The Royal Rumble is a match that can make a star out of any performer even if they don’t win the match. It can, however, also land you in trouble for making others look bad if you’re not careful. According to Maven, Paul London found this out during the 2005 Royal Rumble.
The former WWE star discussed the upcoming PLE in the newest video on his YouTube channel. He explained the process of booking the battle royal and what wrestlers are told about their spots.
Answering a question about people getting in trouble over a Royal Rumble spot, Maven recalled Paul London getting some heat from the locker room for his elimination from the 2005 Rumble:
“Can you get in trouble during a Rumble? Actually you can. I will give you an example of that. Take the Paul London incident from 2005. I don’t remember what the run sheet looked like. I guarantee you it said something like ‘Paul London eliminated by Gene Snitsky.’
Paul, obviously wanting to have his Royal Rumble moment, made it the best elimination of the entire night. If you remember that spot you remember that crazy flip he took. Paul actually got some heat. He got in trouble once he got backstage.”
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Maven went on to explain that Paul London took the spotlight away from others and people in the back did not like this:
“Now why did he get in trouble? Because people thought he was showing up others in the match. When all he was doing was showing his athleticism and showing exactly how good of a bump he could take. Making Gene look pretty damn powerful in the process of it. That’s how you can get in trouble for even being eliminated during the Rumble.
So the takeaway from all of that is unless it says, and it might be something like this ‘Paul eliminated by Snitsky with big clothesline’ and they might go out of their way to highlight the word big to the point where they might even underline it, they want you to know that this is one of the biggest bumps, this is one of the biggest spots of the night. Paul’s mistake that night wasn’t taking the bump, Paul’s mistake wasn’t reading the run sheet wrong. Paul’s mistake was taking it upon himself to actually show how athletic he was.”
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