“I wasn’t built for the indie scene – I was built for the WWE”, said Cena, who only spent a brief stretch in a California independent organization at the start of his career before signing with the WWE. There have been conversations about the return of Shelton Benjamin. My wildcard pick is Samoa Joe. Most likely, taking out Braun Strowman at the Royal Rumble will be a Herculean feat by a huge number of superstars or by Bill Goldberg or the Undertaker.
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The pay-per-view will cost £19.95 for viewers in the United Kingdom and €24.95 for customers in the Republic of Ireland. “I’m just … that might be asking too much at this point in time”. Then AJ Styles happened, and that logic was turned on its head.
Meanwhile, Reigns just became the first babyface in WWE history to win PWI’s “Most Hated Wrestler of the Year” Award. Especially when McMahon’s got living action figures Brock Lesnar and Bill Goldberg to play with.
CHYNA, BETH PHOENIX and KHARMA are the only women to appear in the Royal Rumble match – but each lady has eliminated at least one of their male counterparts.
Strowman’s size, like Lesnar’s, makes it hard to book him against legitimate competition. Naturally, Braun Strowman and Roman Reigns will figure into a feud that will lead to a match between the two dominant wrestlers at Wrestlemania 33. It was announced that the match at Royal Rumble will be a no-disqualification. I have been playing this one over and over in my mind. Reigns had a U.S. title rematch against Jericho but lost after Owens interfered. Jericho will be asked once again to put another star over.
– Former WCW World Champion Vince Russo turns 56 years old today. I also want to make sure that regardless of where I end up, I will try to crash Xavier Woods party.
That opponent is none other than John Cena, according to Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Cena dropped the mic and walked out of the ring to his theme music, leaving a stunned Styles to stand there by himself. Who beats ‘Taker for the title?
Sunday’s PPV could also feature multiple title changes, as two of the company’s top babyfaces will be fighting for world championships. The run Mike Mizanin has been on – sans the Intercontinental Title – has been brilliantly written.
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On Tuesday, SmackDown didn’t blink, producing a powerful final message of its own heading into the Royal Rumble by utilizing almost their entire roster to build the hype for Sunday. Don’t count out some kind of swerve, where there is a trade from Raw as well. “Oh my god! You’re Goldberg!’ And right before he went out, he looked at me and Bayley and was like, ‘you didn’t see this”. Omega stated that he “might not be able to pull a rabbit out of a hat” in time for a debut in less than a week. Yes, he got a pass to the main event of Wrestlemania, but which champion would he choose to face? So, I think as long as I am at the forefront, and being in the ring with some of the guys we have, I can show the world that there is a legitimate option, not to compete with WWE, but it’s something better than anything they can do. Let’s all slow that down a bit. Not to mention that a more regularly used Deadman, as opposed to the once a year version, can make for broadcasting magic.
