The End of an Era - Rumble 2K7 Results!

In 2004, she put on one of the most impressive performances in the history of the BGSU Rumble by eliminating 7 entrants, a record that still stands. Ever since, she has been one of the perennial entrants into all the events, putting on tremendous performances, but never quite winning the big one. Her career, in fact, seemed to parallel the career of the wrestler whose entrance music she used, Chris Benoit.

Well, last night, like Benoit, she finally won it all. And, like Benoit, did it in record-setting fashion.

AGENT RAYNA (created by Stephanie Ruehl) was the winner of BGSU Rumble 2K7, last eliminating Lelu Dallas (created by Anne Miller). Rayna entered the Rumble at #20, setting a new record for longest Rumble stint by a winner, and eliminated five characters by herself, the most for anyone in this year’s competition.

With Rayna’s victory, Stephanie will receive a Samoa Joe action figure (as soon as she is in town to pick it up… :) ). More importantly, she will receive the eternal bragging rights that she won the last BGSU Rumble ever. It could not go to a more deserving character, or creator.

A few other notable entrants included The Hulk (created by Chris Poltrone), who entered at #16 and lasted until the final four, before finally being eliminated by Ichikawa Danjuro (created by J. Michael Bestul); Mister Rogers (created by Laura Musser) who entered very early and hung around for quite awhile and amassed more than a few eliminations; and classic creation the Minor Miracle (created by Greg Baker), who returned to Rumble competition at number 15 only to be eliminated by newcomer DiViNeViXeN (created by Jodie Taylor).

Attendees to the Rumble, held at world famous Casa de Kristen in Bowling Green, OH, were also treated (???) to a concert of original music by Jeff McGinnis, including such memorable numbers as “I Was Right the First Time,” “A Is for Alphabet” and “Timmy Found Jimmy Buried in the Backyard.” If you would like to hear this concert yourself, just ask Jeff the next time you see him and he’d be happy to do an encore.

They were also treated to the annual Rumble Trivia Contest, won by Laura Musser. With her victory she received a rather disturbing giant Koosh ball, the official BGSU Rumble Soundtrack album (now unavailable in stores everywhere) and a copy of “Superman: The Movie” on DVD. Laura Butera, who finished second, received a copy of “Superman III” on DVD. (Maybe she can use it for a coaster or something.)

All in all, it was a very fun evening, and a fitting end to the BGSU Rumble era. As always, thank you to EVERYONE who made fighters for the event, your participation is what made this so much fun to do over the years. And a special thanks to Laura, Laura, Kristen and Nick for attending last night, I really appreciated it!

I love you all!

-Jeff