Official Royal Rumble 05 Entrance List

[Guest The Shadow Behind You]

I kinda dig this "qualifying" thing.

 

It's better then people just automatically being in there. I like the sell that you had to EARN your way in.

[Mecha Mummy 0]

So London beat Dupree, so he's in.

[Guest LooneyTune]

So London beat Dupree, so he's in.

Woohoo! London gets on PPV. I guess we'll get to see him eliminated viciously.. wouldn't it be cool for London and Akio to start the Rumble? I know... no one but people who like good wrestling will care.

[Guest FromBeyondTheGrave]

Going by qualifing matches, including house shows, I imagine the 30 guys to be...

 

Raw:

1. Shelton Benjamin.

2. Edge.

3. Batista.

4. Chris Benoit.

5. Chris Jericho.

6. Christian.

7. Gene Snitsky.

8. Kane.

9. Muhammad Hassan.

10. Simon Dean.

11. Rob Conway.

12. Sylvain Grenier.

13. Coach/Val Venis - Qualifying Match.

14. Shawn Michaels.

15. Stevie Night Heat, or Viscera, or Tajiri, etc.

 

No. 1 - 14 are pretty much definite, 15 is just a guess.

 

Smackdown:

1. Daniel Puder.

2. Charlie Haas.

3. Booker T.

4. Luther Reigns.

5. Mark Jindrak.

6. Eddie Guerrero.

7. Rey Mysterio.

8. Kenzo Suzuki.

9. John Cena.

10. Paul London.

11. Orlando Jordan.

12. Doug Basham.

13. Danny Basham.

14. Chavo Guerrero.

15. Spike Dudley.

 

No. 11 - 15, are guesses.

[CBright7831 0]

This Rumble somewhat lacks this year w/ Big Show, Angle, and Orton all out.

[Lightning Flik 0]

Looking at FBTG's list, its almost like really any "main" stars can win it. Sadly, the only one that I can see winning it is on the RAW side, since not a single RAW superstar (Benoit was SD still when he won) has won it. Even more, I think Edge will be 2nd to last and get screwed by someone (Shawn) and ends up going psycho. As to who wins... I've got no idea, unless they seriously go Batista.

[Lil' Bitch 0]

It'd be nice to see Stevie make it to the Rumble for once.

[Dobbs 3K 0]

Stevie would be cool, especially since he was so hillarious in that battle royal on RAW a few weeks back when he was in the last 6 or so guys. I can't believe they don't at least give this guy a lower mid-card push or put him in a tag team with someone like Snitsky where he can be the mouth piece. The guy is too talented to just waste on Heat squashes week after week.

[Guest The Shadow Behind You]

Stevie doesn't get a push because he gets hurt every 6 months. He had a HUGE push in early '01. Its not like they are afraid of him. They feel it's better not investing so much into him since he's completely injury prone.

 

As for London officially being in the rumble; It's nice and all and I'd love to see him actually get some time but and even a interaction with Shawn but all in likihood; he's #9 and is cannon fodder for Snitsky/Kane/Tistia.

 

Im wondering if EVERYONE entrant will have to qualify. There's enough time for them to do 30 of these matches but im betting some get double chances to qualify.

 

Hopefully they dont give out spots again. It's been awhile since a complete mystery rumble. Every year since 1999 save '02 we've known #1 and/or #30.

 

99-Austin and McMahon (1&2) and Chyna (30)

00-Xpac (30)

01-Rikishi (30)

02-none announced

03-hbk(1) Jericho (2)

04-Benoit (1), Goldberg (3)

 

So this year; no announcing who will draw #1 or #30. PLEASE.

 

Also bring back the old school 10-15 second pre rumble promo from 90% of the rumblers. and show a majority of the "drawings". That shit was always fun.

[SuperJerk 0]

This Rumble somewhat lacks this year w/ Big Show, Angle, and Orton all out.

To my knowledge, Angle's only been in one Rumble match since he joined the company.

 

Orton not being in the Rumble just means he (thankfully) won't be main eventing Wrestlemania.

 

I'm kinda tired of seeing Big Show dominate battle royals. An in-ring confrontation with Kane might've been sorta cool, though.

[CBright7831 0]

This Rumble somewhat lacks this year w/ Big Show, Angle, and Orton all out.

To my knowledge, Angle's only been in one Rumble match since he joined the company.

 

Orton not being in the Rumble just means he (thankfully) won't be main eventing Wrestlemania.

 

I'm kinda tired of seeing Big Show dominate battle royals. An in-ring confrontation with Kane might've been sorta cool, though.

Angle was in it twice (02 and 04).

[cawthon777 0]

TAMPA, FLORIDA – This past weekend, two more WWE Superstars qualified for the 16th annual Royal Rumble pay-per-view contest in Fresno, California. At WWE live events in Orlando and Jacksonville, Florida, respectively, both Charlie Haas and Booker T also earned the right to enter the 30-man over the top rope battle, bringing the total contestants involved so far to five (SmackDown!’s Daniel Puder and Raw’s Edge and Shelton Benjamin have also been entered).

 

 

http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/smackdo...adytoRumble.jsp

I read that myself and the only problem is that Haas & Booker were in tag matches both nights against Reigns & Jindrak.

[slimm44 0]

This year looks better than the past few years. There was always some angle that had someone definitely winning the Rumble. (I thought for sure that would have happened with Orton) Now it could go either way that's how I see it

[Garth 0]

I just have a feeling that Orton will still manage to find his way into the rumble somehow, like taking someone out backstage and taking his spot.

[cawthon777 0]

I don't think it's been posted here yet but Kane qualified last night in Grand Forks with a win over Snitsky.

[cawthon777 0]

So London beat Dupree, so he's in.

Woohoo! London gets on PPV. I guess we'll get to see him eliminated viciously.. wouldn't it be cool for London and Akio to start the Rumble? I know... no one but people who like good wrestling will care.

That wasn't a qualifying match.

[SuperJerk 0]

This Rumble somewhat lacks this year w/ Big Show, Angle, and Orton all out.

To my knowledge, Angle's only been in one Rumble match since he joined the company.

 

Orton not being in the Rumble just means he (thankfully) won't be main eventing Wrestlemania.

 

I'm kinda tired of seeing Big Show dominate battle royals. An in-ring confrontation with Kane might've been sorta cool, though.

Angle was in it twice (02 and 04).

You're right. I forgot he eliminated Goldberg.

[ChrisMWaters 0]

Just so you all know, the reason I haven't edited the main page with more entrants is because neither WWE.com or the shows haven't mentioned the entrants.

 

When they do, then I will update the first page.

[DrVenkman PhD 0]

So London beat Dupree, so he's in.

Woohoo! London gets on PPV. I guess we'll get to see him eliminated viciously.. wouldn't it be cool for London and Akio to start the Rumble? I know... no one but people who like good wrestling will care.

That wasn't a qualifying match.

It was billed as one prior to the event, but yeah, no online reports show any evidence of it being billed as such at the show itself.

 

"Royal Rumble Qualifying Match

Paul London vs. Rene Dupree"

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

Kurt sucks at battle royals. He was 2nd in 2002, 3rd in 2004, 2nd in the Smackdown Rumble, and 2nd in the one last spring which Rey won.

[ChrisMWaters 0]

Kurt sucks at battle royals. He was 2nd in 2002, 3rd in 2004, 2nd in the Smackdown Rumble, and 2nd in the one last spring which Rey won.

That doesn't mean he sucks at them.

 

That just means he's not the greatest.

 

"Sucks" is reserved for guys like Bushwhacker Luke in 91, Mo in 95, Warlord in 89 and such.

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

Kurt sucks at battle royals.  He was 2nd in 2002, 3rd in 2004, 2nd in the Smackdown Rumble, and 2nd in the one last spring which Rey won.

That doesn't mean he sucks at them.

 

That just means he's not the greatest.

 

"Sucks" is reserved for guys like Bushwhacker Luke in 91, Mo in 95, Warlord in 89 and such.

By sucks, I mean he is like the Eagles. He can see the promised land, but he can't take care of the final order of business to get there. He is always in the Final 2 or 3 and then gets eliminated, often because of a mistake he made and managed to eliminate himself. He chokes in other words.

[ChrisMWaters 0]

Added Jordan's name since, according to Heat, he's in the Rumble.

[Lil' Bitch 0]

TAMPA, FLORIDA – This past weekend, two more WWE Superstars qualified for the 16th annual Royal Rumble pay-per-view contest in Fresno, California. At WWE live events in Orlando and Jacksonville, Florida, respectively, both Charlie Haas and Booker T also earned the right to enter the 30-man over the top rope battle, bringing the total contestants involved so far to five (SmackDown!’s Daniel Puder and Raw’s Edge and Shelton Benjamin have also been entered).

 

 

http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/smackdo...adytoRumble.jsp

I read that myself and the only problem is that Haas & Booker were in tag matches both nights against Reigns & Jindrak.

 

Although if you read the article carefully it doesn't say who their opponents were so it makes it seem like they were in single matches even though they weren't.

 

Edit: On the RR page it just says

 

(SD!) Charlie Haas qualifies at a WWE live event in Orlando, Fla.

 

(SD!) Booker T qualifies at a WWE live event in Jacksonville, Fla.

 

while it lists the opponents for Edge and Shelton.

[cawthon777 0]

Added Jordan's name since, according to Heat, he's in the Rumble.

Which is a little goof on their part because Jordan just qualified TONIGHT in Halifax (probably after Heat went off the air).

 

To add to the humor ... Orlando beat Charlie Haas to get into the match.

 

Haas has already qualified for the Rumble ...

 

So I guess if Haas won, he would have had 2 entries?

[ChrisMWaters 0]

So I guess if Haas won, he would have had 2 entries?

Why not?

 

Foley had 3 one year.

[ChrisMWaters 0]

Bumped by Jericho mentioning he's in.

[ChrisMWaters 0]

Bumped again because HBK was added to the list.

[Guest The Shadow Behind You]

10 raw spots left...

 

Only one raw left to go til Rumble...I'm thinking next week they do 4 qualifying matches with the other five occuring on the house shows this week. (or sundays heat)

 

On Raw next week.

Batistia(wins) Vs Ric Flair

Muhammad Hassan(wins) Vs Rhyno

Benoit(wins) Vs Tomko

Le Rez (wins) Vs Superheros

 

Tajiri, Coach(u know they will...its a cross promotional ppv, he gets a match on all of these) Matt Hardy(doesn't qualify but is entered as a mystery man) Richards and Regal win the house show matches. I believe kane and snitsky do the injury sell next week with the returning to run in the casket match.

 

As for Smackdown...

Only 4 spots filled...11 to go.

 

2 Shows left however.... 4 on each show this week and next week make 8 and 3 on the circuit.

 

This week

Eddy Guerrero and Mysterio (wins) Vs Bashams

Funaki(wins) Vs Spike

John Cena (wins) Vs Rene Dupree

 

Velocity this week

Paul London(wins) Vs Akio

 

House Shows

Chavo Guerrero (wins) Vs Kidman

Hardcore Holly (wins) Vs Kenzo Suzuki

Rene Dupree (wins) Vs Shannon Moore

 

Next Week

Luther Reigns and Mark Jindrak(wins) Vs Dudleyz

Kidman (wins) Vs S2H

[BHK 0]

Is it jsut me, or is this the first Rumble in a LONG time where we have more than one possible winner?

 

Batista, Orton, Edge, Benoit, Michaels, Cena, Angle, Taker.

 

Any of those could take it.