Came in, hit all his trademark moves on the Nexus and then got eliminated.

Never would have picked Del Rio to win given that the Royal Rumble is traditionally won by established stars. I'm interested
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Del Rio will probably lose his #1 contender spot to Mysterio somehow, and then we will get Mysterio vs. Edge.

Don't know why, just think its something they would do.

Something that kind of irked me was when Chavo came in and hit the suplex move on everyone in the ring *shades of Eddie* and then stood up and did the Viva La Rasa shake *shades of Eddie* ... he barely was finishing the homage to Guerrero when he got decked... I mean I get it, I just thought it was a nice touch but if they had only let him do it for a second or two more it would have been much more memorable.... I don't know maybe I'm just being sappy...

Who the fuck are you to tell peole what they enjoy and dont enjoy?
The guy is lame and so is his shtick.

I really liked the pop Chavo got. I thought it was a really nice moment.

Also, I too was marking out thinking Santino could win it. Of course as someone said above, once he started celebrating I knew it wasn't going to happen, but towards the end of the match I was kinda gutted that Santino had 'disappeared' and was wondering why everyone had forgotten about him.

And in my opinion, Del Rio SHOULD MAIN EVENT Wrestlemania because he won the Royal Rumble, but I know that's not really the case anymore, and I'm fairly certain Del Rio won't be in the rinal match of the night.

Cannot even believe people are complaining about this rumble. Jesus fucking hell.

Shut up you bitter cunt.

yea i know what you are saying..like he was over come with emotion knowing he was one person away from the biggest win in his career. its good to see some real emotion sometimes ya know?

minus the houston hangover, or whatever he called his top rop move

Well yeah, but he only ever busted that out once in WWE.

I really hope that he gets the last match on the card.

I doubt he will, unless he moves to Raw and feuds with John Cena.

Personally I REALLY enjoyed this Rumble. Probably my favourite to be honest. Lots of really memorable and cool moments that we've never seen before. Pretty much every wrestler involved was over as fuck. Booker T got an awesome pop. Chavo got a well deserved pop (which I don't think I've ever heard). The ending with Santino was fantastic, really had me believing for a brief second there! Even Hornswoggle actually entertained me here, he was pretty funny and I lol'd at his Attitude Adjustment. The whole Nexus/Corre angle was great. John Morrisons Parkour spot was incredible. Bryan/Punk starting off and Bryan getting some huge chants ('Let's go Bryan, Let's go Punk'). Seriously, this Rumble from top to bottom was amazing. However, only two complaints:

1. As usual, Cena and psychology is fucked up. Cena comes in, eliminates all the Nexus, then he goes down in that double clothesline with CM Punk, and he was acting as though he'd been in the match since the start. I'm like 'Come on Cena you're a fresh man and you've taken one clothesline!!!'. But no, he sold that fucker like it was a Tombstone Piledriver.

2. Del Rio winning. It's great that a rookie won it and someone who is really over, but I dunno, kinda gutted Christian didn't return and win it. And Del Rio isn't quite what I'd consider Wrestlemania Main Event material just yet, which is why I'm certain he won't be in THE main event (the final match of the night). But none-the-less the way he won it was great and still had me marking out that Alberto Del Rio actually won the Rumble match.

I liked it. He had pure adrenaline and gassed himself eliminating Nexus then had the wind knocked out of him. Was good to me.

Oh yeah absolutely, I was trying to see it from this angle, but it just wasn't happening. Superman shouldn't get gassed after hitting a couple of moves.

<font color=goldenrod>Nights like last night are why I continue to watch. I don't fault WWE for pushing Cena and Orton through the roof. They are over as fuck, especially with their core audience. However, it does nothing for me personally, especially Cena's constant Superman pushes. It's a shame because despite what the IWC says, Cena is a good worker and can cut one of the best empassioned promos in the business. It's easy to forget that since he'll then turn into a kid-friendly comedian in the blink of an eye.

Anyway, as the match was winding down I didn't think there was a chance in hell that Cena or Orton weren't winning. Then they pull the shocker and had Del Rio win, and I marked out big time. That is why I continue to watch, because I know that despite it being predictable a decent amount of the time, they are still fully capable of surprising everybody.

The ending was still amazing the second time. If that wasn't enough to suspend your disbelief for at least a couple of seconds that Santino could actually win it, I don't know what to tell you.</font>

Inno liked the show.

-Ziggler looked like he could hang with Edge, he should be champ on SD by year's end.

-If they're going with Orton vs. Punk, I hope they bring up Orton costing Punk his first title.

-Layla is hot.

-Punk/Bryan/Regal was awesome.

-Punk is awesome.

-Cena/Hornswoggle wasn't awesome.

-Chris Masters got the same reaction that Cena/Orton staredown got.

-I'm happy Del Rio won, doesn't hurt to go with the obvious pick when it's the right call.

Just incase nobody else posted it, here's a torrent from Demonoid Royal Rumble 2011

Also I don't think I've ever witnessed a Rumble countdown where the audience actually count in time with the clock.

It's also on dailymotion. ;)

I liked the rumble, It dragged in the middle a bit but besides that it was alright.

That was a pretty good rumble. Morrison had the spot of the night. Del Rio winning was awesome,but not as awesome as Santino winningcould have been. For decades they have said "Anyone can win the Royal Rumble". They had a legit chance at a great,CLASSIC moment that they turned into a Russo finish.
This match was too long. Yes it was good. But the ppv felt like it was "Only" the Rumble match. The royal rumble has always been more then that. Having the two losers of the championship matches in the rumble,with no explanation, is stupid and lazy. It also takes away any reason to have the title matches in the first place.
Why exhaust yourself in a match when your 39 in the rumble as Randy was. Did he know he had that late number of a number? They didn't explain it. Why did Nexus attack Orton? Are they fighting with him now? Reminds me of Nexus attacking Undertaker at Buried alive. It makes no sense. Good rumble,not the best ever written. I'll still take 1998 as my favorite. But Del Rio winning is excellent. They got that part right.

that being said, its still an awesome move, lol

The reaction to the Santino thing is a microcosm of what bugs me about the IWC. They try to act like they're judging to product as an unbiased critic who knows what's best for the business. But in reality, they're judging it as a fan just like everybody else.

Something unexpected and really exciting happens and makes every fan cheer, even the cynics on the internet. But instead of taking the exciting moment all the way to the finish, they swerve it and dash everybody's hopes. The fans react by getting mad at the heel for ruining what could've been an incredible moment. The IWC reacts by getting mad at the writers and claiming it was poor booking. It wasn't poor booking. The whole point was to get your hopes up and then destroy them. It was fantastic booking that pulled at the emotions of even the most jaded fan who thinks he knows more than the marks. But he doesn't. And he got swerved.

Well its not like you had much to choose from, he did a big boot, a couple of knees, fucked up the snake eyes and then got tossed out. :lol:

yea, great PPV. That fucking Morrison spot was out of this world. They finally did the spot I've been wanting to see forever with Santino. Like most of you I thought, omg, he's going to win it. Because they could of easily done an angle where Del Rio gets his Title shot back, but yea, as soon as he started celebrating, I was like fuckkkkk.

I hope they redo that spot some time down the line, but it's a heel and he wins that way.

Nash got tremendous pops. they will prob give him a one year deal.

Punk and Bryan had the best showings before they got eliminated from what i remember.

Only part I really didn't like was the whole Hornswoggle thing cause I hate the guy

surprised Kane got eliminated fairly quick.

Miz dumping Cena was great

Solid show overall.

Yes they did a swerve but the question is, should they have? They could have written Santino out of the WM main event easily. They have preached about the randomness of the match since it started but no underdog has ever won it,and who more perfect to let win then Santino. I'm just saying I would have went the other way. I also think doing the swerve took away from Del Rio's win. It hurt it more then help it and really wasn't needed. I liked the match overall. But it was put together oddly in spots.

How did it hurt Del Rio's win? Explain that to me.

I am about to watch this again, truly one of the best PPV's WWE has had in over a decade. Since Wrestlemania 17 I think.

Edge/Ziggler was like watching a classic match with Bret Hart and Mr. Perfect. Excellently executed in every possible way. Even with the interference at the end, perfect.

Miz/Orton was slower, but a perfect brawl that put both guys on my top five in WWE list, as far as in ring work goes. Orton has some of the best punches in history.

Womens match was excellent, one of the best I have seen.

After the Rumble, I was so excited I watched the 92 Rumble match, and I am sure that was great at the time but I gotta put last nights above it. Perfect Rumble, the only questionable moment is Santino's bit at the end, but it didn't ruin it for me. I kinda just wish he would have won. That would have probably made Wrestlemania one of the most excited shows ever. Del Rio is more than suitable for the job, I just hope they find the right opponent for him at Wrestlemania.

Edge is a great choice as far as the quality of match goes. I am sure they would put on a classic, so I am all for that option. However, they could probably find a "bigger" match than Edge. Maybe Undertaker could return at Elimination Chamber and win the title and go against Del Rio, or even Triple H perhaps.

By the way Punk is the most lovable heel I have ever seen.

I really want to watch the entire Rumble match again, but damn it for being so long! Maybe tomorrow.

Dunno if this was mentioned before and I'm not reading through this entire thread, but whatever... when Natalya applied that double Sharpshooter and the announcers are all 'we've never seen this before!' and 'this is history in the making!'.

She did it at the last PPV. :shifty:

And Lawler saying something to Cole about how he 'does his research' etc, yet supposedly they both have legit heat against Striker because he always does research and they find it annoying or something.

Yeah I find the announcers heat really annoying. Stop trying to get yourself over and do your fucking job.

Same people who are saying Santino should have eliminated Del Rio would bitch about Santino winning becaus ehe is not Main Event material.

I hated the Santino bit because Santino is such a fucking joke. Was it bad? No, because Santino is actually over and it didn't hurt Del Rio. It DID hurt Del Rio to sell the Cobra, because it's such a ridiculously weak move from what is essentially a glorified jobber. When he did come back into the ring (and I had remembered he was still in minutes beforehand) I thought "oh shit, WWE isn't this stupid". I bought that they may give him the win. But not in a Lawler "oh shit he may win the title" way but in a "oh shit, WWE is making a huge fucking mistake" way.

Honestly, I was hoping for the self-elimination, and I actually thought it was going to happen, had Cena or Orton been the last one in the ring. That I wouldn't have had a problem with. In fact, I would have enjoyed it.

Unless they have plans for Santino to turn into a more serious character, I could have gone without seeing it. But I do get why they did it and in the end no one will remember it.

I'm hoping on Raw they make us remember and do something with it. Would love a Santino push to the upper mid-card, kinda do what they did with Kaientai where they had that title match where HHH was likely to squash but something happens (APA in that case) to even the odds.

Still unsure if it's my fave Rumble of all time, but that is my fave Rumble moment of all time. Actually jumped out of seat when he hit it :'(

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