Royal Rumble 1994

[3.0] "The match starts out well and shows a lot of promise. You get some great stuff like Samu appearing to almost kill himself on a neck hang spot, and a great monster run from Diesel, kind of the prototype for something like Kane in 2001 or Lesnar in 2020. He also murders Virgil with some absolutely insane elbows. After the first third though, it's all downhill and doesn't pick up again until the final four. So many booking decisions just leave me scratching my head. Why are Owen Hart and Randy Savage in there for such a short period of time, while guys like Men On A Mission and Tatanka feel like they're in there forever? Bret is amazing and completely steals the show while he's in there and is the only genuine saving grace of everything in the second two thirds of the match. Like even during the celebration at the end he's still selling his leg. His leg selling is so damn good, it's incredible. So yeah, maybe just over 15 minutes of this 55 minute match were good, and the weirdly dead crowd for most of its duration doesn't help (though to be fair it is a Rumble massively lacking star power). Not ideal!"

[7.0] "A very good Royal Rumble match for 1994, easily a big upgrade over last year's mess. Really loved the first 25 mins or so of the bout, although what came after it hurt the whole thing severely with all the people piling up all over the ring for what felt like seemingly forever. It got great again once they finally settled it down to the final six, but that middle portion was like a slow death that nearly killed the whole thing. Diesel's entire domination was my favorite moment of the match, though the double-winner deal was a rightfully historic note as well."

[10.0] "Love this Rumble, a fantastic mix of different talent and probably the best of the New Gen era, unless you could the brilliant 1997 iteration. Highly memorable finish for sure."