WWE Royal Rumble 1/27/19

[cima]

Figured I would make a thread for this since I just coughed up a lot of $ to take my son to it.

Mens Royal Rumble
R-Truth, Drew McIntyre, Big E, Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods, Seth Rollins, Jeff Hardy, Dean Ambrose, Bobby Lashley, Samoa Joe, John Cena, Elias, Baron Corbin, Jinder Mahal, Apollo Crews, Andrade, Mustafa Ali, Rey Mysterio

Womens Royal Rumble
Carmella, Ember Moon, Natalya, Bayley, Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, Sarah Logan, Mandy Rose, Sonya Deville, Alicia Fox, Zelina Vega, Naomi, Mickie James, Billie Kay, Peyton Royce, Dana Brooke

WWE Championship
Daniel Bryan (c) vs. AJ Styles

Universal Championship
Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Finn Bálor

Smackdown Womens Championship
Asuka (c) vs. Becky Lynch

Raw Womens Championship
Ronda Rousey (c) vs. Sasha Banks

Smackdown Tag Team Championship
The Bar (Cesaro and Sheamus) (c) vs. The Miz and Shane McMahon

Cruiserweight Championship
Buddy Murphy (c) vs. Akira Tozawa vs. Hideo Itami vs. Kalisto

United States Championship
Rusev (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

[eremiomania]

Re: WWE Royal Rumble 1/27/19

I wish it were tonight.

[dubcity]

Re: WWE Royal Rumble 1/27/19

Anyone know what the seating capacity will be for the show? Wikipedia says Chase Field seats around 48k for baseball games.

[TripleCrown9]

Re: WWE Royal Rumble 1/27/19

Anyone know what the seating capacity will be for the show? Wikipedia says Chase Field seats around 48k for baseball games.

Probably around that. They obviously won't open seats behind the stage, but they'll have floor seating available

I'd say it'll be 50-55K

WrestleMania 19 at SafeCo had an attendance of 54K, and their baseball capacity is 47K.

[Mercury112491]

Re: WWE Royal Rumble 1/27/19

Can't wait to watch Braun Strowman crushing the suplex city.

Braun has to win right? I mean if they have him lose to Lesnar AGAIN then they might as well just release Strowman.

[dubcity]

Re: WWE Royal Rumble 1/27/19

Braun has to win right? I mean if they have him lose to Lesnar AGAIN then they might as well just release Strowman.

Wins and losses don't matter. Everyone is a superstar. That's the mantra.

[reyes the roof]

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They'll just take Strowman off tv for a month if he loses and never mention it when he comes back and everything will be fine

[cima]

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This card is looking stacked and I'm so stoked I get to go!

[DJ]

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Is this a 4- or 5-hour show?

[Majingir]

Re: WWE Royal Rumble 1/27/19

^It's a 4hr show (not including pre-show)

Not saying I think No Way Jose will be in, but I wanna see a conga line at the Rumble given how big that ramp is likely going to be. Speaking of which, if it is a long ramp, I wonder how that impacts entrances for the Rumble. Either run to the ring for a marathon match, or try to get to the ring before the next person enters lol.

12 spot left in the mens, and 14 left for the womens. Any guesses on appearances?

Mens:
-Braun (only if he's winning)
-Roode or Gable
-Kurt Angle (He can count as the "former superstar appearance")
-A Sanity Member
-Orton
-Dillinger (he NEEDS to enter at #10 every year he's on the roster)
-Benjamin
-EC3
-Sullivan
-NXT Superstar
-Kevin Owens
-Sami Zayn

Womens:
-Bliss
-Nia
-Tamina
-Charlotte
-Lana
-Lacey
-Cross
-7 spots remain after this. We're sure to see a few former stars return, and probably 1-2 NXT superstars too.

[dubcity]

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Only thing that really interests me enough in the show to watch is the atmosphere and visuals of a bigger stadium like that. And modern WWE production has a way of making even the bigger places look like just another show on TV.

[Majingir]

Re: WWE Royal Rumble 1/27/19

Only thing that really interests me enough in the show to watch is the atmosphere and visuals of a bigger stadium like that. And modern WWE production has a way of making even the bigger places look like just another show on TV.

It sucks how they can lessen a stadium. WM at times just seems normal until you get those big shots and remember it's a 70,000 seat stadium. Watching past WMs on WWE24, it's almost like experiencing WM from a whole new perspective because of the different camera angles and focus.

But from what I heard about how the entrances could be done, I really hope it comes off anywhere close to as cool as it sounds :

Spoiler

The entrance could be happening from the dugout.

[Majingir]

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WWE announcing the participants of the women's rumble on Sunday. Still have about half to announce, but I don't like this type of reveal. Big fun of rumble is not knowing who's gonna enter. Possibly knowing every entrant beforehand ruins that fun.

And someone like Charlotte being announced like that. We know she'll be in it, but given everything lately, I could've seen her announce herself entering on the final SD before the rumble, making her intentions known on who she wants at WM.

[cquigley]

Re: WWE Royal Rumble 1/27/19

WWE announcing the participants of the women's rumble on Sunday. Still have about half to announce, but I don't like this type of reveal. Big fun of rumble is not knowing who's gonna enter. Possibly knowing every entrant beforehand ruins that fun.

And someone like Charlotte being announced like that. We know she'll be in it, but given everything lately, I could've seen her announce herself entering on the final SD before the rumble, making her intentions known on who she wants at WM.

That's what I've been hating. I wish they would just have it revealed who was 30 cuz of the MMC then had the rest be random. I hate how people say I'm entering the rumble. It makes it boring for me.

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[reyes the roof]

Re: WWE Royal Rumble 1/27/19

WWE announcing the participants of the women's rumble on Sunday. Still have about half to announce, but I don't like this type of reveal. Big fun of rumble is not knowing who's gonna enter. Possibly knowing every entrant beforehand ruins that fun.

And someone like Charlotte being announced like that. We know she'll be in it, but given everything lately, I could've seen her announce herself entering on the final SD before the rumble, making her intentions known on who she wants at WM.

That tells me they don’t really have any surprise entrants planned