27 Jan 2014 17:10:17
{Ed008's Note -
Royal Rumble 2014


Pre-Match Show
New Age Outlaws vs The Rhodes Brothers (WWE Tag Team Titles)
Highlights of the Match:
Cody taunting the New Age Outlaws with the DX chop
Cody flying clothesline on Billy Gunn
Billy Gunn hitting Fameasser on Cody for the pinfall
Result: New Age OutLaws win via Pinfall
Grade: C+

Match 1
Daniel Bryan vs Bray Wyatt
Highlights of the Match:
Bryan hitting a running DDT on Bray Wyatt outside the ring
Bray Wyatt hitting a devasting clothesline on Bryan!
Bryan getting caught by Bray Wyatt for his finisher Sister Abigail into the barricade!
Result: Bray Wyatt wins via Pinfall
Grade: A

Match 2
Brock Lesnar vs Big Show
Highlights of the Match:
Brock attacking Big Show before the match started with repeated chair shots
Brock Lesnar hitting the F5 on a heavyweight like Big Show is so impressive!
Brock Lesnar breaking a chair attacking Big Show after the match
Result: Brock Lesnar wins via Pinfall
Grade: B

Match 3
John Cena vs Randy Orton (WWE World Heavyweight Championship)
Highlights of the Match:
Orton hitting a DDT outside the ring on Cena
Orton mocking the crowd like a true heel
Wyatt's distracting Cena for Orton to hit the RKO
Grade: B

30 Man Royal Rumble
Highlights of the Match:
Zeb Coulters signs when Cesaro/Swagger joined the Rumble
Alexander Rusev's debut
Roman Reigns spearing Ziggler!
Goldust eliminates Cody Rhodes
Antonio Cesaro swings Rollins more then 20 times round
Roman Reigns eliminates Ambrose, Cesaro and Rollins all at the same time!
Roman Reigns spearing Batista!
Roman Reigns breaks Kane's record of most Eliminations in Royal Rumble match.
Grade: B+

Overall Verdict:
I want to give an opinion on the Daniel Bryan situation the WWE creative team has put themselves in but i'd be simply be repeating myself with what everybody else is saying about Bryan in the world of Wrestling but I want to hear is what people feel about this Bryan situation? Is CM Punk right about The McMahons having a fetish for big guys holding Championships? {Ed008's Note- Thanks for reading! You guys are awesome!

1.) 27 Jan 2014
I think they are fair ratings ed. I feel people have been very harsh on the Cena vs Orton match as IMO that exceeded expectations, I was expecting another shocker but I thought it was a very good match

Lesnar vs Big show was exactly what it needed to be - strolling around the ring with him on his shoulders making it look so simple was a sight

The rumble match itself I even thought was good, but with Kane going out straight away it took away the 1% chance that I thought Punk might win, as it was obvious Kane was coming back

Bryan needed to be in the rumble, even if he lost - just to keep people intrigued as no one would have known who was going to win. The fact it was so obvious, and finished on such a downer, made what IMO was a very good PPV in fact very average

Roman Reigns is an absolute beast.

How tired did Batista look after about 2 minutes, how he will do half hour at mania is beyond me
{Ed008's Note - I gave the ratings based on the matches and i believe they are a true reflection of the quality of matches and stroylines going forward, i genuinely thought Bryan would be No30 entry in the match and then i realized Rey Mysterio felt bad for him for getting those boo's, it's a huge mistake to have Batista return as a face he's now a heel in every fans opinions after what happened last night..

2.) 27 Jan 2014
Yeah I was really thinking it had to be Bryan. That's 2 years in a row with the rumble match they've not only had the favourite win - but made it so obvious in the process.

Apparently Batista was having a go at the fans and then pictured mocking the Yes chant.

3.) 27 Jan 2014
Nice Ed :)
Here are my grades:
Rhodes bros vs NAO
Decent match but nothing special. Just waiting to see if anything interesting comes of of it story wise.
Bryan vs Wyatt
Awesome match. Bryan was strong as ever and Bray was great in this match. Sister Abigail outside of ring was brutal.
Lesnar vs Big Show
Brutal beating of Big Show adds to how much dangerous Lesnar is.
Orton vs Cena (900th match? :)
Match was pretty boring except Orton taking Cena's finishers (Cean's RKO was bad). Orton talking with crowd as heel was great way to tone down chants ("this is aweful" Randy Savage" and my favorite "we want Divas match" ). End was great for 2 reasons. 1 no more Cena vs Orton matches fore some time and Bray Wyatt emerging as major heel (maybe top one) in company.
Royal Rumble
maybe one of most boring and certainly most predictable one. Bright spots were Punks long run, Reigns awesome performance, Ziggler and Shaemus are back. Batista needs to work on his cardio ( he even made Rock look like Ziggler). Giving the middle finger to the fans will not help him after his win. Mick Foley had some interesting things to say about RR match on his twitter and FB.
Even though Bryan wasn't advertised to be in RR match it was still bad call not to have him in match even if he didn't win. El torrito an JBL ware in match ffs. Also it was bad booking for Battista to win it. WWE creative did dig a big hole to climb out of with their booking of Daniel Bryan. He receive biggest pops in industry and they give him 1 day reign.

tl/dr ;)
a8

4.) 27 Jan 2014
Ed got to disagree with the B for the Lesner/Big Show match. It was piss poor. I was licking my chops at the thought of a massive fight. Yes Lesner was over due a win, but it could of been so much better. Big Show didn't get started. A rematch is on the cards I think. That said it was good to see Lesner get the win but as I said, it could of been bette. I'd give it a D.
{Ed008's Note - If i'm grading the match it's a D i agree but storyline wise it's bumped up to a B grade because those chair shots were brutal and Lesnar F5 Big Show is so impressive to see as easy as it looked, it was done to make Lesnar look strong and it did imo he needs to do this more often on Raw's coming up then issue the challenge to The Undertaker resulting in a 1v1 streak match..