Royal Rumble Rate Royal Rumble 2015

[Dolph'sZiggler]

What was your favorite part of the Rumble match itself? other than Ziggler taking down both Show & Kane at the same time during one point.

The Rock obviously. It was fascinating to me that Vince found a way to get Rock boo'd

 

[Stopspot]

The Rock obviously. It was fascinating to me that Vince found a way to get Rock boo'd

By god he did it!

 

[Danielson]

Rollins Rollins Rollins

Dude is a fucking monster, hopefully he leaves WM champ and not bootyfuck Reigns. They tried to seperate Bryan and Reigns, but the thinking behind it backfired.

7/10

Really enjoyed it besides limp dick

 

[Majour]

6/10
The tag matches were okay. Even the Bellas managed to be slightly above average.

The WHC match was pretty awesome. Rollins came out of that looking fantastic.

The rumble itself was weird. I wasn't overly impressed with the entrants- lots of fodder. DB looked weak. Would have been okay with the result had it have been done better.

 

[Lackin]

I gave it a 7/10 because the only matches anyone cared about was the RR & Triple threat.
The triple threat match was flawless, thoroughly enjoyed it and to be honest I didn't really care about seth but after seeing him tonight I have to give him respect.
The royal rumble match was to be honest pretty shit in my opinion, few good moments I popped at but overall boring. The ending was catastrophic as I couldn't be assed with Roman Reigns (neither could the audience). If they really wanted to put reigns over then they should had reigns kicking kane and shows ass then triple h comes in and stops reigns, Sting comes out as fucks everything up for the authority. (Bit confusing, but you get the gist)

 

[C.M. Shaddix]

Y'know now that I think about it, it wasn't that bad... yeah Bryan lost pretty early but I think I will be able to live with Reigns. 7/10

 

[RedDwarfTechy]

The rumble match was yawn worthy, especially the whole 'Authority just throwing guys out because we can' part at the end. Don't really give a crap about the whole DB thing, but I do agree they should have made him stay in a bit longer because the crowd (stupid crowd at this point) basically just went 'fuck this shiz'

The rest of the show I enjoyed, tripe threat was great, Rollins really came through in that, although the way they have built Brock up makes me feel like Reigns is winning WM31 which is just... yeah :facepalm1:

MOTN for me was on the pre-show to be honest, really loved the Cesaro and Kid match and hope they give that team a good run. It's just sad when Royal Rumble is the worst part of the Royal Rumble ppv.

Gave it a 7 because other than the rumble, it was pretty good.

 

[Prince Bálor]

Well, it was decent for what it was. 5/10 at best.

Positives:
- The Usos vs The Miz & Mizdow was decent for what it was. The match wasn't anything special, nothing we haven't seen these guys do before.

- Lesnar vs Rollins vs Cena for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship was absolutely fantastic! Loved every second of it and loved the fact Lesnar retained the title! MOTN & MOTY material, right there.

- Holy shitballs, my number [19] won! Congrats to Reigns on winning! I hope you know what you're doing, WWE.
What'd you expect, though? We all knew it was either Reigns or Bryan winning it. Reigns won and it's fine with me, honestly. I'm certainly not gonna lose sleep at night over it, even though I would've prefered Bryan winning it. But, oh well.
They should've just kept DB around longer instead of having him eliminated so early on, that was a stupid decision.

If ya asked me about pre-injury Reigns, I would've said 'Fuck that guy.' But ever since he returned from injury, the kid's been improving on the mic and in the ring and has started to grow on me.
Plus, Reigns isn't the one to blame here, b/c if Vinnie Mac came to you and said 'We're gonna make ya the next top star, kiddo. But first, you'll be winning the Rumble.' Would ya say 'Sorreh, boss. I'm not ready. Push someone else.'? Heck no, you wouldn't. If the rest of the WWE Universe is like the Philly crowd, then this is bad news for Roman.

Negatives:
- The Ascension vs The New Age Outlaws. Meh. Boooorrriiiiiing.
- The Royal Rumble match itself was just like last year's - a complete lackluster.
- FUCK YOU! Fuck you for eliminating Bryan the way you did and basically sending him back to midcard in a way.
Horrendous, just a horrendous decision. But, that's just WWE's thing, I guess. Plus, if they had him as one of the final men to be eliminated, the crowd wouldn't have booed everyone who entered the Rumble and most importantly, they wouldn't have booed Roman Reigns. You suck, WWE.
- Big Show and Kane were one of the final superstars?! Are you fucking kidding me?
- I also LOL'd and cringed at the same time at how Wyatt, Ziggler and Ambrose got eliminated. Just grand stuff.

Mark out moments:
#1 Bubba Ray Dudley comin' back, baybay! Hopefully he sticks around.
#2 DDP coming out. He delivered 3 Diamond Cutters and made me happy.

The 'I don't give a toss about this' segment:
- Gladly skipped Paige/Natalya vs Nikki/Brie.

 

[HunterHearstJericho]

I rated it a 6/10 , it wasn't one of the best but it was pretty decent, the triple threat was cool except Lesnar kinda made the match dumb by making every move done except the elbow through the table effective, he took like six finishers and made them useless, he nosold almost everything and was doing SSDD the entire match, but the other competitors sold the F5's and everything Lesnar did, the rumble match was decent but it wasn't great, they had some cool points but there have been a lot better rumbles. Last year's rumble match was better quality.

 

[ShaRpY HaRdY]

I think I would've rated the RR 1 point higher had New Day vs TK & Cesaro actually been on the main card.

 

[Snowman1]

Waiting until the next day to rate it since there ARE good things on this show, and to get away from the horrible taste it left in your mouth.

Opening tag: Swinging Cats/10. Honestly, I think the New Day are a bigger example of out-of-touchness than Roman Reigns.
The pizza I left to go get during the Stone Age Outlaws match: 8/10
Miz's vs Usos: saw the end ever since they teased the tag and loved it, but thank goodness I haven't been watching Raw. Not watching WWE is a better way to enjoy the product, lemme tell ya brother
Divas' tag: I honestly have nothing to say. What is there?
WHC: 9/10. Awesometacular match. I'll be like the teary-eyed mom watching her children leave home when Lesnar heads back to UFC. I'll miss him more than CM Punk. Shh.
Rumble: What is there to say? First off, the match itself sucked. This was total crap outside of Bray Wyatt. My lasting memory of it will be this moment when Wyatt, Reigns, Rusev, and Big E were in there throwing these slow, pathetically light kicks to guys in the corner while the crowd boos mercilessly. The WWE Roster is better than this and we all know it.

You know what? I'll be positive about the Reigns decision for the time being. Putting him over means you aren't wasting all the hard work you put into Brock Lesnar this year. After watching Lesnar's incredible performance, I'm a lot more convinced he and Reigns can have a kickass match at WM if the crowd lets them...

...okay, the reality is they won't. I don't know how WWE fixes this. Show's getting a 2 from me, mostly because of the feeling afterwards and what it represents. Even if it deserved a positive rating before the Rumble.

 

[Pop Tatari]

Only watched the wwe title triple threat match and the rumble, triple threat was amazing had so much excitement and action. Rollins was fucking killing it and Cena put in a great shift, Brock does what he does best in being a beast. 10/10

Rumble match first half was pretty good, seeing bubba and DDP. Bryan being eliminated so early was a anti climax of sorts, totally killed the crowd and excitement level. Match became slow, boring filled with big goons. Ziggles brought some excitement back was also eliminated way too early. Final four or five considering I forgot about rusev was utter bullshit. 4/10

 

[The GOAT]

The triple-threat match was fucking excellent, and easily the best championship match that we've seen since Cena vs Bryan at Summerslam '13. And I can't even begin to explain how refreshing it was to see Lesnar interacting with a fresher member of the roster like Seth Rollins instead of just Cena, Cena, Cena, Triple H, Triple H, Triple H, and Big Show all the time. It's one of the reasons I'm not as down on Lesnar/Reigns like others are because we're at least still guaranteed to see a new star gain a huge rub here.

Speaking of which...

The Rumble match itself was just disastrous and boring. If the previous match was an exercise in how you book everything right in a WWE Championship match, then the Rumble match itself was the complete opposite. Where do you even start:

-Curtis Axel comes out at #6, yet Rowan attacks him and unofficially enters the match to instigate a three-way with former family members Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper. OK, then why not just book Rowan as the #6 entrant in the first place? He is after all the guy who just got his job back after being unfairly fired by The Authority for being apart of Team Cena at Survivor Series, whereas Axel is the guy headed back to NXT.
-Daniel Bryan's unceremonious elimination. Him losing was one thing, but him lasting about a total of ten minutes before being tossed out like he was a nobody was just insulting.
-Bray Wyatt eliminates the most people, lasts longer in the match than anyone, is even given the spot of eliminating the crowd's favorite Daniel Bryan, and yet instead of having a babyface like Ambrose or Reigns (well, scratch that) or even Ziggler eliminate him, they just feed him to Big Show and Kane?
-The ending with Reigns, Kane. and Big Show (before Rusev's comeback.) Just an all-around weak way to cap off the Rumble. The final four should have been Ambrose, Reigns, Rusev and Wyatt. No if's, and's or but's. Show and Kane should have been ganged up on by Ambrose, Reigns, Ryback and Ziggler and eliminated as retribution for what they helped put them all through.

 

[Leo C]

Patterson is probably not putting this matches together anymore.

 

[The GOAT]

Patterson is probably not putting this matches together anymore.

Since he was in the building the other night, maybe they should have asked his advice on how to actually put together a competent Rumble match.