**OFFICIAL** 2015 Royal Rumble Thread - The Road To Wrestlemania Starts At TPWW

[Rammsteinmad]

Honestly, I'd be happy if they scrapped the Rumble. This isn't an instant backlash to last night, but I said in another thread recently that the last time I actually enjoyed a Rumble match was 2011, and before that, probably 2006 or something.

The problem is, and what made 2011's so amazing, is that the choreography is just so shit. 2011, basically every single entrant had a spot prepared. Everyone came in, there were sequences everywhere, hell, even Chavo Guerrero got a pop from the crowd.

This Rumble, same as last years, and the year before etc, is just bland and boring as fuck. People come in, brawl, get eliminated in boring and uninteresting ways. Like Pierre said, Dean Ambrose, one of the top five babyfaces right now, just basically came out and threw punches for ten minutes. Same a Ziggler. Same as Reigns. Same as everyone else.

No disrespect to the man, but when the highlight of the Rumble is Bubba Ray fucking Dudley appearing, you know the match has well and truly ran it's course.

[Droford]

DDP coming in and hittind diamond cutters was pretty cool especially realizing the fact hes almost 60

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>The biggest thing that Rusev would have going for him winning the Rumble instead of Reigns is that Lesnar could quite easily go into that match as the badass babyface. The fans already went apeshit for him the last 2 times he's appeared. And they probably will for him against Reigns all while the announcers try to portray Reigns as a conquering hero slaying the evil beast.</font>

[Evil Vito]

Honestly, I'd be happy if they scrapped the Rumble. This isn't an instant backlash to last night, but I said in another thread recently that the last time I actually enjoyed a Rumble match was 2011, and before that, probably 2006 or something.

The problem is, and what made 2011's so amazing, is that the choreography is just so shit. 2011, basically every single entrant had a spot prepared. Everyone came in, there were sequences everywhere, hell, even Chavo Guerrero got a pop from the crowd.

This Rumble, same as last years, and the year before etc, is just bland and boring as fuck. People come in, brawl, get eliminated in boring and uninteresting ways. Like Pierre said, Dean Ambrose, one of the top five babyfaces right now, just basically came out and threw punches for ten minutes. Same a Ziggler. Same as Reigns. Same as everyone else.

No disrespect to the man, but when the highlight of the Rumble is Bubba Ray fucking Dudley appearing, you know the match has well and truly ran it's course.

<font color=goldenrod>Everything was choreographed beautifully for the first half of last night's Rumble. Bubba, the Dudley spots with Truth, the Wyatt Family stuff, Bray Wyatt tearing through a few jobbers including a Boogeyman mystery appearance, Bryan looking great when he first came in, DDP with Diamond Cutters for everybody, etc.

After Bryan was eliminated, it was almost like they stopped even trying. Yes the crowd were always going to sour after it happened, but literally nothing interesting happened after Bryan went out. The only spot I can remember after Bryan went out was the Kofi/Rosebuds. Everything else was just a disjointed mess.</font>

[Big Vic]

Also if the Fans boo Rusev... Great! :y:

[Rammsteinmad]

Where was Sheamus by the way? Is he injured or something?

[Shadrick]

he ate too many limes

[WinterDecay]

Instead of trying to give Roman Reigns a push by being a relative of someone ... which never gets over (Erik Watts, Lance Von Erich, Dustin Rhodes in WCW), they should acknowledge that people are not cheering for him. Try to acknowledge and use the heat that Reigns is already getting. Attempt to recreate the "Die Rocky Die"days.

Have McMahon come out with Reigns and Cena and say the truth, something along the line of:
"I am the only major organization for Pro Wrestling. I will favor who I want and f*ck you too if you dont like it."

But then again maybe that wont work either.

[Blue Demon]

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[Shadrick]

Instead of trying to give Roman Reigns a push by being a relative of someone ... which never gets over (Erik Watts, Lance Von Erich, Dustin Rhodes in WCW), they should acknowledge that people are not cheering for him. Try to acknowledge and use the heat that Reigns is already getting. Attempt to recreate the "Die Rocky Die"days.

Have McMahon come out with Reigns and Cena and say the truth, something along the line of:
"I am the only major organization for Pro Wrestling. I will favor who I want and f*ck you too if you dont like it."

But then again maybe that wont work either.

:shifty:

[Droford]

americans-are-angry-over-the-royal-rumble-result/ (http://www.infowars.com/americans-are-angry-over-the-royal-rumble-result/)i find it funny this made Alex Jones

[XL]

The biggest letdown of the night is that outside of establishing Lesnar-Reigns they have planted zero seeds for other Mania matches. The Rumble historically setups a handful of storylines and we didn't even get that.

Aside from that, we've only got ourselves to blame.

How many months has it been in the Dirtsheets that they see Reigns as the new Cena and they'll be pushing him to a Main Event spit against Lesnar? 4 months? 6?

Yet we convinced ourselves that something else was gonna happen. Bryan came back and the story of him never losing the title and a David vs Goliath battle with Lesnar at Mania, and getting the Rumble win he should have got last year.

Ziggler and the shine he got from his Survivor Series win. Rusev and the momentum he's gained. Ambrose and his getting over in the interim during Reigns' injury. Wyatt and his re-established push.

Seth being added to the title match, the added dynamic of the briefcase, the potential of Orton getting involved with him. The potential of Undertaker getting involved with Lesnar.

They delivered exactly what we should have expected.

[KIRA]

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Indeed its amazing we need to find a way to weaponize Daniel Bryan against other large evil corporations like Comcast he can be the catalyst for change the likes of which this country has not seen in a long time.

[Savio]

The biggest letdown of the night is that outside of establishing Lesnar-Reigns they have planted zero seeds for other Mania matches. The Rumble historically setups a handful of storylines and we didn't even get that.
Sure we did........Stardust vs Golddust :shifty:

[rockman725]

Aside from that, we've only got ourselves to blame.



How many months has it been in the Dirtsheets that they see Reigns as the new Cena and they'll be pushing him to a Main Event spit against Lesnar? 4 months? 6?


They delivered exactly what we should have expected.


This right here is the problem.



As I eluted to last night in a roundabout way, if Duke The Dumpster Drose eliminated Reigns, the place would have popped. Not nearly loud enough had it been Daniel Bryan of course, but they certainly wouldn't have booed him out of the building.

The fact that Reigns was anointed the backstage rub and then adding to it that his character development plainly is non-existent, the audience knew what was going to happen when the heavy favorite in our minds was gone. This would have been the perfect opportunity to do something different and give it to someone who worked for it.

Realistically, the only time in recent years where we got that true "Oh Shit" moment was Lesnar ending the streak. To which many feel, as do I, that should not have happened in the 1st place

[Lock Jaw]

I think the biggest issue was the lackluster eliminations.... Like if Bryan/Ambrose/Ziggler had better eliminations/showings.... if their eliminations served some sort of "purpose" of setting up their angle/feuds going into Wrestlemania....

[ron the dial]

i don't think anything they could have done would have changed the crowd's reaction to the finish with roman reigns winning. they just weren't going to buy it.

[Volare]

As soon as DB was just dropped from elimination, and the boos rang out, I had a feeling it was going to be like last year. I guessed myself there might be an "accidental" elimination which would result in something but nope.

[Lock Jaw]

I agree, but the crowd wouldn't have been as dead.

The boos were inevitable.... but Reigns will get his cheers back when he goes back in front of a "normal" crowd.

[Poit]

I do wonder what a casual fan thought of the boos during the Rumble match.

[Simple Fan]

I don't see how Reigns couldn't have won. He set an elimination record last year in the match. They established that he was a threat in this type of match last year and followed up on it this year.

[ron the dial]

by that logic kane should have won the rumble the year after he set the elimination record.

[Lock Jaw]

I think Daniel Bryan should start a heel "Jesus" gimmick.

When they had that video package earlier in the night, and cut to the close up of Bryan, I literally thought it was Jesus at first....

Now that he is "out of Mania", he should embrace his Jesus-likeness. He can be all "I was injured for your sins, but I was resurrected..." and turn "heel" by trying again to use his "followers" to weasel himself into the main event again, and then getting frustrated that it isn't working this year... and saying that the fans aren't true believers... and he will find some REAL true believers to help him...

[OssMan]

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[Heyman]

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LOL, who the fuck is that?!

[Lock Jaw]

SlickyTrickyDamon AKA Fat Neil

[ron the dial]

slick damo aka slippy trippy demon aka slicky tricky damon

[Franchise]

http://www.sportskeeda.com/wwe/why-daniel-bryan-needed-a-early-exit-from-the-royal-rumble

[Corndad]

Even with DB eliminated which took me a back, I still had hope for the second half.

Just the way they had ANY threat other then Big Show/Kane look was just awful. Just Awful. Wyatt. Ambrose. Ziggler. Ryback. Basically anyone who had ANY sort of momentum or a reason to believe they had a chance to win were just thrown out as after thoughts. That's what pissed me off the most last night and I consider myself a pretty big Bryan fan. Even Wyatt's strong showing in first half was just shit down the toilet. Rumble is used to build people up, even if they don't win. (Reigns last year, Kane in 2001, Diesel that year he eliminated the most) That is what had me shaking my head.

After watching 2014 Rumble live didn't think could get dumber, but they did.

Sad thing is, as others said, ain't even Roman's fault and he will get the brunt of it.

[Blonde Moment]

For me Show and Kane would have made sense if they would have shown Ziggler laid out in the back and Rollins limps out in number 30

[Heyman]

SlickyTrickyDamon AKA Fat Neil

Wow, he really is one fat bastard. :eek:

[Dark One]

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[Corkscrewed]

. . .

The Rumble should be used to get multiple people over, but instead it hindered several performers at the expense of Reigns, who was literally being boo'd so badly that I could barely hear his music in the arena.

. . .

I honestly think that last night may have been the worst booked Rumble match in history. I can't recall a worse one. Not only did the wrong wrestler win, but they did it at the expense of so many people

Anyways, I also wanted to point out how fucking awesome that triple threat was. Just wow, whatta match. Great stories told all around, lots of fun spots, tons of emotion by everyone involved. I loved every minute of it.

. . .

I absolutely agree. I can buy DB not winning the Rumble, but unless he's going to feud with Bray Wyatt to WM, since Bray eliminated him, having Bryant go out to so early created nothing. Heck, switch him with Ziggler and give him a final 4 standing. And have a heel eliminate him.

Ultimately, the second half of the rumble match was lackluster and illogical for all the reasons Mr. Pierre said. You can figure out ways to rescue yourself from the disappointment of not having DB win, but the writers did none of that. Having Kane and Big Show just knock people out and haul them over the ropes? That is entirely anticlimactic.


But yeah, the Championship Triple Threat was amazing. Watched the whole thing on an HD Stream, and man... elbow drop and Phoenix Splash were mark out moments. My only nitpicks are that Brock no-sold a little *too* much (I know he's a monster, but immediately getting up after 2 AA's and also a briefcase shot, and also how quickly he sprang from the tables after Rollins hit his Phoenix Splash were just a little too conveniently superhuman...he couldn't have spared just one or two more seconds?--again, nitpicks). But it was a great match.

[Poit]

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[Keith]

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Artie Lange doesn't seem too bothered about it, though.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Last year's is still the worst.

[drave]

Dunno, this one stank it up pretty bad...... not even about the DB thing either.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

People actually voted Reigns Superstar Of The Year.

[drave]

I still question the validity of that vote. It was "a work" IMO.

Dude was barely active in 2014, at least for that accolade.

[Jaded-Dragon]

I still question the validity of that vote. It was "a work" IMO.

Dude was barely active in 2014, at least for that accolade.

And he's injured but they decide to fly him to the arena JUST INCASE he should win said award.

Oh, I'm sure.