Guest TheArchiteck Report post Posted January 26, 2004 The only thing that dissapointed me was Shelton Benjamin's short ringtime. Dammit he's one of the World's Greatest Tag Team...which makes him one of the World's Greatest Wrestler. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Man in Blak 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2004 Not only was his ringtime short, but his elimination was embarrassingly contrived. When Orton (or whoever) gently pushed him out after he straddled the rope with his own kick, the crowd just groaned. Not exactly a good sign. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted January 26, 2004 Well, He was one of the final four anyways with or without austin being counted... 2004...1992... Which is interesting connection Benoit=Flair (Iron Man lasting a hour) Angle=Hogan (former champion pro americana) Show=Sid (Big Man with late draw) Jericho=Savage(Spunky former champion)... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cawthon777 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2004 Jericho=Savage(Spunky former champion)... That's exactly what I was thinking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
notJames 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. They also had a brief staredown at another co-PPV (SurSer maybe?), so they were probably playing that up as well. Decent bit of continuity there, but I'd still prefer Lesnar fight someone who can actually wrestle for more than three minutes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheFranchise 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2004 He wont have to.. Raise your hands if you want to see him squash Goldberg in three minutes.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest neodragonsan Report post Posted January 26, 2004 He wont have to.. Raise your hands if you want to see him squash Goldberg in three minutes.. *Raises hand* But can we see it in more like 18 seconds rather than 180 seconds? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jack_Bauer 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2004 I have to say that I was delighted at the amount of time they gave Randy Orton in the match. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TheZsaszHorsemen 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! YOU KNOW YOU MARKED FOR THE FRENCHIE SHUFFLE! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
notJames 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2004 I want Brock to take him to school. Embarass him on all fronts... out-grapple him (yeah, I know...), overpower him, absorb all F.G.B. can dish out and still hoist him up for the F-5. A Jericho-esque cocky pin would be icing on the cake. That or pull a Holly and drop him on his head. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TheZsaszHorsemen Report post Posted January 26, 2004 The mark in me wants to see Lesnar embarassingly decimate Goldberg in all of his growling, snarling, punching and slamming glory with his (not perfect but) much smarter ringwork and overness. Yes, the mark in me wants that. I can safely say that's what most marks also want after the very different reactions both Goldberg and Lesnar got from the crowd last night. Goldberg got a HUGE pop for coming in, and Brock's F5 got a pop more for the "Holy shit! Brock and Goldberg fighting" factor then for Brock himself. Most marks like Gberg. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
notJames 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2004 How do you explain the pop when he got eliminated? I'm not sure we can attribute it to Angle in this instance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the pinjockey 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2004 There were quite a few boos in the crowd for Goldberg's entrance, so I wouldn't write Lesnar's F5 pop off as just a Holy Shit pop. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TheZsaszHorsemen Report post Posted January 26, 2004 How do you explain the pop when he got eliminated? I'm not sure we can attribute it to Angle in this instance. C'mon guys, most of the people there were pro-Goldberg. He's not over like Foley, but stop trying to read what isn't there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
notJames 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2004 All I know is that I heard and saw lots of people cheering when he got eliminated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman Spiff 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2004 There were quite a few boos in the crowd for Goldberg's entrance, so I wouldn't write Lesnar's F5 pop off as just a Holy Shit pop. Seconded by someone else who was there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anglesault Report post Posted January 26, 2004 Most marks like Gberg. Except when he has to fight a big heel, be it Rocky or Jericho or Flair Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Downhome 0 Report post Posted January 27, 2004 I just found this, and thought it would be interesting to post all of it, so take it for what you will... -- Thanks to Michael M. Langan II for the following: Order Of Entry (1) "The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit enters in 0:00. (2) WWE Intercontinental Champion: Randy Orton enters in 0:00. (3) "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry enters in 1:52. (4) Yoshihiro Tajiri enters in 3:13. (5) Justin Bradshaw enters in 4:49. (6) Rhyno enters in 6:24. (7) Matt Hardy enters in 8:06. (8) Scott Steiner enters in 9:50. (9) Matt Morgan enters in 11:31. (10) "Hurricane" Gregory Helms enters in 13:12. (11) Booker T. enters in 15:07. (12) Kane enters in 16:57. (13) Spike Dudley is scheduled to enter in 18:07. Bells toll for the Undertaker's music before Dudley's music finally starts following. Kane destroys him and Dudley never makes it to the ring. (14) Rikishi Phatu enters in 20:23. (15) Rene Dupre enters in 22:01. (16) "A-Train" Prince Albert enters in 23:21. (17) Shelton Benjamin enters in 25:02. (18) "The Cat" Ernest Miller enters in 26:47. (19) Kurt Angle enters in 28:31. (20) Rico Costantino enters in 30:04. **(21) Test is scheduled to enter in 31:34, but is taken out in the back by Mick Foley (21) Mick Foley enters in 33:03. (22) Christian enters in 34:56. (23) Nunzio stands by ringside in 36:54. Finally tossed in by Cena in 45:21. Nunzio was scheduled to enter in 36:29 (24) WWE United States Champion: "The Big Show" Paul Wight enters in 38:55. (25) Chris Jericho enters in 40:08. (26) Charlie Haas enters in 41:40. (27) Billy Gunn enters in 43:14. (28) John Cena enters in 45:22. (29) Rob Van Dam enters in 46:32. (30) Bill Goldberg enters in 48:07. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Order Of Elimination (1) Justin Bradshaw is eliminated by "The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit in 5:25 when Bradshaw fireman's carried Benoit from "The Crippler Crossface" modified armbar/front face lock and Benoit held onto the top ring rope, pulling Bradshaw over the top ring rope to the arena floor. (2) Yoshihiro Tajiri is eliminated by "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry and Rhyno in 6:55 as Tajiri applied "The Tarantula" surfboard using the ring ropes and was on the outside of the ring and Rhyno ended up charging into Henry, knocking Tajiri to the arena floor. (3) "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry by "The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit in 7:03 with a charging forearm to the back of Henry, knocking him over the top ring rope to the arena floor. (4) "Hurricane" Gregory Helms is eliminated by Matt Morgan in 13:32 with a scoop slam throw over the top ring rope to the arena floor. (5) Scott Steiner is eliminated by Booker T. during Kane's entrance in 16:38 with a dump over from the front. (6) Kane is eliminated by Booker T. in 18:27 with a dump over from behind. (7) Spike Dudley is eliminated by Kane before Dudley ever officially entered the match, after being chokeslammed on the rampway as Dudley attempted to make his way into the match around 18:39. (8) Rhyno is eliminated by "The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit with a back body drop as Rhyno charged Benoit in 20:25. (9) Matt Hardy is eliminated by Rene Dupre with dropkick as Hardy was hung up on the top ring rope/standing on the ring apron in 22:26. (10) Rene Dupre is eliminated by Rikishi Phatu with a superkick in 22:34 (11) Matt Morgan is eliminated by "The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit with a dump over after Morgan crotched himself over the top ring rope attempting to hit Benoit with a big boot in 23:45. (12) Rikishi Phatu is eliminated by WWE Intercontinental Champion: Randy Orton with a dump over from behind as Rikishi attempted to eliminate "A-Train" Prince Albert in 24:11 (13) Booker T. is eliminated by WWE Intercontinental Champion: Randy Orton with "A-Train" Prince Albert in 24:18 with a throw after Albert nailed Booker from behind with a right hook. (14) "A-Train" Prince Albert is eliminated by "The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit with a dump over as Albert was crotched over the top ring rope in 25:05. (15) Shelton Benjamin is eliminated by WWE Intercontinental Champion: Randy Orton with a dump over after Benjamin was crotched over the top ring rope with an attempted leg lariat in 25:40. (16) "The Cat" Ernest Miller is eliminated by WWE Intercontinental Champion: Randy Orton with a throw in 27:44. "The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit eliminates Lamount, Miller's butler with a throw just prior. Lamount is not a participant in the Rumble. (17) Rico Costantino is eliminated by WWE Intercontinental Champion: Randy Orton in 31:10 with a firman's carry into a dump over. (18) WWE Intercontinental Champion: Randy Orton is eliminated by Mick Foley with a charging clothesline over the top rope to the arena floor in 33:45. Foley also eliminated himself with the move. (19) Mick Foley eliminates himself when he eliminated WWE Intercontinental Champion: Randy Orton with a charging clothesline over the top rope to the arena floor in 33:46. (20) Christian is eliminated by Chris Jericho in 42:36 with a back body drop from the ring apron through the ropes after Christian attempted to charge at Jericho, who was on the ring apron. (21) Charlie Haas is eliminated by Bill Goldberg in 48:34 with a shove/dump over as Nunzio was on Goldberg's back. (22) Billy Gunn is eliminated by Bill Goldberg in 48:58 with a clothesline. (23) Nunzio is eliminated by Bill Goldberg in 49:10 with a gorilla press throw over the top ring rope to the arena floor. (24) Bill Goldberg is eliminated by Kurt Angle with a dump over from behind in 50:15. (25) John Cena is eliminated by WWE United States Champion: "The Big Show" Paul Wight in 53:00 with a throw. (26) Rob Van Dam is eliminated by WWE United States Champion: "The Big Show" Paul Wight in 53:17 with a toss as Van Dam perched on the middle turnbuckle attempting to monkey flip Wight out of the corner. (27) Chris Jericho is eliminated by WWE United States Champion: "The Big Show" Paul Wight in 55:09 chokeslam over the top ring rope to the arena floor. (28) Kurt Angle is eliminated by WWE United States Champion: "The Big Show" Paul Wight when Wight climbed the ring ropes as Angle applied an ankle lock and dumped himself over the top ring rope to the apron, pulling Angle over the top ring rope to the arena floor in 57:36. (29) WWE United States Champion: "The Big Show" Paul Wight is eliminated by "The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit with a front face lock guillotine from a gorilla press attempt by Wight, pulling Wight over the top ring rope to the arena floor after Wight placed Benoit on the ring apron in 1:01:34 (30) "The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit wins a 30 Man Over-The-Top-Rope Royal Rumble 2004 in 1:01:35. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Most Eliminations (1) "The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit - 6 (*7) (Justin Bradshaw, "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry, Rhyno, Matt Morgan, "A-Train" Prince Albert, *Lamount [Not Participant], WWE United States Champion: "The Big Show" Paul Wight) (2) WWE Intercontinental Champion: Randy Orton - 5 (Rikishi Phatu, Booker T., Shelton Benjamin, "The Cat" Ernest Miller, Rico Costantino) (3) WWE United States Champion: "The Big Show" Paul Wight - 4 (John Cena, Rob Van Dam, Chris Jericho, Kurt Angle) (4) Bill Goldberg - 3 (Charlie Haas, Billy Gunn, Nunzio) (5) Mick Foley - 2 (*3) (WWE Intercontinental Champion: Randy Orton, Mick Foley (Himself), *Test [eliminates in the back and replaces]) (5) Booker T. - 2 (Scott Steiner, Kane) (7) "A-Train" Prince Albert - 1 (Booker T.) (7) Kurt Angle - 1 (Bill Goldberg) (7) Rene Dupre - 1 (Matt Hardy) (7) "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry - 1 (Yoshihiro Tajiri) (7) Chris Jericho - 1 (Christian) (7) Matt Morgan - 1 ("Hurricane" Gregory Helms) (7) Rikishi Phatu - 1 (Rene Dupre) (7) Rhyno - 1 (Yoshihiro Tajiri) (15) Kane - 0 (*1) (Spike Dudley [causes not to be eligible]) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Longest Lasting (1) "The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit (Winner) - 1:01:35. (2) WWE Intercontinental Champion: Randy Orton - 33:45 (3) Kurt Angle - 29:05 (4) WWE United States Champion: "The Big Show" Paul Wight - 22:39 (5) Chris Jericho - 15:01 (6) Matt Hardy - 14:20 (7) Rhyno - 14:01 (8) Matt Morgan - 12:14 (9) Booker T. - 9:11 (10) Christian - 7:40 (11) John Cena - 7:38 (12) Charlie Haas - 6:54 (13) Scott Steiner - 6:48 (14) Rob Van Dam - 6:45 (15) Billy Gunn - 5:44 (16) "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry - 5:11 (17) Nunzio - 3:49 (actual in ring time), 12:16 (cowering at ringside), 12:41 (buzzer for entry) (18) Rikishi Phatu - 3:48 (19) Yoshihiro Tajiri - 3:42 (20) Bill Goldberg - 2:08 (21) "A-Train" Prince Albert - 1:44 (22) Kane - 1:30 (23) Rico Costantino - 1:06 (24) "The Cat" Ernest Miller - 57 Seconds (25) Mick Foley - 43 Seconds (26) Shelton Benjamin - 38 Seconds (27) Justin Bradshaw - 36 Seconds (28) Rene Dupre - 33 Seconds (29) "Hurricane" Gregory Helms - 20 Seconds (30) Spike Dudley - 0:00, Never Enters *(30) Test - 0:00, Never Enters (Replaced by Mick Foley) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RAW v. Smack Down! Stats -3 Smack Down! v. 1 RAW in Final Four -RAW garnered both #29 and #30. -3 of the last 5 Numbers were Smack Down! wrestlers. -Entrants from Same Brand Streak? 4 RAW: "Hurricane" Gregory Helms, Booker T., Kane, Spike Dudley SmackDown!: "A-Train" Prince Albert, Shelton Benjamin, "The Cat" Ernest Miller, Kurt Angle -First 15: Smack Down! - 6 RAW - 9 -Last 15 Smack Down! - 9 RAW - 6 -Eliminations by Brand: RAW Eliminations by RAW Superstars: 9 RAW Eliminations by Smack Down! Superstars: 6 (2) Smack Down! Eliminations by RAW Superstars: 8 (1) Smack Down! Eliminations by Smack Down! Superstars: 8 (1) A-Train assisted Randy Orton on Booker T.'s elimination (2) Mark Henry assisted the elimination of Yoshihiro Tajiri Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ghost of bps21 0 Report post Posted January 27, 2004 The LMS match was only a minute and a half shorter than the first 4 matches combined...and it didn't have a finish Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RavishingRickRudo 0 Report post Posted January 27, 2004 Of course, you have to take your time when not accomplishing anything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisMWaters 0 Report post Posted January 27, 2004 And I'm sure Anglesault marked out about Test not even entering the Rumble Match. I mean, he did want Test to pull a Mo or Luke or Warlord time in the ring...and this is even better... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisMWaters 0 Report post Posted January 27, 2004 Oh...fun note...Nunzio entered and exited the same number...23. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
