WT Extra | January 2022 Poll! (Patreon)

PETE: Hello Pledgehammers!

It's time to get your votes in for what you want Oli & Luke to review for the January 2022 episode of WrestleTalk Extra! All these suggestions came from our lovely $25+ Pledgehammers, and we have a lovely bunch of people here on Patreon, so be those lovely people! Every suggestion is valid. Happy voting!

Previous January episodes have been: WWE Royal Rumble 2010, WWF Royal Rumble 2001, WWF Royal Rumble 2000, and NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10!

Happy voting!

Your choices are...

WWF Royal Rumble 1992 (suggested by Kenny Shah)
One of the more famous Royal Rumble matches in history with Ric Flair going the distance and winning from the number 3 spot, lasting over an hour to win the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Championship. Also on the card was Roddy Piper vs The Mountie for the Intercontinental Championship, The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers, The Natural Disasters vs The Legion of Doom for the WWF Tag Team Championship and more.

ECW Guilty As Charged 1999 (suggested by Rob James)
The main event of the inaugural ECW Guilty As Charged was Taz vs Shane Douglas for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship. Also on the card was RVD vs Lance Storm for the TV Title, The Dudley Boyz vs New Jack & Spike Dudley, Tajiri vs Super Crazy, Justin Credible vs Tommy Dreamer and more.

WCW Sin [2001] (suggested by Austin Shrock)
The one where Sid Vicious broke his leg. You know the one. This was part of the main event that saw Scott Steiner face Jeff Jarrett, Sid and a "mystery opponent" for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Also Goldberg and DeWayne Bruce faced Totally Buffed and if Goldberg lost he would be forced to leave WCW, which I think was a stipulation for about 90% of Goldberg matches. The Natural Born Thrillers took on The Insiders for the Tag Titles and more on this card.

WWE Royal Rumble 2003 (suggested by Ryan Stewart)
Brock Lesnar was the victor of this Rumble match, after defeating Big Show in the opening match to qualify for entry, which led to the infamous WrestleMania XIX match of Lesnar vs Angle. Angle defended his WWE Championship on this show against Chris Benoit, while Scott Steiner faced Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship. The Dudley Boyz faced Lance Storm & William Regal for the Tag Titles, and Torrie Wilson faced Dawn Marie Wilson to round out this card.

WWE Royal Rumble 2004 (suggested by Garrett Albright)
The Rumble that doesn't exist anymore. Chris Benoit was the victor of this Rumble event, winning from the number one spot. Also on the show was Triple H vs Shawn Michaels for the World Heavyweight Championship, Brock Lesnar vs Hardcore Holly for the WWE Championship, Evolution [Batista & Flair] vs The Dudley Boyz for the Tag Titles, and more.

WWE New Year's Revolution 2005 (suggested by Marcus Campbell)
The main event of this saw Triple H, Randy Orton, Batista, Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit and Edge face off in an Elimination Chamber match for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship with Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee. Also on the match was Kane vs Gene Snitsky, Muhammad Hassan vs Jerry Lawler, Shelton Benjamin vs Maven, Eugene & William Regal vs Christian & Tyson Tomko and more.

WWE Royal Rumble 2005 (suggested by General Jimmy G)
Batista was the victor of this Rumble, leading to his split from Evolution and World Heavyweight Championship win against Triple H at WrestleMania 21. Elsewhere Triple H defended his belt against Randy Orton, JBL defended his WWE Championship against Big Show & Kurt Angle in a Triple Threat, The Undertaker faced Heidenreich, and Edge faced Shawn Michaels.

WWE Royal Rumble 2006 (suggested by Wesley Potter)
In his tribute to Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio won this Rumble, lasting over an hour and 2 minutes from the number 2 spot. This wasn't the main event though, as that was Kurt Angle vs Mark Henry for the World Heavyweight Championship. There was also John Cena vs Edge for the WWE Championship, The Boogeyman vs JBL, Mickie James vs Ashley, and Gregory Helms vs Kid Kash vs Funaki vs Jamie Noble vs Nunzio vs Paul London for the Cruiserweight Championship.

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom XI [2017] (suggested by Jonathan Hedman)
Skipping ahead 11 years, we get to NJPW Wrestle Kingdom XI in 2017. The main event saw Kazuchika Okada face Kenny Omega for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, with Tetsuya Naito defending his Intercontinental Championship against Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hirooki Goto vs Katsuyori Shibata, Hiromu Takahashi vs Kushida, Adam Cole vs Kyle O'Reilly for the ROH World Championship, Cody vs Juice Robinson and more.