Official Royal Rumble 2022 Thread: 20 Years in the making

[Ku$h Parker]

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.

Austin won in '97

 

[StatUS]

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.

Heels can get over by cheating to win. WWE just been booking like scared chumps for decades and has people thinking matches with no finishes are done to get people over

 

[R=G]

Nia says fukk the 2022 Royal Rumble

Nia Jax on WWE asking her if she wanted to participate in the Royal Rumble: “I did. I was in the middle of trying to get my stuff back. I had a bunch of crap. You know how it is, you’re just shoving stuff in everybody’s boxes. I’m in the middle of getting my stuff back, they sent me a box and more than half was missing. I’m like, ‘Yo, what is going on?’ When I got the call, I thought it was about, ‘Where is my stuff?’ It’s my homie in [Talent Relations]. ‘Hey, we’re just calling to see if you’d be interested in participating in the Royal Rumble.’ I started hysterically laughing. I thought it was my friend joking with me. ‘Oh, you’re hilarious.’ ‘Actually, this is an official call.’ ‘Oh, f*** no, I’m not coming back.’ ‘We’d like to offer you this.’ I said, ‘first of all, I’m still under my 90 days. You’re still going to be paying me anyway, so you’re not offering me anything. No, I’m not coming back. Absolutely f***ing not. Is this all it was?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Okay, bye.'”
Nia Jax on feeling like the offer was a slap in the face: “That’s exactly what it was. They were accumulating a list, this is what I was told, they were accumulating a list and wanted to offer me the opportunity, accumulate a list that they send to Vince, then Vince goes through the list and says who he wants and who he doesn’t. I was like, ‘You’re asking me to be part of a list to go to the next step? F*** no. How much more can you **** on me?’ ‘We didn’t want her to feel left out. If it got around that she didn’t get asked, we didn’t want her to feel left out.’ ‘F*** you, that’s such bulls***.’ You needed people and I definitely [nixed] that.”

 

[stro]

The Rumble WINNER isn't about always giving a new star the rub, but the match itself has almost always had a star making performance or at least an attempt and set up at least a few marquee matches for WM season. The Diesel run has been a thing since 1994, after all.

 

[Reality Check]

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.

Breaking in/elevating a new star =/= winning the rumble. There are a few roles within the Rumble itself (Ironman who stays in the longest, comedic elimination, legend getting a welcome back pop. guy who eliminates the most, etc.). Having the breakout star in the match, even if they get eliminated, is a live test run for how a crowd will react to that person.

 

[Jello Biafra]

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 think what I felt was lacking was that they didn't really give anyone a showcase that elevated them aside from maybe Omos for the time he was in there.
A dude doesn't need to win the rumble to be elevated.

 

[Vice Queen]

 

[Rollie Forbes]

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[jwinfield]

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And they say the Rumble didn't create new stars

 

[DaHNIC82]

The way Pat mcafee put Reigns over at the Rumble was superb like how Heenan put over Flair. He made him look legit