Rating: 
Summary: Rumble Match & HBK/HHH Saves The Card!
Review: While I did like the 2004 Royal Rumble, it was the Rumble match itself that saves this card along with one other match:The Dudleyz Vs. Ric Flair/Batista (RAW World Tag Team Title Match under Table Match Rules) - Very slow and boring match. Flair looked totally out of his element here! Thankfully it was short when Batista put D-Von Dudley through the table! Rey Mysterio Vs. Jamie Noble w/Nidia (WWE Cruiserweight Championship Match) - Good match but WAAAAAY TOO SHORT! Eddie Gurrerro Vs. Chavo Gurrerro, Jr. w/Chavo Classic - Match was just about the right length. Was definitely more serious than their WCW encounters a few years ago. Brock Lesner Vs. Hardcore Holly (Smackdown WWE World Title Match) - Was more than I expected but ended as I figured with Brock taking down Hardcore! "The Game" Triple H Vs. Shawn "HBK" Michaels (RAW World Heavyweight Title Match under Last Man Standing Rules) - The second best match on the card! What keeps this from being THE match on the card is the suck-booty ending they gave us! It wasn't the greatest match in history but definitely a classic and better than what we had seen thus far until...... The Royal Rumble Match - Winner gets a world championship shot at WrestleMania XX! This match was great! Not the best Rumble but it pretty much saves the card along with the Michaels/HHH match! Benoit's performance has to be considered the top five performances ever in that particular match! Here is my ranking as far as performances in that match: 1. "Nature Boy " Ric Flair - Not only did he last over an hour in the 1992 version of The Royal Rumble but he won the WWF World Title as a bonus! True, he was number 3 but come on! What's two numbers! Coming in that low and winning was unheard of until 1992! 2. Chris Benoit - He's got to be considered next because he was the first man in years to start it and finish it! Not only that, he was the first man in years to last over an hour and win! 3. Bob Backlund - Though he didn't win the 1993 Royal Rumble (the winner of that one was the late Yokozuna), he was number 2 and lasted over an hour before being eliminated by Yokozuna and he was 43 years old at the time! That is a hell of a feat! 4. Kane - He didn't win the Royal Rumble either in 2001 but he did enter at number 5 and lasted nearly an hour before being the last man eliminated by the winner of that Rumble (which was "Stone Cold" Steve Austin). Now, considering that Kane is around 6'11" tall and weighs over 300lbs. of mostly muscle, the ods are really against him surviving that long! I am in pretty good shape (I am 6'2", 250lbs.) and I would have a tough time doing that. He shouldn't have been able too but he did! 5. Shawn Michaels - I only give him credit because he did start at number one and won it! Beyond that, his win at the 1995 Royal Rumble was totally overhyped! I totally agree with shinedownfan's opinion on HBK's win! I mean, that year the wrestlers entered every 60 seconds! Which means that he only had to wrestle 35-40 minutes tops! Impressive to be sure but his win was way overhyped! Back to the Rumble 2004, in addition to the inspirational performance of Benoit, Randy Orton as well as The Big Show gave a good accounting of themselves. The surprise appearance of Mick Foley was an added treat as well! I give Randy credit because he showed as much endurance as Benoit and probably would've been there at the end if not for Foley (not that I was heartbroken that Orton got eliminated but got to give the man credit). TBS only gets credit because he was so dominant for the short time that he was in there though he ended up on the wrong end of signature moves of Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, RVD, John Cena and others! Well, overall not bad. The last two matches saves it though!
Rating: 
Summary: Royal Rumble 2003 was better
Review: World Tag Team Championship
Dudley Boyz VS Ric Flair + Batista
Pretty good for a tag team match but it was a little predictable.
6/10 WWE Cruiserweight Championship
Rey Mysterio VS Jamie Noble
It was a pretty good cruiserweight match but a bit short.
6/10 Eddie Guerrero VS Chavo Guerrero
It wasn't that good because a light heavyweight VS a cruiserweight is always predictable unless there is some sort of
cheating.
6.5/10 WWE Championship
Brock Lesnar VS Hardcore Holly
Holly isn't WWE championship material.He should be try to get his mits on the US title instead.
A slow match.
6/10 World Heavyweight Championship
Last Man Standing
Triple H VS Shawn Michaels
The match was good and there was 100% of heart put in by both competitors; however, there was barely any weapon use.
The thing I liked in this match was how two men are still fighting when there faces are big droplets of blood.
If you're getting the DVD, watch the aftermath of the match, it shows them after the match being aided by medical men.
8/10 Royal Rumble Match 2004
It was pretty good although Chris Benoit who was a punching bad 70% of the time didn't deserve the win. I don't like the Big Show but he probably eliminated the most people in the least time. Other memorable moments were when Undertaker's gong cost Kane the match and when Mick Foley took Test's entry by knocking him out backstage. The rumble was okay but not as good as the rumble of 2003. It was mostly HIT, ELIMINATE, FALL, GET UP, ELIMINATE etc.
Too simple
7/10 DVD extras are pretty bad. This DVD deserves 6.5/10 because it isn't great but it ain't crap.
Rating: 
Summary: Royal Rumble 2004
Review: World Tag Titles
Ric Flair & Batista vs. Dudley Boyz 6/10
Good opener for the crowd would have been better w/o Coach. Cruiserweight Title
Rey Mysterio vs Jamie Noble 8/10
I liked their match on SmackDown! better than this but this was not bad very fast paced match. Eddie Guerrero vs. Chavo Guerrero 6/10
I thought this was going to be a faster match. It was ok WWE Title
Hardcore Holly vs. Brock Lesnar 6/10
Wasn't terrible, but not great. It is good to see someone new going for the title. World Title Last Man Standing 9/10
HHH vs. HBK
Great Match with a lot of blood. Ended in a double-count out. I didn't like the ending whether HHH won or HBK won at least there would have been a winner. Royal Rumble match 9/10
Great Rumble with a good ending. Mick Foley enters and Taker's gong sounds. Besides 1992 this was the greatest Rumble ever!!! Get the DVD just for this match alone.
Rating:
Summary: WWE Royal Rumble 2004
Review: WWE Royal Rumble 2004
January 25 2004
Philedelphia,Pennsylvania WWE World Title
Lastman Standing
Triple H vs Shawn Michaels WWE Title
Brock Lesnar vs Hardcore Holly Eddie Gurrero vs Chavo Gurrero WWE Crusierweight Title
Rey Mysterio vs Jamie Noble WWE World Tag Team Titles
Table Match
Ric Flair & Batista vs Dudley Boyz Royal Rumble match
15 men from raw, 15 men from smackcown
Raw
Kane
Booker T
Goldberg
Randy Orton
Rob Van Dam
Spike Dudley
Mick Foley
Rene Dupree
Mark Henry
The Hurricane
Chris Jericho
Christain
Scott Steiner
Rico
Matt Hardy
Smackdown
Chris Benoit
Kurt Angle
John Cena
Bradshaw
Tajiri
Matt Morgan
Rikishi
Nunzio
Charlie Haas
Shelton Benjamin
The Cat Ernest Miller
Billy Gunn (returning)
Bigshow
A-Train
Rhyno
Rating:
Summary: BUY THIS DVD
Review: WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Table match
Ric Flair/ Batista vs. Dudleys 1/2*
This match wasn't that great. It was only 5 mins and would be better if it were an elimination match. They could have done sooo much more. WWE CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMIONSHIP
Jamie Noble w/ Nidia vs. Rey Mysterio *
This match was short but sweet. They should have had the match on Sd! the week after the RR at this PPV. I wish it were 10 minutes longer. Eddie Guerrero vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. **1/2
Thid match was only 8 minutes and needed 10 more minutes to it. It still was great except it was slow in the beginning. They had a better match on Smackdown! WWE TITLE
Brock Lesnar vs. Hardcore Holly *1/2
This match was better than I expected and was just the right length. Even though it still sucked. WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
Last Man Standing
Shawn Micheals vs. Triple H ***3/4
This match would have been **** if it weren't for the finish. I loved this match and it was great. But it was a little slow. Heyman/Bischoff segment -***
This could have given the Eddie vs. Chavo match the time it needed. Royal Rumble *****
This match saw great performances by Benoit, Orton, Big SHow, Angle, Jericho, Matt Hardy, and Rob Van Dam. I liked Mick Foley's return and The Undertaker gong. Extras:
Victoria vs. Molly **
This was a good women's match. There is also a feature on the rumble. Buy this DVD
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