It also gave us nonsense like Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler battling as serious contenders in the extended middle section, but the finish stands out as particularly memorable if nothing else. Despite enduring a grueling brawl with Asuka, Over in the Men's Royal Rumble, NXT's superstars once again make a name for themselves as, Mustafa Ali, in his first Royal Rumble match, makes a very impressive statement by not only eliminating. This is a fantastic Royal Rumble match, with Benoit surviving from number one all the way to the end against Big Show. VIDEO: Watch the opening segment on Raw the night following Royal Rumble. It went even worse for surprise entrant and eventual winner Batista, who had been promised a World title match at WrestleMania and extended program with top stars afterwards, as his win was booed out of the building. At #19, Kurt Angle (the man who guaranteed a victory, and dedicated it to the armed forces) came out. He tried it again the next year and failed. Although not actually advertised in the match, the assumption from fans was that Bryan would wrestle his match against Bray Wyatt and then go on to compete in the Rumble. Bonus points for, unlike every other wrestler who took the place of another one in a Rumble, actually pleading her case to a ringside official (Fit Finlay), who allowed her to enter. When Nakamura was asked who he was going to face at WrestleMania, it was really no question (the entire audience was chanting it, telling Nakamura what they wanted to see): We're getting AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the WWE Championship at. Bianca Belair turning in a star-making performance, coming in at number 2 and eliminating eight compeitors to last 33 minutes, and establishing a record for most eliminations in a Women's Royal Rumble match (tied by Shayna Baszler later in the same match). The second version, that is— after Akio Sato left, he was replaced by Kato, aka American wrestler Paul Diamond under a mask. https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/5c/6c/royal-rumble-2015-wwe-ftr-011418_1x9q46u9r9apr1jdzpg5q460ed.jpg?t=-154262200&w=500&quality=80, The most memorable Royal Rumble moments of decades past, Everything you need to know about the 2018 Royal Rumble, Sporting News Wrestling on Twitter, for the latest wrestling news, notes and ridiculousness, The greatest WrestleMania matches of all time. He was pretty bland as a character, but he had a heck of a dropkick, and he got to show it off in the 2002 Rumble. ), but I also hate it. His post-match interview was an appropriate exclamation point. Roman eliminates Edge only to eat a Claymore from McIntyre who then tosses him over the top rope for a victory almost no one saw coming. Even better is how she eliminates seven-foot tall Great Khali...by giving him a kiss and pulling him over the ropes to cheers and laughter. Case in point, two years after 2004 didn’t happen, they decided to eclipse the longevity record set during that match. But he’ll always have that one Rumble victory. As unintentional as it was, it was a, From the 2004 Royal Rumble event: Shawn Michaels and Triple H put on a classic Last Man Standing match. The Royal Rumble is a pay-per-view consisting of the Royal Rumble match, title matches, and various other matches. 29 after being out with injuries for months, looking like a mountain man straight out of an episode of "Alone" and winning the match in a complete stunner. The team proceeded to clear the ring, and the match stopped so everyone could show off their dance moves…until Rikishi once again proved that it was every man for himself, turning on his friends and throwing them out. Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship, in one of the worst matches in the company's history. It was brutal and bloody and the two legitimately beat the living hell out of one another. Unfortunately his bid to recapture the World title at WrestleMania was a failure that year, and he was forced into retirement a year later.
The next day at Raw, he and Wade Barrett have a match and again Bo Dallas gets an upset victory. After igniting their dormant feud, Michaels had taken Triple H to the limit on an episode of Raw in December 2003, nearly winning the championship. What should have happened is the gong should have gone off after Spike had just come out and was only a few steps down the ramp. Foley indeed showed up to confront Orton by taking out Test in the back and taking his spot at number 21, ultimately eliminating himself and Orton. 2005: Referees from both Smackdown and Raw were on-hand to officiate that night, and the final two contestants -. The next edition of A-Show Stories will cover Survivor Series 2005. MORE: The most memorable Royal Rumble moments of decades past.
People still wanted Daniel Bryan to win the match, so the brilliant solution from the booking geniuses was to have Bryan enter the match early, get thrown out like a complete goof and let Roman dominate the rest of the match. On Raw, the favorites built up in the Royal Rumble match were Kane, who was receiving another monster push, and Goldberg who had won the right to enter the match at number 30. Instead of looking dominant, Reigns spent much of the match laying in the corner “injured” or maybe just napping. It's remembered for being not only a nail-biter of a match, but for its double-countout ending (neither man could answer the 10 count) (in Philadelphia, of all places).
DiBiase snaps about Virgil's family and the man kneels to get the belt. This is a really great show, with the Royal Rumble match and the last man standing match being so good that they carry a middling undercard. After being sent over, struggling to hold on, and going out head first. MORE: Everything you need to know about the 2018 Royal Rumble. a Spear so powerful it nearly snapped him in two, eliminates Hardcore Holly, Chris Benoit, The Miz, Rob Van Dam, CM Punk, Carlito, and Chavo Guerrero, walking on the floor and back to the ring steps, Luke Harper, Erick Rowan and Braun Strowman, immediately hits Bray with a discus clothesline, hooking her legs to the ring post, pulling herself up, then climbing the turnbuckle, still decides to participate in the Royal Rumble, Virgil leaps up and smashes the belt into DiBiase's jaw, Then both men kept going after each getting hit by it, Then came the Pedigree onto the thumbtacks, When Flair entered the 1992 Rumble at #3, Gorilla Monsoon took great delight in. As number 29 comes up, the audience is ready and then hears "You think you know me...." The place erupts as Edge makes a surprise return from injury and ends up winning the Rumble. The above moment is followed by Rhea Ripley eliminating Kacy by. 2007 ended with a near-disaster for WWE, as John Cena’s year-long title reign as WWE champion came to a crashing halt after SummerSlam thanks to an arm injury that required surgery. by making him actually believe he could lose to someone like Finn. The title picture on Raw was in no way settled after the Royal Rumble. The standoff during the final 6, with Balor, Nakamura and Reigns facing Cena, Orton and Mysterio, representing the future vs the past. One of the most dominating performances in.
It is the PPV that led me to be a Chris Benoit fan. At #19, Kurt Angle (the man who guaranteed a victory, and dedicated it to the armed forces) came out. For the first time, an NXT Rookie, Bo Dallas, who won the eight-man tournament Royal Rumble Fest, enters the ring at number 16. Sadly, Maven’s celebration quickly turned to regret, as Undertaker regrouped and beat the tar out of him. January 25, 2004. Ah yes, the match where Goldberg speared Nunzio, automagic playlist for media in this post, Comment will update with media shared in ^comments.Downvote if unwanted, self-deletes if score is less than ^0.save the world, free your ^self | recent ^playlists | plugins that ^interfere, New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the SquaredCircle community, Looks like you're using new Reddit on an old browser. I'm sure most thought "Oh, WWE is just throwing mid card guys at Brock to keep the belt on him for Brock/Goldberg" and then BAM. Didn't Spike Dudley come out after Taker's gong and then proceed to get thrashed by Kane? Alberto Del Rio seemingly had the match won, but Santino had been hiding out under the ring and was forgotten by everyone, emerging in a surprise to hit Del Rio with the Cobra strike…and then promptly get tossed out of the match to give Del Rio the win. DiBiase gloats and laughs at the crowd...at which point. He may have lasted longer if it wasn't for Wade Barrett, as he was so upset that he returns to eliminate him.
To this day anyone who has this type of performance at the Rumble (clearing the ring and/or eliminating several wrestlers) is referred to as being given "the Diesel Push". After the duo win a match, DiBiase gets on the mic to berate Virgil (who he'd just beaten on for a mistake) and demands he wrap the Million Dollar Belt around DiBiase's waist. Right after Naomi was eliminated, Corey Graves claimed that no one could stop the one that did the deed, Nia Jax. Which didn’t happen, I remind you. 30 and the crowd viciously turned on him for not being Daniel Bryan. And it was amazing. Catch WWE Royal Rumble Sunday January 25th at 8e/5p PM only on Pay Per View.
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