Royal Rumble Original Rumble Plans For The Big Show

[Lockard 23]

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Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

The original plan for The Big Show at the Royal Rumble was to face Brock Lesnar with Show as a main event player by the time the pay-per-view arrived. The plan was discussed before WWE unified the titles when Show was feuding with the Authority. He was expected to get big victories over Randy Orton and Triple H, without winning the title, to end up looking strong for a match with Brock Lesnar at the Rumble. Lesnar would then have defeared Show to look strong for his match with The Undertaker (or someone else if they do 'Taker vs. Daniel Bryan) at WrestleMania 30.

It's unknown if this is still the plan moving forward now that Show has been phased out of a program with Orton/The Authority after losing at Survivor Series, but it was the plan as of a few months ago.

Even though I don't hate Show like others do and enjoyed his feud with Lesnar in 2002/2003, I'm glad they didn't waste a Brock match on him. And Show was originally gonna go over Triple H? Terrible booking IMO. I figured a match with him was to get HHH more heat and make him look stronger with a victory so that whoever finally took him down at Mania ended up looking like the conquering hero.

 

[RoyalRaven]

I think Triple H hasn't been that great of a heel in this authority run, considering he's still getting more cheers than boo's. I'd say Big Show going over and then getting Punished by HHH would have gotten him more heat. Steph has been the Outstanding heel of this angle, though I'm standing firm with Vickie Gerruero being the greatest heel in the WWE at the moment, no one gets as much heat as she does.

I'm also glad we didn't have to waste Brock vs Big Show because he could have been used to make someone like Big E Langston look strong even if he were to beat Big E.

 

[Aids Johnson]

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Even though I don't hate Show like others do and enjoyed his feud with Lesnar in 2002/2003, I'm glad they didn't waste a Brock match on him. And Show was originally gonna go over Triple H? Terrible booking IMO. I figured a match with him was to get HHH more heat and make him look stronger with a victory so that whoever finally took him down at Mania ended up looking like the conquering hero.

Bro you should setup an "insider" area of this forum where you and a handful of others speculate what will happen in the upcoming months, using detailed references from past WWE matches and feuds. You could get a shitload of views, and when you word it like all these PWinsider posts, you don't even take blame when wrong. WWEForInsiders "inside source" have indicated they could have been incorrect...OR HHH got wind of the creative leak and has thus changed the storyline."

 

[Lockard 23]

Bro you should setup an "insider" area of this forum where you and a handful of others speculate what will happen in the upcoming months, using detailed references from past WWE matches and feuds. You could get a shitload of views, and when you word it like all these PWinsider posts, you don't even take blame when wrong. WWEForInsiders "inside source" have indicated they could have been incorrect...OR HHH got wind of the creative leak and has thus changed the storyline."

Don't I/we do that already in the normal wrestling sections? :jeritroll:

 

[Aids Johnson]

Don't I/we do that already in the normal wrestling sections? :jeritroll:

yeah but instead of quoting pwinsider and meltzer reports, we would be quoting you and a few members here exclusively.

 

[Lockard 23]

Sounds good, although I could just as well make a thread in the normal wrestling sections anytime I have an idea on where something is going and you could tag it with something special ("Lockard Report", maybe) to make it stand out, the same way other threads are tagged with Spoiler or NXT or whatever.

 

[Cloud]

Well Brock still looks a beast. But Show was a huge fail in that last ME run however short. Seriously when you consider Henry is doing very little and he can make ppl look a beast eg Brock well for me it was some poor booking.

 

[Tumbas' #1 Fan]

Well Brock still looks a beast. But Show was a huge fail in that last ME run however short. Seriously when you consider Henry is doing very little and he can make ppl look a beast eg Brock well for me it was some poor booking.

Mark Henry's theme makes him look like a beast.

 

[Cloud]

Mark Henry's theme makes him look like a beast.

My point exactly we are behind Henry an not Show yet he was forced into our ME scene and it failed.

 

[DK JAMES]

I would've liked that idea, sounded like a solid card filler.

 

[Aids Johnson]

Brock could roid scream at big show and it could make him cry. That would be a segment worth seeing.

 

[Cloud]

I would've liked that idea, sounded like a solid card filler.

Nothing with Big Show is a solid card filler these days imo.

 

[DK JAMES]

Nothing with Big Show is a solid card filler these days imo.

As a partial Big Show fan, I'd disagree but looking at it from many peoples standpoints, I could see why. His matches are usually pretty boring unless the person he's facing really makes it outstanding, I just think Show vs Brock could be a cool thing to see honestly. Brock F5 on Show, Show would probably pull out some new move or something. As an opening match to the card or something I really wouldn't mind at all.

 

[Cloud]

As a partial Big Show fan, I'd disagree but looking at it from many peoples standpoints, I could see why. His matches are usually pretty boring unless the person he's facing really makes it outstanding, I just think Show vs Brock could be a cool thing to see honestly. Brock F5 on Show, Show would probably pull out some new move or something. As an opening match to the card or something I really wouldn't mind at all.

Fair enough to see Brock F5 him lol. A squash match! Build up Lesnar more.

 

[Cloud]

Btw @DK Batista Show as a whole I like just think he has overstayed his retirement. Plus I love how big he is for all the WWE charities etc... Just in ring he has gone past that point for me.