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Post by ThugSuperstar on Jan 25, 2016 20:32:38 GMT -5
The past three years have been the most predictable Royal Rumble matches of all time. And it's scary how the WWE doesn't realize this.
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Post by marino13 on Jan 25, 2016 21:24:01 GMT -5
The past three years have been the most predictable Royal Rumble matches of all time. And it's scary how the WWE doesn't realize this. Reality is if you use common sense, 90% of every Rumble has been predictable. You have the obvious heavy hitters, the reasonable contenders, and the guys who don't stand a chance. Never in the history of the RR has WWE ever gone with someone completely out of left field. There's only ever been two years I can say I was legitimately shocked and that was Big John Studd won & when Cena returned. Besides that we have had 3 by Austin, two by Hogan, two by HBK, two by Batista, Taker, Triple H, Rock, Cena, Orton, Lesnar, Flair, Benoit, Hart/Luger, & Yoko. Most if not all were the odds on favorite going into the match. |
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Post by J12 on Jan 26, 2016 11:42:05 GMT -5
Predictability isn't always a bad thing if the storytelling is there and the fans want to see it.
For example, once WWE's hand was forced with Daniel Bryan two years ago, his story was incredibly predictable. Doesn't mean it made it any less of a moment.
But conversely, predictability is a bad thing this year because it appears as though the majority of the audience doesn't want to see Roman and Triple H main event Mania for the title. So, in a vacuum, Triple H winning worked. It made logicial sense. But, it's leading to a predictable result that people very much don't seem to want to see.
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Post by Rule 30 on Jan 26, 2016 11:47:32 GMT -5
I agree with Bret that the Rumble was pretty predictable, but I highly disagree with the show being one of the worst of all-time. The undercard was solid to great, and the Rumble itself was fun enough to watch... even if Triple H as World Champion in 2016 makes me want to hurl.
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Post by Rule 30 on Jan 26, 2016 11:49:28 GMT -5
The past three years have been the most predictable Royal Rumble matches of all time. And it's scary how the WWE doesn't realize this. Reality is if you use common sense, 90% of every Rumble has been predictable. You have the obvious heavy hitters, the reasonable contenders, and the guys who don't stand a chance. Never in the history of the RR has WWE ever gone with someone completely out of left field. There's only ever been two years I can say I was legitimately shocked and that was Big John Studd won & when Cena returned. Besides that we have had 3 by Austin, two by Hogan, two by HBK, two by Batista, Taker, Triple H, Rock, Cena, Orton, Lesnar, Flair, Benoit, Hart/Luger, & Yoko. Most if not all were the odds on favorite going into the match. I think it's a given that 2/3rds of the match have no shot, but they really need to try harder than two, maybe three guys having a shot at winning it. |
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Post by marino13 on Jan 26, 2016 13:01:54 GMT -5
Reality is if you use common sense, 90% of every Rumble has been predictable. You have the obvious heavy hitters, the reasonable contenders, and the guys who don't stand a chance. Never in the history of the RR has WWE ever gone with someone completely out of left field. There's only ever been two years I can say I was legitimately shocked and that was Big John Studd won & when Cena returned. Besides that we have had 3 by Austin, two by Hogan, two by HBK, two by Batista, Taker, Triple H, Rock, Cena, Orton, Lesnar, Flair, Benoit, Hart/Luger, & Yoko. Most if not all were the odds on favorite going into the match. I think it's a given that 2/3rds of the match have no shot, but they really need to try harder than two, maybe three guys having a shot at winning it. I agree. But the potential winners are usually counted on one hand. Especially with the draft split being over. Even when someone like Edge or Sheamus gets hurt months earlier, we know their most likely coming back to win the Rumble. You can see it coming from a mile away. As great as the RR usually is, it's not a hard PPV to predict. |
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Post by Sandman on Jan 26, 2016 21:10:16 GMT -5
I like how last years Royal Rumble had Triple H & Stephanie show up at the last second giving Roman & the Rock the death stare, this year again they had to be in the spotlight for the closing minute only this time they had a guest this year.. Mr. Mcmahon, although I can't stand the sight of Trips & Steph being involved in everything WWE related these days.. Vince on the other hand was a welcome bonus, he made that closing shot of Trips heroicly raising the title with Steph salivating & cheering her husband on slightly bearable.
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Post by J12 on Jan 27, 2016 11:00:48 GMT -5
Wade Keller reported that the original plan called for Dean Ambrose to be the one to eliminate both AJ Styles and Kevin Owens in order to establish a dominant position leading into the final two with Triple H.
Kevin Owens supposedly pushed really, really hard to eliminate Styles himself and be eliminated by Zayn, and he managed to get enough people on his side to get Vince to change his mind.
Kevin Owens is a smart man.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2016 18:31:12 GMT -5
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Post by Sizzle on Jan 27, 2016 19:00:28 GMT -5
As much as it may be peculiar to see HHH as champ, it was the best decision on WWE's behalf. WWE had only a few favorites that seemed like they could win, Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar, Bray Wyatt, AJ Styles, and Chris Jericho. (Not including Triple H)
Brock Lesnar winning would be a replica of last year's Wrestlemania.
Bray Wyatt would've been nice, but I understand why keep him away from the title.
Chris Jericho is cool, but a little late.
AJ Styles would've been too quick.
Roman Reigns would've made the roster look like #Booty.
Triple H came in, fresh at #30, and although it was predicable, was the best choice. Triple H draws and is a great champion, and let's face it, his reign is already better than Reigns' two with that outstanding promo on RAW. Now we will see if Reigns will be a good competitor for Triple H. WWE's best bet is to turn Reigns heel and Hunter face. Have Triple H get cheered like he is, and Reigns get booed like he is.
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Post by dannybosa on Jan 28, 2016 22:34:44 GMT -5
This rumble was better than the two last ones imo. They were no legends who returned in the match like the last few rumbles, it had AJ's debut and Sami's rumble debut. It was far from the meh rating.
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Post by Escape The Rules on Jan 30, 2016 3:06:32 GMT -5
Really enjoyed this year's Rumble match, probably my favourite one over the last 10 years! People talk about predictable? To me, Reigns winning and overcoming the odds would have been predictable. There's just no pleasing some people.
At least it wasn't the last 2 Rumbles.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2016 12:39:02 GMT -5
The rumble match itself was a lot worse than the last 2. Which were, IMO fine apart from the crowd getting stroppy when Bryan didn't win it.
The 2016 will only ever really be memorable because AJ Styles made his debut, and they even arguably botched that. By having him eliminated too early, and by a guy who limped to the ring (even though he was no selling his 'injury' as soon as he hit the ring). Half the fun of the past 15 or 16 years of Royal Rumbles are surprise entrants and returning legends. The only one who came close to an actual surprise was Sami Zayn, who is hardly a legend.
The bit at the end with Ambrose was really cool tough.
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Feb 7, 2016 16:22:59 GMT -5
The rumble match itself was a lot worse than the last 2. Which were, IMO fine apart from the crowd getting stroppy when Bryan didn't win it. The 2016 will only ever really be memorable because AJ Styles made his debut, and they even arguably botched that. By having him eliminated too early, and by a guy who limped to the ring (even though he was no selling his 'injury' as soon as he hit the ring). Half the fun of the past 15 or 16 years of Royal Rumbles are surprise entrants and returning legends. The only one who came close to an actual surprise was Sami Zayn, who is hardly a legend. The bit at the end with Ambrose was really cool tough. Really? Even if you take out the Bryan stuff, it was such a bad Rumble. Nothing really happened. There were a few nostalgia pops and Bray did pretty good. Everything else was painfully dull. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2016 6:18:26 GMT -5
The rumble match itself was a lot worse than the last 2. Which were, IMO fine apart from the crowd getting stroppy when Bryan didn't win it. The 2016 will only ever really be memorable because AJ Styles made his debut, and they even arguably botched that. By having him eliminated too early, and by a guy who limped to the ring (even though he was no selling his 'injury' as soon as he hit the ring). Half the fun of the past 15 or 16 years of Royal Rumbles are surprise entrants and returning legends. The only one who came close to an actual surprise was Sami Zayn, who is hardly a legend. The bit at the end with Ambrose was really cool tough. Really? Even if you take out the Bryan stuff, it was such a bad Rumble. Nothing really happened. There were a few nostalgia pops and Bray did pretty good. Everything else was painfully dull. I guess I enjoyed it more because I like Batista, and wanted him to win? I think it was a mistake pre-announcing Batista's return on the Raw. Would have been great if he had been a surprise entrant. |
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Feb 8, 2016 9:21:49 GMT -5
Really? Even if you take out the Bryan stuff, it was such a bad Rumble. Nothing really happened. There were a few nostalgia pops and Bray did pretty good. Everything else was painfully dull. I guess I enjoyed it more because I like Batista, and wanted him to win? I think it was a mistake pre-announcing Batista's return on the Raw. Would have been great if he had been a surprise entrant. I don't think 2014 was that bad. I'm talking about 2015. The one that Reigns won. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2016 10:29:38 GMT -5
I guess I enjoyed it more because I like Batista, and wanted him to win? I think it was a mistake pre-announcing Batista's return on the Raw. Would have been great if he had been a surprise entrant. I don't think 2014 was that bad. I'm talking about 2015. The one that Reigns won. I'm getting mixed up. I'm actually thinking the last two Rumbles were the ones that Batista and Cena won for some reason. Last years was poorly executed, especially the ending with Kane and Big Show. |
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Post by Kamikaze on Feb 11, 2016 12:14:50 GMT -5
Stardust lasted a while was good to see.
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