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The 2011 Royal Rumble took place last night. The Rumble always makes for a fun show, but overall, I gave the show a thumbs down because I thought the three under card matches were anywhere from good to awful. Sure, we expected the Divas to be bad, but it was worse than we could have even expected, but the Miz/Orton match completely stunk up the joint. Edge and Ziggler was a good match, but it had a stupid finish. Here's my recap of last night's show:
Edge d Dolph Ziggler to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. I thought the opener between Edge and Ziggler was good until the finish. Why did Kelly Kelly get involved? And didn't what she do go completely against what she has been getting mad at Drew for? And then with Edge using the spear. Didn't we just have WWE refs using replay a few weeks back? But now since the ref is down, Edge can cheat and another stipulation is ignored. Ziggler has been buried to the point of not being seen as a main eventer for a long, long time.
The Miz d Randy Orton to retain the WWE Championship. The Miz and Randy Orton nearly put me to sleep. This match was so boring. It was rear chin lock after rear chin lock with a few stomps and kicks mixed in. I understand the Nexus coming out for the finish of the match, but what reason did Punk and Nexus have for costing Orton the match? It just seemed like they did the interference for the reason of doing interference (and of course because Orton can't lose cleanly to Miz). I also wondered what happened to the ref when Riley got tossed over the top rope. If you watch the replay, the ref does a dive to get out of the way and knocks himself out. A boring match with a stupid finish.
Eve Torres won the Divas Title in a Fatal Fourway. The Divas match was terrible, but I was expecting that. WWE seems to always push Eve despite other women being much more over than her.
Alberto Del Rio won the Royal Rumble. The Rumble was good, but not great. I loved having Bryan, Punk, and Regal in there together. The story of the Nexus working together worked really well. The Cena and Hornswoggle crap was completely unnecessary. WWE just had to involve stupid comedy in one of the most important matches of the year. Tyson Kidd should just get a head start of lining up in the unemployment line. I thought it was very interesting that they booked Nexus pretty strong, but with the exception of Barrett, Core was made to look very weak, especially Slater and Gabriel. I wish Morrison would have lasted longer. The Nash and Booker pops were nice, but I wonder if they'll have any lasting impact with fans if they stick around. For the finish, I really wish it would have been over after Del Rio dumped Orton. Having Santino come in for the comedy spot to end the Rumble took away from Del Rio's victory, but again, I think they were protecting Orton by having him not being the last one eliminated. I just don't get what they see in Orton.
It was Alberto Del Rio's destiny to win the Royal Rumble and headline WrestleMania, but you already knew that.
I'd give the show a 4/10 overall which is a slight thumbs down.
If John Cena comes out and cuts a comedy promo without being pissed off about being eliminated by The Miz last night, I'm going to punch the wall.
There is only three weeks until The Elimination Chamber PPV, so they need to start getting the show together tonight. I haven't heard any plans, but they have normally done one Elimination Chamber match for each brand. Two Elimination Chambers isn't going to sell anymore PPVs than one Elimination Chamber, so they really should only do one match. Alberto can choose his championship opponent before the show, and then the Elimination Chamber match can be used to determine the number one contender for the other title.
Assuming they build toward Elimination Chamber tonight, traditionally they have had qualifying matches to determine the entrants, so we may see those matches tonight.
Awesome Kong was backstage last night and is set to debut at anytime now.
HHH has also been ready for months now and could return at anytime. Since they didn't go with the King Booker gimmick, it looks like it will still be King Sheamus against the King of Kings at WrestleMania. It's just a matter of when they want to start the program. I really think they should promote HHH's return rather than just having him make a surprise return.
And of course besides Del Rio winning the Rumble, the big news last night was the returns of Booker T and Kevin Nash. Here's the latest:
