Rolling Through Royal Rumbles

[Jacob Fox]

I am still working on this. Wrestlemania kind of threw a lot of things on the back burner. Will get a new one up tomorrow. I am definitely going to get every Rumble match ever.. including the TV one and Greatest one

 

[Jacob Fox]

I will keep this going until I get the whole thing done. I just had to watch a shit ton of matches for the Greatest Match of 1990 (which was fucking awesome)

 

[Jacob Fox]

Sorry for the lay off. Been watching a lot of other wrestling for the Best of Year matches. But I am going to go through all of the Rumbles too.

So now we have one of my least favorite Rumbles, the 2009 Royal Rumble. During this time, I really wasn't watching WWE. I was fully into TNA and indies at the time. I don't recall if I watched this one whem it first aired or not. But if I did, I didn't remember it at all.

Winner: 5/10

I am not a Randy Orton fan and I never have been. Everyone sings his praises, but he seems extremely overrated to me. I wasn't thrilled at all to see him when and it felt sort of ho hum to me. I understand that many people like him and that is fine. He is just not my cup of tea and this win meant little to me.

Match:: 4/10

I just found this Rumble to be very boring. I phased out several times during the match. I wasn't entertained like I usually am by the Rumbles. The ring action was very generic and there were very few interesting or surprising spots.

Surprises: 8/10

This was the best part of this Rumble. The surprise entrants were Rob Van Dam and Hacksaw Jim Duggan. Both came in to huge ovations. The crowd was wild over them both. And both of them dominated the ring for a while after they entered.

It was cool to see Duggan dominate when he got into the ring. All of the wreslters sold him well which I think shows the respect they had for him. It was a good moment even though I was never a huge fan.

Other than the surprise entrants, there was not a lot I liked about this Rumble. I am hoping I enjoy 2010 better.

 

[Jacob Fox]

2010 Royal Rumble

This was at a time when I wasn't really watching WWE. I was more into indies at the time and Ring of Honor. I actually think I may have never watched it before.

Okay one of the best things about the 2010 Royal Rumble was of course Beth Phoenix eliminating the Great Khali. That was so fun and I almost want to give them an extra point just for that.

Oh course I liked the early CM Punk dominance. It was interesting though that Punk only oversold HHH's moves. I wonder if that was deliberate.

Match: 6/10

Love the CM Punk dominance and like I mentioned Beth Phoenix. There were some slow parts though after number 10, but that is normal for a Rumble. I have to admit I liked John Cena coming in when it looked like HBK and HHH were going to fight. I have come to appreciate John now more than I did back then.

The Shawn Michaels needing to win to face the Undertaker was a fun story and it really added to the story of this Rumble. This was after I met Michaels and found him to be an insufferable jerk. But his talent as a wrestler is undeniable. I mean, we knew that he would face Taker again despite losing. The referee attacks were a low point for him and I understand they did it to show his frustration, but it probably was a bad idea.

R Truth eliminating Big Show and Mark Henry was great. Truth is so awesome to watch, he has so much charisma.

Still, this match had a lot of slow parts and a lot of unexciting entrants. I wasn't drawn into the whole thing.

Winner: 10/10

Edge being the surprise entrant after his injury and then winning the Rumble to go to Mania... and we all know he won the title and then had to retire. This was the most amazing story of the Rumble and he was the right man to win.

Surprises: 10/10

Edge might have been the only real surprise, but it was the best surprise they could do at the time. The crowd loved it and even I watching it 14 year later loved it. Coming back from a 14 month recovery in 8 months was great.

This might not be a Rumble I watch over and over though. It had great moments but bad ones too.