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Yeah man, give yourself three for #17.

If you watch again, they don't seem to communicate too well after the restart, seemingly not knowing exactly what to do. It could have been a botch. But they did the "eliminate each other and pose" thing as the argument went on, so maybe not. We'll find out soon.

Anyone else love Christian owning Torrie and Christy in his segment? And his rap on Cena?

I'm not saying I think this...but I'm surprised nobody's said that the Rumble was supposed to end when Batista and Cena went over the first time, and they did an audible.

Announcers should have talked about Benoit almost going start to finish two years in a row. Puder's beatdown made me laugh, I have to admit. Scary how small he looks next to these WWE guys...

Oh, so Rey and Edge had a little story going on? Sweet. I agree. Rey was awesome. At one point Edge chased Rey around the ring, and Rey would slip through his legs or jump over him to escape. He teased eliminations all night, flew all over the ring...the crowd was pissed when he was eliminated too, because he was PERFECT as the underdog of the Rumble.

I loved the Rumble, but I didn't know what to think of the whole Hassan beatdown. London's bump was SO SICK. He almost landed on his head. He'll kill himself to get over, but sadly he never will. I really enjoyed the show. Thumbs up for me.

It's easier for them to decide that since they have a PPV before Wrestlemania. They can do a match like last year.

I really enjoyed the show, though there was some weirdness. Definitely look like Vince hurt his knee, he just sat against the ropes. I was pissed thinking it was a RR94 finish, but at least that wasn't the case. Fun show, and a fun Rumble with a lot of cool spots. Easy MVP for the Rumble is Mysterio, who worked his ass off the whole time.

"I like you John" "I like you too, Gene" Wow.

Hopefully not. I thought they did when they upgraded to a higher cost webcast system for Bad Blood 2004. But I could be wrong.

Didn't they change their setup to stop feeds going out to more than one IP?

I was watching the 2004 Rumble again today. When Goldberg comes in, he's obviously supposed to spear everyone and kick ass until Lesnar interferes. Billy Gunn goes out of his way to let Goldberg spear him right as he enters, but Big Show is there and Goldberg spears him instead. So Billy does this awkward "stagger right into a spear" thing that is pretty damn funny if you see it. It's much like how he staggers into a kick from Owen Hart at WWF Mind Games in 1996. Anyways, if you watch the 2004 Rumble again, keep an eye out for that little spot.

It's not old, but...

Unfortunately, last night's IWA show in Rensellaer got about 20.

Bret vs. HBK, Survivor Series 1992: http://s13.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1OQ8JK7...PL1PXMFYJWCF2IQ

Taker/HBK casket match from the 1998 Rumble: http://s13.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1K8ZJXS...AZ36V0NYTW8VMOM

A match that would have probably made WrestleMania IX less panned than it is right now. The question is though: Would they still have done the Hogan ending? Nah, he would have had to be content with his tag team title match. And they could have always had some heels attack Bret and Savage after a great match, and Hogan run down to make the save or something like that too.

ECW invades RAW in 1997: http://s13.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2B17U5K...920DOB2DXD7UEFO

Yeah, the Lords of Pain site always does this shit with Meltzer's PPV previews. So, so stupid.

"As talk continues that WWE plans to put on an ECW PPV on June 12, more information has come out as to what it might be called. On January 18, 2005, WWE got a trademark on the name "ECW ONE NIGHT STAND". That could very well be what they call the show, which is already slated to take place in New York City. WWE has not confirmed yet that they will do the ECW show but sources within the company have told us that they expect it to happen." --PWInsider.com

Mine was probably Unforgiven 2003. Not the worst WWE PPV ever, but with crap like Kane/Shane and JR/King vs. Coach/Snow, a DEAD crowd for Jericho vs. RVD vs. Christian, a shitty Dudleys/La Res tables match that was worked as a normal tag match 95% of the way, and a decent Orton/HBK match with a lame finish, Test vs. Steiner, and Goldberg beating HHH in a shitty match I felt ripped off when the show was over. Don't know why I expected to get my money's worth though. It was good it was only $18 back then for webcasts.

Well nobody present would be stupid enough to trash him. But I agree that HHH works hard, is good in the ring with guys, etc. Just saying that I wouldn't expect a current roster guy to even THINK of bashing him in an interview. I'd say Lance Storm. He never really caught on with the mainstream fans, but I believe was really respected by everyone in the business for being a good, hard worker.

? Seemed like it was pretty obvious it would be Perfect / Luger from the moment Heenan "unveiled" Luger earlier in the show. Where did you hear about Perfect / Lawler? I just figured their interaction was a nod to the AWA / Mid-South fans. You're right, it's my fault. I THINK I read that a long time ago in a Scott Keith rant, and he's been proven to be wrong over and over again. Or maybe I heard it somewhere else. Oh well.

1 Rikishi 2 Goldust 3 Big Bossman 4 Bradshaw 5 Lance Storm 6 Al Snow 7 Billy Gunn 8 The Undertaker 9 Matt Hardy 10 Jeff Hardy 11 Maven 12 Scotty Too Hotty 13 Christian 14 Diamond Dallas Page 15 Chuck Palumbo 16 The Godfather 17 Albert 18 Perry Saturn 19 Steve Austin 20 Val Venis 21 Test 22 Triple H 23 Hurricane 24 Farooq 25 Mr. Perfect 26 Kurt Angle 27 The Big Show 28 Kane 29 Rob Van Dam 30 Booker T Final four: Austin, HHH, Angle, and Mr. Perfect: Austin tries to dump Perfect, but Angle comes from behind and takes out Austin and Perfect hangs on! Austin comes back and drills everyone with chair shots. Back up, and Perfect narrowly avoids elimination before hitting a Perfect Plex on Angle...but HHH dumps him. Angle then tries to dump HHH and thinks he wins, but HHH hangs on. Angle turns, and HHH does his gay little pose before charging and knocking Angle over the top to win. Highlights: -Undertaker enters at #8 and destroys EVERYBODY. The Hardy's come out in succession and reunite, but Taker beats them up, tossing them, and beats up Lita too. As they come back for more, the next man out Maven dropkicks Taker out for the most shocking elimination in Rumble history! -Taker proceeds to dump Maven illegally and take him through the arena, busting him open and beating the shit out of him. Maven never makes it back to the match. -Steve Austin eliminates everyone when he comes to the ring, and has time to bring them all back into the ring, hit stunners, and toss them a second time. -Godlust, Godfather, Val Venis, and Mr. Perfect all return for this Rumble! -HHH and Austin square off. Hurricane comes out and tries to double chokeslam them. They both look at each other as if to say "is he serious?" and then toss the superhero. -The crowd continues with Kurt Angle's music after it stops playing for about a minute, chanting, "You suck...WHAT?" -Mr. Perfect gets beat down by HHH and Austin and STILL manages to swat his gum out of midair! -RVD enters the ring with a five star, but gets pedigreed quickly by HHH and then dumped by Booker. They were supposed to have a feud (I think) leading to Wrestlemania, but things got changed to RVD/Regal and Edge/Booker instead of Edge/Regal and RVD/Booker.