone thought Flair would win via DQ or help but he won it fairly.

Everyone probably thought Jericho would either win or that JBL would get a DQ but Jericho did some good punishment.

Rey doesn't deserve the title and he and Edge had a great match.

Yes it's disappointing that Jeff Hardy lost but let me say this, if the intercontinental title had any importance anymore, people would enjoy a good intercontinental league of guys who could do some great things

I am not saying Jeff isn't deserving because he definitely is. The fact is that Randy Orton headlining Wrestlemania will historically be better.

The Rumble itself was AWESOME! Think about it. A LOT of big name guys. Totally unpredictable. What would have been predictable was HHH finishing off Batista and winning. When Cena's music hit, it was INCREDIBLE!!! It was so unexpected you should have heard the live crowd. Amazing.

I think it was a great night for WWE and wrestling history. Sure the fact Cena came out 30th is now predictable if we knew he was even coming back, but you can't tell me (Cena haters) that you weren't quite surprised when he came out. Great Rumble, and Cena Orton will be great like Austin Rock!!!
 
I went to rumble last night thinking Royal Rumble MSg No John Cena what a great Night.

Flair fans was in Nyc last night they where saying woo before they got in the building. I was a little suprised how they made MVP tap I didnt think that was fair.

JBL Chris Jericho Match was boring the crowd wasn't really feelin it.

Edge Vs Rey Loved this match loved then ending surprised how many fans edge actually has. Edge Is Da Man

Jeff Vs randy orton very predictable but ending was also good he hit that rko out nowhere. What pissed off is after orton won fair people had the nerve to give hardy applause.

The rumble went way to fast 90 second intervals
Cody rohdes did not derserve to be in there so long
Shelton got elimanted way to fast ( i left for about 2 minutes when this happened).
When Cena came out I jumped up like everybode else but I started booing
and the crowd eventually started booin to when it came down to cena and triple H.

I hope Cena gets injured again
 
First off, I gotta say to everyone bitching about Cena:

LET IT GO!!!

I went to the Royal Rumble live, and I had one of the greatest experiences of my life, but even if I hadn't gone and I went to Buffalo Wild Wings to watch, I still would have thoroughly enjoyed it!

I dare anyone to say they knew what was going to happen and they knew who was going to win, because no one knew what was going to happen. Therefore, the WWE gave us an unpredictable PPV for a change! All I ever read on here is how people want the WWE to be less predictable. Well, there you go...The Undertaker, HHH, HBK, Batista and Kennedy didn't win, and Cena did after everyone thought he'd be out past Wrestlemania.

One thing else you should think about: the New York fans cheered like crazy when Cena came out, then booed him when he and HHH were fighting, and cheered when he won. They acknowledged that A. the WWE put one over on the fans and internet, B. Cena was fighting despite a bad shoulder (it may not be fully healed but he looked great), and C. they still respect him as a wrestler and entertainer. New York fans, some of the hardest fans to appease, cheering a Boston guy with the Super Bowl coming up, even for moments should tell you something.

Plus, Cena going to Wrestlemania to get back his WWE title from Randy Orton is a great storyline that I'm interested in seeing. (call me whatever you want for wanting to see a match rather than bitching at everything that doesn't involve CM Punk and Mr. Kennedy) Oh, and by the way, losing the Royal Rumble doesn't bury your momentum. Cena winning doesn't mean The Undertaker, HHH and Batista are never going to get a title shot again. You all keeping reacting like they got their kidneys pulled out. 29 guys got thrown out! I'm pretty sure some of them will win again at some point.

As for the rest of the night:

Ric Flair getting a submission win with the Figure Four in MSG is just awesome. True wrestling fans understand that MVP isn't getting buried and that it's a good thing to give a legend like Flair a proper send-off. Who actually wanted MVP to win, or for the match to have a DQ ending?

Jericho vs. JBL isn't a waste. Sure, the spots weren't there but both men have wrestled 10 matches combined since December. Have some patience and quit thinking that every match not for the title is a waste of time.

I couldn't hear all of the Santino promo because he got the crowd all charged up, which is a good thing. The girls with the Playboy spread stuff got drowned out as well.

Edge vs. Rey Mysterio was an awesome back-and-forth match. MSG was very Pro-Edge which surprised me a little (I know he's a great wrestler and he has earned those pops he gets). The ending with Vicki getting the 619 and the mid-air spear was a nice cap. By the way, if you people didn't scour the net for every single result, maybe it wouldn't be so predictable. Let's face it, guys, if you look up the results of the match or the next PPV, you ruin the match for yourself. I use the net to find results or injuries sometimes, but I also want to see the match itself and see how great it is even if I do know the ending. You can't look up rumors on the net and then watch a match and say it's predictable!

Randy Orton vs. Jeff Hardy, from the previous point, was also a great match. I love how because Orton won the match clean, that it was another wasted push. Should Jeff have won the title? Maybe he should have, and maybe he shouldn't have, but when the WWE champion beats somebody clean, it shouldn't be this terrible thing. Jeff's spots were dead on all night, even the one where I thought he nearly broke his neck. I loved that the RKO came out of nowhere. It was shock for the whole crowd as everyone jumped up when they realized what happened. I love how the internet was BEGGING for Orton to win the title from Cena, then he only has it for three months and now they want to give it to someone else.

Overall: The Royal Rumble was one of the best PPVs I've seen in a long time, and anyone who didn't like it is bitching because their pick didn't win and they just want to whine. It was a great PPV that had great matches, shocking twists and an excited crowd. What more could you POSSIBLY ask for?!
 
Overall: The Royal Rumble was one of the best PPVs I've seen in a long time, and anyone who didn't like it is bitching because their pick didn't win and they just want to whine. It was a great PPV that had great matches, shocking twists and an excited crowd. What more could you POSSIBLY ask for?!


I could ask for around 7/8 spots not to be wasted- Finlay, Hornswoggle, Chavo, Foley, Snuka, Piper, Benjamin etc.
I could ask for the ECW championship not to be completely buried by having Chavo enter.
I could ask for Benjamin's push not to be ruined.
I could ask for Dreamer not to be completely buried.
I could ask for the no. 30 spot to go to someone who wouldve had a WELCOME return, i.e. Big Show.

In fact, I could ask for Cena not to win it. A man that has been injured (if he even was, perhaps he didnt want to job to Orton), is booed by 50% of the fans, has headlined the last 3 manias, can't wrestle, is wooden on the mic, that personifies everything that it is wrong with WWE these days, does not deserve to win the RR.

People say HHH hogs the show- please, give me a break. He hasnt had a title reign (No mercy does not count) for almost 3 years.

3 years.

Cena is rammed down our throats every week when around, and then pops up to ruin Mania. You know what- f*** the WWE. This was the last straw. I thought just maybe we'd have an unpredictable rumble where about 5 superstars all had realistic chances of winning (HHH, HBK, Batista, Taker, Kennedy) and they spoil it by giving it to Cena.

And Vince wonders why ratings are declining?
 
I haven't watched a wwe ppv in a while, so perhaps the rr was great according to current standards. As a television product, it was kinda crappy. There were lots of blown spots and weak spots (HHH kick to Batista anybody?) Plenty of continuity weirdness that has already been mentioned in other posts and some wasted time. I watched the rr because lately Raw seemed to be moving in a new direction and promoting some new faces and I thought last night might be the night where we get to sense the direction the company is heading. Apparently I lost my mind momentarily and then was grounded firmly in reality when Cena won the rumble. It was kind of a cool surprise, but I think a lot of fans might have been more interested in seeing new stars established rather than old stars rehashed. Having said that, I felt Jeff Hardy (or Jess Harvey depending...) and Orton had a really solid match, Edge and Rey had a good match even if I can't stand the Vicki angle, and Y2J looked awesome covered in blood.
 
I actually thought either HHH, Batista, Lashley, or Cena would win....at wrestlemania it could've been former evolution people fighting......or it could be lashley or Cena because they're both comming back from injurys, or atleast they were but I heard lashley quit
 
I have a question for everyone.. Sence Hornswoggle and Finlay where never actualy eliminated. What happens with those two??

I doubt they'll play into it at all because it would take away from the ending they intended on. I think they will say the ref asked if they wanted to continue and they declined, or something about Finlay never truly entering or something.

Truly I don't think they'll even mention it.
 
I could ask for around 7/8 spots not to be wasted- Finlay, Hornswoggle, Chavo, Foley, Snuka, Piper, Benjamin etc.
I could ask for the ECW championship not to be completely buried by having Chavo enter.
I could ask for Benjamin's push not to be ruined.
I could ask for Dreamer not to be completely buried.
I could ask for the no. 30 spot to go to someone who wouldve had a WELCOME return, i.e. Big Show.

Let'S look at this point by point, i agree with the first point, the ECW championship as been buried but then again, did meant anything before. Has for Benjamin's push i think it got ruined the minute Chavo won the belt so i don'T think the rumble did anymore damage. Has for Tommy Dreamer, he'S a part time wrestler now so if he hasn'T been completly buried since the split of the ECW originals i don'T what more they can't do. Finally, are you kindding me when you're saying that of all people, Big show would have gotten a welcome return. New york would have boo the shit out of his return since this guy is a worst wrestler then Cena. At less Cena got a great ovation when he enter.

In fact, I could ask for Cena not to win it. A man that has been injured (if he even was, perhaps he didnt want to job to Orton), is booed by 50% of the fans, has headlined the last 3 manias, can't wrestle, is wooden on the mic, that personifies everything that it is wrong with WWE these days, does not deserve to win the RR.

This is were you lost me, first of all, you're not in a position to say that Cena can't wrestle since you're a fan of the Big Show. Secondly if this guy couldn't wrestle, he wouldn'T have been able to have classic match up with Shawn Micheals or Randy ORton last year and if you look back to the year before, the guy had classic match-up with edge. I know you might say that the only reason this matches were any good was because the oppodant carried the match. to that i would responded that for a match to be any good, BOTH guy need to know what there are doing and if Cena didn'T know what to do, he couldn't go 60 minutes with Shawn Micheals even if Micheals carried him through the whole match. HAs far as been wooden on the mic, i don'T know what you're listening but he's one of the best promo guy in the buiness, if you want to know what being wooden on the mic is all about listen to Shelton Benjamin. Finally you said that Cena is a exemple of what'S wrong with the WWE right now, i don'T think so since everybody that likes him buy is merchandise and tune in to RAW and those people who supposedly hate is guts do the same thing they actually buy is merchandise and buy PPV to see him wrestle. The fact that the crowd is 50% for him and 50% against him is all a game and Mcmahon is the conducter of that game. By booing Cena you are actually doing what Vince Mcmahon wants you to do because it bring him more money.

People say HHH hogs the show- please, give me a break. He hasnt had a title reign (No mercy does not count) for almost 3 years.

3 years.

Cena is rammed down our throats every week when around, and then pops up to ruin Mania. You know what- f*** the WWE. This was the last straw. I thought just maybe we'd have an unpredictable rumble where about 5 superstars all had realistic chances of winning (HHH, HBK, Batista, Taker, Kennedy) and they spoil it by giving it to Cena.

And Vince wonders why ratings are declining?

Where were you when HHH was rammed down are throat or when the rock was rammed down are throat or even when Stone Cold Steve Austin was rammed down are throat. Where you complaining when these guys were rammed down are throat week in and week out. Has for HHH hogging the show, even without the belt he's hogging the show. Since is return, he's been all over RAw, at one point, before Cena got injures, HHH was in more segment then Cena so don'T tell me that HHH isn'T hogging the show every week. Has far as been an umpredictable rumble, before Cena came out it look like a very predictable rumble, with all the big name star coming out at the beggining of the rumble and except for Batista, all of them were elimanated, it was easy to predict that HHH was winning then the mos unpredictable thing that the WWE did in a year happen when Cena arrive. Then you could predict who was going to win and that how you do a entertaining ppv. If Vince doesn'T know why is rating are declining, all he go to do is look at his Son in law because HHH is a big reason why the rating are down. The other reason is Hornswoogle who isn'T that funny anymore and finally Randy Orton who since being the champion has been a bored fest so don'T blame Cena for the ratings declining because it'S not is fault.

Finally, you're mad at the WWE for what happen last night, i got a suggestion for you, stop watching it. If you're so mad at them don'T watch RAw or Smackdown, don't buy their PPV, don'T even got to a live event in you're area or download there programming. Go see some independant show and leave the WWE alone. The WWE doesn'T need you to survive but it you do need them. Because without them you wouldn'T have anything interesting to write about because writing negative comments on wrestling board is all you are capable of doing.
 
I have a question for everyone.. Sence Hornswoggle and Finlay where never actualy eliminated. What happens with those two??

Finlay was "Disqualified" for jumping the clock, and bringing a weapon into the ring. Hornswoggle will likely factor into some stupid storyline, where Vince will put him up against John Cena for a number one contender spot.

Believe me, its even dumber than it sounds, but with the way W.W.E.'s creative team has been.. its highly likely.

The only stupid thing about the situation was this.. in 2001, they had several weapons involved in the Royal Rumble.. and Al Snow even jumped the gun (so to speak) on the clock. He was never "DQed" but ended up being eliminated. How hard could it of been for Finlay to merely get in the ring, only to be tossed out by Henry & Big Daddy V.. then have them toss Hornswoggle, over the top rope, to Finlay to catch him?

It could've very easily solved both issues. Instead, they stupidly DQ Finlay, which he'll go down as the ONLY man in history to be DQed from a No DQ match.. and Hornswoggle is basically like Maven from 2002.. eliminated, without actually being eliminated.
 
It's pointless to whine, bitch or moan on the Royal Rumble outcome. The better solution, just come to terms with reality, and suck it up. Royal Rumble 2008 prevailed successfully with couple of visible flaws in their scripting and coordination. Proof of claim, well some of the blows appeared flaccid, potential younger wrestlers were eliminated much quickly and easier and yet again, the decorated superstars crave the golden opportunity.

On the upper side, RR featured Roddy Piper, a sheer surprise. Jimmy Snuka, another great surprise, both looking fit though. The right superstars got big pops, really added to the match. After HBK/Undertaker ring battle, hopefully they're sparking a WrestleMania 24 Match-up between these two but that would mean Batista vs Edge at Mania.

In all, The Royal Rumble is good discussion, not all that amazing. It leveled down to John Cena, Kane, Batista and Triple H, after a shell shocking return of WWE's frontman, John Cena, and I've learned to get over this guy because face facts, Vince ain't coming off the hotrod. Therefore, utterly predictable is Cena's victory. What?! Did you think Vince was gonna throw in Cena only to be eliminated? Nope. Kane eliminated, followed later by Batista. Cena and HHH are the remainders. Trips eliminated, Cena wins and now WrestleMania is determined. It's and I hope, Triple H vs. Randy Orton vs. John Cena. Can you see the triangle here? HHH wants his rematch at Orton's Championship from when he unfairly lost it to him at No Mercy and Cena wants to get back at Orton, the man who assisted in putting him out of action, now with his Title.

Anyway, The Royal Rumble receives 3.7 stars.
 
Don't get me wrong, I know Khali is a no talent lump of crap, this guy should not even be on WWE's books. But if they insist on using this no talent hack and giving him a push, at least try and utilise him properly. If anything the Royal Rumble match should be the one match he doesn't have to look completely useless. He should have entered the ring when it was full of wrestlers so that there is not much room for him to move and so he doesn't have the "space" to perform any wrestling moves.

As for the legends entering the RR. It was good to see them, I'll admit that, but they're not really adding to the match other than a momentary crowd reaction. I mentioned London and Kendrick because they can wrestle and bring fast paced, exciting, high flying action. What I'm trying to say is I would prefer people whom can actually wrestle to be in the match, and they should have left out those whom can't and are boring as hell and just piss me off, Khali, John Cena to name a few.
 

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