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 wre🅷stle where they’re both on fire.

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 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:starring in a film adaptation of WWE 2K20? But the biggest surprise of all would be if the wrestl🐻ers were Pokemon. What do you mean that segue is tenuou🍨s 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 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:get horny for Pokemon or 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:eat Pokemon (she can’t decide), features editor Eric Switzer is making it his thing to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:complain about Unite, and news editor James Troughton is making it his thing to have 168澳洲幸运5开奖网: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 third, Pokemon-based Royal Rumble at TheGamer offices - if we had any.

30 🅰 Brock Lesnar: Machamp 💟

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Look, this is an easy one. They’re bo🍃th maꦍssive muscly meatheads. One’s the beast incarnate, and the other’s Brock Lesnar. You get it. Brock’s already got a second set of shoulders coming out of his shoulders, so another set of arms shouldn’t be far behind.

29 Kane: Incineroar 🥃

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In💝cineroar is one of the two Pokemon that are actually wrestling-themed, so it was necessary to get this one spot on. But who else does Incineroar represent better than the man who represents Knox County, Tennessee as mayor? Their politics may not be aligned, but they wear the same costume anඣd Kane is canonically from the fiery pits of Hell - perfectly fitting for a Fire/Dark-type.

28 ♚ 𝐆 Becky Lynch: Charizard

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It’s not just Lynch’s flaming locks of auburn hair that match her with Charizard, she’s got a fiery personality too. The Irish superstar is also a fan favourite, muc🌺h like the Gen 1 starter. See? They’ve got loads in common.

27 Big E: This Specific Alolan Raichu Delivering Pancakes ♛

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Everyone knows Big E loves his pancakes. And popcorn. And cereal. You get the point. Alolan Raichu also loves pancakes, and generally looks like a big jolly pal to have in your party. Who wouldn’t want Big E joining you on your adventure, and who wouldn’t want Alolan Raichu compe♕ting in your Royal Rumble?

26 ꦇ Sheamus: Scrafty ꦚ

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I’ll be honest here, it’s just the mohican.

25 Cesaro: Diglett 🦹

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They’r꧋e both bald. I bet he w𝓀ishes he was Alolan Cesaro, am I right?

24 Bret Hart: Snubbuꦚll

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Well he had to be a pink Pokemon, didn’t he? I know Snubbull is hardly the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be, but it looks pretty angry. V𒐪ince wouldn’t dare screw over Snubbull using its own move. Or would he?

23 🦄 The Fiend: Banette

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I know Bray Wyatt’s been released 🔯and therefore The Fiend is probably no more, but this comparison is probably the most accurate of the 30 I’m writing. Yes I’m doing all 30, why? That smile, the creepiness, the ghostly appearances. You can’t p𒁃ersuade me that The Fiend wasn’t based on Banette.

22 Malakai Black: D𝕴artrix

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They’re both emo bois. Look at them. Which is t🐼he Pokemon and which is the wrestler? Who knows.

21 🎃 Charlotte Flair: Mega Alakazam 𒉰

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I don’t know if she has a thing for spoons or any psychic powers, but both Charlotte and Mega Alakazam are practically forcing you to bask in their glory (rip Bobby Roode’s old entran🥀ce music). They know their power, and won’t let you forget it.