Monday 30 May 2016
Journey Through The Attitude Era Vol 11: WWF Royal Rumble 1999 Review
Good evening joyous people of the internet as we see the
return of the series nobody asked for that being my journey through the
attitude era, today's adventure is none other than the Royal Rumble of 1999,
the first pay per view of the new year. For those who do not know, the main
event is The Royal Rumble match where 30 participants are entered into the ring
and the objective is to throw your opponents out of the ring over the top rope
with both feet touching the floor. The winner of this match will receive a WWF
championship match at Wrestlemania. The stakes are high and for Stone Cold
Steve Austin, the stakes would be even higher as the evil owner of the WWF
Vince Mcmahon had placed a 100,000 dollar bounty on the head of Austin, any man
who eliminated Austin would receive the money. Mankind, the WWF champion fresh
off his title win in possibly the greatest Raw main event of all time would
face The Rock in an I Quit match for the championship. I am ready for some
action so let's do this!
Road Dogg vs Big Bossman
Bossman hammers away with uppercuts on Road Dogg before Dogg
battles back but he is cut off by a thumb to the eye. Massive boot from Bossman
to Road Dogg which knocks the hardcore champion loopy. Hard Irish whip by
Bossman as Road Dogg is in dire straits Bearhug by Bossman who squeezes Road
Dogg so tightly that one of his eyes could pop out but Road Dogg channels the
energy of the crowd and bites the head of Bossman before being cut off again by
the bigger Bossman. Bossman kicks Road Dogg in the corner while removing a
turnbuckle bad. Big spinebuster by Bossman but he only gets a two. Bossman uses
the rope to strangle the life out of the degenerate Road Dogg while kicking him
brutally in the face. Road Dogg momentarily gets back into the match with a
sleeper but Bossman has his number once more as Bossman rakes the eyes and hits
a backbreaker. Bossman goes to the top rope and it does not go exactly as
planned as Road Dogg tosses him off the top rope.
Road Dogg hits his shake rattle and roll fists
and knee drops before running off the ropes but it is all in vain as he runs
right into the Bossman slam. It was an ok match, Bossman got good heat as
everyone wanted to see him get killed but Road Dogg just did not have a lot of
offence as a babyface, I have referenced it before but it really becomes
exposed when he is wrestling as a singles wrestler, he really only has two
moves and that is the fist and the kneedrop, he would not be able to hit his
pumphandle drop on the bigger Bossman.
Winner: Big Bossman over Road Dogg via Bossman Slam!
Only two for Billy Gunn off his finisher, he
hammers away on Shamrock before charging at him. Shamrock pulls down the ropes
and Gunn tumbles to the outside. Shamrock sends Gunn into everything that he
can find as Gunn meets the steel steps, the ringpost, and the barricade. Both
men battle onto the ring apron and Billy turns the tide as he slams Shamrock
from the ring apron face first onto the announce table(the Spanish one of
course!). Billy drags Shamrock back into the ring and gets a two count. From
the ground Shamrock starts kicking Billy's left leg. Billy crumbles onto the
ground as uses his body to destroy the left leg of Billy Gunn. Billy tries
fighting back but he can hardly stand as Shamrock has taken away Billy's
vertical base.
Front facelock by Shamrock as Billy tries to
counter the intercontinental champion, Shamrock hits a fisherman suplex for
two. The referee gets taken out by a clothesline from Shamrock as Val runs down
to ringside and ddts Shamrock because Val was smitten with Ken's sister Ryan as
was Billy too. Billy covers Shamrock but it is a two count again. Billy battles
back on one leg with a spinning elbow a splash and a scoop slam. Billy goes
high and misses a double axe handle and rolls his ankle. Shamrock takes
advantage and Billy taps out to the pain of the Ankle Lock. Good psychology in
this match as Shamrock softens up Billy's ankle throughout the match and Billy
battled on one leg and the attacks on his leg led into the finish.
Winner: Shamrock over Billy Gunn via Ankle Lock!
Out of desperation, Gangrel crotches X-Pac but
X-Pac fights Gangrel off and nails a crossbody. The match gets a lot of hate at
this point as Gangrel reverses X-Pac in the crossbody and the referee counts
the 3 before X-Pac kicks out. Poor Teddy Long (the referee) gets you fucked up
chants for the rest of the match. Luckily, it does not last very long as X-Pac
ducks a clothesline from Gangrel and counters a flapjack attempt into the
X-Factor and X-Pac retains the championship. Quick match with not too much
going on except for the botch.
Winner: X-Pac over Gangrel via X-Factor!
(WWF Women's Championship Match) Sable (c) vs Luna(Strap
Match)
And you thought The
Bellas were killing the division (Ha to be fair they have improved a lot).
Sable is bad, really bad like trying to sit through the Fantastic Four bad.
Anyways, Luna is fresh off her face run with the oddities and is now a heel,
she has the support of Shane Mcmahon, I have no idea why Shane would be angry
at Sable or why the corporation would want Luna as champion as opposed to Sable
but that's what I can gather from this match. Sable was attacked on heat by
Luna and she is trying to sell her back being injured.
She was supposedly going to forfeit the
championship but Sable declares that the match will take place and then they
proceed to have every strap match ever where they whip each other with the
strap until one competitor touches the turnbuckle while dragging the other
along as they also touch each turnbuckle. Sable would emerge victorious as her
stalker (who we would later know as Tori) would clobber Luna before she touched
the final turnbuckle allowing Sable to steal the victory. It was fine it is
just hard to watch Sable in the ring as she clearly was not trained very much
at all.
Winner: Sable over Luna due to completion of rules!
Double arm ddt by Mankind and he pulls out
socko. Mankind makes Rock pass out with the Mandible Claw. Rock cannot quit while
passed out as he rolls to the outside. They brawl into the crowd and Rock hip
tosses Mankind to the floor. Rock stomps on Mankind and hits him with the steel
steps before grabbing the ringbell and smashing Mankind over the head with the
ringbell. Rock attempts The Rock Bottom on the Spanish announce table but the
table collapses but with the way they fell, the botch was covered well. The
brawl up the entrance way with both men trading blows before Rock ddts Foley on
the ramp. Rock grabs a ladder from the back but it ends up haunting The Rock as
Mankind smashes the ladder in Rock's face. Mankind tries a Cactus Jack elbow on
The Rock but Rock dodges the move. Rock climbs the scaffolding as both men
trade blows from the top of the scaffolding. Rock low blows Mankind and punches
Mankind who falls through the electrical circuit board as sparks fly out of the
board and the arena's lights go out temporarily. Shane Mcmahon comes out and
looks concerned as Mankind writhes around in pain but Rock refuses to call off
the match and drags Mankind into the ring.
Rock grabs handcuffs and a chair from ringside.
Corporate Elbow with the chair on Foley's face and 10 unprotected chair shots
to the head later, Mankind is a bloody mess and collapse the entrance way.
Mankind "quits" and The Rock is the new champion. The reason I say
Mankind "quits" is we would later find out that the corporation
played a recording of the promo Mankind gave before the match in where he
stated he would never say the words I quit I quit. Classic heel stuff right
there, a very violent match especially with the knowledge that Foley's kids
were basically traumatized by the incident and the damage that those chair
shots could potentially have on a person.
Winner: The Rock over Mankind due to quitting by Mankind!
However, Vince is still in the Rumble and is
terrified at ringside as Austin drags him into the ring before Stunning him.
Rock makes his way to ringside and catches the eye of Austin. Rock and Austin
brawl on the apron and Vince sneaks in and wins by eliminating Austin. Your
winner, Vince Mcmahon. I think opinion could be divided on this ending, it
could be Vince abusing his position within the company by having himself win
but the odds were against Austin and Vince would ultimately lose to Austin so
there was a fitting conclusion but I am not sure Vince needed to win the rumble
perhaps it was just for his ego...
Winner: Vince Mcmahon by lasting eliminating Stone
Cold Steve Austin!
Labels:
Austin,
DX,
Kane,
Rock,
Royal Rumble,
Shane Mcmahon,
Test,
The Undertaker,
Triple H,
Vince,
WWF
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