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WWE Royal Rumble 2006
... At least the music was good...
Nearly all Royal Rumbles I've seen have been great ones, but have had elements to them which I felt were bad or brought it down. Luckily, these have been sparse, few and far between, and not always the same in each rumble. This Rumble had every one of those bad aspects in it all at once. So mediocre so that it wasn't even the main event!
Cruiserweight Invitational
Kid Kash (C) vs Jamie Noble vs Funaki vs Paul London vs Nunzio vs Gregory Helms
This was the only good match of the PPV. Whoever does the booking for the cruiserweights must be a veteran of the Monday Night Wars, because they know how to put on great WWF caliber matches. Everything was just about on in this match. (9/10)
Ashley Massaro vs Mickie James
It isn't enough that the Women's division in the WWE is little more than eye candy and catfighting, but this was a terrible match up that had all the makings of that Jackie Gayda match J.R. classically claimed had "bowling shoe tendencies". Greener than a freshly grown lawn, Ashley botched a lot of her moves, and just plain fumbled the rest. Thankfully Mickie James put her down like a dog. (0/10)
John Bradshaw Layfield vs The Boogeyman
There's only 5 non-Rumble matches on the card, and Smackdown wastes our time and money with this? Even worse is how seriously people take The Boogeyman's ridiculous gimmick! If they had tried that ten years ago, ratings would plummet, and WCW would have a goldmine of mocking material. I would honestly prefer Gobbledygooker over The Boogeyman. At least the Gobbledygooker could flip and roll around. The Boogeyman is nothing. (0/10)
Royal Rumble Match
As I had mentioned before, this rumble was the culmination of all the negative aspects of the Rumble all mashed up into one. It started out with Rey Mysterio and Triple H doing some good wrestling on each other. Then as soon as the third person came out, Mysterio was exhausted and flopping around limply as if he were in for an hour. The next 30 minutes consisted of Triple H fighting it out with most of the other superstars, and superstars being gradually eliminated until it was only Triple H and Mysterio in the ring at once. Most of the eliminations occured in precisely 90 seconds, lasting only long enough for Triple H to beat on them and eliminate them. Chris Benoit, for one, considered one of the best technical wrestlers of his day, was literally reduced to "Five moves of doom" wrestling, as all he ever did was kick, punch, german suplex, and Crippler Crossface the entire time he was in the Rumble.
The last 30 minutes consisted of more and more superstars piling up with only about three or four eliminations, while the ring got stuffed with superstars. Mysterio is still flopping about half-dead, occasionally on his feet, even rarer still, doing some actual fighting. Finally when the last superstar comes out, people start getting quickly eliminated one by one until it's the final four fighting it out.
Unlike the other rumbles, this one had no surprises, and no different phases of combat in the ring (like the 2000 Rumble had a period of Rikishi's dominance, the 2001 Rumble had a period of hardcore as Raven brought weapons in, etc), simply 1-30 minutes: Nearly empty ring, 30-62 minutes: Nearly full ring. (0/10)
WWE Championship
John Cena vs Edge (C)
This match should have taken place before the Rumble. As with any Cena match, Cena did little but act tuff, showing off his muscles with bulging veins coursing everywhere, move stiffly, and wrestle---wait, he doesn't wrestle---pretend to fight Edge, who shamefully jobbed to that pathetic nothing who went on to reign on and off for most of 2006, and then reign all throughout 2007 undefeated as of the day this review was written. (0/10)
World Heavyweight Championship
Kurt Angle (C) vs Mark Henry
This match should have taken place before the Rumble. Better yet, this match shouldn't have taken place at all. Mark Henry is like John Cena, in that he cannot wrestle, but unlike Cena, he also cannot move. He can barely run as much as he shuffles about and hugs people to death. I believe the wrestling term "Lunch Wagon" was made just for people like Henry, and it made this match all the poorer. Angle had little to work with but fat hulk that kept trying to smash him with hugs and punches, and it all came out as dismal as any WWE match featuring untrained muscled men who are more meatbags than athletes. (0/10)
If ever a wrestling promotion needed an example of how not to do their pay per views, this is one of the WWE's shining examples of how spectacularly awful a pay per view can get when completely mis-managed, and poorly booked.WWE Royal Rumble 2006
A Disappointment
The royal rumble bout itself was strong as usual, but the "undercard" was very weak. The main event in particular absolutely stunk. Kurt Angle cut a good promo, but he might as well have been wrestling an elephant. Mark Henry is like a million dollar albatross around the WWE's neck. He's only in the company because of McMahon's fetish for big men. Cena vs. Edge was a reasonably interesting match, but it was much too short.
I can't even remember who else wrestled who on the card. There was a women's bout and it was pretty weak. The cruiserweight tournament was a mess. 2006 in general did not shape up to be one of WWE's better pay per view years. If you want to see some good pay per views, check on some of the titles from 2005:
Wrestlemania 21: outstanding
Vengeance: almost as good as 'Mania
ECW One Night Stand: awesome and highly emotional. Marred only by excessive involvement of Raw and Smackdown performers' presence
SummerSlam: an amazing pay perview
WWE Royal Rumble 2006
Royal Rumble 2006
(Cruiserweight Championship)
Kid Kash vs Funaki vs Jamie Noble vs Nunzio vs Paul London vs Gregory Helms:A predictable match with a predictable ending. Nevertheless, the moves that those little Cruiserweights can pull off are neat. 6/10
(Special Guest Referee)
Ashley vs Mickie James:I don't think this should be considered a match, on PPV or cable. The only people interested in such trash are perverts and feminists. Which is equal to about 50% of the country. 3/10
The Boogeyman vs JBL:This match was about 5 minutes long. That's 4 minutes of The Boogeyman being creepy and eating worms, and the 1 minute it took him to knock JBL out cold. Damn. 4/10
30 Man Royal Rumble:What can I say? It's the $#@! Royal Rumble. 10/10
WWE Championship)
Edge vs John Cena:This match should have been great, but instead it was merely okay. It had great potential to be the main event, especially when looking at what the actual main event was. 7/10
(World Heavyweight Championship)
Kurt Angle vs Mark Henry:Neither of these 2 should ever be in a main event! Maybe Kurt, but only when against a talented, highly entertaining top rated superstar. Henry is none of the above. It gets 1 star only because it is was a title match. 1/10
Overall:A good example of why the Rumble itself should be the main event. No more Mark Henry! 6.5/10WWE Royal Rumble 2006
Rumble 2007 preview
Here's My idea:
1. Cruiserweight Title Fatal 4- way;
Gregory Helms(c) vs. Paul London vs. Brian Kendrick vs. Jimmy Wang Yang
Winner: J.W.Y, There's no way Helms holds it for more than a year.
2. ECW Heavyweight Title Match
Lashley(c) vs. Test Winner: Lashley. Test Is no match for Lashley.
3. Hardys vs. MNM winner: Hardys. Matt will Re- cripple Mercury's face.
4. WWE Championship: Last Man Standing
Cena(c) vs. Umaga winner: Cena, But just Barely.
5. World Heavyweight Title
Batista(c) vs. Mr. Kennedy
6. Royal Rumble Match
10 from SD, 10 from Raw, 10 from ECW *(some superstars have already been in matches)**(injured)
# name
1.Joey Mercury
2.Dave Taylor
3.Sabu
4.Paul London
5.Randy Orton
6.Test
7.Kane
8.Regal
9.Undertaker
10.CM Punk
11.Kennedy
12.Rob Van Dam
13.Lashley
14.Shelton Benjamin
15.The Great Khali
16.Umaga
17.M.V.P
18.Finlay
19.Matt Hardy
20.HHH**
21.Edge
22.Jeff Hardy
23.Brian Kendrick
24.King Booker
25.Tommy Dreamer
26.Matt Stryker
27.Mike Knox
28.The Sandman
29.Johnny Nitro
30.H.B.K
Winner: HHH He would go on to lose in a triple threat match at WMWWE Royal Rumble 2006
Awesome Royal Rumble
1. WWE Cruiserweight Championship Invitational: Gregory Helms (RAW) def. Kid Kash (c*), Funaki, Nunzio, Jamie Noble, and Paul London
(6/10)
Great match, i expected london to win the match because of his speed and agility.I knew he wouldn't win once kash hit him with the dead level. good, suprising match and cool shining wizard ending.
2.The Boogeyman def. JBL w/Jillian Hall
(1/10)
Don't even waste your time with this match. A man who eats worms, and 2 minute matches annoy me, and alot of wrestling fans. I'd rather sit through a 2 minute Edge promo then watch this. I gave it some credit because he beat JBL who I hate.
3.Mickie James def. Ashley
(2/10)
Another thing that annoys me and alot of people are phosytic women wrestling. I don't bother with the women's divison so i didn't watch it anyway.
4.The 2006 Royal Rumble Match
(7/10)
I was suprised this was fourth on the card because it was an exciting Royal Rumble. I was kind of pulling for Triple H to win, but Rey-Rey proved size dosen't matter.
5. John Cena def. Edge (c)w/Lita to win the WWE Championship
(8/10)
Great Match and awesome entrance by cena and edge (not the entrance by edge). Hacksaw Jim Duggan gets edge and lita ticked in the back.
6. Kurt Angle (c) def. Mark Henry w/ Davari to retain his WWE World Heavyweight Title.
(8/10)
Definitely match of the night but it could have been better. Angle layed out Davari with a chair, and cuts hysterical promo before match. Undertaker comes in at the end a makes the ring collapse with Angle in it.
*c= champion
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