WWF Royal Rumble (2002) Watch Along Discussion

[Ricky Smarks]

Jericho’s Look and demeanor tonight give me HBK vibes.

 

[Grim]

It's the first year I remember decently Grim, but I was watching out the womb really so I have vague memories before it

I easily remember Brock being champion and the one episode of RAW where Austin chased Vince with his 4-Wheeler (but that was likely 2004 in actuality)

 

[OsBlaze]

It's the first year I remember decently Grim, but I was watching out the womb really so I have vague memories before it

same.

 

[Grim]

Would it be sad if I said I watched Velocity more than I did any of the other WWE shows.

 

[Chris]

I didn't get UPN for awhile so I had to watch Velocity to know what was happening on SmackDown so I watched it weekly for sure

 

[Mitch Buchannon]

I think overbooking hits right sometimes, like Rock/Austin 2 or Team WWF vs. Team Alliance, but sometimes it just sucks like Trips/Taker KOTR or that Survivor Series match from 2017 with Trips and Angle

 

[Mitch Buchannon]

UPN was my fucking jam

 

[Chris]

But I also watched Heat and Raw weekly but my parents would only let me stay up for the first hour of Raw

 

[Mitch Buchannon]

I watched it a lot

 

[Grim]

TBF to myself tho, I was 4-6 and my parents never let me stay up too later.

 

[Chris]

Except for during the Summer

 

[Mitch Buchannon]

I'm lucky that Raw was on at 6 my time

 

[Ricky Smarks]

2002 was the first year I was staunchly a WWF fan as WCW was gone, but also I just really loved the product and it was the first year I was in high school for the whole year and had a whole circle of friends who also watched and wanted to talk about it weekly.

Plus, 2002 was the first year I could afford to buy the home videos myself and had the whole year at home.

Huge memories associated with this year, specifically.

If I hated ‘02, I’d probably be one of those lapsed fans.

 

[Sky]

I'm watching this in another tab and it's good

 

[Chris]

JESUS what a Lionsault