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Jan 12, 2018 3:48:26 GMT shinobimusashi said:

I remember reading in one of the old Observers that WWF was considering getting Dan Severn in the 1996 Royal Rumble since they were so short on star power(Severn drew some good numbers in a few UFC PPV's in 1995, better numbers than WWF or WCW PPVs at the time). I just read on another forum something about him planning on shooting on everyone and winning the Rumble going into business for himself. That's fucking crazy to think about, I wonder if he would have been able to pull it off or if somebody would have been able to stop him some how.

And it all works into my longtime theory that you could figure out a way to have shoot Royal Rumbles and make a full on sport out of it.

This was actually one of my favorite things at wrestling camps throughout middle and high school. We didn't have top ropes and so had to make do with out of bounds lines, but we'd get everyone wrestling at once -all weight classes, total free for all- and it was like this King of the Hill/Winner Stays In 30-kid Battle Royale. So fucking fun. Total fucking chaos.

Oh hell yeah, for me it was trampoline Royal Rumbles, we had a friend that broke his arm once it was fucking gnarly. Also we would use the back of the couch for living room Royal Rumbles. I legit believe Royal Rumbles would work as legit sport, no strikes or submissions allowed, just big fucking Mariuisz Pudzianowski motherfuckers trying to force each other over the top rope to the floor, it would rule.

Pfft. Having Royal Rumbles in backyards with fences is where it's at.

Hell yeah, I was involved in couch Royal Rumbles. Never fucking won. That was always the heaviest kid of the group's one time to shine, bless their overworked hearts.

Jan 12, 2018 4:24:17 GMT Baker said:

Pfft. Having Royal Rumbles in backyards with fences is where it's at.

Never did a fence, but I remember backyard Royal Rumbles involving like those colorful plastic hunks of shit that would have a slide on it. The side would just be a solid wall, so we'd try to get each other over that. There'd be some deflated kiddy pool inside to try and break the fall so we wouldn't have to inform parents of their child's untimely death. I'd always jump off the top of it at some point because I was that kid of the group. 

Royal Rumble's with fences actually sucked :lol: It was almost impossible to get any sizable kid over the fence without help. Plus being draped over a fence makes one think their back is about to be broken. Then there's the aforementioned fat kid conundrum (that damn Bryan was also a master at going deadweight). I was one of the bigger/stronger kids in my little clique and I still struggled to get anybody over. It also made me an Andre-esque target. Well, that and my big mouth/natural heel instincts. 

There it is. That took longer to Google than you might think. The small of my back hurts just looking at that beast. Whether I was teetering on top Rick Martel style, or actually going over and hitting that cruel platform for the slide that nobody ever used in the history of that fucking thing. Some hardcore eight-year-old shit right there. 

In primary school we had a big bunch of car tyres in the playground to play with (which is a bit weird and cheap arse in hindsight), so sometime after the '91 Rumble we had our own Rumble/Battle Royale by building a three tyre high ring in the corner of the playground, meaning there were only actually two sides where one could be eliminated. Anyway, I remember throwing a bunch of ky fellow classmates out until it was me and my pal Michael left. I charged at him, he ducked, I did the job and eliminated myself... Fun times.