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Scott & Justin’s Royal Rumble 1995
Royal Rumble
January 22, 1995
Sun Dome
Tampa, Florida
Announcers: Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler
Attendance: 10,000
Buy Rate: 1.0
Celebrity: Pamela Anderson Read the rest of this entry
Royal Rumble 2010
Royal Rumble 2010, January 31, 2010, Phillips Arena, Atlanta, GA
Announcers: Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler, & Matt Striker
So here we go with the first PPV of the new year and new decade, the Royal Rumble. The undercard build has been pretty underwhelming to me, but I’m really looking forward to the Rumble itself as they’ve done a great job of building several guys into having legit reasons to win so if nothing else I expect it to deliver. Read the rest of this entry
Scott & Justin’s Royal Rumble 1991
Royal Rumble
January 19, 1991
Miami Arena
Miami, Florida
Attendance: 16,000
Buy Rate: 2.4
Announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Roddy Piper
Scott & Justin’s Royal Rumble 1994
Review of Royal Rumble 1994: Featuring LIVE notes from the Civic Center
***Note from Justin – As a precaution, I will probably be overly optimistic and biased towards this show, as I was there live, and it was the first major show I was in attendance for, so it holds a special place in the wrestling section of my heart. I will try to be somewhat objective, but being there live has skewed my view of it, and I will whole-heartedly admit that. I will be talking more about the crowd feel and basics of the stories, while Scott talks more about the matches…also, even though it was 10 years ago, I will try to remember what was going on live in the arena, and will add those tidbits marked off by *** as we go***
Royal Rumble
January 22, 1994
Providence Civic Center
Providence, Rhode Island
Announcers: Vince McMahon and Ted DiBiase
Attendance: 14,500
Buy Rate: 0.9
Scott & Justin’s Royal Rumble 1992
Royal Rumble
January 19, 1992
Knickerbocker Arena
Albany, New York
Attendance: 17,000
Buy Rate: 1.8
Announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan
The 100 Greatest WWE Matches of the Decade: 2002
Side note: I want to thank Justin and Scott for being extra punctual with their writing and putting forth the quality effort that they always do. I completely dropped the ball and had an ultra busy week which explains why the post is a day late. But anyways, it’s here and hopefully a fun read for everybody. Read the rest of this entry
Scott & Justin’s Royal Rumble 1989
Royal Rumble
January 15, 1989
The Summit
Houston, Texas
Attendance: 19, 000
Buy Rate: 1.5
Announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Jesse Ventura
Dark Matches
1) Jim Powers (James Manley) defeated Barry Horowitz
2) Sam Houston defeated Steve Lombardi
3) King Haku (Uliuli Fifita) defeated Harley Race
Actual Show
1) The Hart Foundation & Jim Duggan defeat the Rougeau Brothers & Dino Bravo (Adolfo Bresciano) in a two-of-three falls match
Raymond Rougeau pins Bret Hart at 4:30
Jim Duggan pins Raymond Rougeau at 10:10
Bret Hart pins Dino Bravo at 14:55
Scott: The first PPV match of the New Year is a six-man tag that I’ve always had mixed feelings about. On the one hand, Read the rest of this entry
Scott & Justin’s Royal Rumble 1988
January 24, 1988
Copps Coliseum
Hamilton, Ontario
Attendance: 18, 000
TV Rating: USA Network: 8.2
Announcers: Vince McMahon and Jesse Ventura
1) Ricky Steamboat (Richard Blood) defeats Rick Rude (Richard Rood) by disqualification at 17:40
Scott: Since this was on cable TV, which means there were commercial breaks, they didn’t need that many matches. Read the rest of this entry
Alec Settee’s Royal Rumble 2009 Report
Royal Rumble 2009, January 25, 2009, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI
Announcers: The teams of Michael Cole & Jerry “The King” Lawler, Jim Ross & Tazz, Todd Grisham & Matt Striker, and Jim Ross & Jerry “The King” Lawler
So it’s time for our first PPV of the year, The Royal Rumble. It really didn’t look that interesting going in, but the Rumble rarely fails to deliver something good, so let’s see what we get here.
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