Royal Rumble Count-Up – 2002: For Once, He Was Right
IMG Credit: WWE
Royal Rumble 2002
Date: January 20, 2002
Location: Phillips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
Attendance: 12,915
Commentators: Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler
Tag Titles: Spike Dudley/Tazz vs. Dudley Boys
We immediately go to a recap of Regal vs. Edge which is based on Regal using brass knuckles over and over again. Edge got fed up with it and beat up a lot of people with a chair.
Intercontinental Title: Edge vs. William Regal
Ric Flair vs. Vince McMahon
No highlight package for the world title match? For those of you not around in 2002 (LUCKY!), Jericho won the title in December, beating Rock along the way. It makes sense for Rock to get the first shot, especially since they feuded over the end of the year.
WWF World Title: The Rock vs. Chris Jericho
Shawn Michaels, in a really stupid looking Texas flag shirt, is at WWF New York. He picks Taker or Austin to win the Rumble.
Video on the Rumble. The main picks to win are Taker, HHH, Angle and Austin.
Royal Rumble
Scotty gets in and walks into a DDT as DDP is #14. Nothing of note continues to happen until Scotty superkicks Page through the ropes to the floor and hits the Worm on Christian. Page sneaks back in and throws Scotty out as Chuck is #15. They all beat on each other for a bit with Christian and Chuck teaming up for a bit. Godfather, now the owner of an escort service in an attempt to salvage the gimmick, is #16 and brings out 12 good looking women with him. Page is eliminated off camera during this.
Ratings Comparison
Spike Dudley/Tazz vs. Billy and Chuck
Original: C-
Redo: D+
William Regal vs. Edge
Original: C-
Redo: D+
Trish Stratus vs. Jazz
Original: D+
Redo: D
Ric Flair vs. Vince McMahon
Original: D+
Redo: C+
Chris Jericho vs. The Rock
Original: B+
Redo: B
Royal Rumble
Original: C-
Redo: C+
Overall Rating
Original: B-
Redo: B-
Yep, about the same for the most part here.
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