I could have gone with my favourite current wrestler, but the nWo is arguably the reason there was the Monday Night Wars. Ratings were at an all time high due to the WCW vs WWE, with WCW coming out on top for over a year. No nWo, no boom in the wrestling biz.
the greatest wrestling event of the year. It's the one time of year that wrestling fans and non-wrestling fans alike can get together to watch a non-stop spectacle, and if for no other reason put money on a randomized outcome. The Royal Rumble.
What helps set the rumble apart from any other PPV is not only the fact that there's a 30 man battle royale with a new wrestler entering the ring every minute and a half to two minutes (depending on the year). But the fact that you and you friends can make it even more interesting by placing bets.
Now we all know that wrestling has a scripted outcome. However what you do is get everyone to draw numbers out of a hat (numbers 1-30) then each wrestler that draws the same number you do is on your team. Everyone puts in a predetermined amount of money for the pot. The if the winner of the rumble is on your randomly drawn team, you win the pot.
Sometimes a variance is made where 2/3 of the pot goes to the person with the winner wrestler, and 1/3 of the pot goes to the person who has the wrestler who was in the ring the longest amount of time.
For Royal Rumble 21, not only did I have Shawn Michaels drawn to my team, but with everyone believing that Tripple H was going to take the Rumble, I just missed him (HHH was 29) having drawn #30. Then John Cena came out at 30, back three month early from rehab, completely out of left feild, cleaned house, and I took home not only the money for longest wrestler, but winning wrestler as well.
It was a great PPV with a great fiscal outcome for myself personally. I might not really follow wrestling much anymore, however I always make time for the Royal Rumble, regardless if I know the storylines or not.
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2009-2001
1991-2000
1980-1990 - The Million Dollar Man Ted DiBaise
Pre-80's
Tag Team
Stable
Women's
Personality
Storyline
Title Belt
PPV - Royal Rumble 21
Match
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Team Shooting Star Press selects with their 2nd pick, in the Stable category, Evolution!
Featuring, Triple H, Ric Flair, Batista and Randy Orton this Stable helped launch the careers of Batista and Randy Orton, while keeping Triple H and Ric Flair on top. They would win the WWE Tag Team titles twice with Batista and Flair, the Intercontinental title once with Orton, the Heavyweight title 5 times, 4 times with Triple H, 1 time with Orton, and 1 Royal Rumble win of Batista.
Hey guys, I'm hopefully going to be travelling all day tomorrow, so if you guys could look after yourselves that'd be great. If my pick comes up before you hear from me, just AK me and I'll pick when I get back.
So, no low blows or foreign objects in the ring while the referee's back is turned
With my second pick in the draft, I am proud to select in the 1980 - 1990 category – Bam Bam Bigelow
"The Beast From The East," Bam Bam Bigelow was known for his massive size and trademark tatooed forehead, which bore red and yellow flames that matched his ring attire. Bigelow was a rarity in the world of professional wrestling: a big man who could stand toe-to-toe in the ring with such equally massive combatants as Andre The Giant and The Undertaker, he also moved with the same agility of much smaller wrestlers like Rey Mysterio and Sean "X-Pac" Waltman.
Before retiring in 2002, Bam Bam enjoyed a long and successful career. He wrestled in all of the "big three" wrestling promotions — WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment); WCW (World Championship Wrestling); and ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling), as well as overseas in places like Japan, where he worked successful programs with other big men like Big Van Vader in such promotions as New Japan Wrestling.
His biggest years, however, were in the nineties, with the then World Wrestling Federation. In Vince McMahon's WWF, he most often worked as a despised wrestling "heel" (the wrestling vernacular for "bad guy"). During his WWF tenure, Bigelow was managed by equally colorful characters like Sir Oliver Humperdink, a short, fat little man with a penchant for big cigars and loud Hawaiian shirts; and Luna Vachon, the "psychotic" female with flamed tattoos that matched Bigelow's own.
Bigelow worked matches with most of the biggest WWF names, such as Bret "Hitman" Hart (who praised his wrestling ability as being remarkable for such a big man), The Undertaker, and Hulk Hogan. In these matches, Bigelow would run the ring with the agility of a man half his size, doing somersaults and flying off of the ropes. His arsenal of wrestling moves even included a textbook moonsault, a move popularized by smaller wrestlers of the Lucha Libre discipline, and one that most wrestlers his size would not even dare to attempt.
On the morning of January 19, 2007, Bigelow was found dead in his home
2001-2009
1991-2000
1980 1990 ---> Bam Bigelow
Pre-80's ---> The Dynamite Kid
Tag Team
Stable
Women's
Personality
Storyline
Title Belt
PPV
Match
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With my third pick in the draft, I am proud to select in the 2001- 2009 category – The Phenomenal AJ Styles
“A.J. Styles is the embodiment of the X Division which is all about no limits. His wrestling style is very fast paced with high impact maneuvers that are incredible to look at. He found immediate success in TNA, winning both the inaugural X Division and Tag Team Championship Tournaments. His wrestling style quickly established TNA as an alternative to the WWE product. The fans knew that regardless of whatever else was on the show, A.J. Styles would have an incredible match worth watching.
Even though he is in TNA, he spends his time wrestling for various indy federations in the U.S. and is usually in their main events. Any indy federation he works with gets an immediate bump in popularity and credibility by him being there. His hard work has helped make Ring of Honor a very respected indy federation that in many fans eyes is the best promotion in all of wrestling.”
2001-2009 ---> AJ Styles
1991-2000
1980-1990 ---> Bam Bam Bigelow
Pre-80's ---> The Dynamite Kid
Tag Team
Stable
Women's
Personality
Storyline
Title Belt
PPV
Match
With my third pick in the draft, I am proud to select in the 2001- 2009 category – The Phenomenal AJ Styles
Damn, he is the reason that I got into TNA, he was the first match that I saw and I was so freaking impressed with him that he got me hooked on TNA.
Also Samoa Joe is another great pick, he is a big guy but man can he move.
With our third pick Team Shooting Star Press, selects in the Tag Team category, Edge and Christian
E&C would go on to win 7 Tag Team titles together, before going there own way to success. They would have many memorable matches as a Tag Team, including a few TLC matches.
2009-2001
1991-2000 - Edge
1980-1990 - The undertaker
Pre-80's
Tag Team - The Legion of Doom
Stable
Women's
Personality (announcer/valet/manager/bodyguard/special referee)
Storyline
Title Belt
PPV
Match
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