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January Wrasslin |OT| Every Mark For Himself

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Penguin said:
Discussed this on our podcast this week, but one of the reasons I felt this year's Rumble build was so poor (to me anyhow) is a lot of their stapled top stars are just MIA or occupied.
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Pimp your shit, I wanna listen :)
 
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DMczaf said:
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I love you.
I always have.
 
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Hey, everybody. I'm making a bunch of trope cards to bring to my friends when we watch the Rumble. The idea is each of us pick cards randomly until they run out, and we get to "play" a card whenever what's said on the card happens on screen.

So in addition to somewhat likely surprise entrants (like Funkasaurus or Papa Shango), I'm scouring the web for a list of common tropes specific to the Rumble (like "everybody teams up to take out the fat guy" or "dude comes in, is eliminated in under a minute"). I have the tvtropes entry open as well as the Royal Rumble History Blog, but are there any better resources? Or does anybody have any tropes they'd like to suggest?

edit: Oh, wow, I just realized that I could just do a search for "Royal Rumble Drinking Game", and I'll probably get a ton of helpful suggestions! :D
 
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GameplayWhore said:
Hey, everybody. I'm making a bunch of trope cards to bring to my friends when we watch the Rumble. The idea is each of us pick cards randomly until they run out, and we get to "play" a card whenever what's said on the card happens on screen.

So in addition to somewhat likely surprise entrants (like Funkasaurus or Papa Shango), I'm scouring the web for a list of common tropes specific to the Rumble (like "everybody teams up to take out the fat guy" or "dude comes in, is eliminated in under a minute"). I have the tvtropes entry open as well as the Royal Rumble History Blog, but are there any better resources? Or does anybody have any tropes they'd like to suggest?
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Sounds like a lot of fun.

--Someone argues with the ref after being eliminated
--Someone hauls ass to the ring, an unusual amount of ass-hauling
--Pointing to the Mania sign
--Pointing to the Mania sign
--Pointing to the Mania sign
--DX crotch-chop
 
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Perspicacity

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GameplayWhore said:
Hey, everybody. I'm making a bunch of trope cards to bring to my friends when we watch the Rumble. The idea is each of us pick cards randomly until they run out, and we get to "play" a card whenever what's said on the card happens on screen.

So in addition to somewhat likely surprise entrants (like Funkasaurus or Papa Shango), I'm scouring the web for a list of common tropes specific to the Rumble (like "everybody teams up to take out the fat guy" or "dude comes in, is eliminated in under a minute"). I have the tvtropes entry open as well as the Royal Rumble History Blog, but are there any better resources? Or does anybody have any tropes they'd like to suggest?

edit: Oh, wow, I just realized that I could just do a search for "Royal Rumble Drinking Game", and I'll probably get a ton of helpful suggestions! :D
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How many of you will there be? I'm watching with 5 or 6 so we're just going to randomly split up all of the numbers. When your number gets eliminated, take a shot.

Also another trope: guy gets eliminated, later come back to eliminate his feud mate (Miz, Barrett, Mahal are all likely contenders for this trope)
 
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Entropia

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GameplayWhore said:
Hey, everybody. I'm making a bunch of trope cards to bring to my friends when we watch the Rumble. The idea is each of us pick cards randomly until they run out, and we get to "play" a card whenever what's said on the card happens on screen.

So in addition to somewhat likely surprise entrants (like Funkasaurus or Papa Shango), I'm scouring the web for a list of common tropes specific to the Rumble (like "everybody teams up to take out the fat guy" or "dude comes in, is eliminated in under a minute"). I have the tvtropes entry open as well as the Royal Rumble History Blog, but are there any better resources? Or does anybody have any tropes they'd like to suggest?

edit: Oh, wow, I just realized that I could just do a search for "Royal Rumble Drinking Game", and I'll probably get a ton of helpful suggestions! :D
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- Hornswoggle eliminates someone
- A Diva enters the Royal Rumble
- Someone enters the ring by not coming down the ramp/stage
- Someone who isn't in the Rumble match comes down and causes a ruckus.
 
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GameplayWhore

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Sunflower said:
Sounds like a lot of fun.
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Yeah, and if I don't get quite enough of them for this purpose, I'll likely have enough for Royal Rumble Bingo. :D


--Someone argues with the ref after being eliminated
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Ooh, good one!

Oh, I'm also looking for predictions of things specific to this year's Rumble which are somewhat likely but not nearly guaranteed to happen (eg, "Jericho comes in, gets excited, eliminates self, walks out" or "Funkasaurus clears out much of the ring then faces off against another big guy").
 
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Dead Man Typing

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The Rock beats Cena,

Money in the Bank winner then comes out and beats Rock.

Everyone is happy, depending on who wins MitB.

Edit: (probably suggested by others already, but if it happens, I'm saying I called it)
 
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Penguin

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Another thing with watching these old Rumbles.. as much as Cole is terrible...

You realize just how much the King doesn't care anymore, he could be anywhere else now.
 
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Kyoufu

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Dead Man Typing said:
The Rock beats Cena,

Money in the Bank winner then comes out and beats Rock.

Everyone is happy, depending on who wins MitB.

Edit: (probably suggested by others already, but if it happens, I'm saying I called it)
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Why would a Money in the Bank winner cash in the briefcase on a non title match?
 
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Entropia

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Perspicacity said:
I don't really think Heenan is TV presentable and those things don't normally bother me.

But yeah, Piper should at least be in Lawler's spot. Fuck Lawler
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I think he meant Jesse Ventura "The Body"... :p

Following a dispute with Vince McMahon over the use of his image for promoting a Sega product, McMahon—who had a contract with rival company Nintendo at the time—released Ventura from the company in August 1990.[25]
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lol
 
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Anth0ny

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Hardyz vs. Dudleys at Royal Rumble 2000 was fucking insane. Bubba took at least 5 clean chair shots to the head. Jesus. And that finish... my GOD.






I've been thinking about Wrestlemania. I do not think the crowd is going to accept a Rock/Hogan finish. Rock was a Hogan back in 2002. Cena is no Rock. If they try to pull that handshake bullshit Cena is going to get booed out of the building. Hell, Cena winning would get him booed out of the building. So what do they do? Let Rock win? lol
 
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Scottify

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I just read this from Guitar World. Thought you'd like to see it.

Guitar World said:
Apparently, Hulk Hogan almost joined an early version of Metallica.

The former WWWF champion wrestler, who stars in his own reality TV show, Hogan Knows Best, told The Sun in England that he and Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich were tight during Hogan's days as a session musician.

"I used to be a session musician before I was a wrestler," Hogan said. "I played bass. I was big pals with Lars Ulrich, and he asked me if I wanted to play bass with Metallica in their early days, but it didn't work out."
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Guitar World article
 
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Nocturnowl

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Anth0ny said:
I've been thinking about Wrestlemania. I do not think the crowd is going to accept a Rock/Hogan finish. Rock was a Hogan back in 2002. Cena is no Rock. If they try to pull that handshake bullshit Cena is going to get booed out of the building. Hell, Cena winning would get him booed out of the building. So what do they do? Let Rock win? lol
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I really think they should make Cena a heel for this even if its just for one month like Shawn Michaels did to go against Hogan. Cena could win with heel trickery which I would think to be much more acceptable to the fans at WM, for the record I don't see Rock winning at WM.
Cena's current feud with Kane even works towards a slow burn heel turn in time for WM, but WWE will do their best to make us love Cena and his heroics instead.
 
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Anth0ny

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Nocturnowl said:
I really think they should make Cena a heel for this even if its just for one month like Shawn Michaels did to go against Hogan. Cena could win with heel trickery which I would think to be much more acceptable to the fans at WM, for the record I don't see Rock winning at WM.
Cena's current feud with Kane even works towards a slow burn heel turn in time for WM, but WWE will do their best to make us love Cena and his heroics instead.
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That would be really fucking shitty for a match 365 days in the making.

This is why they have their hands tied with this match. They shouldn't have done that night after Wrestlamania garbage. Way too much pressure.

I think he could become a heel by Wrestlemania, and this Kane feud is definitely hinting towards it... but wouldn't that just put Rock over even more? Again, I don't think Cena could pull the Hogan move at the end of the match. He'd get booed straight to hell.

Cena is in a really tough spot.
 
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Anyways, here's my current poster redesign for the Rumble. Thanks to relative new improvements (i.e. everything in separate row layers and stuff), I present this Work-In-Progress:

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Most everyone on there is either based off the RR list or I know they've been on WrassleGAF long enough to be on there. Still a bit unfinished since I still got a dozen or so names left on the RR list, so it's not final.
 
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Ultratech said:
Anyways, here's my current poster redesign for the Rumble. Thanks to relative new improvements (i.e. everything in separate row layers and stuff), I present this Work-In-Progress:



Most everyone on there is either based off the RR list or I know they've been on WrassleGAF long enough to be on there. Still a bit unfinished since I still got a dozen or so names left on the RR list, so it's not final.
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Looking good! I'm #4! heh. :D Excellent. :)
 
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Nocturnowl

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Anth0ny said:
That would be really fucking shitty for a match 365 days in the making.

This is why they have their hands tied with this match. They shouldn't have done that night after Wrestlamania garbage. Way too much pressure.

I think he could become a heel by Wrestlemania, and this Kane feud is definitely hinting towards it... but wouldn't that just put Rock over even more? Again, I don't think Cena could pull the Hogan move at the end of the match. He'd get booed straight to hell.

Cena is in a really tough spot.
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As you say, Cena is in a bit of a lose lose situation, if he loses to the Rock he's going to look weak in the grand scheme of era defining WWE wrestlers I guess, if he wins the fans will likely not approve to put it nicely. I stand by heel Cena as the best outcome that can lead to a Summerslam rematch or something.
 
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Kaladin

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Ultratech said:
Anyways, here's my current poster redesign for the Rumble. Thanks to relative new improvements (i.e. everything in separate row layers and stuff), I present this Work-In-Progress:



Most everyone on there is either based off the RR list or I know they've been on WrassleGAF long enough to be on there. Still a bit unfinished since I still got a dozen or so names left on the RR list, so it's not final.
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Sweet, I'm getting top billing on this.
 
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Dead Man Typing

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Kyoufu said:
Why would a Money in the Bank winner cash in the briefcase on a non title match?
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ViewtifulJC said:
I was under the impression the winner was the Undisputed People's Champion.
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Whoops, should have prefaced that by saying if the WWE is still thinking about making Rock vs Cena for the title, reintroducing Money in the Bank would provide them with a way of having the Rock win.

I'm still hoping Cena vs Rock isn't for the title.
 
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Kaladin

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The Money In The Bank winner will cash in at Mania I think, but they will cash in on Bryan after he has won his match vs Orton.
 
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Horrible "Would You Rather" question time.

Would you rather...

Watch a porn that includes
Jimmy Hart and Khali named "The Only Thing Bigger Than The Mouth"

or

Watch a porn that includes
The Nasty Boys called "Nasty As They Wanna Be"

Honestly I think
Jimmy Hart and Khali.
 
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jmdajr

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Sunflower said:
Horrible "Would You Rather" question time.

Would you rather...

Watch a porn that includes
Jimmy Hart and Khali named "The Only Thing Bigger Than The Mouth"

or

Watch a porn that includes
The Nasty Boys called "Nasty As They Wanna Be"

Honestly I think
Jimmy Hart and Khali.
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dude...
 
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Perspicacity

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There's no way they can go through with Rock/Cena being for the title. That's just too stupid even for them at this point.
Sunflower said:
Horrible "Would You Rather" question time.

Would you rather...

Watch a porn that includes
Jimmy Hart and Khali named "The Only Thing Bigger Than The Mouth"

or

Watch a porn that includes
The Nasty Boys called "Nasty As They Wanna Be"

Honestly I think
Jimmy Hart and Khali.
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Is this some kind of terrorist law thing? Are there dolphins involved?

Khali/Hart
 
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Biggest-Geek-Ever

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Ultratech said:
Anyways, here's my current poster redesign for the Rumble. Thanks to relative new improvements (i.e. everything in separate row layers and stuff), I present this Work-In-Progress:



Most everyone on there is either based off the RR list or I know they've been on WrassleGAF long enough to be on there. Still a bit unfinished since I still got a dozen or so names left on the RR list, so it's not final.
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You know what's sad? This is the first time I've recognized the title for this OT is a play on the Royal Rumble slogan. *goes and cries in corner*
 
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Nocturnowl

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Sunflower said:
Horrible "Would You Rather" question time.

Would you rather...

Watch a porn that includes
Jimmy Hart and Khali named "The Only Thing Bigger Than The Mouth"

or

Watch a porn that includes
The Nasty Boys called "Nasty As They Wanna Be"

Honestly I think
Jimmy Hart and Khali.
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After all your campaigns against midnight wrasslegaf this was the last thing I expected to see from you, that said I don't want to see the nasty boys in anything ever so option 1 I guess. Now lets never speak of this again.
 
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Penguin

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Oh another thing about watching these Rumbles.. I know they change the rules whenever they want

But in 99, if the winner of the Rumble for whatever reason couldn't/wouldn't compete at WrestleMania, the spot went to the person who came in 2nd.

In 08, Cena forgoes his WrestleMania match to do it at the EC PPV, but that would mean Triple H was instantly number 1 contender... even though both ended up in the main event, he had to earn it.

*Shrugs*
 
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Nocturnowl said:
After all your campaigns against midnight wrasslegaf this was the last thing I expected to see from you, that said I don't want to see the nasty boys in anything ever so option 1 I guess. Now lets never speak of this again.
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Why I never!

Alright let's not talk of this. Guess I won't ask the follow up, that involves eating pudding out of Kamala's beard.
 
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