WWE Royal Rumble 2005

Rating:
Summary: Rumble not to be forgotten
Review: Edge def. Shawn Michaels. Great match, I really enjoyed this one.8/10
The Undertaker def. Heidenrich in a Casket Match. Finally, a good Taker/Heidenrich match. Good setup for WM21.8/10
JBL(C) def. Big Show & Kurt Angle, for the WWE Title. JBL has really steped-up as champ, good match.7/10
Triple H(C)def. Randy Orton, for the World Title. Good match, though Orton suffered a concusion.8/10
Batista wins the Royal Rumble. I though it would of been John Cena(he'll get his at No Way Out). Simon Dean cracked me up. Vince was also pretty funny, when he broke his ankle.9/10

What a Royal Rumble, a thought a few matches should have waited til WM21.Great PPV

Rating:
Summary: Best Rumble To Date!
Review: I'm not just saying this cause it's fresh in my mind, but WOW...what a Rumble! Overall, that action was very consistent and it keeps your interest the entire time. The casket match between Undertaker and Heidenreich was actually one of their best encounters with a PHENOMenal ending. No spoilers here. The Undertaker is the perfect example that you can never be too old to get yourself in shape...He looked fantastic out there. Edge and HBK...lots of action but a marginal match between the two. There were more matches, but the Rumble itself was the best I've seen and I have them all. The match had so much action, new alliances, and a fantastic showdown when at one point during the match, all competitors realize the ring is split 50/50 Smackdown to Raw superstars. The crowd was so into it I still get goosebumps thinking of well it was put together. Finally, the ending totally gave everybody what they were looking for. Check it out!

Rating:
Summary: JBL
Review: im gettin damn sick and tired of everbody putting down JBL the guy has done a great job as champ and he cuts gream promos and is good behind the mic and puts on great matches like at armaggedon and here not to mention survivor series against booker t..and let's also not forget the judgement day and great american bash matches it just pisses me off to see someone the calibur of JBL being dissed by all these people because his title reign of almost 8 months is "too long" but yet noone seamed to complain when shawn michales had the title for 8 months back in 96..anyway like i said JBL is a great athlete he's no kurt angle chris benoit or chris jericho for sure but he's damn good at what he does im very impressed with him and hope he keeps the title for even longer cuz he's done MORE than pay his dues by being pretty much a low-mid carder for for nearly 7 years in WWE im behind JBL 100% and i dont care what anyone here thinks of him he's a great athlete and it's a shame that a lot of people dont give him credit.

Rating:
Summary: Best Rumble in years!
Review: January 30, 2005
Fresno, CA
Raw & Smackdown

The 2005 Royal Rumble featured alot of great matches and Batista finally got a push when he won the Rumble.

Match Card:

The Royal Rumble Match-15 Raw & Smackdown Superstars
Order Of Elimination: Daniel Puder, Hardcore Holly, The Hurrican, Kenzo Suzuki, Muhammad Hassan, Luther Reigns, Booker T, Shelton Benjamin, Eddie Guerrero, Simon Dean, Charlie Haas, Kurt Angle, Shawn Michaels, Rene Dupree, Viscera, Paul London, Mark Jindrak, Gene Snitaky, Chris Jericho, Kane, The Coach, Christian, Chris Benoit, Ric Flair, Rey Mysterio, Edge, & John Cena. WINNER: Batista

World Heavyweight Championship
Triple H(c) def. Randy Orton

WWE Championship- Triple Threat Match
JBL(c) def. Kurt Angle & Big Show (JBL pinned Angle)

Edge def. Shawn Michaels

Casket Match
Undertaker def. Heidenreich (Kane & Snitsky interfere)




Rating:
Summary: WHAT A ROYAL RUMBLE
Review: Royal Rumble 2005

Match.1
Edge vs. Shawn Michale
THIS MATCH WAS OK...THAT IT
WINNER:EDGE 4 OUT OF 10


Match.2
Undertaker vs. Heidenreich
Casket Match
THIS WAS A GREAT MATCH
WINNER:THE UNDERTAKER 10 OUT OF 10

Match.3
Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship
Kurt Angle vs. Big Show vs. JBL
THIS WAS ANOTHER GREAT MATCH
WINNER:JBL 9 OUT OF 10

Match.4
World Heavyweight Championship
Triple H vs. Randy Orton
WOW TRIPLE H BEATED SOMEONE WITH OUT ANY HELP...GREAT MATCH
WINNER:TRIPLE H 9 OUT OF 10

Royal Rumble Match
15 Raw Superstars, 15 Smackdown Superstars
WOW ......THIS COULD BE ONE OF THE BEST ROYAL RUMBLES EVER
WINNER:BATISTA(MY MAN!!!!!!)10 OUT OF 10


Rating:
Summary: Good matches, great main event.......
Review: The Royal Rumble 2005 was given plenty of hype so that the show was great, a lot of undercard matches, and a solid royal rumble added to the atmosphere of the event.

Edge vs. Shawn Michales

I thought this rivalry would continue, but they decided to stick Shawn with Kurt Angle, which is fine by me either way. Okay match, you could tell it would be on first because it was the only match that wasn't for a title or had a stipulation to it. Lots of chain wrestling and submission moves by both men. Edge wins an good opener of a match. 8.5/10

Undertaker vs. Heidenreich
Casket Match

Thank god this rivalry is over. I was beginning to fear a really bad Hell in a Cell match at the end of the year. Kane and Snitsky make appearances and the crowd loved every minute of it. Highlights inculde the UT given a leg drop onto the lid of the casket on top of Heidenreich. Undertaker wins a good match, but definately not a great match. 7/10

Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship
Kurt Angle vs. Big Show vs. JBL

This Barb Wire Steel cage match better be worth it. I am sick of JBL as champ. As for the match the highlights include the Big Show falling through an announce table, and then Big Show knocking JBL through the barrier on the outside. JBL extends his reign to over 7 months. Thats too long. 8/10

World Heavyweight Championship
Triple H vs. Randy Orton

I dont know why Orton is getting a "Concussion" every week, but it is getting annoying. Much better than their first match together at Unforgiven last year. And when Randy got his first, "Concussion" I actually thought it was for real. A ref got knocked down and the sledgehammer makes an appearance. Triple H wins without the help from Flair for a change. 8.5/10

Royal Rumble Match
15 Raw Superstars, 15 Smackdown Superstars

Great match, so many different storylines and funny momente happened in it. From the tough enough winner getting his ass handed to him, to four raw superstars and four smackdown superstars staring at each other across the ring while the crowd goes crazy.

Then later in the show Paul London gets closthelined off the edge of the ring a full 360 degrees to the floor by Snitsky, great moment by itself.

Kurt Angle came in and started suplexing and giving Angle Slams to everyone in sight, til Shawn's superkick met his face 30 seconds after he entered the ring. Kurt came back and beat the crap out of Shawn, busted him open, gave him the ankle lock and everthing. Their match at WM21 should be great.

The ending was the usually cliffhanger, Batista and Cena hit the floor at the same time and no one knew who won. Mr. McMahon came out, slipped while he came into the ring, and sat on the ring floor and ordered the match to restart. Batista through Cena out and won the match. 10/10

Great Rumble, and the WWE needed this ppv to get interest in it again. I definately recommend this to anyone who likes rumble matches.

Rating:
Summary: Royal Rumble redeems recent WWE PPVS
Review: The Royal Rumble match is great when executed properly, and this was no exception, in the first good main event of Batista's entire career he was booked to look incredibly strong and his limitations were hidden, the Cena/Batista staredown turned the crowd INSANE, watch out for the botched Rumble finish (they both go over the top rope, and Batista CLEARLY hits the floor first) and Vince Mcmahon tearing both his quads by accident.

Shawn Micheals vs Edge

Great opener, a little un-even due to the different styles, Micheals is breaking down, the match saw some great counters and near falls, leading to a predictable "use your feet on the ropes" tactic to give Edge the victory. ***

Casket Match

Undertaker vs Heidenreich:

First of all, this match was nowhere near "10 starz, LOL, ROFTL", such a rating can only come from deluded Undertaker marks who think he can still wrestle. He can't. Deal with it. Heindreich blew every move he made here and it was clear' Taker was annoyed by this. **

WWE Championship:

J.B.L vs Kurt Angle vs The Big Show

Pretty decent triple threat match, everyone's limitations were hidden with no-holds-barred spots and intrerference, Angle was piined by J.B.L ***1/2

World Heavyweight Championship:

Randy Orton vs Triple H

Orton's stale push finally ends as he is pinned by Triple H and made to look like a pansy, the concussion angle, however, is very original, Hunter is more or less back to his 1999 levels and had a great match with Orton ****

Royal Rumble Match:

Classic Rumble match, Batista was booked admirably, Benoit was the iroman again for RAW this time around, and contributed to a worthwhile match with a few classic moments *****


With only two bad matches (Undertaker vs Heindereich and the triple threat match) The Royal Rumble is quite a worthwhile purchase.











Rating:
Summary: lots of fun to watch
Review: This Royle Rumble was great and very exciting. The first match was Edge vs. Shawn Michaels. This match was probably the worst of the show but I'm not trying to say it was bad. Next was The Casket Match between Undertaker and Heidenreich. Heidenreich got some help from Snitsky but Kane was in the castet and helped his brother. Next was the Triple Threat Match between Kurt Angle, Big Show, and JBL. great match but bad ending. Show was winning the match until JBL's cabinet came and helped JBL cheat to win but in a way this win by JBL is good because now there is going to be a barb wire steel cage match. Then there was Randy Orton vs. Triple H. A great match Orton had a great offensive at the start but couldn't hold it up and lost to Triple H. Then there was the great Royle Rumble. I was loveing every moment of it. The Final 2 men left were John Cena and Batista. Now to talk about the winner, Batista. He clearly fell before John Cena I didn't even need a replay to see that Cena was the true winner. When I saw this I was just thinking you stupid Raw refs how could you be so blind!!! Overall this was a great Royle Rumble.