Royal Rumble 2006: Official Thread
 

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RAW SUPERSTARS

1) ROB VAN DAM - watch RVD video package

2) BIG SHOW

3) KANE - watch Kane qualify

4) SHAWN MICHAELS

5) TRIPLE H

6) CHRIS MASTERS

7) CARLITO

8) TREVOR MURDOCH

9) SHELTON BENJAMIN - watch Shelton qualify

10) VISCERA - watch Vis qualify

11) CHAVO GUERRERO - watch Chavo qualify

12) JONATHAN COACHMAN - watch Coach qualify

13) RIC FLAIR


SMACKDOWN SUPERSTARS

1) CHRIS BENOIT

2) REY MYSTERIO

3) RANDY ORTON

4) MATT HARDY

5) ORLANDO JORDAN

6) LASHLEY

7) SYLVAN - watch Sylvan qualify

8) ROAD WARRIOR ANIMAL

9) JOHNNY NITRO

10) JOEY MERCURY

11) SIMON DEAN

12) BOOKER T

13) SUPER CRAZY - watch Super Crazy qualify

14) PSICOSIS - watch Psicosis qualify

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Start Getting Pumped!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wish I could watch it tonight.. looking like a pretty solid show.

I'm ordering this one! This is the first PPV I will ever have ordered. The last PPV I watched live was WrestleMania X-Seven, which my dad ordered. :lol:

But yeah this looks very solid and decent. Plus I love the actual Rumble itself, it's always been a favorite of mine. :)

My Predictions

Orton wins the Rumble
Edge defeats Cena
Angle defeats Henry
BoogeyMan and JBL have a shit match
Mickey turns full fledge heel
X-pac returns and wins the Crusierweight Title

I'm ordering this fucker.

Is Matt Cappotelli's leg fully healed yet? Wouldn't surprise me to see him answer Kash's challenge.

But I can't wait. Undercard is a little hit-or-miss (the cruiser match addition helps), but I loves me some Royal Rumble.

Who do you think will get those last three spots? I'm leaning toward a returning Charlie Haas, some random legend that doesn't have anything else to do tonight, and Shaq. Yes, Shaq.

I was thinking Haas might return tonight, but wouldn't it overshadow RVD's return?

Remember the '02 ('03?) Rumble where the two surprise entrants were Perfect and Goldust? I could see that happening again this year, with perhaps, like loopydate said, some random legend(s) that have nothing to do with the current storylines. Like Faarooq or Mick Foley or Jim Duggan or something.

Muhammad Hassan

did I fuck the spelling up?

FUCKING PUMPED

IT IS NOW TIME FOR THE ROYAL RUMBLE

marks out

You got it right, Loose. Mad props.

However, didn't Mark Copani say he was trying to get into Hollywood and wasn't interested in wrestling anyway?

Remember when Duggan won the first Rumble in 88?

OR when Ax and Smash went 1, 2 in 89?

or when Hogan elimiated Warrior in 90?

or when Martel went 50+ in 91?

or when Savage went jumped over the top in 92, but still came back in

or when Yoko tossed Savage out like a rag doll in 93

or when Bret and Luger went over together in 94

or when HBK skinned the cat and elimianted Bulldog, while his music played in 95

or when...yea 96 sucked

or when Austin got eliminated, but still came back in and won it in 97

or when everyone stopped what they were doing when Austin's music hit in 98

or when Vince shocked us all and won 99

or when Rock and Big Show both went over in 2000

or when Kane dominated 2001

or when HHH won and fucked up Mr Perfect's return in 02

or when Jericho eliminated HBK in a matter of minutes in 03

or when Foley came flying out and eliminated Orton in 04

or when Cena and Batista sqaured off in 05

THAT'S THE ROYAL RUMBLE

How did HHH fuck up Perfect's return?

by winning :mad:

Ordering the show, despite the awful undercard.

I wrote these "Predictions" in the Tipsters thread but will put them in here as well...

-Carlito and RVD will Eliminate each other Tonight in the Rumble
-HBK will be # 1 Furthering the Vince-HBK Saga
-Carlito will eliminate Masterpiece after appearing to work together with him again
-One of the Suprise entrants will either be the Honkey Tonk Man or Hacksaw Jim Duggan

Adding one:

-The Undertaker will be one of the suprises as well and Orton will elimnate him

it would make my night tonight if HBK tired skin the cat and Vince crawls out from under the ring and just pulls him down.

I just wanna say that that poster with the McMahons is one of the most disturbing things I've ever seen.

ATTENTION

This is the first Pay Per View i've bought in 3 years. I may do some spotty play by play if i feel like it.

I'll just do what i do after every Rumble and download just the rumble match after it.

thats it, I'm watching this fucker

thats' the spirit

just ordered it :cool:

suppossed to get this Rumble Recall thing until 7, but I don't see anything :mad:

wasn't last years rumble the shortest rumble?

After watching the 2002 Rumble again.. we need the Godfather back.

Didn't they cut the space between entrances from 2 minutes to 90 seconds last year? I'm not sure, someone correct me.

I think the 1st rumble was the shortest. but the gap last year was 90 secs.

I predict right now that Simon Dean wont win the Royal Rumble.

3 suprise entrants huh? Betcha Jericho returns tonight.

I'm changing my Rumble Winner to Big SHow

<font color=goldenrod>Wish I could order this shit :mad:

Ah well, all's good as long as I can download the Rumble match within a few days.

RANDOM PREDICTIONS:

-HBK will be #1 because of a rigged draw
-Randy Orton will get #2 and be quickly eliminated (to Vince's dismay and shock)
-Simon Dean gets #3 and it's basically a 3-on-1 with him and the Gymini, but HBK still pulls it out (pissing Vince off even further)
-Coach gets #4 and it becomes a 6-on-1 when the Spirit Squad joins in, but Kane gets #5 and he and Shawn clean house...Vince gets fed up and leaves Shawn to fight regularly

-Orlando Jordan will be the 15th entrant, just so Tazz can say the line of the night "with a halfway draw this kid can go either way" to hype his upcoming gimmick

-One of the Mexicools will get to be the token sympathy face, as Chris Masters will attack him on the ay out after Masters gets eliminated

-Booker T. will get #30 but Randy Orton will cash in his favor and take his spot, making him now the most rested guy out there

-HBK will last a long time, but will be eliminated in some sort of Vince-screwjob way with help from RVD

-Orton ultimately wins the match, last eliminating Mysterio

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And I concur with loopy, the 3 mystery guys will be Haas, Duggan, and Shaq

I get bored way too easily</font> :(

i hope Shaq comes out to one of his rap songs.

lol

Prediction: Shaq eliminates Carlito from the Royal Rumble

Doubt I'll watch this live, might get the repeat at a more human hour.

Yo Naitch whats the word on Triple Platnuim?

JUST ORDERED THIS!!COME ON!!

2 pages before it even started, what

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Fact: Diosturbed will be having a mock Royal Rumble with his wrestling figures and makeshift ring. Just before the parents come home

It's a proper ring.

:lol: I'm rushing trying to finish my CAW updates for SVR06 so I can sim the Rumble.

Don't think it's going to happen, though.

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*Flair is the number one entry*

fast forward to the final 4

*We join the Royal Rumble in it's final moments. Four men remain. Ric Flair, Bret Hart, The Undertaker and Mankind*

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Flair is chopping away on Mankind in the corner whilst Hart has The Undertaker in a Sharpshooter in the middle of the ring

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Flair continues to chop away on Mankind, stopping only briefly to let out a big WOOOOO every now and then

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Meanwhile, Undertaker has managed to get to the ropes and has pulled himself to his feet, breaking the Sharpshooter!

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Hart charges and Taker with a cross body but gets caught

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Taker carries him on his shoulder for a second before turning it into a.....

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TOMBSTONE PILEDRIVER! Undertaker then picks up Hart and dumps him over the top rope

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BRET HART HAS BEEN ELIMINATED

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Meanwhile, Mankind has gotten out of the corner and has locked in the Mandible Claw on Flair. The crowd are going crazy!

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Out of nowhere, The Undertaker kicks Mankind in the face!

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He kicks him so hard he stumbles over the top rope.....

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AND THROUGH A TABLE AT RINGSIDE!!!!! MANKIND HAS BEEN ELIMINATED!

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Whilst The Undertaker looks down on the fallen Mankind, Flair sneeks up behind him and delivers a low blow!

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Flair then grabs Taker and throws him over the top rope! Ric Flair has won the Battle Royal!

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Ric's blurry face cannot contain his joy! Wait a minute, the lights have gone out!

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The lights have gone out and we cant see a thing! They come back on....

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OH MY GOD! A VERY BLURRY VAN DAMINATOR!

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WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE!?

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WHY HAS ROB VAN DAM ATTACKED RIC FLAIR!? WHY ROB, WHY!?

*end show*

Wait, I just turned on my TV, and the Heat are playing.

Shaq's in Houston right now. I doubt he'd hop a flight after getting beat up on the court for a couple of hours to "wrestle" tonight.

Crap. There goes that prediction.

Which begs the question: What the hell was the point of that segment with Carlito?

Disturbed :D

To build interest for the Rumble.

There are your 3 suprise entries, Bret Hart, Mankind and The Undertaker.

I GUAN-DAMN-TEE IT

Replace the RVD figure with Triple H

I dont own crap like that.

Ordered it.

Boondock, why did you order a Triple H action figure?

lol

I have just ordered it and I'm pretty pumped up for this.

LPD: (I don't if anyone's answered this, but you do realise that Matt Capp(whatever his name is) has a brain tumour and I think had surgery recently.

LC: Somethings giving me a little hint that you really like the Royal Rumble.

I'm saying this right now. I am ordering this PPV for ROB VAN DAM ! It's been a whole year since I last saw him wrestle, and the wait just about f'n killed me.

OMG, I totally forgot about that. Wow. There goes that thought.

I'm getting ready to leave. I'm doing the usual with going to a buddys house and we all chip in with money and watch the ppv. Should be an interesting night, the Rumble is always a fun event. Hard to say who the winner is cus it actually looks like any number of people can win it. Can't wait!

My list of possible winners, in order of most likely, IMHO:

1. Randy Orton
2. Rey Mysteiro (close 2nd)
3. Rob Van Dam
4. Simon Dean -- er, I mean whoever one of the surprise entrants is
5. Maven

So yeah.

Jim Duggan and Goldust will be in the Rumble.

Start looking at your number 2 pick to win.

Just ordered the webcast. :cool:

It better be 2 min. between wrestlers and not that minute or 1:30 bullshit! :mad:

Finlay defeats Brian Kendrick on Heat

Don't be shocked if you see The Rock or Hulk Hogan in the Rumble tonight.

Or Brock Lesnar

Or Jeff Hardy

Or Tito Santana

Or Tito Ortiz

Okay I'd be surprised on that last one. I'll stop now.


Rey to win!

Smackdown! NUMBA 1 Announcer!

Gregory Helms? Fucking SWEET!

Is it me or does Helms look a little like Hassan?

Ortiz......would that be awesome if he came in the RUmble and just shot on everyone, grabbed the mic and said "Reality Check mother fo's"

So you can win by Tap out OR submission?

I'd mark out like Triple A listening to a band swinging about cutting their wrists or something gaytarded like that.

They'd find someway to fuck that up. Look at Daniel Puder.

Fucking HELL! that Kick from London was sweet.

ok, first ppv i've ordered since I was like 12, this shit better not dissapoint :mad:

This looks like a shit card except the Rumble (And the CW match).

You chose THIS to be your first since 12? :nono:

HELMS FUCKING WINS!

OMFG that was a crazy match

Hold my ball...

What can I say, i've always liked watching the Rumble match.

And the CW matchs seem to lack compared to back in the WCW days :(

So, think Trish is gonna go Lez?

OHHH YEAH HLA BABY!!!!!

It was hot by WWE stancards though. WCW was always hotter.

Settle down there Diesel

Nope. Not even watching the show but I'm saying no anyway.

Joey Styles: Fisherwoman's suplex. lol

Yeahh get it on.

Mickie wins.

Yes yes she does

0 for 1

Rey blames Eddie for his bad number i guess.

Boogeyman vs JBL next

Gross

Can we bring up Eddie a few more times?

Yeah, doesn't take much imagination to figure against it.