Roman Reigns won’t be taking the night off as he will have to defend it and then face the victor of the match a few weeks later. In an effort to boost ratings while up against the College Football Playoff National Championship game, Brock Lesnar will make his return to WWE “Raw” tonight.
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Prior to this announcement I had different ideas on who would win the Rumble, one being Daniel Bryan. All signs point to Reigns winning the match and keeping the title so he goes to Wrestlemania.
It may only be early January, but WrestleMania storylines start to take shape around the time of the Royal Rumble. A win here can put a wrestler on main event talks in the future.
– There will be follow up regarding John Cena’s injury.
The landscape looks quite bleak now, with many big names injured.
The highlight of Raw was the ongoing, still hot Intercontinental Championship feud between champ Dean Ambrose and challenger Kevin Owens. According to Wrestling Observer Radio, the original plans called for Cena to take on Del Rio at the Royal Rumble for the U.S. Title, but that can’t happen now.
There has been mixed reactions to Triple H appearing on the WWE NXT “Takeover: London” show last month, just days after after being destroyed by Roman Reigns at TLC and not being able to appear on RAW that week, according to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. In the interim, and also utilizing the opportunity that his tag-team partner Sin Cara is also sidelined due to a should injury, Kalisto defeated Del Rio at “SmackDown”, and has gaining promo and air time as a singles competitor. The extreme rules match between the ECW Originals and the Wyatt Family was good, but many believe Bray should at least be holding one of the titles. The Lynch and Charlotte storyline also will continue, leading to another rematch at the “Royal Rumble”. Stephanie says it could be Kevin Owens’ win, he could cement his first year as the greatest in WWE history. He has already held the IC title and is looking to get it back, but he looks ready for the main event.
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Who needs to win the Royal Rumble? We know The Rock is going to be at Wrestlemania, but we don’t know in what capacity.
