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"Royal Rumble - Results Discussion Thread"

WWE Royal Rumble 2005
January 30th, 2005
Fresno, California
St. Mark's Center
Soundtrack: Alter Bridge - Find The Real

Edge vs Shawn Michaels
Reefer's Prediction: Edge
Result: Edge via pinfall (18:34)
Reefer's Match Rating: 8/10

Casket Match: Heidenreich vs The Undertaker
Reefer's Prediction: Heidenreich
Result: The Undertaker (13:21)
Reefer's Match Rating: 7/10

Triple Threat Match for WWE Championship: Kurt Angle vs The Big Show vs John Bradshaw Layfield (c)
Reefer's Prediction: John Bradshaw Layfield
Result: John Bradshaw Layfield via pinfall (12:06)
Reefer's Match Rating: 6.5/10

WWE World Heavyweight Championship: Randy Orton vs Triple H (c)
Reefer's Prediction: Triple H
Result: Triple H via pinfall (21:29)
Reefer's Match Rating: 6.5/10

Royal Rumble Match
Reefer's Prediction: Batista
Result: Batista (53:58)
Reefer's Match Rating: 8/10

Order of Entrance:
1. Eddie Guerrero
2. Chris Benoit
3. Daniel Puder
4. Hardcore Holly
5. The Hurricane
6. Kenzo Suzuki
7. Edge
8. Rey Mysterio
9. Shelton Benjamin
10. Booker T
11. Chris Jericho
12. Luther Reigns
13. Muhammad Hassan
14. Orlando Jordan
15. Scotty 2 Hotty
16. Charlie Haas
17. Rene Dupree
18. Simon Dean
19. Shawn Michaels
20. Kurt Angle
21. The Coach
22. Mark Jindrak
23. Viscera
24. Paul London
25. John Cena
26. Gene Snitsky
27. Kane
28. Batista
29. Christian
30. Ric Flair

Order of Elimination:
1. Daniel Puder [by Hardcore Holly]
2. Hardcore Holly [by Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero]
3. The Hurricane [by Chris Benoit]
4. Kenzo Suzuki [by Rey Mysterio]
5. Muhammad Hassan [by everyone]
6. Scotty 2 Hotty [by Muhammad Hassan]
7. Luther Reigns [by Booker T]
8. Orlando Jordan [by Booker T]
9. Booker T [by Eddie Guerrero]
10. Shelton Benjamin [by Edge]
11. Eddie Guerrero [by Edge]
12. Simon Dean [by Shawn Michaels]
13. Charlie Haas [by Shawn Michaels]
14. Kurt Angle [by Shawn Michaels]
15. Shawn Michaels [by Kurt Angle]
16. Rene Dupree [by Chris Jericho]
17. Viscera [by John Cena]
18. Paul London [by Gene Snitsky]
19. Mark Jindrak [by Kane]
20. Gene Snitsky [by Batista]
21. Chris Jericho [by Batista]
22. Kane [by John Cena]
23. The Coach [by Ric Flair]
24. Christian [by Batista]
25. Chris Benoit [by Ric Flair]
26. Ric Flair [by Edge]
27. Rey Mysterio [by Edge]
28. Edge [by John Cena and Batista]
29. John Cena [by Batista]

That's all, folks. Hope you enjoyed the round up. Now, I have to get up in 4 and three-quarter hours, so g'night! ;0)

Orton is not World Heavyweight Championship material.

Wardy_MoD wrote:

> Ric Flair - Old boy who can't even do a back drop without tilting to
> his left all the time.

that's not because he can't do straight ones, but after all these years his neck is battered so he lands to the side deliberately.

I heard ages ago that Edge was meant to be joining Evolution...I can't see it myself, but that was the rumour. A good stable is made up of:

1 World Heavyweight Champion/WWE Champion capable star
1 Intercontinental/U.S Champion capable star
2 Tag Team Capable capable stars
1 Woman Manager

This is why i think the structure of JBL's cabinet is good, even though i do not like any of the members.
Evolution is bad because they have/had:

Triple H - Heavyweight Champ capable
Randy Orton - Intercontinental/Heavyweight Champ Material
Batista - Heavyweight Champ
Ric Flair - Old boy who can't even do a back drop without tilting to his left all the time.

The Evolution members clash becasue they all want to go for the same title, but the JBL cabinet all have their own titles to go for so they shouldn't break up any time soon (unless JBL loses the title and doesnt need a cabinet anymore or they all abandon him)

Heh, true. But they're got to break them up now that Batista is number one contender. Maybe Triple H will recruit new members. :D

They'll probably be teasing the Evolution break up until 2017. Feels like it's been going on that long

I have been saying to my mate for the last 3 or 4 months (or maybe more) about Evolution breaking up...it is taking so long in the build up, you know it will happen but you dont know when! It has to be some time soon, Batista and Triple H keep arguing but they never seem to arfuye so much that they actually break up from Evolution.

I thought theyhad broken up the other week when Benoit was GM and Batista had supposedly beat up Triple H backstage, but that turned out to be a false alarm
There was also the beat the clock bit about Triple H betting that he would beat his man quicker than Batista and then Batista won the bet and asked for his money next week and they looked like they could fight any second.
Another example would be the Elimination CHamber when Orton pointed out that Triple H didnt break up the count, the look Batista gave Triple H looked like an 'im gonna kill you' look!
The same day when there was the number one contender match and Triple H caused Batistas loss also made me think he was going to beat Triple H up!

These are just a few examples off of the top of my head, but there have been so many times i thought they were going to break up and they never do.

Finally it will happen, if not before Wrestlemania it will happen when Batista wins the title at Wrestlemania! (I hope he does anyways)

I enjoyed the Rumble and the Edge Vs HBK match but the rest wasn't too brilliant in my opinion. The Triple Threat title match was ok. :)

I just wish that Edge could have won the Rumble instead of Batista. Now that we actually know he's gonna be facing Triple H for the title at Wrestlemania, we know that the main event will be crap. :D Not looking forward to that at all. The build-up and split of Evolution could be ok to watch though.

Very_Metal wrote:
> we're such grown ups :)

Absolutely.

Speak for yourself chuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmp

to be honest, i didn't predict him coming out of the casket.
hehe, sometimes it's like being 12 and watching it again.

that happens when i watch it live as well, all common sense goes out the window and we'll all cheer the good guys, boo the bad guys, woo the chops and go "twwwoooooooooooo!" at each near pin.

we're such grown ups :)