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This Rumble was far lower than last years. Three of the matches were just awful and the whole 'Rey Mysterio winning' seemed just to be built out of Eddie Guerrero passing away and when WWE uses Eddie's name to make money out of it they are sick.

Results from the PPV:

Gregory Helms defeated Funaki to win the Cruiserweight Championship which also consisted of Kid Kash, Paul London, Nunzio and Jamie Noble in a very good match. The Boogeyman defeated John 'Bradshaw' Layfield in a terrible match (poor John). Rey Mysterio won the Royal Rumble last eliminating Randy Orton. John Cena defeated Edge to win the WWE Championship (Why even bother to have made Edge champion for 2 weeks?). Mickie James defeated Ashley in a p*ss poor match. Kurt Angle defeated Mark Henry to retain the Heavyweight Championship in a poor match.

Obviously The Rumble and The Cruiserweight match were the best matches on the card, but overall could have been MUCH BETTER!

Overall Grade - C+

Not an outstanding night, but i was very surprised at how the matches boiled out and the rumble winner left me thinking i was still sleeping. So once again wwe relies on shock value for the second pay per view running in order to be a success.

1. Cruiserweight Open. 8/10 Bar the Rumble this match was the best of the night, it was so good, great moves, great finishers and some high flying as well, top match and great way to start off the pay per view.

2. Boogeyman Vs JBL. 4/10 Wasn't really a "match" well what did you expect. It was more of a creepy segment with punch and kicks.

3. Ashley Vs Mickie James. REF - Trish 3/10 It started well for these two, Ashley looked better in ring but after 5 minutes it turned into a horror show, they got sloppy, Trish got bored, Ashley started getting booed because all she was doing was fake, and i mean FAKE! punching and kicking, it was that bad. Ashley needs work and fast!

4. Royal Rumble. 9/10 Quite a surprise to see this match 3rd on the card but at then end of the show it became clear why. It was a great rumble match as usual, a bit better then last year, mostly because i was so shocked Mysterio won, even though there were rumours he would, i didn't believe it, then when he was left with Orton i was sure Orton would win, but it was Rey!

5. John Cena Vs Edge WWE CHAMPIONSHIP. 6/10 Once again i was quite at surprise with the result, even though there were rumours Cena would win it back so soon, i just couldn't see it happening. The match was okay, considering they haven't worked together much it was okay but nothing special or to write home about. Great entrance from Cena and big pop for his victory.

6. Mark Henry Vs Kurt Angle WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. 5/10 Well it was Mark Henry and not even the great Angle could get a match out of him, plus this match was so predictable that i couldn't even be bothered to concentrate, saying that there was nothing special to concentrate on. The end of the match made it all too clear why the booking of the PPV was in such bizarre order, yes the once again boring lacklustre return of the Undertaker, i am getting so sick of this guy.

Overall a good night for shock value, plus the super cruiser weight match, the ending was very annoying, but not for Undertaker fans.

Well It was an alright night. The action was pretty high paced an I gotta say that It was a pretty cool Royal Rumble PPV.

Match # 1 WWE Crusierweight Title 6 Way Texas Match Gregory Helms defeats Funaki, Jamie Noble, Nunzio, Paul London and Kid Kash to win the Cruiserweight Championship. This was an alright match but I still think that JBL vs. Boogeyman should of kicked off the show. 8.7/10

Match # 2 Mickie James defeats Ashley. This was an okay match. 8.0/10

Match # 3 Boogeyman defeats JBL. I loved this match. It was awesome and Boogeyman won in just a matter of seconds, 8.9/10

Match # 4 The Royal Rumble Match Royal Rumble Winner: Rey Mysterio.

• Great Royal Rumble Mysterio finally won Good match 10/10

Match # 5 WWE Championship Match John Cena defeats Edge w/ Lita.... Oh my god------ awesome match Finally Cena got his title back good job Cena 9.6/10

Match # 6 WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match Kurt Angle defeats Mark Henrey to retain the title. Alright match. 9.0/10

Total: 54.2/60 = 90.3 %

Alright PPV. I don't know why the Royal Rumble match happened 4/6 match but oh well I think WWE is doing a good job for 2006 so far. Thumbs Up.

This was a solid Royal Rumble PPV to begin with just like last year's Rumble as well.

WWE Cruiserweight Invitational Match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship Gregory Helms vs. Funaki vs. Kid Kash vs. Paul London vs. Jamie Noble vs. Nunzio 6/10: Good match of course with the cruiser-weight all in the ring battling it out, you'll know that it is a good match. Gregory Helms wins after pinning Funaki to capture his first WWE Cruiserweight Championship.

Mickie James vs. Ashley Special guest referee: Trish Stratus 3/10: Most Diva matches are boring like this one. Mickie James wins after getting Ashley in a roll-up & using the ropes for leverage.

JBL vs. Boogeyman 4/10: Pretty boring & sloppy, but it had enough effort for a match. Boogeyman wins after a Pump-Handle like slam finisher.

Royal Rumble match 8/10: This is the match of the night which featured new wrestlers as well participated in the Rumble. Mysterio wins after eliminating Orton last.

WWE Championship Edge vs. John Cena 7/10: Good match, probably the second best match of the night, great to see John Cena win after making Edge tap out to the STFU to capture his WWE Championship back.

World Heavyweight Championship Kurt Angle vs. Mark Henry 3/10: The worst match of the night & the worst main event ever. Angle wins after a chairshot on the head of Mark Henry then an Angle Slam.

Overall: Good PPV just like last year's, i'll give it 8/10 & B passable.

The WWE's 19th annual Royal Rumble event was truly atrocious. The event will only be remembered for one thing, Rey Mysterio's shock victory in the 30 man over the top rope battle royal. Whilst the Royal Rumble match itself was as entertaining as always the undercard, much like New Years Revolution a few weeks previous, was utterly dire.

The only notable happening from the undercard was Gregory Helms jumping ship from Raw to Smackdown when he won the WWE Cruiserweight Championship invitational.

Mickie James battling Ashley with Trish Stratus as the special guest referee would be a match best left for Raw. It had no place on one of the big four. The match was bad. Mickie won but I don't think anyone really cares.

JBL has been billed as the longest running WWE Champion in ten years. So why in the hell did he fall to The Boogeyman in such short time? This could have single handedly demolished JBL's credibility and heaven knows it took long enough for the fans to accept him in the first place.

Then came the Royal Rumble itself. Why it was so low down the card I do not know. Like I said earlier, an entertaining affair with Mysterio coming out on top after coming in at number 2 and going all the way. I still think it would have made more sense for Randy Orton to win the match but hell, what do I know. Triple H also put on a great performance coming in at number 1 and going to the final three. Another entertaining part of the match was Shawn Michaels being eliminated from behind by Shane McMahon.

The WWE Championship was on the line when Edge defended against John Cena. The match was average and nothing more. Cena won and thus making Edge the "Transitional Champion" he did not want to be known as. What a terrible first Championship reign for Edge. The only decent thing coming from it was his TLC match with Ric Flair on Raw.

And then the last match of the night. The good news? It involved Kurt Angle. The bad news? It also involved Mark Henry. Christ, I can't stand this useless waste of space. The match was terrible but still better than I expected. Angle won, which we all knew would happen anyway. As did the crowd in the American Airlines Arena, Miami Florida who started to filter out before the match had finished. This was a pity because they missed The Undertakers return at the end of the show to challenge Kurt Angle for the World Heavyweight Championship. The Dead Man demolished the ring with lighting bolts. Just a pity he hadn't done it before Mark Henry was due to wrestle.

One of the worse events I have ever watched in WWE history. One to avoid.

Royal Rumble 2006 was a horrible show. 2 good matches, 1 decent and the rest were horrible which I believe was 3.

Cruiserweight Open: This was a great way to open the show, a lot of high flying spots made it better. **1/4

Boogeyman vs JBL: Why is this on the card again. Just horrible. Luckily, kept short. DUD

Mickie James vs Ashley with Trish Stratus as Referee: Another horrible match. I wasn't in to it at all and the crowd wasn't either. Not hard to tell why though. DUD

Royal Rumble Match: Why is this in the middle again? Please explain. This was a decent match, nothing spectacular. This may have been the worst Royal Rumble Match ever though. **1/4

John Cena vs Edge: This was another decent match. This was the best match on the card though, but not too impressive. 10 minutes long wasn't so long though. Decent like I said. **1/4

Mark Henry vs Kurt Angle: Why is this the main event. This must have been the worse Main Event ever. *

Royal Rumble 2006 is a D.

Royal Rumble 2006 was the 19th annual Royal Rumble PPV event produced by the WWE. The show took place on January 29, 2006 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. Attendence was set at 16,000 with a buyrate of 585,000. This big PPV took place a few months after the tragic passing of the late-great Eddie Guerrero.

6 matches took place on the card including the traditional royal rumble with it's same rules. This PPV build up mainly centered focus on Rey Mysterio who made a promise to win it all for Eddie Guerrero. WWE were taking a big chance to have the smallest guy when the rumble. We also had 2 world title matches. To be honest, the card wasn't that intriguing.

The Good - Well, Rey Mysterio winning the rumble and receiving a push because of Eddie's death was questionable but looking back it didn't damage anything. It worked out pretty well. The royal rumble match itself was pretty good but not great. It started out slow, then went to getting a little interesting. It's last 10 entrants made it get good. Triple H and Rey Mysterio were two best Performers of the match. The opening of the Cruiserweight Championship 6 Pac match (dubbed something else) was also good. Helms winning went on to make a pretty good run as the champ.

The Meh - The WWE Championship match was above average. Cena beating Edge just 3 weeks after his first reign wasn't such a brilliant move by the bookers but Edge didn't get his career damage luckily. John Cena and Edge had much better matches later at the end. I also don't know how I exactly feel of the rumble not main eventing.

The Bad - The main event choice was poor. Mark Henry at this time was very limited and Kurt Angle unfortunately couldn't get him over in the match. You just never see bad matches with Kurt Angle. I said earlier rumble not main eventing was odd but it certainly would have been more better than this. I'd even accept Edge vs. John Cena over this main event. Also the Divas match and Boogeyman/JBL match were also terrible for PPV spots. Ashley Massaro wasn't ready at this time and the Boogeyman as entertaining as he was, also sucked in the ring. Last the crowd of this show wasn't that good. Not sure if it was just the card that bored them.

Overall - Not a good show at all. The show had a weak card on paper and it didn't exceed expectations. If one match on this show could have gotten a 4 star rating, I might have given this show more credit but unfortunately one of the weakest Royal Rumble PPVs.

Score - 4 out of 10: Boring

0 = Terrible : 1 = Bad/Lackluster : 2 = Decent : 3 = Good : 4 = Awesome : 5 = One of the Best of all Time :

1. Kid Kash vs. Nunzio vs. Gregory Helms vs. Jamie Noble vs. Funaki vs. Paul London: WWE Cruiserweight Championship - 3/5

2. Mickie James vs. Ashley - 0/5

3. JBL vs. The Boogeyman - 0/5

4. 30-Man Royal Rumble Match - 3/5

5. John Cena vs. Edge: WWE Championship - 2.5/5

6. Mark Henry vs. Kurt Angle: World Heavyweight Championship - 1/5

Best Match - Royal Rumble Match

Worst Match - JBL vs. Boogeyman

Most Memorable Moment - Rey Mysterio's victory

Top 5 Performers

1. Rey Mysterio - Great Performance and his moment

2. Triple H - Great Performance

3. Randy Orton - Good Performance

4. John Cena - highlight of the night

5. Edge - This is random.