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Looking back at the Royal Rumble Match 2015


Mesme Rize

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I know what you guys are thinking right now. I am pretty much beating a dead horse at this point and in some cases, you might be right. But this event pretty much marked a real turning point for me as a fan of the WWE and prowrestling in general.

 

As you might know me, i think that the Royal Rumble is the greatest match idea, in the history of prowrestling and in the past, i was always of the opinion that there was no really bad Royal Rumble Match. There where some mediocre Rumble matches in the past, like 1993, 1997 and 1999. But there was never a time where i really thought "oh my god, did that suck bad." Well, this one pretty much blew everything away that i saw considering the Rumble.

 

It's not even because Roman Reigns won this, because that's a completly different story for itself. This match, was just badly booked from top to bottom and if you have a bit of time with me, we can look through the errors of this match.

 

The Rumble started with Miz and R-Truth. Already wrong move. You need to start the rumble off big and strong with 2 big stars, or atleast 2 guys who have some sort of a grudge. But these guys are so random, it's not even funny.

 

Bubba Ray was the probably only good part of this rumble. It was a nice segment, eventhough vince probably thought that D-Von and R-Truth are not that different, because Bubba obviously just needs a black guy. Bubba made a "get the table" chant, but their where no Tables to be had.

 

Then we had the spot with the Wyatts (who where split at that time,) as Erick Rowan attacked Curtis Axel from behind and got into the ring, eventhough he wasn't in the match. So, does this make Curtis Axel the actual winner, or what? I am confused. The Wyatt spot could've been great, if they didn't do absolutely nothing the whole time.

 

The whole thing started to look like the Bookers took their suggestions from a bunch of sea creatures, as the boogeyman came into the ring and made Bray Wyatt look more and more like a Cartoon Villain, as they just made faces to each other, just for the Boogeyman to be eliminated.

 

Sin Cara came in. Sin Cara came out. Hooray.

 

Wyatt grabbed the mic to speak out an open challenge to everyone in the back, telling that it was his year. I thought to myself "okay, now somebody big is coming in." The clock was reaching 0 and out came...

 

"Woo woo woo...you know it." gg bookers.

 

Daniel Bryan came out next, to the wild pops of the crowd. There is a rumor going around, that Bray missed his spot and that he was supposed to call out Daniel and not Zack. That would have been fantastic, if that had worked.

 

Bray and Daniel showed a good performance, doing their usual thing, as Tyson Kidd, Fandango and Stardust came out, no one caring for either of those guys.

 

Then the next surprise was the entrance of DDP, who pulled off a bunch of Diamond Cutters, with him being 58 years old. It was really cool to see him and being in such a good shape.

 

And then, Daniel Bryan got eliminated...

 

On paper, it wasn't bad of an idea to put the blame on Wyatt. But if any of these bookers where alive in 2014, they must have known that this would kill the Rumble match instantly and it indeed came like that.

 

The question i ask myself is, why do you put Daniel Bryan into this match, if you won't let him win in the first place? Why do you hype up Daniel Bryan at all?

 

They shouldn't have bring him out so early and should've waited till Feburary. If that didn't happen, nobody would've batted an eye on Roman Reigns winning this thing. Instead, he got into a stupid programm with Kane, got the fans hope light up and then it all went away for nothing.

 

Golddust. Kofi Kingston. Adam Rose. Big E. Jack Swagger. Titus O' Neil. The WWE followed Daniels elimination with a bunch of undercarders, that you usually see on WWE Superstars. Kofis big spot of that year, was being catched and carried by Adam Roses Rosebuds. Wonder what he is doing this sunday.

 

They tried to do something with Stardust and Golddust. But since they don't did anything with them and that the crowd just didn't care, it was meaningless.

 

Then, Damien Mizdow came in and he was the first guy since Bryans elimination, that the crowd actually showed signs of life. Miz came out and didn't liked Mizdow stealing his spotlight. Mizdow got in anyway and did some signatures on a few guys...Until he was dumped by Rusev. No more buildup, no screwjob by The Miz, nothing. It could had been such a good buildup for Wrestlemania.

 

Then, Rusev hid under a ring. Let me get this straight. The biggest Monster Heel at that time, hid under the ring like Jerry Lawler did in 1996. Rusev isn't booked to be a coward, he is a fighter by nature. GG bookers.

 

Know what, let's just get to the Kane and Big Show part, throwing fan favorites out of the ring, like they where jobbers. It felt so symbolic, like Vince legitemately dosen't care for any of us. I mean, who are Dean Ambrose and Dolph Ziggler anyway? (Sarcasm mode off)

 

Ryback was a complete waste in the rumble, eventhough he was part of the big angle between Team Cena and Team Authority at Survivor Series. Some things seem to never change.

 

Also, remember Bray Wyatt? The guy who looked absolutely dominant throughout the entire duration of the match? He was dumped out of the ring by Kane. Let that sink in. Kane, who is also a heel, a mortal enemy of the guy who got eliminated by Bray Wyatt, eliminates Bray Wyatt...no words.

 

The rest was really the definition of everything that is wrong with the WWE right now. The logic was incredibly simple: All the heat on Kane and Big-Show, so the audience can chant for Roman, the big hero. Maybe the fans have forgotten the Daniel Bryan thing by then, right?

 

 

They rather scream bulls**t and cheer for Rusev.

 

Then, they had the brilliant idea, to bring out The Rock at the end, because everybody likes The Rock and he will make people like roman, right?

 

 

They actually did it. The WWE has screwed over the fans so hard, that they actually boo The Rock.

 


I will be honest guys. This was one of the biggest failure the WWE has ever produced. And for god sake, i pray that they won't screw up this sunday again, even if it looks like it.

 


Rant over, you can go home.

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When the most interesting storyline heading to the Rumble is the *bleh!* "Divas" Championship match and not the Rumble match, something's really wrong.

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To be honest, the Rumble match has slipped quite a bit over the past couple of years. The WWE Universe really looked forward to Daniel Bryan hopefully gaining his way to the top after The Authority abused him. The fact that he didn't enter the Rumble felt like a complete middle finger. Give credit to the creative for finally paying attention.

 

But when Bryan got eliminated, fans were upset again. When you get the crowd to boo The Rock of all people, something's really wrong with the creative. Reigns is a great guy and better wrestler, but the creative does nothing except hammer in the underdog status. That lottery promo was Fifty Shades of Broken™.

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When the most interesting storyline heading to the Rumble is the *bleh!* "Divas" Championship match and not the Rumble match, something's really wrong.

 

The Rumble Match. used to turn friends into enemies and heat up the rivalries. A good example was the rumble of 92. So much Starpower and so many Rivalries in one match and it worked all so perfectly.

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The Rumble Match. used to turn friends into enemies and heat up the rivalries. A good example was the rumble of 92. So much Starpower and so many Rivalries in one match and it worked all so perfectly.

RR '92 is an absolute classic. Not only the great star power, but also the wrestling. So much was up for grabs, and you didn't know who'd win.

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I'm a few years not watching WWE, but for the me the Royal Rumble match has always been tops for me since the 80s. I was lucky enough to go to the '97 Royal Rumble in San Antonio, and though mediocre, was entertaining and kept with the spirit of the match....hearing that it's slipped so far and upset many people is really upsetting to hear. I guess I'm lucky that I got off wrestling when I did. :(

 

YES! '92 Rumble is one of the best. I used to have it on VHS...it's probably still in a box somewhere in central Texas.

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This was the first Royal Rumble PPV that I got to see live as it happened, thanks to the WWE Network. What a way to start. While the matching leading up to the Rumble itself were not bad at all, the Rumble match was one of the most embarrassing things I have ever seen and at that point, I knew that Vince was the worst thing about WWE now. The guy clearly has no idea about anything anymore. I was sitting there with my brother, and I was just facepalming the entire time. You described every reason why. It was horrendous. 

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