Official Royal Rumble 2022 Thread: 20 Years in the making

[R=G]

According to PWInsider, HHH not being involved and Tyson Kidd not being around resulted in the trash Royal Rumble matches we got this year:

Several pointed to the fact that Paul Levesque, for the first time in many years, was not involved and not present as he's dealing with his health issues. In the past, Levesque would be involved with in an advisory role of sorts, often making Rumble changes to accentuate certain talents and make sure there were little "moments" or highlights after the grand scheme for the Rumble had been locked in. His absence was absolutely felt this past Saturday.

The other major absence this year was WWE Producer TJ Wilson aka Tyson Kidd who usually takes a massive leading role in producing the women's division in general and would have been a general in putting together the Rumble match. Wilson was not at the Rumble and was not involved in putting the bout together. We are told Wilson, who has not been around in recent weeks, is still officially with the company. With Wilson not there, Dave Finlay was brought up from NXT to help produce the Rumble, in part because he had worked with so many of the returning women who were coming back for Rumble appearances.​

And according to WON, the producers of the men's Rumble were: Jamie Noble (lead producer), Chris Park, Adam Pearce and Shawn Daivari.

Don't matter who produced it...the level of jobbers in the men's Rumble was beyond the field of understanding. It was like that bullshyt in WCW when they had Lance Storm walking around with several titles at once while the Rock and Austin are on their to the biggest WM match of all time. Just crazy.

 

[drifter]

If they are dying like TSC and Reddit say then it's been an honor watching wrestling with yall because the whole industry's about to collapse lol. Absurd bags were made.

 

[R=G]

 

[R=G]

 

[mattw1313]

How long have some of y’all been watching wrestling?? “0mG LaShL3y WaZ d0wN f0R a Tw3NtY cOuNt” that’s what tf happens during a ref bump


Hollywood Hogan the biggest Heel since ‘96 won every god damn match with fukkery

HBK got his ass whooped for 95% of hell in a cell … was bleeding like a stuck pig

Nobody was talking bout Hulk lookin Weak or HBK W is tainted etc … THEY ARE HEELS you crybaby Marks

but you Dweebs are crying about Lashley taking some suplexes N a fukkery finish

exactly. winning main events via fukkery is damn near the entire purpose of a heel

It’s just super cheap, outdated bullshyt


Nobody believes ref bumps anymore. It shouldn’t be a thing in 2022.. homie was acting like he got hit by a school bus off catching a leg to his shoulder. It looked stupid…


And Lashley winning is watered down because WWE is so hellbent on protecting certain guys. Same shyt with the Roman / Seth match. If you don’t want someone to take a pin, simply don’t book the fukking match. These “protect everybody” finishes don’t help anyone

so.... you take a short, middle aged, pudgy cac, have Brock Lesnar swing Bobby Lashley into his head, and it's hard to believe he'd be knocked out?

 

[g-ice]

The most random shyt ever

 

[DANJ!]

I've seen a lot of people talkin' about how The Rumble is always supposed to break in/elevate a new star... there's probably been more established guys that won the Rumble than guys they were trying to push up the card. Rumble is about the main event/title match at Mania. Whether the winner is a "new star" or not is secondary.

90- Hogan, 91- Hogan, 92- Flair (granted he was new to the WWF but overall wasn't new), 94- Bret Hart & Lex Luger, 96- Michaels, 2000- The Rock, 01- Austin, 02- HHH, 03- Lesnar, 07- Taker, 08- Cena, 09- Orton, 10- Edge, 12- Sheamus, 13- Cena, 14- Batista, 16- HHH, 17- Orton, 19- Rollins, 21- Edge, 22- Lesnar

ALL these MFs had been main eventers prior to these wins. And in most cases, I don't mean main eventing the October PPV or main eventing Raw... I mean main evented several shows for YEARS, won/defended the title at Mania, etc... none of the wins I listed had anything to do with a rub.

 

[R=G]

I've seen a lot of people talkin' about how The Rumble is always supposed to break in/elevate a new star... there's probably been more established guys that won the Rumble than guys they were trying to push up the card. Rumble is about the main event/title match at Mania. Whether the winner is a "new star" or not is secondary.

90- Hogan, 91- Hogan, 92- Flair (granted he was new to the WWF but overall wasn't new), 94- Bret Hart & Lex Luger, 96- Michaels, 99- Vince (!), 2000- The Rock, 01- Austin, 02- HHH, 03- Lesnar, 07- Taker, 08- Cena, 09- Orton, 10- Edge, 12- Sheamus, 13- Cena, 14- Batista, 16- HHH, 17- Orton, 19- Rollins, 21- Edge, 22- Lesnar

ALL these MFs had been main eventers prior to these wins. And in most cases, I don't mean main eventing the October PPV or main eventing Raw... I mean main evented several shows for YEARS, won/defended the title at Mania, etc... none of the wins I listed had anything to do with a rub.

Shows just how long the problem has been

 

[DANJ!]

Shows just how long the problem has been

What makes it a problem tho'... was the Mania main event supposed to be centered around a new MF getting a rub every year? You tradin' in Austin vs Rock at Mania 17 for Test vs Rock instead because Austin "didn't need the win"?

 

[R=G]

What makes it a problem tho'... was the Mania main event supposed to be centered around a new MF getting a rub every year? You tradin' in Austin vs Rock at Mania 17 for Test vs Rock instead because Austin "didn't need the win"?

Everyone knew Austin was winning after that neck injury break

 

[DANJ!]

Everyone knew Austin was winning after that neck injury break

That ain't the question I asked...

If Royal Rumble is "supposed to be about elevating a new star" rather than building the Mania main event, why did Austin need to win it in '01?

 

[R=G]

That ain't the question I asked...

If Royal Rumble is "supposed to be about elevating a new star" rather than building the Mania main event, why did Austin need to win it in '01?

Because back then it MATTERED to win the Rumble to face the WWF Champion...they took the stipulation seriously.

 

[DANJ!]

Because back then it MATTERED to win the Rumble to face the WWF Champion...they took the stipulation seriously.

So the Rumble isn't still about facing the champ at Mania?

 

[ChocolateGiddyUp]

I've seen a lot of people talkin' about how The Rumble is always supposed to break in/elevate a new star... there's probably been more established guys that won the Rumble than guys they were trying to push up the card. Rumble is about the main event/title match at Mania. Whether the winner is a "new star" or not is secondary.

90- Hogan, 91- Hogan, 92- Flair (granted he was new to the WWF but overall wasn't new), 94- Bret Hart & Lex Luger, 96- Michaels, 2000- The Rock, 01- Austin, 02- HHH, 03- Lesnar, 07- Taker, 08- Cena, 09- Orton, 10- Edge, 12- Sheamus, 13- Cena, 14- Batista, 16- HHH, 17- Orton, 19- Rollins, 21- Edge, 22- Lesnar

ALL these MFs had been main eventers prior to these wins. And in most cases, I don't mean main eventing the October PPV or main eventing Raw... I mean main evented several shows for YEARS, won/defended the title at Mania, etc... none of the wins I listed had anything to do with a rub.

I seen on Twitter neck beards crying talking bout Austin Theory or Riddle woulda been better than Brock

Wrestling fans are the worst … I honestly don’t blame the WWE for not listening to a damn thing they tweet from they momma basement

 

[Larry]

exactly. winning main events via fukkery is damn near the entire purpose of a heel



so.... you take a short, middle aged, pudgy cac, have Brock Lesnar swing Bobby Lashley into his head, and it's hard to believe he'd be knocked out?

Except he didn’t hit him in his head. He barely grazed his shoulder. We watched it happen. It was poorly executed and looked stupid.


Let’s just keep it a buck. The DQ finish and shyttt interference weren’t to be heelish. They specifically happened because WWE is hell bent on protecting everyone.

they wanted Roman to keep the title but didn’t want Seth to lose… so we had a bullshyt finish. They could have simply not booked the match


And of course they want Brock to look strong at all cost while passing the title back to Lashley so they made it a mission to have Brock pin Lashley for like 15 seconds while the ref was down to drive home the fact that Brock is superior without Lashley actually losing.


Call if what it is.. CHEAP. Bullshyt finishes like that are for Miz types, not 2 hosses.