nilesanderson
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OOfficial Discussion Thread for: WWE Royal Rumble 2010
Well, since this thread hasn't been started yet, I figured I'd throw my 2 cents in.
I am personally intrigued by this year's Rumble because I really have no clue who is going to win it. Here are my predictions:
Christian vs Ezekial Jackson: Christian
Sheamus vs Randy Orton: Sheamus
Undertaker vs Rey Mysterio: Undertaker
Royal Rumble: Kofi Kingston
I'm about 65% on that Kofi Kingston vote there. For some reason, I just have this vibe he's going to win it. Odds are, it'll be
someone from DX or John Cena, but I'm voting Kofi all the same.
In the meantime: could someone explain to me how that Royal Rumble game is played? Something like you draw a number from a hat (let's say you
draw #3 and there are 10 people drawing) so your Rumble entry numbers are 3, 13 and 23? How does the scoring work?
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I'm going with Cena for the Rumble win, setting up Cena vs Taker at mania.
All three champs retain.
I like the idea of HBK (and Jericho) in the ladder match at WM, so my decision was influenced by that.
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I'm putting my money on:
Sheamus
Christian
Undertaker
Triple H winning the Rumble
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I'm gonna go with
Zeke
Orton (God it pains me to type that...it does.)
Undertaker
Mickie
And I'm going to say The Miz wins it, than loses the contendership at either the next PPV or Raw or something.
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C.MontgomeryPunk
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I think Ezekiel Jackson takes the title off of Christian, with Regals help. I think Christian will be freed up for the Edge/Jericho program in case
Edge can't go in a singles match.
Sheamus will retain, and is fighting Orton just to give Sheamus further rub for his WM match with HHH. With Cena and Orton defeated, HHH would make
sense as the No.1 contender without having to win the RR.
Undertaker is going to retain. I'd rather have had Batista go over here. HBK vs Undertaker II doesn't need a title. Could HBK lose the
rumble and cost Undertaker the title later in the night? With WM being in Arizona, would Mysterio in a ME be used for the Mexican/Latino fanbase?
What main events the show? - The actual rumble match? Could Orton vs Sheamus go before the rumble and Orton loses and takes Rhodes spot in the Rumble
and is eliminated by Dibiase setting up Dibiase vs Orton for WM?
If Cena vs Batista is the plan and neither have a title, then neither win the RR. They can rekindle their rivalry in the RR as well. Also if Cena
won the RR he'd go after Sheamus - and unless it would be a Sheamus vs HHH vs Cena three way HHH vs Sheamus is supposedly the plan.
So with Orton, HBK, HHH, Cena, Batista all not needing the RR win to set-up their WM matches basically it comes down to Mysterio's challenger.
AND Anybody could win for a change. However HBK could not win the Rumble and cost Undertaker the title in February (to Batista), especially if the WM
plan for Mysterio vs Punk in a hair vs mask match. This would give Batista the title. And if HHH wins the rumble and goes after Sheamus, HBK and
Undertaker are matched up, Orton/dibiase, Edge/Jericho, Punk/Mysterio then cena somehow going after Batista's newly won title would make the
most sense.
So I've talked myself in circles. When in doubt bet on HHH - so HHH will win the Rumble.
I'd probably have the card ordered -
Christian vs Jackson
James vs McCool
Orton vs Sheamus
Royal Rumble
Undertaker vs Mysterio
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the goon
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quote:
Originally posted by nilesanderson
In the meantime: could someone explain to me how that Royal Rumble game is played? Something like you draw a number from a hat (let's say you
draw #3 and there are 10 people drawing) so your Rumble entry numbers are 3, 13 and 23? How does the scoring work?
My memory is kind of fuzzy on the scoring, but I think it's one point for every elimination one of your guys score, five points for having a
wrestler in the final four, and ten points for having the winner.
And my predictions:
Michelle McCool vs. Mickie James: Who really cares, but I figure Mickie picks up the win after all the torment she's taken. Unless the WWE wants
to stretch this out to Mania, in which case Michelle wins. But I'll stick with Mickie.
Christian vs. Ezekiel Jackson: I think I've been predicting Christian to lose the title for the last few PPVs and it hasn't happend, but
I'll go ahead and do it again here. I just kind of get the vibe that Zeke picks up the win, especially since he has Regal on his side.
Sheamus vs. Randy Orton: I think Sheamus retains, but I know the golden rule of the WWE: NEVER BET AGAINST RANDY ORTON. I wouldn't be shocked to
see him win the title, but I'm thinking Sheamus goes all the way to WrestleMania as champion.
The Undertaker vs. Rey Mysterio: I think this one depends on a lot of things. If it happens before the Rumble match, I think Taker retains. If it
happens after the Rumble match and Shawn wins the Rumble, I think Taker retains. If it happens after the Rumble match and Shawn doesn't
win the Rumble, I think Mysterio wins. Okay, that was probably confusing. I really think Mysterio has a shot here to win, but I'll play it safe
and say Taker.
The Royal Rumble: I'm going to say Triple H (it's hard to believe it's been eight years since he last won the Rumble), perhaps even
eliminating Shawn last.
And on a sidenote, I do really like how open this year's Rumble is. You could pretty much make a case for Triple H, Michaels, Cena, Batista, or
some random fifth party to win it.
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quote:
Originally posted by the goon
The Royal Rumble: I'm going to say Triple H (it's hard to believe it's been eight years since he last won the Rumble), perhaps
even eliminating Shawn last.
Ohh...That would be a solid idea. And then next night on Raw HHH could play it off as "everyman for themselves" and HBK agree before Superkicking
him in the mouth.
Shawn could then leave the ring, leaving the tag titles, but turning around and grabbing one. Of course the message being he can go to SD! with his
tag title and try and secure his match with Undertaker at WM. Still the face, he just keeps calling out and challenging the Undertaker but Taker keeps
refusing. He might try and fight other #1 contenders on SD! but still no title shot at WM.
Punk and Gallows could demand their tag title show at the February PPV. HBK needs to retain in order to be able to be on SD!, HHH no-shows the match
making it 2-on-1, and as much as HBK battles he loses the titles.
In the Main Event Undertaker is facing Batista. Late in the match HBK enters and costs UT the title.
UT goes crazy and accepts the WM challenge of HBK.
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quote:
Originally posted by nilesanderson
In the meantime: could someone explain to me how that Royal Rumble game is played?
Yes, somebody can. Somebody already did. Yesterday.
http://www.oowrestling.com/columns/oo/20100128.shtml
It's always the last place you'd expect, isn't it?
And I like some of the fantasy booking going on here, but unless WWE books the show to spite us and has a fluke winner who's not really going to
WM, you're deluding yourself if you pick someone other than Cena/HHH/HBK to win.
Also, going forward, you should keep in mind that the next PPV is "Elimination Chamber." So each brand gets a 5-man title match where outside
interference and screwjobs will be tougher, and which will serve to finalize the WM title matches, while the Rumble winner would presumably occupy
himself with something else as a throwaway feud.
I figure they telegraphed that RAW's will include Sheamus/Orton/Cena back on Monday, while SD's will be a screwy excuse for Taker to lose
his belt in a non-one-on-one match before dealing with HBK at Mania. The most wacky thing I might half-predict is that after HBK gets pissy at HHH for
winning the Rumble, he does spend some time on SD as a brand hopping tag champ with his own agenda, and somehow "establishes residency" such that he
can get into the SD Chamber match and puts all his energy into screwing Taker over. That leaves Edge/Jericho as the SD Title Match at Mania, since
Taker/HBK don't need no stinking title to work.
That may be overly convoluted, though, and I'd rather have an HBK/HHH storyline take precedence (since HHH would need something to do at the
February PPV), and either they do a HBK/HHH match, or better yet: let the two be all prickly and in-fighty, and have the tag title match vs.
Punk/Gallows at the PPV, where DX's inability to work together costs them the match. HHH then moves on to Sheamus, HBK figures out some way to
get under Taker's skin. Voila.
The rest of the WM26 line-up (OMG SPOILERS~? Maybe, maybe not~!) is in the link above.
Rick
PS: Per standing tradition, let's just re-purpose this as a results thread on Sunday (real time results, if any of you are down with providing
that service to OO Nation's cheaper skates; if I could ever bring myself to slum it in a retarded medium, I might actually make use of my
Twitter Account for this purpose, but I don't see starting that up this weekend), and keep all Rumble
PPV discussion in one place, OK?
[Edited on 1-30-2010 by OORick]
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knuckleballschwartz
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I'll go with
Sheamus
Christian
Taker
and a returning Edge to steal the rumble win.
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DrBoz
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I'm mildly tempted to buy this year, but then I realized I'd rather spend the money on a game or maybe a rice cooker or something. Many
more hours of enjoyment out of those.
Predictions:
Undertaker retains over Rey
I agree with the thoughts of Taker losing at EC next month to allow for HBK/Taker Part II without the title involvement. I think this goes on first
or early due to Taker's inability to walk or stand for more than a few minutes at a time. Plus I think it puts people in a good mood since they
like both guys.
Christian retains over Ezekiel
Christian has been holding on to the belt for so long I'm having a hard time imagining him losing to Zeke. Admittedly, I haven't watched
ECW for a while, so perhaps Zeke's been sufficiently built up to justify a win. I just don't see it. Wasn't there talks of ECW
rebranding? If so, and if it's happening soon, I could almost see Christian holding the title throughout, basically saying "I beat everyone so
I'm out," and leaving to go to RAW/SD. Then the rebranding can begin with a title tourney. So yeah, Christian in this one.
McCool retains over Mickie
No way some fattie is holding the title, unless Kong magically appears in WWE. Even then I doubt it happens. Hopefully McCool wins and all this
piggie crap can just fade away. Or maybe Beth eventually has a crisis of conscience and decides to take down McCool/Layla at WM or something.
Perhaps they decide Beth is also a piggie, except Beth is all like, "I will crush you." And does. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
Orton SHOCKS THE WORLD and defeats Sheamus!!!
This is my "upset" special, but only for the purposes of something shocking at RR. Orton will manage to slither his way to another title; however,
I believe it'll be short term. I think Orton will then drop the title back to Sheamus at EC, probably because or something Dibiase does or
doesn't do in the match, thereby setting up those two for WM (and keeping Orton out of the title mix until after WM).
HHH wins the Rumble
Pretty much agree with the mindset of HHH/HBK/Cena really being the only three with any sort of shot to take the match. HBK won't need it
because I believe Taker will lose the title before WM. Cena, while capable of providing the "go home happy" moment for WM, doesn't really
feel like a good fit in either title match right now. HHH will be the guy to fill that Cena role as the victor in the ME at WM.
As far as other contenders, I don't see Batista headlining WM either. He could potentially be the one to steal the title from Taker at EC,
which could set up something with Rey again (ugh) at WM. But I think the more likely scenario, as Rick mentioned in his column, is a Batista/Cena
special interpromotional match for super dominance. No one else even remotely strikes me as a potential ME guy at WM this year. Show is hurting.
Kane is Kane. Jericho could always slide into that role, although I like the possibility of him being the guy to steal the title from Taker at EC
next month to set up Jericho/Edge (still not convinced Edge will be back, but who knows). Punk I think will end up with the tag titles soon to free
up DX for their individual pursuits. I'm wondering if somehow Punk, with all his proselytizing, ends up paired with Vince while Bret naturally
gets paired with the Harts 2.0. I don't know how that exactly resolves the Vince/Bret saga, but it at least gives them a way to play out the
issue at WM. Might also be a nice rub for the new Harts to finally get tag gold, although it'd be hard to see them being show hoppers for long.
I'd also rather see that then a Punk/Rey hair vs. mask match.
"I guess my heaviest experience is gravity...keeps my feet down...it's like weighing me down...I can't get my arms up now...like my legs
fall...I'm falling down and I can't...it's making me heavier...I'm heavier...I can't move...Now I'm a dead dog in
water...I can't...I'm floating but I sink to the water...I'm a wet sandwich...wet with meat...I'm broken salami...tiny
mustaches are heavy...I'm falling...."
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I like a lot of the ideas here...and mine borrows quite a bit from those...
All champions retain -- I'm not afraid of Orton becoming champ, but I think this is the real match that establishes Sheamus as a legit champion.
They can use the excuse of Legacy concentrating on their RR match to save Orton's heat a bit after if they want, leading to a breakup and WM
match. I think it's also a little early for Jackson to beat Christian, although that would surprise me. Rey ever winning the World Title again
would surprise me the most.
Oh wait, there's one more title match. Mickie wins the belt. There should be no question of this, otherwise, the feud is a failure.
I think Cena is coming away with the Rumble, and he'll eliminate a squabbling DX at the end.
From there, we get our DX/Straight-Edge Society match at the next PPV, where more dysfuction, or w/e else happens and DX loses the belts. Later on in
the night, HBK takes out Taker and allows Batista to win the Elimination Chamber on the Smackdown side.
On the Raw side, Sheamus retains again.
The next night on Raw, instead of coming to blows, DX agrees to split up to go for their singular goals. HHH decides that because he wasn't in
the Raw elimination chamber match, due to his tag match, he deserves the next shot at the Raw belt. After defeating Kofi in a #1 contender match, he
does.
On Smackdown, HBK has obviously pissed off Taker and he gets his rematch.
Meanwhile, Cena decides that while he can get another shot at Sheamus for his belt, he's going to go with the "Dream Match" of him v. Batista
for the World Title (I know they fought at SS...logic of the statement doesn't matter).
Edge v. Jericho has the heat that they don't need a belt, that sets up another Smackdown match.
So before MitB and the creation of a women's and IC or U.S. title match, we have:
Taker v. HBK
Cena v. Batista
HHH v. Sheamus
Jericho v. Edge
Orton v. Dibiase and/or Rhodes
And fantasy booking the rest: Christian v. RVD (comes back for short program so he can stop whining about the schedule) in a Hardcore match for the
end of ECW...set up new show the next week...etc.
Rey v. Punk Hair v. Mask OR
The Hardys v. the Straight-Edge Society - Hair v. Titles.
Some divas match. And whoevers left in the MitB - Still allowing Morrison/Kofi/Show to be free for that.
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wings76fan
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Any votes for who the three "non-announced" participants will be?
I wouldn't be shocked if Randy Orton loses to Sheamus ... but then comes in late to win the Rumble (if they wanted to have Sheamus drop the belt
at the Elimination Chamber to Cena ... thus setting up another yawnfest of Cena / Orton).
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DevilSoprano
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Edge is going to be one for sure. I'd guess Booker T and Danielson for the other 2.
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knuckleballschwartz
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quote:
Originally posted by DevilSoprano
Edge is going to be one for sure. I'd guess Booker T and Danielson for the other 2.
I'd hold danielson back until post rumble. He can't do what he does best in the rumble, will look small compared to a lot of the guys in
there and won't win so would suggest saving him. I think we'll see an "old favourite" in the form of one of the booking staff; IRS
maybe, unless they've specifically hyped these 3 up!
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Well, here's my predictions:
Rumble Winner: Chris Jericho. WWE isn't above swerving us and giving us something new for the Road to Wrestlemania. Plus Jericho is my favorite
wrestler and what's being an OO columnist about if not showing unhealthy amounts of man love for your favorite wrestler?^_~
World: Undertaker. Rey is known as a Giant Killer, but not tonight.
WWE: Sheamus. I am not 100% sure they want to pull the title off the Albino Warrior just yet. Plus, Orton has actually been kind of entertaining as
the frustrated heel constantly conniving his way into a title shot.
ECW: Ezekiel. Not that this title matters anyway, seeing as ECW is about to go tits up, but it's looking like WWE is grooming Zeke to be their
next monster heel, so *shrugs*
Womens: McCool. Mickey James has a new country album coming out, so she'll be busy promoting that. Also, it'll make Michelle's
eventual loss of the title that much more satisfying.
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I think RR is going to shape up this way.
Christian
McCool
Sheamus
Undertaker (HBK gets Mysterio DQed: there was alot of heat between HBK and Mysterio last week....no need to miss it. HBK as it stands now has only
one guaranteed way to face UT and thats having UT be champion)
Mysterio is pissed off it was blatant what HBK did. Sooooo in the RR match Mysterio draws #30 and he takes out HBK. And its on like Donkey Kong HBK
pretty much reenters and takes Mysterio out and they just go at it.
Cena Wins the Royal Rumble and challenges UT for the title.
At the next PPV both titles change hands Batista wins somehow because of HBK and Mysterio, and we have ourselves a triple threat, helping UT have a
great match where he won't have to work as hard.
HHH wins title at the next PPV in the five way and Sheamus uses his rematch at WM
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OORick
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Doubt it'll affect anybody's feelings one way or the other, but I thought I'd mention it:
It has been pointed out to me (many, many times by readers who apparently love catching The Rick with his pants down) that neither Morrison nor
McIntyre are currently listed by WWE as entrants in the Rumble, even though I said they were in the preview.
So either (a) that's just an oversight and clearly both will be in the Rumble (likely) or (b) there are only 25 official entrants and you should
now be speculating about FIVE big special mega-surprise entrants like RVD, Brock Lesnar, and the re-animated zombie corpse of Andre the Giant (not
likely).
Me, I'll stick with "oversight" and the 3 mystery slots, and assume only 1 will be somebody cool/good (Edge or Booker being the two most
people are talking about). Then one will be somebody gimmicky (an old-tymey guy, maybe WCW-flavored since it IS Atlanta and I'm sure Gillberg is
available for bookings; or else, Hornswoggle doing a set piece with DX would actually be just fine by me), and the other will be an in-house scrub
like Dolph Ziggler.
Rick
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nobledictator
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Rick I think your overlooking the possibility of the title losers. Loser of Sheamus and Orton makes sense in the rumble as does Mysterio if he loses.
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"The best in the world at what I do." - Chris Jericho
I can't get that sentence out of my head since watching Jericho lose to R-Truth on Smackdown. His character truly believes that he is the best
in the world, and some of us would argue that he is correct. But for that statement to have any sort of gravitus with the standard non-internet
audience any longer I think he needs to do something big fairly soon. Is there anything bigger he can do then win the Royal Rumble?
If you think about it all of the main eventers (Cena, Orton, UT, HHH, HBK, Batista, Punk, Mysterio, Show) who are healthy (I'm going to assume
Edge isn't healthy... hope I'm wrong) have been pushed to the moon the last 2 weeks. Baring anything unforseen Orton, UT and Mysterio
won't be participating in the match so they are out. I'm of the belief that Punk will be battling DX next month and then HHH at Mania
after watching Smackdown. HBK also has his UT thing going on, but since I'm going to pick a Mysterio upset over UT tonight, then HBK would have
no reason to win it, like HHH and Punk. That would leave me with Cena, Batista, and Show. I'm going to rule Show out. No real reason to do so
other then I think his days as being champ are probably over except in "off-season" transitional champion situations and Rumble to Mania starts the
"on-season".
That then leaves me with Cena and Batista. I'm going to take Cena out because I really think we are going to get Cena w/ Bret Hart vs Vince
McMahon at Wrestlemania. So, with that logic it would state that I should be picking Batista... but I'm not. I'm picking Chris Jericho.
Jericho is the only main eventer who has avoided this mish mosh of Rumble one-upsmenship. He spent the last 2 weeks jobbing to R-Truth cleanly.
Before that he basically lost on free TV for 6 straight months to everyone with a pulse. What kept him in the main event then? Other then being top
notch on the mic, it was his pay per view victories. Jericho has made a career out of spending a month on cable getting humiliated only to get a
monster win at a huge time on a pay per view, and I think tonight will be Chris Jericho's last 5 star performance.
At 39 he isn't getting any younger. He already retired once so I would really doubt that he will be around for more then 2 or 3 more years.
And even as an enormous fan of his work, he seems to be slipping a half step in the ring if you watch closely, but I think he has one last super human
performance left in him.
Now for the official predictions.
Royal Rumble: Chris Jericho
He wrestles 30+ minutes tonight and reminds us how he is the "best in the world" as Raw opens on Monday. Batista also stars with 5+ eliminations.
Kofi Kingston will probably make the Final 4 and I could see The Miz having a breakout match too. Sadly, my wish of Santino winning it all will
probably never come true. One year they got to do a "Cinderella" story right? Sigh... not this year. Go Jericho!
WWE Championship: Sheamus
Orton, Rhodes and DiBiase argue over who lost Legacy's Cold Play CD or something. Stupid wackiness ensues that isn't wacky but is stupid.
Orton loses and somewhere Destro cries.
World Championship: Rey Mysterio
I cannot stand Rey Mysterio. I've never rooted for him that I can recall. I understand that he is a fantastic talent but, meh. I probably
just hate him because kids root for him and I'm a jerk. I don't know. Either way, I've never wanted to see him win until his promo
on Smackdown on HBK. Great stuff. HBK vs Taker at WrestleMania doesn't need a belt. Mysterio vs Batista? Yeah, it probably needs one.
I'm going Rey.
Woman's: Michelle McCool
Everything I wrote about Mysterio can be said about Mickey James except for the part where I want him to win. I hope she loses, get's shoved
into another cake and then is future endeavored before breakfast on Monday. There is no crying in wrestling... THERE IS NO CRYING IN WRESTLING!!!!
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And since part of predicting the Royal Rumble is predicting the Wrestlemania card I will go with this.
World Championship (Edge is unhealthy): Jericho vs Batista vs Mysterio (Batista wins SD Elimination Chamber for this spot... Jericho does nothing but
talk for a month while not choosing his opponent until after Elimination Chamber. But he get's back his brand hopping status as a result.)
World Championship (Edge is healthy): Jericho vs Edge (Edge wins Elimination Chamber)
WWE Championship: Sheamus vs Big Show (Show wins Raw Elimination Chamber for this spot)
Cena w/ Hart vs McMahon
(Edge Healthy) Batista vs Mysterio: I could see some sort of mask vs leaving Smackdown stip or a hardcore stip of some kind. While I understand we
have seen this 5000 times this year, I think they are Smackdown's Edge back up plan.
HBK vs UT
HHH vs Punk
Legacy Triple Threat Match
MITB: Miz, Morrison, Kofi, Christian, Truth, McIntyre
Woman's: McCool vs Phoenix
Diva's: Maryse vs Melina (if healthy) or Kim
Unified Tag Champions #1 Contender Battle Royal (Get's everyone else on the card and resets Punk and HHH away from each other)
Random Celebrity Match using a Raw GM from this year other then Bret Hart.
That would leave us with either an 11 or 12 match card depending on Edge's health. Other then the celebrity match virtually everything on here
would be fairly doable, and I'd actually be fairly surprized if they didn't "pay off" the Raw GM celebrity thing at WrestleMania. I
would expect that the thing most likely to be disagreed on would be Big Show vs Sheamus, but if they feed Orton to him then Show would seem like a
good next meal for their new Irish monster. Save him losing a big match until later in the year. Besides, it would clearly be in the middle of the
card regardless of it was billed as a "main event" or not.
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Shastar
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World Championship (Edge is unhealthy): Jericho vs Batista vs Mysterio (Batista wins SD Elimination Chamber for this spot... Jericho does nothing but
talk for a month while not choosing his opponent until after Elimination Chamber. But he get's back his brand hoping status as a
result.)
Holy Crap! I postulated this exact same thing to a friend of mine on facebook! Jericho winning gives him back power that He sorely needs.
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C.MontgomeryPunk
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I'd hold danielson back until post rumble. He can't do what he does best in the rumble, will look small compared to a lot of the guys in
there and won't win so would suggest saving him.
I agree. Debuting Danielson in the RR would be a mistake. I think any debuts will be held off until after Wrestlemania. Given all the focus at
building up all the top matches any debuts would be overlooked. I think Danielson will be a big part of the eventual ECW rebrand.
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Originally posted by DKBroiler
Orton, Rhodes and DiBiase argue over who lost Legacy's Cold Play CD or something.
I chuckled.
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S Kid J E T S 48
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Crap...realized that in my Wrestlemania card predictions, I totally missed the obvious McMahon/Hart etc match. Oh well.
I can't imagine Danielson debuting tonight. I know why everyone here knows him, but frankly, I have little idea who he is. I'm guessing
the crowds at RR, will have no idea who he is. Is he a large guy or a guy with an exciting move set? Because I guess that would be an interesting
debut, but I'm guessing if he's coming from ROH, he's more of a workrate guy, and RR is not exactly about workrate unless
you're a 1-4 participant and you last most of the Rumble.
I'd say the surprises are RVD, Booker, and the Fat Speedo guy that gives Michael Cole an erection.....or a legend... maybe Dusty Rhodes.
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nOOb
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Is there really a chance anyone other than HBK can win this? Granted, I haven't watched the show, but the Pyro's recaps are
usually in-depth enough where he catches subtle signs and whatnot, and I just don't see anyone being built up to win other than HBK. It seems
like they're done with Kofi in the main event, DiBiase has not really won with authority to justify them giving him a win towards an Orton
Wrestlemania main event, Batista, Big Show, and Jericho all seem like they're building up to get at least an elimination count before they
become fodder to Cena or Triple H, and Cena and Triple H don't seem to have a "build over months" issue with anyone else and have only been
given the simple motivation to win because "it's in their blood to win big matches".
I dunno, but it just seems from reading the recaps that HBK has the only real shot of winning because A) he's being built up to have a match
with a guy at Wrestlemania, B) the guy he's being built up to face is a champion, and C) the champion he's being built up to face has no
chance of losing tonight, and probably won't lose between now and then.
Edit: Just an addendum, but on top of McIntyre and Morrison not being included like Rick mentioned, they also don't have Santino, Finlay, or
Dolph Ziggler mentioned, which would give them a count of 30. Not to mention you could see them throwing a midget into a Royal Rumble.
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Originally posted by nOOb
Is there really a chance anyone other than HBK can win this?
I feel that Michaels would almost be too obvious to win, which is why he won't. Granted, I know there are years where the Rumble winner
is more of a lock than others, but I just don't think the Taker/Michaels feud is going to be as simple as "Michaels wins the Rumble and
challenges Taker at WrestleMania." I think there's going to be more twists and turns in the storyline, so I'm thinking Michaels
doesn't win the Rumble and then fans are left wondering how he's going to get his shot at Taker.
With that said, it definitely wouldn't shock me if he did win (he would be in my top three picks), but I'm just not seeing it.
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