The second Daniel Bryan's feet touched the floor in the Rumble match, the fans completely turned on the match

@edwinseda897

6 ай бұрын

The fact this same thing happened twice in a row (2014-2015) is crazy.

@WrestlingCompilations

6 ай бұрын

@@edwinseda897 I know. And the 2014 match didn't even have Daniel Bryan involved at all

@acdctc117

6 ай бұрын

This one was far worse imo considering the treatment of fan favorites in Bryan ziggler Ambrose Wyatt etc also the match as a whole was just bad

@WrestlingCompilations

6 ай бұрын

@@acdctc117 Yes it was

@michaelsinger4638

6 ай бұрын

If Ambrose, or Bray, or Ziggler, or even Ryback had won. I think most fans could have accepted it at least.

Ppl focus on Bryan’s elimination but the way wyatt ziggler and ambrose were eliminated was disgusting and to have 2 big jobbers be the adversary to overcome is the worst booking I’ve ever witnessed

@michaelsinger4638

6 ай бұрын

Having old men Kane and Big Show just casually dump out all the fan favorites like garbage was just so dumb. And you could tell by the looks on their faces that Show and Kane knew it was BS as well.

@acdctc117

6 ай бұрын

@@michaelsinger4638 honestly felt bad for them they made one of the most feared gimmicks in wrestling a joke and at this point the big show was just there to get tossed around felt bad for them considering they were just following vinces dumbass booking

@Slick5150

6 ай бұрын

Lets be honest, the second Bryan was eliminated, Even if Roman didn't win. That reaction was going to happen to anybody not names Daniel Bryan

@eliasmg9144

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, that was the straw that broke the camels back for me, I mean, the entire match was already bad, but this moment made the match beyond salvageable

@Molson-xg9hs

6 ай бұрын

Yes…there was still hope to pull out this Rumble, but watching ice cold Kane and Big Show slowly eliminate the remaining crowd favorites was just absolute murder of the crowd.

New fans of WWE probably cannot believe how hated Roman Reigns was. He was booed out of every arena for years. His battle with cancer and character change turned everything around.

@daviddalrymple2284

6 ай бұрын

Yeah. It's a damn shame that it took a life-threatening illness to finally get Roman Reigns speaking from the heart in his promos, rather than awkwardly spouting cheesy sound-bites like "This is my yard".

This was the height of Vince’s spite era. Whoever the fans cheered or got behind, Vince buried or depushed or taken off tv.

@DarrylKeithFordGaming

6 ай бұрын

Facts! 💯

@Emper0rH0rde

5 ай бұрын

The height of Vince's spite era continued all the way up until the recent scandals that forced him to resign.

The one redeeming thing about this Rumble in retrospect is the Triple Threat WWE Title match was fantastic. Lesnar actually put in work in a main event match Cena was in his prime (mentally at least) and Seth showed why he was definitely the future of the company. Still one of my favorite matches from this era.

The rocks face screamed confusion lmao he was not ready to be booed like that

@LukeLeonettiYouTube

6 ай бұрын

They ABSOLUTELY told him that he wasn't going to get booed. That's the look of "you have got to be kidding me"

@saintrocketIX

6 ай бұрын

Fortunately, it prepared him for the reaction to Black Adam.

What's even more maddening is that WWE KNEW the crowd would turn on the match once Bryan got eliminated. So they PURPOSELY made sure he would get eliminated early, with the twisted mindset that the crowd would get the all the booing and huffing and puffing out of their system before Roman entered the match. Unfortunately they GROSSLY underestimated the crowd reaction. If Bryan wasn't gonna win, you could have at least had him in the final 2 or even the final 3 or 4, so it would keep fans invested. Either you do that...or better yet, just don't have him in the Rumble match at all. In fact, this all could've been avoided had they just brought back Bryan until AFTER the Rumble. Because Bryan came back from his neck injury weeks before the Rumble. They could have just held off on his return.

This was the event that forced me to take a break. Crazy to see how much the wrestling world has changed in the last 8-9 years.

@highlordlaughterofcanada8685

6 ай бұрын

You lasted longer than I did. I stopped right around the formation of the Shield and haven't gone back

@MjDudz99

6 ай бұрын

@@highlordlaughterofcanada8685 I remember being VERY close to quitting right around that period. I remember only watching through it because I was convinced The Shield, Punk, and Heyman were gonna be a stable.

@highlordlaughterofcanada8685

6 ай бұрын

@@MjDudz99 I got annoyed with them quickly since every encounter was the same, they gang up on a guy, back them into a corner of the ring and while they are widely smacking the backs of the Shield to no effect, the shield's attacks are doing damage. It felt like watching the AI's in a wrestling game. I got sick of that routine after 2 weeks. I was never able to purchase PPV's so the weekly shows was all I had to look forwards too, and this sucked what little variety it had left away.

@sean-michaelw.891

6 ай бұрын

​​@@highlordlaughterofcanada8685 Just letting you know it's good again, not just WWE but wrestling in general is much better in a lot of other companies.

@michaelparkinsonsfreeparkerpen

6 ай бұрын

2015 was so bad Smackdown was like WWE Superstars or Main Event Raw wasn't much better Bryan and others injured No name over enough to step into Bryan's or Seth's position People were tired of the old faces Reigns forced push

This show was 3 hours of Vince giving the fans a big middle finger, telling us all to go eff ourselves because we were doing what Vince wanted to do.

Roman’s face run failed because: -after shield fracture, Roman dressed the same and Used the same music. -Seth betrayed his shield brethren. Ambrose sought revenge. Roman couldn’t be bothered. -he was booked like a John cena 2.0 and not his own person.

@palpatinerocks3260

Ай бұрын

- wasn't amazing at promos yet. (Was much better after his illness.) - booked at times to not fight full matches like the 2016 rumble and a tag with Ambrose against the Wyatts. (Remember the Roman's sleeping chants) - the few times he was cheered was an unscripted quip because that's what fans would want as a face Roman.

The triple threat was incredible in person, rumble was fun in person until the end

@WrestlingCompilations

6 ай бұрын

That was the only saving grace of the event

2015 WWE can be described in one sentence..."I wonder what else is on?"

@michaelparkinsonsfreeparkerpen

6 ай бұрын

Smackdown was like WWE Superstars or Main Event and Raw wasn't much better

@fastcarwhite4115

6 ай бұрын

Lucha underground and njpw was carrying pro wrestling in 2015.

I was there live. I'll never forget the eerie silence when Dean Ambrose got eliminated, followed by the loudest boos I've ever heard because we all collectively realized our worst nightmare was coming true

I’m glad the one and only Rumble I was able to attend is universally panned for being the worst one ever😢

Post-2007 WWE's inability to read their audience is astounding. Uber beloved Daniel Bryan returns from serious injury having never been defeared for the title he held, so have him win the damn Rumble, sometimes predictable is exactly the right thing.

The Brock vs. Cena vs. Seth triple threat was fantastic. But the Rumble match was the park of WWE’s arrogance and stubbornness and refusal to listen to what their fans were telling them. And the Rumble match itself, just wasn’t very good in general.

Turning Reigns heel doesn't change the absolute detriment that the near 10 years of ridiculous booking for him was.

@r.a.n.stickz8871

4 ай бұрын

The whole WWE system needed change.

**pulls up a chair and sits down** let's do this!

The time, Vince tried to shove everything he liked in our faces, and if we didn't like it, he simply shoved even harder. This whole Rock thing had no other purpose than to scream in our faces "LIKE HIM ALREADY, GOD DAMN IT!!!", because Vince simply couldn't realise, that shoving harder just makes us hate it even more. He has been like this for the best part since 2011, and this was the peak of this behaviour. Thank God Vince is gone now, hopefully for good.

That triple threat saved the show from being a total disaster

As the Royal rumble match, 2022 has to be the worst rumble ever... A match full of tag team fillers, no good spots, Shane Mcmahon controversy, not so special NXT competitors, returns or debut plus BROCK WINNING THE WHOLE DAMN THING!!!

@acdctc117

6 ай бұрын

I agree tbh and the wrestlemania match between Roman and Brock was mediocre at best

"I was born a poor black child"...great reference

@claymathewselevator8121

6 ай бұрын

Love The Jerk

@johnny333X2

6 ай бұрын

@@claymathewselevator8121 hell yeah.

I remember when that blizzard got Raw canceled that night. It was so bad that instead of Raw, WWE just did some promos in the hq and then showed us the Rumble match on free tv for fans who missed the ppv to suffer too. (And the triple threat match).

I hadn't watched WWE in years. I came back because of Sting in the 2014 Survivor Series. And even I, with barely any context, could tell that Rumble match was horrid.

Look at that, the Usos have the one tag belt before it became two belts that they then had both of. Hmm.

Once DB was out the fans were out The Rock couldn’t even save that rumble

the best part of the 2015 royal rumble ppv was the triple threat match for the wwe title hearing ecw chants when paul heyman accompanied brock lesnar to the ring was awesome still can't believe that next year will be 10-years since this ppv took place.

Rocks confused face when he’s raising a Roman’s hand has always stuck with me. It’s like even he can’t understand why the fans are booing, no it shows how out of touch he was..

Proud to say that I was at this show. At least it was memorable

man, how was that 9 years ago already?!?

Actually. The Royal Rumble 2015 took place in Philadelphia

It seems to me that the 2010s were The Dark Ages of WWE.

Thanks Cultaholic Wrestling

In my opinion, it was looking to be a fun rumble, but the second Daniel Bryan got eliminated it falls apart

2004 royal rumble won by Chris Benoit, 2014 should have won by Daniel Bryan, 2024 must be won by Chad Gable or Jonny Gargano. All were technical wrestlers.

I'd love to see one of the latter-day WCW shows or Hell in a Cell 2019 on this one.

The triple threat is one of my favourite matches ever. Its a shame this entire event gets dumped on so much with that match on the card.

@highlordlaughterofcanada8685

6 ай бұрын

Wouldn't be the first event that's happened too.

Curtis Axel is still completing in the 2015 Royal Rumble

The supereyepatchwolf video on roman reigns really made me realise how big of an oh-no moment this show was

The triple threat getting a 4.75 is classic Meltzer. What a tool.

@patrickmilner4149

6 ай бұрын

But it deserved it, it was a damn great Triple Threat Match

@DG-sj7hz

6 ай бұрын

@@patrickmilner4149 The point went right over your head.

@camiloalmeida443

6 ай бұрын

Meltzer wouldn’t be able to tell you why it was .25 shy of 5 stars, he would just tell you “we agree, it was a great match.” He is a tool.

It can honestly be weird to remember that Roman Reigns was so hated back then, considering that his time as a WWE main eventer nowadays has been very well received.

@Franic19

6 ай бұрын

It was inevitable I think. It's like Vince pointing at him and saying "This right here is who you will have to like because I want him to be on top". It couldn't have been any more obvious and blatant how much he favorited and forced him to be the top guy, while not even being able to connect with the crowd one bit. He was unlikable as hell as a baby face, not convincing as a heel and simply not seen as THE top guy at the time. It's as if they would push Jinder Mahal to be world champ... oh... Anyway, atleast Jinder was just for to get more into the Indian market more, while Reigns just had no likable qualities to where people would see him as a top guy. He was pretty much as basic as it gets, yet pushed as if he was the next Bruno Sammartino.

@EpicAndrew97

6 ай бұрын

His new character has gone stale

@daviddalrymple2284

6 ай бұрын

Yeah. In retrospect, the problem with the first few years of Roman's main event push was that it came too soon, before he had built up the chops he needed to be the face of the company. When I think of the great champions in WWF/WWE history, they almost all had gotten over as solo wreslters in the midcard before getting a main event push (Macho Man, Bret Hart, Steve Austin, the Rock, John Cena, etc.) or else had built up a solid style in other promotions (Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, etc.)

4:51 "the big dog hadn't really done anything to inflame hatred among the crowd" I mean... his first act as a solo babyface was to spike a woman's drink. So... yeah.

One thing for sure, The Rock winning the rumble would DEFINITELY not be the right decision for the company, someone BIG who hasn't done anything for the company for years comes to win the rumble( goes the same with CM Punk of this part), just to lose at Wrestlemania by Roman and he goes back to Hollywood would DEFINITELY be a BIG insult to ALL of the full-time superstars who DEFINITELY DESERVES it MORE than him, not ONLY Roman's boring title reign would continue, but having a predictable "dreammatch" that would be a total disaster at Wrestlemania that won't mean anything, but just to make a quick buck, and it DEFINITELY won't mean anything, just to have Roman to beat The Rock, and The Rock just goes back to Hollywood where he DEFINITELY SHOULD'VE stayed, and puts EVERYTHING pointless, it will not be good for the business whether anybody wants to believe it or not.

If it weren’t for the triple threat match, this probably would’ve gone down as THE worst PPV of all time

I remember watching it. I’ll always remember the boos. Never seen anything like it

I was there. The WWE title match was awesome.

Reigns said it was the dog food stuff he was doing with Corbin that made him make his heel turn. But I'm pretty sure 2015 was his true villain origin story. Not that I blame him. He was hated simply because he wasn't Daniel Bryan. Which played out beautifully storyline wise in 2021.

People hated Roman because he was nothing but WWE script. And by that, the most boring script. John Cena actually had his own creativity into his promos. Roman wasn't allowed. I felt so sorry for Roman. Everywhere he went, he was hated. It kinda felt like Vince went with it just because he could.

I paid $500 for a 5th row floor ticket to this show. After reaching the hypest of hype during Rollins vs Cena vs Lesnar, I sat with my head down for a good 15 minutes at least when Bryan was eliminated from the Rumble and my only further reaction all night was some clapping for Dean Ambrose. WWE really shit in all our cereal that night.

This series is fun but Jack's is better. "I wish Frasier had died in the womb." 😉👍

The sarcasm in the description.😂

7:00 DAMN THAT WAS SO TRUE 😳🤯

@wbcwinnipegbeltcollector

6 ай бұрын

Yup

I like to see you review the 2017 Royal Rumble, another terrible Rumble thanks to Roman Reigns.

15:12 got me laughing, got me remembering how much I hated that song during the mid-late 2010s. Shame it's the same song as The Shields.

John Cena vs Brock Lesnar vs Seth Rollins was the only match that I enjoyed at that event.

I always think Punk's comment on the Podcast really hurt Roman. The whole "MAKE ROMAN LOOK REAL STRONG" line.

This was the first show I had ever attended in person and I had a blast. I had just recently gotten back into wrestling so I didn’t really understand the context of why the crowd was rejecting him. I was a big Roman fan and was probably the only person over the age of ten cheering for him lol.

I’m literally watching this show right now on the network and this video pops up! A very weak period for WWE. It’s gotten so much better in the last few years

This is the most one match shows I’ve ever seen in my life

Cheeky little bit of samurai champloo music there I hear it 🔥🔥🔥

Around this time was when I stopped watching for years. I think this is probably why honestly. I didn’t even realize how awful it was at the time cuz I was like, 13-14? This is so much worse than I remember though

The first third of this seems to be Fraser working through how much he dislikes Batista.

Rumble was awful. But I would say the show is overall awful. It had a classic Triple Threat Match on it for crying out loud

@Venemofthe888

6 ай бұрын

I think the triple threat match does save it from being completely awful

@WrestlingCompilations

6 ай бұрын

Almost every bad PPV has at least one saving grace of a match

@Gavin48

6 ай бұрын

@@WrestlingCompilations True. But the undercard was just ok. A truly awful PPV has no redeeming qualities.

If there’s any point where WWE made it clear they didn’t care…it was this.

Thanks 🎉

This can’t be on this list for the world title match alone

Do WCW 99-01 surely all their ppvs are worse

This was the start of wwe downfall. Nxt was far better in the next years but that sadly died in 2020 . Thank god for AEW

😭 shattered dreams theme after byran eliminated🤣

Has the whole "kill your faves so you'll cheer the one we want" spot EVER actually worked?? It's beyond lazy and absolutely incredible that they KEPT trotting it out again and again.

WM32 real main event was Sasha vs Becky vs Charlotte w/ Ric Flair. The match was better than anything else on the card.... even if it should've been a sasha win

i rather watch 2015 and 2014 on 24 hour loop then to ever ever EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVVVVVVVVVVVVVVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!! watch 2022 rumble once yeah 2022 goes down as the worse ppv and rumble in the last few years

WWE is still shoving Roman Relentlessly on every1

@Deltrottersvan

6 ай бұрын

WWE is still shoving Roman relentlessly on every1 But you moan he's a cheating part timer, so pick one loser

IF Roman vs The Rock happens at Wrestlemania, then everyone will just have to get used to the boring bloodline storyline to continue, Roman not showing up even more than before and him keeping the belt hostage even longer, because it's a predictable "dreammatch" that will become a nightmare, that won't mean anything, it will be a BIG waste of EVERYTHING, it's DEFINITELY not important, Roman Reigns will retain by beating The Rock (most likely with help of course), then The Rock will go right back to Hollywood where he should've stayed, and then the same old boring bull**** will continue, and that's the 100% truth, rather anyone wants to believe it or not, it's DEFINITELY true.

The 2015 Rumble was the last one I really enjoyed 😂

Man remember wwe pushed reings heavy from 14 to 19 until they turned him hill in 20 😂😂😂 this rr was the worst deffo

'The champion whos wrestling his first match in months' Well the name has changed but the story hasnt

i was gonna go to this but got the flu. thank god

Rusev and Bray Wyatt eliminated all the fan favourites😢 Kane and Bigshow too

To think Billy Gunn jobbed against future failures of Main Roster before rising again in AEW...

First is 2022 royal rumble Second is 2014 3rd 2015

Demolition Brad and Earl!! That sounds good??

Wrong… the Brock vs Seth vs cena match was awesome

Vince Mcmahon at his absolute most egomaniacal worst.

Even mick Foley backtracked that essay he typed! So settle down

Bit of a stretch to call it one of the worst shows ever when it featured arguably the greatest triple threat match ever..

Tons of people point to the rumble for why this event sucked, but let's not forget outside of the triple threat, every match on the card was boring as fuck.

It's a shame the triple threat match is on this show cause its soooo good and gets overshadowed by the rumble match. Also this show is getting a lot of coverage mainly the rumble over the past week. This rumble match might have actually benefited for having Batista win on this year instead of 2014. Maybe his schedule wasn't open enough at the time and maybe if they brought back Daniel Bryan after the rumble that might have helped too. As soon as you put Daniel Bryan in the match you knew the fans would want him to win above all others. If he wasnt in then who knows The Rock might not have been booed but since what they did with Kane & Big Show eliminating everyone near the end would kill any momentum in any rumble. Roman's problem was he was pushed too much too soon plus when the shield broke up it seemed like Roman didnt care and swiftly moved on. His promos were just awful and it showed he wasnt ready yet but who else would you have win. Whoever won would go against Brock. The only ones i could see would be Roman or Seth and thats what happened anyways at Wrestlemania A lot of people wanted Daniel Bryan and it would have been a interesting match getting Brock v Bryan 3 years early but i wonder if they were worried about his injury record and feeding him to Brock would have been scary plus Seth cashing in on Bryan might have caused a riot how the fans were at the time. I know Seth's cash in was decided during the Rock Promo at WM. Im not sure how they could have gotten out of this apart from the way they did at WM and perhaps it was better off because of it. I would have changed the final 4 though. Have it be Roman, Bryan, Wyatt and either Ambrose/Rusev. Wyatt eliminating Bryan would have gotten the heat off Roman even if it was slightly and Roman last eliminating Bray might have been a little easier to swallow

How you gonna casually call Orton the worst wrestler of 2005...

You got it all wrong! I still have roman.

You have to understand. Reigns made me hate everything pro wrestling. TNA was terrible at the time, WWE was dying and japanese wrestling was unknown to me. The only reason i started watching again was AEW because atleast they know how to listen to their fans

I personally hate the Rock..Dude's in on burning down Maui just so he can have more famous neighbors. He used to be the freaking man, now he's the male Oprah. I didn't watch this rumble, i think i was in rehab..lol

I loved tyson kidd and cesaro.....i will not call him by that miss pronounced, fruity last name!

Do WCW New Blood Rising next

I was in college during this show. That semester I was taking a class that was kind of a writing class and was part of a series that every student had to take. This class was on ethics and the prof was a huge wrestling fan and used wrestling as a case study for ethics. A lot of people in the class were lapsed wrestling fans and there were a couple people in the class who still watched so current wrestling was usually discussed at the start of class. For this show the prof invited a date over to his place and he told us the next class that it was an awful date lol. I can only imagine the awkward silence and despair that must have gone on after Bryan was eliminated.

As someone who has never liked Daniel Bryan. I liked this royal rumble. It was fun. I didnt want roman to win but was happy bryan went out. I also havent seen it since it was live when i was 13 years old and young me just liked seeing people get beat up so idk.

Wut on Earth is hammer pants

@julesrules7297

6 ай бұрын

It's like Princess Jasmine pants for fly boys in the early 90s. MC Hammer wore em. Obviously, shit aged like milk.

No, no. I still hate Roman Reigns.

Roman Reigns is still a career killer , wrestling him makes no sense , and compare his skills to cody who momentum he has killed

This strengthens my belief that Vince McMahan was the 2nd dumbest promoter'leader of creative that was in the wrestling business (Russo is #1 of course, but Vince is a close 2nd). I say that because think of all the storylines that he made himself. Such as the Spirit Squad, Katie Vick, Rocco the Dummy, and many more. Plus, with his outright refusal to take responsibility for the decisions he makes while always trying to find someone else to blame but himself for his failures. Plus, all of his outside the ring antics,, and his bad temper. He had absolutely no idea what he was doing when it came to creative and common sense.