#seth is such a worthless fucking prick

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The absolute whine Pickles lets out when he realizes he is indeed going to pay Seth so he can get back into his own band kills me every time.

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More Royal Rumble Thoughts...

Royal Rumble Winners Who Didn’t Win The Title:

1995: Shawn Michaels (Lost to Diesel)

1999: Mr. McMahon (Lost spot to Austin)

2000: The Rock (Lost to HHH)

2008: John Cena (Lost to Orton)

2009: Randy Orton (Lost to HHH)

2010: Edge (Lost to Jericho)

2011: Alberto Del Rio (Lost to Edge)

2014: Batista (Lost to Bryan)

2015: Roman Reigns (Lost to Rollins)

2018: Shinsuke Nakamura; Asuka (Lost to Styles, and Charlotte, respectfully)

1995:

Diesel should have won the title at ‘Mania after winning the Royal Rumble, instead of hot shooting him to the top way before he’s ready.

Perhaps Michaels winning the rumble as the number one entrant would have more meat on the bone if the match was an actual hour and not a shade under 40 minutes, and the two most known heels (Owen Hart and Bob Backlund) both eliminated prematurely by Bret Hart. They didn’t even make it to the ring before he took both of them out.

Why couldn’t HBK take out Backlund and Diesel go into ‘Mania as the challenger? Have Shawn turn on Diesel, injury him a month before the rumble, return and win the title?

1999:

A silly occurrence, nonetheless utterly harmless.

2000:

So fucking stupid The Rock didn’t walk out of WrestleMania the champion. But we learned when push comes to shove, The Game goes over. Hard.

2008:

First off, this should have been Ric Flair’s Rumble. He was retiring and deserved to win the rumble, main event WrestleMania (which he’s never done) and go out on top. Either against John Cena, Randy Orton, Edge or Triple H. Maybe HBK if you can pull off the storyline. The point is, Flair deserved more than this. The Vince forcing Flair our storyline made no sense and he played no role in him losing his final match. Bullshit. Utter bullshit.

2009:

Randy Orton should’ve been champion for a year and thus ineligible to compete in the royal rumble. The winner should’ve been C.M Punk, Rey Mysterio or HHH, or Cena.

2010:

Edge returns and wins the rumble as a babyface. Why? Because fuck you. This was Michaels’ last rumble. Undertaker was the World Heavyweight Champion. The story was right there. Goddamnit!

2011:

Double goddamnit. Fuck Del Rio! This era of the rumble winners sucking ass keeps getting worse. It wouldn’t have been so bad if Del Rio wasn’t slated for the opening match in Edge’s last dance, and doing the J.O.B for the Rated-R Superstar forever devaluing the status of the rumble winner.

2012:

Triple Goddamnit!!! Fuck Sheamus. Fuck him. Worthless prick. Triple H’s handpicked dude and he sucked up the joint at ‘Mania when WWE tried to embarrass Daniel Bryan by having him lose the title in 18 seconds and instead gave birth to the “Yes Movement.” So I guess we can thank him for that. Bryan will never main event a WrestleMania again. We can thank the fuck up at ‘Mania 28 for giving Bryan his moment he longed deserved and can never be taken away from him.

2014:

I’ll tell you what, Batista as a face champion could have worked if they programmed him with Brock Lesnar. The combination of Batista awkwardly slated as a face to be the one who’ll dethrone Randy Orton, C.M Punk abruptly leaving the company after the Royal Rumble, and Daniel Bryan not even participating in the rumble making fans so pissed they booed Rey Mysterio(!) made him dead meat to the faithful.

Batista vs Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania.... Damnit we were so close!!!! If Sheamus didn’t beat Bryan in 18 seconds, if Triple H just did the job to Lesnar at ‘Mania 29, that is probably the main event the next year.

2015:

I dislike Roman Reigns. We’ll see how his new heel persona grows and am currently intrigued. But him positioned as the white meat babyface old school legends are constantly propping up is vexing.

WWE pushed Roman despite fans demanding they abort, even going as far to squash the hopes and dreams of a returning Bryan gunning for the title he never lost. Instead, WWE persisted and got cold feet at the eleventh hour creating a memorable moment with Seth Rollins cashing in his Money In The Bank contract to abscond with the title.

But that could have been done on Raw the night after, or a week later, or at the next pay-per-view. This was done at ‘Mania because WWE was scared their new champion was going to be booed out of the building. So he gets his ass kicked by Lesnar, and eats the pin from Rollins.

In 2016, the WWE brought Triple H out of retirement to win the rumble and the world title in the process. Roman beats Trips and reclaims his title at ‘Mania. Personally, I’d rather have Jericho be the one to play the dastardly heel and keep Hunter in retirement. Jericho can make stars, Hunter can’t. The Authority sucked and was poor man’s Shield.

2018:

Shinsuke Nakamura didn’t go on last when his match with Styles was the most over with fans, and didn’t even win the title. Instead he turns heel, loses his rematches with Styles and never sniffs this moment ever again.

Asuka ended her NXT tenure having never lost the title and was hotter than ever. Then she’s fed to Charlotte Flair and despite her being the heel is embraced by Asuka even in defeat. Yuck.

You think about how Styles’ long reign ended suddenly, and how Charlotte transitioned from her John Cena Queen of the WWE Universe role to a backstage player on a full-time status this being her last stand utterly sucks because it set the precedent that no matter what, whenever Flair returns she’s eating one of the women’s champions. Asuka paid the price for years losing this match. Nakamura surely did twice-fold.