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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Jan 31, 2022 13:10:19 GMT -5
For me personally, like Rumbles that don't suit my taste, 1995, 1996, 2021, 2015 are my least favorites and the ones that don't make my Rumble re-watches every January. I’d add 2012,2014,1993 to the list. 99 was also crap but not as bad as a few others tbh.
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Post by Hoobies on Jan 31, 2022 14:19:13 GMT -5
For me personally, like Rumbles that don't suit my taste, 1995, 1996, 2021, 2015 are my least favorites and the ones that don't make my Rumble re-watches every January. I’d add 2012,2014,1993 to the list. 99 was also crap but not as bad as a few others tbh. I just rewatched all the Rumbles, hyping myself up for this year's, and I found myself not hating 2014 as much as other people. I know it's not one of the best but I also don't outright hate it. I know I am in the minority there though!
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Post by hbkowns on Jan 31, 2022 14:19:13 GMT -5
2014, 2015, 2022 in recent memory
2020 is probably going to be the best one from this decade.
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Post by hbkowns on Jan 31, 2022 14:19:32 GMT -5
2014, 2015, 2022 in recent memory
2020 is probably going to be the best one from this decade.
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Post by theoutlaw1999 on Jan 31, 2022 16:19:15 GMT -5
2010 2011 1995 2017 Those IMO were the worst ever Rumbles. Hold on hold on, 2010? Alright the 2011 Rumble f*cking sucked. So did every Rumble from 2012-2015. So did '93 and '95. 2017 is alright. But the 2010 Rumble is easily top five-seven all-time. CM Punk's domination of the first 10 minutes, Shawn's entire performance, it has one of the best finishes in Rumble history. Also I know we're talking about the Rumble matches themselves, but 2010's World Heavyweight and ECW Championship matches (I know what you're thinking but hear me out) were great. So good that it raises up the whole card, even Piggy James. The 2010 Rumble did have good moments but as a Rumble match itself it sucked big time. No more than 5 people were in the ring at once and most of the roster were treated like weak jobbers who barely lasted a minute. One thing I can't stand in Rumbles are stars getting eliminated right away after entering. I also wasn't a fan of Edge & Cena being in the final 2. It should've been Edge & Jericho. Personally it reminded me of a Rumble from a video game.
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Jan 31, 2022 16:25:29 GMT -5
I'm sorry, but EVERY Royal Rumble sucks. There's literally no way to make them good. Some of them have a few good spots, or surprise entrants that can be exciting for a few moments, but for the most part they are boring.
Guys just come out and go on a quick burst of moves while the other wrestlers feed right into them, and then everybody just goes to the ropes and fake struggles until the next person comes in and they get fed a few spots, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat.
And the women's rumbles are even worse. This year 14 out of the 30 women weren't even on the active roster!
I know it's one of the original big 4, but the Royal Rumble sucks. I'd be all for getting rid of Survivor Series, too, since all it's turned into is a "battle for brand supremacy". Nobody cares what show they are on for 51 weeks out of the year, but at Survivor Series they bleed either red or blue!
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Jan 31, 2022 17:01:32 GMT -5
I’d add 2012,2014,1993 to the list. 99 was also crap but not as bad as a few others tbh. I just rewatched all the Rumbles, hyping myself up for this year's, and I found myself not hating 2014 as much as other people. I know it's not one of the best but I also don't outright hate it. I know I am in the minority there though! 2014 was just trash for me, easily one of the worst. The way Bryan didn’t win, the fact Bryan wasn’t even in the match, Batista winning, Batista as a baby face, the crowd throughout the whole thing, Punk getting eliminated by Corporate Kane... way too many crap moments hahaa. Everyone hates 99 but I think it was alright tbh. 2014,2015,95,96,93,2012 were just trash.
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Post by Ohtimate Wahriah on Jan 31, 2022 17:03:27 GMT -5
Anything after 2015 is indistinguishable to me so those would be the worst lol
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Post by Hoobies on Jan 31, 2022 17:34:16 GMT -5
I just rewatched all the Rumbles, hyping myself up for this year's, and I found myself not hating 2014 as much as other people. I know it's not one of the best but I also don't outright hate it. I know I am in the minority there though! 2014 was just trash for me, easily one of the worst. The way Bryan didn’t win, the fact Bryan wasn’t even in the match, Batista winning, Batista as a baby face, the crowd throughout the whole thing, Punk getting eliminated by Corporate Kane... way too many crap moments hahaa. Everyone hates 99 but I think it was alright tbh. 2014,2015,95,96,93,2012 were just trash. That's fair and I get why that's a reason a lot of people hate it. Like if I was a huge Bryan/Punk fan I am sure that Rumble would have driven me mad. lol
For me though, I like Bryan enough but not a lot to be mad about his booking. And I just didn't like Punk at all. And being a Batista fan from childhood, I didn't mind that Rumble as much as everyone else.
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Post by shanieomaniac on Jan 31, 2022 18:20:33 GMT -5
1999 wasn't awful to me at the time. It was my first one though so I didn't really have much to go by.
I do remember thinking in that one that, if you could only be eliminated by going over the top rope, why didn't everyone do what Vince and Austin did and just duck out for most of the match.
That one has always stuck with me. By all reason, Vince won the rumble because he went in, immediately ducked under the ropes and said "I'm just gonna wait out here until the end" and did and won. I mean, it's cowardly af, and he had help at the end, but he did win.
So really, in retrospect, that rumble was my first, but it also tainted all further rumbles for me because I will never get past that loophole in my brain.
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Post by TKO Propagandist on Feb 1, 2022 7:28:44 GMT -5
2000 - 2009 were all good. A long stretch of good Rumble matches with 2000 & 2001 being 2 of the GOATs
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Post by tylerbreezee on Feb 1, 2022 8:37:48 GMT -5
The Rumble wasn't that bad. People had unrealistic expectations of an AEW/Impact star winning or their favorite career mid carder getting a useless push. The right guy one, even if it was predictable. It was bad. There were no cool interactions with certain stars. No memorable spots. No surprises. And overall there wasn’t a single person in the match who looked like they had a shred of a chance of winning the match
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Post by Ohtimate Wahriah on Feb 1, 2022 9:04:23 GMT -5
I remember being a kid and getting really upset at the ‘99 Rumble because the ring never filled up with wrestlers. It would really bother me and my brothers when the ring wasn’t full of wrestlers lol. And they also went backstage & that lost us completely.
Vince eliminating Austin ticked us off hard because we were so invested. As time has gone on though, that’s become one of my favorite rumbles because of how invested we were at the time in the characters. It’s also a unique Rumble and entertaining. Plus the lead up with the McMahon training montages & the corporate Rumble, I love that period of wrestling.
I’ll vouch for the Rumble ‘99 (even if at the time it made me turn to WCW for salvation lol. I vividly remember sitting by the step in our living room and watching it and proclaiming to my Dad that I’ll never watch WWF again…and then WrestleMania 2000 came out for the N64 and I had to eat every damn word lol)
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Post by cage on Feb 1, 2022 13:12:59 GMT -5
'93 also had Bob Backlund, Papa Shango, and The Million Dollar Man.
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Post by tenup on Feb 2, 2022 10:33:51 GMT -5
[/quote]It makes sense since Lesnar is the biggest or 2nd biggest star on the roster, but why not give one of their big stars another Rumble win? [/quote]
Because he doesn't need it. Like I mentioned he could've just showed up on Smackdown and got the match with Reigns or invoke his rematch clause. BTW I can't stand Rick Boom
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Feb 2, 2022 11:08:12 GMT -5
It makes sense since Lesnar is the biggest or 2nd biggest star on the roster, but why not give one of their big stars another Rumble win? [/quote] Because he doesn't need it. Like I mentioned he could've just showed up on Smackdown and got the match with Reigns or invoke his rematch clause. BTW I can't stand Rick Boom [/quote] I’ve been enjoying him since he returned so maybe I’m biased but if I was the boss I’d 100% make Brock win the match, he’s on been on a roll and ain’t been this good in so long. I also think AJ, Drew , Owens, Seth or Big E could have won but overall a Lesnar win is good for me.
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Post by jershocenationyes on Feb 2, 2022 18:09:01 GMT -5
The three you mentioned and 1993 have to be the worst right? I mean 93 had no one in the match except for Yoko, Macho, and Taker. What about Flair and Perfect? The original post is a head scratcher
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Post by TheHitmanKid on Feb 2, 2022 18:09:04 GMT -5
Mens 2022 hands down
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Post by cage on Feb 3, 2022 6:38:26 GMT -5
1995 is definitely underrated.
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Post by ℍ𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝕋𝕠 𝕂𝕚𝕝𝕝 on Feb 4, 2022 10:24:30 GMT -5
2015 by far is the worst Rumble IMO. I wouldn't even compare another one to as bad as that one.
2011 was pretty bad, 1999 was pretty bad, and I really hated this year's men's match.
My favorite Rumbles would probably be 2007, 2008, 2018 and 1992. I also really loved the 2020 Rumble.
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