Hello everyone, Wrestleview's Triple Threat recapper Jason Namako here with an interactive idea for all the Wrestleview readers and VIPs.
I had this idea a little while back to do something fun in prepartion for the 25th edition of the Royal Rumble coming up later this month. While Mr. Doug Lackey does all the great findings with his statistics of the storied history of the Royal Rumble match, I decided to go a little against the grain and do something different.
One of the things I love to do is to go back in the annals of wrestling history and read up on old shows/moments, and the idea I came up with is to find out from you, the readers of Wrestleview, what was your favorite moment in the 25 year history of the Royal Rumble. So what better way to do this than to put it to a vote.
Below is 69 moments/matches from the 25 year history of the Royal Rumble that I felt had the most luster and lure behind it. The job of you, the reader, is to vote on your Top 25 moments, based off of a point system that Mr. Gregory "Grash" Walek has used in the past for the Wrestleview Power Rankings, where whatever moment you have as #1 gets 25 points, and whatever you have at #25 gets only 1 point, and so on and so forth.
Then, once you have completed the list, shoot me an e-mail at instantlyclassic@gmail.com with your completed list so I can tally up the points, or post it underneath here on this thread as well. Finally, on the Royal Rumble 2012 post-show, I will reveal what was the Wrestleview Readers Top 25 Royal Rumble Moments.
If you all enjoy this maiden voyage into doing something retro, then I will do this again in the coming months. Have fun with this and tune in to the Royal Rumble post-show to find out what was Wrestleview's Top 25 Moments in the history of the Royal Rumble!
(Note: If there are any moments that are not on here and you want to add them to your Top 25, feel free to do so).
- 1. The Andre the Giant/Hulk Hogan contract signing- 1988
2. Dino Bravo "breaks" the weightlifting record- 1988
3. Hacksaw Jim Duggan wins the 1st Royal Rumble match- 1988
4. The Rick Rude/Ultimate Warrior pose-down challenge- 1989
5. Demolition enters the Royal Rumble at #1 & #2- 1989
6. Hulk Hogan accidentally eliminates Randy Savage- 1989
7. Greg Valentine vs Ronnie Garvin(Submission Match)-1990
8. The Hulk Hogan/Ultimate Warrior staredown- 1990
9. The Rockers vs. The Orient Express- 1991
10. Sgt. Slaughter vs Ultimate Warrior/Randy Savage costs the Ultimate Warrior the WWE title- 1991
11. The Royal Rumble performance of Rick Martel- 1991
12. Roddy Piper wins the Intercontiental Title- 1992
13. The commentary of Bobby Heenan in the Rumble match- 1992
14. The Royal Rumble performance/win of Ric Flair- 1992
15. The entrance of Roddy Piper into the Rumble Match- 1992
16. The post-match promo of Ric Flair- 1992
17. Yokozuna wins the Royal Rumble- 1993
18. The Undertaker vs Yokozuna(Casket Match)/The death of the Undertaker- 1994
19. Owen Hart turns on his brother Bret- 1994
20. Diesel cleans house in the Rumble match- 1994
21. Bret Hart & Lex Luger co-win the Royal Rumble- 1994
22. Shawn Michaels wins the Royal Rumble after entering at #1- 1995
23. The return of Jake "The Snake" Roberts- 1996
24. Shawn Michaels eliminates Vader & Yokozuna at the same time- 1996
25. Shawn Michaels wins back to back Royal Rumbles- 1996
26. The Undertaker vs Bret Hart/Diesel costs the Undertaker the WWE Title- 1996
27. Shawn Michaels vs Sid/Shawn Michaels wins the WWE title in his hometown- 1997
28. The entrance of Bret Hart into the Rumble match- 1997
29. Steve Austin wins the Royal Rumble- 1997
30. Vader Vaderbombs Goldust with Luna on shoulders- 1998
31. 3 Faces of Foley- 1998
32. Shawn Michaels vs The Undertaker(Casket Match)/Kane sets casket on fire- 1998
33. Mankind vs The Rock(I Quit Match)- 1999
34. Mr. McMahon wins the Royal Rumble- 1999
35. The debut of Tazz- 2000
36. The Miss Rumble contest- 2000
37. The Hardys vs The Dudleys(Tables match)/Jeff Hardy does Swanton from top of entranceway)- 2000
38. Cactus Jack vs Triple H(Street Fight)- 2000
39. Too Cool dances during the Royal Rumble match- 2000
40. Taka Michinoku's splat after being eliminated- 2000
41. The Rock wins the Royal Rumble- 2000
42. Chris Benoit vs Chris Jericho(Ladder Match)- 2001
43. Drew Carey enters the Royal Rumble- 2001
44. The Royal Rumble performance of Kane- 2001
45. Steve Austin wins his 3rd Royal Rumble- 2001
46. Chris Jericho vs The Rock- 2002
47. Maven eliminates The Undertaker- 2002
48. The Steve Austin/Triple H staredown- 2002
49. Triple H wins the Royal Rumble- 2002
50. Scott Steiner vs Triple H- 2003
51. Chris Benoit vs Kurt Angle- 2003
52. Chris Benoit wins the Royal Rumble after entering #1- 2004
53. Eddie Guerrero's backstage antics- 2005
54. The Christian/John Cena Rap Battle- 2005
55. Daniel Puder gets schooled in the Royal Rumble match- 2005
56. Vince McMahon tears his quad- 2005
57. John Cena's elaborate entrance/regains WWE Title from Edge- 2006
58. Rey Mysterio wins the Royal Rumble- 2006
59. The Undertaker's mind games- 2006
60. Shawn Michaels & The Undertaker closing sequence/Undertaker wins Rumble- 2007
61. John Cena vs Umaga(Last Man Standing)- 2007
62. Rey Mysterio is booed- 2008
63. The Jimmy Snuka/Roddy Piper staredown- 2008
64. John Cena makes return from injury/wins the Royal Rumble- 2008
65. Matt Hardy turns on his brother- 2009
66. Rob Van Dam returns in the Royal Rumble match- 2009
67. The Booker T/Kevin Nash returns- 2011
68. Dolph Ziggler vs Edge- 2011
69. Santino Marella almost wins the Royal Rumble- 2011
