Official Royal Rumble 05 Entrance List

[ChrisMWaters 0]

One thing I'm hoping for this year is that Hurricane lasts longer than both his other times COMBINED.

[Guest The Shadow Behind You]

I'd like to see Shelton Benjamin be the ironman or Christian or for comedy's sake, Eddy be the ironaman.

 

I think Hassan will be #30.

 

two spots are left to be filled in the rumble for Smackdown and I'd love for it to be Paul London and Akio/Kidman/Chavo; I'm certain the Bashams will pick up those spots.

[ChrisMWaters 0]

I'd like to see Shelton Benjamin be the ironman or Christian or for comedy's sake, Eddy be the ironaman.

Eddy would work.

 

After all, Guerrero DID win the Smackdown Rumble to get the shot against Brock at last year's No Way Out...

[Guest FromBeyondTheGrave]

The Ironman should be Viscera, have him came out early, get knocked down by someone, and just lay flat in the ring till the end. When...Batista picks him up and throws him out.

 

Or have Coach be the Ironman, he comes out, and joins JR and Tazz for the whole match, until the end.

[Guest The Shadow Behind You]

JR/Tazz are doing the rumble. Not JR/Lawler.

 

I do believe The Coach will last longer then he has any right too, either he does the chickenshit coward sell or actually competes and lasts awhile on sheer luck.

[Guest Trivia247]

guess no mo old timers

[bob_barron 0]

guess no mo old timers

They can't since each brand only has a limited number. Enough deserving wrestlers are left out each year

[bob_barron 0]

I do believe The Coach will last longer then he has any right too, either he does the chickenshit coward sell or actually competes and lasts awhile on sheer luck.

Coach getting his ass destroyed the whole match but somehow managing to avoid getting thrown out would be a great running gag. Or just have Coach charge in and someone chuck him out on momentum.

 

He's obviously in there to inject the usual Rumble comedy spots

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

Or just have Coach charge in and someone chuck him out on momentum.

 

You mean like Mo? My guess is Coach ends up alone with Kane at some point and gets slaughtered.

[ChrisMWaters 0]

I say that Coach gets eliminated by Hurricane as soon as he gets in the ring (he being Coach)

 

Just to give Hurricane the status of not being the job boy of the rumble like in 02 and 04.

[Guest The Shadow Behind You]

I did something for fun, even though we still dont know the final 2 spots for the smackdown side; I went ahead and slid in both Bashams and had three random drawings just to see how it would turn out to be...

 

The first random drawing was via Alphabetical order

Randomly Drawn

1. The Hurricane

2. Ric Flair

3. Gene Snitsky

4. Hardcore Holly

5. Mark Jindrak

6. Eddy Guerrero

7. Scotty 2 Hotty

8. Rene Dupree

9. Kane

10. Viscera

11. Chris Jericho

12. Booker T

13. Batistia

14. Mysterio

15. Shelton Benjamin

16. Orlando Jordan

17. Simon Dean

18. John Cena

19. The Coach

20. Edge

21. Luther Reigns

22. Charlie Haas

23. Danny Basham

24. HBK

25. Muhammad Hassan

26.Doug Basham

27. Kenzo Suzuki

28. Daniel Puder

29. Christian

30. Chris Benoit

 

The next drawing was done in the order of the previous drawing

1. Chris Benoit

2. Chris Jericho

3. Muhammad Hassan

4. Charlie Haas

5. Rene Dupree

6. Scotty 2 Hotty

7. Mysterio

8. Batistia

9. Gene Snitsky

10. HBK

11. Ric Flair

12. Daniel Puder

13. John Cena

14. Mark Jindrak

15. Eddy Guerrero

16. Booker T

17. Simon Dean

18. Viscera

19. Danny Basham

20. Orlando Jordan

21. Doug Basham

22. Christian

23. Luther Reigns

24. Edge

25. Kane

26. Shelton Benjamin

27. Kenzo Suzuki

28. The Hurricane

29. Hardcore Holly

30. The Coach

 

The final drawing was backwards from the previous list

backwards from last list

1. Daniel Puder

2. Shelton Benjamin

3. Chris Benoit

4. Luther Reigns

5. Orlando Jordan

6. Rene Dupree

7. Danny Basham

8. Muhammad Hassan

9. Christian

10. The Hurricane

11. Batistia

12. Booker T

13. Ric Flair

14. Edge

15. The Coach

16. Chris Jericho

17. Kane

18. Kenzo Suzuki

19. Eddy Guerrero

20. Hardcore Holly

21. Simon Dean

22. Viscera

23. Scotty 2 Hotty

24. Mark Jindrak

25. Mysterio

26. HBK

27. Charlie Haas

28. Doug Basham

29. gene snitsky

30. John Cena

 

The Big "Favorites"

Batistia(13-8-11)

John Cena(18-13-30)

Edge(20-24-14)

HBK(24-10-26)

Chris Benoit (30-1-3)

Eddy Guerrero(6-15-19)

The Coach (19-30-15)

[rising up out of the back seat-nuh 0]

Your concept of fun alarms me.

 

As for the Rumble, I can see Edge ensuring HBK doesn't make it to the Rumble, thus ensuring a surprise guest.

[Fökai 0]

Batista, Booker T, Charlie Haas, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, Christian, Dan Puder, Eddie Guerrero, Edge, Gene Snitsky, Hardcore Holly, Jonathan Coachman, John Cena, Kane, Kenzo Suzuki, Luther Reigns, Mark Jindrak, Muhammad Hassan, Orlando Jordan, Rene Dupree, Rey Mysterio, Ric Flair, Scotty 2 Hotty, Shawn Michaels, Shelton Benjamin, Simon Dean, The Hurricane, Viscera

 

That's WWE list...and that's only 28.

 

This probably means a combination of these are qualifying matches:

 

-- Spike/Moore/London/Funaki on Smackdown.

-- Bashams / Holly & Haas on Velocity.

-- Akio v. Nunzio on Velocity.

[Aero 0]

I'm pretty sure the Spike/Moore/London/Funaki match is a qualifying match. Winner is London .

[Guest Trivia247]

Thanks to Mike Hendriks for this:

 

SPOILERS

 

For those of you who don't know, after the tapings last night, there is still a slot left open for SmackDown! in the Royal Rumble.

 

Former WWF World Heavyweight Champion Iron Sheik is confirmed as of right now for the Royal Rumble.

 

The WWE is keeping this quiet as to build suspense, as was stated earlier, but in an interview with World-Wrestling and Wade Needham, former the Iron Shiek said that he would indeed be in this year's Rumble match.

 

Many do not know if this will be a one time gig or anything, but Iron Sheik will be wrestling under the SmackDown! banner this Sunday.

 

More in this breaking news as it comes.

[Aero 0]

Isn't Iron Sheik incapable of going over the top rope though? I remember reading that after he won WM X7's gimmick battle royal.

[Guest Coffey]

Isn't Iron Sheik incapable of going over the top rope though? I remember reading that after he won WM X7's gimmick battle royal.

Yeah, first thing I thought of as well. No way Shiek would win either.

 

Perhaps he can come in as a mentor for Muhammad Hussan, but that clashes with several things. Hussan not being on Smackdown for example.

 

Still, I'd mark out for the Iron Sheik making Hussan swing the Iranian Clubs and teaching him the ins and outs of the Camel Clutch. Even if the old bastard can hardly walk anymore.

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

You guys are being worked.

[alfdogg 0]

London is on the WWE.com list now, so that's 29.

[Guest The Shadow Behind You]

Its pretty abundantly clear that the 30th spot is purposely being left open for a surprise comedy apperence. Or they will just plug in Akio in that spot. Im shocked they didn't have Doug Basham Vs Danny Basham for the 15th and final SD spot.

[LivingLegendGaryColeman 0]

The Sheik thing has to be fake. I really don't understand why they would be bringing back Sheik. He is too old to do anything entertaining (as seen by his Gimmick Battle Royal appearance) and there are several more legends or comedy gimmicks that would get a better pop than he would. Throwing someone out there as Doink again would work better than Sheik.

[BHK 0]

I'd mark out if the 30th entrant was Lesnar.

 

That'll never happen though, it will probably be a comedy appearance.

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

Months ago I predicted Mysterio would win it.

 

It looks like a better chance of that happening now, since really no one has been hyped as "must win" or "you know he'll win it".

 

Hey, except Batista, but I predict he won't win, as much as I'd like him to.

 

We'll see. It's gonna be quite good, IMO.

[BHK 0]

Possible winners at this point, in my opinion:

 

Edge, HBK, Benoit, Cena, Batista, Jericho

[Ultra Violence 0]

I'd mark out if the 30th entrant was Lesnar.

 

That'll never happen though, it will probably be a comedy appearance.

The Twin Cities website is reporting that Brock Lesnar still hasn't heard from the Minnesota Vikings on whether he will get another tryout next year. Lesnar hasn't tried to pursue any other football opportunities such as NFL Canada or the European football league so one must wonder if the Viking's will ever consider him as a prospect.

 

Lesnar has also been contacting WWE recently about a return. WWE has gotten the word out that they 'have no interest in him' at this time. That could mean he will be the 30th man for SmackDown! in the Royal Rumble. WWE higher-ups may be trying to keep this top secret. We're just not sure yet. It is being talked about though.

 

I guess we'll have to wait and see and we'll hopefully confirm (or not confirm) this report sometime before the actual PPV.

 

[Lil' Bitch 0]

I'd mark out if the 30th entrant was Lesnar.

 

2nded.

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

"I guess we'll have to wait and see and we'll hopefully confirm (or not confirm) this report sometime before the actual PPV."

 

Do us all a fucking favor. Start a new thread if you're going to spoil one of the biggest shock moments in recent memory.

[Lt. Al Giardello 0]

This would be a great way to debute Lesnar.

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

The WWE has now screwed over any chance of debuting a returning star other than Lesnar, Hogan, or Austin.

 

If either of those 3 are the 30th man, they'll receive mega pops.

 

If Matt Hardy, Sheik, etc. come out......expect groans.

[cawthon777 0]

IMO, the match is set for Cena vs. Batista.

 

Cena - killed Jesus at Armageddon and has beaten everyone since on TV - Kenzo, Dupree, etc - in pretty easy fashion. It's obvious he's done with the midcard and is in line for a push. The match with Jesus was comparable to Rock / Austin at IYH: DX and we all remember what happened with Austin the next month.

 

Batista - Dominated the Elimination Chamber, pinned Benoit clean on Raw, pinned Viscera, beat Grenier & Conway in a handicap match, has an angle brewing with Triple H

 

So based on that, I guess it's up to the WWE as to who needs the win more.

 

Batista has his WM match with HHH, or at least a triple threat, pretty much in stone. I'd like to see Cena take the Rumble.