Full Rumble Times / Eliminations

[cawthon777 0]

Royal Rumble 06 - Miami, FL - American Airlines Arena - January 29, 2006 (16,178; sell out)

 

Sunday Night Heat - featured footage from after the Miami Heat game Thursday night in which Shaquille O'Neal hit Carlito Caribbean Cool in the back with a steel chair as Carlito bad mouthed the Heat for losing the game, with both Shaq and Carlito sharing their comments on the incident:

 

Finlay pinned Brian Kendrick with the Emerald Frosien at 2:08

 

Pay-per-view bouts - featured Joey Styles & Jerry Lawler on commentary for the Raw matches and Michael Cole & Tazz on commentary for the Smackdown! bouts, with Cole & Lawler on commentary for the Rumble match itself; included a backstage confrontation between Triple H and Randy Orton as both men selected their entry numbers for the Rumble match; featured a backstage segment in which the Big Show & Rey Mysterio Jr. picked their numbers; included a backstage segment in which Shelton Benjamin and WWE Smackdown! Tag Team Champions MNM picked their numbers, with all three telling Vince McMahon they would eliminate Shawn Michaels on his behalf:

 

Gregory Helms defeated WWE Cruiserweight Champion Kid Kash, Sho Funaki, Jamie Noble, Paul London, and Nunzio to win the title at 7:42 after throwing Noble to the floor as Noble applied the dragon sleeper on Funaki and then hitting the Shining Wizard on Funaki for the win; the bout was open to any former cruiserweight champion

 

Mickie James pinned Ashley at 7:46 with a modified powerbomb as Ashley stood on the ropes and punched away at Mickie; prior to the bout, Mickie told guest referee WWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus backstage that she loved her; after the bout, Mickie hugged and attempted to grope Trish before leaving the ring

 

The Boogeyman pinned John Bradshaw Layfield (w/ Jillian Hall) with the pumphandle slam at 1:56 after JBL hit the corner while attempting the Clothesline from Hell; prior to the bout, the Boogeyman stalked JBL and Jillian inside the ring, eventually crawling on top of Jillian and spitting worms into her mouth before JBL attacked him from behind to start the match

 

Rey Mysterio Jr. won the 30-man Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Randy Orton at 1:02:15; due to pre-match stipulations, Mysterio won a world title shot for WrestleMania 22; prior to the bout, the Spirit Squad interrupted Lilian Garcia's ring announcing and performed an in-ring cheer; moments later, Mysterio drove a low rider out to the ring and laid an Eddie Guerrero t-shirt across it before entering the ring; after the bout, Edge & Lita confronted Mysterio backstage, as Mysterio was congratulated by Benoit, Chavo, and Dean Malenko, and said Rey should think twice before using the title shot loophole to challenge him at WrestleMania

 

Order of entry: Triple H (00:00), Rey Mysterio Jr. (00:00), Simon Dean (1:54), Psychosis (3:40), WWE IC Champion Ric Flair (5:26), WWE Raw Tag Team Champion the Big Show (7:30), Jonathan Coachman (9:15), Bobby Lashley (11:11), WWE Raw Tag Team Champion Kane (13:02), Sylvan (14:48), Carlito Caribbean Cool (17:06), Chris Benoit (18:55), WWE US Champion Booker T (21:31), WWE Smackdown! Tag Team Champion Joey Mercury (23:21), Tatanka (25:18), WWE Smackdown! Tag Team Champion Johnny Nitro (26:55), Trevor Murdoch (28:32), Eugene (30:10), Road Warrior Animal (31:38), Rob Van Dam (33:19), Orlando Jordan (35:02), Chavo Guerrero Jr. (36:34), Matt Hardy (38:11), Super Crazy (40:02), Shawn Michaels (41:27), Chris Masters (43:12), Viscera (44:48), Shelton Benjamin (46:25), Goldust (47:44), Randy Orton (49:11)

 

Order of elimination: Dean by Rey & Triple H (2:40), Psychosis by Rey after reversing a crucifix powerbomb attempt into a headscissors (4:55), Flair by Triple H via backdrop (6:43), Coachman by Show via choke throw (9:45), Sylvan by Lashley (15:05), Lashley by Kane & Show following a double chokeslam (15:28), Kane & Show by Triple H as the tag team champions began choking each other (16:34), Booker by Benoit (21:48), Animal by RVD via a backdrop (34:26), Chavo by Triple H by shoving Chavo off the top as Chavo attempted a frog splash (37:34), Tatanka by Mercury & Nitro after sustaining the Snapshot (39:27), Murdoch by Michaels by pulling down the top rope as Murdoch charged towards him (42:14), Hardy by Viscera after avoiding the Twist of Fate (45:54), Eugene by Benoit via a waistlock throw (46:35), Crazy by Mysterio via a headscissors (47:43), Benoit by Orton (49:29), Viscera by Carlito & Masters after Viscera sustained the RKO (50:08), Masters by Carlito as Masters gloated over eliminating Viscera (50:14), Goldust by RVD via a spin kick (50:53), Jordan by Orton after dropping him throat-first across the top rope as Jordan stood on the apron (51:11), Mercury eliminated after Nitro collided with him when Michaels moved out of the way (52:36), Nitro by Michaels via a clothesline (52:40), Benjamin by Michaels via the superkick as Benjmain stood on the apron (53:17), Michaels by an interfering Shane McMahon as Vince McMahon distracted Shawn from the opposite side of the ring (54:22), after the elimination, Michaels fought off Triple H, hitting the superkick, then chased the McMahons down the aisle, Carlito by RVD via a spin kick (55:38), RVD after Rey was catapulted into the air by Triple H and accidentally knocked RVD off the top rope (57:11), Triple H by Rey via a headscissors (1:00:16), Orton by Rey via a headscissors

 

John Cena defeated WWE Raw World Champion Edge (w/ Lita) via submission with the STFU to win the title at 14:03 after Edge collided with Lita on the ring apron and the challenger hit the FU; prior to the match, the challenger walked out to the ring on a giant scaffold that was lowered from the ceiling; immediately after the bout, Todd Grisham interviewed Edge & Lita backstage, with Edge storming off and Jim Duggan confronting Lita moments later and yelling "Hoooo"

 

World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle pinned Mark Henry (w/ Daivari) with a roll up at 9:30 after using a drop toe hold to send the challenger head-first into an unprotected middle turnbuckle; immediately after the bout, the Undertaker rode onto the stage on a chariot and motioned to Angle that he wanted the championship before lighting hit all four corners of the ring, causing the ring to collapse; moments before the show went off the air, Tazz said "Holy shit" in reference to the incident

 

Time in the Rumble Match

Rey Mysterio Jr.: (1:02:15) (Ironman) (Winner) *New Record* This breaks the record Benoit set in 04 which was 1:01:34

Triple H: (1:00:16)

Carlito Caribbean Cool (38:32)

Chris Benoit (30:34)

Joey Mercury (29:15)

Johnny Nitro (25:45)

Rob Van Dam (23:52)

Orlando Jordan (16:09)

Tatanka (14:09)

Trevor Murdoch (13:42)

Randy Orton (13:04)

Shawn Michaels (12:55)

The Big Show: (9:04)

Matt Hardy (7:43)

Super Crazy (7:41)

Chris Masters (7:02)

Shelton Benjamin (6:52)

Viscera (5:20)

Bobby Lashley (4:17)

Goldust (3:09)

Kane (3:32)

Road Warrior Animal (2:48)

Ric Flair: (1:17)

Psychosis: (1:15)

Chavo Guerrero Jr. (1:00)

Simon Dean: (00:46)

Jonathan Coachman: (00:30)

Sylvan (00:17)

Booker T (00:17)

[Hawk 34 0]

Nitro, Mercury, Jordan lasted longer then I expected and I can't believe Tatanka lasted that long either.

[Guest Dolfan483]

Was watching the Rumble at my local BW3's and almost everybody there wanted Rey to win, including me. Didnt know he lasted that long though.

[Rob Anybody 0]

There's something wrong about Coach lasting longer than the current US Champion.

[UZI Suicide 0]

The whole "its better to enter #30 than #1" theory has no credibility left.

[humanoid92 0]

The whole "its better to enter #30 than #1" theory has no credibility left.

 

Agreed. It's bullshit. When you have one of the first entrants last all the way until the end and win it every other year, it cheapens the whole thing. Rey could have come in at 20 and it would have been just as effective. He doesn't have to be the iron man too. #1, #2, and #3 have won it plenty of times now, yet no one from the 6-15 range ever does anything. Rey could have been #12 and looked just as good. The whole #1 and #2 hang around until the end is so played out. Carlito's performance would have been put over a lot more as well if it hadn't been for this booking. Instead it's meaningless.

 

And since when do #1 and #2 have to be established guys every year? The numbers are supposed to be random, right? Why can't guys like Matt Hardy and Murdoch be 1 and 2?

 

I did like that they threw some star power into the 5-12 slots, which are usually dead weight. But the 1-2 thing has got to stop.

 

One of these years, I want to see them do something so unorthodox just to shake it up and try to re-establish the idea that "anything can happen." Like have the ring get cleared out around #24 except for one guy. Then he eliminates #25 in a minute, #26, #27, etc until it's just him and #30 in there. Kind of like Diesel in '94 but at the end of the match.

[Team Angle Pusher 0]

In 2001 they started with Jeff Hardy and some other midcard guy right? But the 2001 Rumble was boring though, only credible contenders were The Rock, Big Show, Kane and Stone Cold. They tried to make Rikishi a contender but failed. This Rumble was stacked, I liked it.

 

I wouldn't mind seeing the #30 win for once, cause they always say he's lucky.

[Hawk 34 0]

It seems to win a royal rumble, you only have to draw #1-3, or #27-29.

 

Carlito would've been a great #1, with him having a "thats not cool" reaction to the drawing, put him against Chavo at #2, and Mysterio could've had the same effect drawing #7-12. Instead they gave him the iron-man for the sake of being the iron-man. Ironically enough, last year he drew a early number, lasting about 45 minutes and actually came off as a spunky "you can't get me" face with Edge chasing him all night, last night he basically layed down the entire time and hardly even did any skin the cat spots as he did last year.

 

Triple H did those instead, and who isn't surprised Triple H was #1, I even called it awhile back but changed my mind. Also, I kind of like the crowded ring thing but not when it's 15 guys and you can't tell where anyone is. Randy Orton being #30 wasn't neccesary as he could have been happy about drawing #28 instead, and made Goldust's "surprise" return @ 30.

 

Who had the most surprising run in the rumble? Would we agree that it was Tatanka or Jordan? Jordan lasted 16 minutes, while I was expecting a quick elimination for him. Tatanka just really didn't serve a purpose being out there for 15 minutes while some good talent lasted less then 10 minutes.

[Guest bigm350]

Is Pat Patterson back with the company? And if he is, is he still booking the Rumble?

[Hawk 34 0]

Is Pat Patterson back with the company? And if he is, is he still booking the Rumble?

 

Yes, he is back with the company and I would imagine he was a part of the scripting.

[Guest zetableh]

I think they gave Rey number 2 in reference to how Eddie was number two last year. Sorta more of an "Eddie is watching" thing.

[Guest Duke_The_Dog]

OJ lasted long because they plan on pushing him as bisexual...that's also why they had he and Orton go 15 mins on SD! - all to help the push - WON confirmed

[Hawk 34 0]

I think they gave Rey number 2 in reference to how Eddie was number two last year. Sorta more of an "Eddie is watching" thing.

 

Eddie was #1, Benoit was #2 last year.

[AboveAverage484 0]

I don't even know why anyone tries a top rose splash mountain on Rey. After the first two or three times you saw it, you knew what was gonna happen everytime that certain situation arose.

[Hawk 34 0]

I don't even know why anyone tries a top rose splash mountain on Rey. After the first two or three times you saw it, you knew what was gonna happen everytime that certain situation arose.

 

What annoys me more is when the big guys pick up someone and instead of tossing them over the ropes, they drop them on the ring.

 

TBS did this about 5 times with Triple H alone last night.

[spman 0]

The only thing that's missing is Eugene's time int he Rumble

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

The only thing Im going to dispute is the time. I had the rumble match beginning at 8:58:00 exactly and ending at 10:01:56, which is 63:56.

 

and if you use the times provided, Eugene was in for 16:25

[Rob Anybody 0]

The only thing Im going to dispute is the time. I had the rumble match beginning at 8:58:00 exactly and ending at 10:01:56, which is 63:56.

 

and if you use the times provided, Eugene was in for 16:25

 

If you're right, then I was one second off calling the Rumble time perfectly.

[Danville_Wrestling 0]

I always thought Bob Backlund had the longest time at the Rumble in excess of 63 minutes. I'm probably mistaken but I thought he had the all-time record.

[cawthon777 0]

I always thought Bob Backlund had the longest time at the Rumble in excess of 63 minutes. I'm probably mistaken but I thought he had the all-time record.

 

Benoit broke that record in 04.