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The World Title match is up first, and Vickie Guerrero comes out before the match to remind us that the spear is banned in this match, and tries to lead the crowd in a chant of spear. They don't follow her lead, so Vickie reminds us that if Edge uses the spear, he'll lose the title to Ziggler.

World Title Match: Edge vs Dolph Ziggler

They tie up and Ziggler gets a kick to the ribs and takes Edge to the corner and starts pounding him repeatedly with rights, but Edge gets an opening and whips Ziggler hard into the corner. Edge lays in a few kneedrops and covers for 2, then hits a gutbuster for another 2. Edge whips Ziggler to the ropes and gets a knee to the midsection for 2, and Ziggler rolls to the apron so Edge slides between Ziggler's legs to the floor and yanks Ziggler's legs out from under him and he crashes down onto the apron, then rams Ziggler into the barricade. Edge picks Ziggler up and dumps him on the barricade, then rolls him back in the ring. Edge is too slow coming in and Ziggler hits him with a running boot to the head and a neckbreaker over the second rope for 2. Ziggler puts the boots to Edge and chokes him over the second rope, then covers for 2. Ziggler gets a chinlock but Edge fights his way out and sends him to the corner, but Ziggler boots him in the face and tries a sunset flip from the second rope and Edge rolls through and catapults him into the top turnbuckle for 2. Ziggler with a neckbreaker for 2, then the Mr Perfect necksnap for 2 and then goes back to the chinlock. Ziggler drops the chinlock and gets a textbook elbowdrop for 2 and Edge rolls out to the apron, so Ziggler takes a run and rams Edge off the apron. Ziggler goes out and rols the champion back in and covers for 2, then goes back to the chinlock again. Edge fiths his way free and sends Ziggler to the ropes and they wipe each other out with simultaneous crossbody blocks. Edge pulls himself up in the corner and Ziggler charges him, but Edge move and Ziggler crashes into the turnbuckle. Edge gets a pair of forearms and a Turk flapjack for 2, but Ziggler with a head and arm jawbreaker for 2 and Ziggler goes for the Fameasser but Edge counters to a sitout powerbomb for 2. Edge climbs to the top rope but Ziggler nails him and climbs up top to try a superplex, but Edge blocks and knocks Ziggler into the ring. Edge gets a flying bodypress but Ziggler rolls through and gets 2, then dropkicks Edge for another 2. Vickie is looking impatient at ringside as Ziggler goes for the Zig Zag and Edge blocks, then picks Ziggler's legs and gets a modified Sharpshooter, then drives his elbow into Ziggler's ribs over and over until Ziggler somehow makes it to the ropes. Edge chokes Ziggler on the second rope and goes for a crossbody but Ziggler moves and Edge hits the ropes, and Ziggler immediately capitalizes and hits the Fameasser and hooks the leg deep, but Edge kicks out at 2. Crowd popped for that one. Edge reverses an Irish whip and hits a big boot and sets up for the spear, but then remembers that he can't do that, and the hesitation is enough for Ziggler to get the spear. Edge escapes and pulls the Edgecution out of cobwebs and covers, but Vickie pulls the referee out of the ring and slaps Edge. Ziggler tries a charge but Edge gets an O'Connor Roll for 2, then gets right up in Vickie's face and Vickie slaps him repeatedly until Kelly Kelly comes out, pulls Vickie off the apron, and beat her senseless. Edge stands there watching the whole thing and Ziggler comes out of nowhere and hits the Zig Zag for a very close 2. Ziggler is now very frustrated but pulls it together and stalks Edge, and gets a sleeper right in the middle of the ring. Edge starts to fade but then starts to Hulk up and swings Dolph around and accidentally wipes the referee out. Edge finally drops down and gets a jawbreaker, and with the referee and Vickie both down, Edge realizes he can go for the spear. Edge sets up for it and nails Ziggler with the spear, and then plays dead as the referee comes to. All the referee sees is Edge and Ziggler both down on the ground and Edge "comes to" and hits the Unprettier for the win.

Winner: Edge

Edge smirks at the con he just perpetrated as Vickie stands screaming and slapping the mat from the floor. Terrific match, Ziggler looked like a million bucks here and appeared to have Edge beaten several times.

We see a video package promoting Wrestlemania 27 on April 3rd, just 63 days away!

Miz cuts a backstage promo saying that all the critics are calling him a lucky champion, saying that Jerry Lawler would be champion if it weren't for Michael Cole, and Randy Orton would be champion if it weren't for Alex Riley. Riley says that tonight, he's going to outclass Orton, and then Miz says that he's going to silence the critics because he's the Miz...and he's awesome.

WWE Title Match: The Miz vs Randy Orton

Someone in the crowd has a "CONGRATS YAMATO" sign. I love it. Miz tries a swing at Orton but Orton blocks and beats Miz down in the corner and puts the boots to him. He tosses Miz to the floor and rams him into the barricade, then does it again, then runs Miz over with a clothesline. He rolls Miz into the ring and kicks him a bunch. Then he stomps on him a bunch. Orton catapults Miz into the bottom rope and covers for 2, then punches him in the corner, then whips Miz across the ring and charges, Miz gets the boot up but Orton doesn't dig that selling thing, so he doesn't, and continues to beat Miz down. Miz whips Orton to the ropes and Orton holds on, but Riley hops up on the apron and snaps Orton's neck across the top rope and now Miz gets the advantage. Miz whips Orton into the corner but Orton comes out with a clothesline and Miz is down again. Orton waits for him to get to his feet and charges him, but Miz moves and Orton hits the turnbuckle and now Miz stomps him. Miz hits the Sydal clothesline and covers for 2, then gouges Orton's face and chokes him on the second rope. Miz distracts the referee while Riley nails Orton from the floor and Miz covers for 2 then goes to the chinlock. Orton makes it back to his feet and headbutts Miz, but Miz whips Orton to the ropes and gets a knee to the midsection and covers for 1. Miz comes at Orton and...yep, you guessed it, stomps him. Miz does more punching and kicking and then Orton starts punching and kicking back at him. Miz gets a back elbow and Orton, the king of selling that her is, kicks out at 1 again. Miz drapes Orton off the apron and hits a running kneelift and covers for 2, then goes back to the chinlock. Orton reverses to a sleeper of his own and Miz switches behind him and goes for a suplex and Orton blocks and gets a suplex of his own. Miz wakes me up by catching Orton with a Yakuza Kick to the face for 2 and then climbs up top, but Orton nails him and S-L-O-W-L-Y goes up top, stares at the crowd for 20 or 30 minutes, and then finally hits a superplex for 2. Orton and Miz exchange blows in the middle of the ring but Orton gets the advantage and finally does his first non-punch/kick move with his neckbreaker across the back, but Miz backdrops Orton to the floor and Riley comes over and puts the boots to him. Miz goes out to the floor and rams Orton back and forth between the barricade and the ring apron, then rolls him back in for 2. Miz goes up top and comes off with a double axhandle for 2. Miz tries several more covers but Orton keeps kicking out so Miz gouges at his face and we go back to the chinlock. Orton starts to escape so Miz tosses Orton to the floor, Miz goes after him and catapults him into the ringpost and then rolls back in and the referee starts counting. Orton comes back in and he's done with this selling stuff, and hits Orton with a Thesz Press and starts unloading with rights. Miz fires back with some shots of his own, but Orton comes out of the corner and starts running Miz over with clotheslines and a powerslam. Orton does more stomping, but Riley distracts Orton and allows Miz to hit the backbreaker/neckbreaker for 2. Orton goes for the RKO, but Miz blocks so Orton hits the Angle Slam for 2. Miz rolls to the floor and grabs his belt and tries to leave, but Orton nails him and tosses him back in the ring and they distracted me with a replay so I missed what Miz did after that, but it knocked Orton down so Miz could cover for 2. Miz goes for a running boot to the head and Orton rolls him up for 2, then a European uppercut drives Miz to the apron. Orton pulls him back in and gives him the suspension DDT, then he starts slithering and pounding the mat to set up for the RKO. Suddenly, Nexus (minus CM Punk) comes down to ringside and Orton just stands there staring at them. Riley tried to sneak up behind him but Orton saw him coming and LAUNCHED him over the top rope onto Nexus. Orton hits the RKO, but the referee is nowhere to be seen so CM Punk runs in and hits the GTS and Miz covers for the win.

Winner: The Miz

CM Punk takes Nexus and heads to the back as Miz celebrates in the ring. I'm glad Miz won, but this match was absolutely atrocious, and it made Miz look weak because it took Nexus, Riley, and CM Punk all interfering for him to be able to beat Orton. Orton kicking out of Miz's stuff at 1 didn't help either. Absolutely awful stuff, and I'm glad they got this match out of the way on a PPV where they weren't the focus.

Todd Grisham reads a statement from the injured Cody Rhodes, who says that he was going to win the Royal Rumble and headline Wrestlemania, but Rey Mysterio shattered his face and hasn't yet apologized, so he would like everyone to respect his privacy in this serious time.

We see a video package of the fans in Boston giving their thoughts on who is going to win the Royal Rumble.

Divas Title Match: Natalya vs LayCool

Wait a minute, the Anonymous GM rears his ugly head, and he says that he's in charge since Teddy Long is on the shelf, and he's not going to allow for the possibility of LayCool co-holding the Divas Title, and is going to change the title match. He gets a lot of email about how annoying Michael Cole is, but he doesn't want email about LayCool doubling the spam in his inbox, so he's changing it to a Fatal Four Way.

Divas Title Match: Natalya vs Michelle McCool vs Layla vs Eve Torres

Layla and Michelle beat Eve down and then work Natalya over, hitting a double facebuster, but Natalya comes back and works the both of them over and catapults Layla into Michelle. Natalya goes for the cover but Michelle drags Layla to the floor. Natalya goes after her and Layla takes her head off with a clothesline. Now it's Michelle and Layla alone in the ring and they have a staredown, but before they can lock up, Natalya trips Layla from outside as Eve rolls McCool up for 2. Eve and Natalya take LayCool out and Natalya goes for the Sharpshooter, but Layla comes in and nails Natalya so Natalya lays her out and puts both Layla and Eve in a double Sharpshooter. McCool comes in and kicks Natalya in the face and Eve rolls McCool up, but Layla nails Eve and gives her a neckbreaker and kicks her to the floor. LayCool stop to confer but Natalya runs them both over with clotheslines and hits a Michinoku Driver on McCool for 2. Natalya rams Layla into the corner and hits a discus clothesline, then picks Layla up for a powerslam but Layla slips out just as McCool goes for a big boot and Nattie moves, so McCool hits Layla. Eve comes in and hits a moonsault as McCool rolls Natalya up, but the referee counted for Eve and awarded her the win.

Winner and NEW Divas Champion: Eve Torres

McCool is absolutely livid that Eve's fall was counted and hers wasn't, but goes back to check on her BFF Layla.

We go backstage to Daniel Bryan (with Gail Kim), and Josh Matthews asks him what it would be like to go from NXT rookie to winning the Royal Rumble in less than one year. Bryan says that people may think he's a nerd, but it would be great to win the Rumble after less than a year. The Bellas come in with flowers and apologize for the way they acted last week because they didn't know they were a couple. They say Bryan and Gail make a great couple because they're the same, and they're not as good as they are. Gail gets offended by that and attacks the Bellas, and it turns into a big catfight with all three girls rolling around on top of Daniel Bryan. I bet this beats spending 60 minutes getting pounded in the head by Samoa Joe.

We see a video package looking at the various stats of the Royal Rumble match, including the total weight of everyone who's ever competed in the match, the person who's eliminated the most people in a single match and of all time, who's won the most Rumble matches, and more.

Note: from this point on I'll try and update every five entrants. Once I get to #35, I won't update again until the end of the show.

Okay, here we go!

Royal Rumble Match

CM Punk comes in at #1, and at #2...all of the Corre comes out and surrounds Punk in the ring. They come in and beat Punk down but Nexus comes out and a brawl breaks out before the match even begins. The GM sends another email and Michael Cole says that the GM wants everyone to stop this now and tells the referees to restore order. The GM says the only superstar who has the right to be in the ring right now is CM Punk, and everyone else must leave immediately and failure to comply will result in elimination from the Rumble match. So everyone else clears out and #2 is Daniel Bryan! Punk and Bryan tie up and Punk comes off the ropes and takes Bryan down with a shoulderblock, but comes off the ropes right into a dropkick from Bryan. Bryan with a pair of clotheslines and tries to dump Bryan, but Punk blocks and tries to dump Bryan and Bryan blocks and comes off the top rope with a missile dropkick. Bryan goes for a running dropkick in the corner but Punk moves and Bryan crashes into the corner. Justin Gabriel is #3, and he runs in and goes right after CM Punk. Punk dumps Gabriel to the apron and then he and Bryan knock each other out with a double clothesline, and Gabriel goes up top for the 450, but Punk moves and Bryan dumps Gabriel. It's back to Bryan and Punk, and Bryan lays Punk out with a European uppercut and tries to dump him again as Zack Ryder comes out at #4. Ryder goes after Bryan and beats him down in one corner, then works Punk over and stomps him down in the other. Bryan catches Ryder with European uppercuts and backdrops Ryder onto Punk, then tosses Ryder out of the match. Bryan snapmares Punk and repeatedly kicks him in the back and then tries to toss him, but Punk blocks and tries to toss Bryan. William Regal is #5.

Regal comes in and tears through both men with suplexes and kills Punk with a running knee to the head. Regal and Bryan trade European uppercuts in the middle of the ring with Bryan getting the edge. Punk nails Regal from behind but Bryan knocks both Punk and Regal out with kicks. Bryan tries to toss Regal as Ted Dibiase comes in at #6, giving Bryan a backbreaker and a dropkick, and then has a dropkick for Regal and a clothesline for Punk. Dibiase tries to eliminate Punk but Punk clings on to the ropes so Dibiase stomps him instead while Bryan DESTROYS Regal with kicks before hitting a knockout kick to the head. Bryan comes behind Dibiase and dumps him to the apron, but can't get him out. John Morrison comes in at #7 and comes over the top with a dropkick to Regal and then tears through everyone in the ring. He hit a springboard Tidal Crush to Punk and a Moonsaultplex to Punk. Dibiase tosses Morrison to the apron and Regal rams him off, but Morrison clings to the barricade and, as Regal is tossed from the match, Morrison climbs onto the barricade and leaps back to the steps and back into the ring. That was an unbelievable spot. Yoshi Tatsu is in at #8 and he goes at it with Dibiase before getting nailed by Punk. We see another replay of Morrison's incredible save a moment ago as not much happens in the ring. #9 comes out, and it's Husky Harris, and he comes in and fights everyone off and then stands protectively in front of Punk. Everyone goes after Harris, but he manages to stay alive as Chavo Guerrero comes in at #10.

Chavo comes in and gives the Three Amigos to Dibiase, but Punk disrupts it at 2 so Chavo gives them to Punk, and Morrison breaks it up at 2, so Chavo does it to Morrison and now Bryan nails him so Chavo finally gets all Three Amigos on Bryan. #11 is Mark Henry, and he comes in and destroys everybody. Chavo tries a crossbody onto Henry but Henry catches and dumps him. Henry goes to work on Punk and then Tatsu nails Henry from behind, but Henry no sells and clotheslines Tatsu out of the match. Punk catches Henry with a kick to the back of the head and Henry goes down, and now Husky Harris joins Punk in beating Henry down. JTG comes in at #12 and goes after everyone as Daniel Bryan continues to rip into Punk with kicks to the chest. Harris comes over and saves Punk and tries to dump Bryan as Morrison goes after Dibiase. JTG tries to dump Harris but he can't get him up. Now it's #13 and Michael McGillicutty runs out to join Punk and Harris in the ring. McGillicutty dumps JTG and then chokes Morrison on the second rope as everyone piles onto Husky Harris. Harris and McGillicutty dump Dibiase as Chris Masters comes out at #14 and goes right after Nexus. Masters hits a spinebuster on McGillicutty and gets Punk in the Masterlock and tries to toss Punk over the top but McGillicutty saves his leader. Bryan and McGillicutty go at it as David Otunga comes out at #15.

The Nexus now have enough numbers to rule the ring, and toss Daniel Bryan, Chris Masters, John Morrison, and Mark Henry and Nexus is left in the ring. Tyler Reks comes in at #16 and gets gang beaten in the corner. Punk stands Reks up, gives him a knockout kick in the head, and tosses him to the floor. #17 is Vladimir Kozlov and he comes in with a big boot to the chest of Punk, but the rest of them beat him down into a messy heap, and then Punk picks him up and tosses him. R-Truth comes out at #18 and they immediately swarm him and he tries to get away, but Harris hooks him and puts him into the corner so Punk can hit the climbing knee and bulldog. Punk picks Truth up tosses him out. Great Khali is back and he's out at #19, Nexus tries to swarm him like they have everyone else but he tears through the bunch of them and tosses Husky Harris. Khali goes after Punk and Punk begs off, but Khali grabs him and flattens him with a big right hand, and now #20 is out, and it's Mason Ryan.

Ryan and Khali go at it in the ring and Ryan singlehandedly lifts Khali over the top and dumps him to the floor. So Nexus is back at four guys as "Can You Dig It, SUCKA?" rings out, and Booker T comes out at #21. Ryan nails him as he comes into the ring but Booker T lays Ryan out with a scissor kick and then nails Otunga with an axe kick. McGillicutty nails him from behind but Booker nails the Book End, and Booker give the crowd the look and soaks in the cheers, and he does it...THE SPINAROONI! Punk tries to toss Booker but Booker reverses and tries to toss Punk instead and McGillicutty comes from behind to toss Booker. Nexus is dominant here, and #22 is...yeah, you knew this was coming: John Cena. Cena comes in and goes right after Ryan, bulldogs Otunga, and suplexes McGillicutty. Cena tosses McGillicutty and then clotheslines Ryan and Otunga out and it's down to Cena and Punk. Nope, didn't see that sequence coming the moment Nexus first wound up alone in the ring! Cena sends Punk to the corner and charges but Punk gets the elbow up and goes for the GTS, but Cena slips out and they wipe each other out with a double clothesline. #23 is out and it's Hornswoggle. WHY. He and Punk have a staredown and Punk but butts him and then turns his attention back to Cena. Punk stomps Cena down and goes for the GTS again, but Cena slips out and gives Punk the Attitude Adjustment over the top rope and Punk is out. Cena goes over and helps Hornswoggle up, and Tyson Kidd is out at #24. Cena lays him out and Hornswoggle gives him a flying headscissors before Cena gives him an Attitude Adjustment, then Hornswoggle picks Kidd up and gives him an Attitude Adjustment as well while doing You Can't See Me. Cena tosses Tyson Kidd and now they await #25, and it's Heath Slater.

Cena lays Slater out and then Hornswoggle gives him a Stunner. They do a double Five Knuckle Shuffle and Hornswoggle hits the Tadpole Splash and Cena tosses Slater. Now we WAIT SOME MORE for Kofi Kingston to come out at #26, and what's going to happen? I mean, they're all friends, right? Cena and Kingston come face to face and then they look up at the WRESTLEMANIA BANNER! IT BEGINS ALREADY! They decide that friendship is out the window and they tie up, Cena whips Kingston in and Kingston reverses and hits a back elbow. Kingston gets a dropkick and then leaps to the top rope for punches, but Cena rips his head off with a clothesline as Jack Swagger comes out at #27. Swagger runs over both Kingston and Cena with clotheslines and hits a Vader Bomb on Cena and another one on Kingston. Swagger hits another Vader Bomb on Cena and yells stuff at the crowd, but Hornswoggle nails him from behind. Swagger gets distracted by him and Kingston comes off the ropes with a flying bodypress and then springboards off of Hornswoggle for the double legdrop. Kingston goes to eliminate Swagger as Sheamus comes out at #28 and goes right after Swagger, killing him with a short clothesline, then nails Kingston, and hits the Irish Curse backbreaker on Cena. Hornswoggle goes face to knee with Sheamus and shoves him, but Sheamus just knocks him on his ass. Hornswoggle fires up and hits the Sweet Shin Music, but that just makes Sheamus mad and he goes after Hornswoggle again but Cena gives him a back suplex and Swagger chokes Cena out as Sheamus bicycle kicks Hornswoggle off the top rope and he is mercifully eliminated. Rey Mysterio is out at #29 and slides into the ring and Swagger tries to gutwrench him but Mysterio gives him a flying headscissors, then one for Sheamus, then a pop up bulldog on Cena and goes for the 619 on Swagger but Sheamus kills him with a clothesline and sits him up top. Mysterio fights him off and Kingston hits Trouble In Paradise and then Swagger nails Kingston and charges Mysterio and gets dumped to the apron. Mysterio hits a 619 on the outside and Swagger is eliminated as Wade Barrett comes in at #30.

Barrett goes after Kingston and tries to dump him, but Cena nails him so Barrett gives Cena a Boss Man Slam and then goes at it with Kingston again. Kingston chops Barrett down in the corner with kicks, and Dolph Ziggler comes out at #31, the first man to ever enter the Royal Rumble at that number. Ziggler comes in and nails Cena with a dropkick and then beats Sheamus down in the corner. Cena, Kingston, and Mysterio all try to toss Barrett but Barrett fights his way free and then he and Ziggler try to toss Cena but Mysterio saves. Barrett beats Cena down in the corner and chokes him with his boot as Diesel comes out at #32. Barrett goes right after Diesel but he goes through him and everyone else in the ring. Crowd starts a BIG Diesel chant as Diesel gives Kingston a Snake Eyes and then lays into Ziggler with elbows in the corner. Diesel with a short clothesline on Cena and then rams knees into Sheamus in the corner. Drew McIntyre comes out at #33 and goes right after Diesel and he and Sheamus work Diesel over in the corner. Crowd is cheering HUGE for Diesel as he gets choked on the second rope. Mysterio hits a 619 on Diesel and gets booed. Diesel and Barrett go at it as Sheamus and McIntyre stomps Mysterio out. Alex Riley is out at #34 and Cena nails him the second he gets in the ring and Barrett boots Diesel over the top rope. Big boos for that and Diesel gets a huge reaction as he exits the ring. Miz joins the commentary team as Ziggler beats Mysterio down in the corner. Big Show is out at #35.

Big Show walks past Diesel and they have a staredown in the aisle, then he gets in the ring and plows through Sheamus, McIntyre, and Barrett. Show chokeslams Barrett as Cena and Kingston try to toss Riley. Big Show tosses Dolph Ziggler and then McIntyre goes as Ezekile Jackson comes out at #36. Zeke rams right through Big Show and tosses him out of the ring before killing everyone else in the ring. So now Barrett has some backup and the two of them will work together in the Rumble match. Jackson chokes Mysterio in the corner with his boot as Sheamus and Barrett go at it. Santino Marella is out at #37 and he goes right after Sheamus and then goes after Zeke, but Zeke no sells him and Sheamus boots Santino in the face, and Santino rolls under the ropes to the floor. Sheamus and Zeke go at it next, then Zeke turns his attention to Cena and tries to toss him, and Barrett comes over to help but Barrett slips back in. Alberto Del Rio is out at #38 and slowly makes his way to the ring as Mysterio yells at him to get in and fight him. Sheamus nails Mysterio from behind and Del Rio still is coming to the ring when Randy Orton comes out at #39, and nails Del Rio, tosses him in the ring, and hits the RKO. RKO for Sheamus. Orton ducks Trouble In Paradise and gives him an RKO. Orton tosses Kingston. Orton clotheslines Sheamus out. Orton and Cena are the only ones on their feet and they slowly turn around and, in a scene reminiscent of Ultimate Warrior & Hulk Hogan in 1990, stare each other down. Cena points at THE WRESTLEMANIA BANNER and they prepare to fight it out as Kane comes in at #40.

Everyone has entered the ring now, and Kane beats everyone down and then starts beating Orton up in the corner. Kane with a running clothesline and side suplex for Orton, but Zeke runs Kane over with a hard clothesline, then picks him up for a powerslam. Kane slips out so Zeke charges him and Kane ducks down and Zeke flies over the top. Kane rams Barrett hard into the corner and then nails Mysterio. Mysterio comes off the ropes and Kane catches him with a goozle, but Mysterio headscissors Kane over the top rope and then Barrett nails Mysterio and he goes out. We're down to four (in the ring, Santino's still on the outside), and Barrett tries to toss Cena while Orton tries to toss Del Rio. Cena fights his way back in and lays Barrett out and gives him a gutwrench suplex. Cena and Orton stare down again and circle each other, and then finally begin exchanging blows. Orton goes for the RKO, Cena escapes and goes for the Attitude Adjustment, but Barrett nails Cena and gives him a suplex before putting the boots to Orton. Del Rio works Cena over and nails him with a running clothesline. Del Rio goes for another clothesline but Cena catches him and htis the Attitude Adjustment. Suddenly, Alex Riley runs back to the ring and Cena nails him, but suddenly Miz runs up from the broadcast booth and tosses Cena. Cena is not happy and he goes and says...something to Michael Cole that we can't hear, and then heads to the back. Orton, Barrett, and Del Rio circle one another and Orton goes after Barrett, but Del Rio nails him and Del Rio and Barrett double team Orton and choke him out in the corner. Orton clotheslines both of them and powerslams Barrett, neckbreaker over the back on Del Rio, and Orton sets for the RKO on Del Rio, but Barrett gets up first so Orton tosses him and Del Rio immediately comes up from behind and tosses Orton. Del Rio wins! Oh, wait a minute, Santino gets back in teh ring and comes up behind Del Rio, sets it up, and hits the Cobra. Please no. Santino points to the Wrestlemania banner and goes to toss Del Rio, but Del Rio turns it around and tosses Santino, and it's now official...

2011 Royal Rumble Winner: Alberto Del Rio

Alberto celebrates in the ring as we get about 67,000 shots of Alberto looking up at the Wrestlemania banner.

Nice unexpected result for the Rumble but Jesus, this years Rumble match was so lackluster

Ridley

Dare_2_defy wrote: »

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Nice unexpected result for the Rumble but Jesus, this years Rumble match was so lackluster

I don't think so, but it was so strange.

Peyton Manning

I rarely watch wrestling anymore, I didnt watch it for years until Bret came back, and even that fizzled out. I watched a bit of the Cena/Nexus storyline, which again fizzled out. But Jesus, that was shocking. The Rumble is one of the original PPVs, and a lot of prestige is meant to go with it. It will always have comedy moments, that's taken for granted, but damn it you get those out of the way in the first half / three quarters of the match. You don't have one of them as the bloody climax to it. Santino and his cobra? Give me a fúcking break.

ibFoxer

Tom_Brady wrote: »

I rarely watch wrestling anymore, I didnt watch it for years until Bret came back, and even that fizzled out. I watched a bit of the Cena/Nexus storyline, which again fizzled out. But Jesus, that was shocking. The Rumble is one of the original PPVs, and a lot of prestige is meant to go with it. It will always have comedy moments, that's taken for granted, but damn it you get those out of the way in the first half / three quarters of the match. You don't have one of them as the bloody climax to it. Santino and his cobra? Give me a fúcking break.

Have to disagree, i enjoyed that a hell of a lot more than Survivor Series (the last PPV i watched)

Thought it covered a lot of ground and leaves us well set up for Wrestlemania. Based on the Rumble my predictions for WM are:

Cena vs The Miz
Punk vs Orton
Del Rio vs Edge

Also LOVING the spinarooiny!! Add in the Diesel/Big Show staredown, Elimination Chamber looking good too

How Soon Is Now

I dunno weathers its cause i was younger but i remember wrestling entertaining big shocking storylines crazy over the top moments that gave you chills watching them just pure entertainment stuff i used sit up till 4am watching knowing i was up 3 hours later :P

This what there giving us now is awful and anyone who thinks otherwise must of been late to the show and missed how things where years back.

Like i keep saying the pg side of things is a massive problem its arsed up huge part of what wrestling was about.

Its fully marketed for kids now in almost every way and ya thats ok on a small scale as it always had a bit of that down years but ffs this is a joke now.

Im seriously glad after watching Rumble tonight that i no longer follow the wwe cause far as im concerned unless they surprise me im done with it sooner the better its done with.

Jayob10

angerfist2009 wrote: »

I dunno weathers its cause i was younger but i remembers wrestling entertaining big shocking storylines crazy over the top moments that gave you chills watching them just pure entertainment stuff i used sit up till 4am watching knowing i was up 3 hours later :P

This what there giving us now is awful and anyone who thinks otherwise must of been late to the show and missed how things where years back.

Like i keep saying the pg side of things is a massive problem its arsed up huge part of what wrestling was about.

Its fully marketed for kids now in almost every way and ya thats ok on a small scale as it always had a bit of that down years but ffs this is a joke now.

Im seriously glad after watching Rumble tonight that i no longer follow the wwe cause far as im concerned unless they surprise me im done with it sooner then better its done with.

I don't even think being PG is the problem though, it can still be smartly and creatively booked within the ambit of PG.

Its poor booking more than anything else

How Soon Is Now

Jayob10 wrote: »

I don't even think being PG is the problem though, it can still be smartly and creatively booked within the ambit of PG.

Its poor booking more than anything else

But its lacking the cutting edge it had years ago when they where aloud add a bit of violence into things or a more edgy storyline.

All they have now is super cena whos all the kids favorite and girls think hes hot :rolleyes:

Vince is a tool but at least before he entertained us cant even do that now.

Jayob10

angerfist2009 wrote: »

But its lacking the cutting edge it had years ago when they where aloud add a bit of violence into things or a more edgy storyline.

All they have now is super cena whos all the kids favorite and girls think hes hot :rolleyes:

Vince is a tool but at least before he entertained us cant even do that now.

It was certainly more cutting edge back then for sure, but the problems today run a little deeper than lack of blood and lack of violence/profanity

its a period of transition I guess with so many new guys on the scene and it will take time for them to catch fire I guess.

A Cena heel turn would shake things up bigtime and when it does happen it will be excellent but its not on the horizon for a while yet such are the figures he pulls in in terms of merchandising etc...... kids love him, hes like the Hulk Hogan of years ago, there will be a generation who grow up watching him

How Soon Is Now

Jayob10 wrote: »

It was certainly more cutting edge back then for sure, but the problems today run a little deeper than lack of blood and lack of violence/profanity

its a period of transition I guess with so many new guys on the scene and it will take time for them to catch fire I guess.

A Cena heel turn would shake things up bigtime and when it does happen it will be excellent but its not on the horizon for a while yet such are the figures he pulls in in terms of merchandising etc...... kids love him, hes like the Hulk Hogan of years ago, there will be a generation who grow up watching him

All I can say is god help them..... I still have memory of wrestlemania x7 can u imagine how far away this years will be compared to that shame really.

Cianan2

Jayob10 wrote: »

It was certainly more cutting edge back then for sure, but the problems today run a little deeper than lack of blood and lack of violence/profanity

its a period of transition I guess with so many new guys on the scene and it will take time for them to catch fire I guess.

A Cena heel turn would shake things up bigtime and when it does happen it will be excellent but its not on the horizon for a while yet such are the figures he pulls in in terms of merchandising etc...... kids love him, hes like the Hulk Hogan of years ago, there will be a generation who grow up watching him

That is exactly the problem with Cena. They're trying to re-hash the old PG stuff from the 80's and early 90's of The Hulkster! He's unstoppable, can take on Nexus single handedly. It's bloody ridiculous now! At least 8-12 years ago, they tried to bring some element of seriousness to the stories, and seemed to think beyond 3 weeks later. (EDIT coz I forgot to include this point!) It's why the older people boo Cena, because he is just Hulk Hogan in Orange and Purple instead of Red and Yellow.

Take the Raw GM for example, surely Vince would know by now who it should be? Nope, they still cant think of anything suitable. They've stopped planning ahead!

How Soon Is Now

Cianan2 wrote: »

That is exactly the problem with Cena. They're trying to re-hash the old PG stuff from the 80's and early 90's of The Hulkster! He's unstoppable, can take on Nexus single handedly. It's bloody ridiculous now! At least 8-12 years ago, they tried to bring some element of seriousness to the stories, and seemed to think beyond 3 weeks later.

Take the Raw GM for example, surely Vince would know by now who it should be? Nope, they still cant think of anything suitable. They've stopped planning ahead!

I agree with this to its almost like the WWE had there stars and even though there gone or washed up or near the end they still work company around them even though now a days the talent pool just does not match up.

I mean orton is no austin no way in hell cena no matter Wat 8 year old says will never come close to a hogan or rock.

Mr.Nice Guy

The event was a disappointment imo because there is too much of a reliance on gimmicks. 40 men in the Rumble, let's name the show TLC, MITB, etc.

What they need to do is get back to basics. Cut down on the number of PPVs and try and get behind the younger guys.

The way Sheamus has been treated is particularly disappointing. I noticed they got rid of the Crown and robe crap tonight and hopefully that remains the case on Raw.

Cianan2

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

The event was a disappointment imo because there is too much of a reliance on gimmicks. 40 men in the Rumble, let's name the show TLC, MITB, etc.

What they need to do is get back to basics. Cut down on the number of PPVs and try and get behind the younger guys.

The way Sheamus has been treated is particularly disappointing. I noticed they got rid of the Crown and robe crap tonight and hopefully that remains the case on Raw.

I was going to respond saying "Surely it was for a quick entrance and time restraints?", but then realised ADR drove out in the Bentley!!

cizolin

Cut down in the number of ppvs should be the way but apparently they will be looking to increase the number(13 at the mo I believe). Possibly to cover the costs invested by wwe in its shows/talents/development programmes etc

D.Q

Jesus, doesn't sound great... I ended up falling asleep. Considering I was up at six this morning, I'm kind of glad if the event wasn't worth staying awake for.

The two "shock" returns sound good. SURELY hhh will have to be back soon if he's gonna be in the WM picture at all...

Pineapple stu

If you didnt see the Rumble.
http://www.justin.tv/ortonfan4life/b/278627440

Cactus Colm

Woke up after two am, and caught the whole rumble match.... and it was fantastic! Easily the best rumble in years. The nexus/core brawl at the start was interesting, cm punk and daniel bryan was great fun, and then throwing regal into the mix, fantastic. ENjoyed the exchanges between Regal and Bryan. Morrisons jump to the barrier was a classic moment, no dout will be replayed to death.

Chavo trying to hit the three amigos, built up very nicely and got a nice response from the crowd... Nexus dominating then was good fun, smart booking and went on for just long enough. Great to see Booker T get in. Punk shouting "We're going to wrestlemania" .. fun stuff. Then Cena in to clear the ring, and the comedy stuff with Hornswoggle, enjoyed it despite myself. Mini f5 on tyson kidd was great.

Good to see the likes of Cena and Kingston being "friends" brings me back to the 80's .... half expect to see a cartoon made with all the good guys against all the bad guys. Then its back into a more routine rumble mode for a while, seamus eliminates hornswoggle, surprise entrance from Diesel (brilliant).

Missed the big show's entrance as I lost my feed, and pretty much missed his whole participation. Got the feed back just before Santino comes to the ring, then slips out under the bottom rope.

Don't buy Orton as a baby face, don't like him/his character. Better to be some kind of wild card tweener. Cena gets dumped out by Miz, which was very cool. Great bit at the end after Del Rio thought he won, Santino's head popping up and I was thnking "No Way ... .no effing way!"

Absolutely fantastic, and barely anyone skinned the cat, a move that was abused far too much in the last few years. I think it was last year where even Big Show did it. Which would have been fantastic to see, if everyone else and his mother wasn't doing it too.

CMpunked

Tom_Brady wrote: »

The Rumble is one of the original PPVs, and a lot of prestige is meant to go with it.

Unfortunately that means nothing to wwe anymore.
Considering they have contemplating scrapping one of the other "big four" shows you how they don't care.

angerfist2009 wrote: »

This what there giving us now is awful and anyone who thinks otherwise must of been late to the show and missed how things where years back.

Like i keep saying the pg side of things is a massive problem its arsed up huge part of what wrestling was about.

In today's wwe I think it has less to do with th PG thing.
When the pg rating was implemented it was very awkward or something.

Since then wwe have worked it very well on a few occasions.
What's been happening lately is a lack of *wrestling writers*.
guys who are writing FOR wrestling and not just a tv series.
You look at the wwe corporate site and see if there are any jobs going for writers. They all state "past tv experience, exceptional education etc etc".

Not once does it even say "a personal interest in the product is required".
Guys are going to wwe, spending a year writing and then leaving after a year and going to work for fox and abc and whoever else.

I don't believe PG is the big bad wolf anymore.
I think it's a really bad mix of writers who don't know how to write wrestling and bookers who try and set out matches that follow these writers and what you get in the middle is just a clusterbuck of madness.

Say what you want about Russo, but at least he is a wrestling writer, always trying to push the envelope. Most of the time he fails and hard, but at least he tries.

smilerf

Poor enough rumble but sets things nicely up for mania.

my mania predictions

Rey Mysterio(after he wins the world heavweight title at the chamber)vs Del Rio
Cena vs Punk
Miz vs Orton
Taker vs Barrett vs Kane
HHH vs Sheamus
Kofi vs Ziggler
Kong vs Beth

JP Liz V1

Is Cena/Punk feud over already now and is it Miz/Cena and Punk/Orton next

CMpunked

Are mods adding a poll?

0 to 5 stars going up half a star each?

kronsington

punk v cena had serious potential for a long term feud, its a shame to end it now.

love del rio. very charismatic, gets great heat from the crowd and great in the ring.

grames_bond

That was such a "meh" ppv with a few exceptions! Really liked the edge vs Ziggler opener, miz vs orton was predictable and boring enough, divas match killed the actually excellent crowd, and then there's the rumble....

Jesus what to say - it had some great moments, booker T and Diesel, Morrisons amazing jump, sheamus kicking hornswaggle in the skull.... And then there was the bad moments - MegaCena really pissed me off, he should not have destroyed the nexus that easily, was a joke! The hornswaggle "comedy" bits were terrible, and the fact that wwe really doesnt believe in it's stars to the point that orton and Ziggler had to double job!

Depending on my mood overall I give it a 5 or 6 out of 10!

GTR63

That was woeful stuff. I like Del Rio but as far as earning the Main Event at Mania he's only been around 6/7 Months.That must surely be a record for a Rumble winner.He's FAR,FAR more polished than the duds FCW is producing.You'd know he's learned his craft outside wwe.Its fair dumb when Hornswoggle gets a nice rub from the Rumdull,sorry Rumble. Oh why wasn't Kong used in the Divas match the fans wanted it.

JP Liz V1

I haven't watched the show yet but I take HHH or Christian didnt return

I really really hope Miz drops the title at EC

GTR63

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I haven't watched the show yet but I take HHH or Christian didnt return

I really really hope Miz drops the title at EC

Neither of them did. Nor did Kong & the Rumble itself was a shambles.Miz will keep the Belt until Mania when he drops it to Cena.

CMpunked

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I haven't watched the show yet but I take HHH or Christian didnt return

He kinda did. At the end of Edge/Dolph.
They gave him a nod.

I dont want to say how exactly and ruin it on you if you do check it out on the tube or wherever.

The Bull

Who booked that ****e. RR had so much leading up to it, Strong start but once Cena hit the ring Ahhhhhhhh. And all that Hornswaggle stuff, give me a break. On a positive Booker and Deisel both look to have slimmed down and looks in good shape. Pity they were not booked a bit stronger and longer in the rumble, its not like there wasnt plenty of time:rolleyes:. I though we were goin to see both Punk and Bryan go to the end a bit like Rey and HHH a few years ago but they f****d that up as well.:rolleyes: So much to work with there and WWE make a hames of it. As for Del Rio :eek: winning the rumble? fair enough hes a new face in the main event frame but really, hes not even there 12 months, So many more that have put in the time and effort and service for years and get overlooked again.

JP Liz V1

I dont mind Del Rio winning but I thought he was going to feud with Christian on his return which by the looks of it, wont be until sometime after WM.

CMpunked

i dont mind del rio winning at all either.

But i remembered when i was watching last night, when kane came out at 40 i didnt realise he was the last guy. 3 minutes passed and i was wondering who was next.
They didnt bother to make any sort of hype that he was no.40 at all.

I also think if Del Rio was going to win they should have him brought in earlier and eliminated a few more. Like Orton running behind him and throwing him into the ring should have enraged Del Rio.

I dont think i can believe he will win the belt at mania and thats what makes me feel really meh about his win.
I think the winner of the Rumble should always look to be the single biggest threat for the champion come mania time. Like HHH for example.
If Trips wins a rumble, the champ immediately becomes the underdog (burial jokes aside).
But with Del rio it just feels as if he is only going to have an opponent on the same caliber as him. And if that champ is Rey.. Well... Fcuk that!

The Royal Rumble is slowly turning into another crap gimmick match the same as HIAC, Ladder and so on.

thebostoncrab

Jesus did I watch a different show to everyone else?

I thought it was a great rumble, and was the first one in years that the winner wasn't clear cut. The match had so many great moments. The brawl at the start, Punk vs Regal vs Bryan, Morrisons jump to the outside, "WE'RE GOING TO WRESTLEMANIA!!!", New Nexus dominating the first half of the Rumble, Sheamus destroying Hornswaggles face, Kevin Nash and Booker T, (Hell I even marked out for The Great Khali), Chavo hitting the three amigos over and over again and giving the vistory to someone that will benefit! The rumble is about making new stars and pushing someone into the biggest stage of their carreer, and it hasn't done that in ages. Last night they finally did.

I don't get why people are saying it's too soon for Del Rio, the guy is super over, can go in the ring and has prooven that he can hang with the big boys. Last night was the perfect time to give him the ball and run with it.

Overall I enjoyed the hell out of the Rumble, and it really felt like the ones I used to love as a kid.

Rjd2

CMpunked

thebostoncrab wrote: »

I don't get why people are saying it's too soon for Del Rio, the guy is super over, can go in the ring and has prooven that he can hang with the big boys. Last night was the perfect time to give him the ball and run with it.

I hope your right.

flahavaj

People p*ss and moan about WWE being stale, but they still p*ss and moan when things get shaken up. Ye'd all be whinging if Orton or Cena had won it again, but when a fresh face (and an unbelieveably talented one at that) does it yeer still not happy!

Also were they hinting at Diesel/Show at Mania with the staredown after Diesel got booted out?

CMpunked

flahavaj wrote: »

People p*ss and moan about WWE being stale, but they still p*ss and moan when things get shaken up. Ye'd all be whinging if Orton or Cena had won it again, but when a fresh face (and an unbelieveably talented one at that) does it yeer still not happy!

No one is happier that someone who hasnt won it before/someone new won it.

I just wish they made me think he was a threat before the rumble.
Like i would have put him in the same category as mark henry beforehand, in the sense that he was being billed as a threat but not worth a dam when the match was actually on.

Thats just my opinion of it all.

Furious-Red

thebostoncrab wrote: »

Jesus did I watch a different show to everyone else?

I thought it was a great rumble, and was the first one in years that the winner wasn't clear cut. The match had so many great moments. The brawl at the start, Punk vs Regal vs Bryan, Morrisons jump to the outside, "WE'RE GOING TO WRESTLEMANIA!!!", New Nexus dominating the first half of the Rumble, Sheamus destroying Hornswaggles face, Kevin Nash and Booker T, (Hell I even marked out for The Great Khali), Chavo hitting the three amigos over and over again and giving the vistory to someone that will benefit! The rumble is about making new stars and pushing someone into the biggest stage of their carreer, and it hasn't done that in ages. Last night they finally did.

I don't get why people are saying it's too soon for Del Rio, the guy is super over, can go in the ring and has prooven that he can hang with the big boys. Last night was the perfect time to give him the ball and run with it.

Overall I enjoyed the hell out of the Rumble, and it really felt like the ones I used to love as a kid.

+1

Mitch Connor

CMpunked wrote: »

No one is happier that someone who hasnt won it before/someone new won it.

I just wish they made me think he was a threat before the rumble.
Like i would have put him in the same category as mark henry beforehand, in the sense that he was being billed as a threat but not worth a dam when the match was actually on.

Thats just my opinion of it all.

I can't believe it has been planned for all that long, probably only booked yesterday morning...

it is only a couple of weeks ago he got laid out be a retired wrestler on RAW. Granted, it was HBK, but fact is he was made look weak just a couple of weeks ago.

It can't even, really, be used in the WM build up or as a WM feud - as HBK doesn't hold a title.

thebostoncrab

Mitch Connor wrote: »

I can't believe it has been planned for all that long, probably only booked yesterday morning...

it is only a couple of weeks ago he got laid out be a retired wrestler on RAW. Granted, it was HBK, but fact is he was made look weak just a couple of weeks ago.

It can't even, really, be used in the WM build up or as a WM feud - as HBK doesn't hold a title.

Getting sweet chin music from HBK doesn't make anyone look weak.

JP Liz V1

http://twitter.com/johncena

The following is a new tweet from the official Twitter page of WWE Superstar John Cena:

"CeNation. 1 thank you for all the help w the follow. 2 john morrison is legit. 3 hornswoggle is awsome......and 4... I tip my cap to the mizz. He got me. That's the bad news. The good news is it will not happen again. He is now on my radar. Tonight he basically said "im afraid of John Cena."

Exclamation Marc

CMpunked wrote: »

No one is happier that someone who hasnt won it before/someone new won it.

I just wish they made me think he was a threat before the rumble.
Like i would have put him in the same category as mark henry beforehand, in the sense that he was being billed as a threat but not worth a dam when the match was actually on.

Thats just my opinion of it all.

Yeah I completely agree. If they'd put Del Rio in at maybe number 20 and had him last and survive for an extended period of time then wonderful. But realistically he lasted 12ish minutes, only a couple more than Hornswoggle did, and he only eliminated Orton and Marella; hardly the stuff of a hugely deserving iron man who worked his @rse off, and more the stuff of someone who was in the right place at the right time. And yes I know its billed as the match for opportunists but its not real, and therefore the winner should be booked to look strong and a threat at Mania, and Del Rio just wasn't.

I was surprised Cena or Orton didn't win when it was down to the last few, but that doesn't mean it was a success.

Diesel was wasted, and despite the opening pop he still looks very incapable.

Booker was wasted and just fed to Nexus, which neither built Nexus up anymore or did any favours for Booker.

Hornswaggle was an absolute waste of an entry and an abysmal 10 minutes.

The Santino entry was an absolute waste of an entry, yes it served a purpose of a comedy moment, but do you really want a comedy moment being the last and usually toughest Rumble elimination?

Very little Corre/Nexus interaction despite it being one of the biggest Raw stories pre-Rumble.

And then you have one of the most dominating Rumble entrants ever, Kane, being shoved in at the end of the Rumble so that Shawn Michaels Rumble record stayed intact, and he remained in for a pathetic 90 seconds.

The first 15 minutes were great, then the Nexus domination became a little overkill, then suddenly Super-Cena hulked up and made Nexus again look incompetant. Then the embarassing Hornswoggle time which came with poorly booked eliminations, overbooking Cena (Cena is so amazing that NOBODY in the Rumble could eliminate him) and then the eventual winner wasn't made to look strong enough.

I'm so glad I didn't spend money on this drivel.

parker kent

angerfist2009 wrote: »

All I can say is god help them..... I still have memory of wrestlemania x7 can u imagine how far away this years will be compared to that shame really.

It was 10 years ago, you are not remembering ancient history :pac:

Up until Cena cleared the Nexus members, the Rumble was on fire. Punk was excellent, the crowd was eating up everything he did. They really should have had him in the final 4 or at least until Barrett came out.

I thought it was shaping up to be a great Rumble match and it ended up as a good Rumble. Punk and Danielson were crucial to the early action and the crowd were very into them as expected. There were some great spots like Morrison's spiderman leap, Chavo's spot with the suplexes etc.

But the Punk/Nexus stuff was carrying the match and it didn't survive his elimination. Having SuperCena eliminate Nexus in the manner he did was (whilst typical) extremely disappointing. He could at least have dragged a few out of the ring and so forth, instead of simply just blowing through them 1 v 4. For anybody keeping notes, this is an example of how Cena's booking can ruin a faction!

Then the Cena/Hornswoggle crap started and it did go downhill from there for a while. Although it perked up once the ring filled up again. Whilst Santino doing his comedy spot at the end of the match was a joke, I'm very happy it was not Cena or Orton who won it.

Plus Booker and Nash tore the house down (please, please let that be the only appearance by Nash!)

CMpunked wrote: »

I just wish they made me think he was a threat before the rumble.
Like i would have put him in the same category as mark henry beforehand, in the sense that he was being billed as a threat but not worth a dam when the match was actually on.

He has been saying for the last month that it was his destiny to win it! He has been in WHC title matches. He has been built as a credible threat since day one. Much more than the likes of Henry etc. Whilst I thought Cena would win, I was very happily surprised to see this outcome. He has been built up very well over the last few months and it was nice to see the last push happen at the peak of the Rumble. Shame about the comedy ending though. I was against him winning the title last month, but winning the Rumble and getting a push until Mania is about right in my view.

Maybe not watching it live and watching the stream this morning has given me a clearer view of the event than the late-nighters :pac:

Charisteas

flahavaj wrote: »

People p*ss and moan about WWE being stale, but they still p*ss and moan when things get shaken up. Ye'd all be whinging if Orton or Cena had won it again, but when a fresh face (and an unbelieveably talented one at that) does it yeer still not happy!

Also were they hinting at Diesel/Show at Mania with the staredown after Diesel got booted out?

I don't think many people have a problem with a fresh face winning the Rumble, I think most people are pi$$ed off at the amount of comedy spots in the Rumble match (Hornswaggle and Santino spots) and certainly a few people thought Booker and Nash should have been given more time in the match.

I do however agree it did look like that they did hint at a Diesel/Show match at WM, but they are going to have to find a way to turn Diesel heel after the massive pop he got last night, and that would also mean that Diesel would be on Smackdown, not with his best mate Hunter on Raw.

CMpunked wrote: »

No one is happier that someone who hasnt won it before/someone new won it.

I just wish they made me think he was a threat before the rumble.
Like i would have put him in the same category as mark henry beforehand, in the sense that he was being billed as a threat but not worth a dam when the match was actually on.

I think the fact that he has been on appearing on both Raw and Smackdown for the last month was WWE's way of trying to tell the audience to buy into the fact that he was one of the potential favourites to win the Rumble.

WWE hardly ever has a heel win the Rumble (Del Rio may only be the 5th after Orton, McMahon, Flair, and Yokozuna), and they hardly ever have a newish guy win the Rumble, so the fact they gave it to Del Rio means that they think super-highly of him for 2011.

parker kent

Mitch Connor wrote: »

I can't believe it has been planned for all that long, probably only booked yesterday morning...

it is only a couple of weeks ago he got laid out be a retired wrestler on RAW. Granted, it was HBK, but fact is he was made look weak just a couple of weeks ago.

It can't even, really, be used in the WM build up or as a WM feud - as HBK doesn't hold a title.

If anything, being featured in a spot with HBK elevated him.

ricero

i predicted a del rio win so im delighted. the worst thing about the whole ppv was hornsworggle and cena it hurt my eyes :mad:

parker kent

I think the Nash/Booker spots were perfect and were representative of previous surprise entries. I highly doubt there will be anything between Nash and Show. The only reason Nash would stay around is because of HHH, something WCW related at Mania (unlikely since he was Diesel) or they want him around for HBK's induction.

I imagine it is a one time deal much like RVD and others have made in the Rumble. People expect unexpected (if that is not a paradox!) entrants.

Booker T might stick around though. Again he would be handy to have around if they wish to do something WCW related at Mania.

parker kent

Also, Edge/Ziggler was excellent. It is not getting enough praise!

CMpunked

ive admitted it before in earlier threads that i didnt know much of him.

My main knowledge of del rio was garnered through wednesday morning readings of the SD results.
Then on saturday id watch the segments/matches that meant the most on youtube.

I make no apologies for not knowing who he was other than the few times i caught him on sd and at ppvs.
What i wish though is that they made him look dominant within the actual match.

Eliminating Orton was a big moment.
But it should have been followed up with having Punk roll back into the ring after been rolled out due to being in the match since the start, not frickin santino!
(although, i will admit i marked out when santino got in the ring and tried eliminating alberto. Why? Because i got him in the pool. :cool:)
But to reiterate, i think he should have made a few more serious 'moments'.
I dont like to think that the winner of the rumbles biggest moment in the match was dodging a comedy wrestler at the end of the match.

glenjamin

I'm sorry Colm but there is so much wrong with your post

Cactus Colm wrote: »

Woke up after two am, and caught the whole rumble match.... and it was fantastic! Easily the best rumble in years. The nexus/core brawl at the start was interesting, cm punk and daniel bryan was great fun, and then throwing regal into the mix, fantastic. ENjoyed the exchanges between Regal and Bryan. Morrisons jump to the barrier was a classic moment, no dout will be replayed to death.

It was possibly the worst booked Rumble in the last 10 years. It was too rushed and was evident in spots like when Miz was talking up Riley on commentary and didn't realise that he had been eliminated seconds earlier. I would have preferred a stand off between Del Rio and Orton at the end to really show off Del Rio. Tbh I hardly noticed him apart from his great entrance and throwing Santino out. The Nexus angle during the Rumble was great but Cena burrying them was the usual **** you'd expect from the writers. The start was great I will admit. Seeing Punk, Danielson, Morrison and Regal together was fantastic and Morrison was just _______ (no words to describe it!). If anybody deserved to win it was him!!!

Chavo trying to hit the three amigos, built up very nicely and got a nice response from the crowd... Nexus dominating then was good fun, smart booking and went on for just long enough. Great to see Booker T get in. Punk shouting "We're going to wrestlemania" .. fun stuff. Then Cena in to clear the ring, and the comedy stuff with Hornswoggle, enjoyed it despite myself. Mini f5 on tyson kidd was great.

Chavo was great and the Nexus domination could have been done a bit better. They should have Barrett out after Cena as that would have made for an epic 3 way with Cena, Barrett and Punk all in the ring at the same time. Having Hornswoggle come in sums up what is wrong with the WWE nowadays. PG is not the issue, the writing is. You really think having a midget hit an AA on a young and upcoming star like Tyson Kidd is funny? And Tyson having to sell it?? No wonder there are no new main eventers in WWE if thats how they treat their young talent.

Good to see the likes of Cena and Kingston being "friends" brings me back to the 80's .... half expect to see a cartoon made with all the good guys against all the bad guys. Then its back into a more routine rumble mode for a while, seamus eliminates hornswoggle, surprise entrance from Diesel (brilliant).

It's good to see Diesel and Booker back but I woulld have preferred to see them make more of an impact. I wouldn't say no to seeing Booker back fulltime.

Missed the big show's entrance as I lost my feed, and pretty much missed his whole participation. Got the feed back just before Santino comes to the ring, then slips out under the bottom rope.

Don't buy Orton as a baby face, don't like him/his character. Better to be some kind of wild card tweener. Cena gets dumped out by Miz, which was very cool. Great bit at the end after Del Rio thought he won, Santino's head popping up and I was thnking "No Way ... .no effing way!"

Absolutely fantastic, and barely anyone skinned the cat, a move that was abused far too much in the last few years. I think it was last year where even Big Show did it. Which would have been fantastic to see, if everyone else and his mother wasn't doing it too.

I'm not a huge fan of the Miz and really don't want to see him and Cena main event Mania together. The whole Santino thing was worse than the Hornswoggle part. As MNG said HHH eliminated Angle, Lesnar eliminated the Undertaker and Cena eliminated HHH last. Having Del Rio eliminate Santino of all people is a joke. It took the shine off Del Rio's win as eliminating Orton last is a much bigger deal. They really need to leave out the comedy segments at such important moments like this.

You're entitled to your opinion CC but that was truely one of the worst Rumbles ever. I'm glad someone new won but would have preferred someone like Morrison ahead of Del Rio. I honestly think I won't be buying Mania if the card is gonna be like how I'm predicting it.

parker kent

I think they booked Del Rio actual in-ring stuff pretty well for the Rumble. As Cole mentioned, number 27 was the most common number for a Rumble winner, so it is pretty common for somebody to come near the end and win. If the comedy spot had not happened, it would have been a much more satisfactory ending.

I would say that 40 entrants was too many. It showed how many duds there are on the roster. It did allow the Punk story to develop, but I would prefer if it went back to 30 next year. They effectively booked it as 2 different matches, the one with Punk and then the John Cena Show.

Diabhal Beag

Listen the Rumble match was great and all but the undercard was absolute ****. It could have been a perfect Rumble and I could still only give the overall show a 8/10.

Great crowd and they marked out huge for Diesel and Booker. Disappointed how early Morrison and Punk were eliminated but holy **** was that Morrison jump great. Biggest mark out moment I've had in a long time.

But I don't think I can get into Del Rio as much as everybody else. He's a bit too old-school for my liking if that makes sense. Ricardo Rodriquez is so amazing at his job though that he is probably my favourite thing in wrestling after his NXT showing.

Hope to God we don't see an Orton/Cena/Miz match at Mania.

parker kent

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

But I don't think I can get into Del Rio as much as everybody else. He's a bit too old-school for my liking if that makes sense. Ricardo Rodriquez is so amazing at his job though that he is probably my favourite thing in wrestling after his NXT showing.

I do agree with you in a way here. Not that he is old school, but that I have not seen too much from him in the ring. Many here are totally marking out for him for the past few months. I don't belong in that group, but it is still sensible enough to continue his push. I said this in the lead up to TLC too. But I'm still pretty happy with the result.

I highly doubt he will be last on at Mania, so I see it as a great chance to test him out in a big match. I can see Christian figuring somehow if Del Rio is against Edge at Mania. Maybe a shock turn by Christian on Edge to win it for Del Rio.