WWE Royal Rumble - Royal Rumble Match

Or imagine if Finn Balor were to somehow return early throwing a monkey wrench into everyone's plans returning as a surprise entrant a la Cena in 2008 or Edge in 2010 Balor returns early to win it all now that would be something everyone would see coming but certainly not everyone else in the WWE
 
My list of predicted entrances right here:

1- Ambrose
2- Ellsworth
3- Xavier Woods
4- Titus O'Neil
5- Apollo Crews
6- Big E.
7- The Miz
8- Sami Zayn
9- Enzo Amore
10- Jinder Mahal
11- Heath Slater
12- Kane
13- Randy Orton
14- Shelton Benjamin (surprise entrant)
15- Big Cass
16- Rusev
17- Kalisto
18- Luke Harper
19- Dolph Ziggler
20- Kofi Kingston
21- Brock Lesnar
22- Seth Rollins
23- Baron Corbin
24- Goldberg
25- Chris Jericho
26- Braun Strowman
27- Samoa Joe (surprise entrant)
28- The Undertaker
29- Bray Wyatt
30- Finn Balor (surprise entrant)
 
Would be really interesting to see Lesnar as #1, then Strowman as #2, where they eliminate the majority of them. Goldberg at #29, then Undertaker at 30. Goldberg gives multiple spears. Lesnar tries to F5 Strowman, to where Goldberg spears him, eliminating Lesnar and Stowman. Undertaker eliminates Goldberg as that happens.
 
I would love to see Jake The Snake Roberts in the Rumble. Roberts is the only wrestler to compete in all of the first 5 Rumbles. He has rehabilitated himself. I feel he has earned a spot, even if he gets eliminated in a minute.
 
Was thinking about the Rumble surprises. MVP, Mr Kennedy, Carlito, John Morrison(don't know his contract status). I wouldn't mind if any of these guys from the lost generation of WWE showed up as one of the surprises in the Rumble match since it is already stacked. They could be like the Bubba Ray return and play their part. Guys who haven't returned to WWE in some time. Even if it turns out to be a one shot thing it would be fun and cool. They get a good reaction/showing and maybe it turns into something for them.

With the headbangers return last year. Also wouldn't mind if they pulled off an attitude era wrestler surprise. Perry Saturn dissappeared for a long time and resurfaced recently. He is in bad situation. I wouldn't mind WWE helping him out. Maybe get him in the Rumble as a surprise for a start to help him out, depending on his health. Don't want him to turn into another casualty from the Radicalz. From that era also Hardcore Holly would be interesting as he has never done an appearance or return for a long time. In the same vein guys still around not under contracts who could still go in the ring who have not returned or done cameo in a while or long time like Lance Storm, Raven, Alex Wright, Shamrock, Taka, Sean Waltman as 123 kid,, Savio Vega etc.

I wouldn't prefer like a Joe, Nakamura to debut in the rumble even though it would probably get a big reaction unless they had some good angle worked out for them.
 
I am hoping that the lineup for the Rumble match is as follows :

14 from Raw
14 from Smackdown
1 from NXT
1 surprise entrant (Hopefully, Jake The Snake Roberts :) )

It wouldn't be fair if one brand got more participants than the other. Aren't they supposed to be equal?
 
Really not sure who's going to take it this year. It feels weird to have Taker in if he's not going to win but than again, I really can't see him competing for a title at Mania. One thing's for sure, by the end of the night, we'll know who his Mania opponent is going to be. Brock and Goldberg seemingly cancel each other out and while Braun seems like a strong choice, something about his booking makes me think he'll be the last one to be eliminated. He's been pushed strongly but despite all of that, they still haven't really gone all the way with him by giving him that big win that he needs.

I originally thought it would be Jericho but his current booking has made him seem like an unlikely choice at this point. Can't see anybody on the horizon that could take the US title from him other than Owens which could set up the likely Owens/Jericho match for the US strap. Corbin's not ready yet. I could honestly see Sami Zayn winning as a sleeper as they're making it a point to keep him strong and around the top of the card, but only if Owens goes into Mania as the champ which would of course, nix the Jericho/Owens plans that seem to be firmly in place right now. Another sleeper pick for me is Wyatt to set up an Orton/Wyatt title match.

Everything's up in the air at this point but I think the winner will end up being somebody not a lot of people expected. Just kind of feel like that's the direction they're going in by teasing Taker/Brock/Goldberg/Strowman so strongly.
 
I might be a minority here, but I prefer it for Smackdown star to win at the Rumble this year. Raw already has so much star power that they far outshine Smackdown. So whoever from Smackdown wins, can use their Rumble victory as "flavor" to get their brand some recognition.
 
So far 21 participants are announced... 13 from Raw and 8 from Smackdown. No doubt a few more will be named tonight.

RAW
Big Cass
Big E
Big Show
Braun Strowman,
Brock Lesnar
Cesaro
Chris Jericho
Goldberg
Kofi Kingston
Sami Zayn
Sheamus
The Undertaker
Xavier Woods

SMACKDOWN
Baron Corbin
Bray Wyatt
Dean Ambrose
Dolph Ziggler
Luke Harper
Randy Orton,
Rusev
The Miz

The remaining 9 places will be (IMO)..............

Triple H (Raw) - Will want to defend his crown. Rollins will be involved and cost him his place. Maybe even attack him and replace him in the match. This story line will play a part.

Finn Balor (Raw) - Surprise return, will make a good show but will just fall short.

Kane (Smackdown) - The Big Red Machine not seen on Smackdown since early December, so a little surprise return and it wouldn't be a Rumble without him.

Chad Gable & Jason Jordan (Smackdown) - The Smackdown Tag Champions. I can't see them been left off the card.

James Ellsworth (Smackdown) - Pretty certain Ellsworth will get a slot given he has been centred around one of Smackdowns main story lines in recent months.

Austin Aries (NXT) - NXT always gets some sort of recognition at the Rumble and I think this year it will be Aries. Fans know him, he has appeared on Raw so I think it is his time.

Tyler Bate - - The UK Champion. A great way to give him that bit of extra exposure, and give his title credibility by allowing him in such a big match.

Kurt Angle - Yes this is a long shot but he has had to cancel his appearances this weekend due to WWE commitments. It could be simply to hype the Rumble and increase subscribers but the pop for his music would be the biggest of the night and WWE knows this.

If not Kurt Angle it will be someone like Kalisto or Rhyno zzzz
 
rge2010 said:
So far 21 participants are announced... 13 from Raw and 8 from Smackdown. No doubt a few more will be named tonight.

RAW
Big Cass
Big E
Big Show
Braun Strowman,
Brock Lesnar
Cesaro
Chris Jericho
Goldberg
Kofi Kingston
Sami Zayn
Sheamus
The Undertaker
Xavier Woods

SMACKDOWN
Baron Corbin
Bray Wyatt
Dean Ambrose
Dolph Ziggler
Luke Harper
Randy Orton,
Rusev
The Miz

The remaining 9 places will be (IMO)..............

Triple H (Raw) - Will want to defend his crown. Rollins will be involved and cost him his place. Maybe even attack him and replace him in the match. This story line will play a part.

Finn Balor (Raw) - Surprise return, will make a good show but will just fall short.

Kane (Smackdown) - The Big Red Machine not seen on Smackdown since early December, so a little surprise return and it wouldn't be a Rumble without him.

Chad Gable & Jason Jordan (Smackdown) - The Smackdown Tag Champions. I can't see them been left off the card.

James Ellsworth (Smackdown) - Pretty certain Ellsworth will get a slot given he has been centred around one of Smackdowns main story lines in recent months.

Austin Aries (NXT) - NXT always gets some sort of recognition at the Rumble and I think this year it will be Aries. Fans know him, he has appeared on Raw so I think it is his time.

Tyler Bate - - The UK Champion. A great way to give him that bit of extra exposure, and give his title credibility by allowing him in such a big match.

Kurt Angle - Yes this is a long shot but he has had to cancel his appearances this weekend due to WWE commitments. It could be simply to hype the Rumble and increase subscribers but the pop for his music would be the biggest of the night and WWE knows this.

If not Kurt Angle it will be someone like Kalisto or Rhyno zzzz
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Hey. I guess that you forgot Samoa Joe.

To remind you, Samoa Joe has no scheduled match at NxT TakeOver San Antonio and I'm sure that he's going to be called up at this event. There's nothing left for him to do on NxT.

Since he's free, he should debut at Royal Rumble and be engaged in a significant feud at Royal Rumble.

I don't know why but I still can't believe that Seth Rollins isn't going to be in this match.
 
This entire deal has really got me thinking and the fact that reports say that Vince has cancelled Cena vs Taker, made this Rumble so much more unpredictable.

For starters, where does that leave the WWE Championship for Wrestlemania?

Right now Y2J looks like the obvious choice, followed by The Undertaker. However do we really want Taker in a title match? I don't, if he's going to win and hold the title for 2 days, since I don't think he will be sticking around after Wrestlemania.

I'm trying to think of a main event, a match bigger than Rollins-HHH and Lesnar-Goldberg which will be happening for sure and Cena vs Taker or Taker vs Styles always pops up in my head. That also makes things unpredictable for me.

I mean for sure, Y2J vs KO or Styles vs Wyatt or Styles vs Orton or Reigns vs Strowman won't be main eventing Wrestlemania..

I still hope for Cena vs Undertaker for the WWE Championship though.
 
So far 21 participants are announced... 13 from Raw and 8 from Smackdown. No doubt a few more will be named tonight.

RAW
Big Cass
Big E
Big Show
Braun Strowman,
Brock Lesnar
Cesaro
Chris Jericho
Goldberg
Kofi Kingston
Sami Zayn
Sheamus
The Undertaker
Xavier Woods

SMACKDOWN
Baron Corbin
Bray Wyatt
Dean Ambrose
Dolph Ziggler
Luke Harper
Randy Orton,
Rusev
The Miz

The remaining 9 places will be (IMO)..............

Triple H (Raw) - Will want to defend his crown. Rollins will be involved and cost him his place. Maybe even attack him and replace him in the match. This story line will play a part.

Finn Balor (Raw) - Surprise return, will make a good show but will just fall short.

Kane (Smackdown) - The Big Red Machine not seen on Smackdown since early December, so a little surprise return and it wouldn't be a Rumble without him.

Chad Gable & Jason Jordan (Smackdown) - The Smackdown Tag Champions. I can't see them been left off the card.

James Ellsworth (Smackdown) - Pretty certain Ellsworth will get a slot given he has been centred around one of Smackdowns main story lines in recent months.

Austin Aries (NXT) - NXT always gets some sort of recognition at the Rumble and I think this year it will be Aries. Fans know him, he has appeared on Raw so I think it is his time.

Tyler Bate - - The UK Champion. A great way to give him that bit of extra exposure, and give his title credibility by allowing him in such a big match.

Kurt Angle - Yes this is a long shot but he has had to cancel his appearances this weekend due to WWE commitments. It could be simply to hype the Rumble and increase subscribers but the pop for his music would be the biggest of the night and WWE knows this.

If not Kurt Angle it will be someone like Kalisto or Rhyno zzzz
 
Triple H has to be in there to start the Rollins feud properly... Balor if he can "go" in the Cena return spot (although Aries could also get it)

Defo think Tyler Bate will go in there, I am thinking #2 or 3 and they'll give him a good 20 minutes or so to make him look good, but of course Strowman will take him out.

Shaq - Again if they're gonna do a match, it kind of needs to start here... Shaq and Show taking each other out would get that ball rolling properly... but I can see Show also being a "dark horse" for most eliminations... if he's as ripped etc as he seems then he may have earned it...

NXT Guy is likely to be Roode... probably at #1... Glorious opening the Rumble would set the crowd in the right mood.

Surprise Entrants... Magnus/Nick Aldis could be one that makes sense... with Mickie (his missus) being back it's pretty likely he'll be on staff and he's an interesting debut/free agent to put out there. Perhaps even give him McGuinness as his manager and put he and Neville against Jack Gallagher (next likely challenger for cruiser) and Tyler Bate - they can do some UK based shows with that line up and pop the post Mania UK tour.

The danger of putting "veterans" in is that the match is pretty loaded with them... so shock debuts perhaps work better. The Hardyz would blow the roof off but so would Omega and to be fair a totally new face like Magnus could as well... Fans will remember AJ from last year and that is more what they should be looking for than a nostalgia pop...

Unless of course they do put Angle into the match... makes a lot of sense, testing the waters for a match at Mania. Enter him at 28 and give him 10 minutes.
 
Well the main go-home shows are done and still have no idea what's gonna happen. If I had a gun to my head I'd still say Strowman but I've never been so unconfident about a Rumble pick before.
 
Romantic_Rebel267 said:
No, no! It has to be the Miz. Smackdown needs this because RAW is so overpowered it's unbelievable.
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All the major players and contenders are on RAW though. I don't necessarily disagree with you, I would like the winner to come from Smackdown but based on their current roster, I don't see it realistically happening. (keyword current ;))

If I was fantasy booking this thing, I'd have Bray win the Rumble and Orton win the WWE Championship in the Chamber. It would obviously be a big boost for their feud and assuming they face off at WrestleMania, considering it'll be for the Championship it'll stick out a lot more than if it was just a regular match that could easily end up being the 7th-8th biggest match on the card and be pretty much an afterthought by the end of the night.
 
king1836 said:
I am hoping that the lineup for the Rumble match is as follows :

14 from Raw
14 from Smackdown
1 from NXT
1 surprise entrant (Hopefully, Jake The Snake Roberts :) )

It wouldn't be fair if one brand got more participants than the other. Aren't they supposed to be equal?
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I don't see how they can be equal considering that RAW has a much bigger roster than SD Live has. And I disagree that RAW has the starpower over SD Live.

SD has Styles, Orton, Cena, Wyatt, Ambrose, Miz, Ziggler (okay I'm reaching with that one), Corbin just to name the top tier. RAW has Owens, Reigns, Rollins and Jericho. The top tier on SD easily outweighs the top of the RAW roster, plus they've been booked a hell of a lot better. We've seen the same four RAW members over and over again since October. RAW needs Balor back as soon as possible.

I'm not including Taker, HHH, Goldberg and Lesnar as they are all part timers, rarely show up and just there for marquee matches at PPV's. They might be part of the RAW roster, but are they on TV each week. No.

Where RAW does beat SD is the mid card. SD needs to beef their's up somewhat. The women's division is almost the same, considering that RAW has almost solely focused on Banks and Charlotte, for good reason. I think the tag division on SD is better with American Alpha and the Uso's.

So not surprised that RAW would have more competitors in the Rumble. I have no idea who is going to win, but I did read that McMahon has said Taker will not be fighting for a title at Mania, as this might be his last and he doesn't need it anyway. So hoping the winner is Corbin and they give him a huge singles push. But at this rate it could be anyone.
 
ShinChan said:
Hey. I guess that you forgot Samoa Joe.

To remind you, Samoa Joe has no scheduled match at NxT TakeOver San Antonio and I'm sure that he's going to be called up at this event. There's nothing left for him to do on NxT.

Since he's free, he should debut at Royal Rumble and be engaged in a significant feud at Royal Rumble.

I don't know why but I still can't believe that Seth Rollins isn't going to be in this match.
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I considered Samoa Joe but I don't think this is the right time for him to debut - unless he wins the Rumble.

Samoa Joe is a dominant monster, but it is painfully obvious that Braun Strowman is going to dominate the Rumble and then you have Lesnar, Goldberg and Taker as well who will all put in very strong showings. Samoa Joes performance would be overshadowed and forgot IMO.

Joe may well appear but it could be simply to start a feud with someone and cost someone a Title or the Rumble win. If AJ Styles is going to go over Cena (which is unlikely) then Samoa Joe costing Cena the match would make the most sense.
 
I don't agree with you, @rge2010.

I think that there couldn't be a better place to debut Samoa Joe at the main roster than Royal Rumble. He should and could be used in a major upper midcard feud at Wrestlemania 33.

He could perform just like AJ Styles did at last year's Royal Rumble and I will be okay with it. But I don't think that he should win the whole damn match if he's called up to the main roster.
 
Never understood so much fascination with equalizing RAW and Smackdown. In WWEs mind RAW is bigger show. Longer history, lasts hour longer, even had 3/2 advantage in Draft rounds. As much as they try with Smackdown and making it look like it is ratings war, Smackdown was always no2 show. Of course its gona be more guys from RAW at Rumble. Not really a bad thing either, other then those 8 guys the rest is what? American Alpha and Jobbers squad? People who will not contribute that match in any way but to make Strowman or Goldberg or Lesnar look like a beasts.

I mean, Mojo Rawley announced that he will be there. Mojo Rawley.
 
Like Heyman said it all comes down to the luck of the draw and we could see so many dream scenarios depending on the luck of the draw...probably the most star studded Rumble in recent memory perhaps probably of all time
 
Terry Gyimah said:
8 spots are left but who do you think will fill those 8 spots to make the 30 for the Royal Rumble Match?
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I reckon it will be:

Angle (to set up one last run for him, can't see him winning)
Balor (I reckon he'll be about 90% and can enter 29 or 30, my pick to win)
HBK (hometown guy, will get a massive pop from the crowd and get instant heat on whoever eliminates him)
Bate (WWE's newest champion, give him some more wider exposure)
Kane (Royal Rumble stalwart so will obviously enter at some point.)
Ellsworth (WWE loves him, I hate him. Hopefully Goldberg or Lesnar or both absolutely destroy him)
Dillinger (Obvious man to enter at number 10)
Samoa Joe (The best place to debut him on the main roster. He's not involved in TakeOver the night before as far as I am aware)
 
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