{"id":1392,"date":"2016-01-24T05:46:02","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T11:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?p=1392"},"modified":"2016-01-28T05:56:26","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T11:56:26","slug":"royal-rumble-kickoff-show-recap-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/royal-rumble-kickoff-show-recap-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Rumble Kickoff Show &#8211; Recap &#038; Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>January 24, 2016<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(aired live)<\/p>\n<p><strong>City: Orlando, FL<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Venue: Amway Center<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Panel: Renee Young, Corey Graves, Booker T, Jerry Lawler<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Panel<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nRenee introduces everyone on the panel and Rich Brennan in the Social Media Lounge.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nRoyal Rumble by the numbers.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Panel<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nThe panel discusses Reigns&#8217; chances in the Rumble. Graves says there&#8217;s no chance. Lawler says it&#8217;s possible but unlikely. Booker just says it&#8217;ll be tough. They also talk about how dangerous the Wyatt Family is going to be.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nSome Rumble victories are shown. First is Del Rio eliminating Santino to win in 2011. Then it&#8217;s Sheamus eliminating Jericho to win in 2012.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nThe League of Nations has a pep rally in a tiny room with four flags. They agree that one of them will win the Rumble.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Panel<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nLawler says Kalisto has no chance. Booker says Kalisto has it. Graves agrees with Lawler.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nShawn Michaels wins the 1995 Rumble from the number one position. Vince McMahon wins the 1999 Rumble from number two.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nRecap of the Owens\/Ambrose feud.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nJojo has Kevin Owens. Owens assumes what her question will be. He says he will win because he&#8217;s Kevin Owens.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">** Owens really does do a great job of making me want him to lose even though I really like him. He&#8217;s such a jerk. **<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Panel<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nThe panel talks about how dangerous a Last Man Standing match is. Booker says that it&#8217;s Ambrose&#8217;s type of match.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">** I&#8217;m pulling for Ambrose in this one. Definitely. **<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nLesnar winning in 2003. Rock and Big Show both going over in the 2000 Rumble.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 1<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Fatal Four Way Tag Match<\/strong> (winners get to enter the Rumble match)<br \/>\n<strong>Dudley Boyz vs Mark Henry &amp; Jack Swagger vs Damien Sandow &amp; Darren Young vs The Ascension<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: John Cone; ring announcer: Eden Stiles; commentary: Michael Cole, JBL, Byron Saxton)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69edd1e98b978','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69edd1e98b978\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> <em>Show\/Hide Results<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69edd1e98b978\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Mark Henry pins Viktor after a 3D<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 7:59<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nThis was a fun match until the end. It started with a fast pace and everyone doing something. Sandow got the best reaction out of everyone. He got a few chants and people booed whenever someone hit him. It was really great to see Sandow in the ring and he looked like he was really excited just to be out there.<\/p>\n<p>There was no clear dominant team in the match, but The Ascension did control it for a while which slowed it down a bit. And for some reason they put a commercial right in the middle of the match. You could even still hear the crowd while the commercial was playing. It was rather annoying, but not unexpected.<\/p>\n<p>The match was fine until the last segment. There was an awkward moment where a guy seemed to get into the ring way too early because he should have been helping his partner out, but he just stood there and waited for someone to attack him. It was very, very obvious. Also, the team that won had an awkward exchange where the guy goes like he wants to pin one guy, but has to be told that the other guy in the ring is legal so there&#8217;s an awkward moment where he has to switch who he&#8217;s covering.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty happy with the winners though. I&#8217;ve actually been pretty supportive of this team over the last few weeks and have wanted to see them get some recognition. Looks like the people in the back agreed with me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nThe Social Outcasts kick Rich Brennan out of the Social Media Lounge. They answer questions from Twitter. They first reluctantly agree that there is no weak link in their group. They say that they don&#8217;t fit in. Slater says he&#8217;s the leader, but no one else seems to agree. Dallas says they&#8217;re all equal. Axel says he&#8217;s not tired even after being in the Rumble for nearly a year.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nBatista eliminates Reigns to win in 2014. Reigns eliminates Rusev to win in 2015 to a chorus of boos.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nRecap of the Lynch\/Charlotte feud.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Panel<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nBooker T names the Divas match his &#8220;Shucky Ducky Quack Quack&#8221; moment and picks Becky. Graves disagrees. Lawler agrees with Graves.<\/p>\n<p>The panel discusses the Rumble match and reiterates what they said earlier. Booker picks Reigns to win. Lawler picks a surprise entrant to win. Graves picks Lesnar.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Show Impressions<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe show did its job. 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