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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2014 5:57:37 GMT -5
With the Royal Rumble less than 24 hours away I want to know .....in your opinion what is the biggest waste of a Rumble spot?....mine would be Drew Carey in the 2001 Rumble
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Post by June on Jan 26, 2014 6:02:48 GMT -5
With the Royal Rumble less than 24 hours away I want to know .....in your opinion what is the biggest waste of a Rumble spot?....mine would be Drew Carey in the 2001 Rumble I would not consider a celebrity a waste since they get a reaction, and bring a bit of exposure to the product. Wasted spots to me are inserting jobbers like 3MB into the match. My pick would be they year that saw the 3 faces of Foley, because in truth it resulted in 2 wasted spots.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2014 6:10:35 GMT -5
With the Royal Rumble less than 24 hours away I want to know .....in your opinion what is the biggest waste of a Rumble spot?....mine would be Drew Carey in the 2001 Rumble I would not consider a celebrity a waste since they get a reaction, and bring a bit of exposure to the product. Wasted spots to me are inserting jobbers like 3MB into the match. My pick would be they year that saw the 3 faces of Foley, because in truth it resulted in 2 wasted spots. Normally I would agree but in 2001 there were so many legends they could have brought in that were still in their prime.........Drew to me wasn't much of a celeb to bring exposer at the time especially after they had brought in big names like LT and Tyson years before.
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Post by Evil Abed on Jan 26, 2014 6:21:54 GMT -5
2001 - Drew Carey
2004 - Ernest The Cat Miller
2005 & 2006 - Jonathan Coachman
2008 - Chavo (made ECW look even more pointless than it already was)
2011 - Hornswoggle
2012 - Cole, Lawler, Hacksaw, Ricardo, ugh this Rumble was terrible. At first I semi enjoyed the fact it was different and accepted it because this was the first year that "Anyone was eligible" but looking back it made for an incredibly weak Rumble match. If they followed the 40 man suit the year prior I prob would be ok with it but about 2/3 the rumble was announcers, legends, jobbers and Kharma.
2013 - Bo Dallas, something should be said for the fact they chose him to represent NXT and call him up, proceeded to last 2 weeks and hasnt been seen since while better performers have been called up and have shined since, ex: Wyatt Family, Fandango, Summer Rae, Xavier Woods. Should've been one of them or Zayn, he could've produced some cool memorable Rumble spots from the work i've seen of his.
2014 -Should Jimmy Wang Yang show up this year, he gets my vote for one of the most pointless Rumble returns ever. I'll be sure to be lol'ing when no one in the crowd knows who he is.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2014 7:14:48 GMT -5
Ric Flair in every rumble he's been in.
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Jan 26, 2014 7:26:53 GMT -5
Lower-card jobbers are usually a wasted spot. Drew Carey, Coach, Hornswoggle, Ricardo and the commentators all add something fun and different to the match. But the likes of Uso A and Uso B in a Rumble (prior to this year) is total "making up the numbers." Sometimes having a jobber that nobody cares about in there is necessary to facilitate a spot made by the more worthwhile entrants, like when Tyson Kidd was in and did some spots with Cena and Hornswoggle that time. Or like if Roman Reigns needs disposable bodies to dump out of the ring tonight.
I feel like the most wasted spots are those times in the nineties when they'd fill up Rumbles with old guys that nobody remembered, or Japanese and Mexicans that nobody had ever heard of. Although they only did that because the roster was so thin at the time so it's not like they had many options.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2014 8:59:33 GMT -5
Most jobbers
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Post by LA Times on Jan 26, 2014 9:00:17 GMT -5
2001-Drew Carey
2005-Daniel Puder
2006-Jonathan Coachman
2008-Hornswoggle, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Superfly Jimmy Snuka
2011-Hornswoggle
2012-Michael Cole, Kharma, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Road Dogg, Ricardo Rodriguez, Jerry the King
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Post by SuperJimmy12345 on Jan 26, 2014 9:06:04 GMT -5
Bo Dallas last year, he eliminated Barrett then nothing else happened with him.
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Post by LA Times on Jan 26, 2014 9:06:21 GMT -5
Lower-card jobbers are usually a wasted spot. Drew Carey, Coach, Hornswoggle, Ricardo and the commentators all add something fun and different to the match. But the likes of Uso A and Uso B in a Rumble (prior to this year) is total "making up the numbers." Sometimes having a jobber that nobody cares about in there is necessary to facilitate a spot made by the more worthwhile entrants, like when Tyson Kidd was in and did some spots with Cena and Hornswoggle that time. Or like if Roman Reigns needs disposable bodies to dump out of the ring tonight. I feel like the most wasted spots are those times in the nineties when they'd fill up Rumbles with old guys that nobody remembered, or Japanese and Mexicans that nobody had ever heard of. Although they only did that because the roster was so thin at the time so it's not like they had many options. Lower card jobbers are the guys who travel on the road with the company year round. I dont expect them to have a match at Wrestlemania, but the least the WWE can do is give them a spot in the Royal Rumble instead of wasting it on legends, announcers, midgets and celebrities.
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Jan 26, 2014 9:50:27 GMT -5
Lower card jobbers are the guys who travel on the road with the company year round. Good for them. That's why they get their house show cheques. The least the WWE can do is put on an entertaining show and give legends, announcers, midgets and celebrities a spot in the Royal Rumble instead of wasting it on lower card jobbers.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2014 9:52:10 GMT -5
Hall of Famer Drew Carey
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2014 10:02:54 GMT -5
Gotta be Cole,Coachman & Hornswoggle for me....
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Post by June on Jan 26, 2014 10:10:48 GMT -5
Lower-card jobbers are usually a wasted spot. Drew Carey, Coach, Hornswoggle, Ricardo and the commentators all add something fun and different to the match. But the likes of Uso A and Uso B in a Rumble (prior to this year) is total "making up the numbers." Sometimes having a jobber that nobody cares about in there is necessary to facilitate a spot made by the more worthwhile entrants, like when Tyson Kidd was in and did some spots with Cena and Hornswoggle that time. Or like if Roman Reigns needs disposable bodies to dump out of the ring tonight. I feel like the most wasted spots are those times in the nineties when they'd fill up Rumbles with old guys that nobody remembered, or Japanese and Mexicans that nobody had ever heard of. Although they only did that because the roster was so thin at the time so it's not like they had many options. Lower card jobbers are the guys who travel on the road with the company year round. I dont expect them to have a match at Wrestlemania, but the least the WWE can do is give them a spot in the Royal Rumble instead of wasting it on legends, announcers, midgets and celebrities. Those lower card jobbers are lucky to get a check and travel the world doing so. Big PPV's call for either big stars or novelty acts that will pop the crowd, not Bland Blanderson coming out to birds chirping.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2014 10:47:43 GMT -5
Chyna,Beth and Kharma while I Do enjoy seeing women in the rumble it just really a waste of time because there only in there for a few minutes.
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Post by bababooey on Jan 26, 2014 11:04:02 GMT -5
I don't really believe there are any wasted spots. I feel like the point of the rumble is that anyone could win a chance to challenge for the title. Also, if the rumble was all guys that were legit contenders, the rumble would drag on forever and it will do damage to the momentum of a lot of guys.
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Post by Thebigdog621 on Jan 26, 2014 11:51:56 GMT -5
I am probably in the minority here but I think Ricardo's 2012 RR spot was great. His entrance alone was worth the spot in the match. At least people know who he is as opposed to Jimmy Wang Yang. I think Michael Cole's spot was the worst in history. At least King was a wrestler but Cole had no business in that match.
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Post by Captain Charisma on Jan 26, 2014 11:53:37 GMT -5
Bastion Booger, 1994
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2014 11:56:36 GMT -5
For WWE fans, I'm sure there a plenty of spots that feel wasted. For WWE diehards, any indy guy, Legend or international superstar seems to be a wasted spot, because they are not familiar with the wrestler's work.
I'm a wrestling fan. The reason the Rumble is my favorite event of the year is literally anyone can pop up. I love the surprises. I'm always familiar with the guys who make an appearance because I follow wrestling, not WWE.
I don't like celebrity involvement in matches though. So I'm going to go with any celebrity who has participated.
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Post by HalfBlackRazorback on Jan 26, 2014 12:14:04 GMT -5
Ric Flair in every rumble he's been in. Why do you say that his performance in 1992 was classic
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