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  • Majingir
    Moderator
    • Apr 2005
    • 47765

    #1

    WWE Royal Rumble 1/28/18


    Universal Championship
    Brock Lesnar (c) (with Paul Heyman) vs. Braun Strowman vs. Kane

    WWE Championship Handicap Match
    AJ Styles (c) vs. Sami Zayn & Kevin Owens

    Raw Tag Team Championship
    Seth Rollins and Jason Jordan (c) vs. Cesaro and Sheamus

    Smackdown Tag Team Championship
    The Usos (Jey and Jimmy Uso) (c) vs. Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin

    Mens 30 Man Royal Rumble

    Womens Royal Rumble

    Cruiserweight 6 Man Tag (preshow)
    Kalisto, Lince Dorado, and Gran Metalik vs. TJP, Gentleman Jack Gallagher, and Drew Gulak

    United States Championship (preshow)
    Bobby Roode (c) vs. TBD

    Tag Team Match (preshow)
    Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson vs. The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder)



    My early picks for rumble winners are Asuka and Nakamura. Nakamura-AJ for WWE title at WM?!? And Asuka basically has to win this match or her streak is over.
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  • SmashMan
    All Star
    • Dec 2004
    • 9776

    #2
    Re: WWE Royal Rumble 1/28/18

    Originally posted by Majingir
    And Asuka basically has to win this match or her streak is over.
    They haven't counted battle royals as part of her streak.

    https://youtu.be/jp6OlkgKkBE?t=1m33s (1:33)

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    • dubcity
      Hall Of Fame
      • May 2012
      • 17876

      #3
      Re: WWE Royal Rumble 1/28/18

      Not sure I wanna see Asuka lose to Alexa at WM to build heeeet tho. That would be the negative of her winning the RR.

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      • Majingir
        Moderator
        • Apr 2005
        • 47765

        #4
        Re: WWE Royal Rumble 1/28/18

        In terms of people wondering about number of entrants in womens rumble, I think 30 would be fine.

        Raw:
        Alicia,Asuka,Bayley,Dana,Mandy,Mickie,Nia,Paige,Sa sha,Sonya

        SD:
        Becky,Carmella,Lana,Liv,Naomi,Natalya,Nikki,Ruby,S arah,Tamina

        That's 20 right there.

        Of the remaining 10, I'd say:
        2 from NXT(not a main roster promotion, just a Rumble appearance)
        2-3 celebs(Rousey for sure, and 1-2 others)
        Multiple returning superstars(names like Trish,Lita,Eve,Brie,Beth,Kelly,Alundra,Jacqueline, and so on)
        Steph probably enters also


        So there's more than enough to fill a 30 women rumble. 20 alone from main roster, and remaining 10 will be no issue to fill. Just from returning superstars alone they could get enough, but I think celebs/nxt also would help with this.

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        • DJ
          Hall Of Fame
          • Apr 2003
          • 17756

          #5
          Re: WWE Royal Rumble 1/28/18

          Rousey entering at No. 30 and winning the Rumble would be something. Could see WWE going this route for the media attention.
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          • redsox4evur
            Hall Of Fame
            • Jul 2013
            • 18169

            #6
            Re: WWE Royal Rumble 1/28/18

            Originally posted by DJ
            Rousey entering at No. 30 and winning the Rumble would be something. Could see WWE going this route for the media attention.
            Except it doesn't fit in with their plans...
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            • dubcity
              Hall Of Fame
              • May 2012
              • 17876

              #7
              Re: WWE Royal Rumble 1/28/18

              Originally posted by Majingir
              Kelly
              Please no.

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              • Rocky
                All Star
                • Jul 2002
                • 6896

                #8
                Re: WWE Royal Rumble 1/28/18

                I got Becky winning the Women's Rumble and facing Charlotte at Wrestlemania.

                I got Cena winning the men's and either facing Lesnar and Reigns or Styles and Nakamura in a triple threat match.
                "Maybe I can't win. But to beat me, he's going to have to kill me. And to kill me, he's gonna have to have the heart to stand in front of me. And to do that, he's got to be willing to die himself. I don't know if he's ready to do that."
                -Rocky Balboa

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                • Majingir
                  Moderator
                  • Apr 2005
                  • 47765

                  #9
                  Re: WWE Royal Rumble 1/28/18

                  Originally posted by dubcity
                  Please no.
                  Not that I think it'd be a good use of a free spot, but apparently she's an ambassador for WWE and appeared in a table for 3 a few months back. So she's one of the most recent women on wwes call list.
                  Originally posted by Rocky
                  I got Becky winning the Women's Rumble and facing Charlotte at Wrestlemania.

                  I got Cena winning the men's and either facing Lesnar and Reigns or Styles and Nakamura in a triple threat match.
                  Becky I don't see being as iconic a first rumble win compared to Asuka. And there's a chance we have 4 horse women tag match too(not a spoiler, but this has been rumored at diff big events for a year or so now).

                  If Cena wins again.... There's literally no reason he needs to. He could just show up one night, be like "I want to face the champ at Wrestlemania" and it happens.

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                  • dubcity
                    Hall Of Fame
                    • May 2012
                    • 17876

                    #10
                    Re: WWE Royal Rumble 1/28/18

                    Originally posted by Majingir
                    Not that I think it'd be a good use of a free spot, but apparently she's an ambassador for WWE and appeared in a table for 3 a few months back. So she's one of the most recent women on wwes call list.
                    I'm sure she is. If they thought they could get away with it in 2017 they'd probably make her champion. Alexa Bliss is as close as they can go, I guess.

                    At least in a RR she won't have to run the ropes.

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                    • Majingir
                      Moderator
                      • Apr 2005
                      • 47765

                      #11
                      Re: WWE Royal Rumble 1/28/18

                      Originally posted by dubcity
                      I'm sure she is. If they thought they could get away with it in 2017 they'd probably make her champion. Alexa Bliss is as close as they can go, I guess.

                      At least in a RR she won't have to run the ropes.
                      In nxt, I thought Alexa would be nothing more than Kelly Kelly 2.0. Glad she turned out nothing like that. Kelly Kelly was fine for divas era(not better than Beth, Natalya, eve, but better than Bella's, Alicia and others) , but that's it.

                      And that's good thing about rumble too, you could bring back people who even if they can't wrestle or go for a long time, can still appear, give people some kind of interesting matchup in the ring, and most notably the pop when music hits.

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                      • Rocky
                        All Star
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 6896

                        #12
                        Re: WWE Royal Rumble 1/28/18

                        Originally posted by Majingir

                        If Cena wins again.... There's literally no reason he needs to. He could just show up one night, be like "I want to face the champ at Wrestlemania" and it happens.
                        I think the smart money is on Nakamura but with the way they've been booking lately, it seems WWE wants this Mania to really be huge commercially. Cena going for 17 is arguably the biggest storyline out there and the Royal Rumble would be the most impactful way to kickstart that.
                        "Maybe I can't win. But to beat me, he's going to have to kill me. And to kill me, he's gonna have to have the heart to stand in front of me. And to do that, he's got to be willing to die himself. I don't know if he's ready to do that."
                        -Rocky Balboa

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                        • cima
                          Hall Of Fame
                          • Sep 2004
                          • 13478

                          #13
                          Re: WWE Royal Rumble 1/28/18

                          Originally posted by Rocky
                          I think the smart money is on Nakamura but with the way they've been booking lately, it seems WWE wants this Mania to really be huge commercially. Cena going for 17 is arguably the biggest storyline out there and the Royal Rumble would be the most impactful way to kickstart that.
                          Does the Universal title count for lineage? Cause a Cena redemption against Brock story is more enticing than a Roman redemption Brock story IMO. Headline WM with:

                          Cena vs Lesnar for Universal Title
                          Shane McMahon vs Daniel Bryan
                          AJ Styles vs Nakamura for WWE Title

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                          • dubcity
                            Hall Of Fame
                            • May 2012
                            • 17876

                            #14
                            Re: WWE Royal Rumble 1/28/18

                            I feel like you guys are giving WWE way too much credit on how they value Nakamura.

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                            • cima
                              Hall Of Fame
                              • Sep 2004
                              • 13478

                              #15
                              Re: WWE Royal Rumble 1/28/18

                              Originally posted by dubcity
                              I feel like you guys are giving WWE way too much credit on how they value Nakamura.
                              Yeah I mean knowing WWE, it's probably gonna be Styles vs Orton for the title, assuming Styles still has it.

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