Hearing Styles say "The spinning bling" was worth the price of admission.

fuck

I can start taping Raw again.

I have a gut feeling Orton will challenge Angle after his match and win the belt.

King said the crowd went wild. But acctually they were silent.

Lita botched a promo.

HACKSAW HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I never thought I'd be happy to see the strap on Cena again.

Yeah crowd was pretty dead really.

Cena sucks, I wish rabies upon him.

Well that was one of the top 5 gayest things I've ever seen

God I dont even like Samoa Joe and I'd rather see him with the title than Cena

Dont ask why I used Samoa Joe I was just looking at my avatar

This has been the must fucked up Rumble ever.

Someone just decided it'd be fun to write a PPV while on LSD. I guarantee it.

Ahh Cena is champ again and I am officialy happy.

Flame me if you will but if WWE hgad just booked him a little differently with the belt in the first place they would never have had to hot shot it.

Mark Henry in a Main Event. That's fucking pathetic. Cmon now, really.

HA, I remember Tony Schavione saying all the time on WCW that everyone is standing bet yet everyone was sitting down lol.

Stiil chantin "YOU SUCK" and Cole said it was directed at Henry. :lol:

i'm not making bets, but if henry wins the strap,
i'm going to shitmyself. and sell my shit filled pants on ebay.

:y:

:lol:

Ref is out.

Yeah, guaranteed ref shot for the night.

What's Henry's finshing move, the boredomnator?

They've been doing that lately Angle said that they would direct the chants at his opponents

Shittest main event ever.

Yep Angle wins. UNDERTAKER COMES OUT>

Nice move WWE way to take the title off the best rated champion in a while and put it on the mixed reaction man :n:

Wow, re-used storylines.
He bores me now.
That was shite
Fucking shite
That was worth one penny.

And that's why the rumble wasn't last I guess.

That's what I was just told.

VINCE YOU FUCKING RETARD. :mad:

I fucking called Taker coming back in the chat.

But I wasn't actually serious. :nono:


That was fucked up.

if the rumble would have been last,
people would be left with the vision that their main event
at wrestlemania would have REY (Junior Division) MYSTERIO
riding in on the ghost of Eddy.

in all honesty, putting Angle/Henry last was a good note,
because the best thing of the night was Angle retaining.

It's the Sammich buster.

Sadly, it's just a variant boredominator.

Will Wrestlemania be this fucking shitty?

Are you high? Seriously.

Edge's weeks as champion have been noted as the highest ratings for raw in a while.

this ppv sucked.
mysterio won the royal rumble - sick of him and i just can't take him seriously as a champion in the long run. on top of that i felt like Orton should've won.
cena won the title - edge was actually a good enough heel to get cena a face reaction. also, cena needs to have the belt kept off of him for a while until mania.
angle vs henry - this match was overall boring, even though i liked that angle was fully cheating all the way through the end of the match.
crowd was really dull - at first i thought the crowd was just bored with the cena vs edge match but they overall didn't seem to into the angle vs henry match.

No, seriouslly. Are you high? And what show were you watching?

I smell a Orton-Rey fued and maybe a Trip. Treat match at WM.

The matches lived up to the booking. Sucked badly. I cant believe WWE would let that show happen. Wow.

okay, i'm a fucking noob.
but when shadow asks if you're high...
you're fuckkkkkkkkkkkkedddddddd up.

From WWE.com ... http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/012605raw

"In fact, since Edge won the WWE Championship at New Year’s Revolution, RAW has seen three of its top five overall ratings numbers since WWE Homecoming."

No,I'm not the Sexlibration was the highest rated segement in a long ass time. Edge Vs Flair TLC was one of the best matches in a while on raw.And the Ratings were higher for raw overall.

If everyone was offered free sex from 50 Playboy models, they still wouldn't have been into that match.
It was bad form because of someone's ego that this match was put as the main event.

Mysterio: Why are we hating on Mysterio all of a sudden? I personally marked the fuck OUT when he won. I didn't think at ALL that they would do that. Yeah, Orton may have been a logical choice, but they have been teasing a chance for Rey to get to the main event. I do like Rey finally being in there. A unique choice, but a good one, I think.

Cena/Edge match: I don't know. Even though Edge was getting those "ratings", the fact is that I don't think anyone could really get used to seeing Edge as a serious main eventer just yet, as if they just rushed him in there to change up the storyline (and free up their Wrestlemania card from him somewhat because he used up his MITB). Maybe a Cena heel turn is in the works (even though I can admit that I'm not sure if I'm ready to see a Cena heel turn just yet, he's getting too many pops still to try to turn him, even if alot of people are booing him in some way).

Angle: Even though that was a weak finish, it was a surprisingly interesting match, even if in the least bit. I would've thrown my remote at the TV screen if Henry won. The Undertaker thing is puzzling now in the way that I don't know who'll be the face and who'll be the heel. Angle would have the quickest face run in WWE history if he is to be the heel. Then again, he has played a good heel recently. But how long has it been since we've seen a heel Undertaker? Or will this be face vs. face? I am hoping they don't fuck up this one.

Crowd: They were into the Rumble (for good reason), and were behind Cena (and REALLY into that Crusierweight Open). But you have a point there. The crowd didn't seem too into it tonight, but that may have been because it was a sucky undercard, and the Rumble probably wore them out too much (I know I got my throat shot when I marked out for Rey winning. I know I blew my fucking load over that one).

You seriously think that was because of Edge as a draw? It was because of the sex and we all know that ultimately sex sells.

Yeah I still dont know why they wont let RVD win the Big one that fucker is more over than anyone I've seen for ever

No I dont think it was cause of Edge but he was a part of it and it was high ratings

I wonder who RVD will feud with, I know they were leading to a RVD and a Carlito feud but with Masters being eliminated by Carlito this may change things.

But you were arguing unless I mis-read it that the high ratings were because of Edge as champion.

Gee, it's not like Live Sex had anything to do with that. Edge himself equalled ratings. And the lack of crowd response makes for a good business choice!

Even live sex with KK and a goat would equal ratings.

I don't know about that. I know I would not want to know what goes beind KK's doors. :shifty:

You called him the best rated CHAMPION.

Yeah, you're not equating it with Edge...

Oh, come on, you were holding the camcorder.

I've had better enjoyment watching paint dry.

Edge was ratings wheather you like it or not.

I meant that he was apart of the best rated raw segment in forever.

In an unrelated note I will be selling the Kane Knight sex tape entitled one nite in Knight

I'll buy that for a ... quarter. :p

Sorry I meant One Night in Knight

And I'm calling a match tomorrow or sometime in the future RVD Vs HHH for a title shot at Mania

I think it just means theres gonna be a Battle Royal Prob tommrrow night on Raw for Number one Contender.

I do have to say that was one fucked up PPV.

Ok, overall it was a pretty lame ppv. The Rumble should always be last, especially in this case because that seemed to be the only match the crowd was into at all.

I actually marked out a bit when Rey won. Before Eddie died, I felt like they were building him up to be a viable main eventer, so I don't see how Eddie's death made any difference. If that was the case, it would of come down to Rey and Chavo in the end.

On another note, the ring stayed empty for far to long. I like my Rumbles filled with mayhem and madness. We got down to number 18 or so before there was more than 5 people in the ring. The only problem I have with Rey winning is that he started the Rumble. It was amazing when Michales did it, amazing when Benoit did it, now it's just cliche.

As much as I hate Edge, I'm disappointed he lost the title back to Cena so quickly. I was bored with Cena months ago and with Edge I felt we had a fresh heel champion. Maybe I'm wrong, but if you have a face champion, and you sell him as a face, and the fans turn on him because they realize just how lame the character/matches are, I think logic would dictate that Cena may not be the way to go. Or maybe it's time to turn him back to heel?

Regardless, I just feel that anybody would be better than Cena right now. He just doesn't have "IT" anymore.



As for Henry vs Angle. Talk about boring. Not even the greatness of Angle made this match enjoyable. Why do they keep bringing Henry back? He'll be gone in two months again, guarenteed.

He can take that hand with him.

Except 1988 (doesn't really count, since it wasn't a PPV), 1996, 1997, and 1998.

Now that I've had a little time to think about tonight's event, there are a couple of things that stand out.

<ul><li>The Cruiserweight Invitational was the best cruiser match WWE has put on in ages. I really miss the WCW Cruiser division, and that was as close as they've come to a WCW match in recent memory.
<li>The Rumble was subpar, sure, but the more that I think about it, I like the choice of Rey winning it. Yeah, it probably made more sense for Orton to win, but look at it this way: They're never going to have a better opportunity with Mysterio. Orton will be around for years, and will always be a viable contender. Mysterio is riding an unprecedented (for him) wave of sympathy right now, and the crowd loves him because of it. If WWE ever wanted to run with him, this is the only opportunity they're ever going to get. They can hold off on Orton until 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, he's not going anywhere. Rey's main-event credibility is.
<li>I think the reason the crowd died was the same reason I lost interest. Who on Earth thought it was a better idea to end the show with those title matches than end it with arguably the most over babyface in the company winning the biggest match of his life? After Rey won, everything else was downhill, including the crowd reaction. On EWR, you would have gotten a message from your road agents telling you that you're an idiot for booking subpar matches after a hot one.
<li>I'm still reserving judgment on the Spirit Squad. I thought Eugene was going to be awful, and even though at this point I'm pretty sick of him, he's been entertaining. I thought Carlito Caribbean Cool was an idiotic gimmick, but he's become one of my favorites. And I knew that The Boogeyman was the stupidest thing I'd ever seen, but Marty Wright plays him so over-the-top that you can't help but be amused. I'm going to wait and see where they're going with this before I call for Vince's head.
<li>I never ever EVER EVER EVER EVER want to see someone enter at #1 or #2 win the Royal Rumble again. It's happened four times in nineteen years! We get it, they overcame the odds to earn their title shot. Now tell us a new story.
<li>Whoever's working with Ashley is doing a good job. She's still nowhere near Trish, Mickie, or Vickie's level as a wrestler, but she's not the train wreck waiting to happen that she was at first. She and Mickie put on a pretty good match. Sadly, it had better psychology than the WWE Title match, imo.</ul>

Once again loopy sums it up perfectly. :y:

My EWR agents call me retarded

LOL. Keep telling yourself that.

After reading the results I was jumping to order the replay on Tuesday, but after reading this thread, I'm having second thoughts. Suggestions? Was it worth $35 or should I just pop in a good edition of a previous year's Royal Rumble and play pretend?

Maybe cause I booked Chris Sabin to be every champion ever

Well, you sure took the Lita route on saying that. Besides, Katie Vick drew hot ratings too...And she pulled a crowd reaction, at least.

Any other RR would do.

Yeah, that PPV was pretty horrible. The cruiserweight match was really fun to watch, IMO, and it had some awesome spots (glad to see that Helms is on SD hopefully). The women's match was pretty pitiful I thought. JBL/Boogeyman was surprising, only because I didn't think that JBL would get squashed. Pretty boring match, but interesting to see Boogeyman finally compete for a little bit. And btw..why did he keep flipping when he was selling moves?

If this Rumble had a predictable storyline, it would have been the worst Rumble that I've seen, but because I had a handful of guys who I thought could win, and they all made it to the final 4, I thought it was really fun to watch. I marked out when Rey Rey won, and I'm glad that the WWE is finally pushing Rey Rey, as this was probably one of their last chances.

The Edge/Cena match was pretty boring, and I was expecting that big smoke machine to lead to an awesome Edge entrance, but eh, whatever. The match itself was pretty generic and boring. I mean, before the finish they couldn't let Edge hit a spear to add a little drama? And the fact that Cena is trying to make that STF he applies look credible is crazy, because when he didn't cover Edge, I just said "Oh no!" and realized that Edge was going to tap to that crap. Pretty disappointing. Also, I was pissed that Edge got the belt taken off him so quickly. And I agree that the ratings were because of Edge, and that it was something fresh and new that the people wanted to see. The whole sex segment kicked off his title reign as if to show viewers that this will be far different than Cena's recent reign, and I think those people kept coming back for more as he was champ, and in the meantime were treated to a pretty awesome TLC w/Flair. But yea, too bad for Edge.

Angle/Henry was pretty horrible to watch, because the fact that it was going to conclude the show, and also just how horrible Henry is in the ring. Not even Kurt could have saved this match, but he tried his best. I wasn't really expecting anything from this match, but I'm just glad Angle retained. Also, the ending with Taker was pretty sharp, but it was also a bit lame. At least they started to build the No Way Out main event, which can be a good match.

That may have been the fakest lightning I've ever seen

The show was...alright. I knew the undercard would be shit going in, and i basically ordered it (well, split it with my friend) for the Rumble match.

-The CW match was good stuff. Loved the SSP from London to the outside. Glad Helms won.

-Ashley/Mickie was predictably bad. I loved hearing the crowd just completely turn on the match.

-I don't like JBL, but c'mon WWE, he was Champ for 10 months, and now you have the Boogeyman pin him cleanly?

-Glad Rey won the rumble, even though I'm sure he won't make it to Mania. Lashley looked good, but I would have liked to have seen him eliminate either Kane or Show (or both) before he went out.

-WWE Writer 1: How can we get the other half of the crowd to like Cena?
WWE Writer 2-Well, we could have him work on his in ring skills, we could change his character up...
WWE Writer 1-Nah, that won't work. Let's just give him a big gay walkway to come out on.
WWE Writer 2-Genius.

-So Edge dominates Cena for most of the match, then quickly taps out after an STF. That's great.

-Why have Angle play the heel and look like a coward? Please fire Henry now.

Overall, the show's like a 4/10.

Hey Blitz its the STFU

Just came back from the Rumble and yeah, it was fun show but... BUT there were many many faults. One, Rey won. Sure, as mentioned no better time than now, but Rey as champ? Please. BTW does Rey get some supernatural powers from Eddie to win or something? I dunno, Rumble itself was fun but that ruined it.

Two, Cena wins again. The crowd at first hated Cena but during the match, somewhere the kids and girls around my area couldn't help but cheer their little heads out. The small Cena Sucks chant couldn't have this one.

Loudest reactions were for RVD and Rey of course and abit of Cena. CW Invitational and Rumble were the fun matches that were really loud. I'll write more tomorrow as I'm tired and such.

BTW Taker and Lashley outside of the show, yea, huge mofos.

Cena/Edge was such a bland match. What a terrible way to bury Edge (not that I really care), he basically ran away from Cena in the early going, beat him up for a good 10 minutes then lost after 5 moves or so, horrible. Not to mention that is easily the worst STF ever.

Undertaker coming back pointlessly was just a major WTF moment. I thought I was watching the Survivor Series again for a minute. I guess that's UT's new gimmick.

one thing i'd like to say that i enjoyed about edge vs cena was cena's entrance. that was actually pretty cool.

Just when the wwe actually does something right they turn around and do something of extreme stupidity.

Edge has proven how good he can be as champ and showed more in his few weeks as wwe champion than Cena did in his 11 months with the strap. He got better ratings and way more entertaining. It shows that experience should be looked at heavily when deciding who should lead the company.

Cenas first run as champ was a disaster. If it wasn’t for Jericho and Angle it would have been much worse. Cena and the wwe dropped the ball big time. And the problem is that neither Cena or wwe are willing to do anything different. And when Cena does become more entertaining when he becomes more experienced and when the wwe writers finally wake up to themselves the fans will be sick of him being on top as a face. All face main eventers have a limited shell-life and the fans will be constantly booing him in a matter of time and perhaps his career will be on saving as a face anyway.

So Edge losing the belt didn’t seem like that big of a deal but it may of massive ramifications for the future.

Three Raw's in the 4's.

Not meaning to change the subject, I just wanted to say:

I love Gregory Helm's music.

Just wanted to get that off my chest.

The CW match was very enjoyable. I loved London's dropkick into a pin.

The women's match and JBL/BOOGEY match I hated

since the rumble was in the middle of the card, it already set the stage for my disappointment. I agree that noone should ever be coming in at number 1 or 2 and win. Its so overused now, I feel like it cheapens the other times it happened because its not special anymore.

whoever put angle/henry last and whoever thought up Cena's spaceship should be fired..

i know this has all been said, just had to get it off my chest after a terrible rumble.

Waaaah waaaah waaaah you guys are a bunch of whiney penises.

What do you expect with Mark Henry in the main event, they had to spice things up with the Taker ending. Lightning was pretty shitty though.

Anyone else notice how the pyro was always off timing? Right from the begining to the end of the show, pyro timing was off.

Boogeyman = :love:

CW match was interesting, Helms seems abit big for the division though.

The Rumble not being last on the show is nothing new so you cant really moan about that. It was the first time in ages that happened anyway. Rey winning was good, him clinging to the bottom rope for most of the time was not. Be interesting to see what happens going into Mania.

Cena's entrance was completly WTF. Him winning the title back made almost as much sense.

Good going Cool King on your review. You took the words and cheeseburgers right out of my mouth.

Heres my short review of the RR.

Cruiserweight open - Great. Only complaint here is if Helms is staying on Raw.

Ashley vs. Micke - Hard to watch because Ashley can't wrestle. Otherwise, great story between Mickie and Trish.

JBL vs. Boogeyman - Dud.

Royal Rumble - It is supposed to be a brawl the entire time. Let the ring fill up. I'm tired of seeing everyone get tossed out immediatly. It wasn't just anyone though, LASHLEY, BIG SHOW, KANE, were all tossed out in like under 5 minutes. Lashley lasted like 2. He just gave Kane the Dominator. I know WWE wants to show how powerful he is, but he was a dud. So was Flair, Kane, and Big Show. Lots of other duds, too. The second half of the rumble was good where it filled up. But Orlando Jordan should have been in the ring with Booker T. Orton and Booker T should have faced off. Lashley and Masters should have faced off. MNM should not have gotten eliminated at the same time cause they're a tag team. I was just so pissed when watching when everyone got eliminated after another. Kind of dissapointing to see Rey win for some reason. It was obvious when he came in at number 2 and reading the stuff online. Overall, bad match. I wanted to be surprised on who would win, like RVD or Carlito.

Good to see Tatanka, Goldust, and Eugene though.

Cena vs. Edge. - DAMNIT! After this match I literally put my hand down my throut and wanted to puke. Edge carried the match, Edge is really great in the ring, Cena sucks, and they give it back to Cena. :foc:

Kurt vs. Henry - Why was this the last match? Mark Henry sucks. This match sucked.

Worst PPV I've seen in a long time. Seriously. I've enjoyed those little Smackdown and Raw PPV's last year, but this PPV just sucked.

Was it just me or was the ending to the Womens match totally botched?

When I saw it i thought they botched the powerbomb and Ashley landed on her head. Mickie would go for the pin and Ashley would just kick out... this is why Trish hesitated with the pin count. Trish was thinking "Fuck, Ashley is meant to kick out. Fuck it anyway, I have to count the 3 now".
I think Ashley just paniced and wanted to end the match. I'm sure they had a planned finish but they just had to end it there.

Thoughts?

Yeah, it was botched.

Just watched the whole royal rumble match again. It's actually not that bad.

I actually think that Undertaker took the number 1 spot in holding down powers. As much as I love Angle in the main event, it shouldn't have been. But Undertaker's 7,485,237th return actually was put over Cena winning and the Rumble match itself. The Rumble match should always be the main event of the Royal Rumble.

CW open was a great match. Mickie/Trish wasn't that great. Neither was JBL/Boogeyman. But I still can't believe JBL jobbed so quickly.

The Rumble match had its highs and lows. Rey winning was cool, and I think it is his time to really be a main-eventer. Some of the eliminations were odd, such as Goldust jumping over the top rope. Some decent surprise entrants with Tatanka, Goldust, and Eugene. Though I really thought the retard gimmick would have been dropped before he returned.

There were 2 things that I did like with the Rumble itself. The fact that 2 guys did not hit the ring at the same time again. And the fact that there were numerous guys who had a chance at winning it.

Edge/Cena wasn't that great either. The buildup to the entrance was good, but when Cena's music hit, it was lame. Then Cena winning the title back will only bring back the boos he had when he was champ.

Anybody notice Rey puking toward the end of the Rumble?

Fuck the haters. Vince could careless about them anyways.

LOL @ that dumbshit Goldust returning. I'm amazed that people still care about him.

Greatest WWE PPV of all-time.

actually, my only gripe was putting Angle/Henry last just so Taker could get his time. That was dumb. Heard some fans left after Cena/Edge. lol.