An impressive pyro display followed that. The opening video package put over the importance of the Royal Rumble match and what it means about going into the main event of WrestleMania. I have added some updated thoughts in blue font because there’s always more to say.įrom the Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts This was written in 2020 although the Rumble match was probably ten years before that. I think that’s the second-best WrestleMania ever, behind only WrestleMania 17 two years earlier. This show was used to set up WrestleMania 19 (read my review here).
This was a year where WWE followed their own rules regarding the brand extension, so it made the Rumble more unique because it was a match where Raw and Smackdown superstars could interact. That meant that some wrestlers were exclusive to Raw while others were Smackdown only. As a fan of Michaels, I was so excited to see him in a Rumble match again.Īnother factor that went into this show is that WWE did the brand extension shortly after the name change in the summer of 2002.
Michaels was in title matches at the 19 Rumbles. Also, Shawn Michaels was making his Royal Rumble return after not being in a Rumble match since 1996.
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