Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal
When the WWE originally came up with the concept of the Andre the Giant Battle Royal a few years ago, I’m sure their intention was to honor Andre the Giant, who was not only one of the great attractions in our business but one of the most respected. Unfortunately, the Andre the Giant Battle Royal has almost become an affront to him become it’s been reduced to a dumping ground for all the bottom of the barrel leftovers, jabroneys, nondescripts and guys on the downhill slide on the WWE roster.
As a rule, a match like a Battle Royal should be a main event, so it tends to be almost counter productive to have one as a preliminary card filler. If it were up to me, I’d be having the Andre Battle Royal as the main event on another pay per view; or perhaps, re-name the annual Royal Rumble, the Andre the Giant Royal Rumble.
Better still, and no offence to Andre, I’d probably just scrap the whole concept altogether, kind of like King of the Ring and other concepts that seem to have gone by the wayside. Anyway, having said all of that, there are still some decent wrestlers in this match, including the likes of Big Show, Kane, Erick Rowan and a few others. The common consensus is that either Show or Kane will probably go over, which would be fine, albeit almost predictable. I wouldn’t mind seeing some deserving dark horse, such as, say, Curtis Axel or Alberto Del Rio get their hand raised, however, if only to revive their lagging careers.
