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Post by ClassicFan2 on Jan 23, 2014 23:38:09 GMT -5
Was watching a bunch recently and here's who I wish won:
88 - Warrior (nice start to building him up)
89 - LOVED that it was Studd! 1 of my favs from back then. Wouldnt have minded Savage or Andre winning though
90 - Andre (his last BIG Hurrah, could been Hogan/Warrior at the end and #30 Andre comes out and tosses em both)
91 - this is one I wanted Hogan to win. Earthqauke would have been cool too, or Mr Perfect
92 - Roddy Piper (never held a wwf belt, then wins both belts & Rumble in one night = AWESOME). Flair winning and the whole ending was perfect though
93 - Yoko was a good choice IMO. Wanted Mr Perfect to win it. Coulda had G.Gonzales in it and won. I would have liked that
94 - Luger (then vs Bret at WM)
02 - Mr Perfect
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2014 23:59:50 GMT -5
1990: Mr. Perfect 2001: Kane
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Post by Nivro™ on Jan 24, 2014 1:23:56 GMT -5
1988- Randy Savage {He was IC Champion & King of the Ring in '87, he was on his way to winning the World Title at Wrestlemania IV...Top it off with him winning the Royal Rumble on the way to Wrestlemania}
1989- Hulk Hogan {Much like the actual Rumble, Hogan would toss over someone like Akeem or Bossman and send Savage over as well. This would prompt Savage to get back into the ring and get into Hogan face. Gorilla & Jesse would build it up with Gorilla saying "Winning this could shoot Hulk straight to the top and the #1 Contendership." With Jesse replying in fashion of "Typical Hogan having to backstab friends by tossing Savage when he wasnt looking." This would of course all lead to the split at SNME}
1990- Ultimate Warrior {We'd still have the huge 1 on 1 face off with Hogan. This time Hogan goes for a clothesline and Warrior ducks only to clothesline Hogan over the top to the shock of the crowd. For the first time Hulkamania seems vulnerable. The Rumble ends with Warrior vs Perfect, Rude & Barbarian in a 3 on 1. Warrior fights back before eventually tossing all three out and showing the world there is a new "power" in the WWF}
1991- Earthquake {By this point there were no other singles stars to really build up. Quake had been feuding with Hogan and would again feud with him after Hogan won the title. Looking at the previous 3 winners, you've got arguably the biggest faces of their company. Adding Quake to this list could have really put him over the top as a mega heel.
1992- Ric Flair {It was just perfectly set up.}
After this the Winner would receive a shot at the World Champion. Im pretty happy with most of the options except for the 1994 Rumble. I didnt like the chose of a Co-Winner. I feel that if they wanted to go with Luger as Champ he should of won and/if they wanted to go with Hart as Champ, then they needed to let him win.
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Post by | NLS™ | on Jan 24, 2014 1:44:17 GMT -5
1.) Jake "The Snake" Roberts in Royal Rumble '88. He should've accomplished so much more than he did, this would've been sweet. (I like the idea of Warrior winning also). 2.) "Rowdy" Roddy Piper in Royal Rumble '92. For the same reasons as the OP. 3.) Bret "Hitman" Hart in Royal Rumble '94. Take one guess why. Also, Lex winning the Rumble did nothing for him anyways, he wasn't even in the Main Event it was a mid-card bout. 4.) The British Bulldog in Royal Rumble '95. The way that thing ended just crushed me. And to make things worse, my older brother was a HBK Guy and he rubbed it in like he was Richard Sherman. Plus, there was really no need for HBK to win this one, it's not like he this was his year anyways. 5.) Bret "Hitman" Hart in Royal Rumble '97. He and Stone Cold in the Main Event at Wrestlemania would've been sooo much better than Taker Vs Sid, Bret and Austin stole the show anyways. I would've put Taker Vs Bret as the Main Event of In Your House: Final Four (obviously renaming the PPV), putting the strap on Bret after Sid costs Taker the Title. This would lead to Taker Vs Sid in a grudge match at mania instead. 6.) "Stone Cold" Steve Austin in Royal Rumble '99. Vince winning was pointless and a farce. This way after Bret winning Rumble '97, Austin still would've won 2 Rumbles at this point. 7.) "Badd Ass" Billy Gunn in Royal Rumble '04 - 'Cause... F*ck Chris Beniot and besides, Billy had all the tools to be a Main Event Player whether he won the Title at Mania or not. This would've been epic to say the least. Was watching a bunch recently and here's who I wish won: 92 - Roddy Piper (never held a wwf belt, then wins both in one night = AWESOME) Yes, this would've been sick, not only would he have won the Rumble and the World Title but the IC Title from The Mountie all in the same night as well. Would've been the single biggest night by any Superstar in Pro Wrestling history! By the way, awesome thread idea.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2014 2:05:06 GMT -5
I always wanted Jeff or Matt Hardy to win one.
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Post by ClassicFan2 on Jan 24, 2014 7:41:37 GMT -5
1.) Jake "The Snake" Roberts in Royal Rumble '88. He should've accomplished so much more than he did, this would've been sweet. (I like the idea of Warrior winning also). 2.) "Rowdy" Roddy Piper in Royal Rumble '92. For the same reasons as the OP. 3.) Bret "Hitman" Hart in Royal Rumble '94. Take one guess why. Also, Lex winning the Rumble did nothing for him anyways, he wasn't even in the Main Event it was a mid-card bout. 4.) The British Bulldog in Royal Rumble '95. The way that thing ended just crushed me. And to make things worse, my older brother was a HBK Guy and he rubbed it in like he was Richard Sherman. Plus, there was really no need for HBK to win this one, it's not like he this was his year anyways. 5.) Bret "Hitman" Hart in Royal Rumble '97. He and Stone Cold in the Main Event at Wrestlemania would've been sooo much better than Taker Vs Sid, Bret and Austin stole the show anyways. I would've put Taker Vs Bret as the Main Event of In Your House: Final Four (obviously renaming the PPV), putting the strap on Bret after Sid costs Taker the Title. This would lead to Taker Vs Sid in a grudge match at mania instead. 6.) "Stone Cold" Steve Austin in Royal Rumble '99. Vince winning was pointless and a farce. This way after Bret winning Rumble '97, Austin still would've won 2 Rumbles at this point. 7.) "Badd Ass" Billy Gunn in Royal Rumble '04 - 'Cause... F*ck Chris Beniot and besides, Billy had all the tools to be a Main Event Player whether he won the Title at Mania or not. This would've been epic to say the least. Was watching a bunch recently and here's who I wish won: 92 - Roddy Piper (never held a wwf belt, then wins both in one night = AWESOME) Yes, this would've been sick, not only would he have won the Rumble and the World Title but the IC Title from The Mountie all in the same night as well. Would've been the single biggest night by any Superstar in Pro Wrestling history! By the way, awesome thread idea. Thats what I meant about winning both (HW & IC titles). yeah how great would that have been? win 2 belts and the ROYAL RUMBLE! Then they could have let Flair win it from him on ra sat night main event and then Hogan/Flair for WM8!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2014 8:09:25 GMT -5
88 - Warrior 89 - DiBiase 90 (or 91) - Mr Perfect 92 - Someone talented. Bret would have been a good choice. Taking someone who at the time was in the mid card and having him go over main eventers for the title like Hogan, Flair and Savage was the perfect way to build a new star. It would set up Bret vs Hogan at WM8 and Hogan could have put Bret over at WM8 with the belt on the line to kickstart his role as the face of the company. 93 - Randy Savage 95 - Bulldog. Shawn wasn't ready for the ME scene, and his match with Diesel was pretty poor. 99 - Owen Hart, we didn't really need to see Rock/Austin until the next year (which would have saved us the awful main event from WM16). We get Austin vs. Vince at WM15 and Rock/Owen. Owen can feud with Austin after WM and drop the title to him at SS. Rock wins RR 00 and we get Austin/Rock at WM16. 01 - Billy Gunn, he was still really over at the time and had just gone into his new gimmick. Would have been the perfect time to push him. Plus Austin didn't need 3 rumble wins. And again, going over Austin and Rock in the rumble would have been a huge push for Billy. 09 - Someone talented. Don't care who, Orton just sucks. 11 - Someone talented. Maybe Punk.
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Post by Raine on Jan 24, 2014 9:39:59 GMT -5
89 - Hogan 90 - Warrior 93 - Savage 94 - Bret
Anvil Fan, Bret in January 1992, almost signed for WCW, thats why he dropped the belt to The Mountie, incase he left. He got it back at WM8, cos he signed a new deal. Anyway Bret to win Rumble 92 instead of Flair, Sid, Hogan, Savage, Piper or Taker?
HBK had to win in 1995, there was no other options as the participants were terrible that year, Bulldog opened WM11 which says it all about him in 1995, nevermind challenging Diesel for the WWF title.
In 1999 Owen Hart was a heel in a tag team with Jarrett, so you think he was a good choice to win the Rumble and face The Rock at WM15? If SCSA didnt win it here, then Foley was 2nd choice, Owen wouldnt have even been considered that year.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2014 10:12:32 GMT -5
RR91- I genuinely don't know. If Rude hadn't went to WCW he was my first choice though.Hogan didn't need this one.
RR 93-Savage or Bam Bam.......gives us Bret vs Savage or Bam Bam @ WM 9
RR 1994-Bret Hart undisputed win.
RR 2002.....didn't like HHH's win but who else was gonna win it? Austin winning a 4th would've been overkill BUT he was clearly the favourite in the crowds eyes.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2014 11:50:53 GMT -5
89 - Hogan 90 - Warrior 93 - Savage 94 - Bret Anvil Fan, Bret in January 1992, almost signed for WCW, thats why he dropped the belt to The Mountie, incase he left. He got it back at WM8, cos he signed a new deal. Anyway Bret to win Rumble 92 instead of Flair, Sid, Hogan, Savage, Piper or Taker? HBK had to win in 1995, there was no other options as the participants were terrible that year, Bulldog opened WM11 which says it all about him in 1995, nevermind challenging Diesel for the WWF title. In 1999 Owen Hart was a heel in a tag team with Jarrett, so you think he was a good choice to win the Rumble and face The Rock at WM15? If SCSA didnt win it here, then Foley was 2nd choice, Owen wouldnt have even been considered that year. I forgot about that for Bret. Maybe Hogan instead then. Anything but Flair. Flair winning really screwed up the WM8 main events. If Hogan won then Bret still could have challenged him for the title and won. There were plenty of other options in 1995, just because the chosen participants in the rumble were mostly lacklustre. Bam Bam, Bret, Bulldog, Owen, Luger would have all been viable options. Davey challenged for the title several times throughout 95 and 96 so I don't see the issue with him winning would have been. He was over as at this point. I'v always liked the thought of a highly talented midcarder winning the Rumble completely out of the blue and unexpectedly. Owen fits that bill and the RR99 was mostly completely predictable, that's why we got a crappy Vince win.
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Post by Raine on Jan 24, 2014 12:03:20 GMT -5
Davey challenged after his heel turn, in 1995 as he was fresh because of it. Before the turn though he was stuck in the Allied Powers with another stale babyface, Luger. Would rather have seen Razor Ramon in there as a possible winner. Bam Bam couldn't win because LT was coming up, Bret would have been a better pick, perhaps if he had switched with HBK that night and HBK fought Diesel for the strap. Bret vs Diesel at WM11 not too bad.
A highly talented midcarder winning the Rumble completely out of the blue, this most likely will never happen. Don't think there has never been a Rumble that you couldn't pick the winner of before hand out of 3 - 5 candidates, this year it will be Batista or Bryan I'm pretty sure.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2014 12:15:06 GMT -5
Davey challenged after his heel turn, in 1995 as he was fresh because of it. Before the turn though he was stuck in the Allied Powers with another stale babyface, Luger. Would rather have seen Razor Ramon in there as a possible winner. Bam Bam couldn't win because LT was coming up, Bret would have been a better pick, perhaps if he had switched with HBK that night and HBK fought Diesel for the strap. Bret vs Diesel at WM11 not too bad. A highly talented midcarder winning the Rumble completely out of the blue, this most likely will never happen. Don't think there has never been a Rumble that you couldn't pick the winner of before hand out of 3 - 5 candidates, this year it will be Batista or Bryan I'm pretty sure. Yeah that sounds better. Shawn vs. Diesel at the RR would have made way more sense too as they were semi-feuding, and Diesel could have gone over in his first PPV match as champion. I know it won't happen, I just think it would be awesome. And there's no better choice than Owen Hart. Either Punk or Batista are winning this year I reckon. I don't think there's much of a chance of the WWE passing up Batista vs. Lesnar. So it depends on if the WWE want Lesnar to take the title at the EC.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2014 12:40:24 GMT -5
I genuinely hope Vince doesn't go with Batista vs Lesnar....Im not sure that will be any good.
my hopes?
Orton beats Cena....a paranoid Orton eliminates Batista from the RR......Bryan wins the RR.
Lesnar wins the EC in Feb for the strap. Orton vs Batista can be furthered during the EC.hell maybe Batista is the one that eliminates Orton?
Bryan vs Lesnar at WM.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2014 12:50:55 GMT -5
I don't think Bryan'll even be in the rumble tbh. He had that concussion recently and they probably want to keep him out of a match like the rumble (where he'd probably be tossed out).
Batista/Lesnar is a match that a lot of people have been wanting to see for what... 10 years now? My guess is Brock's gonna steamroll through Show at the RR, win at EC and defend against Batista. It's a special attraction, and the WWE will no doubt want to put as many big drawing matches as possible on the card.
I'd personally love to see Lesnar vs. Sheamus, but I doubt that'll happen at least not for a while.
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Post by | NLS™ | on Jan 24, 2014 13:35:20 GMT -5
HBK had to win in 1995, there was no other options as the participants were terrible that year, Bulldog opened WM11 which says it all about him in 1995, nevermind challenging Diesel for the WWF title. Reeaally? Wow. So Daniel Bryan must be irrelevant having opened WrestleMania 28 and losing in 18 seconds too, right?
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Post by jeffro2000 on Jan 24, 2014 15:16:09 GMT -5
It would have been somewhat obvious, but Shawn should have won the last one he was in. Taker was the champ and I thought it would have been a better setup for their rematch.
It is what the crowd wanted too. The place went silent when he was tossed. Zapped the life out of them.
Flair winning 92 was the right call in hindsight, but I really wanted Piper to win. Just like the OP said to take home 2 titles in one night would have been really cool.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2014 15:20:59 GMT -5
Im just thinking back here......the star power of 1992 to be exact. man that Rumble was stacked.....
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Jan 24, 2014 15:49:28 GMT -5
Hmmm.... well a few come to mind...
1989: Randy Savage - it would have been cool to see Savage throw Hogan out at the end, setting up for more problems between the Mega Powers
1993: Mr. Perfect - he was so popular at that time, and him vs. Bret Hart in the main event of Wrestlemania IX would have been amazing!
1994: Bret Hart - he was over then, more over than Luger. They already missed the boat with Lex at SummerSlam.
1999: Triple H - he was ready then to be going after the WWE Title, and I really thought Wrestlemania 15 was gonna be The Rock vs. Triple H for the Title, and Austin vs. McMahon. Probably would have been a much better Wrestlemania if it was that way.
2006: Anyone but Rey Mysterio - just because he only won it cause Eddie died. Not Eddie's nephew, Chavo. No, but Rey Mysterio. Ugh.
2011: John Cena - I felt John should have won it there, not Alberto Del Rio. The fact the last two men where him and Santino kills that Rumble. Cause neither man deserved to be getting a title shot at Wrestlemania.
2012: Chris Jericho - I've stated this before that I feel Jericho should have been the won to win. I like Sheamus, and I think he's really under appreciated cause the guy can have a great match with anyone it seems, but I felt like when Sheamus won the Rumble, they didn't really hype him up after it. I think he made his first real impact as the winner at the Elimination Chamber ppv when he got into Daniel Bryan's face. I believe that's when it happened. Yet for Jericho, he was constantly saying how he was gonna get that title shot and face Punk.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2014 16:14:21 GMT -5
1993: Mr. Perfect - he was so popular at that time, and him vs. Bret Hart in the main event of Wrestlemania IX would have been amazing! 1999: Triple H - he was ready then to be going after the WWE Title, and I really thought Wrestlemania 15 was gonna be The Rock vs. Triple H for the Title, and Austin vs. McMahon. Probably would have been a much better Wrestlemania if it was that way. Mr Perfect is actually an inspired choice for 1993. I hated Yoko's win then and still do. HHH on the other hand I don't agree with. Vince had been screwing Austin since Sept 1998 at IYH:Breakdown.WM 15 and his victory over Vince's hand picked guy was the culmination of Austin's revenge. I also wouldn't change a thing about HHH's expertly crafted & TOTALLY unexpected heel turn. HHH turning on DX instantly gained him the mega heat required for his push......from there on in they didn't miss a step with him. IMO HHH's booking was flawless from his return in 1998 to his debut as Champion.
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Post by Nivro™ on Jan 24, 2014 16:41:42 GMT -5
Anyone wanna hear a good joke?
Bret beating Hogan @ Wrestlemania VIII!
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