Retro Ups & Downs: WWE Royal Rumble 2013 - CM Punk vs The Rock

Our retro review of WWE Royal Rumble 2013 including The Rock vs CM Punk, John Cena winning the Royal Rumble match, Chris Jericho returning to WWE, Daniel Bryan and Kane vs Cody Rhodes and Damian Sandow and much more.
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[@WTFiTzFlow]

I love The Rock, but I wanted CM Punk to win so badly. It felt so contrived.

[@Damian_702]

Exactly what I was gonna comment lol Didn't want his long reign ended by the rock 😴

[@Gavin48]

@@Damian_702 You guys wouldn't make good business men

[@joshuathomas3500]

@@Gavin48 yup the rating are doing really good these days

[@Gavin48]

@@joshuathomas3500 Well look at the ratings at AEW. Punk isn't a draw. So he was never gonna main WM

[@sams-hx7hm]

@@Gavin48 Punk was the draw back then, they could’ve pulled the trigger on him in 2011 during the summer of punk, but he had to lose to HHH for some reason

[@Pinkie277]

Simon, Please do Mania X! Quite fitting given it has the awesome Razor/Shawn ladder match, but also that opener with Bret and Owen, plus - Savage is on there! It was my first PPV as a child and I still love it now. Its my mission to see it!

[@TravestyJunction]

The opener is better than the ladder match.

[@MattYShAttY18]

Would love to see a future retro Ups and Downs for WrestleMania X. This is a great refresher of the time as I remember ordering the show and really popped for when Jericho made his return.

[@beesly01]

Reading this, I was like "Jericho wasn't at Wrestlemania X..."

[@dinoziccardi6036]

I always have watch your videos. Thank you for watching all the wrestling shows so we don't have to. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy in my tumtum

[@chrisbelit1599]

Who’s “we” just don’t be broke lmaoo

[@bennelson4796]

4:34 "and its getting a down" **doesn't get a down**

[@bennelson4796]

10:01 saved it 🙌

[@lookadamvideos]

It was all I could think about the whole video

[@Hawkeye26]

10:57 This was definitely NOT a "steel chair".

[@TheTrueJBru]

I feel like CM Punk should've won and retained here despite the BS, and the Rock should've won it at Elimination Chamber, leading to the triple threat at Mania.

[@tomkw732]

Wrestlemania 10 in memory of Scott Hall (and that iconic ladder match)

[@AliFrankTheTank]

rock vs cena 2 being rock vs cena vs punk would’ve ended world hunger 😭😭😭😭

[@williamcrowe2576]

I have to agree with Dwayne; nobody wants a match to end on a technicality.

[@kurtpaulsen6579]

This was the third PPV I attended in one 12 month stretch when I lived in Phoenix... Was at the previous year's Money in the Bank and Impact Bound For Glory... Enjoyed all three, but the Rumble was my favorite... Even if the wrong man won the main event...

[@kurtpaulsen6579]

Fun fact... The Rocky Sucks chants were back with a vengeance in that arena...

[@Deadline63]

Wrestlemania X...(Macho Man vs. Crush, Bret vs. Owen, HBK vs. Razor Ramon ladder match IC Titles, Luger vs. Yoko / Yoko vs. Bret. Doink/Dink vs. Bam Bam/Luna And MORE!)

[@prashantsharma9779]

2013 was actually a very underrated year for WWE. We had Undertaker vs Punk, Bryan vs Cena, Brock vs Punk, the Shield was on the rise, Dolph Ziggler's cash in (the pop), WWE title unification, etc. So many moments. Nice video Simon..

[@paulwoodford6229]

Is that it. Not exactly a stellar year lol

[@normbell3372]

I would love to see Ups and downs for WrestleMania 12 was the 1st WrestleMania I saw as a kid I used to rent it over and over and over again from Blockbuster video. And the iron man match with Bret and Shawn was what made me a fan!

[@TheAaronWester]

Could you do WrestleMania X? Or anything Scott Hall related? I’m looking for something just a bit more Retro than the 10’s.

[@3starskiwi]

This recent run rock was not as entertaining, it felt like Dwayne Johnson playing the rock, if u know what i mean 😅

[@chrisguardiano6143]

I would like to see Bound for Glory 2011 to be reviewed next. I would love to see Simon's reaction to Hogan-Sting (Hogan's final official match).

[@Rykojames]

Still waiting for the greatest ppv of all time.. the 1999 royal rumble with rock/mankind I quit match.

[@JackieTheBold]

Given how mad people are at the celebrity involvement at this year's Mania, I'd like to see Simon review Wrestlemania 11 next week. That one was basically celebrity overload.

[@omidmidro]

The real CelebrityMania : wrestlemania XI

[@drewfreakinmcintyre4477]

This rumble was all about building twice in life time at wrestlemania 29 between john cena and the rock

[@arnaldomedina3961]

For the next episode. Can we do WrestleMania 10. I wanna here your thoughts on Shawn Michaels vs Razor Ramon's Ladder Match not that Scott Hall is gone from this world, sadly 😔😢🙏

[@crshadows947]

Dying to see him review Breaking Point 2009

[@dwaynemalone7944]

You know what they say about opinions being like assholes. That best sums up What Culture's take on the Attitude Era!

[@pepito2847]

This was the first Royal Rumble PPV I watched live Still remember the Rumble match and Pickleboy freaking out over Rock beating Punk!

[@JTDEO]

Punk Should not have lost the belt plain and simple

[@IcanGOwithTHEflow]

Facts

[@firemasterpro14]

Plus main event wrestmania as champion

[@damonodell9125]

Nah

[@notoriousmigz2427]

I literally remember watching Cena vs Rock number 1, and after the match I said that Cena will beat the Rock when they fight again for the WWE title, literally called it a year in advance and I was 10 🤣.

[@mariusandrei5852]

2022 and Simon Miller still rocks on so many levels!!!💪💪💪😎😎😎

[@staceystephens8138]

Simon, Love ya bro. Just a suggestion, please on one of the older retro ups & down coming up, put a "Veer is coming" in it. I think that would be hellarious. Keep up the good work. Safe journeys.

[@SLiMMz_25]

The rock vs cm punk was great. Wish they had did more.

[@josephalonzo8275]

Am I alone in missing ADR in WWE? I mean, it's only just simply because of Señor Ricky Ricardo though.

[@charlesdigloria693]

Yes. You probably are.

[@WithFearGaming]

Ah, Simon. My WhatCulture hero

[@edvinrosenqvist524]

Hey yo, Simon. Please do WCW NITRO, June 10 1996, when Scott Hall and Kevin Nash took over WCW.

[@ishankulkarni4440]

Simon! As always, you get a golden up! Let's do UNFORGIVEN 2006 next!

[@sebom141]

Thanks a lot for doing this great work!

[@AliFrankTheTank]

They Squeezed Bryan into Edge v Roman instead 😂

[@Aging_Casually_Late_Gamer]

Still pushing for No Mercy 2001.

[@sebswabey1664]

Simon do the brawl for all for ups and downs

[@MrJamess1982]

The Down counter did not change for the first Down. Editor better have some job security or else in the words of Vince. "You're FIRED."

[@mfent2956]

One Night Stand 08, such a stacked card

[@diluted8]

Kane 1997 FTW

[@dansaidian]

Please do battleground 2016

[@Dubie3165]

... Simon forgot about Bo Dallas debut in this rumble and eliminating Wade Barrett

[@HiHello-ql3su]

Please do the night Rick Rude was on both Nitro and Raw next.

[@shedgen0]

The Punk/Rock promos from this show and No Way Out were incredible

[@lukebutler3299]

Wrestlemania 2000, 3, 12

[@thribs]

Rock beating CM Punk always gets an up to me

[@brantnelson7625]

Please please please for the love of Simon!! Could you do Summerslam 2011!

[@mrxfactor11]

With Cody Rhodes return coming we need a Retro Ups and Downs of Night of Champions 2014 when Stardust and Goldust win the Tag Team Titles

[@Bigd2k]

If you haven’t done it yet how about Wrestlemania 10

[@ivocosta8965]

Wrestle Kingdom XI we need that

[@PTIenthusiast]

Wrestemania X is an absolute must.

[@MassterLG]

Could you do the 1996 Royal Rumble, it has a lot of legends in it as they were just starting and under different names. It was also an important rumble to me.

[@Thecallmemisterajp]

Punk and Rock was so disappointing to me. That "Your arms are too short to box with God" promo was money, and they could've done great stuff together. So of course WWE waters it down with all the gimmicky Shield stuff and presents Punk like a fluke champion rather than a legitimate rival.

[@leeeckerson2728]

I’ll request this one forever so I can hear Simon do a retro review on his Uncle Goldberg again and I also know how much he loves death innuendoes in wrestling lol Survivor Series 2003 Severely underrated Seeing Vince McMahon getting busted open spattering blood all over the announcers desk then almost 2 decades later he says he would never televise that kind of stuff Triple H Bounty storyline on Goldberg, then watching the match where it’s semi awkward

[@digbick6881]

It's odd to see Jinder Mahal and Drew McIntyre pre steroids

[@JL-sm6cg]

If you look closely, you can see the Rock freeze when the lights go out and he ran out of the ring.

[@Blackbeard0531]

Can you please do Summerslam 2000?!

[@bryansilva6306]

“He is able to get his cobra out which is not a euphemism” 💀

[@symesalexander5294]

Retro ups and downs wrestlemania 27, 29 and 32

[@trxr4kdz]

Wrestlemania X for Razor Ramon!

[@krystynfunk4201]

Let's do an old one. Royal rumble 1992.

[@unstablebrother]

Wouldn't it make more sense to be doing Retro Wrestlemainas instead? Since we're on the road to WM...

[@animamaster]

Can we do WCW Fall Brawl 2000. Arguably the best match of Scott Steiner's and Goldberg's career. Fight me

[@damonodell9125]

Great match

[@JensaRahm]

Punk really should have won and made it a triple threat

[@mattystewart9052]

First rule of fight club: we dont talk about bruno.

[@muneebahmad4378]

Who's that

[@mattystewart9052]

Exactly

[@omega_mfw]

I was at that rumble it was a fun night

[@jaylee8240]

I was there for that Rumble. I said walking in that if Cena wins the Rock will win. I called it The Phoenix screw job.

[@spartanq7781]

WWE was right all along. See the Rock vs Cena the first time was in a previous life. So it still holds.

[@pjsw]

I know it isn't super retro but ups and downs from the first all in

[@canuckj8382]

Great video, go really old, review wrestlemania 2

[@SG_ShadowScar]

Im a big tna fan so i would love to see my favorite ppv which was Lockdown 2013 or Lethal Lockdown 2013 im not sure how they used to call it but the Aces&8's was a great story of rebellion in wrestling

[@kev247365]

Wrestlemania 3. Let's go old school

[@martinrubio3084]

Kofi kingston always impresses at the rumble

[@busterboy_22]

Next episode should be Wrestlemania X for Scott Hall. But also wouldn't complain if you did Wrestlemania 27 or 29.

[@captaincharisma6306]

Can you talk about summerslam 2013♥️

[@LucienYT]

That thumbnail perfectly epitomizes Punk's waning years in WWE. Just that look of "Really? Do I have to?" says it all.

[@randomaccess3369]

Yeah because why would one want to work with one who is objectively one of the greatest to ever do it.

[@Afrodo307]

Simon Miller “this ain’t it chief” Lol

[@martinrubio3084]

Chris jericho returning is huge

[@GoddesseyCreations]

Hold on, Hold the damn phone, why does the hands that hold up the ups and down numbers have 6 fingers?? Someone answer me please

[@undisputedalan4774]

The first down doesn’t show on the count

[@Rageofwrestling]

so i watch wwe with vpn so i see it on bt sports sometimes. There always advert say wwe 2k22 sponsor wwe on bt sports simon you sound just like that guy i swear

[@crunch1586]

Simon said the problem with this rumble is u already know who's gonna win but this year's rumble he said he loved it even though we all knew Cody would win smh

[@SiriusBlackoutFr]

Royal Rumble 2014 please

[@buhbuhjaychampagne1706]

Apparently Cody vs. Goldust not happening was SO bad, it got a double-down. It was 1-0 before and then…boom! 1-2!!!!!!😂 But at 4:34 there was supposed to be a down. Yeah I know, but I just thawt it was funny.

[@trewilliams8411]

John cena needed that win against the rock no matter what wrestlemania 29 was epic he should have won 27 and 28

[@powerbomb2]

Do ups and downs for Wrestlemania X please.

[@ivocosta4556]

NXT Takeover Chicago should go next

[@Reacher85]

David Arquette wins the WCW World Heavyweight Championship

[@samuraiteensy8004]

I was at this show! It was amazing

[@AimlessShenanigans]

So Punk is getting his wrestlemania main event right, it may not be the entire purpose but it is one of the things that has to happen Rock teased that he and Cody would wrestle down the line. Well I saw this thumbnail and my brain went, "Oh my god what if rock takes the title off cody, then rock drops the title to punk at the royal rumble 12 years after punk dropped the title to him to set up twice in a lifetime that SHOULD have been Punk's main event all along" The rumble main events, MJF debuts as #30 in the rumble main event later and wins. That solidifies the plans for 1st mania main event after 20 years vs 1st mania main event in like a few months I kinda want them to go the extra mile and have the shortest traditional royal rumble match - before #30 comes out, the remaining people in the ring eliminate themselves simultaneously, meaning #30 wins without even having to step into the ring, and who better than Max

[@Shadezyyy]

Simon Miller is amazing! Give this comment an up or down!

[@teckelmarijuano8220]

It was literally around this time when i 100% stopped watching wwe

[@watersandblue6001]

Punk should have beat Rock at the Rumble , then Rock wins at EC! Rock vs Cena vs Punk at WM 29 and Taker vs Jericho

[@UKNOWtv0]

idk i'd kinda be okay if The Rock told me "hey, we are going to do it on the mat"

[@Bonesaw_McGraw]

Halloween havoc 95 or RR 92

[@paulweston8408]

Hi Simon, not trying to be a sadist but I would love it if you would review Wrestlemania 2. 😳 I understand I may be violating several international laws regarding cruel and unusual punishment, but I feel if you could fine it in your heart to take One for the fans we would have a new Entrant on the worst pay per view big board. Please at least consider it kind sir. If you find it in your heart to say yes. thank you and I'm truly sorry in advance. ps-The British Bulldog's match is fairly good, so there's that.

[@jeremyseaton3314]

02 Vengeance

[@JaxDobba]

Come on Simon! Wrestlemania 29!!!!

[@wwesvk9958]

Hell no

[@martinrubio3084]

huge pop

[@meirnissim5927]

WCW Monday Nitro May 27th 1996