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"Royal Rumble to be Shown On Sky"

Due to high demand, Sky have decided to buy the rights to the Royal Rumble and will show it live on - you guessed it - Sky Box Office for the sum of £14.

Talk about the smell of making a killing.

Ok- I do not have sky, so this sucks, BUT I am willing to go halfs (£7 each) for someone to lend me a copy, no doubt andy will lend me it free :D

Current card:

Ric flair Vs Vince McMahon

Undisputed championship match
-Rock Vs Jericho

Intercontinental Championship
- Edge (c) vs. William Regal

Women's Championship
- Trish Stratus (c) vs. Jazz

And not forgetting The Rumble at the end IB! GRRRR, i haven't got Sky, Damm!

AfroJoe wrote:
> Damn, damn, damn! I wanted the Rumble to be on Channel 4 or 5, or even SS1
> wouldn't be too bad, I could saty up and watch it..... but £14 to stay up
> and watch it..... me no think so.

Ah, don't be so tight Afro. ;D

Just pay for it, go to bed at around 10pm, and then wake yourself up at 1am.

Looks like a great line up. Pity I won't be damn seeing it! Bah!

AfroJoe wrote:
> Looks like a great line up. Pity I won't be damn seeing it! Bah!

Grrrrr...you'll buy it Afro, if it's the last thing you do! :D

Stupid things like this is why I own a black box...damn greedy BSKYB.

As posted earlier, the Royal Rumble is now confirmed to be airing on Sky Box Office. Channel 5 also confirmed that they were negotiating with the WWF for some of their programming. Look for this to be the Sunday Night Heat broadcast that Channel 4 also gave up at the beginning of this year. Channel 5 gave UK fans WCW Worldwide before the WWF purchased the company.


Following on from the last point, if enough people buy the Royal Rumble on Sky Box Office, do not rule out every live 1am WWF event carrying an extra charge.

I ain't buying the Rumble, I'll just come online early in the morning to see who did win on the WWF.com site. I may be on MSN too. But no Rumble for me....

Here's the official report from Sky:

"Due to huge public demand Sky Box Office have stepped in at the last minute to bring one of the main World Wrestling Federation flagship events direct from the USA to British & Irish viewers.

'Royal Rumble' will be shown live from Atlanta on Sunday Night, 20th January and repeated every four hours for seven days.

Royal Rumble will include an amazing 30 wrestlers at 2 minute intervals - who will be the last man standing and gain a place in the coveted 'Wrestlemania' main event?

Viewers will also be able to catch the title match between The Rock and Chris Jericho for the undisputed WWF championship. Only Sky Box Office is big enough to handle this live and exclusive event."

DETAILS

Title: World Wrestling Federation - Royal Rumble
Venue: Live from Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
Date: The night of Sunday 20th January 2002
Time: 1am - 4am approx. (Sunday Night/Monday Morning)
Channel: Sky Digital Channel 770 and cable
Price: £14 (Euro 21.99)
Repeats: Every four hours from 4pm Monday 21st January - 8pm Sunday 27th January - unlimited repeats at no extra cost
Boooking: Viewers can purchase the event from 48 hours in advance (1am night of Friday 18th January by going to SBO Channel 770

INFO LINE: For further info viewers can call 08705 800 888

My brother blew his top when he found out. £14 for a 3 hour wrestling event? Pah! My bro will just copy it from someone at school anyway :D