The Official Royal Rumble 2016 Thread

[James Steele]

SASCHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANKS

[Fignuts]

Yeeeeeeeeeeah

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

DA BOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Oh shit!!!</font>

[Icame4Hookers]

lol she looks like a hooker

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

lol why would she let go? deserved to lose big dumb idiot

[Dark One]

BOSS TIME

[Lock Jaw]

ROFL the jacket

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[James Steele]

As always, Triple H always has the answer to my questions.

[slik]

<3 Sasha

Hope she wins the belt at WM

[Dark One]

Excited for Sasha to win and all, but really wanted Becky to win the belt.

[road doggy dogg]

sasha banks making a statement with the bank statement


A+ work cole

[Lock Jaw]

Hyped for Sasha, but hope they don't just push Becky Lynch to the side now. Hope for a triple threat at Wrestlemania.

Where I would put Becky over.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

The Beautiful Fierce Females EXPLODE at WRESTLEMANIA.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>They need Fink back to do the Royal Rumble rules.</font>

[Dark One]

No sold Becky crying too. Really would like more than two people to be relevant at a time.

[road doggy dogg]

where is WWE Paige, she get kicked out of the women wrestling division

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Charlotte/Becky/Sasha triple threat at Fastlane.

Charlotte/Becky/Sasha/Bayley fatal four way at WrestleMania.

plz</font>

[Fignuts]

I dont give a fuck about chex mix or big show. Gimme the rumble

[Dark One]

where is WWE Paige, she get kicked out of the women wrestling division

Total Divas.

Can only have two women doing something at a time on Raw / PPV

[Lock Jaw]

where is WWE Paige, she get kicked out of the women wrestling division

Was on RAW, randomly turning face to stand in Natalya's corner so they could promote Total Divas...

[Icame4Hookers]

I want some Chew Mix

[Locke]

lol at Big Show getting applause when entering that Chex Mix room. As if everyone in there doesn't yell at him to retire at shows

[road doggy dogg]

LET'S GO ROYAL RUMBLE


LET'S GO AJ STYLES

[slik]

I like the WM32 theme song

[Dark One]

This promo is 10% as exciting as normal with Byron Saxton narrating. Who made this decision?

[Lock Jaw]

Hope that MOJO RAWLEY debuts in the Rumble tonight! That would be SO HYPE!!

[road doggy dogg]

roflllllll @ huge close-up of DEEZ NUTS sign on close-up on The Rock

[owenbrown]

let's just make it so fucking obvious who is winning shall we?

[Volare]

Woke up just in time!

[road doggy dogg]

damn, 18 years since Austin won back-to-back........ feeling old

[James Steele]

Pat Patterson is a genius.

[Fignuts]

Becky needs to snap and turn into a badass submission machine

[Emperor Smeat]

This promo is 10% as exciting as normal with Byron Saxton narrating. Who made this decision?

Yeah sounds a bit boring compared to past "By The Numbers" hype promos. Also the WWE trying way too hard to make it revolve around just Reigns.

[Dark One]

Hope that MOJO RAWLEY debuts in the Rumble tonight! That would be SO HYPE!!

I will murder you.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Lilian isn't Fink. Boo Lilian.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Lilian fucks up so often. It's ridiculous.</font>

[Hanso Amore]

I swear if Roman goes the distance I quit.

Or if hhh wins.

[Locke]

Internet going out just in time for the royal rumble

[Dark One]

Braced for Reigns to eliminate the debuting AJ Styles in 1 second.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>lol Roman getting booed again</font>

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Yeah sounds a bit boring compared to past "By The Numbers" hype promos. Also the WWE trying way too hard to make it revolve around just Reigns.

Also Byron Saxton instead of somebody else.

[Fignuts]

Orlando not a fan of thr roman empire

[road doggy dogg]

I swear if Roman goes the distance I quit.

Or if hhh wins.

this

[Dark One]

90 second intervals. Cool. Hate the 60 second intervals we get some years.

[Crimson]

So its a given Reigns is winning this right?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Somebody else also did it.....brother.

[Immortal Moose]

I don't keep up much lately, but I'm oddly pumped for this match.

[road doggy dogg]

lol @ fan with "if roman wins we riot" sign hiding it when reigns walked past him... pussy

[Dark One]

Can't wait for the bullshit chant when Roman retains.

[Volare]

Hi Lana.

[Crimson]

90 second intervals. Cool. Hate the 60 second intervals we get some years.

2 minutes ftw

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Vrooooooooooooooooom for Entrant 2?

[Emperor Smeat]

:y: Lana's back

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>lol called Rusev entering 2nd</font>

[road doggy dogg]

ugh @ shoehorned Pink Floyd reference

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

They are married now dah?

[Dark One]

Acknowledging the mixed crowd is interesting. Can't recall them ever really doin anything other than plugging their ears and going LALALALA CAN'T HEAR YOU about Reigns.

[Dark One]

Goddamn Lana.

[Savio]

Kinda hope some midcarder wins

[Volare]

Well....yippie.

[Volare]

AJ FN STYLES!!

[Emperor Smeat]

:D AJ STYLES

[Crimson]

Wtf. Why so early

[Lock Jaw]

Reigns throws him out in two seconds

[road doggy dogg]

when did Lana and Rusev get back together..... thought he was with some other braud

w/e don't care that much, she's smokeshow supreme so glad she's on tv

[Hanso Amore]

I wish they went like tax leaving ecw and eliminated Roman right away

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at that music for Styles

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>HOLY FUCK</font>

[Immortal Moose]

Oh shit.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[CSL]

shittttt son

[owenbrown]

RIP TPWW'S SERVER

[Fignuts]

Hot fucking shitmother fuckerrrrrrrrf

[Crimson]

AJ Styles a bigger threat than Rusev

[road doggy dogg]

AAAAAAJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ

[Hanso Amore]

Yeaaaaaaaah

[Dark One]

HOLY SHIT. IT HAPPENED.

[Ruien]

Holy shit AJ looks old.

[Locke]

Do they really follow 60 seconds? Because that intro just took 60 seconds

[Dark One]

Can't believe it's really happening. AND he got to keep his name.

Yes the music is weird as fuck, but it's not Joe's first music bad.

[Dark One]

Keeping his name, gimmick, moves, everything. WHAT PLANET AM I ON?

[James Steele]

Awesome reaction for AJ. Legit surprised by it.

[Dark One]

Whoever booked this is dumb as shit. "Let's get them on Roman's side! I know, we'll debut the biggest signing in years and have Roman beat him up."

[Crimson]

Not a fan of quick eliminations

[Triple A]

What was that one Rumble recently where someone entered and got a "huge pop" but they got eliminated almost immediately and it "ruined" the rest of the Rumble... anyone know what I am talking about

[Dark One]

Weird as hell hearing Cole say "AJ Styles" so much.

[Dark One]

What was that one Rumble recently where someone entered and got a "huge pop" but they got eliminated almost immediately and it "ruined" the rest of the Rumble... anyone know what I am talking about

Last year? Ziggler probably in particular, but literally like a dozen guys by Kane/Show.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

AXELMANIAAAAAA

[road doggy dogg]

What was that one Rumble recently where someone entered and got a "huge pop" but they got eliminated almost immediately and it "ruined" the rest of the Rumble... anyone know what I am talking about

daniel bryan

[Dark One]

Ladies and gentlemen, AJ Styles is in the WWE history books with an elimination.

Just FYI.

[road doggy dogg]

I mean, Bryan wasn't "immediately" eliminated but it was fairly early in the match and killed everyone's excitement

[Triple A]

daniel bryan

Oh yeah

[Volare]

So far 1000x better than last year.

[road doggy dogg]

Social Misfits or w/e theme sounds like old Hardy Boyz theme

[James Steele]

AJ Styles looks better with short hair.

[Fignuts]

Awesome reaction for AJ. Legit surprised by it.

They're in orlando

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Oh shit

[James Steele]

Please give us Styles vs Jericho at WrestleMania.

[Crimson]

Planting a seed for a Y2J /Styles mania match here maybe?

[Dark One]

AJ Styles should get credit for two eliminations for eliminating Curtis Axel.

AJ Styles eliminated someone in 2015.

[Dark One]

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[James Steele]

THE DEMON KANE

[Volare]

Getting a lot of "dream" set ups right now.

[road doggy dogg]

AJ Styles had a good looking "superman punch"

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Styles and Jericho wrestling. It is like my EWR 2003 game came true.</font>

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Its Kane

[#1-norm-fan]

Exciting double double E royal rumble so far.

[Fignuts]

Reigns doing that same throat punch over and over

[slik]

AJ Styles and KANE in the same ring, crazy

[road doggy dogg]

THE DEMON KANE enters his 17th Royal Rumble

[Triple A]

Everything Jericho is doing seems like 2x slower than it should be

[Volare]

The AJ chants won't stop forever now.

[road doggy dogg]

Jericho has been uninteresting for what, 5 years? Kane for 10. Romans for his entire career. AJ Styles #1 baby

[James Steele]

Surprised they entered AJ so early. Can put him over good if he lasts a long time.

[James Steele]

GOLDUST!!!! Yessssssssssssssssssss. CODY VS GOLDY AT WRESTLEMANIA

[Locke]

No cool special effects for Goldust's entrance

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Irrationally annoyed that they didn't put Kane in the 2012 Royal Rumble. This would be his 18th straight Rumble if they had, which is ridiculous to think about.</font>

[Dark One]

Based on the first ten minutes, I'm guessing they hired AJ Styles just to fulfill the Daniel Bryan "piss everyone off about the Rumble" slot.

[James Steele]

AJ STYLES VS BLACK REIGN II

[road doggy dogg]

Feel like "classic internet fan" but holy shit is Roman Reigns uninteresting

[Hanso Amore]

I'm hoping they pull a story where aj and Roman go a long time together in the match and keep squaring off

[Volare]

Did Ryback just do CM Punk-sequel knees?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

DO YOU EVEN HAVE SALADS?!

[Emperor Smeat]

The AJ chants won't stop forever now.

WWE better have been careful how he gets eliminated or could get another Daniel Bryan-like situation for the Rumble, especially if its Reigns or some just as despised.

[road doggy dogg]

I thought Ryback was a face

oh yeah, ha ha smark crowds

[road doggy dogg]

oh now they're chanting with him

ha ha sheeple

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I thought Ryback was a face

oh yeah, ha ha smark crowds

Yeah, they don't like shitty things.

[Dark One]

Crowd really just wants to see AJ Styles kill some motherfuckers.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

KOFI IS IN!

[Dark One]

lol focusing on Goldust / Ryback instead of AJ trying to force Reigns out in the nearby corner.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod> New Day elimination save coming up</font>

[Maluco]

A bit sad that Rusev sucks now

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

oh now they're chanting with him

ha ha sheeple

They like chanting shitty things tho.

[#1-norm-fan]

Smark crowd booing Titus O'Neal. He's a good dad. Good dads aren't cool.

[Emperor Smeat]

Wow that could have been really bad for Goldust if he landed head first outside. Looked like he didn't get all the height on that toss.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

AJ selling too much.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: R-Truth

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Goldie doesn't even last to battle Stardust.

[Volare]

WHERE IS THE BRIEFCASE!!! ROFL!!!

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

He thinks this is Money in the Bank!!!!!!!

[road doggy dogg]

uhhhhhhhhhhh

lmao

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Confused R-Truth is the best R-Truth</font>

[#1-norm-fan]

Yeah, they don't like anyone over 5'10" and 200 lbs. because they remind them too much of their high school bullies.

Fixed

[Immortal Moose]

lol

[James Steele]

Damn, denied a rematch of Styles vs Ron Killings from 13 years ago.

[Maluco]

Haha R-truth is a legend

[Crimson]

Haha new day

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

10 points for KOFI!!!

[#1-norm-fan]

Holy shit. Kofi getting carried around the ring after being caught. Called it.

[Dark One]

Somebody should buy R-Truth a calendar.

[road doggy dogg]

R Truth fucking hiarious

[road doggy dogg]

rofl kofi drinking a coke

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Harper

[Immortal Moose]

Haha love New Day

[slik]

Best use of R-Truth ever

Love Kofi

[#1-norm-fan]

Cursed #14 coming next.

[Emperor Smeat]

Ummm why didn't the League just eliminate Reigns instead. Now Reigns gets to have a nice nap time break since he was looking a bit too tired out there.

[#1-norm-fan]

lol Get in the ring and actually eliminate him, you dumb fucks.

[road doggy dogg]

fuck yeah fuck him up league of nations

g8 summit

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>So they aren't completely ripping off 1999. Nope not at all.</font>

[Lock Jaw]

"Now let's all leave without throwing Reigns back into the ring to be eliminated"

[#1-norm-fan]

Is Kofi still hanging out at ringside?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Did Kofi save himself or not? No bonus points. Never entered the ring.

[#1-norm-fan]

Apparently not. Kofi was eliminated off camera. What. lol

[Locke]

Rusev taking the TV lol. Pretty good Royal Rumble, have this impending feeling that it will end really badly though. Would be cool if Big Show got eliminated quickly for once.

[Emperor Smeat]

Don't tell me they are going to do the Show/Kane taking out everyone again routine. Rumble last year sucked because of it.

[Nark Order]

Why would they not just toss Roman out?

[#1-norm-fan]

Roman Reigns will triumphantly return I bet because he's all heart.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Time for Kane/Big Show take over show.

[Immortal Moose]

Reigns comes back at the end for the win...

[Maluco]

Doesn't look too organised, Ryback gone and was basically missed, Kofi too. Weird vibe

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

It's like NXT Take Over but terrible.

[Nark Order]

So. Roman is probably winning. Sigh.

[Triple A]

camera work is annoying

[James Steele]

So. Roman is probably winning. Sigh.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Everybody in the crowd knows Reigns wasn't officially eliminated. And yet WWE will be surprised when his big triumphant return to the match gets booed to shit.</font>

[James Steele]

Damn, didn't realize how massive Brom is still he stood next to big show like that.

[Maluco]

Feel like the needed some surprises more than ever this year with the lack of star power. Could have done without goldust, Titus etc...

[Locke]

Why would they not just toss Roman out?
Because it's pro wrestling

[Dark One]

Wow. Putting Strowman over pretty big by effortlessly eliminating Kane.

Going to murder everyone if he eliminated Lesnar.

[James Steele]

Hoping for a surprise Owens win.

[owenbrown]

So. Roman is probably winning. Sigh.

QUICK! DO A WELFARE CHECK ON NOWHERE MAN!

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Walk Owens Walk.

[Volare]

Owens you motherfucker!! Lol

[Emperor Smeat]

Owens vs Styles at Mania will be amazing if that's the direction the WWE is going.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Huge pop for Styles Vs. Owens.

[James Steele]

Owens is such a great heel. Almost HHH levels of Heelishness.

[Immortal Moose]

Well, there he goes.

[Dark One]

Kevin Owens wins at life for selling the Last Man Standing match.

[DaveWadding]

Owens. Holy shit.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Gotta make sure the IWC favorite eliminates Styles</font>

[owenbrown]

DEAN. FUCKING. AMBROSE!

[Fignuts]

Well shit

[#1-norm-fan]

Has that tactic where someone puts a guy on the turnbuckle to eliminate him ever worked?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Has that tactic where someone puts a guy on the turnbuckle to eliminate him ever worked?

In video games.

[Dark One]

I would like to congratulate WWE for creating a second Daniel Bryan and putting themselves in exactly the same place they've been in for two years.

[Volare]

SAMI!!!

[Immortal Moose]

In video games.

Most efficient tactic really.

[Emperor Smeat]

:D SAMI

:lol: Owens going berserk now that two guys he hates are in the Rumble.

[Maluco]

Haha Owens hates every entrant. He is brilliant. Best heel they have

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I would like to congratulate WWE for creating a second Daniel Bryan and putting themselves in exactly the same place they've been in for two years.

Nah. AJ was eliminated by a smark favorite. It'll be ok.

[Fignuts]

Fuck yes

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

LET'S GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>SAMI!!!!</font>

[Dark One]

Not even Dean Ambrose could pull the crowd back.

There's a chance Triple H winning could make the crowd happy, just because it's not Reigns, but... I'm thinking we're going to have a boo-fest.

[Ruien]

This would be one hell of a Rumble if Reigns and Brock were not in it. Seems like everything going on right now is pointless.

[Lock Jaw]

Sami Zayn!

Only wish he was still "in shape" and his tights didn't look like trash.

[owenbrown]

well fuck Roman is going to win now

[James Steele]

They are doing a lot to focus on Owens so far. Very nice.

[Savio]

Stroman looks like he peed himself

[Volare]

Still awaiting the Brock pop.

[Triple A]

Sami Zayn's tights say "Zayn" in Arabic btw........ if anyone is wondering........

[Fignuts]

There we go. Mania match seeds planted

[DaveWadding]

ZAYN YEAHHHHH

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

OLE!

[Savio]

They wyatts are going to be the ginyu force to brocks goku

[#1-norm-fan]

Damn. They're really taking advantage of the Florida smark crowd.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Sami Zayn's tights say "Zayn" in Arabic btw........ if anyone is wondering........

He is of Syrian decent.

[Locke]

This would be one hell of a Rumble if Reigns and Brock were not in it. Seems like everything going on right now is pointless.
Wyatt Family obviously going to have something to do with the ending...

[Maluco]

So many underwhelming entrants

[Asmo]

Lesnar / Wyatts.

[Fignuts]

Wyatts time

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

It's the Wyatt's show now.

[owenbrown]

MIZARK

[Fignuts]

Henry changed outfits

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

If I was Mark Henry I'd bugger off for now.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>9 spots left. Wyatt, Del Rio, Sheamus, Ziggler, Swagger, Lesnar are 6 of them. I'd guess Kalisto is in too.</font>

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

LEAVE SAMI ALONE!

[Emperor Smeat]

Seems like the WWE didn't learn from last year with repeating the Show/Kane stuff with the Wyatts this year. Only big difference is enough guys are left to get the crowd pumped again.

Like the mayor of Suplex City right now.

[Ruien]

Hell ya. Wyatt Family getting pushed hard.

[James Steele]

#BrockPop

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

HERE COMES THE PAIN

[Maluco]

Lol Strowman wasn't selling for Brock, he is now

[Volare]

Brock gives zero fucks!!

[#1-norm-fan]

Feel like Lesnar's gonna take out all of the Wyatts at the end. And then Reigns returns to win because Vince McMahon is like a dumb Bond villain who always leaves a way out for the good guy.

[Emperor Smeat]

http://i.imgur.com/evPZSAZ.gif

[Hanso Amore]

How is swagger not in tna yet

[Fenix122]

Quickest Swaggie time ever

[James Steele]

What are odds of a Dean Ambrose heel turn and Ambrose wins title and joins The Authority?

[Fignuts]

lol preshow tag match rendered completely meaningless

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Poor Swagger</font>

[Volare]

Brock with the Sagat "Tiger Knee."

[Locke]

He is of Syrian decent.
Not sure why you said this?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Swaggie time is over in 15 seconds.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Ban Locke.

[Fignuts]

Pointless entrants. Coulda been naksmura

[James Steele]

Miz been insufferable for 10 years? Damn....

[Locke]

Miz the first person to use the only logical strategy in 20 whatever years of Royal Rumble

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Announcers insulting The Miz for the thing Roman Reigns is doing right now.