October 31, 201212 yr Author comment_5518275 Gene does a complete rundown of the participants in the Royal Rumble. I really do think these segments on Superstars were a difference maker in selling PPVs. I have nothing to prove that, but I sincerely believe it. Good look at the WWF roster at the time, with quite a few brief cut-in promos. The Andre one is amusing.
November 1, 201212 yr comment_5518364 Yes, it barely is worth mentioning because it's so self-evident, but I miss 4+ weeks of knowing the entire card for a pay-per-view. Dusty refers to Sapphire as his "brown sugar"...how did I miss stuff this overt as a kid? As a kid whose favorite event was the Rumble and had most of the early matches practically memorized, I feel the obligation to point out that Gene only mentions 29 guys. The Widow Maker was gone at this point (for awhile, but for some reason was announced for the Rumble anyway) and evidently the Red Rooster hadn't been named as a replacement yet. Pretty amazing how much hype the Brother Love Show with Sherri and Sapphire got. The undercard matches don't even get a mention.
November 3, 201212 yr comment_5518744 Yeah I love these reports and they bring a big meaning to the show. I don't know if it would be effective now but I am sure as a kid I could have convinced myself that Andre would have had a shot at winning this thing.
November 3, 201212 yr comment_5518759 Gene doing the Royal Rumble report and mentions PPV being at 4:00 P.M. So early. He goes over the entrants of the Rumble and we get some promos from some of the bigger stars. Hercules randomly gets to do a promo. Good hype segment.
November 11, 201212 yr comment_5519661 When I was doing UWC tv, we had a yearly event called the Browns Mills Rumble, and I used to emulate these updte segments to try to sell the show to the dozen or so folks who watched us on YouTube. Good stuff here.
December 23, 201212 yr comment_5523650 This will sound weird but shit like this report is one of the reasons I'm a wrestling fan. Dusty's promo is incredibly camp. Did The Ultimate Warrior always refer to people as "normals"?
February 6, 201312 yr comment_5533682 I love stuff like this too. This was a couple years before I started watching. They were really pushing Perfect at this time. What was The Genius to him? His mentor? Seems like a weird fit.
April 26, 201312 yr comment_5543026 I miss the PPV updates they used to do like this. They were always effective for hyping the event. Kind of strange that they gave Hercules a promo here.
May 21, 201312 yr comment_5545189 Was Andre doing anyl nitrate before the shoot here? He seemed way too cheerful
October 12, 201311 yr comment_5567083 If they did something like this today, the crowd would lose their shit over how awesome it would be. Gene's rundown made all 30 guys seem important - a stark contrast to today.
November 1, 201311 yr comment_5570170 Another Manuel Noriega reference, this time by Piper. I guess Saphire is such a bad promo she was told to just howl instead.
December 1, 201410 yr comment_5642803 Actually, there were two Royal Rumble Reports on this show according to Gene; the first one (which didn't make the set) covered the undercard matches. Hercules gets a promo, but Hogan doesn't? I guess they figured he'd be with Brother Love later. Sapphire screamed so loud that it was hard to hear Dusty. She might have been enthusiastic, but her sense of timing stank. I was wondering if it meant anything that the Rockers (the "tag team specialists") were the only team introduced one right after the other until they did the same thing with the Powers of Pain. On a personal note, this is the first time I missed a pay-per-view since I started following the WWF in real time back in the fall of '86; my parents objected to paying $24.95 for a minor show like the Rumble. By the following year, every show was at least $24.95, and Mania was $29.95. I stopped following wrestling in real time soon after.
October 11, 20159 yr comment_5703758 Good look at the roster at the time. Show's some forethought as this was probably pre-taped weeks in advanced.
October 27, 20159 yr comment_5707207 Awesome segment. I have very little idea who is on the roster at this time so it's cool to see everyone. I just wish it were longer and they'd let everyone have a promo. Oh, we get a Honky Tonk Man promo! *****
November 26, 20168 yr comment_5776703 As a kid I used to really enjoy these reports, the way that they would slowly release a handful of name each week in the lead up and you would maybe get the odd 'outsider' involved too. Mean Gene runs down the full 30 names of this years entrants and we get brief interviews from Randy Savage, Roddy Piper, Hercules, Mr Perfect, Honky Tonky Man, the Colossal Connection with Bobby Heenan and the Ultimate Warrior. Not sure what Herc has done in order to be granted some interview time here?
July 20, 20178 yr comment_5807927 From the ridiculous to the effective. Didn't they try something like this a couple of years back with Sean Mooney returning?
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