The Royal Rumble is by far my favourite WWE PPV of the year, I love the whole concept of the Rumble.
For the last couple of years, my friends and I have got together and made a few bets on the outcome. We all throw in five bucks, and draw numbers from a hat, the numbers correspond to a guy. This year there were four prizes.
1st prize: The Winner of the Rumble
2nd prize: The guy who lasts longest
3rd prize: The guy who eliminates the most wrestlers
4th prize: The team with the most jobbers.
Larry Woo won the first and third prizes by having Brock Lesnar, the winner of the Rumble, and third prize for guy who eliminates the most wrestlers by having Chris Jericho.
Jeff Styga won the guy who lasts longest with RVD who came in 12th, and left 26th, 14 spots later. The closest guy was Chris Jericho who came in at number 2, and left at number 14.
Yours truly won the crappiest team, with the stellar grouping of Nowinski, Dreamer, Cena, Booker T, and Maven. I managed exactly 1 elimination when Booker T managed to eliminate Eddie Guerrerro. Jeff had the nerve to argue that his team was worse, but the stats back up my argument, come on, tell me how a team could be crappier than mine?!?
Here’s all the Rumble stats:
Order of entry: 1: Shawn Michaels, 2: Chris Jericho, 3: Chris Nowinski, 4: Rey Mysterio, 5: Edge, 6: Christian, 7: Chavo, 8: Tajiri, 9: Bill Demott, 10: Tommy Dreamer, 11: RVD, 13: Matt Hardy, 14: Eddie Guerrerro, 15: Jeff Hardy, 16: Rosey, 17: Test, 18: Cena, 19: Charlie Haas, 20: Rikishi, 21: Jamal, 22: Kane, 23: Sheldon Benjamin, 24: Booker T, 25: A-Train, 26: Maven, 27: Goldust, 28: Batista, 29: Lesnar, 30: Taker.
Order of elimination: 1: Shawn Michaels (by Jericho), 2: Christopher Nowinski (by Mysterio), 3: Mysterio (by Jericho), 4: Demott (by Edge), 5: Dreamer (by Jericho and Christian), 6: Tajiri (by Jericho), 7: B2 (by Edge), 8: Chavo (by Edge), 9: Christian (by Jericho), 10: Edge (by Edge), 11: Jeff Hardy (by RVD), 12: Rosey (by Kane), 13: Eddie (by Booker T), 14: Jericho (by Test), 15: Goldust (by Charlie Haas), 16: Booker T (by Benjamin), 17: Test (by Batista), 18: Rikishi (by Batista), 19: Haas (by Lesnar), 20: Benjamin (by Lesnar), 21: Matt Hardy (by Lesnar), 22: Cena (by Taker), 23: Jamal (by Taker), 24: Maven (by Taker), 25: A-Train (by Kane and RVD), 26: RVD (by Kane), 27 Batista (by Taker), 28: Kane (by Taker), 29: Taker (by Lesnar).
Most Outs:
Jericho: 6
Taker: 5
Lesnar: 4
Kane: 3
Batista: 3
Edge: 3
RVD: 2
Booker T: 1
Test: 1
Haas: 1
Benjamin: 1
Rey: 1
Christian 1
Teams:
Team Benson: Chavo, Test, Jamal, Benjamin, Taker
Eliminations: 7
Team Curtis: Edge, Christian, Tajiri, Eddie G, A-Train
Eliminations: 4
Team Darkside: Chris Nowinski, Tommy Dreamer, John Cena, Booker T, Maven
Eliminations: 1
Team Josh: Rey Mysterio, Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, Charlie Haas, Batista
Eliminations: 5
Team Jeffro: Bill Demott, RVD, Rosey, Rikishi, Kane
Eliminations: 5
Team Woo Tang: Michaels, Jericho, B2, Goldust, Lesnar
Eliminations: 10