WWE Royal Rumble 2008

Customer Reviews:

• my son loved it: i purchased this dvd for my son and he was glued to it from the beginning to the ending credits.
• JOHN CENA,UNDERTAKER,SHAWN MICHEALS,BATISTA,TRIPLE H: THIS WAS A SHOCK I WAS AT MADISON SQUARE GARDAN I SAW THE RETURN OF JOHN
  CENA !!!. HE ENTERED AT NUMBER 30. EVERYONE THOUGHT TRIPLE H WOULD WOULD HAVE WON. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD JOHN CENAS THEME I WAS LIKE OMG
  IS THIS REALLY JOHN CENA NO IT IS A INPOSTER BUT THEN I SAID OMG IT IS REALLY HIM.SHAWN MICHEALS,UNDERTAKER, AND BATISTA LASTED REALLY LONG.
• Is the DVD in WIDESCREEN? : I'd really like to know this. The back of the box does not say. Thank you.
• Lets Get Ready To Rumble!: Ric Flair vs. M.V.P. - It was a nice opening match that didn't bore me like their Vengeance match but past that, nothing really to mention here.
  
  Chris Jericho vs. J.B.L. - The in-ring return of J.B.L. to PPV since Judgment Day 2006. I thought it was just me but by reading the other reviews, I'm not alone here in that they seemed to be somewhat off & lacking that "it" to make this just anything past an ok match. Maybe it was Bradshaw's ring rust but who really knows. The best part of the match was everything that happened afterwards.
  
  World Champion Edge vs. Rey Mysterio - Before I get started, I liked the fact that Michael Cole didn't ignore history & put over the fact that they were former WWE Tag Team Champions together...and an interesting trivia note is that they lost those titles in the exact same arena, MSG. The match saw Edge (who had a heavy amount of fan support) target Mysterio's knee after the first couple of mins. resulting in Mysterio using other moves like him sliding under the bottom rope & hooking Edge for a DDT all in one motion. Edge won after a spear on Mysterio who was in the middle of a top rope springboard. The first "better than average" match of the night.
  
  WWE Champion Randy Orton vs. Jeff Hardy - This match had a big match buildup & feel to it. They gave it their all here & showcased a performance that had the crowd going back & forth more than they had any other time of the night with Orton getting the victory after a RKO out of nowhere. Orton got the strong performance & CLEAN PPV victory he's been needing since becoming champion.
  
  Royal Rumble Battle Royal - Before I get started again, that's was an awesome promotional "by the numbers" video WWE did on the match itself. Unfortunally, this Rumble fell kind of flat as it was really lacking standout Rumble moments with some questionable & poor booking...like Finlay being disqualified for using a weapon (yet the Rumble went hardcore in 2001 & 2003). Some things happened that got my attention like HBK, Taker, and to a lower extent Batista's long performances & the suprizes of Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka, and John Cena. Love or hate him, props to WWE for being able to keep that secret from leaking out. It wasn't as boring as previous Rumbles have been but it's not one I would put on my top list either.
  
  DVD extras are a backstage confrontation between Cena & Triple H along with the huge swanton bomb Hardy did to Orton on RAW. As a side note, it would have been sweet if they had one of those "behind the scenes" of the commercial things because that was one of the most entertaining WWE PPV commercials in recent memory.
  
  So overall, this Rumble didn't have a bad match but it didn't really have any that would blow you away either past the Orton/Hardy match. It was an average PPV that I recommend for a rental & see from there.
• Better than expected: I am a huge Ric Flair fan and that is why I got this dvd. I enjoyed it. I mean like another viewer stated alot of matches especially on Smackdown look like they are just walking through them. If you watched wrestling during the monday night war compared to now you know what I am talking about. This PPV is one of the better Royal Rumbles I have seen in the past couple of years. John Cena appearing was brilliantly booked. However, I thought Chris Jericho should have gone over in his match. They are making him look like a loser after all the build up. Jeff Hardy would have been nice to a title reign, even if it is only to wrestlemania. You could have a story there with him and Triple H. Anyway I liked it and recommend it.
  
  
  Ric Flair vs. MVP - Career Match
  JBL vs. Chris Jericho
  Edge vs. Rey Mysterio - World Title Match
  Randy Orton vs. Jeff Hardy - WWE Title Match
  30-Man Royal Rumble