Official Royal Rumble Thread: 1/30/11

[mattoriginal]

I've already ordered it...and I can't wait 'til midway through the match, Alberto Del Rio gets his full entrance..how epic would that be?

[kurtangleisgod]

The Divas Title match being handicap absolutely ruins it, I'm sick of handicap matches, especially involving those three.

[Barrett]

I was very surprised that another match wasn't announced for the Rumble during the Smackdown tapings. I figured they'd make some sort of Intercontinental Title match, probably just a one-on-one with Kofi and Swagger. Unless they announce another match on WWE.com before the event, then it's a four match show. I would assume then that the World Heavyweight Championship would kick off the show, followed by the Divas Championship, the WWE Championship, and then what I can only assume would have to be one long ass Royal Rumble match to eat up the rest of the time. Either that or this show's going to end hella-early.

[HugoOne]

I'm calling it now; someone breaks Kane's 11-man elimination streak this year. There's enough people this year to do it casually.

[T1]

I have this terrible feeling that Alberto Del Rio is going to get a Muhammad Hassan-like treatment at the Rumble.

[wweuniverse47871]

Who thinks Christian might return and win it?

[Deleted]

me! and seth rollings debut???

[Mr. Old School™]

How about this for a surprise entrant??....5...4....3....2...1.....



I know I'd love to see it. Man, that would be awesome. ANYTHING is possible, even a surprise appearance from The Ultimate Warrior!!!

[joker123]

Jan 29, 2011 12:16:04 GMT -5 Mr. Old School™ said:

How about this for a surprise entrant??....5...4....3....2...1.....



I know I'd love to see it. Man, that would be awesome. ANYTHING is possible, even a surprise appearance from The Ultimate Warrior!!!

Eh, I think you're getting your hopes up again there man.

I've learned not to expect too many major surprises in the Rumble. All I'm expecting this year is Triple H's return and a possible Booker T appearance.

Guys like Nash, Jericho, Sting etc etc. appearing isn't even going to cross my mind.

[J12]

Jan 27, 2011 11:06:57 GMT -5 Barrett said:

I was very surprised that another match wasn't announced for the Rumble during the Smackdown tapings. I figured they'd make some sort of Intercontinental Title match, probably just a one-on-one with Kofi and Swagger. Unless they announce another match on WWE.com before the event, then it's a four match show. I would assume then that the World Heavyweight Championship would kick off the show, followed by the Divas Championship, the WWE Championship, and then what I can only assume would have to be one long ass Royal Rumble match to eat up the rest of the time. Either that or this show's going to end hella-early.

Yeah, I fully expected Swagger/Kofi to be added. They could easily open the show and still compete in the Rumble match without it being a big deal.

You figure, give the World Title match and the WWE Title match about 30 minutes each including build and entrances, 10-15 minutes to the divas match, and an hour or so to the Rumble, and you're still pretty short. One more match would round things out nicely and make the layout pretty easy...

Kofi Kingston vs. Jack Swagger
Edge vs. Dolph Ziggler
Natalya vs. LayCool
The Miz vs. Randy Orton
Royal Rumble Match

[Hi, I'm John]

Still no idea for a sign. Any ideas?

[codebreaker22]

Excited for the rumble, mainly for that match itself. Still iffy on the 40 participants thing though. would like to see some good surprise entrants. I think Alberto Del Rio or John Cena will end up winning it, I really hope not though. In the end I just hope the match is good. Other than that the only other match I actually care about is Edge vs. Dolph Ziggler. I'm hoping it's a good match with Edge retaining the tile in the end. As for Randy Orton vs. Miz, its gonna be a crappy match most likely. I just want Orton to finally take the belt off of Miz.

[Sonnen]

Wow this topic would be booming if all these Rumble threads actually got talked in here. Man looking forward to it.

[Deleted]

if the surprises that i've heard about are true this could easily be one of the best rumbles ever, but it has to go a long way from topping the surprise of mr perfect

[samyxxy2]

Jan 29, 2011 18:36:24 GMT -5 Hi, I'm John said:

Still no idea for a sign. Any ideas?

10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,FAIL

[spamdfms101]

I'm calling it, Otunga will win the royal rumble.

[yankeesforever]

Are you guys readyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[wabarrett]

Jan 30, 2011 8:57:34 GMT -5 @spamdfms101 said:

I'm calling it, Otunga will win the royal rumble.

lol...

I'm at that stage now where I dunno whether to order the Royal Rumble or not. I said I wasn't gonna, because the card is so small and the rumble match could go either way and I don't wanna potentially waste £15. But part of me thinks the 40-man rumble to night will be chock full of great action and surprises.

[MichaelTheMartian]

Jan 29, 2011 18:36:24 GMT -5 Hi, I'm John said:

Still no idea for a sign. Any ideas?

If you make a Booker T sign, and he returns, it will almost definently be on TV, they will definently get a shot of it. Just a "Can You Dig It Sucka?" or "I paid to see Booker" sign, same goes with Nash.

[slappy]

For all these returns, the announcers better be excited.

I want "HOLY crapTHEY ARE BACK. ______ HAS JUST RETURNED TO THE ROYAL RUMBLE."

But we will get "Oh look at that ______ is here. Woo hoo *twirls finger*"