2015 Royal Rumble aftermath *results inside*

nasty_crash

Ok firstly - its not romans fault blah blah blah - good guy, nice guy, badly scripted etc. - we all know this! I hate him cos he only does his 3 moves in every match - samoan drop, superman punch, spear - done!! So im bored with him - but vince is high i him so i knew he would win - and to say im ok with that is about 80% true

Secondly - the 3 biggest faces in that match were squashed as bad as a clean pin defeat to Curtis Axel - Pointless!! Bryan, Ambrose and Zigg were all put out and it was just like yeah your out!! It was actually amazing when DB was eliminated there was a collective gasp and ppl just went WTF!

Thirdly and most importantly - the Royal Rumble is all about unpredictability - BNB, Cesaro, Show and Zigg had already been announced for the Royal Rumble and after titus came in i was like 4 places left - there is the 4 ppl going in!! It didnt leave a thought in your mind - oh is rock gonna come in - or sting - orton - heel sheamus! Etc! It was horrible booking and was soooo predictable - even the way Show and Kane moved so obviously over to ropes to set up the elimation - and for rusev to only get out of the ring about 40 seconds before the final four wasnt much of a surprise!!

There was no build up for mania - no fueds or storylines apart from the booing of Reigns - and the fact that Show&Kane are killing everything thats good in wwe!! Also very surprised by not 1 nxt superstar getting a run out!! NXT is the future and they must be loving the fact that there the best in wwe right now - creatively and in ring!! Last year they showcased Rusev and look at him now - this year there was no1! DIRT

Jon Stark

Probably asked a million times so apologies but shouldn't Bryan be entitled to a rematch? Not that it matters anyway as I wouldn't want him shoehorned into another WM title match.

Just curious to see what they do with him, hopefully not a full on Kane feud.

Professional Griefer

They'll stick him against Sheamus for WM and hopefully give him the MITB..you never know with WWE though.

therickster

Professional Griefer wrote: »

They'll stick him against Sheamus for WM and hopefully give him the MITB..you never know with WWE though.

Why Sheamus? again!

Am I missing something....

Looper007

Professional Griefer wrote: »

They'll stick him against Sheamus for WM and hopefully give him the MITB..you never know with WWE though.

I always think MITB should go to a up and comer really, I don't like when it goes to a top guy (as much as I am a Bryan fan it shouldn't go to him) maybe throw him a title reign around near the end of the year maybe.

Looper007

therickster wrote: »

Why Sheamus? again!

Am I missing something....

Vince has a hard for it since the 18 second debacle, basically Bryan getting his revenge.

SlickRic

therickster wrote: »

Why Sheamus? again!

Am I missing something....

it was long rumoured to be the plan last year before the fan revolt forced Vince to change his mind and make Bryan the centrepiece of Wrestlemania 30.

grames_bond

Video footage of Vince at the last creative meeting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tXtPygIL5E

therickster

SlickRic wrote: »

it was long rumoured to be the plan last year before the fan revolt forced Vince to change his mind and make Bryan the centrepiece of Wrestlemania 30.

Ah yeah getcha now...

I like Sheamus, he's a good stiff worker! Old school worker, Cesaro the same... they could put a great match together if given the time to do so at WM! I doubt they'll get much more than 15mins at a push...

D-FENS

ShaneU wrote: »

Justice for Curtis Axel

Mosh is waiting 16 years for that kind of justice!

chopperbyrne

Zach Gowan never had "both" feet touch the floor.

twin_beacon

this was my first full PPV to watch since mania in 2013.
I was pulling my hair out at the booking from vince.

In the world title match, why crush the poster boy cena, buy having lenser stand up after 2 AAs? and have lenser set up after being hit twice by the brief case?? Now I assume roman reigns will beat him cleanly at mania, but its now much less believable that anybody can beat him cleanly after how "invincible" he was last night.

Rumble match, what a joke! Second year in a row Daniel Bryan should have won it. so many good wrestlers crushed by lasting all of 20 seconds. Why book the boggyman, only to have his intro longer than his stint in the match?

Why have Sting on Raw, have HHH talking about him in the PPV, then not actually have him in the PPV???

All in all, the PPV was more like watching a childs cartoon than a wrestling show.

rob316

twin_beacon wrote: »

this was my first full PPV to watch since mania in 2013.
I was pulling my head out at the booking from vince.

In the world title match, why crush the poster boy cena, buy having lenser stand up after 2 AAs? and have lenser set up after being hit twice by the brief case?? Now I assume roman reigns will beat him cleanly at mania, but its now much less believable that anybody can beat him cleanly after how "invincible" he was last night.

Rumble match, what a joke! Second year in a row Daniel Bryan should have won it. so many good wrestlers crushed by lasting all of 20 seconds. Why book the boggyman, only to have his intro longer than his stint in the match?

All in all, the PPV was more like watching a childs cartoon than a wrestling show.

Im the same as yourself don't really watch it anymore, small passing interest.

Cena has to be the most boring character ever, I really thought he would have slipped down the card by now. Lesnar is a monster in stature and character, he deserves to be put over the way he was, huge draw right now. It will be a much poorer product without him when he leaves after Wrestlemania if reports are to believed.

Rjd2

den87

2 days later and the thing that is still pissing me off is the treatment of Ziggler, Ambrose and Bryan which was a complete f*ck you by Vince to a good portion of the audience, and the the thing with Rusev at the end may as well have been Vince coming out with a mic and saying "hahahahahaha f*ck you again".

I stopped watching after WM last year because Bryan reaching the top was the pinnacle for me as a fan, checked back in for Cena/Lesnar but this is probably it for me bar any radical WM changes which wont happen after last year.

EDIT: I think Reigns/Lesnar will have a great buildup but the match and the forecasted result will be destroyed by the WM audience.

Cheese Wagstaff

Rjd2 wrote: »

Moneymaker

Rjd2 wrote: »

That actually makes me physically sick.

The White Feather

Moneymaker wrote: »

That actually makes me physically sick.

I woke up today and was thinking.....did that really happen? Was it a bad dream?!

Then I watched Raw skimming through the Rumble match again.I actually said the same as Moneymaker out loud."Watching this is making me sick"

The way Cole and Co. say "Daniel Bryans dream comes to screeching halt earlier than expected" then "that is heartbreak" " "Oh here is Goldust" They dont mention him again for ages until the crowd gets deafening.

As if he was the Gobbeldy Gooker or a member of the job squad.It really made me sick after all the hard work and great matches Bryan puts on.

Ziggler,Wyatt and Ambrose just discarded by Kane and Big Show as if they were jobbers also.

Whereas Reigns music hits and it "oh Boy" and all talk about how he could make history.

I am very proud of the crowd the way they booed the crap out of Reigns as they realised what was going on. We all know its nothing against him personally but people can't just accept whatever they are given. Its what the people want.They can't be forcefed someone who needs a lot,lot more time to be ready.

Gerry Rio

Orton should have been used surely?

WWE reportedly had a variety of names backstage for the Royal Rumble PPV but didn’t really plan on using them. They wanted to swerve the Internet and have it leak the names that would appear.

Randy Orton was backstage and was in his ring gear. Other names included Alex Riley, Sean Waltman, Chris Jericho and Nikolai Volkoff. WWE didn’t intend on using any of these people except for Riley.


They were simply wanting to create buzz over the possible names.
The plan with Riley was to actually put him in the match at some point, but they ended up changing their minds. That’s why Riley was not a part of the Royal Rumble kickoff show.

Agent Coulson

Orton was better away from all of the crap that went down in the Rumble as was Sheamus.

Lord TSC

Well, it's a good thing they "swerved the internet" and were so unpredictable :rolleyes:

Deadlie

Seems weird that they want to swerve the internet when they spend most their time ignoring it.

J. Marston

Shame Riley wasn't used. His Godly theme would've received the pop of the night....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUIZw4pso_w

gerrybbadd

twin_beacon wrote: »

the boggyman

I'm the Boggyman, and I'm coming' from Leitrim!

Angron

Gave it a 4. The opening matches were generally just OK (I liked Kidd and Cesaro winning at least), the triple threat was fantastic, but the Rumble was a waste of time watching unless you enjoy watching the crowd sh*t on it.

Tweedle Dumb

I was thinking that instead of Reigns winning it they should have had Reigns go to clothesline Bryan and both go over the top rope and get eliminated and have panic, everyone acting like one of them was meant to stay in, Panic and someone out of nowhere wins it.
A No Chance against Lesner, thinking the like of Zack ryder, Kofi etc.

Lesner squashes them in record time, issues an open challenge at wrestlemania, cause im assuming the title match wont be main event at wrestlemania either. Maybe even have lesner Retire as champion saying no one can beat him and leave the title and walk out.

ok so the wrestlemania idea isnt so great but would have made the rumble enjoyable

the groutch

the three people giving a 10 are obvious poll trolls.

Moneymaker

Tweedle Dumb wrote: »

I was thinking that instead of Reigns winning it they should have had Reigns go to clothesline Bryan and both go over the top rope and get eliminated and have panic, everyone acting like one of them was meant to stay in, Panic and someone out of nowhere wins it.
A No Chance against Lesner, thinking the like of Zack ryder, Kofi etc.

Lesner squashes them in record time, issues an open challenge at wrestlemania, cause im assuming the title match wont be main event at wrestlemania either. Maybe even have lesner Retire as champion saying no one can beat him and leave the title and walk out.

ok so the wrestlemania idea isnt so great but would have made the rumble enjoyable

Still better booking then Vince Russo.

Rock Lesnar

Tweedle Dumb wrote: »

Lesner squashes them in record time, issues an open challenge at wrestlemania, cause im assuming the title match wont be main event at wrestlemania either. Maybe even have lesner Retire as champion saying no one can beat him

Glass shatters, Texas Rattlesnake BMF walks to the Ring, stunner, takes title from Lesnar, and there you have the main event of WM32.


oh i can only dream of such an outcome

Deadlie

the groutch wrote: »

the three people giving a 10 are obvious poll trolls.

No more than the 21 people giving it 1. It's like the The Triple Threat never happened in their eyes.

ShaneU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54mb1ThNsZ8

"Thanks for booing Roman Reigns"

Cheese Wagstaff

ShaneU wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54mb1ThNsZ8

"Thanks for booing Roman Reigns"

FEED. ME. MORE...DOLE CHEQUES.

grames_bond

Mokuba

Ryback says "I'm only kidding he's a great guy"

Nice link though. And nice turning it off after like 2 seconds.

ricero

Love ryback hes a gas lad

Omackeral

ricero wrote: »

Love ryback hes a gas lad

Everybody loves the Big Guy!

gerrybbadd

Omackeral wrote: »

Everybody loves the Big Guy!

Loved his antics as a bully, when he turned heel.

Moneymaker

Difference is, I actually respect Ryback, the hard work he's put in and his passion for the business.

Reigns is a self-entitled brat who's having everything handed to him.

Palo Alto

I don't think he's ever given the impression of being self-entitled. That's a lot of filling in the gaps you're doing there!

Ridley

ShaneU wrote: »

Got him through the blockade.

Mokuba

Palo Alto wrote: »

I don't think he's ever given the impression of being self-entitled. That's a lot of filling in the gaps you're doing there!

1. Never wanted to be a wrestler. It was his Plan B which was always going to work out for him - It wasn't his dream, football was.

2. Stone Cold and Wade Keller mentioned this in the podcast - he has a poor workrate. He took a nap in the Rumble, he hasn't improved anything about himself. Stone Cold was actually one of his biggest fans and sounded very disappointed with the guy. His entitled attitude was also brought up by Wade in relation to how he was rumoured to be talking about the Rumble in his social circle.

3. He keeps talking about his family as if it makes him deserving of this. Look at Daniel Bryan's body of work. Seth Rollins. Cesaro. Dean Ambrose (the amount of blood that guy spilled in CZW, my god)

4. " Every critic I’ve ever had, they weren’t wrestlers [laughs]. Every wrestler I’ve ever had critique me, they were always into my stuff or what I’m doing out there. For a non-wrestler, someone who doesn’t even know how to lock up, and if we did lock up, they wouldn’t know what to do, for them to critique any of us, it really does pop me. " - TIL fans with opinions who have enjoyed the product longer than he has been involved in it make him laugh. Delusion to think that every single wrestler is into him - ok buddy.

5. "That’s what haters do. They hate because they hate their lives." TIL - Majority of wrestling fans hate their lives.

6. http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/sam-roberts-wrestling-podcast/e/36776291?autoplay=true "At the end of the day, I'm the one getting rich."

Palo Alto

Great post, I don't agree with all of it but enjoyed reading it.

Point 1 just made me think of Vader. God I miss Vader.

Deadlie

Didn't Brock and Goldberg want to be a footballers primarily too?
And wrestlers nodding to their family line in wrestling is hardly new, surely?

Mokuba

Deadlie wrote: »

Didn't Brock and Goldberg want to be a footballers primarily too?
And wrestlers nodding to their family line in wrestling is hardly new, surely?

The point is that he clearly doesn't have as much passion for the industry as others who actually love wrestling.

By the way, Brock Lesnar is a former NCAA champion. Wrestling was his passion. The football stuff came later with him.

And in terms of family, the last person I can think of that referred to family as much as Roman is Orton, who only ever wanted to be a wrestler, and he was a heel, AND he at least paid some dues (Orton vs Foley at Backlash 2004 is still one of my favourite matches).

Roman has exclusively used his family to get over since The Rock's music hit on Sunday.

EDIT - The football thing will be an issue for some and not for others. I don't want it to overshadow the other points.

JP Liz V1

Was it ever mentioned on screen before Reigns and Rock's connection i.e. them being cousins?


I actually think having Rock involved helping Reigns at the rumble was a bad idea

grames_bond

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Was it ever mentioned on screen before Reigns and Rock's connection i.e. them being cousins?

I keep wondering why this keeps coming up - the rock and roman reigns are not blood related Amituana'i Anoa'i (reigns' grandfather) and Peter Maivia (Rocks Grandfather) were best friends, called each other "blood brothers" but were not actually related. Peter Maivia wasn't even the biological father of The Rock's mother! So Reign's promo on raw about the rock and "that's the same blood running through our veins.....eh no it's not!

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DM_7

It kinda is in the sense they are of Samoan heritage........

riffmongous

Madness! Next people will be claiming that the Dudleys or E&C werent really blood brothers :pac:

Hashtag_HEEL

riffmongous wrote: »

Madness! Next people will be claiming that the Dudleys or E&C werent really blood brothers :pac:

All nine Dudleys were 100% related! Big Dick Dudley made his way all over the country!

JP Liz V1

Did Wyatt have the most eliminations?