Rolling Through Royal Rumbles

[Jacob Fox]

I haven't done this in a long time, but I think I am going to go through all of the Royal Rumbles and post my thoughts on them. I encourage others to watch some too and tell me what you think.

Royal Rumbles are very watchable matches.

At the moment I am watching 2021. But after that I am going to start from the beginning.

The interesting thing about 2021 was the virtual audience. It is so weird to think about how far we have come from that. It was a neat thing but a live crowd can't be beat.

So, I the first Rumble was January 24. 1988. It was a TV special on USA. I dd watch it live and mostly remember it because of Dino Bravo supposedly beating the bench press record. I haven't watched it a lot, so I am interested in how I will enjoy it.

 

[Jacob Fox]

Okay I totally forgot about the contract signing between Hogan and Andre. That is one of the most amazing moments in WWF history. I recall being a kid and Andre was freaking scary as hell as a heel.

 

[OMB]

2008 or 07 royal Rumble is pretty fun and I very much enjoy those years where anyone can win. John Cena return is something else and that venue that set up is top notch

 

[OMB]

 

[Jacob Fox]

2008 or 07 royal Rumble is pretty fun and I very much enjoy those years where anyone can win. John Cena return is something else and that venue that set up is top notch

Yeah the early Cena return was something else. I think my jaw literally dropped and they kept that secret very well

 

[O-Blaze]

Ahh yes, people forgetting they didn’t like Cena for a couple minutes lol

 

[Jacob Fox]

Ahh yes, people forgetting they didn’t like Cena for a couple minutes lol

Yup! That was me. Cena was good at doing that, actually. I mean I was not a fan but I loved the US Title Open Challenge. Toward the end of Cena's career, he was much better than his peak IMO.

 

[Jacob Fox]

Watching the 88 Rumble and I keep thinking "Oh, he's dead now. Wait, that guy is too."

 

[Chris]

The best part about the ThunderDome rumble was the CLB return. Gutted that it isn't in front of fans looking back but man I'll never forget how much I lost my shit live

And honestly it's kind of fitting for Christian that Edge got the big return a year prior with fans and then he miraculously gets cleared too but does his in front of monitors

 

[Chris]

For about 3 years I watched every single rumble ever during the month of January, just the matches themselves not whole PPVs tho. Even the shitty ones I think get better on rewatches bc you don't have high expectations

 

[Jacob Fox]

Christian has always been one of my favorites and I literally jumped out of my seat when he showed up. I don't know but he has always appealed to me.

 

[Sky]

For about 3 years I watched every single rumble ever during the month of January, just the matches themselves not whole PPVs tho. Even the shitty ones I think get better on rewatches bc you don't have high expectations

Except 2015 because that just gets sadder

 

[Jacob Fox]

For about 3 years I watched every single rumble ever during the month of January, just the matches themselves not whole PPVs tho. Even the shitty ones I think get better on rewatches bc you don't have high expectations

I am only going to do the Rumble matches... The PPVs would take me forever to get through although I might watch a few of the memorable segments. Like I just watched the Andre and Hogan signing. That was great. The Rumbles are so fun that they can sometimes make all of the other matches seem like filler.
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Edit: right on about them getting better on rewatches.

 

[Chris]

Except 2015 because that just gets sadder

That one and 2022 mens are the toughest still I think. 99 is God awful but in an entertaining way, absolutely atrocious booking tho lmao

 

[Sky]

That one and 2022 mens are the toughest still I think. 99 is God awful but in an entertaining way, absolutely atrocious booking tho lmao

Yeah 2022 Men's is difficult, it's about how it forgets what's fun about Rumbles