Royal Rumble 2006

1. Gregory Helms defeated Funaki, Nunzio, Kid Kash, Jamie Noble, and Paul London to win the Cruiserweight Championship

This was what you would expect from a match like this and that's okay with me. I have no problem with matches like this getting air time.

Rating: 2.75

2. Mickie James defeated Ashley by pinfall

They gave this more time than you would think, especially since it was just there to further the Trish/Mickie storyline. The match felt like it was in slow motion and Ashley was not in wrestling shape here.

Rating: .25

3. Boogeyman defeated JBL by pinfall

Wow, who would have thought JBL would have gotten squashed like this at a big show? Not sure how they talked him into that one.

Rating: 0

4. Rey Mysterio won the Royal Rumble

As badly as he tried, the rest of the booking did not really help him. Had it not been for the last 10 minutes or so, this would have been very average. It was nice to see Rey finally win something important though.

Rating: 3

5. John Cena defeated Edge by pinfall to win the WWE Championship

***Match Of The Night***

They would go on to have much better matches, but this was fun. It sucks they took the belt off of Edge so quickly, but it did establish him as a main event player.

Rating: 3

6. Kurt Angle defeated Mark Henry by pinfall

This may be the worst Angle pay-per-view match that I can think of. The only reason this was last was for a stupid Undertaker special effect craptacular that was nothing but embarassing. Stupid.

Rating: .75

Well, there was some okay stuff here and everyone likes the Royal Rumble, but there was just too much crap to really make it something to go out of your way for. They usually don't screw up the Rumble anymore, but this is very mediocre.

Overall Rating: 64%