So I’ll confess that I had only saw parts of this show… mostly the Rumble and that’s it. And considering that I had (and still have) sour feelings from the current WWE product, the desire to watch the entire show was lacking. However, I was finally able to watch the whole show and this is what I’ve got out of it.
Category: Wrestling PPV Musings
Royal Ramble 2014
Yeah, this is a noteworthy show… one of those shows that ends up being memorable for all the wrong reasons. If there is any one show you could point as the beginning of the crumbling of WWE’s product… well, there’s plenty of those that do a far better job of that than this show, but I guess we can throw this in the hat.
Royal Ramble 2012
So last year’s Rumble experiment with forty guys failed miserably and they went back to the standard 30. Unfortunately, that’s about the only really notable thing about this year’s Rumble.
Royal Ramble 2011
Ten years ago, we had the “BIGGEST” Royal Rumble ever, as for the first (and only) time ever, forty men would be entering the Royal Rumble and… well, that sure was something, I guess.
There were some other matches… only a couple at most… slim pickings for this year.
Royal Ramble 2010
Fun fact: I actually bought the DVD release for this show. I don’t know why, but I’d imagine it might have something to do with wanting to have all the Royal Rumbles on DVD since I also had the Royal Rumble set from 2007 or 08, I believe. Never went beyond that, I’m afraid.
Anyway, on with the show, I suppose…
Royal Ramble 2009
Well, it’s the 2009 edition of the Royal Rumble and… well, I barely remember a bloody thing about this one, so we might as well get it over with.
Royal Ramble 2008
Jumping ahead to 2008 and… well… this show is a total blank to me.
So we’re reaching the point with these Rumble shows where I barely remember anything on them. It’s this weird nebulous period where it’s neither particularly good nor was it notably awful. Mind you, this was after a year with a rather serious incident taking place that threatened to curtail the entire wrestling industry, so naturally, you blank out on the stuff that came afterwards… but, um, yeah… let’s give this another look and see if there’s anything worth remembering.
Royal Ramble 2000
Live from Madison Square Garden in New York City… which means that we’re not going to have a hugely elaborate set because MSG is unique enough in its set-up that trying to turn this into a typical WWF set would be pretty darn stupid.
Anyway, we’ve got a packed show of sorts. HHH defends the WWF Title against Cactus Jack in a no-holds-barred match, Hardys and Dudleyz are in a tables match, two Intercontinental Co-Champions will enter and only one Champ will emerge… and let’s toss Bob Holly in there for good measure… and then there’s… yeah, we’ll get to that.
Royal Ramble 1991
It’s 1991. There’s a war in the Gulf. And we’re headlining our annual Royal Rumble PPV extravaganza with the reigning WWF Champion The ULTIMATE WARRIOR defending his title against former American hero turned Iraqi sympathizer Sgt. Slaughter… and we also have the Royal Rumble.
Royal Ramble 1990
It’s about that time again. The build towards the Royal Rumble, which kicks off the “road to Wrestlemania” or whatever the marketing bollocks happens to be this year. And every year, I do a few musings on past Rumble events and as I’m looking at my checklist, I come to discover that there isn’t much left to look at.
So we might as well clear out the remaining Royal Rumbles this year and with my big attempt to watch this year’s Rumble, I’d figure it’d be a good time to get it done and hopefully remind myself of the days when the Royal Rumble was a great event and not just some soulless thing to kick off some road or something.
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