Since its inception in 1988, the Royal Rumble is started as a non-PPV, but was originally shown as a television special. The following year in 1989 (my birth year), the first Royal Rumble is been shown as a pay-per-view. This annual pay-per-view is one of the 'Big Four' events in the WWE, followed by WrestleMania, SummerSlam and Survivor Series.
Now on its quarter of a century (or 25 years), the tradition lives on as I will give this first WWE PPV of 2012 a big one, and for the first time in history, every WWE Superstar is eligible to enter the Royal Rumble, making this the most unpredictable... in history.
Behind the Numbers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5DX90iJoo8· First up, the Steel Cage Triple Threat Match for the WHC as Daniel Bryan defends the World Title against not just one, but two Goliaths of the WWE; the Big Show and Mark Henry. Not only until this however, Bryan managed to defend the title.
· The 8-Diva tag team match is ended when the Glamazon together with Natalya and the Bella Twins win over Kelly Kelly, Eve Torres, Alicia Fox and the daughter of 'Superfly', Tamina.
· In a brutal singles competition after weeks of psychological warfare, John Cena battled Kane, but ended in a double count-out. The feud continues however, the Big Red Monster razes through Zack Ryder's room and heads to the arena. Then after Kane brings Ryder to the mat suddenly, Eve Torres tried to stop Kane but failed. John Cena returned to the mat and Kane chokes him out with a powerful chokeslam. I really, really bad for Ryder and Cena right now. After the chaos, medical personnel arrived and helped Ryder.
· INTERMISSION: I love this segment how The Rock is a worldwide megastar and he is currently starred in the upcoming film Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, the sequel to Journey to the Center of the Earth.
· 'The Sinister Scotsman' Drew McIntyre faced off against the Funkasaurus, Brodus Clay, and kudos the the female announcer who introduced him! The match is good, but the Funkasaurus managed to win it easily with a big bodyslam. Good lord, he jiggled it so good!!
· The WWE title is on the line as CM Punk battles Dolph Ziggler with John Laurinaitis as special guest referee but he had evacuate and stayed ringside. Prior to the match about weeks ago, Vickie Guerrero and Jack Swagger are banned from ringside. As he puts Ziggler to sleep with the GTS, Punk manages to win it.
· This will be a long one but the main is none other than the traditional 30-man Royal Rumble match. The last man standing will win a main event championship title match at WrestleMania 28 on April 1st (April 2nd in Manila). Starting up is the number one entrant, The Miz (eliminated by Big Show) battles number two entrant Alex Riley. Several seconds later, Miz eliminates A-Ry. It might be really interesting, but here's the full list of entrants:
No.3 - R-Truth (eliminated by The Miz)
No.4 - Cody Rhodes (IC champion) (eliminated by Big Show)
No.5 - Justin Gabriel (eliminated by Foley and Rodriguez)
No.6 - Primo (Tag Team champion) (eliminated by Foley)
No.7 - Mick Foley (eliminated by Rhodes)
No.8 - Ricardo Rodriguez (eliminated by Santino)
No.9 - Santino Marella (eliminated by Rhodes)
No.10 - Epico (Tag Team champion) (eliminated by Foley)
No.11 - Kofi Kingston (eliminated by Sheamus)
No.12 - Jerry 'The King' Lawler (eliminated by Rhodes)
No.13 - Ezekiel Jackson (eliminated by Khali)
No.14 - Jinder Mahal (eliminated by Khali)
No.15 - The Great Khali (eliminated by Rhodes and Ziggler)
No.16 - Hunico (eliminated by Kharma)
No.17 - Booker T (eliminated by Rhodes and Ziggler)
No.18 - Dolph Ziggler (eliminated by Big Show)
No.19 - 'Hacksaw' Jim Duggan (eliminated by Rhodes)
No.20 - Michael Cole (eliminated by Booker and Lawler)
No.21 - Kharma (eliminated by Ziggler)
No.22 - Sheamus (WINNER)
No.23 - Road Dogg (eliminated by Barrett)
No.24 - Jey Uso (eliminated by Orton)
No.25 - Jack Swagger (eliminated by Big Show)
No.26 - Wade Barrett (eliminated by Orton)
No.27 - David Otunga (eliminated by Jericho)
No.28 - Randy Orton (eliminated by Jericho)
No.29 - Chris Jericho (eliminated by Sheamus)
No.30 - Big Show (eliminated by Orton)
Final thoughts: Great PPV to start 2012 and I will wait. ON TO THE NEXT ONE!! This might be a nice PPV, but it really feels happy about it. One of the biggest and my favorite moments in the Rumble match was the Mr.Socko vs. Cobra, Ricardo gives a wedgie from Santino plus his entrance is like a damaged car (1985 Datsun), and Kofi's epic headstand to avoid getting eliminated.In conclusion, I have predicted that Sheamus will pick either WHC or WWE title.
