cawthon777 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2004 Royal Rumble 04 - Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center - January 25, 2004 Sunday Night Heat: Victoria (w/ Steven Richards) pinned WWE Women’s Champion Molly Holly at 4:56 with the Widow’s Peak in a non-title match Pay-per-view bouts: WWE Raw Tag Team Champions Ric Flair & Batista defeated the Dudley Boyz in a tables match at 4:21 when Batista put D-Von through the table with a modified spinebuster after the challengers became distracted by an interfering Jonathan Coachman, who did guest commentary for the bout WWE Cruiserweight Champion Rey Mysterio Jr. pinned Jamie Knoble (w/ Nidia) at 3:13 with the 619 and springboard legdrop after the blind Nidia accidentally tripped the challenger from the apron Eddie Guerrero pinned Chavo Guerrero Jr. (w/ Chavo Guerrero Sr.) with the frog splash at 8:04; after the bout, Eddie hit an interfering Chavo Sr. and tied him to the ring ropes using his neck tie; moments thereafter, Eddie continued his assault on Chavo Jr., busting him open as Chavo Sr. watched on, unable to help WWE Smackdown! World Champion Brock Lesnar pinned Hardcore Holly with the F5 at 6:30; prior to the bout officially beginning, the two battled around ringside Shawn Michaels fought WWE Raw World Champion Shawn Michaels to a draw in a Last Man Standing Match at 22:45 when both men failed to meet the referee’s standing ten count after the challenger hit the superkick on Triple H; after the bout, both men were attended to by EMTs; Ric Flair and Batista came to the ring to help in taking the champion backstage on a stretcher while Michaels refused to take the stretcher and walked backstage under his own power Chris Benoit won the 30-man Royal Rumble match by last eliminating the Big Show at 1:01:34; due to prematch stipulations, Benoit earned a world title shot at WrestleMania XX Order of entry: Chris Benoit (0:00), WWE IC Champion Randy Orton (0:00), Mark Henry (1:51), Tajiri (3:12), Bradshaw (4:47), Rhyno (6:24), Matt Hardy (8:06), Scott Steiner (9:49), Matt Morgan (11:30), the Hurricane (13:10), Booker T (15:06), Kane (16:56), Spike Dudley (never entered the ring after sustaining a chokeslam on the ramp by Kane following his own elimination), Rikishi (20:23), Rene Dupree (22:01), Albert (23:20), Shelton Benjamin (25:01), Ernest Miller (26:47), Kurt Angle (28:30), Rico (30:04), Mick Foley (sub. for Test who was knocked out backstage) (33:03), Christian (34:57), Nunzio (45:21; hid at ringside until being thrown into the ring by Cena), WWE US Champion the Big Show (38:54), Chris Jericho (40:09), Charlie Haas (41:40), Billy Gunn (43:14), John Cena (45:22), Rob Van Dam (46:32), Bill Goldberg (48:06) Order of elimination: Bradshaw by Benoit (5:25), Tajiri by Henry after Henry, who was attempting to eliminate Tajiri, sustained the Gore from Rhyno (6:53), Henry by Benoit via a blow to the back (7:02), the Hurricane by Morgan via a torpedo throw out of the ring (13:31), Steiner by Booker via a backdrop (approximately 16:40), Kane by Booker after Kane became distracted by the Undertaker’s gong (18:26), Rhyno by Benoit via a backdrop (20:25), Hardy by Dupree via a dropkick as Hardy stood on the apron (22:24), Dupree by Rikishi via a superkick (22:33), Morgan by Benoit after Morgan was crotched on the top rope (23:44), Rikishi by Orton (24:11), Booker by Orton after Booker sustained a blow to the back of the head by Albert (24:16), Albert by Benoit (25:04), Benjamin by Orton after Orton avoided the superkick, with Benjamin crotching himself across the top rope (25:39), Miller by Orton while Benoit threw out Lamont (27:43), Rico by Orton via a fireman’s carry and dropping him backwards to the floor (31:08), Orton and Foley via a Foley clothesline to the floor; the two battled around ringside and up the ramp until Orton was able to escape; Foley applied the Mandible Claw on Nunzio on the ramp upon Nunzio’s intro (33:45), Christian by Jericho via a backdrop as Jericho stood on the ring apron (42:35), Haas by Goldberg as Goldberg was caught in a sleeper by Nunzio (48:33), Gunn by Goldberg via a clothesline (48:56), Nunzio by Goldberg via a gorilla press slam (49:09), Goldberg by Angle via Goldberg becoming distracted by Brock Lesnar at ringside after Lesnar interfered and hit the F5 on him (50:14), Cena by Show (52:58), RVD by Show after blocking a monkey flip out of the corner (53:16), Jericho by Show via chokeslam to the floor (55:07), Angle by Show by flipping over the top rope and sending Angle to the floor while he was caught in the ankle lock (57:35), Show by Benoit with a headlock, as he stood on the apron, and pulling Show over the top as he himself slid back into the ring under the bottom rope Times (taken from when they entered the ring): Benoit – 61:34 Orton – 33:45 Angle – 29:05 Show – 22:40 Jericho – 14:58 Hardy – 14:18 Rhyno – 14:01 Morgan – 12:14 Booker – 9:10 Cena – 7:36 Christian – 7:22 Haas – 6:53 Steiner – 6:51 RVD – 6:44 Gunn – 5:43 Henry – 5:09 Rikishi – 3:48 Nunzio – 3:48 Tajiri – 3:41 Goldberg – 2:08 Albert – 1:44 Kane – 1:30 Rico – 1:04 Miller – 0:56 Bradshaw – 0:38 Shelton – 0:38 Foley – 0:42 Dupree – 0:32 Hurricane – 0:21 Spike – NA In case anyone was wondering about how Benoit's time holds up compared to Flair and Backlund before him, and I know I was, Benoit narrowly edges out Backlund's record of 1:01:11 to become the new all-time record holder. Having a copy of the 93 edition, I checked the Backlund time myself following the PPV just to make sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes Report post Posted January 26, 2004 Benoit – 61:34 Orton – 33:45 Angle – 29:05 Show – 22:40 Nice to see more than 1 guy last in the rumble for a good portion of the match for a change. AND WOOO! BENOIT DID IT! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted January 26, 2004 wow. Angle lasted longer then I'd thought he could go. Still pissed five people had short ring times then the fucking Cat...fucking foley doesn't count though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted January 26, 2004 correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this the longest lull between #30 enterance and the finish? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tawren 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2004 Seemed like Cena was in there longer. Good job on the times, BTW Cawthon. And yeah: BENFUCKINGOIT~! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes Report post Posted January 26, 2004 correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this the longest lull between #30 enterance and the finish? I'd say so. The 1993 end took FOREVER with Yoko/Savage segment, but this one lasted a good 13-14 minutes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted January 26, 2004 I do believe 2001 went long since Kane/Austin/Rock was nearly 8 minutes... I'm just happy they stole my idea of everyone trying to take TBS out but only Benoit can... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nevermortal 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2004 Who eliminated the most people? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted January 26, 2004 Second time RVD was #29... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes Report post Posted January 26, 2004 Who eliminated the most people? Benoit tossed 6, Show tossed 4 I think, and Orton tossed 5. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anglesault Report post Posted January 26, 2004 The description of FGB's exit seems to suggest that he no-sold the F5. Please tell me I'm wrong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChick 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2004 The description of FGB's exit seems to suggest that he no-sold the F5. Please tell me I'm wrong. Well, he stayed down for a second...then kind of made ANGRY~! faces at Brock while yelling at him. So yes, he pretty much no sold it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nevermortal 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2004 The description of FGB's exit seems to suggest that he no-sold the F5. Please tell me I'm wrong. He kinda laid there and did nothing for a bit, and then started yelling at Brock. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted January 26, 2004 another thing that bothers me...Why didn't Lesnar just fucking attack Goldberg during the enterance? that way goldberg gets rolled him and TBS could chuck him over and Goldberg gets revived and SPEARS everyone save for Benoit beause the refs finally stop him and Lesnar taunts Goldberg as he growls... can someone tell me why brock felt the need to screw Goldberg? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nevermortal 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2004 another thing that bothers me...Why didn't Lesnar just fucking attack Goldberg during the enterance? that way goldberg gets rolled him and TBS could chuck him over and Goldberg gets revived and SPEARS everyone save for Benoit beause the refs finally stop him and Lesnar taunts Goldberg as he growls... can someone tell me why brock felt the need to screw Goldberg? Because Goldberg called him a pussy during an interview beforehand. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anglesault Report post Posted January 26, 2004 The description of FGB's exit seems to suggest that he no-sold the F5. Please tell me I'm wrong. Well, he stayed down for a second...then kind of made ANGRY~! faces at Brock while yelling at him. So yes, he pretty much no sold it. I can't recall any non HHH attack that FGB sold. He took the 8 million chair shots from Rock and was back up before the commercial, he never sold ANYTHING by Jericho. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes Report post Posted January 26, 2004 another thing that bothers me...Why didn't Lesnar just fucking attack Goldberg during the enterance? that way goldberg gets rolled him and TBS could chuck him over and Goldberg gets revived and SPEARS everyone save for Benoit beause the refs finally stop him and Lesnar taunts Goldberg as he growls... can someone tell me why brock felt the need to screw Goldberg? In The Sig | | | | | V Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChick 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2004 The description of FGB's exit seems to suggest that he no-sold the F5. Please tell me I'm wrong. Well, he stayed down for a second...then kind of made ANGRY~! faces at Brock while yelling at him. So yes, he pretty much no sold it. I can't recall any non HHH attack that FGB sold. He took the 8 million chair shots from Rock and was back up before the commercial, he never sold ANYTHING by Jericho. But you gotta admit...he's DAMN good at making those ANGRY~! faces. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tawren 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2004 another thing that bothers me...Why didn't Lesnar just fucking attack Goldberg during the enterance? that way goldberg gets rolled him and TBS could chuck him over and Goldberg gets revived and SPEARS everyone save for Benoit beause the refs finally stop him and Lesnar taunts Goldberg as he growls... can someone tell me why brock felt the need to screw Goldberg? In The Sig | | | | | V What do Simpsons quotes have to do with Goldberg no-selling? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brocklock 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2004 correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this the longest lull between #30 enterance and the finish? I think it was. I just timed it and the whole period lasted 13:40. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarvinisaLunatic 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2004 Mr. 30 only lasts 2 minutes... #30 sucks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes Report post Posted January 26, 2004 another thing that bothers me...Why didn't Lesnar just fucking attack Goldberg during the enterance? that way goldberg gets rolled him and TBS could chuck him over and Goldberg gets revived and SPEARS everyone save for Benoit beause the refs finally stop him and Lesnar taunts Goldberg as he growls... can someone tell me why brock felt the need to screw Goldberg? In The Sig | | | | | V What do Simpsons quotes have to do with Goldberg no-selling? Ha Ha Ha. What it means is Homer Simpson is more entertaining than Brock/Goldberg feud Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted January 26, 2004 Billy Gunn tarnished the image of #27... for a number that includes FOUR Winners (Studd, Austin,bRET, Yoko) it has the not so prestigous honor being host to Billy Gunn (2004) Goldust (2003, only because he lasted 45 seconds) Bradshaw (2000) Jarrett (99) Farrooq (98) Flash Funk (97) Issac Yankem (96) Dick Murdoch (95) Skinner (92) Luke (91-In all his 2 seconds of glory) Barbarian (90) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes Report post Posted January 26, 2004 Billy Gunn tarnished the image of #27... for a number that includes FOUR Winners (Studd, Austin,bRET, Yoko) it has the not so prestigous honor being host to Billy Gunn (2004) Goldust (2003, only because he lasted 45 seconds) Bradshaw (2000) Jarrett (99) Farrooq (98) Flash Funk (97) Issac Yankem (96) Dick Murdoch (95) Skinner (92) Luke (91-In all his 2 seconds of glory) Barbarian (90) Who was 2002's #27? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anglesault Report post Posted January 26, 2004 Farrooq (98) He made Final Four that year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted January 26, 2004 Billy Gunn tarnished the image of #27... for a number that includes FOUR Winners (Studd, Austin,bRET, Yoko) it has the not so prestigous honor being host to Billy Gunn (2004) Goldust (2003, only because he lasted 45 seconds) Bradshaw (2000) Jarrett (99) Farrooq (98) Flash Funk (97) Issac Yankem (96) Dick Murdoch (95) Skinner (92) Luke (91-In all his 2 seconds of glory) Barbarian (90) Who was 2002's #27? The Big Show. He isn't as embarassing to the number. Yeah, Faroooq made the final four....Whoopie fucking doo. Still isn't someone I'd mark down as a good #27. I still contend Brock and Goldust should have switch spots... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeDirt 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2004 Matt Hardy had a nice run until stupid Rene Dupree came along to do his "eliminate a guy, dance, get eliminated" spot. Dammit! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest SammeC Report post Posted January 26, 2004 Cena shouldve come in the RR at #27 this year, wouldve been better to push him more alomost to continue the Benoit / Cena feud for the No 1 Contender Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lil' Bitch 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2004 Rico – 1:04 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2004 If Austin's elimination would have counted in RR97, then New Diesel would have made the Final Four in 1997, along with Bret, UT, and Vader. Scary, eh? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
