Favourite Rumble Elimination

Simple really, what is your favourite elimination in any Rumble?

Although technically not a Rumble elimination since he wasn't officially part of the Royal Rumble match it's got to be Taka Michinoku's epic face plant into the ringside mat at the 2000 Rumble.

The elimination of Vince McMahon's ability to walk in 2005 has to be my favourite.

Honkey Tonk Man, when Kane destroyed him.

Muhammad Hassans elimination sticks out to me since every heel and face at the time threw him out straight away when he entered.

Sheamus' brogue kick to hornswoggle was very enjoyable aswell. Shame he lost a battle royal to him last week.

Got to agree with Y2D2 - Taka Michinoku's was the most brutal and defo most funny!

How about Daniel Puder?

Warlord by Hogan in 1989! Warlord was in the ring for 2 seconds!

Not a elimination but one of my favoutite moment was when every wrestler worked together in an attempt to eliminate Yokozuna, but they were unable to lift him!

Maven on Taker in 2002, I marked out big time.

nasisillmatic wrote:Maven on Taker in 2002, I marked out big time.

Loved this one, even though I was (am) a big 'taker fan.



One of the Bushwackers (haven't a notion which) in the '91 Rumble. He did his whole arms waving thing the whole way into the ring, was thrown out immediately by Earthquake and continued to the arm waving thing the whole way to the back. On a futher note, this was an extremely uneventful Royal Rumble.

Got to say that the Bret Hart/Lex Luger double elimination at the end of the 1994 Rumble was...ahem....excellently executed. They absolutely nailed it.

Paul London being cleaned out by Snitsky always sticks out for me, King's commentary was hilarious.

one of the bushwhackers when they walked in and was thrown straight out and carried on doing the bush whacker walk to the back

here it is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVofANpX14s

liverbnz wrote:

nasisillmatic wrote:Maven on Taker in 2002, I marked out big time.

Loved this one, even though I was (am) a big 'taker fan.



One of the Bushwackers (haven't a notion which) in the '91 Rumble. He did his whole arms waving thing the whole way into the ring, was thrown out immediately by Earthquake and continued to the arm waving thing the whole way to the back. On a futher note, this was an extremely uneventful Royal Rumble.

ncfc_Tooze wrote:one of the bushwhackers when they walked in and was thrown straight out and carried on doing the bush whacker walk to the back

here it is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVofANpX14s

Snap!

indeed it is a snap, was the first one that popped into my head

Shawn Michaels in 2010. The despairing reach for the ropes as he falls backwards was brilliant.

As previously mentioned, Maven's elimination of Undertaker in 2002 is a classic.

Austin's elmination of Bret Hart in 1997.

Taka in 2000

Rikishi on Viscera and 2 cool in 2000

Austin on Kane in 2001

Kane on Honky Tonk man in 2001

Brock on Shelton (i think) in 2003. When he F5d him over the top rope.

Snitzky on London in 2004(?)

HBK on Taker in 2008

Batista on HBK 2010

Paul London's brutal elimination: https://youtu.be/HbEl6ZVnIBw

I know this one isn't the Royal Rumble, but it still made me laugh: https://youtu.be/M_Pt5Zo4ycE

theundisputedY2D2 wrote:Got to say that the Bret Hart/Lex Luger double elimination at the end of the 1994 Rumble was...ahem....excellently executed. They absolutely nailed it.

Bret Hart discusses this in his book, about the only thing he credits Luger for was the timing and execution of the double elimination he slates his ability to work at every opportunity thereafter, but we all know V.Mac loves the muscular workers and it was apparent very early on. Incidently great book for a read, apologies for deviating from the point.

CM Punk in his Nexus guise preeching between eliminations was a standout moment for me in rumble history.

poc.sco wrote:

theundisputedY2D2 wrote:Got to say that the Bret Hart/Lex Luger double elimination at the end of the 1994 Rumble was...ahem....excellently executed. They absolutely nailed it.

Bret Hart discusses this in his book, about the only thing he credits Luger for was the timing and execution of the double elimination he slates his ability to work at every opportunity thereafter, but we all know V.Mac loves the muscular workers and it was apparent very early on. Incidently great book for a read, apologies for deviating from the point.

CM Punk in his Nexus guise preeching between eliminations was a standout moment for me in rumble history.

That was his SES gimmick. Nexus was when they dominated the 40 man rumble and Cena cleared house.

I'm giving this it's second mention.

Sheamus' brogue kick to 'Swoggle.

2005 - Snitsky Eliminating Paul London

2001 - The Rock Eliminating the Big Show

2002 - Maven Eliminating the Undertaker

2004 - Mick Foley Eliminating Randy Orton

poc.sco wrote:

theundisputedY2D2 wrote:Got to say that the Bret Hart/Lex Luger double elimination at the end of the 1994 Rumble was...ahem....excellently executed. They absolutely nailed it.

Bret Hart discusses this in his book, about the only thing he credits Luger for was the timing and execution of the double elimination he slates his ability to work at every opportunity thereafter, but we all know V.Mac loves the muscular workers and it was apparent very early on. Incidently great book for a read, apologies for deviating from the point.

Apologies for keeping the thread slightly off topic, but Bret Hart can go jump as far as his opinions go. Great, great wrestler undoubtedly but he is so insecure about his place in history that he can't give anyone credit. Luger could go you just have to watch late 80's NWA to realise that. Lex might have been unmotivated at the time, but his gimmick was that of a Superman against Yokozuna, Ludvig Borga etc. So he'd be out of shape for having 30 minute technical matches. Besides it's not like Bret was never lazy in the ring. The 5 moves of doom are notorious for a reason.

It's my thread and I have no problem with it going off topic.

Andre the Giant Eliminating himself coz he's scared of snakes!!!

Don Caboose wrote:

poc.sco wrote:

theundisputedY2D2 wrote:Got to say that the Bret Hart/Lex Luger double elimination at the end of the 1994 Rumble was...ahem....excellently executed. They absolutely nailed it.

Bret Hart discusses this in his book, about the only thing he credits Luger for was the timing and execution of the double elimination he slates his ability to work at every opportunity thereafter, but we all know V.Mac loves the muscular workers and it was apparent very early on. Incidently great book for a read, apologies for deviating from the point.

Apologies for keeping the thread slightly off topic, but Bret Hart can go jump as far as his opinions go. Great, great wrestler undoubtedly but he is so insecure about his place in history that he can't give anyone credit. Luger could go you just have to watch late 80's NWA to realise that. Lex might have been unmotivated at the time, but his gimmick was that of a Superman against Yokozuna, Ludvig Borga etc. So he'd be out of shape for having 30 minute technical matches. Besides it's not like Bret was never lazy in the ring. The 5 moves of doom are notorious for a reason.

Mate I don't know where to start on this bad boy... Luger was push to the moon & bombed as a result McMahon had to go back to Hart.

Rumble eliminations....

Maven's on Taker was a classic mark out moment.

Lex& Bret perfect execution

Can't believe no ones mentioned Sid eliminating Hogan & then Flair dumping out Sid in the ensuing mealy! I was jumping round the room for joy with my older brother after this!

5 moves of doom?

Back Breaker
Side Russian Leg Sweep
Second rope elbow drive
Snap Suplex
Front Atomic Drop
Inverted Atomic Drop
Running Bulldog
Running DropKick (which always looked unorthadox)
Running hook closeline
Sharpshooter

Those are only moves Bret used as signiture moves though, he used a plethora of other moves during the match to tell the story and work either the legs or the back, other things he often did was the chest bump into the buckles, he often used the pile driver, the figure four,the figure four around the ring post as well, the small package, a victory roll, side suplex, sleeper

Labeling him to 5 moves of doom is severely misguided

the-gaffer wrote:5 moves of doom?

Back Breaker
Side Russian Leg Sweep
Second rope elbow drive
Snap Suplex
Front Atomic Drop
Inverted Atomic Drop
Running Bulldog
Running DropKick (which always looked unorthadox)
Running hook closeline
Sharpshooter

Those are only moves Bret used as signiture moves though, he used a plethora of other moves during the match to tell the story and work either the legs or the back, other things he often did was the chest bump into the buckles, he often used the pile driver, the figure four,the figure four around the ring post as well, the small package, a victory roll, side suplex, sleeper

Labeling him to 5 moves of doom is severely misguided

That figure of four around the ring post just looked so slick I'm surprised no one has stole that yet

Bret Hart 5 Moves of Doom? I've heard it all now. One thing Bret definately was not was lazy. Bret's probably got more moves in his repertoire than 90% of wrestlers since 1990.

Brady12 wrote:

the-gaffer wrote:5 moves of doom?

Back Breaker
Side Russian Leg Sweep
Second rope elbow drive
Snap Suplex
Front Atomic Drop
Inverted Atomic Drop
Running Bulldog
Running DropKick (which always looked unorthadox)
Running hook closeline
Sharpshooter

Those are only moves Bret used as signiture moves though, he used a plethora of other moves during the match to tell the story and work either the legs or the back, other things he often did was the chest bump into the buckles, he often used the pile driver, the figure four,the figure four around the ring post as well, the small package, a victory roll, side suplex, sleeper

Labeling him to 5 moves of doom is severely misguided

That figure of four around the ring post just looked so slick I'm surprised no one has stole that yet

I'm 95% sure they have, unless you're being sarcastic.

I always liked the ending to the 2000 Rumble where Rock eliminated Big Show by hanging on.

I know, they (Rock) botched it, but at the time I was young and watching it live was a major mark out moment. I was desperate for Rock to win and it looked for all the world that Big Show had it sewn up.

Fans in the 80's and early 90's seems like a set routine before the finisher. Look at Hulk Hogan he would Hulk up, block the attack, 3 punches, irish whip, big boot, leg drop.

My point was not that Bret Hart was a poor worker or that Luger wasn't pushed to the moon. The point I was trying to make is that Bret Hart is overly concerned with putting himself over and putting others down. I have no idea why when he is almost unanimously considered one of the all time greats. (To which I agree). But I've read so much about him claiming he was just as over as Bulldog at Wembley 1992, how Flair was a lazy worker, he invented the Sharpshooter(!) etc. It seems he can't give credit to anyone.

And my reference to the 5 moves of Doom is not that they were the only moves he has ever used, far from it. But how many matches involved the exact same sequence in his babyface comebacks? Cena gets slated for his own predictable comebacks, but Bret Hart was guilty of the same thing.

Don Caboose wrote:My point was not that Bret Hart was a poor worker or that Luger wasn't pushed to the moon. The point I was trying to make is that Bret Hart is overly concerned with putting himself over and putting others down. I have no idea why when he is almost unanimously considered one of the all time greats. (To which I agree). But I've read so much about him claiming he was just as over as Bulldog at Wembley 1992, how Flair was a lazy worker, he invented the Sharpshooter(!) etc. It seems he can't give credit to anyone.

And my reference to the 5 moves of Doom is not that they were the only moves he has ever used, far from it. But how many matches involved the exact same sequence in his babyface comebacks? Cena gets slated for his own predictable comebacks, but Bret Hart was guilty of the same thing.

Hogan was the same, as was Warrior.

I think you'll find its a Face 'trait', it gets the anticipation in the crowd going. It sells.

Don Caboose wrote:My point was not that Bret Hart was a poor worker or that Luger wasn't pushed to the moon. The point I was trying to make is that Bret Hart is overly concerned with putting himself over and putting others down. I have no idea why when he is almost unanimously considered one of the all time greats. (To which I agree). But I've read so much about him claiming he was just as over as Bulldog at Wembley 1992, how Flair was a lazy worker, he invented the Sharpshooter(!) etc. It seems he can't give credit to anyone.

And my reference to the 5 moves of Doom is not that they were the only moves he has ever used, far from it. But how many matches involved the exact same sequence in his babyface comebacks? Cena gets slated for his own predictable comebacks, but Bret Hart was guilty of the same thing.

I think it's a throughly insecure business and that definitely rubs off on those who have been within it all their lives and had success. Hogan, Warrior, HHH, and many many more, could all be accused of lacking humility and placing credit where it's due.

Reading Bret's book, I didn't think he was never giving credit to others, but I agree in places he came off as insecure about his standing, and it felt like he believed he should be viewed as the best (which in fairness I don't have him far off of).

King Beer wrote:

Brady12 wrote:

the-gaffer wrote:5 moves of doom?

Back Breaker
Side Russian Leg Sweep
Second rope elbow drive
Snap Suplex
Front Atomic Drop
Inverted Atomic Drop
Running Bulldog
Running DropKick (which always looked unorthadox)
Running hook closeline
Sharpshooter

Those are only moves Bret used as signiture moves though, he used a plethora of other moves during the match to tell the story and work either the legs or the back, other things he often did was the chest bump into the buckles, he often used the pile driver, the figure four,the figure four around the ring post as well, the small package, a victory roll, side suplex, sleeper

Labeling him to 5 moves of doom is severely misguided

That figure of four around the ring post just looked so slick I'm surprised no one has stole that yet

I'm 95% sure they have, unless you're being sarcastic.

I believe DDP started using it in early 1999. I think he (DDP) put Hogan on the shelf with it (storyline wise).

I thought Kane's short run in 1999 was pretty cool, eliminate four guys in about a minute and then leave, while being chased by guys with white coats from the asylum.

Other than that, Kevin Nash at the end of the 1996 Rumble was a pretty cool looking elimination.

I'm sure HBK did it.

I remember Cody Rhodes did it to Shawn at Hell in a Cell 09, I'd like to see him do that more often, it'd make him a pretty formidable badass

Don, Cena doesn't get slated for his 5 moves of doom, it's his poor execution of what are essentially basic moves that get's people's backs up

the-gaffer wrote:I remember Cody Rhodes did it to Shawn at Hell in a Cell 09, I'd like to see him do that more often, it'd make him a pretty formidable badass

Don, Cena doesn't get slated for his 5 moves of doom, it's his poor execution of what are essentially basic moves that get's people's backs up

Its his lazy on/off selling that annoys me most and also despite him being the face of the company and on TV more than anyone else, everyone walks into his offence like they are idiots. He should be the one guy whose offence everyone has scouted.

Everyone has their signiture '5 moves of doom' so to speak when building up for their finisher, its having the extra moves in your arsenal which makes the difference. Bret, HBK, Savage etc all have their '5 moves of doom' but they also had the ability to have periods in a match where they offered other exciting, crowd pleasing offence which werent in their '5 moves of doom'. Thats where Cena & Hogan perhaps lacked because 9/10 of their matches consist of the heel dominating for the first 3/4 of the match before they 'hulk up' and execute the '5 moves of doom'. You might get the odd rest hold inbetween but generally most of the great Cena/Hogan matches have been against good workers who basically carry the match until the end. Bret Hart could carry a match. John Cena cant.

i would have gone for the bushwacker one elimantion or the one from either warlord or barbarian which was another 2 seconds in the rumble