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Charles Widmore · 01-19-2009, 12:28 PM

Originally Posted by Awesome

Anyone else notice that baby faces only win the rumble. Last time a heal won was Mcmahon in 99. Thin about it. 96=HBK=Face 97=Austin=Face 98=Austin=Face, 00=Rock=Face, 01=Austin=Face, 02=HHH=Face, 03=Lesner=Faceish, 04=Benoit=Face, 05=Batista=Face, 06=Mysterio=Face, 07=Undertaker=Face, 08=Cena=Face, 09= (HHH Anyone)=Face. Its almost like WWE feels they need to make mania a feel good event. For once, please, please, please let the bad guy win.

On a seperate Note. Who else was iritated last years rumble had the shortest ramp on earth. The shortast walkway to the ring, on the even where there are like 28 drematic run ins. It almost killed it for me. It be better if it had the mania 24 length ramp for the rumble, just for drematic effect.

As Tom said, the Rumble took place at MSG. They always have the short setup for their PPV's at MSG (Check out Survivor Series 02, Royal Rumble 00 and Summerslam 98 for other examples).

As for faces winning, well that's only because of Vince wanting to end WM with what the fans want to see (The face going over). Once the Rumble became a number 1 contender match, it became obvious that it was needed to have a face win.

There has been a fair amount of heels winning the Rumble though:

1992 - Ric Flair (Easily, the biggest Rumble to win)
1993 - Yokozuna (First number 1 contender's match)
1995 - Shawn Michaels
1997 - Steve Austin (He was still technically a heel)
1999 - Vince McMahon
2005 - Batista (Although by now he was a tweener)

01-19-2009, 12:28 PM	#5 (permalink)
Charles Widmore formerly horrorfan_1986 Posts: 11,962 Join Date: Oct 2007 Favorite Wrestlers: Chris Benoit, Ricky Steamboat, Davey Richards, William Regal and UltraMantis Black Rep Power: 652 Rep: Status: Online Awards Showcase Total Awards: 6	Re: Royal Rumble= Heel Need Not Apply Originally Posted by Awesome Anyone else notice that baby faces only win the rumble. Last time a heal won was Mcmahon in 99. Thin about it. 96=HBK=Face 97=Austin=Face 98=Austin=Face, 00=Rock=Face, 01=Austin=Face, 02=HHH=Face, 03=Lesner=Faceish, 04=Benoit=Face, 05=Batista=Face, 06=Mysterio=Face, 07=Undertaker=Face, 08=Cena=Face, 09= (HHH Anyone)=Face. Its almost like WWE feels they need to make mania a feel good event. For once, please, please, please let the bad guy win. On a seperate Note. Who else was iritated last years rumble had the shortest ramp on earth. The shortast walkway to the ring, on the even where there are like 28 drematic run ins. It almost killed it for me. It be better if it had the mania 24 length ramp for the rumble, just for drematic effect. As Tom said, the Rumble took place at MSG. They always have the short setup for their PPV's at MSG (Check out Survivor Series 02, Royal Rumble 00 and Summerslam 98 for other examples). As for faces winning, well that's only because of Vince wanting to end WM with what the fans want to see (The face going over). Once the Rumble became a number 1 contender match, it became obvious that it was needed to have a face win. There has been a fair amount of heels winning the Rumble though: 1992 - Ric Flair (Easily, the biggest Rumble to win) 1993 - Yokozuna (First number 1 contender's match) 1995 - Shawn Michaels 1997 - Steve Austin (He was still technically a heel) 1999 - Vince McMahon 2005 - Batista (Although by now he was a tweener)