Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15666 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-04-10
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 176 minutes

Customer Reviews

Royal Rumble 2006: An Epic Fail.
Match 1: 6-pack challenge match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship
I thought this was probably one of the better matches on the show. A good high-flying opener with a nice surprise ending. There's a place for a spotfest on every wrestling show, and this was definately it.
Match Rating: 8/10

Match 2: Ashley vs Mickie James (w/ Trish as Special Ref)
Mickie James is a fantastic in-ring worker, but even she couldn't drag an acceptable performance out of Ashley Masarro. Seriously, Ashley is absolutely dire as an in-ring worker, and really came across as such here. This storyline with Trish and Mickie was one of the best worked angles of 2006, but the Ashley involvement killed this match. The fans were silent (except for some boring chants) until the match ended.
Match Rating: 3/10

Match 3: JBL vs The Boogeyman.
This pay-per-view's trend for abysmal booking continued into this match, which was a complete squash, and didn't need to be on the card. The storyline, the booking and the match were all hideous. Only watch this match if you like stupid gimmicks and 80's style squashes.
Match Rating: 0/10

Match 4: The 2006 Royal Rumble
This sucked. I love Rumble matches more than anyone, but the decision to put this match in the middle of the show and go for the sympathy ending was utterly pointless. A lot of the action in the match felt very slow and plodding, there were superstars sitting down in the corner for 5 minutes while the cameras were focusing on the other side of the ring, none of the spots came across smoothly... and then there was the finish. WWE wanted to go with the huge surprise, but the match winner was obvious to me and anybody else with common sense from about a month in advance. They played the sympathy card and it was to no avail, as fans would ultimately turn against the winner following his title win at WrestleMania, realising how badly booked and undeserving of a belt he was.
Match Rating - 5/10

WWE Championship Match: Edge vs John Cena
Cena had a very cool entrance. This match was alright, nothing special and certainly not one of Cena or Edges best matches. The finish made little or no sense to a lot of people, as it served to bury one up-and-coming main-eventer for absolutely no reason. Luckily, he would bounce back eventually.
Match Rating - 6/10

World Championship Match: Mark Henry vs Kurt Angle
Take this match and write "EPIC FAIL" all over it. Mark Henry should never even be main eventing a house show, never mind the Royal Rumble. WWE owed the fans more than this after the rest of the show, and they couldn't deliver. Angle tried his best, but the match still sucked really bad. The post-match spot would have been quite cool, but considering we saw a similar thing only 2 months earlier at Survivor Series, came off as hideously clichéd.
Match Rating - 3/10

Overall Show Rating - 28/60

The Last Word: If you really need to waste money, try throwing it off a bridge or something. This Show is not worth the price of the DVD. Luckily the WWE followed this dire Royal Rumble with one of the greatest Rumbles ever in 2007. I would instead recommend getting the 2007 Royal Rumble on DVD, or if your looking for a show from 2006, buy WrestleMania 22.

A small star makes a big impact
World Cruiserweight Open Invitational
Kid Kash vs Funaki vs Nunzio vs Jamie Noble vs Paul London vs Gregory Helms 6/10

RAW Match
Mickie James vs Ashley Massaro - Special Referee Trish Stratus 3/10

SmackDown Match
John Bradshaw Layfield vs The Boogeyman 0/10

Royal Rumble Match 8.5/10

WWE Title Match
John Cena vs Edge 7/10

World Title Match
Mark Henry vs Kurt Angle 4/10

Royal rumble 2006
Cruiserweight open: Great fast pace action all men given enough time and a suprising ending 2 best match of the night 8/10

mickie james vs. ashley: Nothing special more a card filler please skip 3/10

boogeyman vs. jbl: wow i can't believe how quickly theve dropped jbl it's an insult jst a unbeliavable squash match. unbeliavable=bad 1.5/10

royal rumble match: yay best match finally arives great fast paced suprising end and fun too watch over and over again wish orton won though still not as good as 2001 9/10

john cena vs. edge: not the best edge match bt certainly a nail bitter 7.5/10

mark henry vs. kurt angle: not much too say funny and amazing ending though 6.5/10

altogether 7/10 not a must buy but good for collections