Official Royal Rumble Thread
 

LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(yeah it's early but i wanted a head start) Feel Free to post favorites, Memories, Choice Food for Watching, and who you think will win.

Also The Royal Rumble Game is tonight for anyone who is participating, As per Triple A, both the Men and Women's Rumbles are now involved, Whoever wins gets $25 ($50 if you win both)


Universal Championship Match

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WWE Championship Match

https://www.wwe.com/f/styles/wwe_16_...c8c7756fd3.jpg

30 Man Rumble Match

https://www.wwe.com/f/styles/wwe_16_...b4cceb51ce.jpg

30 Women Rumble Match

https://www.wwe.com/f/styles/wwe_16_...b3a6ad449a.jpg

Smackdown Women's Championship

https://www.wwe.com/f/styles/wwe_16_...2acc66b1c3.jpg

Raw Women's Championship

https://www.wwe.com/f/styles/wwe_16_...18f09c87cf.jpg

Smackdown Tag Championship

https://www.wwe.com/f/styles/wwe_16_...e2f4e07876.jpg


KickOff Show

Cruiserweight Championship

https://www.wwe.com/f/styles/wwe_16_...5e7f12d56f.jpg

United States Championship

https://www.wwe.com/f/styles/wwe_16_...179bef544e.jpg

Pretty solid card, feels Rumble worthy. I'll be watching live by myself in FMB. I'd look up Shisen Kopf to see where he's watching, but I would fight him before the night was over, I'm sure.

Watching on the WWE Network as usual for me.

Hanging out w/ Dave Wadding & RoXer

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Did RoXer implore you to please listen to his sentences?

My face when I rip my cord to Alexa Bliss.

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I can only assume that Titus O'Neil is in the Rumble just to do another pratfall because Vince can't help but run something that happened organically into the ground...but if Kofi's annual elimination spot involves him landing on Titus right as he falls, it'll be so worth it.

I hear CM Punk is in Pheonix.

That's pretty rad. Tell them I said what's up!

:y::y:

Twitter reports coming in from Milwaukee say that The Ryback was spotted on a Pheonix bound flight this morning.

I'm planning on watching alone at home, but I've just remembered that there is a Hooters like half a mile from here. Dunno if they still show wrestling at Hooters, but it might be fun to mark out in public and maybe meet some friends in a new place.

You will miss the commentary though...

You should go.

If Matt Hardy Shows up in the rumble, he should be Version 1

Then later hold your own Royal Rumble with the Hooters girls

Speaking of.....

Odds of Bray Wyatt randomly returning in the Rumble, and then promptly disappearing again afterwards?

Enzo Amore has been spotted on a flight headed to Phoenix.

I’d say he’s definitely in.

What if slik wins the Royal Rumble..... he has been spotted in Phoenix....

Ha, but they used to turn the volume up loud and everything.

Adrian Adonis and Dino Bravo have been spotted on a flight headed to Phoenix.

lol Enzo jumping into the ring mid-Rumble would be worth it to see everyone knock the shit out of him

@_at_hashtag fuck off

Along With Max Moon, Techno Team 2000, IRS, Repo Man


And The Legendary



Bastion Booger.

All as one entrant

YES

Got a family gathering in a little while but I hope to be back in time the official start time.

If the price is right, I'll buy the PPV and hang out with ya.

RoXer said to tell you he made a $100 campaign donation to Kamala Harris in your name!! He said to please a photo of your Thank You letter when you get it in the mail because he wants to see it!!

Wouldn't it be cheaper to just buy the Network?

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Kickoff starts in 30 minutes (4pm Central time)

Cathey Kelley is “reporting” that Braun Strowman is replacing the “injured” John Cena.

A buddy of mine is sitting two rows behind the announce table, apparently.

The upper deck seats seem pretty awful from what I can see there. They probably won't be able to tell if they're watching the mens or the womens Rumble from there.

Did coach just completely botch reading that clock?

K-Kwik is still around. Mind boggling.

Is Bliss even a heel?

I'd be down for a Samoa Joe win.

Good for him, I say.

That's what I want, but it's not gonna happen.

Watching at home with the Mrs.

This pre-show doesn't have enough Cathy Kelley.

My penis doesn’t have enough Cathy Kelley, either

According to Wikipedia this is a list of the 20 of 30 entrants confirmed

R-Truth December 16, 2018 Won the Mixed Match Challenge tournament to enter the match at #30
Drew McIntyre December 17, 2018 Announced on Raw
Aired on tape delay on December 24, 2018
Big E December 29, 2018 Announced on SmackDown
Aired on tape delay on January 1, 2019
Kofi Kingston
Xavier Woods
Seth Rollins January 4, 2019 Announced during a live event
Jeff Hardy January 5, 2019 Announced on WWE's Twitter page
Dean Ambrose January 6, 2019 Announced on WWE's Twitter page
Bobby Lashley Announced during a live event
Samoa Joe January 6, 2019 Announced on WWE's Twitter page
Elias January 7, 2019 Announced on Raw
Baron Corbin
Jinder Mahal
Apollo Crews Announced during a WWE.com exclusive backstage interview
Andrade January 7, 2019 Announced on Zelina Vega's Twitter page
Mustafa Ali January 8, 2019 Announced on his Twitter page
Rey Mysterio Announced on SmackDown
Titus O'Neil January 21, 2019 Announced on Raw
Randy Orton January 22, 2019 Announced on SmackDown
Braun Strowman January 27, 2019 Announced on WWE's Instagram page

Other than Titus and R-Truth, its a pretty hot lineup of guys.

That's if they fill it up. Clever to show the size of the arena during the Kickoff so they can say it's filling up.

She's not very good.

He's been the only good promo on this entire Kickoff, unless you count Daniel Bryan in the hype video.

This Kickoff is a giant waste of time. They're advertising matches that are going to be happening on it. They are advertising their advertisements. It feels like they're going over the same talking points every couple of minutes.

It'd be great to see Rollins enter at #1 and win.

That Rumble Burger seems excessive.

I didn't really understand if this is a Royal Rumble match or what, but Drake Maverick has put together a Rezar & Scott Dawson team to face Roode & Gable...I think, so that Rezar & The Revival can be Tag Team Champions? I dunno.

R-Truth and Carmella were so funny on Kickoff Live!

I'm gonna be holding my Johnny Gargano toy tonight.

Prediction: The crowd ends up getting behind Daniel Bryan very soon. He's too good.

Slik will you try the rumble burger and post pic of you eating it and then tell us how you liked it? Once in a lifetime burger dude!

Daniel Bryan would be mad at me , I'm having a Buffalo Chicken Pizza and Chocolate milk

R-Truth & Carmella are fucking awful, and any of the people who chanted "Dance break!" should be turned into Royal Rumble Burgers. Sorry if one was your friend, Thrilla, but they sound like an awful person.

You ARE joking, right?

I kept spoiler free for this weekends tournament, I'm gonna watch it next week.

Shit, feels good to sit down. haha

I'd eat Carmella's Royal Rumble Burger

:shifty: Yes

Oh wow, this looks cool in the stadium.

AHAHAHA the camera man falling down

sucks for him

Haha :naughty: nice one mate!

Unique Entrance setup.

lol Roode taking out the camera guy

The ring looks fanfuckingtastic.

I love the smaller entrance. Love the setup.

Cool entrance ramp/minimal set

Why is this pairing happening? Why cant The Revival just be The Revival. Fuck you Vince.

dunno about that entrance setup

Matt Hardy has been Tweeting his Version 1 gimmick like crazy all week.

Any sweet debuts being predicted besides the usual Kenny Omega predictions?

Every time The Revival comes out, I start to whistle their music, but then it always turns into the Power Rangers theme

Akem is injured so Drake worked a deal where Dawson teams with Razar and if they win then the teams face off for a title shot.

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slik has been spotted in Phoenix, and I think he will enter somewhere in the 20s

Jungle Boy

I'd Mark the hell out if Matt Hardy comes out to Live for the Moment and Jeff follows with No More Words.

The Cruiserweight Match should be pretty good.

If Matt enters, him using the V1 gimmick would not be surprising. It's his most significant singles theme.

For a second I thought they’d released Dash but kept Dawson just to be petty.

I think he means why is it happening, as in why even do it, more so than the on-air story behind it.

That would not surprise me in the slightest.

One of Bobby Lashley's pecs is as big as JBL's head.

I'm sensing this could be a hybrid of V1 / Woken or revamped version 1. V2

Lio Rush can actually talk.

Its packed here, I'm sort of behind the entrance

http://imgur.com/gallery/k7TuIQj

LOL JBL just spoiled the women's Rumble winner.

"The Man" was a cute nickname for a while, but I think it's kind of annoying that it's permanently stuck. It only makes sense in the context of her feuding with Charlotte when she actually has the belt playing off "To be the man..."

Well, He is The Man of the Hour.

The Man with the power

Too sweet to be sour

Hahaha, JBL.

This talking has been absolutely awful.

Who is eating the Rumble Burger and how much did it cost? How is it?

I'd be down with that because it could mean another Joe-Lesnar title match which was really good the last time it happened.

Booker T has actually had the best insight. That is scary.

Thanks for confirming Charlotte is winning the Rumble JBL. Now go home please.

When I saw that Joe promo, I tried to convince myself he had a shot at winning.

HBK has entered the building.

Slik what shirt are you reppin bro

Maybe she'll win the men's Rumble

Haha, David Otunga still has a job.

How the fuck did HBK get so cross eyed?