THE 2013 ROYAL RUMBLE THREAD

[JayDizzle]

I'm gonna love (in respect to Cena doing it 10 years running plus) when all everyone remembers is how great Cena was or how The Rock is STILL great when they got guys like Danielson, Punk, Ziggler, Kidd and more in the back who kill themselves for basically... nothing because nobody will allow them to be great.

Punk's reign isn't shit now because all anyone will care about is how he lost due to Vince sucking The Rock's dick.

Just to stay a few more months because the ratings are down again.

But it's whatever... fuckin' sheep who pay for tickets to see has-beens win the belt for the 8th time can celebrate their fake champion.

Motherfucker's not my champion and never will be.

 

[EmpireWF]

If I were a young Indy talent I'd look at this show and it would basically make up my mind that I'm not going to waste my time with the WWE. Bust your ass to make a name for yourself only for it not to matter because a guy like the Rock has a 2 month gap in his movie schedule.

That's 1 way of looking at it.

The other, more reasonable way is....by Rock participating and headlining Wrestlemania, more buys. More buys = more money for EVERYONE.

 

[dave]

Bo Dallas?

I didn't get this one either. Short kid, average body, can't see an IT factor. Frankly, I think his dad would have been a better Royal Rumble entrant.

Was kinda surprised Brock Lesnar didn't appear tonight. Totally expected him there in some way.

Didn't like how Rock-Punk played out. They should have just given Rock a clean win if that's what they wanted to do. This just looked stupid.

As for the Rumble, I always enjoy it. Hate that Cena won, but I'd rather he win than Ryback. Jericho was amazing ... love that comeback to the fans' "You've still got it" chant. "I never lost it, baby!"

 

[JimLeavy59]

That's 1 way of looking at it.

The other, more reasonable way is....by Rock participating and headlining Wrestlemania, more buys. More buys = more money for EVERYONE.

And the rest of the PPV's do like shit and RAW tanks it in the ratings after Super Cena overcomes the odds the beats Rock, that's really good business.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

some massive overreactions in this thread

Show was not good, but it wasn't terrible. It was just "there". Very predictable, paint by numbers, but ultimately the right people won the most important matches.

Cena/Rock II is the best match for business at WrestleMania, I can't fault them for going in that direction. Honestly most of you were trying to out think yourselves, it was the obvious direction.

Rock/Cena
Lesnar/Trips
Punk/Taker
some combo of Del Rio/Show/Sheamus

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

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[JimLeavy59]

some massive overreactions in this thread

Show was not good, but it wasn't terrible. It was just "there". Very predictable, paint by numbers, but ultimately the right people won the most important matches.

Cena/Rock II is the best match for business at WrestleMania, I can't fault them for going in that direction. Honestly most of you were trying to out think yourselves, it was the obvious direction.

Rock/Cena
Punk/Lesnar
some combo of Del Rio/Show/Sheamus

Fixed, Taker should really just call it quits or take the year off.

Punk face turn could coming though, I think its obvious he has nothing to do with The Shield

 

[EmpireWF]

And I'm surprised Del Rio & Big Show seemingly have this great chemistry. They've had good matches on TV and this one was an entertaining 20+ minute deal.

Rock/Cena
Lesnar/HHH
Taker/Punk
Del Rio/Ziggler
Sheamus/Orton
Show/Ryback (i know)
Hell No vs. Rhodes Scholars vs. Prime Time Players?
Mysterio vs. Sin Cara?
Jericho vs Cesaro?

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

And I'm surprised Del Rio & Big Show seemingly have this great chemistry. They've had good matches on TV and this one was an entertaining 20+ minute deal.

Rock/Cena
Lesnar/HHH
Taker/Punk
Del Rio/Ziggler
Sheamus/Orton
Show/Ryback (i know)
Hell No vs. Rhodes Scholars vs. Prime Time Players?
Mysterio vs. Sin Cara?
Jericho vs Cesaro?

Del Rio/Big Show was shockingly the best match of the night.

Fat Mysterio vs Sin Cara is all but confirmed I feel.

 

[JayDizzle]

While the obvious matches are all but sewn up, I think I'd like to see a short program with Orton vs. Ryback.

You have to turn Orton but they've been dying to do that for weeks now and since Ryback isn't going to kill Cena before WM, I think it might be a nice diversion with both of them fighting in the Chamber and then taking it to 'Mania.

Workrate and selling aside, at least it'd be fresh.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

some massive overreactions in this thread

Show was not good, but it wasn't terrible. It was just "there". Very predictable, paint by numbers, but ultimately the right people won the most important matches.

Cena/Rock II is the best match for business at WrestleMania, I can't fault them for going in that direction. Honestly most of you were trying to out think yourselves, it was the obvious direction.

Rock/Cena
Lesnar/Trips
Punk/Taker
some combo of Del Rio/Show/Sheamus

The best match of the night was Del Rio-Big Show and that match was kind of shit.

Rumble was not entertaining at all.

Punk-Rock...match was bad, result was awful. You want Rock win...have Punk and Rock have a nice 20m match...WHAM-BOOM-Rock Bottom...Rock wins clean...Rock-Cena WrestleMania and you can hang out hat on a very solid main event match with the right guy going over for business. But, they not only had a bad match but they had an awful finish.

Execution was crap all the way around.

 

[BigBiss]

And I'm surprised Del Rio & Big Show seemingly have this great chemistry. They've had good matches on TV and this one was an entertaining 20+ minute deal.

Rock/Cena
Lesnar/HHH
Taker/Punk
Del Rio/Ziggler
Sheamus/Orton
Show/Ryback (i know)
Hell No vs. Rhodes Scholars vs. Prime Time Players?
Mysterio vs. Sin Cara?
Jericho vs Cesaro?

think we might get Ry-back Sheamus?

I think Miz vs Cesaro is here to stay as well

 

[dave]

Fat Mysterio vs Sin Cara is all but confirmed I feel.

Fat? He looks like he dropped a lot of weight tonight.

 

[JayDizzle]

One of the "highlights" had to be Cole losing his shit about how The Shield killed The Rock when the lights were out.

I get that it had to be done for the DVD or what-have-you but when the lights hit it would have been great for the next few weeks of writing if they kept dragging on to who did him in.

Sure, Punk would lose the title on a technicality but at least it wouldn't go to The Rock (unless I missed the full stips about The Shield DQ'ing Punk) and you could have the two fight in the Chamber to see who'd get the belt.

Either the Wronged Champion or the Guy who took a break from pimping G.I. Joe and the Marky Mark movie nobody's gonna see so he can fake fight for a lot of money with minimum effort.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

One of the "highlights" had to be Cole losing his shit about how The Shield killed The Rock when the lights were out.

I get that it had to be done for the DVD or what-have-you but when the lights hit it would have been great for the next few weeks of writing if they kept dragging on to who did him in.

Sure, Punk would lose the title on a technicality but at least it wouldn't go to The Rock (unless I missed the full stips about The Shield DQ'ing Punk) and you could have the two fight in the Chamber to see who'd get the belt.

Either the Wronged Champion or the Guy who took a break from pimping G.I. Joe and the Marky Mark movie nobody's gonna see so he can fake fight for a lot of money with minimum effort.

The Chamber idea I thought could have happened. I doubted it, due to the amount of money that it took to bring the Rock back, but that was probably the best booking decision to make.

I wonder if they will re-do the commentary where Cole referred to Ryback as Sheamus, or the "wake up" you heard when Cena put Ryback on the top rope :yao:

 

[JimLeavy59]

For what it was I enjoyed the Rock vs CM Punk match.

 

[EmpireWF]

The best match of the night was Del Rio-Big Show and that match was kind of shit.

Punk-Rock...match was bad, result was awful. You want Rock win...have Punk and Rock have a nice 20m match...WHAM-BOOM-Rock Bottom...Rock wins clean...Rock-Cena WrestleMania and you can hang out hat on a very solid main event match with the right guy going over for business. But, they not only had a bad match but they had an awful finish.

Execution was crap all the way around.

Did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed?

How was Del Rio/Show kind of shit? It had some fun brawling on the outside, the finish was strong and Del Rio looks like a million bucks.

The main was far from awful. Why do a straight clean match? Then what's Punk suppose to do for the next x number of weeks before his Mania program kicks in? Now, he can go out there and talk about how he beat Rocky, he was screwed over (getting more heat in the process) and yadayadayada.

I'm sure part of the reason they did it the way they did was to throw a curve in the finish since everyone knew Rock was winning.

Rock was in better ring shape for this match than last year's WM and it showed. It was a good match (not as good as WM obviously, but no way was it bad).

 

[BigBiss]

Id just like to say every one talking about skiping mania right now ... feel free to spend the 60 $ at www.smartmarkvideo.com tomorrow

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed?

How was Del Rio/Show kind of shit? It had some fun brawling on the outside, the finish was strong and Del Rio looks like a million bucks.

The main was far from awful. Why do a straight clean match? Then what's Punk suppose to do for the next x number of weeks before his Mania program kicks in? Now, he can go out there and talk about how he beat Rocky, he was screwed over (getting more heat in the process) and yadayadayada.

I'm sure part of the reason they did it the way they did was to throw a curve in the finish since everyone knew Rock was winning.

Rock was in better ring shape for this match than last year's WM and it showed. It was a good match (not as good as WM obviously, but no way was it bad).

You must just love shit. Awful PPV.

Del-Rio and Big Show was a bad match...silly brawl with silly spots with predictable outcomes of the face in peril of losing. The ending was awful, too.

The main event was shit. Whatever producer in the back booked the match deserves a gold watch and sent on his way. Layout, pace, and execution was poor. Finish was WOAT. Rock was in better shape and it showed? Clown statement. Dude was rolling around and on the ground most of the match with the appropriate amount of bad rest spots.

Shit was booked like a Vince Russo WCW PPV.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

The key to watching WWE is to lower your expectations.

This show was a solid 5/10. Perfectly average. Pretty much what I expect out of any WWE show. Once per year or so you get MITB 2011 or Extreme Rules 2012. RAW is almost always either bad or mediocre, and the PPV's almost never deliver beyond a 5. The B-shows (Main Event, Superstars, NXT) are really where it's at if you are looking for action.

You have to remember, to Joe Casualfan, and to the kids, tonight was a home run. The good guys won every match, Cena won, The Rock won, and that bastard CM Punk lost.