Jim Cornette Reviews The 2024 Men's Royal Rumble Match

From Episode 517 of the Jim Cornette Experience
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[@theshockmaster7299]

I was going to be a surprise entrant but plans were changed last minute.

[@syko2695]

Damn unlucky man, was really looking forward to seeing you in there

[@brianhopson2072]

I would have loved to have seen shockmaster crash through the LCD screen and trip down the aisle 😆 Just put Bronson Reed in the gear.

[@ziahamm1603]

Probably just as well so you didn't trip over in the entrance way, lose your helmet again and fall flat on 'ya fookin arse'

[@kaczok1985]

Well, I'm shocked!

[@deecee3490]

You were at Wembley with the cultaholic guys don't try to fool us

[@vvatchnlearnk3555]

"Everybody was walkin down like they're going to get the mail " 😂😂😂😂😂

[@carriebrooks2377]

😂😂😂 I laughed so hard

[@vvatchnlearnk3555]

@carriebrooks2377 omg me too .Jim is hilarious I swear 🤣

[@johnhope9319]

Breaker is a fucking freak. At this point, why exactly is he not full time on the main roster??? He has the look, the heritage and my God he hits everything with such aggression and force. If he isn't holding one of the World Titles within 2 years, they need to fire the writers.

[@robertnapier624]

Bron Breaker Bron Freaker?

[@jwduckpaddle]

He has like peak Kurt Angle level speed.

[@acotbc]

Bron's Rumble debut last Saturday was something that should have happened at last year's Rumble, if not the Rumble year before. He's WAY overdue for his jump to the main roster. No idea what they're waiting on.

[@markcampbell2702]

Bron Breaker gives me 2002 Brock Lesnar vibes with the intensity and freakish strength. The guy is absolute stud. He’s long overdue for main roster spot. I’d go for a Gunther vs Bron Breaker match any time

[@radxavier2269]

probably after mania

[@Simonskilamb]

The hot tag bit was a highlight of the Rumble for me haha.

[@bromandude1]

You can tell bron breakker is a Steiner, he was kicking some ass lol

[@Michael-dd6hl]

Certainly a future WWE champion...barring a injury or God awful booking.

[@groundscum4-ps4pd]

I watched a royal rumble for the first time in pushing 20 years. I couldn’t tell you a majority of those ppl. I saw this cat with his build & those colors and I said “which Steiner’s son is that”. That guy rules.

[@3DBrawlChannel]

Kicking some FAAAAT ass!

[@miguelladinodevera614]

​@@3DBrawlChannelI guess he inherited that freak of nature DNA from uncle and pops lol put him in any era of wrestling and he'd fit right in.

[@3DBrawlChannel]

@@miguelladinodevera614 A big what-if I've always had was "how much bigger of a star would Scott Steiner have been if he was Big Poppa Pump but kept his crazy athletic build from the mid-90's?!" Bronn is very likely going to be the answer!

[@UnknownJorge]

I was there live, and my biggest takeaway was how bad the sound was on the live feed. It was so loud in there in person, deafening at some points. Yet it sounded super quiet when I watched it back.

[@HessenUK]

Yeah when I kept seeing comments from people saying how dead the crowd were but you could visibility see them popping hard. Whoever mic’d the arena failed miserably.

[@LUWiseguy08]

Glad it wasn’t just me who was surprised by the difference! However the show should have started at 7 because by God was midnight ridiculous. Got back home at 2.

[@rjbs5]

I was wondering if there was a difference on the television version. I was there and I haven't watched it back yet. It was loud pretty much the whole show.

[@dominicarroyo6269]

​@@HessenUKi didnt see the crowd being dead when i watched it on tv. I don't know where people kept getting that from

[@ryanhall1215]

@UnknownJorge I'm glad you said that. I couldn't hear them, but I could see everyone moving, jumping, standing. It didn't add up.

[@louclarkson6098]

Lawlers comedic timing was much better. He got into the ring, got thrown out, sat back down, put his headphones on in one fluid motion.

[@roberteisenhauer7686]

Jim was 100% describing Lawler's Rumble spot with Bret Hart! Absolutely brilliant classic moment!

[@djwall5607]

His 96 appearance was better when he got sacred of Jakes snake and hid under the ring 😂

[@louclarkson6098]

@@djwall5607 it's impossible to remember them all but Lawler arguably has the funniest lines and moments in wrestling history. It just got buried under his last decade of being a babyface

[@jerry85g7]

Yes it was awesome

[@tripvic7629]

The King is the King!

[@ItsAVolcano]

Hogan was pulling Sid out, after Sid eliminated him, not the other way around. I remember because it's one of the earliest cases of WWE changing background audio to hide the fans booing Hogan.

[@Michael-dd6hl]

Yes and the New York fans also cheered Flair winning the WWF(WWE) championship...fans even then we're tired of the Hulkster.

[@fins2334]

Yes. I caught that also. Another thing. I was waiting for Jims reaction to Punk saying “I didnt wait 10 years to lose to Dustys kid. But neither one heard it correctly. Disappointing

[@fins2334]

How do you know they wete booing Hogan? And I do believe u

[@ItsAVolcano]

@@fins2334 OSW reviewed it and included a clip from the live cast of Hogan getting booed, and Sid getting a bigger pop than him during his entrance. Both were edited for the replays on tv.

[@countof3everybodyOD]

@@Michael-dd6hlyou know brother that’s all speculation The people were behind me 100% of the time

[@mattypaul87]

It probably wasn't intentional, but Punk and Cody being the last two in the Rumble was a huge F U to Tony for squandering opportunities with these two.

[@SwayzeKobain98]

It was intentional for them to be the last two, because they're the best rn, but the fact it would rub Tony wrong was just icing on top, I think.

[@user-hj8ly1to3g]

this @@SwayzeKobain98

[@heddingite]

I didn't even think of Tony Khan or AEW at all until you just pointed it out. I was in the moment

[@TerrySilverhand]

Add in the reaction to Jade Cargill...

[@bigdaddyroy5382]

​@@TerrySilverhandthis comment is the ultimate spit in the face. Punk and Cody aren't aew home grown. Jade is

[@seandath7210]

Punk finished the match with a torn tricep also whilst injured did throw a few right forearm punches, hit a GTS, hit a pedigree and triple german suplexes. What a Legend!

[@joedellabate306]

A legend for what? Being the fragile broken down old wrestler everyone said he was

[@seandath7210]

​@@joedellabate306I don't give a f about Punk's physique. Since you mentioned maybe you're into that category of fantasizing about men's bodies. Punk finished the match with a torn tricep and put over the right former AEW EVP. Rub salt in the wound.

[@mattb.2740]

What salt in what wound? Credit for finishing, but all this did was prove the Punk detractors right when they said he'd be hurt again within months of signing in WWE. It also justifies the Bucks fans with Tony's decision to get rid of Punk instead of them, because they aren't out injured.

[@samnabawy2731]

@@joedellabate306 I find it weird that fans can criticize a wrestler for getting injured while putting his body on the line. Cody got injured right after he signed to WWE. HBK got injured a lot. Austin got injured a lot. That means nothing. Wrestlers get injured. It happens.

[@RafikiafReKo]

​@@mattb.2740if you feel like a wrestler should get hurt, you should touch grass. Because that's all I hear from detractor, never happy, a liitle grass goes a long way

[@syko2695]

Still can't believe they gave Jordynne Grace a good showing in the womens' Rumble and acknowledged her feud with Naomi. You really can tell Trips is in charge.

[@pleaseshutup7053]

I can’t believe they acknowledged naomi lost a title to her and then they hug why are you hugging someone who beat you for a title

[@keatonsellen9679]

Because they had that match Infront of what 1500 max to then being in one of the biggest ppvs of the year Infront of 40000 plus. That would be a pretty surreal experience

[@elberno4243]

I can't believe it's not butterface😂😂 Jordynne is great, but I couldnt resist the joke.

[@syko2695]

@@elberno4243 Oh my good god 😂😂

[@syko2695]

@@keatonsellen9679 Attendance was 1,630 but yeah. I'm just surprised they even acknowledged TNA exists. It's not like Jordynne is an ex WWE star they needed to fill a nostalgia spot.

[@wilcee238]

One of the reasons why no one reacted to most of the entrances was that after WWE got rid of Jim Johnston all of the music sounds generic as hell. No gongs, no glass breaking, no “IF YOU SMELL!”, just bleh.

[@sortedevaras]

True, only Randy got to keep his music.

[@hurgenflerg2133]

Yeah, there were like two entrance themes that stood out, and they belonged to the last two guys in the Rumble.

[@CYARA209]

😂 most of the songs now sound like some default music options for a created wrestler

[@everlastnscar.]

What

[@ThatDoesntWorkForMeBrother]

WWE/TKO should right that wrong and bring Jim Johnston back.

[@timothylewis2527]

The thing about the 80s--at least when I watched back then: Almost all of the TV shows were 85% "real wrestler" vs jobber. When Iron Mike Sharpe takes on Johnny Russell, Iron Mike looks like a badass. So when we FINALLY saw a bunch of established guys actually wrestle each other, we'd go crazy.

[@KomradeKrusher]

Exactly. Since the late 90s, you regularly get PPV caliber matches on TV, and it comes with some expected staleness if the same people face each other on PPV who have been squaring up for the past four weeks already. And they have another program together every other year.

[@mr.green2341]

@@KomradeKrusherYeah, one of the downsides to the Monday Night Wars that has remained ever since those were finished. PPV caliber main events on Raw or Smackdown, making them feel less special on the PPVs. I guess at least we don’t see the immediate title rematches from a PPV on Raw like they did back in those days.

[@peterdickinson4599]

Very interesting observation.

[@Kancerru]

This Rumble desperately needed AJ, Randy, and Knight.

[@carriebrooks2377]

That's why I thought the match was 2nd so they can entered..but nope smh

[@TheMrAlgoh]

The goofy spots with R-Truth in the men's RR took me out of it.

[@ChrizzyYeahh]

I really missed Randy the most, he is one of the best to watch during rumble matches specially when only few guys are left.

[@raulsantiago3963]

Exactly

[@rumblebird9888]

Randy is always hype because of the rko frenzy

[@Nhzharuthopar]

I don't agree with Jim's take on R-Truth, he's suuuuper over with me.

[@TheJayLordx]

He makes my skin crawl a bit, he's just pure cringe imo

[@lucydoosydoo]

i agree with most of jims takes safe for r-truth and like 70% of the stuff on current women

[@kyles2941]

Beats the hell outta the 247 belt

[@DynastyIcon]

well if Jim hates him, his cult will automatically hate him... Truth actually gave the rumble some life

[@RAD1111able]

​@@TheJayLordxI've seen multiple cringy things in life,and that's just not it chief.

[@freespiritangel4868]

JIM : "AOP what does that stand for....Age of Prosthetics" 🤣🤣🤣

[@damonodell9125]

"I dont know if i want the villian in a movie to be overly concerned about things" Thats why i love Jim.

[@AaronAaron-tv2lr]

AOP - Age Of Prosthetics. Jim, your killing me!😅😂😅

[@chrisr3788]

The ending was great but so sad knowing Punk was injured during the match and will miss Wrestlemania. That’s a real kick in the teeth

[@grant1739]

Punk sucks anyways

[@pfunk420d]

Sucks bad but we got the rise of drewski!!!

[@nabilanwar3625]

The way they addressed the injury "rumors" on Raw and the fact that Drew attacked Punk afterwards tells me that this is a swerve/work. He'll most likely make a "miraculous" recovery by Elimination Chamber

[@user-hx3ni9ww7u]

@@grant1739 Wrong.

[@user-hx3ni9ww7u]

It's a work.

[@TheAgileFatman]

Bron Breaker is bringing the spear back to looking lethal

[@AlphariusDominatus]

What, Adam Copeland gently hugging someone to the mat isn't lethal?

[@TheAgileFatman]

those bobby Lashley spears at the rumble didn't look too good either@@AlphariusDominatus

[@WiseOldBen]

I think the issue with the Rumble matches was that everyone was waiting for surprises that never came.

[@joshdelagarza231]

People need to let go of the whole surprise thing. The rumble doesn’t need surprises anymore. It needs more interesting mid/lower card gimmicks to bridge the gap between the big stars.

[@deepblue8143]

Oh yes it does. The current roster is boring as hell.

[@-JAVY-]

NEVER

[@jeremyadrian233]

Could be that 90 seconds is too quick?

[@Triforce71]

@@joshdelagarza231 The only thing good about The rumble was the Women's and it had surprise returns. The rest was a Dud. They wasted a Rumble Spot on Macfee they could've come up something better then that.

[@maceomaceo11]

Bron Breaker Rocky IV training montage dope

[@jacobleibbrand2166]

When Jim was talking about Breaker being possibly presented as a cyborg, I immediately thought, A Genetic Freak.

[@theboxingboy7422]

'holla if ya hear me'

[@lennyclinton5672]

CM Punk’s last match, Rumble 2014, he was eliminated by Corporate Kane, who Punk eliminated early. Punk started at number one and lasted until the last 4.

[@TheGhostofMrArthurs]

doing the same shit he did saturday, laying on his broken down ass

[@jerry85g7]

Good times

[@rumblebird9888]

And got injured again

[@lennyclinton5672]

Indeed to both of you. But I find it hard to believe Jim and Brian don’t know people have been eliminated by people outside in the ring; especially Punk. He literally quit the next day because of it all.

[@James-fx6rx]

Kane eliminated Booker T in 2007 and then Booker T came back in the ring and eliminated Kane shortly after.

[@jay_1212]

Didn’t Austin do something similar as well during the rumbles too?

[@TakerKaneanite619]

​@@jay_1212 You might be thinking of 1997, where he was eliminated, but came back in because the refs didn't see it, where he eliminated I think it was Undertaker and Vader, then Bret to win the Rumble.

[@jay_1212]

@@TakerKaneanite619 Yea you’re right. I think it’d like this way because the only rules is that both feet can’t touch the floor, doesn’t say you can’t be eliminated by someone that’s eliminated (which is still dumb but hey)

[@quentinkaasa47]

Kurt did it to Shawn after being eliminated by him in 2005. It was what set up their amazing feud throughout that year.

[@flynnwalker5737]

Jimmy Uso has the best crazy eyes of anyone in that family

[@Mecanotech]

Bron Breakker was amazing. But the WWE didn't gave him the attention that spot deserved,there was no youtube clip of his on the YT channel. He should have been focused way more.

[@markcampbell2702]

Bron Breaker definitely made the best of an opportunity. He should be considered for the main roster

[@thesupervisor3270]

Those was gonna be Brock spots so…

[@TheJoerutland]

Bron had energy in that ring! He was moving. So good.🎉

[@DavidRagan3134]

For the most part, illegal eliminations have happened in the Rumble. The Vader spot Jim mentioned is probably the only example where it wasn't allowed.

[@AmericanWrathchild]

Couldve sworn it was Hogan who had been already eliminated when he pulled Sid out.

[@Michael-dd6hl]

It was..and it allowed Ric Flair to dump Sid out from behind( with the Hulkster's help) allowing Flair to win his first WWF( WWE) championship and Ric's 9th World championship overall..Woooooo!

[@deepblue8143]

It was, Flair was never eliminating Sid on his own.

[@hardluckwoman3448]

Sid eliminated hogan. Hogan than acted like ue wanted to shake his hand, and then he pulled on his arm and then Flair tossed sid out

[@KomradeKrusher]

@@Michael-dd6hl With a TEAR! In his eye!

[@berranari1]

It is amazing that the guy in this video is remembering it back to front. And he said "feels", well yeah, feeling is different to remembering or even just go and watch it again. I'm glad you all know what happened. 😀

[@Sahil-pc2kr]

Punk getting injured and missing WM is such a downer. I hope he comes back stronger so we get The Summer of Punk and Road to Wrestlemania we should have gotten back in 2012.

[@TheGhostofMrArthurs]

No, Punk has never EVER been "the man" around wrestlemania season, and he doesnt "deserve" it now.

[@hiddensword9387]

Punks had three fkin injuries now, twice as soon as he got the world title in AEW and now just before WM, he should be no where near a long world title program, he's old, injury prone and you can't get behind that. When your times done it's done. Maybe have him do the odd match now and then but long term, three times not the charm.

[@SwayzeKobain98]

@hiddensword9387 I love Punk, but I agree, he should be in Undertakers spot, where he's big, but doesn't need the belt. I heard this Injury was a work, but I'm not sure. If not, then he is definitely injury prone, and doesn't need the belt.

[@theboxingboy7422]

​@@SwayzeKobain98nah its not a work people are saying that because of the spot they did with drew attacking him but his tricep has torn of the bone so you can't damage it anymore once that happens so that's why they did that

[@positively_broad_st3780]

Punk vs Rollins in a thumb wrestling match at WM40. They could go all night - maybe the entire weekend...

[@jacobsnipes6244]

A big problem with both men and womens rumble was that alot of them had theme songs that either sounded the same as someone elses or unrecognizable, so no one knew who they were til they came out

[@FelipeSmacks]

Jim Johnston really needs to come back

[@pleaseshutup7053]

@@FelipeSmackshe’s gone forever 😢

[@ColinHammond94]

​@@pleaseshutup7053 is he dead ??

[@CockyBalboa]

@@ColinHammond94 no, but he is 70, so probably not really interested in writing theme songs anymore.

[@pleaseshutup7053]

It would really suck if wwe decided to induct him after he passes

[@josereyes1148]

I laughed picturing Cody coming out and everyone getting excited. Then Brunson Reed comes out and everyone adjust their pillows and quietly return to their naps.

[@misterelom]

I really wish they'd get rid of the thing where a guy who's already eliminated is able to pull someone over the top rope and eliminate them. Always been my main pet peeve of the Rumble. Once a guy's out, he shouldn't be able to eliminate anyone else.

[@quentinkaasa47]

Still better than disqualifying somebody for using a shillelagh.

[@TheeCoachg]

Jim literally described Lawler’s exit in 1997. He jumped over while Bret had Austin in the sharpshooter,Bret got up and punched him right back over in like 3secs

[@sbz88]

Bron Breakker looked really good in the Rumble. He was just running over everybody. I hope they finally call him up now and don't send him back to NXT. He's ready.

[@16dwreck]

Jim is right about Kross and Lashley. Vader got eliminated, then threw multiple people out but it didn’t count. Lashley should’ve been dumped from a distraction if they were gonna go for that angle.

[@whyareyoureadingthiis886]

The shit has happened so many times within the last 10 years. This is not a brand new thing that happened this year.

[@uosdwis-r-dewoh14]

​@@whyareyoureadingthiis886 Kane and Punk being an example, right?

[@thehorrorhound6575]

Yeah but lashley was eliminated one year in like 2020 or 2021 and lashley got pissed and jumped back in and eliminated several people before the refs made lashley leave and it counted anyway so that rule must’ve been axed a long time ago

[@TimTE01]

Not a hard rule.

[@whyareyoureadingthiis886]

@@uosdwis-r-dewoh14 yes and I’m sure if we go back and check it’s pretty much happened every single year.

[@jpowers55]

16:25 That's the spot Lawler did in the 1997 Royal Rumble with Bret Hart.

[@TheJediJourney]

That’s hilarious! The wife and I fell asleep right at Karrion Kross coming out!!

[@thevillain7146]

Cuz ur fools

[@joshdelagarza231]

The rumble wasn’t bad but it wasn’t great. The usos did not deliver as #1 and 2. The match didn’t get hot until Cody came in at #15. Wwe shot themselves in the foot not including Orton, styles, and Knight in the rumble. Hell, Jinder Mahal had a title match 2 weeks ago and wasn’t even in it to build on that heat.

[@copenormcbrokelegsproperra2909]

Bron eliminating Jimmy was a bad call, it should've been Jey doing it later on during the Rumble to help set up for the possible match between the two at Wrestlemania. Once again Jinder is banished to the shadow realm, he was only there to make Tiny Khan rage impotently on social media by getting a title match with Seth.

[@ChrizzyYeahh]

They did not put Jinder but Pat McAfee, wtf were they thinking? And he did nothing just eliminated himself.

[@decepticonxhunter4850]

Why would WWE put Orton, Styles, and Knight in the RR after being booked in an exhausting 4 way? Use your brain man.

[@tysontomko]

"Pat Patterson may have got a tickle outta that" - one heck of a compliment

[@jamesbranch1193]

Jim actually thinks CM Punk is aging in reverse? I thought Punk looked older

[@marcrapaccuiolo2406]

You had the Hogan and Sid thing backwards lol

[@-JAVY-]

Imagine if they gave Bron the goldberg push. A monster killing streak, crazy squash matches and build him up and up for a year. Would be money

[@michaelspringer4532]

They did that in NXT for a year

[@jakefavre]

Vince should've been the suprise #30 entrant in the women's rumble

[@csho6512]

That would have been a "shitty" situation.

[@pleaseshutup7053]

Wrestling fans can’t have nice things 🥲

[@rudy2993]

You can't have 29 women work their butts off just to have the last entrant come in and shit on the whole thing.....

[@AdamSylis-nh5oo]

Yeah it would have been better than liv Morgan.. 😂

[@alankidd6832]

Nuclear Heat!😂😂

[@tee4056]

"Haoli's like you"😂😂

[@godwinathletics9405]

I think Mcafee got thrown in because of Lesnars absence

[@daleware5217]

Personally, I think for at least this year, they leaned on “winner gets to main event WM” because that’s what Punks goal was in specific. He wanted that more than a title, but would have taken a shot at B to get his A

[@yusufgazi7]

9:16 It's good that Jim sees a future in Carmelo Hayes.

[@DreadfulUnderground]

Bad news pulled out piper in 1990

[@fabianmarshall4120]

The nxt people were called “Dustys Kids” Punk pulled off a Double Entendre lowkey taking a shot at Seth lol

[@mr.green2341]

Punk saying that to Cody was almost akin to when Cena went to mock The Rock with an attempted People’s Elbow before that cost him in their first match. Not so much foreshadowing a heel turn, but more an overzealous misstep by a face against a bigger face. Alas, anything they may have been foreshadowing with that has been derailed with Punk’s tricep injury.

[@mcdixon]

It's become a thing for me now that every time a wrestler comes out, I identify then by Jim's respective nickname. "Oh there's Andraed OLIOLIOH", "it's Jane Cargill!", "here comes Shaky Nakamura".

[@KaliBeatsYoSoyAquel]

Shaky Nakamura is top 3, right up there with Takeashit and Ruby Soso 😂😂 those 3 crack me up so much

[@nightrain9288]

Tomohiro ishiiiiiiiihiiihiihihihiiiiiiiiii

[@darthraider450]

Almost for Omos 😂

[@darthraider450]

My favourite one - Marko Stunted Growth 😂

[@DynastyIcon]

some of them are kinda lame.. maybe cuz he says them so much, idk.. they dont hit the same anymore

[@djwall5607]

In 92, Sid dumped Hogan out, then Hogan pulled Sid out from the outside. Also, in 96, hbk eliminated both Yoko and Vader, then Vader came back in and threw everyone over the top except owen, who he threw through the ropes, then Monsoon came out to sort Vader out then everyone came back in.

[@renatoism]

As someone who lives in Hawaii, I was not expecting Brain Last to use the word haole.

[@robertspitler2380]

Pulling guys out of the rumble from the floor goes back to the 1990 rumble match when Bad News Brown pulled Roddy Piper out by his hair from the floor after being eliminated.

[@Jafooly73]

The Bron Breaker stat of hitting the ropes at 23mph is complete bullshit. That is the same speed Usain Bolt averaged in his 100m world record run and we are expected to believe Bron achieved that in a few steps.

[@darthraider450]

Probably kph instead, but somebody got their imperial vs metric mixed up

[@bipolarminddroppings]

They are talking about once he is up to speed and bouncing back and forth from side to side, its easily possible for him to be doing those kinds of speeds over short bursts. Especially with the ring ropes to push off, you can get a seriously good launch from those things. Usain Bolt topped out at nearly 30mph for brief periods, you just can't keep that up for an entire 100m. Averaging 23mph over 100m means that you are doing more than 23mph for most of it, due to starting from 0.

[@JackFury]

Kmph. So about 14mph Jim misspoke

[@Jafooly73]

@@bipolarminddroppings Bolt maxed out just under 28mph, the fastest human ever. 23kph is certainly plausible as he will only ever be taking 2 or 3 steps with no chance to ever be in a sprint. 23mph is ridiculous in this scenario.

[@taylork7530]

WHERE was Trick Williams?!?! Melo was cool and Breakker was only there to fill someone else’s spot 🙃. A bunch of mid at best guys but Trick, who I guarantee would’ve been in the top 5 pops of the night, couldn’t get in? Did y’all see his segment on SD the night before?

[@jerry85g7]

Huge pop

[@danielburger1775]

Jim's take here explains why Smoky Mountain went out of business, and 1996 WWF was the lowest-drawing year ever...

[@ArlisMJ1]

Hogan pulled out Sid, Undertaker threw out Maven, Brock Lesnar costed Goldberg, Shawn Michaels also costed someone the Rumble as well.. the refs are only out there to confirm eliminations (that both feet touched the floor)

[@WhoDeanie85]

R- Truth is gold

[@ramzez587]

20:57 „LIKEEEEE MUSSOLIIIIIIINIIII“ button

[@Sevenduece]

RTruth had the greatest hot tag in Royal Rumble match history!!!

[@mulldrifterz6469]

I much rather watch a person walk to the ring, trying to have the spot light on them, before they go on their lil shine escapade upon entering the ring rather than them run, shine, then people lay around or playing slap ass in the corner for 20-30 seconds before the next competitor.

[@RTGreat7]

Wasn’t it Hogan pulling out Sid?

[@Michael-dd6hl]

Yes it was with the assistance of the Nature Boy Ric Flair with Slick Ric winning the Rumble and his first WWF championship.

[@vibezforall99]

yes and kane eliminated cm punk in 2014 after being eliminated already

[@berranari1]

Most definitely. Hogan was the good guy, but he did it. He was upset about not winning and so he stopped Sid Justice from winning by grabbing him and pulling on his arm.

[@AlphariusDominatus]

The Brain was right about Hogan the whole time

[@Michael-dd6hl]

@@AlphariusDominatus 💯percent agreed. And The Brain 🧠 was always fair to Flair..Woooooo!!!

[@yusufgazi7]

It's here. BRON BREAKKER The next Paul Heyman guy

[@OmegaRedFan]

People-Universe-Station-Saturn-Yawn

[@yusufgazi7]

@@OmegaRedFan Aunt-Umbrella-Tissue-Internet-Sunny-Train

[@maklame3318]

r truth was effing gold. laughed so hard at his first spot

[@tobiasfarragut292]

Don’t let this years Royal Rumble distract you from the fact that to this day 9 years running… Curtis Axel has not been eliminated

[@seanm2600]

I feel kinda bad now but I said to my brother as Punk was running down "watch he gets hurt tonight"

[@CadChamberlain]

I love Ricochet, but him being in that final 4 over Gunther is unreal

[@tristhekid]

Completely agree with Jim about the walking to the ring and lingering during entrance music

[@rayrodriguez7343]

After the match Punk tore his triceps again

[@richardcelaya7361]

This mens royal rumble has a huge hole in the middle before cody arrived that really dragged the wholenmatch down

[@TWAnime-fv4fo]

I miss the "Andrande oli oli o". 😂

[@lt.petemaverickmitchell7113]

PLEASE do some more review of Vince MaMahon’s case! You guys are THE BEST ever at that!

[@Thoraxe5150_]

Point of order, Hogan was pulling Sid out. Not the other way around.

[@mjdf122]

Survivor Series 2024 WWE vs TNA

[@michaeltrano6617]

Bron Brekker was amazing

[@brianhatcher2799]

Thank you guys so much for this😂😂😂

[@DynoKea]

3:50 It's "90 seconds" but if you time it, they have a set list of spots before the countdown and can often end up being 2 minutes anyway (not clue why they don't do spots with people coming to the ring)

[@Hero-dx3il]

I was talking about this with my buddies about an hour after the rumble ended, I think the Pat’s spot was a last minute edition when Brock got pulled from it. That’s why it seems like nothing happened.

[@Matt92Machine]

Yeah, you're probably right.

[@lordofthebuckets2676]

Surprised they didn’t catch Punk’s injury. I saw it at the time as it was happening and was worried he was hurt and lo and behold he was.

[@uosdwis-r-dewoh14]

Also seem to have missed Punk hitting a pedigree and saying to, I assume Graves, "Can you believe I just did that shit?" Was his tricep busted at that point?

[@theboxingboy7422]

​@@uosdwis-r-dewoh14yeah it was because it happened when drew hit him with the Future shock DDT you could see him start clutching his arm and then he went straight to the corner and started talking to the refs.

[@randi_godspeed2063]

Brian, thank you for that “uch” after JC sang “like Mussolini”. Your Yiddish idioms make me smile in an ugly world. Thank you for them all, please keep them coming for all us old fans. 💪💥🔥

[@hutrod7721]

"He's been there, done that and knocked it out" that made me snort laughing so hard

[@pleutron]

I agree so much with Corny on the men’s Rumble… just a snorefest for most of it.

[@racerjason2910]

I'm surprised Jim and Brian didn't talk about how incredibly gassed Punk was. I like Punk, but that was embarassing.

[@GarethMessengerWINOL]

I agree. He looked gone but maybe his injury had a part to play in that. Imagine all the energy and pain he would have been going through trying to hit spots/power on. Agree he looked gassed but his injury definitely would have taken it out of him.

[@SportPhilosophies]

Instead they said he looked great. Absolutely childish that they can't critique their guy, just as bad as the AEW marks. Even before his injury he looked terrible.

[@decepticonxhunter4850]

Ofc those 2 wouldn't talk about Punk's age showing. They're 100% convinced that Punk is top guy material. They're not going to acknowledge anything that would endanger that precious narrative, even when he was botching like crazy and gassed in AEW. I've been saying it for the longest that the fact that he wasn't working any televised matches up to this point tells me that WWE knows he's nothing more than a nostalgia act at this point.

[@Anbualex]

I hope someone will send Jim the video of Rollins not knowing Cross's music. Lol I died laughing

[@SttudDioPierrot]

Bron Breaker looked Amazing. Never seen in in action before the rumble but his Speed is ridiculous

[@peytonlong5573]

Punk timeline fits Money in the Bank perfectly and with how much of a disaster the MITB winners have been the past two years give him that and he can re legitimatize that and become the only 3 time winner of the match

[@jerry85g7]

He can become a 3 time MITB winner

[@peytonlong5573]

@@jerry85g7 literally said that

[@jerry85g7]

​@@peytonlong5573Awesome

[@pleaseshutup7053]

Trick Williams comes out on Friday to the best crowd reaction of the week. Jinder mahal recently in a world title match HHH: I need my guy pat in the rumble

[@StoneColdSergio]

Wrestling without politics isn't wrestling.

[@pleaseshutup7053]

@@StoneColdSergiothere is no good reason to have pat in the ring he is a great commentator let him do that. The fans didn’t even react to him just like wresltemania I was there live everyone was like wtf is he doing here

[@josephsleight2634]

People are saying Pat was put in last minute because it was originally going to be Brock but well.... that wasn't gonna happen.

[@DavidOwen-yv8wz]

Yes l thought that guaranteed that Trick Williams was in the rumble, that was a miss.

[@pleaseshutup7053]

@@josephsleight2634bron breaker got the royal rumble spot. It was proven because Dominick was suppose to eliminate Brock to set up a match breaker was eliminated by Dominick

[@timothylewis2527]

Even listening to this on the way to work, I laughed at the R Truth moment. 😂

[@jacobschwantz9815]

I heard it was hard to hear in the stadium

[@kingkold]

I enjoyed the women's rumble.

[@mjdf122]

Vince McMahon vs The World Out now for the PlayStation

[@89jstubbs]

Been waiting on this

[@Kusanagikaiser999]

16:28 yes Jerry Lawler did almost this exactly at the rumble, wasn't 1 uppercut sadly, Bret hit him a couple of times and then uppercut him and he fly out of the ring, Pat should have done that as well, would had been a lot funnier and a great tribute to the King.

[@tristhekid]

The crowd might have been burned out by the time the mens rumble came on

[@DavidOwen-yv8wz]

I was disappointed with this rumble, because l got badly carried away and convinced myself we were getting JOHN CENA, THE ROCK, STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN, BROCK LESNAR, BIG E, SHEAMUS, REY and BRAUN STROWMAN ha ha! That was probably way too optimistic, and obviously Lesnar is now GONE, but there were still way too many Raw lower mid carders who did nothing but make up the numbers, when they could have put out an all star cast that could have threaded together the rumble all the way through. That said it was a good ending, with an incredible effort by C M Punk to see the match through, l had no idea he was badly injured.

[@SirCrazyPretzel]

It was a very boring Royal Rumble show. Logan Paul vs KO was decent but Logan needs to work on his selling. The last part of the Rumble with Gunther, Punk, Cody, and McIntyre was okay in terms of at least having some stars in the match but none of these midcarders and lower card people have any charisma and offer anything to make us want to care about them. Bronson Reed, Ivar, Ricochet, JD, and plenty more=boring or nothing going on to make us care (R Truth is the only thing making Judgement Day interesting)

[@kingrobthegreat7446]

was there a crowd??

[@cerebralfanatic]

The women cooked the men’s RR Dom is a future world champion I mean talk about “aura” Breakker’s speed power & explosiveness is kinda crazy. He was running laps around everyone in the ring