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WWE Royal Rumble 2006

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4 star:		(23)
3 star:		(23)
2 star:		(8)
1 star:		(12)

 

 

The 2006 version of WWE's Royal Rumble featured a good Royal Rumble and, a mediocre undercard, and two fairly poor main events.

1. Cruiserweight Invitational: Kid Kash (C) v. Funaki v. Jaime Noble v. Paul London v. Nunzio v. Gregory Helms
This was a pretty good match with alot of high flying moves and some solid technical wrestling. Its one of the stronger matches on the card but it wasnt given nearly enough time to really take off. Predictable ending.

2. Ashley Massaro v. Mickie James (with Trish Stratus as Special Guest Referee)
Generally speaking, the women's division on Raw is fairly poor, with the division mainly consisting of Ashley, Mickie and Trish, and this match shows just how weak the division is. Ashley completely tanked in her first major match while Mickie James proved to be average. Trish made the match somewhat interesting as the guest referee but there isnt much to see here.

3. JBL v. Boogeyman
This match is worth seeing only for the Boogeyman's antics. Otherwise, there's nothing to talk about here. Very weak match, one of the worst I've seen on a PPV in awhile. Complete squash.

4. The 2006 Royal Rumble
Although you could figure out down to two or three men who would win by the time numbers one and two came out, this was a fairly good Royal Rumble. A couple surprise returns and a surprise entrant made the match even more interesting, and Rob Van Dam looked good in his first match in almost a year. This is the strongest match of the night, but it was really underplayed and the fact that it wasnt even the main event, but the fourth match out of six indicates that whoever won the match wont be in the main event at Wrestlemania.

5. Edge (C) v. John Cena
This match was decent. Edge is capable of putting on some very good matches and when you put Cena in the ring with someone who can wrestle, he usually looks decent. His gimmick is still revolting, and its a shame that Edge is being pushed to the back so that Cena can be champion again. His 9 month reign was fairly abysmal and its hard to be positive about his second title run, but so long as he's bringing in extra revenue for the company with his mediocre rap record, he'll be the champion.

6. Kurt Angle (C) v. Mark Henry
This match was absolutely awful. There is no reason that Mark Henry should ever be in the main event of a major pay per view like the Royal Rumble. Angle did all he could to make this match worth watching, but he failed. Fortunately, it was rather short. The Undertaker's appearance after the match was the most interesting part, though it could have been saved for the next episode of Smackdown! so that the Royal Rumble could have been the main event, as it should be.


The Royal Rumble is my favorite event of the year, but outside of the Rumble match itself, there is nothing really worth watching here, except maybe for the Cruiserweight Invitational. If you really love Rumble matches, buy this, otherwise, dont waste your money as the rest of the event isnt nearly good enough to justify dropping more than a couple dollars on.

To the person below me, I hate to prove you wrong, but its actually going to be Kurt Angle vs Randy Orton for the World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania. Rey is going to lose his championship match at No Way Out while Angle defeates Undertaker. Taker is also going to face Mark Henry at Mania and send his winning streak to 14-0

6-man Texas Tornado Cruiserweight Invitational
WWE Cruiserweight Championship
Kid Kash(c) vs Jamie Noble vs Funaki vs Nunzio vs Paul London vs Gregory Helms

Definitely a good opener for the PPV. Some good cruiserweight action, including London getting some serious air time and a good ending with Gregory Helms pinning Funaki with the Shining Wizard to win the Cruiserweight title

Match rating: 3/5

Ashley vs Mickie James
Trish Stratus Special Referee

Absolute waste of time match. All 3 women are hot, but looks does not equal good wrestling

Match rating: 1/5

JBL vs Boogeyman

Another waste of time match. Too much worm eating and running around and not enough wrestling. JBL loses after a Pumphandle Slam. Nice job, Vince

Match rating: 1/5

2006 Royal Rumble match

Triple H and Rey Mysterio enter at 1 and 2, respectively and last the entire match. Throughout the match, Triple H does a great job of hanging in there, nearly being eliminated at least a dozen times. Shawn Michaels gets eliminated by Shane McMahon and Rey Mysterio wins after eliminating Triple H and Randy Orton. Surprise entrants Tantaka, Eugene and Goldust

Match rating: 4/5

John Cena vs Edge(c)
WWE Championship

A regular John Cena match, On the defensive the entire match, comes back with 3 or 4 moves, locks in the STFU and we have a new WWE Champion. The rematch the next night on Raw was a much better match for John Cena. He was much more agressive and show more dominance in that one match than he did the past 9 months he was the WWE Champion. I hope he can keep it up heading into Wrestlemania against Triple H

Match rating: 3/5

Kurt Angle(c) vs Mark Henry
World Heavyweight Championship

Absolutely disappointing match. I wonder what Vince was thinking putting someone as good as Kurt Angle in the ring with stupid Mark Henry, especially after Henry injured Batista. Angle wins after a rollup. Undertaker makes his return, sending a message to Angle that he wants the World Heavyweight Championship and makes the ring collapse.

Match rating: 2/5

All in all, if you can get a copy of this PPV from someone else, then do it

okay, for one thing it is called the royal rumble so the royal rumble should be the main event not some stupid performance from mark henry.

MATCH ONE:cruier wait open invitaional,
great high flying matchthe cruiser weights rock but obviously vince mcmahon dosent think so. 8/10

MATCH TWO: Mickie James vs Ashley Trish as special ref,
it was okay but Ashly is hot but she cant wrestle the best part was the ending when it ended 4/10

Match THREE: Okay the bogey man cant wrestle. He is entertaining but not ion matches. Why stick a good wrestler such as JBL in the ring with some freak. I dont get it. 5/10

MATCH FOUR:Royal Rumblew match, this was awesome and even better since Rey wonthis was the best match of the night. If this was the Main event i would give the ppv 5 stars instead of 3. 9/10

Match FIVE: John Cena vs. Edge, It was good but not great
7/10

Match SIX: Mark Henry VS. Kurt Angle WHY put some 1 as bad as Mark Henry at the main event of such a big ppv why! 4/10

1.Cruiserweight invitational-Nice fast paced match.Some nice moves by all the competitors.Paul London did the best move with a flying swanton from the top turnbuckle. Good choice for an opener and got the Royal Rumble off to a good start. 8/10 Winner-Gregory Helms


2. Mickie James vs Ashley-Both need training in their wrstling.These two are better entertainers then in an actual wrestling match. Boring stuff here but the storyline is going on really well.3/10 Winner-Mickie James



3.Boogeyman vs JBL-Wow how boring can one match get?!?!Well if you watch this match you will know. Wow i at least expected a decent match because I thought JBL could carry the Boogeyman.I was wrong,this match sucked.1/10 1 for the boogeyman creepiness.
Winner-Boogeyman


4.The Royal Rumble Match-Wow I was very suprised to learn that this match was not the main event. In the future the WWE should always make this match this match the main event. If it is hyped the way it is it should be the main event. Anyway a very good and unpredictable match.I was sure that HHH or Orton was going to win. Rey Mysterio does deserve though to win a match like this.Winner Rey Mysterio 9/10



5.Edge vs John Cena- This match should've been the main event. It tld a better story than Mark Henry vs Kurt Angle. Decent match with the wrong person winning.Edge was doing a very nice job as champ and should remain as champ. 8/10 Winner-John Cena


6.Mark Henry vs Kurt Angle- A so so match that could've been a lot better than it was. A few good spots with the chair. The ending was better with Taker coming and doing his regular scare gimmick. 6.5/10 Winner Kurt Angle


A good ppv with some nice matches and some good backstage segments. I recommend this for the Rumble Match,cruiserweight match,and the WWE Title Match.

For Starters, this PPV was horrible. There really is nothing else to say.

1. Cruiserweight Invitational Open Match for the Cruiserweight Title

A pretty good match, however no one cares about the cruiserweights. Not a bad way to start the show however, as it was fast paced. **1/4

2. Mickie James vs. Ashley Special Referee Trish Stratus

This match was horrible, and had nothing riding on the line. Was only used to further the fued with Mickie James and Trish Stratus. For the love of god skip this unless you want to see trish who's attire isn't very revealing so don't waste your time. 1/4*

3. The Boogeyman vs. JBL

One word: SKIP. A complete squash match, and also a complete trash match. DUD

4. Royal Rumble Match

I didn't know why this match was before the main events but I would find out later. This was match of the night, although that's not saying much. As far as rumbles go it was pretty good, but Rey winning the Royal Rumble made me sick. I can safely say that the second he won, I went into my basement and broke things, including a bone in my hand on the punching bag. A bit of overreacting, probably considering there was nothing I could do to change things, but I was pretty freakin' pissed off. I enjoy Mysterio in the ring, but I think he wins too much to be even remotely believable and since Eddie's passing he has been a total charity case. You can bet your bottom dollar that I wasn't pleased when he won the title at wrestlemania. ***1/4

5. WWE Title Match: John Cena (c) vs. Edge

We finally had a deserving/good champion in edge, and a meer 3 weeks later he was taken away from us by the abomination of a wrestler/personality/talker known as John Cena. His rapper gimmick makes me almost as sick as his wrestling skills. I don't care if people call him a "brawler" if that's the case then he's an abysmal brawler. As far as a match is conserned this one's ok, however it seemed like a raw match. If you actually buy this ppv give this a look, one is all you'll need. **1/4

6. World Heavyweight Title Match: Kurt Angle (c) vs. Mark Henry

Ugh, just Ugh. Kurt did all he could to make this watchable however Henry is far too bad to allow it. Absolutely shockingly poor match here. Kurt wins, thank god, and that's all you need to know. Don't bother with this one. 1/2* if you are very, very generous.

All in all this is one of the worst/most disapointing PPVs I have ever seen. It just made me sick to my stomach. The Undertaker coming out at the end of the Angle Match was the only thing keeping me from taking this tape out of the VCR and immediately setting it on fire. Please for the sake of Africa don't buy this or even look at it in the store it will blind you with its awefulness.

UPDATE! Since reviewing this ppv I have in fact set the tape on fire. I felt it was best for everyone.

Rey Mysterio is not headlining Wrestlemania. Lets' settle that argument right now, hes' only won it so that when Orton beats him at No Way Out, he will have the sufficent heat he requires to get over as a despised challenger to Kurts' title at 'Mania. Reys' booking latley has been weak itself, how many people honestly buy Mysterios' rise to the top? Hes' had to rely on dedicating his matches to the late Eddie Guerrero, making it seem as if he can't get over himself, which he has proven to over his career, but ask WWE that. The result? People will get sick of Rey doing everything in memory of Eddie and boo him.

1. Cruserweight Invitaitonal Battle Royale: Kid Kash vs Funak vs Jamie Noble vs Paul London vs Nunzio vs Gregory Helems: Kid Kash defends the cruserweight title in a match booked quite like the SD royale for the world title, with a former RAW wrestler, Gregory Helms, jumping ship to contend for the belt, lengthier match than usual for the cruserweights with some great top rope splashes and gripping spots from Paul London and Helmes respectifully, Kash has no say in the decision to crown a new champion, Helmes pins Funaki to win the belt. ***

2. Ashley vs Micki James: Trish guest referees this sloppy womens' match, Ashley seriously can't wrestle and Mickie had trouble pulling much of anything out of her, Mickie wins much to Trishs' relcutancy. **1/2

3. The Boogeyman vs JBL: Short as you could reasonably expect to hide Boogeymans' weaknesses and limitations, quick win does the job for Boogey on JBL. DUD

4. Royal Rumble Match: Placing the rumble in the mid-card killed the crowd for the remainder of the night, Hunter and Mysterio draw numbers one and two but stay out of the way of many of the competitors, Mysterio does'nt really do as much here as in 2005, whilst Hunter occasionally interacted, the best offerings came from Matt Hardy, Chavo Guerrero, Chris Benoit, and Carlito. Most unintentionally hilarious spots came when RVD, suffering from ring rust, made two sloppy dropkicks that forced Carlito and Goldust to eject themselves. Orton is the final person eliminated, by Mysterio to win the match ***

5. WWE Championship: Edge vs John Cena: quite curiously, the best part of the match was Cenas' entrance, a giant space ship like ramp that descends in front of the crowd, it does'nt do much to satisfy anyone beyond tweleve years old or a girl, because, you know, Cenas' entire fanbase comprises of children and girls. Cena and Edge have a weak match here that is soon topped by the rematch the next night on RAW, F-U and an STFU guarantee another boring reign for WWEs' answer to Roland Rat, even when the ratings were much better with Edge as champion. **

6. World Heavyweight Championship: Kurt Angle vs Mark Henry: The reason the rumble was put in the mid-card become obvious after this match, pretty much a reasonable well paced encoutner which sees Angle using heel tactics to keep Henry down, using steel chairs and the ropes to pin him, The Undertaker emerges to challenge Angle for the belt and causes the ring to collapse. **

A fair card with only two good matches, and a main event that nobody wanted to see take center stage over the rumble

This rumble dissapointed me in a couple of ways. One was the rumble match not being the main event, but i will get to all of that in the review. This isn't really a must buy for me, really i just got this because i had some spare money. Thanks for reading!

Cruiserweight Championship
Kid Kash vs. Funaki vs. Jamie Noble vs. Nunzio vs. Paul London vs. Gregory Helms
This was a pretty solid opener. Some nice spots hit throughout the match, but nothing in the way of psychology. Lots of highlight moves like the shooting star press, the brainbuster, and swinging neckbreakers. Alot of good connected spots in this one, which led to helms getting the cruiserweight championship which really raised the status of his heel character at the time. A very fun, solid, and watchable opener. Match Rating:4/5

Special Ref:Trish Stratus
Ashley vs. Mickie James
If trish was wrestling in this insted of being the referee, this could be decent, but that wasn't the case. Mickie has mostly always been a good women's wrestler, but with ashley in this it was just poor. Terrilbe match and they only reason worth watching it is for trish sratus. Match Rating:1/5

JBL vs. The Boogeyman
This was a complete 5 minute jobber match. They could have saved this for smackdown! Jbl was really dominated and that pretty much sums it up. Another terrible filler match for entertainment. Match Rating:2/5

30 Man Royal Rumble
This was a very good rumble match, but they mad a terrible choice of not booking this as the main event. I don't know what they were thinking. Anyway if you get past that, this is a very enjoyable rumble. Various highlights include hhh and rey being the #1 and #2 picks in the rumble, old rivalries renewing, including hhh/orton and rey/psicosis, the quick eliminations of booker and flair, the continuation of the michaels/mcmahon rivalry, and the return of rob van dam. In the end, rey overcame the odds by eliminating the man that he started out with hhh and then overcoming the legend killer. His win was a true tribute to eddie. Match Rating:4.75/5

WWE Championship
Edge vs. John Cena
These two have had great encouters like their tlc and last man standing matches, but this wasn't exactly one of them. Edge had won his 1st wwe championship back at new year's revolution, by cashing in money in the bank on cena. Cena came out with a cool entrance, but yet he wasn't the champ?? The match consisted of edge using ground moves like the sleeper and the rear naked choke and cena always powering back. Cena was doing a lot of selling in this match as well. The pace of this was mainly pretty slow, with only a few standout moments. Cena won back the belt after the distraction from lita backfired on edge, leading to the fu from cena and then the stf to make edge tap. This isn't a very good edge/cena match, just decent at best. Match Rating:3.5/5

World Heavyweight Championship
Kurt Angle vs. Mark Henry
Can someone tell me why in the world was this the main event? Angle can almost make anyone look good, but he just couldn't carry henry. Angle is a great technical wrestler and is fairly fast paced, but henry made this match just so slow and slugish. Angle used everything from the ankle lock to the ringpost to bring henry down. There was the occasional divari interference in the match, with angle eventaully getting to him. Angle got a couple of chair shots on henry towards the end, with led to a rollup from anlge to get the victory. After the match, undertaker returned and signaled for a title shot, then made the ring collapse with anlge still on it. A very lackluster main event, but a good return by undertaker, so i guess they made this the main event for a ring collapse, ok. Match Rating:2/5

Overall, to sum this up, a good opener and a great rumble, a decent wwe title match and three matches i really don't want to talk about anymore. I really just recommend this for a rent at best, not a must buy.
BTW:This is not a copied review!!!!

Buying the 2006 Royal Rumble PPV was the biggest mistakes of my life. Out of the six matches on the card, only 2 were halfway descent. If this was a one brand show, I would still be disappointed but I would understand to a certain point. But the fact that this garbage was the best that two brands had to offer is just disgraceful.

Match 1- Cruiserweight Invitational for Cruiserweight- Kid Kash vs Paul London vs Funaki vs Jamie Noble vs Scotty 2 Hotty vs Gregory Helms
This was a solid Cruiserweight match. Every man got a few moves in. I especially loved London's Shooting Star press. Despite the fact that this match was good, it was way too short. If another 8 minutes were added, this match could've been great. Instead, it was a pretty good way to start the show. 7.5/10

Match 2- Mickie James vs Ashley with Special Guest Referee Trish Stratus
All 3 girls looked very hot in this match (as always). This does not excuse the fact that the wrestling was of a v very poor quality. It was very slow paced and the moves were very poorly executed. I believe there were some 'boring' chants in the crowd throughout the match. 3.5/10

Match 3- JBL vs Boogeyman
Don't bother watching this. Not only was this match one of the worst matches I've ever seen and totally boring, t was of no significance what so ever. This match can be summed up in one word- disgraceful. 0/10

Match 4- The Royal Rumble Match
This was a very enjoyable match. There was some nice wrestling at different stages and a few nice surprises throughout the match. I felt that everybody contributed to this match in one way or another, whether it was for humour purposes or to add to the structure of the match. I thought that the surprise entrances added a breath of fresh air and both Tatanka and Goldust performed pretty well. This match saw the return of the exciting Rob Van Dam who is one of my favourite performers. This match also helped progress the Michaels-McMahon saga with Shane O' Mac throwing Shawn over the top rope. On the negative, I think that Mysterio and Triple H added nowhere near enough to this match as they were the first two in, but were only contributing for 40% of the match. It was quite obvious that Mysterio would win and I would've liked for a more surprising result. Overall, this was a very entertaining way to spend an hour of my life. Other than those two things, the 2006 Royal Rumble Match is a good one. 8.75/10

Match 5- WWE Championship- Edge with Lita vs John Cena
This match was really disappointing for me. It had no flow or rhythm. Their moves occured at random times and were poorly put together. Another problem was that there was little to no technical wrestling in this match (not that many of Cena's matches do). The only thing I enjoyed was Cena's cool entrance. Other than that, very disappointing. 5/10

Match 6- World Heavyweight Championship- Kurt Angle vs Mark Henry
This is a difficult match to rate. It has some solid wrestling but it is soooo boring. Henry seems like a very hard wrestler to work with. He is so big and very hard to perform moves on. The match is well put together and the chair shot is pretty cool. I just can't overlook the boringness of this match. 5.5/10

Overall Royal Rumble 2006 is a pretty bad PPV. There were only two matches that I can see myself watching again (The Rumble match and Cruiserweight Invitational). This is meant to be one of the biggest stages of the year but the performances on this night were not up to scratch. I certainly hope that WWE put on better shows in SummerSlam and Survivor Series. This is a bad way to start the road to WrestleMania 22.

It's damn ripoff that Rey wins.You have plenty of good and supreior superstars that should deserve to win than Rey.Like Randy Orton, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Chris Benoit, RVD, and Kane.I could go on on the list.There's alot of superstars that deserves more than Rey.My pick was the "Legend Killer".I was expecting him to win it all but he didnt.I was so mad at that time.I felt better when Orton is the co #1 contender in the Main Event at Wrestlemania.

About the WWE Championship match between Edge and Cena.I thought Cena's gonna lose.Because he's already a former champion andEdge just had that title less than a month.It's too much about Cena.It has to change or Raw will be boring.Hope will change at Wrestlemania when The Game is goin to face Cena for the title.I've seen many prediction that Cena's gonna win.But hope he don't.I thought RVD is gonna be the #1 contender for the WWE title but he wasn't.So for Raw The Main Event is set,the WWE Championship match between John Cena and "The Game" Triple H.This should be a good one.

The 1st 3 matches in ths event is not important to me.So lets move and go to the Main Event.

The World Champion Kurt Angle vs Mark Henry.Well as I was thinkin,if Batista didn't surrender the title it'll be The Animal and The World's Strongest Man.Batista will win and Eddie gonna face for the title,but I was mad that will not gonna happen.By the way,I wasn't thinkin of Angle coming to Smackdown and become the champion.I was shocked when that happens.So for the Smackdown Main Event its gonna be a triple threat match.Hope either Angle or Orton gonna win cause Rey is just takin Eddie's Main Event spot and try da be the man.One day he'll be booed.And I'm gonna be smiling.

Since 1993, I have seen every Royal Rumble event, and the 2006 Royal Rumble probably ranks somewhere in the middle of the pack. It was not an excellent card, but a decent event for any true wrestling fan.

Match #1 - Crusierweight Championship - Open Invitational
Rating: 4.5/5 stars
-I always enjoy watching the crusierweight division because it is always unpredictable. Even though the match was a last-minute addition to the event, it was exciting. Plenty of high flying moves keeps interest, all the time.

Match #2 - Ashley vs. Mickie James
Rating: 1.5/5 stars
-The Women's division has really suffered as of late. There were too many mistakes. Some moves were executed poorly, and the overall match was really not great. The reason it gets 1.5 stars? Camera angles are always up to par in women's matches!

Match #3 - Boogeyman vs. JBL
Rating: 3.5/5 stars
-The match itself was average, but the Boogeyman's character is what makes this match interesting. I'm not crazy about the Boogeyman, but it was worth a watch.

Match #4 - The Royal Rumble Match
Rating: 5/5 stars
-This was the best match, by far. It's always great to watch the rumble, because there's so much going on at once. Rey Mysterio wins, shockingly, but otherwise, excellent as usual.

Match #5 - WWE Championship - John Cena vs. Edge
Rating: 4/5 stars
-Not the best match that these two will ever have, but respectable. Nice entrance by John Cena, and for me, surprising to see him win back the title. I thought that Edge would have the title longer, but whatever. Cena seems to be the next big thing in the WWE, and it's only fitting to have him headline Wrestlemania.

Match #6 - World Heavyweight Championship - Kurt Angle vs. Mark Henry
Rating: 2.5/5 stars
-It was obvious that Mark Henry wasn't going to beat Angle. So, that alone makes you not want to watch it. Also, very surprising to see that this was the last match. But, for what it was worth, the match was OK. It gets 2.5 stars because of two things: Kurt Angle (arguably the best wrestler in the WWE), and the Undertaker's appearance. Undertaker vs. Kurt Angle...now that's a real treat! Too bad it was at No Way Out and won't happen at Wrestlemania, but whatever.

Again, if you're just a casual fan of wrestling, this might not be a good fit for you. However, if you're a lifelong, hardcore fan like me, then its' time to add this DVD to your collection! The Power is Back!