WWE: Royal Rumble 2018 (DVD)

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I have been a wrestling fan since 1996 and have watched all kinds of wrestling. I have a wrestling DVD/VHS collection spanning over 50 all together. This is the most complete and accurate review of this DVD you will find. I hope you find this review helpful; remember to vote helpful or not helpful. (Note-Each DVD I review has a "Match of the DVD" award somewhere in it.)WWE Royal Rumble 2003The 2003 edition of the Royal Rumble was an average event. You get three good matches, two horrible matches, and a good Rumble. Combine this with some good extras and this is a nice DVD. The extras are bonus interviews, promos for the event, television commercial with its making of sequence, three Undertaker return videos, a history of the Rumble, and a bonus match from Raw. This DVD is worth the buy.Winner Advances to Royal Rumble MatchBrock Lesnar VS Big Show w/Paul HeymanI love when these guys go at it. This match did not have the same epic feel as their  Survivor Series 2002  match, but it was still an awesome match. Lesnar shows his strength early by hitting multiple belly-to-belly suplexes. Heyman gets involved, and pays for it. Lesnar pulls out a great win with a decent looking F-5.RATING- 8/10World Tag Team ChampionshipsLance Storm & William Regal(c) VS Dudley BoyzAfter Storm and Regal had been caught uses Brass Knuckles for weeks, the Dudleys want revenge. This was a fun tag team match. There was good back and forth action the entire time. The match still came off as only a little above average. The ending is good.RATING- 6.5/10First-Ever Stepdaughter VS Stepmother MatchTorrie Wilson VS Dawn MarieDawn Marie had married Torrie Wilson's father, Al Wilson. After a series of unfortunate events, Al Wilson died. Dawn took it upon herself to blame Torrie and attack her. This is how this match came to be. I thought Dawn showed decent intensity, but Torrie almost showed no emotion at all. These two would go on to have better, less stupid, matches.RATING- 2/10World Heavyweight ChampionshipTriple H(c) w/Ric Flair VS Scott SteinerThis match was a train wreck. Steiner came in with tons of fan support; he left with half of the crowd booing him. Steiner dominated a lot of the match; Triple H got a few flurries in here and there. The problem with this is that Steiner was not ready to wrestle. After about five minutes, Steiner was burned out. Steiner hits the same four moves repeatedly until the fans hate him. Triple H uses a sledgehammer to get himself disqualified. The match is watchable, but it is bad. The aftermath is nice, but at that point you are already sick of Steiner.RATING- 4/10WWE Championship (Match of the DVD)Kurt Angle w/ Team Angle VS Chris BenoitTeam Angle is quickly ejected from the match. We get a wrestling classic from these two athletes. The match starts a little slow, but quickly accelerates after Angle takes a sick DDT on the apron. These two go counter for counter. Benoit is trapped in the ankle lock for around two or so minutes before tapping out.RATING- 10/10Royal Rumble MatchThis was the first time that the Royal Rumble would be contested between the two brands, Smackdown and Raw. The match begins with Michaels being jumped from behind by Jericho. Jericho quickly ejects HBK from the ring. From there you will see great wrestling, hardcore wrestling, and cool stand-offs. Edge/Christian, Jeff Hardy/Matt Hardy, and Undertaker/Lesnar all have cool stand-offs. Chris Nowinski takes a sick dropkick to his face by Edge. Dreamer comes in like a house of fire and begins swinging his kendo sticks like a mad man. He lands a shot on Chris Jericho, leaving a huge, bloody knot on his head. The match itself was solid. The major problem was there was not enough top talent. You knew it was between Undertaker and Lesnar the entire time. The final four was not a good choice either. Finally, you good see the ending coming from a mile away.RATING- 8.5/10

You know my aunt loves the Royal Rumble pay-per-view because she like the Royal Rumble match. But I don't get it because anyone can win the Royal Rumble. Then when Stephanie McMahon (WWE Goddess) announces there's going to be a Women's Royal Rumble match, I says now the Royal Rumble pay-per-view got interesting. Anyway, it opens the show with the Phenomenal AJ Styles defending the WWE Championship in a 2-on-1 handicap match against then-Smackdown troublemakers Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn. Of course, it was a PHENOMENAL match. The Smackdown Tag Team Championship match was an OK match. Then the Men's Royal Rumble match was an OK match too. I'm glad to see Shinsuke Nakamura won the Royal Rumble after having an incredible 2017. The Raw Tag Team Championship match was an OK match too. Of course, Seth Rollins is always enjoy to watch. Then the Triple Threat Universal Championship match was a monstrous match that features Brock Lesnar, Kane & the now-babyface Braun Strowman. And the show-stealing main event, the 1st ever Women's Royal Rumble match was a fun match. You see yesterday & today's women wrestlers competing in that match. I was rooting for Becky Lynch to win (She's so cute). However, Asuka won the match and then UFC hottie Ronda Rousey crashes the party when Asuka was about to choose either to face Alexa Bliss (the top heel) or my dream girl Charlotte Flair (the top face) at WrestleMania 34.This is by far the best pay-per-view of 2018 and I give five stars for the Women's Royal Rumble match.

I thought that overall the 2018 Royal Rumble was a solid event with everything at least watchable.The two Rumble matches including the first ever women’s match were solid affairs and surpassed my personal expectations—even with some of the smoke and mirrors efforting involved. The two brand championship matches AJ Styles vs. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn and the Brock vs. Braun vs. Kane where entertaining in different ways: the latter was more of a big hoss train wreck type match, while the former was a more technical match with a little wrestling humor involved.The one down spot was the cruiserweight title match, which I used to microwave my dinner. But with four good to great matches, this event certainly delivered.

Both the men and women's royal rumble matches are good. But, it is in fact the first-ever Women's Royal Rumble Match that is indeed the biggest highlight of the PPV event. I just wish that they hadn't booked Ronda Rousey's debut on the main-roster just moments before Asuka actually made her decision to challenge either Alexa Bliss or Charlotte Flair at Wrestlemania 34.The rest of the show is alright. Just skipped to royal rumble matches instead.

Overall the WWE 2018 Royal Rumble DVD was pretty good! This is a 2 Disc set that includes both the men's and first ever women's Royal Rumble matches! There was no big surprises in the men's Royal Rumble, but there were plenty in the women's! Some of the women that returned for the first ever women's Royal Rumble were stars like Torrie Wilson, Lita, Molly Holly, Jacqueline, & of course Trish Stratus just to name a few! The Brock Lesnar Universal title match was kind of short and Braun Strowman should have won that match! WWE needs to go back to one World Heavyweight Champion!

One of the better WWE events of recent times for a number of reasons: Shinsuke Nakamura punching his ticket to Wrestlemania, and Asuka coming out on top in the first Women's Royal Rumble match only to be upstaged by the surprise appearance of "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey right at the end of the night!

Havent got sky and been into wrestling for 35 years so dont mind paying £13 odd for double dvd now and then when it would £20 on ppv anyway!Great matches, good commentary quite funny as well although too easy to gyess winners of each rumble

Bought For Christmas Gift. No Complaints And Has Been Watched Since Christmas With No Problems. So Excellent Quality.

My son loved his dvd really good value for money highly recommended

Got this for my brother for his b-day, he really enjoyed it, loves the rumble.