Here’s 30 Wrestlers As Pokemon For The Royal Rumble
As every good wrestling fan - and a fair wedge of casual viewers - undoubtedly know, today’s the day of the greatest annual wrestling match to grace our screens. That’s right, it’s Royal Rumble time.
For those of you uninitiated in the glories of professional wrestling, the Royal Rumble is a match with 30 entrants. It starts with just two wrestlers in the ring, and another makes their entrance every three minutes. Usually we know most of the superstars beforehand, but there’s always a couple of surprises too. This year Steve-O’s joining the fray to promote the new Jackass movie and undoubtedly take a big fucking bump or do something stupid like challenge Kane to an arm wrestle where they’re both on fire.
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The best surprises are always the old wrestlers, though. Fans cross their fingers every year in the hopes that they hear the smash of glass and Stone Cold Steve Austin runs down the ramp, and rumours of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s return escalate annually. Perhaps he’s starring in a film adaptation of WWE 2K20? But the biggest surprise of all would be if the wrestlers were Pokemon. What do you mean that segue is tenuous at best?
We write about Pokemon a lot at TheGamer, but unfortunately (in my opinion) not so much about wrestling. So if editor-in-chief Stacey Henley is making it her thing to get horny for Pokemon or eat Pokemon (she can’t decide), features editor Eric Switzer is making it his thing to complain about Unite, and news editor James Troughton is making it his thing to have wrong opinions about Pokemon, I need a thing too. Is wrestling x Pokemon my thing? We’ll see. So without any further ado, here are the Pokemon that are most like wrestlers and would compete in a
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