BY MIKEY MIGO
I think Royal Rumble is my favorite pay per view. Of course I want to say Wrestlemania because it’s the “grand daddy of them all” and it’s easily the biggest show of the year each time out. Still, the other old school pay per views had that magic too. Summerslam is cool and all. I know people call it the “Number 2 PPV”, but for me it was always Survivor Series. The main reasoning was it was the “half way mark” so to speak. Survivor Series lost its luster in recent years because of the lack of prominent elimination matches. Things all change in wrestling. Things come and go. There is still that one dependable pay per view that’ll give you an hour or so of great entertainment every year. That’s the Royal Rumble. I used to love watching it in the early and mid 90’s with a group of friends. As the years went on it became more predictable, but there is still an awesome aura of excitement that comes with each countdown and each entrant. The whole idea of a surprise entrant is always fun. The joke entrant, the monster, the survivor, the sickest bump, and all of those key ingredients are ALWAYS there. It’s a rollercoaster of grand emotion. It’s not a text book wrestling match in the pure sense of the term, but the stories told in this one match is enough to build their entire product around for the upcoming three or four months.
After seeing RAW, I feel like I can throw my two cents worth of predictions and thoughts into the mix. I write this after RAW but before Smackdown so some random shit might change. As of now, not a whole lot is announced. I would think SOMETHING would get added. Possibly a Tag Title match, a US Title or IC Title match, or maybe a divas match. Most likely the divas match and still a slight possibility of another title match of sorts. What is announced are two title matches and a really good bathroom break. I’m going to do my best to see as little of the John Cena/Kane match as humanly possible. I’m curious as to who will win, but I don’t care about seeing a match. It’s cool that they’re teasing Cena getting heelish again, but it’s not going to happen. I like how this is eating up Cena’s time before Rocky is more available. I just hope there is something cool for Kane to do after that…. something that doesn’t involve Undertaker. The World Title Cage Match will be a fun spectacle. Daniel Bryan will steal the win and I think it will be better than I expect. I just don’t have huge hopes. I want to see Daniel Bryan do a program with someone less powerhouse and more technicians. The WWE Title Match could be a great one. CM Punk is currently riding out his career peak and Dolph Ziggler is the best thing in wrestling today. This will be a really athletic match and I’d freak if Dolph won, but it’s too soon for him. He needs his own “time” and that’s not in the middle of a Wrestlemania season. I figure Punk will get screwed over and the following night will see the whole storyline unfold right into Elimination Chamber. That said, I am almost certain a Smackdown wrestler will win the Royal Rumble. My prediction is Randy Orton.
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