Vince McMahon At The 2005 Royal Rumble

Another classic Rumble. I loved it. Vince at the end was funny as hell lol... not the injury but the way he came out all mad & crazy hahaa.

The botches made it better

That whole scene with Vince was nuts 🤣🤣🤣.

I like this RR but I don't think it was on par with 04 which is top 5 for me.

I seriously thought Daniel Puder was going to win because they were making such a big deal with the $1 Million Tough Enough and I figured there was a reason they put him in there. Im so glad he didnt though.

Who was the intended winner? 

Were they supposed to go over at the same time, with Batista hanging on? Or were they supposed to go over at the same time with Batista hitting the floor last? 

To this day I refuse to believe that Cena & Batista's double elimination was an accident. I was too perfect, both men fall out and land on the floor at the SAME TIME.
No way would that have happed if it was a botch.

Also, Vince proved just how much a warrior he is. The pain must have been unbearable and he completely no sold it.

That simultaneous elimination was a thing of beauty and could not have gone more perfectly (not counting the Vince thing, talking purely of the Batista-Cena element).

It was like poetry in motion. They could not have landed more in sync.

The whole thing about the aftermath and the referees raising the hand of their respective brand's man was really clever too. That was what made me feel it was scripted but they could have thought so quickly and were maybe told in their earpieces (if they had them, I forget). Both Cena and Batista trying to eliminate each other during this confusion was also well done and highlighted how they both "got it".

But you look at Batista's face after falling on the outside mat, he was like "s***, have I f***ed up?", visible confusion and not knowing what to do. That's what makes it clear it wasn't intended and you go along with Prichard's recounting of it all.


I'd have liked Vince to not have stolen the spotlight with his quad tear, because it does take it away from the finish. It's one of those "famous for the wrong reason" moments that basically eclipse the original drama.
What would it have been like and how would we remember it without Vince sitting in the ring? Who knows. I'd like to think it would have stood on its own. Similar to Luger-Bret but this tops that IMO.

He tore the other one refusing help to the back didnt he?