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GOLDBERG VS. STEINER; ONE LAST RAW BEFORE THE RUMBLE!
Jan. 19, 2004
Scott Steiner thought he received some good news last week when he found out that he would enter the Royal Rumble and have a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania, if he could survive the challenge of 29 other men. The good news, however, ended right there as it came with some bad news for Steiner … he is next. On RAW, Steiner will meet Goldberg, a man who will also enter the Rumble on Jan. 25. Goldberg is determined to win the Rumble and gain a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania, and is apparently going to try to use Steiner as an example of how serious he is. Will Goldberg’s path to the Rumble meet a bump in the road from Steiner? Watch RAW to find out.

Also, last week on RAW, Stone Cold Steve Austin and General Manager Eric Bischoff came to an agreement that Austin would not interfere with Bischoff as long as Bischoff followed the rules. Austin said his job is to make sure that Bischoff does his. Does this mean that Bischoff will now have a plan to run RAW as he sees fit despite the presence of Austin? Find out on RAW!

The Road to the Royal Rumble continues as RAW comes to you for the final time before the big event from Green Bay. What other developments for the Rumble will happen? Escape the Rules and find out on RAW at 9/8 CT on Spike TV!

lol wcw

Because if Triple H couldn't stop Goldberg...surely Test's tag team partner can!

Hey remember towards the end of WCW when Steiner killed off like all of WCW's top guys and then had funerals for them on Nitro. LOL. Magnificent 7 Ruled

RAW WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YEAH

Steiner and Goldberg had an awesome match at Fall Brawl 2000, who wants to bet that this match tonight will not be as good? Anyone? Didn't think so.

That said, this is another example of good booking going into the Rumble. I assume Test will be in the Rumble, so much like with BT and Kane, this will give Goldberg a fued that the fans are familiar with to deal with in the Rumble.

The build for HBK-HHH has been really good, hopefully they continue that.

We should also get some more stuff with Orton, and if they're smart they will announce that Foley will be at the Rumble (if he actually is going to make an apprearance) instead of going with the suprise approach which does nothing for business, as has been proven this past month.

I'm looking foward to Steiner vs. Goldberg something about two brawlers going at it always makes me eager to watch an event, I don't really know why. Hopefully tonight they will finally turn Jericho all the way face (rather then just hinting at it) so Jericho when Jericho wins the Rumble the fans will actually cheer his victory rather then having a smatering of boos. Also I'll bet dollars to donuts that there will be a match tonight where the winner gets to be the 30th entrant in the Royal Rumble.

Why isnt this thread sticky yet?

think the kane jericho match will be tonight?

Okay, so the RAW superstars that have already been announced for the Rumble are: Kane, Booker T, Goldberg, Scott Steiner, Christian, Chris Jericho, Mark Henry, and Rico.

Who wants to hazard a guess at the last seven (keep in mind, HBK, HHH, the Dudleys, Flair, and Batista already have matches, plus Tommy Dreamer isn't in it, since Rico beat him to qualify)?

How about...rep points all around for whoever gets all seven.

For my part, I'm going with Rob Van Dam, Test, Randy Orton, Matt Hardy, Lance Storm, Val Venis, and Steven Richards.

Test, Steven Richards, Rob Conway, Rene Dupree, Matt Hardy, The Hurricane, Rosey.

Theres my 7

Do you think the Goldberg-Steiner match is going to resemble the match between Booker & Buff? Or do you think fans have got the WCW taste out of their mouths?

I've got pretty high hopes for Raw tonight despite the Steiner/Goldberg match. I don't really care much for either of them, it's matches like this that make me miss monday night football.

My last 7 entrants guess would be
Test, Orton, RVD, Richards, Hurrican, Hardy, Maven

Unless Maven really is seriously hurt (not sure if it's been confirmed). If Maven is hurt then I'll take Rosey.

Damn, should've watied a few minutes and I could've cheated :lol:

Tonight could be good, I like the idea of the tournament ending in an over the top rope battle royal

god that would be great if Hardy won it. Who was that guy behind Booker in the blue shorts, I couldn't see?

Heh. Anyone catch the "BORING!" sign?

Conway..Thats who it was.

RVD and Booker T against Christian and Matt Hardy first.

No Jericho, that makes for a better chance at his face turn. :D

Isn't Maven out on family-related affairs?

Oh Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

WOW Jim Ross has a horrible memory

Hardy and Christian= Kick ass team

MVP and KIYF got 5/7 and me and Loopy only got 4/7

Yeah but its been reported that he really hurt his elbow over the weekend

That was a week or so ago, he's been back at house shows recently. Over the weekend he hurt, possibly even broke, his elbow.

i think i might be on to something lol

...You know, dammit...what the hell's Matt doing on RAW again?

:lol: Golberg v Steiner v Test

havent watched in awhile have ya

Geez... RVD & Booker over Hardy & the CLB

waiting for final fantasy commercial havent seen one since thursday

:shifty: up there it is!!!! *mark

I seriously hope goldberg doesn't win #30. I have a bad feeling that he might though.

****Marks out for the Coach announcing

Has 30 ever gone to a face?

Geez... I hate Jonathan Coachman. Not the hate, as in he's a good heel. The hate as he's been rammed down my throat

Apparently, you think rhetoric is where shit comes out. You're not a...bright man, are you?

guess i was wrong....maybe next week...its gonna happen (besides the house show)

uh... right

Chyna was 30 wasn't she? Was she a face? I can't remember.

I could see them booking goldberg as 30 and when he comes in there will still be a hell of a lot of people remaining. Then they'd just let him clean house. Have I mentioned lately that I hate goldberg?

:lol: In other words, it was a rhetorical question, hinting at the fact that he's been basically buried since coming over from SmackDown!.

Your right, Chyna was a face at the time :y:

By the way, I love Dupre's taunt

Liontamer! Er...Walls of Jericho! Er...Boston Crab?

I dug this up, it's a list of entrants from 88 to 01. Most of the 30's seem to be heels, but some could've been faces. Undertaker, Savage, Crush, and Rikishi could've been. I can't remember well enough what their gimmicks were during that point in time.

http://www.geocities.com/ptprowrestl...oyalRumble.htm

Oh well, more useless info anyway :lol:

i think christian has a plan to take out Jericho.


thats actually a kick ass HHH / HBK promo

Did coach say that if anybody interfered they were out of the Rumble? I thought I heard something like that, but the phone rang so I wasn't sure.

Alot of history between HHH & HBK.

The Original DX
Summer Slam Street Fight
Elimination Chamber
Armageddon 2 out of 3 Falls
Last RAW of 2003 match

lol rico ridding henry

I'll be damned!!!

RICO IS THE F'NG MAN!

Why? Because he just pulled an entertaining match out of Mark Henry!

Uh-oh...has it begun?

That's what I was thinking. I also have to admit that, I may be the only one, but I'm becoming a mark for Orton.

Not me. Though I have to give him credit for showing respect for RVD earlier in the week.

the giant killer! nope just wwe spike

Fire Spike. He's useless.

Hey that was an awesome Evolution interview

LOL at Spike winning

Oh shit

Or just have Kane kill him. Either or.

Kane's first awful feud: Shane
Kane's next awful feud: The Ref?

Nah, probably not. Interesting how they made it a point to mention him burying the Undertaker :shifty: also showing a replay of Undertaker getting eliminated in the Rumble :lol: C'mon guys, don't make it too obvious.

ok did anyone else see and hear the dong as spikes head banged off the post?

lol coach as the man in charge im going to do something
jr. --what??
coach -sit here and watch

If I see that ad for X-2 one more time, i'm going to kill my TV.

So this will be the last segment I see.

This rumble is shaping up nicely. Its a good idea.

*This post has been brought to you by Final Fantasy X-2

"I know forward is the only way my heart can go
I hear your voice calling out to me..."*

Goddamn, I hate that commercial.

So...Hurricane and Orton are the last qualifying match?

you are guarenteed to see one per a commercial break...lol
then when wrestling is over you will begin humming the theme uncontrollable until you cant take it anymore and have to invest in hundreds of hours of therapy.... :shifty:

Nice Stiener Recliner there

Okay, I'm going to reprise my game again (and go off-topic). We know the 15 RAW guys, and there are 10 SmackDown guys (Angle, Cena, Benoit, Gunn, Rikishi, Benjamin, Haas, Nunzio, Big Show, and Morgan) who have clinched spots. Who will round out the last five SmackDown slots?

Keep in mind that Brock, Hardcore, Mysterio, Noble, and the Guerreros already have matches. Also, Scotty 2 Hotty, the Bashams, Palumbo, and Stamboli lost their qualifying matches.

I'm going with Rhyno, APA, A-Train, and the Dragon.

anyone see goldberg on punked?

Rhyno, Tajiri, Bradshaw, Shannon Moore, and A Train

Rhyno, Train, Bradshaw, Moore, O'Haire(prays)

Edge

Ooh, I forgot Shannon somehow. Bump Dragon from my list. I'm having serious Cruiser memory lapses lately (see my Fantasy Book thread).

LOL at Orton True Legend

Those Orton commercials are great :D

Yes, Final Fantasy commercial.

Hey look at Bart Gunn's career go down the tubes..LOL

What ever happened to Butter Bean

so Foley at the rumble?

Off Topic:

You Got Served looks like the male version of Bring It On


^$#%#$$ Final Fantasy commercial

"It's showtime, girls."

*Shoots TV, runs screaming, naked into 1F night*

FORWARD IS THE ONLY WAY MY HEART CAN GO!
I HEAR YOUR VOICE CALLING OUT TO ME!

Again with FFX-2! Christ...

they dont even promote wrestling games as much as final fantasy

West Side Story, anyone?

uh....why are you watching wrestling naked?

Oh boy, it's gotten loopy

Um...no reason...:shifty:

Actually, I should have put *takes off clothes* in there, shouldn't I?

*Comes back inside, puts pants back on, picks gun back up, prepares for next FFX2 ad*

ROFL! "Forgot about the midgets..."

Damn, we almost made it through the show without Lita.

love midgets i hope for my birthday i get a midget stripper lol

Hehe yea, that one too.

Can you do a hurricanrana?