P2B: Royal Rumble Weekend Recap

PLACE TO BE EPISODE 290

In this new episode of the PTB Podcast, Scott & Justin are joined by Brad Woodling & Chad Campbell as the boys recap their action-packed weekend in Pittsburgh. They talk about the PTB crew that was in attendance, their celebrity run-ins, Ring of Honor, Royal Rumble and a lot of funny stories in-between.

So fire up this action packed episode and join Scott, Justin, Brad & Chad because it is time for another edition of the PTB Podcast!

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The Still Real To Us Show For January 30th

SRTU Episode #207

On this episode of The Still Real to Us Show: the guys discussing CM PUNK reportedly QUITTING the WWE, what it means for the future of the company, if fans show by upset by Punk leaving and if you can really blame the former WWE Champion for what he reportedly did! They also discuss the disappointment coming out of the ROYAL RUMBLE match, if the WWE should’ve called an audible and so much more!

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On this Day in Pro Wrestling History

2005 - WWE holds the 18th-annual Royal Rumble pay-per-view event, at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. This event made Fresno the first city to host more than one Royal Rumble event. San Antonio, Texas and New York City, New York would join that list in 2007 and 2008, respectively. In the main event, Batista won the Royal Rumble match from the #28 entry position, last eliminating #25 entrant John Cena. Both men had gone out of the ring at the same time, ala 1994 with Bret Hart and Lex Luger, prompting Vince McMahon to come to the ring to start the match, McMahon was injured while getting into the ring, slamming his thighs into the metal frame on the side of the ring, resulting in a double quadricep tear. The ironman of this Rumble match, for the second straight year, was Chris Benoit, who was the second man in, and lasted 47 minutes and 26 seconds, and was one of the final five men in the ring along with Batista, Cena, Rey Mysterio, and Ric Flair, before being eliminated by Flair.
Batista ended up pushing Cena over the ropes and winning the Royal Rumble.

Mick Foley's Son goes Off! Adult language is used, read with caution!

A lot of people were not pleased with how the Royal Rumble was, I am one of those.  But Mick Foley's son, Dewey sheds more light on the matter.
Please read: https://twitter.com/LyricalThreat/status/427672442400555008/photo/1

Knee-Jerk Reaction (Royal Rumble 2014)

It sucks that my favorite PPV has to come at the start of the year. I absolutely love the Royal Rumble match. No matter who wins, it's always so much fun to watch. Unfortunately, it's usually all downhill from there. If the past two Wrestlemanias are any indication, I better enjoy the start of the journey because the destination is going to be disappointing. I am psyched for tonight, though. Let's get it on!

Royal Rumble Results

The 2014 Royal Rumble is in the books and these are the results

Betting Sites Favourite To Win The Rumble - Make Your Predictions

Lords of Pain is reporting that as of the last few hours Daniel Bryan has moved ahead of Batista as the favorite to win tonight's Royal Rumble. As of right now Bryan is still not announced for the match itself, however, something to take into account - Bryan is the most over guy in the company, tonight is intended to be the blow-off for the Wyatt feud and even though the original plan was for Batista to win the Rumble after being a surprise entrant, the key word in that sentence is surprise. Plans could have changed and a couple of prominent bloggers have made the argument that Bryan can't be in the rumble unless he's going to win it because his chants will overshadow EVERYTHING else.

Here are the current odds:

Daniel Bryan (8/15)
 Batista (6/4)
CM Punk (8/1)

In my opinion, if Bryan is in he wins it UNLESS WWE are bright enough to have whoever they want as his Wrestlemania opponent to pull a Sid Justice/Hulk Hogan situation ala the '92 Rumble. And they probably aren't.

You can make your Rumble predictions over on the forum HERE!

Great Rumble Eliminations

It's tonight and you know you love it, so take a look back at some of the more memorable Rumble eliminations with this short video.

Royal Rumble - The Ultimate Preview(s)!

The 2014 Royal Rumble is a little over 24 hours away and the 2014 WWE PPV League has already opened for predictions over on the forum! As the second biggest show of the year (and most peoples favorite) a massive amount of previews and analysis have been written about the show. Being the kind and generous sole I am, here's a list of the very best from around the Wrestling Media Nation (and also The Place To Be!)

First up, our very own Derek X gives his odds on potential Rumble winners with Royal Rumble 2014: The Betting Lines.

Steven Graham of PlaceToBeNation.com gives his Top 25 Matches In Rumble History.

Owner of That Wrestling Blog and member of The Wrestling Media Nation; Dave Hatton gives his written preview of the 2014 show

Tom Holzerman, owner of the Legendary; The Wrestling Blog gives us: The Unbearable Weight of Uncertain Expectation: 2014 Royal Rumble Preview

The PlaceToBeNation staff give their opinions on the Top Royal Rumble Performers

In quite the most in depth piece of statistical breakdown I've read in quite some time, Star Of Savage makes a guest appearance on The Wrestling Blog to give us The Royal Rumble By (Entry) Numbers

Co-Founder of PlaceToBeNation, co-host of the Place To Be podcast and Triple H lover Scott Criscuolo gives his written preview over on placetobenation.com

Over on Wrestlings Last Hope, Damien Green gives us his Rumble Memories & Predictions

And finally, Matt Saye of The Wrestling Journal tells us: The Royal Rumble: It's All About The Stories

I've no doubt you're going to enjoy reading those, but why stop there? Why not give us your predictions for the show in both our PPV LEAGUE and our JUST FOR FUN thread over on the forum?

Dave Hattons Royal Rumble Preview

This year's Royal Rumble is being sponsored by Jackson Hewitt. That’s a tax company. This has nothing to do with the show but I think it's something that should be brought to people's attention. WWE pay-per-views are being sponsored by tax companies now. It's a long way from Castrol GTX. 

The show also feels a long way from last year's version. Headlined by CM Punk defending the WWE championship against The Rock it was clear in advance that the 2013 edition of the Rumble would be a financial success. It ended up being watched by 498,000 homes. While lower than the expected 500,000 it was still the most financially successful Rumble since 2002. This year's event will probably exceed the 400,000 mark, because it's WWE's second biggest annual show these days, but it's not likely to crack the half million barrier.

The reason for this is the absence of The Rock. Without him it's just another Rumble with no reasons to tune in beside the obvious. Brock Lesnar has a certain appeal and carries a big fight feel on to any show he appears on but he's not The Rock. He attracts a different sort of crowd, one not as large as the Attitude Era faithful that tune in to see 'The Great One'.

The Still Real To Us Show: Pre-Rumble Edition

SRTU Episode #206

On this episode of The Still Real to Us Show: the guys recap BATISTA’s return to the WWE & if it was really worth it based off the crowd reaction, they discuss why the WWE isn’t “leaning on” a particular wrestler heading into WRESTLEMANIA 30, discuss how bad TNA GENESIS was and give their predictions for the 2014 WWE ROYAL RUMBLE PPV!

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Royal Rumble 2014: The Betting Lines

Each year I do this blog, predicting the Royal Rumble winner and each year I get pretty damn close to being correct. 3 years ago, I predicted that Alberto Del Rio had one of the highest chances of winning amongst non-main-eventers and he did. Two years ago, I predicted Sheamus as the outright winner and he won. Last year, while I didn't pick John Cena as the winner, I did surmise that the winner would be a SUPERFACE who had won it before. Only I thought that SUPERFACE would be Randy Orton. And to be fair, I gave Cena the second-highest chance at winning, so I knew he was a possibility.

This year, I am flummoxed. I can't imagine who might win or who is the favorite. I can barely even think of the rules for the year. Here's what I can tell. First, it will not be a SUPERFACE. Cena & Orton are mixing it up in the WWE World Championship rematch. Neither of them will be in the Royal Rumble. Sheamus is out of action. There's a chance he might return at the Rumble, but not to win it. WWE can't continue that cliche'. Plus, I think they lost some confidence in Sheamus last year.

If you believe, as I do, that Randy Orton will hold the WWE World Title through Wrestlemania XXX, then the winner of the Royal Rumble match has to be a babyface. That leaves two viable candidates in my mind to win, but I've been wrong before.

Royal Rumble Announced Card

The WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view takes place one week on Sunday (the 26th of January).

This is the announced card so far:

30 Man Over The Top Rope Royal Rumble Match

WWE World Heavyweight Championship

John Cena vs Randy Orton (c)

The Big Show vs Brock Lesnar

Click HERE for all of our pieces on the Royal Rumble.

P2B Royal Rumble Round Table

PLACE TO BE EPISODE 287

In this new episode of the PTB Podcast, it is Royal Rumble season so Scott and Justin are joined by Andrew Riche, Steven Graham, Jeremy Nichols and Ben Morse to talk Old School Royal Rumbles! They chat about their favorite Rumbles, most effective winners, the best performances, booking styles and so much more.

So fire up this action packed episode and join Scott, Justin and the crew because it is time for another huge edition of the PTB Podcast!

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MSM: Royal Rumble 2004

Everybody's favorite match of the year is fast approaching, in fact it's  little over a week away. So we've decided to showcase as many of the previous Rumbles as we think you need to see via the medium of Must See Matches. This is the 2004 edition, featuring the likes of Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho, Scott Steiner, John Cena, Booker T, Randy Orton and Goldberg.

Who Can Win The 2014 Royal Rumble?

The most important match on the WWE calendar.

Judging by the last few episodes of RAW and the recent TLC pay-per-view WWE seem to be setting themselves up for a very interesting WrestleMania Season. There are seemingly dozens of directions storylines could go in to give us numerous different cards at WrestleMania XXX. One of those will be revealed on January 26th. On that day we’ll see someone win the Royal Rumble and become the number one contender to the WWE championship.

Well, possibly. Since The Streak became such an important part of WrestleMania many people have floated the idea that the Rumble winner could forego the usual title match and instead use the Rumble victory to challenge ‘The Dead Man’ on the big show. I’m not a huge fan of the idea, mainly because I like the tradition of the Rumble winner challenging for the biggest prize in the sport, but it’s something I could imagine WWE doing.

Royal Rumble Promo Vid, WWE Want HBK & Bryan At Mania, Bournes Status & More

You can see the official 2014 Royal Rumble promo in the above video.

2014 Royal Rumble Poster

WWE have released the official poster for the 2014 Royal Rumble.

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Interestingly (or not) John Cena is front and center whereas Randy Orton, the current WWE Champion, is right at the back of the image.

Is this a foreshadowing of the TLC result?

Maybe.