Dolfan in NYC Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 For anyone who's ever driven across the Ben Franklin Bridge or anywhere on I-95 in Pennsylvania, you know the road to Philadelphia is fraught with danger... So begins the road the WrestleMania! As always we start with... the RUMBLE. THE CARD~ 30 MAN ROYAL RUMBLE MATCH FOR THE #1 CONTENDERSHIP AT WRESTLEMANIA XL 30 WOMAN ROYAL RUMBLE MATCH FOR THE #1 CONTENDERSHIP AT WRESTLEMANIA XL FATAL FOUR WAY MATCH FOR THE UNDISPUTED WWE UNIVERSAL CHAMPIONSHIP - Roman Reigns (c) vs. AJ Styles vs. LA Knight vs. Randy Orton FOR THE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP - Logan Paul (c) vs. Kevin Owens -- Men's Rumble Participants - Cody Rhodes, CM Punk, Shinsuke Nakamura, Bobby Lashley, Drew McIntyre, GUNTHER, Chad Gable, Otis, Akira Tozawa, Kofi Kingston, Damien Priest, Santos Escobar, R-Truth, Carlito, Greyson Waller, Austin Theory, An Uso, and 13 others Women's Rumble Participants - Bayley, Nia Jax, Chelsea Green, Bianca Belair, Maxxine Dupri, Ivy Nile, Alba Fyre, Shotzi, Zelina Vega, Michin, and 20 others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Or the Walt Whitman. Oneof the radio stations used to be the Homedrop during their traffic segments. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Favourites for the men's and women's Royal Rumble matches? Feels like the Men's is between Cody Rhodes and CM Punk. Women's I'm hoping for Bayley. It's one of the only things she hasn't done, ditto for main eventing WrestleMania. Bayley's booking since returning from ACL surgery at SummerSlam 2022 has upset me. Her faction loses and I hoped she'd have regained a world title but to no avail. Think Becky Lynch will win. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 WWE will have to go some to top the men's and women's Royal Rumble matches of last year. Both were great especially the men's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Would be surprised if anyone but Becky won the women's match barring something injury/incident related happening. They have been blatantly keeping Becky and Rhea apart the past year sans occasional small faceoffs when passing during interviews. Men's match feels like its going to Cody or Punk barring a similar case of injury/incident unless the Rock pops up around 27-30. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Pretty confident Punk wins for the story you can tell. Royal Rumble 2014 was the last CM Punk match in WWE as he then walked out. Ten years later in his first match back on TV, he wins it and goes on last at Night 1 of WrestleMania vs. Seth Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. It's one of the only things he hasn't done and he was missed he didn't at WrestleMania XXIX. Man, that 2014 Royal Rumble match was bad. Ditto 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Natural's ten best Royal Rumble matches ever: 10. 2020 Men's. 9. 2018 Men's. 8. 2002. 7. 2004. 6. 2010. 5. 2023 Men's. 4. 2008. 3. 2001. 2. 2007. 1. 1992. *****. Natural's ten worst Royal Rumble matches ever: 10. 1990. 9. 1991. 8. 1999. 7. 2022 Women's 6. 1993. 5. 1995. 4. 2011. 3. 2022 Men's. 2. 2014. 1. 2015. I think what makes and breaks a Royal Rumble match is the winner right or wrong, quality of the surprise entrants for better or worse and the stories told during the match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuntmanCrowley Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 No matter where my loyalties lie, what my current enjoyment is. The rumble is and always be my favorite pro wrestling show. and the best will always be 1998 ust because Foley was in it 3 times. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sex Machine Gun Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Haven't seen or heard anyone throw this out despite how long the Rumble's been the next big show, but I think Jade Cargill shows up as a surprise Women's Rumble entrant and gets a Diesel run for a while. Nia eliminates her somehow cheaply but boom, got a big star in time for Mania season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RazorbladeKiss87 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 If she doesn't show up that will tell us all we need to know about how WWE views her skills and training. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 I feel like the original plan was probably Jade/Charlotte for Wrestlemania, and the rumble would have set it up with them eliminating each other. Not sure who they would trust to put up against Jade now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Has Jade wrestled on WWE TV yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godfrey Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 (edited) 25 minutes ago, odessasteps said: Has Jade wrestled on WWE TV yet? No. Could be debuting in the Rumble Edited January 22 by Godfrey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 It's between CM Punk and Cody Rhodes for the Men's Royal Rumble winner, right? We haven't had a back to back winner since Steve Austin's 1997-1998. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Moose Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 On 1/9/2024 at 7:44 PM, Eivion said: Would be surprised if anyone but Becky won the women's match barring something injury/incident related happening. They have been blatantly keeping Becky and Rhea apart the past year sans occasional small faceoffs when passing during interviews. I have this weird feeling that Becky and Rhea are going to use the Michaels-Taker II plot beats, which means Becky getting eliminated in the rumble, and then costing Rhea the title in Feb to make the Mania match non-title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail Sabin Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 5 hours ago, The Natural said: It's between CM Punk and Cody Rhodes for the Men's Royal Rumble winner, right? We haven't had a back to back winner since Steve Austin's 1997-1998. Yes, on both parts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 28 minutes ago, Iron Moose said: I have this weird feeling that Becky and Rhea are going to use the Michaels-Taker II plot beats, which means Becky getting eliminated in the rumble, and then costing Rhea the title in Feb to make the Mania match non-title. Doesn't feel like Becky is quite ready to retire like Michaels was. Beyond that there really isn't a Women's World title match that would mean as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Is is too soon to split up the Japanese ladies and feud with each other? A three way for one of the belts would be interesting on paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 4 hours ago, Hail Sabin said: Yes, on both parts. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 I'm predicting CM Punk and Becky Lynch to win the Royal Rumble match. My second picks would be Cody Rhodes and Bayley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 If CM Punk and Cody Rhodes are in the final two, should make for one of the best and hottest final twos ever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Well if the news on Sports Illustrated is true, I think the Rock will win the Rumble. Punk winning makes no sense unless they somehow figure how to get the RAW title on Cody. My 2nd choice is Gunther Women seems to be pretty obvious in Becky Lynch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Rock doesn't need to win the Rumble to get at Roman. That's Roman's "last hurdle" to hitting true "GOD MODE". You can easily get to Punk/Cody having them eliminate each other, leaving Gunther to win to go after Seth (if Seth can make it to Mania). That said, Roman is beyond needing to beat Rock at this point, especially 51 year old blow-up-after-one-people's-elbow Rock. I don't get how it helps anyone aside from enough filler to push back Roman another year. But we're rapidly hitting the expiration date on Roman's title reign, and no one's going to let that sit for 3 more years to hit Bruno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 I think the reaction to Rock vs Reigns at WM is going to make Brock vs Reigns at WM in New Orleans look like peanuts. Especially if the Rock puts out one of those performance where he shouldn't have been in the ring longer than 5 minutes to begin with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldcupfever Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 43 minutes ago, hammerva said: Well if the news on Sports Illustrated is true, I think the Rock will win the Rumble. Punk winning makes no sense unless they somehow figure how to get the RAW title on Cody. My 2nd choice is Gunther Women seems to be pretty obvious in Becky Lynch. Same, GUNTHER is definitely in my top two. I think it's more likely that Cody eliminates Punk and Punk pulls Cody out in frustration that either of them wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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