Royal Rumble Expanded to 40
 

WWE For the first time in history, the WWE Royal Rumble is expanding to 40 SUPERSTARS, all competing for the main event title match at WWE WrestleMania XXVII!!


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Discuss.

epic...I dig this.

Sounds like a plan. Anyone can win it this year.

The Superbowl has added a fifth quarter this year.

Got a feeling this is to have Del Rio outlast Rey in terms of record time even if he doesn't win.

Hoping the extra 10 guys are shocks, but probably not.

<font color=goldenrod>Definitely think a good amount of nostalgia participants will be in.</font>

I'm all for this, but I'm wondering how the intervals will be handled.

<font color=goldenrod>Yeah if they bump the intervals down to 60 seconds, the change wasn't worth it. Gotta be at least 90.</font>

At 90 seconds it makes it exactly an hour for everyone to come out (obviously not taking the longer intervals into account, which there always are). Best case scenario, they keep that rapid-fire pace while extending the match itself. And that's awesome.

The article says there will be entrants every 90 seconds. I'm quite excited by this, despite the fact it won't make too much of a difference overall. I think anyway.

Article: http://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble...30520/preview/

"Every 90 seconds, one of 40 elite ring warriors with randomly drawn Rumble entry numbers joins the fray. "

This is officially epic.

Well, now I have to order the Rumble.

awesome.

I love this.

Well, now I guess my fantasy-booked Rumble from a couple weeks ago is shot to shit, right?

Very excited about this. Especially the prospect of more nostalgia entrants.

What the fuck???

So in this case, nobody should be left off the RR card unless they're hurt. Maybe they're going to let some of the NXT guys into the RR?

I'm all for this, especially if they do a spot where like 25 people are in there at once or something.

Also Kane's record for eliminations will probz be surpassed.

Good shit regardless.

More guys for Hunter to squash.

Awesome, and I was thinking that the Rumble was just going to be alright this year.

40 participants is going to make it pretty great I think. Looking forward to it now.

So this could easily give Cena a chance to pull a Foley and use the 3 faces of Cena during the rumble.

Awesome. It'd be crazy if the winner this year draws number 1

I'm guessing we get two Chavo appearances, one as himself, one as the Eagle where he finally gets unmasked and even Swagger is disappointed that it's Chavo.

Is this really awesome? It's interesting I guess, but putting in 10 extra guys with no chance of winning doesn't really scream awesome to me.

Nice. Now it will be just like the Battle Royals I used to play on WCW/nWo: World Tour. :love:

:lol:

Here’s my card.

30 Man Royal Rumble
1. Triple-H
2. Randy Orton
3. Dolph Ziggler
4. Evan Bourne
5. Cody Rhodes
6. Jack Swagger
7. Alex Riley
8. R-Truth
9. The Miz
10. Daniel Bryan
11. Wade Barrett
12. Kofi Kingston
13. Santino Marella
14. Tyler Reks
15. Zack Ryder
16. Christian
17. Yoshi Tatsu
18. Big Show
19. Tyson Kidd
20. Mason Ryan
21. Drew McIntyre
22. Ezekiel Jackson
23. Kevin Nash
24. Hunico
25. Booker T*
26. Justin Gabriel
27. Ted DiBiase
28. Sheamus
29. Road Dogg
30. Alberto Del Rio

WWE Championship Match
CM Punk © vs. John Cena

World Heavyweight Championship Match
Kane vs. Mark Henry ©

R-Truth vs. The Miz

Intercontinental Championship Match
Cody Rhodes © vs. Sheamus

*The entire event is called by the trio of Jerry Lawler, Jim Ross, and Michael Cole.

I'd have rather it remained 30. Alas, the decision was out of my hands.

PUT THE TITLE ON THE LINE AND THAT WILL BE EPIC

I like this..... I'd still like to see the time intervals stay at 2:00, but I guess I can't be picky.....

Why not just put every title on the line? Depending on how you finish, determines which title you get. 6th and 5th=tag champs, 4th=US champ, 3rd=IC champ, 2nd=WHC, and the last man standing gets the WWE titles, and both the Bella twins.

Blech. Just means they felt they didn't have enough singles/tag matches to fill the rest of the time adequately.

World War Three had 60 participants and those were the greatest PPVs in the history of the universe

:y:

That is such a TNA idea

But all 60 started at the same time.

Plus three rings.

I remember the very first Royal Rumble had 20, and a year later, it went up to 30. And now, they move it up to 40. That's a pretty good change of pace.

The Rumble just got bigger in more ways than 1!

Pretty awesome, but I wish they still came in every 2 minutes. That might seem too long for most fans though.

I agree with Supreme, I don't think this is really a great idea. Usually in a 30-man Royal Rumble there are at least 20 participants that you KNOW are not going to win. Now it's going to be 30 participants.

I'm all for nostalgia and stuff, but if we suddenly get ten guest appearances (when you know damn well they won't win the thing), the nostalgia kind of wears off and ruins the 'unpredictablilty' of the match.

Plus, if it ends up being the usual legends such as Sgt. Slaughter, Roddy Piper etc, then I really couldn't care less.

I am pumped for the Rumble, always nice to see everyone mix it up out of their storylined matches and bullshit and just chuck each other around.

THey better not roll out the normal

Snuka Piper Slaughter Duggan Tatanka lineup.

I want to see some crazy names. Even if they are old and out of shape.

GodFather
D Lo
Venis
Lance Storm
Heidenreich
Scotty 2 Hotty

Just random guys that havent been around or werent huge, but could be fun.

Unfortunately these are the extra 10 contestants

1) Gerald Brisco
2) Pat Patterson
3) Mae Young
4) Harvey Wippleman
5) Sgt Slaughter
6) Montel Williams
7) Michael Hayes
8) Brooklyn Brawler
9) Michael Cole
10) Cher

Actually, Scotty 2 Hotty gave the impression on twitter the other day he could return. I was thinking he was just messing with a fan, didn't even think about the Rumble. I would mark out "LIKE A BITCH" for him.

Too Cool reunion at the Rumble. Make it happen. I bet Christopher's gotten fat though.

omg it's the Sarge, we haven't seen him in months. :nono:

Sarge makes as many appearences as the HBK riding in on a zipline clip does every year

I'd mark the fuck out if the buzzer hits and entrants #17, #18, and #19 were Too Cool and Rikishi and they cleaned house until Nexus blue came in and took them out.

From JR's twitter:

“If having 40 men in the Royal Rumble match helps sell ppvs, then its a really good idea. 40 sounds good to me. Makes the main event bigger. Watch what I say, the 40 man royal rumble match will be over analyzed by many. Gives 10 more paydays & adds ‘biggest ever’ mkt’ing hook”.

I like the idea but all its really doing is giving 10 more guys a paycheck and adding the title of "Biggest Ever" to the marketing side of things. It will be interesting to see what they do with it.

ooTin is JR??? :eek:

As long as one of the extra ten spots goes to STEVE BLACKMAN I will be happy.

And entering at #40: The Anonymous Raw GM in robot body:

http://i55.tinypic.com/o01lhx.jpg

I wonder what's the catch on this..

With 10 extra guys, both Cryme Time members will be allowed in. Oh wait........

Another quality post from Ruien.

Bound to be a few actually unexpected surprises.

Hopefully Christian, Evan Bourne, and maybe KEVIN NASH!!!1

If Nash came out I.... I just don't what I'd do. Although it would be worth having a camera on me lol

You should record yourself watching the entire Rumble.

Christian will be back almost for sure. I think Bourne's out at least until March, right? My hunch is we'll get Rikishi for a moment with the Usos, plus probably an appearance from one or two of the agents/producers/whatever they're calling them now. IRS, Malenko, maybe Kidman?

I might do that actually. Or stream it live.

Prediction on who's gonna enter

Raw
-John Cena
-King Sheamus
-Returning Triple H
-John Morrison
-Daniel Bryan
-Darren Young
-R-Truth
-Ted Dibiase
-CM Punk
-David Otunga (McGillicutty and Harris compete for the Tag Titles that night, still show up to interfere for Punk)
-Zack Ryder
-Yoshi Tatsu
-Mark Henry
-Goldust (he'll be healed by then won't he?)
-Alex Riley

Smackdown!
-Rey Mysterio
-Alberto Del Rio
-Kane
-Kofi Kingston
-"Dashing" Cody Rhodes
-Drew McIntyre
-Returning Christian
-Big Show
-Trent Baretta
-Wade Barrett
-Justin Gabriel
-Heath Slater
-Ezekiel (apparently dropping Jackson)
-Chris Masters
-Tyler Reks
-Curt Hawkins
-Jack Swagger
-I know it'll sound retarded but...Hornswoggle

"Surprise" Entrants
-One of the nXt guys (I don't know/care who)
-Kaval (wishful thinking)
-Bob Backlund
-Ron Simmons
-Kevin Nash
-Dusty Rhodes
-Shawn Michaels (what the hell?)

Don't really see this as awesome either, for reasons already said.

#31-40 are all John Cena Clones

they're still advertising juan cena on the radio for an upcoming house show here, maybe he will debut

This must have been a last minute decision since commercials for the Rumble still mention 30 guys or "I will eliminate 29 other guys."

WWE probably realizes the undercard is going to be bad to make the change this quickly.

We're gonna need a bigger boat (ring)- Jaws.

WWE is not professional wrestling, it's Sports Entertainment.

The expanded field is also a good excuse to maybe work Kong into the match.

They should have done this sooner but it's obvious the only reason there doing it is to squeeze in the likes of the New and Old Nexus member there's you're +10 right there.

<font color=goldenrod>WWE.com has confirmed the following participants:

Alberto Del Rio
CM Punk
Cody Rhodes
Daniel Bryan
Darren Young
David Hart Smith
David Otunga
Husky Harris
John Cena
John Morrison
Mark Henry
Michael McGillicutty
Primo
R-Truth
Rey Mysterio
Sheamus
Ted DiBiase
Tyson Kidd
William Regal
Yoshi Tatsu
Zack Ryder

That's 21 participants already. On the Raw side I figure Mason Ryan will be added. Jerry Lawler is a safe bet. Triple H will certainly be a mystery guy, The Great Khali could also return. Santino & Kozlov not being announced yet might mean they get assigned to a tag title match, I guess against The Usos yet again so figure neither of those 4 get in.

Now in terms of SmackDown "locks" I'd say: Beth Phoenix, Big Show, Chris Masters, Drew McIntyre, Ezekiel Jackson, Heath Slater, Jack Swagger, Justin Gabriel, Kane, Kofi Kingston, and Wade Barrett

That leaves Chavo Guerrero, Curt Hawkins, JTG, Trent Barreta, and Tyler Reks - I'd guess JTG and Trent are the two most likely to sneak in out of that group, leaving about 3-4 spots total for COMPLETE mystery entrants.</font>

Percy Watson will be in the rumble. OH YEAH!

:lol:

Come the fuck on, bro.

ooTin is very observant ABT.

I feel sorry for anyone who would rather watch Tazz Dan watching the Royal Rumble than the Royal Rumble itself.

Apparently, none of the NXT guys will be in it

I guarantee at some point HHH, Sheamus, Regal and Lawler will be in the ring at the same time.

just bring back world war 3.

Yeah, its just going to be alot of newer green guys. Not too excited about it.

I am not a fan of this expansion to 40 superstars, and here is why;

1) I am a traditionalist, and IMO if it isn't broken, don't fix it.

2) In reality, there are only about 5 guys that could realistically win this thing. Adding more guys to it, or women (Awesome Kong :shifty:) only results in faster eliminations and the feeling "Wait, is this guy still in the WWE! I haven't seen him in a very long time!)

3) All the numbers they said during the Royal Rumble promo this past week on Raw will virtually mean nothing. Mysterio's record for the longest time in the ring will undoubtedly be broken, however, imo, it should still stand as there was only 30 guys participating. Also, this gives an individual the opportunity to eliminate more than Kane (I forget the number, something tells me 11.)


The only way this is going to please me is if they bring in some surprise entrants and not just filler guys such as Tatsui, David Hart-Smith, ect. Because if that is the case, why even do the upgrade to 40? I think that less is more, and Vince should have went with that.

I have a feeling they will break at least 2 records being the most eliminations and most eliminations by a woman assuming Kong enters and takes out 2 people. Only other ones possible would be longest time, #40 wins, and most career eliminations.

Most eliminations would create the quick push needed for a "monster" style wrestler like Big Zeke or the new guy CM Punk has for Nexus.

If they do have someone break the most eliminations record, have them enter really early, break the record and immediately have Kane's number hit (in the 30s) and have them hype it to shit. Then either have Kane eliminate them or have them eliminate Kane.

They should make it a 60-Man Royal Rumble with two entry ways and two rings, have two guys come out at a time and then when it gets down to the final four they fight it out in one ring.


Seriously though, I think this is a cool idea. Change can be a good thing. But really it probably just means more people for Cena and Triple H to throw out, plus the ability to let all Nexus members into the match.

I want to see someone, if not WWE some indy production with a good budget for rigging, do a Battle Royal with two rings, but the second ring is above the first. Each number would randomly have either "top" or "bottom" associated with it.

Here's what I'd like to see happen:


It gets down to the end and you have Wade Barrett's Nexus, CM Punk's Nexus, Triple H and John Cena.

The Nexus factions team up again and work together to beat down HHH and Cena to bloody pulps. They throw them over the top rope, then all the Nexus members eliminate themselves except for Barrett and Punk. Barrett and Punk step over the top rope and jump to the floor together at the same time.

Barrett gets #1 contendership for the World Title on Smackdown and CM Punk gets #1 contendership for the WWE Title on RAW. This would lead to CM Punk vs. John Cena (who wins the title at EC) and Wade Barrett losing his #1 contendership at EC to maybe Alberto Del Rio after Undertaker comes in and whips Barrett's ass, costing him his match, setting up Taker versus Barrett and Del Rio vs. Edge vs. Rey Mysterio for the World Title at WrestleMania.

Bah gawd two story ring! That's actually kind of a cool idea, though I'm not sure how well people in the higher seats would be able to see the lower ring. Also, getting thrown over the top rope from the top ring would probably lead to some pretty serious injuries... unless they surrounded the ring with big bouncy mats or tables or something.

While this would be a cool idea, I really doubt Vince would give up the $$$ from the seats that would have to be removed to make room for the second ring.

That's a ridiculous idea. What are you guys even talking about?

You know what? They never sell out Mania, so they wouldn't be losing anything. They should do a Mania with a proper War Games match with two rings.

If they do War Games or World War 3 I would think it would be its own PPV, probably having a Raw v. Smackdown theme rather than just a match that happens to take place at Mania. Bragging Rights would be a proper venue for this as they already have the feud built in.

I honestly have wanted this since I was like, ten.

Badass.

The Royal Rumble is a grown man. It's 40! :mad:

:lol:

Looking at that list of confirmed I would take out: Zack Ryder, Primo, Darren Young and
Yoshi Tatsu



I see no reason for them to be in it has they have rarely been on tv at all lately.

Darren Young needs to be in just for his music alone.

Awesome!

:y:agreed Lockjaw,too bloody funny man!!! LOL