Paid Members Fatty Facesitter Posted January 16, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted January 16, 2022 As is customary every January, I've been re-watching old Rumbles again. I've found some of the more modern instalments to have more creative escapes, but lacking in eliminations that make you applaud or even wince. Kicking off with a couple of my favourite eliminations - 1992 - Sid Justice eliminating Sgt. Slaughter (Video skips to the elimination) This is breathtaking. Sid chucks Sarge into the corner, where he somehow defies science and goes through the turnbuckle and out. Wonderful. Chyna wins the Corporate Rumble A rare TV Rumble, and a corporate one at that. Chyna chucks out Vince at the end, and as he goes over, his head gets caught on the bottom rope and he almost gets decapitated. Not for the squeamish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted January 16, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted January 16, 2022 Taka: Rumble 2000. It was the first rumble I'd watched and seeing him fly through the air and bounce off the mats on replays as Lawler pissed himself and ask to see it again really stuck with me. It also has the best rumble entrance with one of the MSP bouncing themselves off the bottom rope trying to slide in. For a third it has the best rumble tactics from Road Dogg of just gripping the bottom rope in the fetal position for as long as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpiritOfTheForest Posted January 16, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted January 16, 2022 Drew Carey in 2001, first trying to shake Kane's hand, then giving him money and finally eliminating himself. 21 years later I still have no idea who Drew Carey is outside of this Royal Rumble appearance but it's one that always stuck with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted January 16, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted January 16, 2022 The best escape I think was Kacy Catanzaro because of the sheer athleticism of it. Walking from the barricade to the corner of the ring on her hands, wrapping her legs around the corner post then pulling herself up and back into the ring? Without sticking the whole match on here the only video I can find of it is on Facebook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chili Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 3 minutes ago, CleetusVanDamme said: Came in to holla for this. It still looks terrifying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RIDDUM_N_STYLE Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Kofi has been the master of the escape in recent years, the best two being the leap from the barrier on the aisle after Rusev had laid him out and getting springboarded in and over Jinder Mahal by E and Woods a couple of years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted January 17, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted January 17, 2022 7 hours ago, RIDDUM_N_STYLE said: Kofi has been the master of the escape in recent years Kofi has been the master of pissing me off in recent years. The first time was novel, the increasing bullshit of how “nothing important will happen for the next three minutes while we watch Kofi” is irritating as hell and another symptom of everything becoming as contrived as possible in the sterile, over-produced beige wasteland that is modern day WWE. Especially how Cole or whoever start chuckling “Here we go again!” etc. Just fuck off. For eliminations I loved 1990 with the timing of Hogan and Warrior throwing everyone else out before they turn around and realize it’s just them. My favourite escape was when Bret threw out that dirty stinking hyena Steve Austin, but not really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphinx Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) That Rumble clip's a bloody mess til the Hogan vs. Warrior bit Edited January 17, 2022 by Sphinx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted January 17, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted January 17, 2022 5 hours ago, air_raid said: The first time was novel, the increasing bullshit of how “nothing important will happen for the next three minutes while we watch Kofi” is irritating as hell Agreed - you also know that every time it happens, Kofi will get eliminated almost immediately after he gets back in the ring anyway, because they have to have a contingency plan in case he screws up the save. So every time, you get a couple of minutes of him dicking around to save himself, only to get thrown out straight afterwards, because they won't risk booking him to do anything else after the save in case he doesn't make it. It's one of those things where they constantly talk him up as a "Royal Rumble/Battle Royal specialist", yet he's never actually won one, and likely never will (he should have won the year he fought Daniel Bryan at Wrestlemania for the title, to at least have all of his Rumble experience and save spots actually finally pay off, but here we are), so it doesn't actually add up. It's a real kayfabe/immersion breaking thing to say "he's really good at this thing" where "this thing" isn't "winning matches", so actually shouldn't really matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted January 17, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted January 17, 2022 Haven't they saddled Naomi with that in the women's Rumble as well? I agree that one of the Kofi spots should happen when he's in the final 4 and he should come back and win the thing, but the moment's passed now. Was it a Rumble or a battle royal where Omos was ringside and kept catching AJ Styles whenever he went over the top? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam O'Rourke Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) Somebody please gif Bossman's elimination from 1992. It's amazing. EDIT - Then, as a meme, write "Wrestlers trying to get over" on the top rope, and "WWE creative" on the bottom rope. Edited January 17, 2022 by Liam O'Rourke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted January 17, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted January 17, 2022 Someone will do a way better job than this but here’s my half arsed attempt along with the original in all its glory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted January 17, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted January 17, 2022 On 1/16/2022 at 4:08 PM, Merzbow said: The Bushwackers. Masters of doing just the right amount of fuck all to get over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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