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Post by highland1983 on Jun 3, 2012 18:45:09 GMT -5
I just re-watched this Rumble. Wow. There was not much talent.
HBK, Bulldog, Luger, Owen, Martel and King Kong Bundy. That about it lol
1 Shawn Michaels
2 The British Bulldog
3 Eli Blu
4 Duke Droese
5 Jimmy Del Ray
6 Sionne
7 Tom Prichard
8 Doink the Clown
9 Kwang
10 Rick Martel
11 Owen Hart
12 Timothy Well
13 Bushwhacker Luke
14 Jacob Blu
15 King Kong Bundy
16 Mo
17 Mabel
18 Bushwhacker Butch
19 Lex Luger
20 The Mantaur
21 Aldo Montoya
22 Henry Godwinn
23 Billy Gunn
24 Bart Gunn
25 Bob Backlund
26 Steven Dunn
27 Dick Murdoch
28 Adam Bomb
29 Fatu
30 Crush
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Post by jammer311 on Jun 3, 2012 19:36:13 GMT -5
All the guys who were believable winners to win the Rumble were in matches that year. Guys like Bigelow, Razor, Jarrett, Taker, IRS, Diesel and Bret. The only guys who had a chance at winning were HBK, Bulldog, Luger and Owen.
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Post by jakksking1 on Jun 3, 2012 20:06:59 GMT -5
All the guys who were believable winners to win the Rumble were in matches that year. Guys like Bigelow, Razor, Jarrett, Taker, IRS, Diesel and Bret. The only guys who had a chance at winning were HBK, Bulldog, Luger and Owen. Exactly, there were only 4 legit competitors in the match. The match was also quite short at just under 40 minutes. However, it had probably the best Rumble ending of all time. As a 9 year old Bulldog mark, I thought he had finally won. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2012 21:57:33 GMT -5
This years wasn't exactly filled with all-time greats either. If we count guys that are in their prime(so excluding guys like Road Dogg, Booker T, Big Show) and guys that are probably the future of the company(Ziggler and Rhodes) the nI'd say these are the top guys from this years rumble
Cody Rhodes
Dolph Ziggler
Sheamus(although I don't care for the guy)
Wade Barrett(see Sheamus)
Randy Orton
Jericho
That's not too many superstars.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2012 23:01:03 GMT -5
1995 Royal Rumble sucked.
Sorry but...someone had to say it.
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Post by kazoosandstreamers on Jun 4, 2012 1:01:16 GMT -5
Really thought Mo was going to pull out the win that year.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2012 1:44:34 GMT -5
Really thought Mo was going to pull out the win that year. LOL!!! I was pulling for Eli Bleu myself. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2012 4:36:42 GMT -5
Add the Gunns and Crush to your list and we have a deal.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2012 5:05:23 GMT -5
1995 Royal Rumble sucked. Sorry but...someone had to say it. dont be sorry because it totally did......thats why Bulldog and HBK had to be in for the entire match.....there was nobody else to carry it. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2012 8:19:11 GMT -5
They should've had more guys from the undercard perform double duty to beef up the Rumble.
Bret, Bigelow, Razor, Undertaker, Jarrett, etc.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2012 10:52:09 GMT -5
They should've had more guys from the undercard perform double duty to beef up the Rumble. Bret, Bigelow, Razor, Undertaker, Jarrett, etc. they sure should have.with the above in there it could have been one of the better Rumbles. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2012 12:10:33 GMT -5
The most laughable thing is they had Owen Hart, who was unquestionably in the top 3 stars in the rumble, and eliminated him straight away.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2012 14:02:39 GMT -5
I always thought the 96 rumble that followed was one of the best
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Post by Mr. Orange on Jun 4, 2012 14:11:19 GMT -5
I always thought the 96 rumble that followed was one of the best Absolutely, the star power in that was very good. There was the obvious winner HBK, but you had Owen, Bulldog, young HHH & Austin, Vader, Kane/Yankem, Lawler, Nash, Jake the Snake and Mabel, with guys like Hall, Undertaker, Bret Hart and Goldust in other matches. Total transformation from the 1995 Rumble. I couldn't tell you the last time I sat through the entire 1995 Rumble match. Just dreadful in my opinion. The stars who could plausibly win it at the time were Owen, Luger, Bulldog and HBK. HBK & Bulldog carried that thing, no doubt about it. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2012 14:26:56 GMT -5
I absolutely LOVED the 1996 Royal Rumble. A local video rental store in the small town I lived had Summer Slam 1996, Royal Rumble 1996, Survivor Series 1996 and Confirmed Hits.
Needless to say, I spent MANY MANY MANY nights wearing out my VCR watching Royal Rumble 1996.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2012 14:41:19 GMT -5
Yeah Rumble 96 was AWESOME. I don't care much for the fact that Shawn won two Rumbles (especially in a row). I thought Diesel, Owen or Bulldog would have had a better match with Bret than Shawn did, the Iron Man match just didn't do it for me.
That Bulldog attire <3.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2012 18:00:46 GMT -5
RR96 was a GREAT show and Rumble,IYH in feb was awesome too
on WM12 and the Iron Man match......I will firmy stand behind this opinion.......
a regular match between the two would have been WAY better than the Iron Man match.but unfortunately it was booked and announced to be an Iron man match before the two egos really collided over pinfalls etc etc.what we got was an epic snorefest that revved up around the 45 minute mark.
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Post by jammer311 on Jun 5, 2012 18:08:28 GMT -5
RR96 was a GREAT show and Rumble,IYH in feb was awesome too on WM12 and the Iron Man match......I will firmy stand behind this opinion....... a regular match between the two would have been WAY better than the Iron Man match.but unfortunately it was booked and announced to be an Iron man match before the two egos really collided over pinfalls etc etc.what we got was an epic snorefest that revved up around the 45 minute mark. I totally agree with this!! I hate the WM 12 iron man match, and I am such a huge HBK and Bret fan. But that match, the entire hour of just arm bars and headlocks did not do anything for me. And the fact that the time remaining stayed on the screen the entire time made it seem like it dragged on even longer. I personally think that WM 12 was one of the worse Wrestlemania shows, considering what they could have done with it. And I also think the main event was 60 minutes cause they needed it to fill up time for that Mania. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2012 1:20:08 GMT -5
I absolutely LOVED the 1996 Royal Rumble. A local video rental store in the small town I lived had Summer Slam 1996, Royal Rumble 1996, Survivor Series 1996 and Confirmed Hits. Needless to say, I spent MANY MANY MANY nights wearing out my VCR watching Royal Rumble 1996. You and me both brother.. one of my favorite parts is when Vader, Yoko, Mabel are all in, and I think HBK eliminates Vader and Yoko ! You had great moments like Lawler hiding there for a majority of the match, and random entrants like Dory Funk Jr. |
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Post by cordless2016 on Jun 6, 2012 20:32:13 GMT -5
Really thought Mo was going to pull out the win that year. LOL!!! I was pulling for Eli Bleu myself. You guys are way off. One of the Heavenly Bodies were the favorites that year. HBK winning was a fluke. |
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