Well, Wrestlemania season is in full effect and with that comes crazy speculations. Last year, I was expecting either Punk or Del Rio to win the Royal Rumble that year, Triple, Christian, and Bourne to return, and Ziggler to win his 1st World Title against Edge. My, what a year it has been! This year's Rumble match is up in the air, just like last year's was. Not saying the other Rumble haven't been hard to predict, but this year is pretty hard with all the possible outcomes and all. I guess the top two favorites are Randy Orton and Chris Jericho. Oh yeah, I'm loving Jericho's 3rd appearance in the company. It's fresh and original and I watch Raw every single week for it. Well that and one of my new favorite wrestlers Brodus Clay. Was that not one of the best debuts in a long time? Seriously! It came out of nowhere. Just when you thought WWE was going to go one way, they hit one to left field. Amazing. Anyway....
The Royal Rumble is in St. Louis this year and guess which WWE golden boy is from said city? You got it, Randy Orton. And with Orton being away on injury, what better way to reintroduce him to the crowd by having him win his 2nd Rumble match? That way, we get Bryan/Orton in what could a fantastic World Title match. Chris Jericho is another name that comes up when discussing the Rumble. Since Punk started using the Best in the World gimmick, a match between the two started being discussed between the IWC. And it can become reality if Punk can beat Ziggler and survive at Elimination Chamber and also if Jericho can win the Royal Rumble match. Regardless of the Rumble match, I'm sure we'll still get Punk/Jericho AND Bryan/Orton. Those have the potential to be the best two World Title matches since Wrestlemania 23.
Don't sleep on my boy Wade Barrett though. The Barrett Barrage isn't done just because he took out Orton. He now has to win the World Title and all he has to do to get his shot is to win the Rumble. I could see Barrett winning, Bryan dropping the title to Orton in the Chamber, and then the three having a Triple Threat at Mania. It's not like the World Title match is going to be one of the top matches, so why not feature two young guys? I also wouldn't be surprised if Sheamus or Miz won either. My top three are Barrett, Orton, and Jericho though.
Alright, what happens AFTER the Royal Rumble though? Well first, I think Cena is going to try one more time at getting the WWE Title before Mania, so we'll be treating to Cena being in the EC with Punk, Ziggler, Kane, Miz, and Truth, with Punk winning, unless Jericho didn't win the Rumble. I have a couple scenarios dealing with Punk/Ziggler/Jericho but I'll leave them for next Saturday. Bryan will probably defend against Show, Henry, Orton, Barrett, and Rhodes, with Orton winning the strap, UNLESS Barrett or Orton won the Rumble. If Barrett wins, Orton wins the title. If Orton wins, Bryan keeps the title. Either way, these three guys need to collide in some fashion at Mania.
So Rock/Cena, Punk/Jericho, and Taker's match will be the three main events of the show this year, with the World Title match and the MITB trailing behind. What about guys like Miz, Ziggler, and Rhodes? Where do they fit in at? I'm still pulling for Miz/Triple H and Ziggler/HBK somehow, but that doesn't leave anybody for Taker. Unless they're give it my boy Sheamus and have Rhodes face his brother. That's a solid WM card for you!
Rock/Cena
Punk/Jericho
Taker/Sheamus
Bryan/Orton/Barrett
MITB
Miz/Triple H
Ziggler/HBK
Rhodes/Goldust
Add Shaq and Big Show and a pointless Divas match and that's my WM card. MITB participants would be Kofi, McIntyre, Brodus Clay, Truth, DiBiase, Gabriel, Mahal, and Slater. Maybe. I think Ziggler and Miz will be apart of the match if they don't face HBK and HHH respectively. I know, my card is a pipe dream but I'm banking on Punk/Jericho and some World Title match featuring Bryan/Orton/Barrett. Everything else, not too confident on. Until we meet again Internet!
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