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#21 Posted on | Instant Rating: 8.63
Rumble: HHH
Del Rio
Owens
New Day
Charlotte
4-way: Henry/Swagger



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#22 Posted on | Instant Rating: 8.59
Rumble: Triple H
Owens
Charlotte
Del Rio
New Day
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#23 Posted on | Instant Rating: 4.04
Rumble: Bray Wyatt.
Ambrose
Del Rio
New Day
Becky
Henry/Swagger



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#24 Posted on | Instant Rating: 10.00
Rumble: Reigns
Ambrose
Del Rio
New Day
Charlotte
4Way: Dudleyz
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#25 Posted on | Instant Rating: 7.34
Rumble: My Client Barack Lesnar
KO
ADR
New Day
Becky
Dudleyville
whatever
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#26 Posted on | Instant Rating: 6.30
Rumble: Luke Harper. A guy can dream.
KO
New Day
Charlotte
ADR

Super glad to see Sandow on the list, but I'm guessing Swagger/Henry for the pre-show.




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#27 Posted on | Instant Rating: 5.12
    Originally posted by Big Bad
    The 27 guys announced for the Royal Rumble on WWE television...

    Reigns, Lesnar, Bray Wyatt, Harper, Rowan, Strowman, Jericho, Big Show, Sheamus, Barrett, Rusev, Del Rio, Henry, Neville, Titus, R-Truth, Stardust, Breeze, Konnor, Victor, Ryback, Axel, Slater, Rose, Dallas, Miz, Ziggler

    1. Just because they're announced doesn't necessarily mean they'll be in the actual match. There could be a backstage angle or something that takes some of the lower-level guys (i.e. the Ascension, the Outcasts) out to be replaced by surprise entries or some of the bigger-name undercard guys like Owens, the New Day, Ambrose, etc.

    2. Wade Barrett apparently can't take any physical contact with this neck issue of his, so it's an open question as to whether he'll be able to compete on Sunday.

    3. Holy crap is this ever a weak Royal Rumble field. The last three entries need to be some big-time surprise stars to help make things interesting.


I see the Wyatt Family, The Nation of Super Friends or whatever Sheamus group is, The Social Outcasts, and The Cosmic Wasteland. If only The New Day was there it would be like Royal Rumble: Stable Wars. The Ascension might not make it due to the 4-way.

Swagger/Henry. Need more former champs in this to pretend they have a shot. Does Orton and Cena have more title reigns combined than the field put together? Even though Swagger isn't listed in the Rumble and Henry is. The Ascension are listed too. It would be easier to just replace one instead of two.

Charlotte.

Uso's. The New Days run is almost over. Start the split for their 2-1 match at Mania.

Kalisto. By count out or DQ. ADR keeps the title.

Ambrose. If they wanted to do a tribute to the Flair Rumble then they need the IC title to change hands and the winner be in the Rumble. That man was Piper and Ambrose is the closest to Piper we have, but he already has the title.

Rumble: HHH will show up but not be an entrant. His inter fence will lead to Roman's elimination. Leading to new Champion Corporate Owens. He's HHH boy, he's been in big matches, and he's good on the mic. Their match on RAW was to test the waters. The Corporation isn't going anywhere and they need an in ring competitor. This also lets Rollins come back as a baby face.

Extra Rumble quirks: Axel starts in the ring before the Rumble even starts and says he's still in from last year. Reigns eliminates him in under 10 seconds. Then he enter under his drawn number later.

The Wyatts will be to the Nexus what The Social Outcast will be to The Corre. Sadly Ryback won't get to interact with more than one of them.

Jeri-Show will do a small reunion until Jericho doesn't save Show from Elimination.

Barrett has "beat up in the back" written all over him. Hopefully it will be by a recent heel turn Bully Rey after the Dudleys lose again.

Kane will be a mystery entrant.

Brock will be the one to eliminate all 4 members of the Wyatts at once. They will all reenter right after and eliminate him. They will tease an F-5 on Stroman but not hit it. So it will be Brock vs Bray at Mania.

I wish The New Day could enter the Rumble under "Freebird" rules. All three at once.

I have it as less than 1% Stone Cold, The Rock, or Goldberg are in this. But this would be a way to get the belt on one of them without pinning a current superstar and lead to a two month build towards mania where they could put Roman over.
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#28 Posted on | Instant Rating: 8.63
Additional prediction: Tye Dillinger debuts in the Rumble, drawing #10. He eliminates nobody and loses on Raw.



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#29 Posted on | Instant Rating: 8.75
WWE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
30 Man Royal Rumble feat. ROMAN REIGNS and probably others

I don't think it is entirely outside of the realm of possibility that the WWE, in their insane quest to get people to hate Roman Reigns, books him into a match-long Diesel push, eliminating 28 guys only to get dumped (with massive screwiness) by #30 who is HHH or Brock Lesnar. Really, as much as I'd love to see them do something (anything) interesting, those three are the only possibilities to win the match. There's also no way Mania doesn't end with Reigns holding the belt which I think rules Lesnar out. Lesnar/Reigns is a match where they can't really book either guy to win without fucking up something they've been trying to build. Maybe Bray dumps him since it seems like that's where they're going with Mania. And I don't really see the point of doing this if Reigns is going to retain the title - although I don't see the point of a lot of things they do - so that pretty much just leaves HHH. Otherwise: no Bryan, yes Styles, no everyone else from NJPW, surprise entrants are all from NXT - Sami for sure, maybe Enzo and/or Cass? Reigns gets the longest time, last man eliminated and breaks his own eliminations record. The Social Outcasts eliminate The Big Show.

INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP LAST MAN STANDING MATCH
Dean Ambrose (C) VS Kevin Owens

Last Man Standing matches aren't quite as bad as I Quit matches as far as "gimmick matches that sound good on paper but invariably have a dumb finish" go, but it's close. The match should be pretty undeniably great - these two have had decent matches on the last few shows but it's felt like they've been holding back and I think this might be what they were holding back for - but they'll find somewhat to wrap it up with something goofy. Kevin Owens wins and I still live in the fantasy world where he drops it to Sami Zayn at Wrestlemania.

UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Alberto Del Rio (C) VS Kalisto

See, here's a great example of the WWE doing things that make no sense: Del Rio regaining this belt the night after he lost it on Smackdown. (Even by the standards of "we need to have something interesting happen on Smackdown to hype that it's on USA now" - they should have had Kalisto's WIN on Smackdown) No matter what the outcome is here, it doesn't make sense. If Kalisto regains the title, this should've just been the rematch and wouldn't have dumped some goofy 24 hour reign onto him. If Alberto Del Rio retains the title - and I think he will - they should've let Kalisto hold it until now, go into the Rumble as champion and have something vaguely resembling a title reign.

DIVAS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Charlotte (C) VS Becky Lynch

No complaints on this one - the best booked womens feud on the main roster since...honestly, I don't even know. It's nice to see Charlotte finally revert to her heel character - which is much better than her super vanilla babyface role and it's great to see Becky Lynch get a chance to shine. Charlotte retains - I think the WWE knows what they've got with Sasha Banks and I think a face turn and a Wrestlemania title win are both in her immediate future once she comes back next month. (Admittedly, they don't feature her nearly enough, but she NEVER loses - her only main roster losses were in multi-woman or tag team matches where someone else takes the pin. She's quietly being booked like she's Roman Reigns and I think they're just waiting for the chance to pull the trigger.)

WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
The New Day (C) VS The Usos

The New Day are the best but I've got to give it to The Usos, if only because I've predicted this card VERY heel heavy and The New Day are pretty much out of teams to fight. The Usos can feud with the Wyatts again or dick around with the Social Outcasts and maybe the New Day can set their sights on sharing a singles belt.

PRE-SHOW ROYAL RUMBLE QUALIFYING MATCH
The Dudley Boyz VS The Ascension VS Mark Henry & Jack Swagger VS Darren Young & Damien Sandow

It's either the Dudleyz or Henry/Swagger. Mark Henry is a valuable guy to have in the Rumble because he's still seen as big enough - in every sense of the world - that eliminating him means something. Jack Swagger, on the other hand, is a bag of wet garbage. I've got to go with The Dudley Boyz, if only because Bubba Ray also has that "holy shit he eliminated the big guy" vibe and D-Von Dudley is one of those rare guys who've had long WWE runs that have somehow never been in a Royal Rumble match. It's pretty much just him and Scott Hall, off the top of my head.
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#30 Posted on | Instant Rating: 5.43
I'm going to take Reigns for the Rumble. Anything else is just overbooking to get to wherever it is they want to be at WrestleMania. Doesn't mean they won't do it, but I'm going to go with the simplest answer for once.

I say that Kalisto regains the US title. This whole thing is weird, but I think maybe they just want Kalisto to win the belt on a show people are actually watching? At any rate, it doesn't make sense for Del Rio to be the only champion in a stable that he's not actually in charge of.

Becky Lynch wins the title here, because everything about this feud says that she has to win. I want to be very clear here: If Becky loses, it is a clear-cut case of extremely poor booking. It's nothing short of a miracle that she and Charlotte have been able to shore up their feud the way they have, considering how poorly it started off. My hope is that a title loss causes Charlotte to realize that her father is a bad influence in her life, and that they can do something with that going forward.

New Day will probably retain, although I think it would be a good idea for them to chase the titles for a little while.

Owens and Ambrose is the hardest match for me to call. I think that Owens is almost certainly going to win the title back at some point, but I just can't see Ambrose losing what should be his signature match. I say that Ambrose barely outlasts Owens, setting up one final match between the two.

Overall, this has to be the strongest-booked show they've run in about a year now, right?
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#31 Posted on | Instant Rating: 5.47
Another prediction: Whomever enters at #24 wins.
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#32 Posted on | Instant Rating: 2.63
Here are some more thoughts from a demented mind in Central Florida:
PRE-SHOW ROYAL RUMBLE QUALIFYING MATCH - The Dudley Boyz VS The Ascension VS Mark Henry & Jack Swagger VS Darren Young & Damien Sandow: I do still love me some Mark Henry, and would love to see one last run in the Hall of Pain... but maybe that's from a Wrestlemania ArMBaR, and not necessarily a Royal Rumble run. Also, being paired with Jack "Dead Weight" "Why Did We Put This Guy in the WM 29 WHC Match Again?" Swagger doesn't bode well for him. Though we already had Bubby Ray as a surprise entrant in the Rumble a year or two ago, I just don't see anyone else with anywhere near enough star power to make things in the Rumble interesting. WINNERS: The Dudley Boyz.

DIVAS' CHAMPIONSHIP - Charlotte (C) VS Becky Lynch: I think Tenken347 is right on the money here.
    Originally posted by Tenken347
    Becky Lynch wins the title here, because everything about this feud says that she has to win. I want to be very clear here: If Becky loses, it is a clear-cut case of extremely poor booking.
That said, however, no one's ever accused the WWE of avoiding extremely poor booking in the past couple of years, but I doth digress. WINNER: Becky Lynch.

WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH - The New Day (C) VS The Usos: I'm torn on this one. I really don't need another Usos title run (and how sad is saying that after their run in 2004 after knocking off the New Age Outlaws in 2014?). And you want to save a few title wins for Wrestlemania. But I can't get past the question of, "If New Day retains, who do they face at Wrestlemania?" The time for Those Damn Dudleys (TM) to hold the belts has long since passed. Los Matadors? Don't make me laugh. The Lucha Dragons? A face turn for the Social Outcasts? I'm pretty face-heavy on the card (more on that later), but I think I have to go with WINNER: Those Damn Usos.

UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH - Alberto Del Rio (C) VS Kalisto: Hey, speaking of extremely-poor booking... this is up there with HHH and Jeff Hardy exchanging the IC Belt in 2001. I just have no idea at all why they gave Kalisto the one-day US Title run. And they've made too much of Del Rio to just piss him away this early, especially after regaining the belt on Tuesday. I think WWE's in a no-win situation here (that they've put themselves in, mind you), but I think the time to get the belt off of Del Rio is Wrestlemania. Therefore, I predict WINNER: Alberto Del Rio.

INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP LAST MAN STANDING MATCH - Dean Ambrose (C) VS Kevin Owens: Hey, does anyone remember Royal Rumble 2004, where Shawn Michaels and HHH had a Last Man Standing match for the WHC that ended in a draw? This one's the hardest for me to predict. In theory, they should be setting up for Wrestlemania - and I don't know if they're setting up for a Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens match as has been previously suggested, or who Dean would face if he retains here - does this feud continue?
I flipped a coin three times, and two out of three, Kevin Owens came up. So based on that (because the dartboard was unavailable), I'll predict, possibly through ref bumps and League of Nations chicanery, WINNER: Kevin Owens.

ROYAL RUMBLE FOR THE WWE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: Outside of maybe Brock Lesnar somehow winning, there are only two other likely outcomes I predict. I'm not sure which is worse, though I know which one I'm going with. Outcome #1: Roman Reigns beats the odds, and wins/retains. In the last few months, WWE has tried booking him as Daniel Bryan, then as Stone Cold Steve Austin... so why not go ahead and book him as Diesel and/or Hulk Hogan? Maybe they do the rematch with Brock at Wrestlemania, maybe they have him face Sheamus or some such... Outcome #2 (which I think happens here): Roman Reigns makes it to the end, and HHH ends up as #30, or a surprise final entrant, and through shenanigans, eliminates Reigns and wins the Rumble and the title. On Monday's RAW, he tells Reigns that he can get a title shot at Wrestlemania if he can win a Fatal Four-Way (or perhaps a gauntlet) match at Fastlane against Sheamus, Del Rio, Rusev, and Barrett (if he can go). Reigns agrees, and wins against all odds at Fastlane. Reigns wins in the main event at Wrestlemania.

The only way #2 works in the long run? After Reigns wins at Wrestlemania, there's no rematch with HHH. And the Authority is gone for good. It's done. Over. Never again. No bullshit where they pop back up a month later after threatening Edge/Christian/insert-featured-WWE-Legend-here. Let HHH go full producer/showrunner behind the scenes, especially with NXT. Ambrose/The Rock/maybe the Usos come out to counter the League of Nations, and Sasha Banks/Becky Lynch/Ronda Rousey/Bayley counters Stephanie and gives her comeuppance, once and for all. Will they do this? I'm skeptical. But I'm pretty sure that's the way they're going on Sunday. WINNER: HHH wins the Rumble, becomes once again WWE World Heavyweight Champion.



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#33 Posted on | Instant Rating: 5.97
I'm taking #17. Hopefully, the actual Rumble starts after football
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#34 Posted on | Instant Rating: 4.04
Pre-Show: Between the two logical choices, the DUDLEYS are the more interesting one, as there's already ample big-guy mid-card fodder in there without Henry and Swagger.

Divas: BECKY wins to set up Sasha getting it down the road, though not necessarily at WM.

Tag: NEW DAY retains because there's nothing interesting to do with the Usos as champions at this point. They'll be ready to push the Luchas again once Sin Cara comes back and the Social Outcasts are probably gonna end up faces sooner rather than later, if they aren't already.

US Title: DEL RIO retains, Kalisto is not meant to be a singles champ yet.

IC Title: AMBROSE retains. They're angling to elevate Owens to main event contender, and if the rumors of an Ambrose/Jericho feud are true, it only makes sense for Jericho to go for his 10th IC title.

Rumble/World Title: I haven't watched WWE since Daniel Bryan got shat on at last year's Rumble. I'm going to allow myself to not be cynical for just a moment and hope that one of the two ideal scenarios for this match come true - either BRYAN defies the dirtsheets, appears at #30 and wins, thus replacing one problem for the Authority with another, OR the most deserving guy who's been around and provides the most flexibility for booking in the main event gets a chance: BRAY WYATT. Because lord knows Reigns or especially HHH would accomplish nothing.



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#35 Posted on | Instant Rating: 0.21
I never watch the pre show matches so I don't care who wins that.


Diva's title: Becky should win this match but when has wwe done the right thing lately with booking. So I have to go with Charlotte

Tag team : New day because they beat every team on the roster multiple times.

Us Title: Kalisto because why not

IC title : Owens

Rumble match: I don't think wwe is that stupid to book triple h to win this, I se 3 possible winners here.
1) My pick and Most likely outcome Roman Reigns, why because they want to build him to be the next Cena, Rock, Austin to do that he has to win here, He won't look strong if he loses the belt after a month.


2) Less likely but still possible Brock Lesner. He lost the belt last mania without getting pinned it would be an easy story to have him win it without actually pinning Roman

3) Least likely to happen Daniel Bryan. I say least likely because if he does ever come back he might be viewed as injury prone and they might not want someone like that holding the championship for to long.



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#36 Posted on
I'd like to go on record and predict Seth Rollins to win the Royal Rumble match.
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#37 Posted on | Instant Rating: 1.39
I think that there aren't many absolute definite results here as they could have a variety of outcomes.

Preshow I think Swagger and Henry will win so there are 2 more ex champions in the Rumble.

Del Rio is certain to win.

Usos to win the title. Not a result I particularly want but is what is likely as they like them 'Sos.

Ambrose to win a great match. I can see Owens also entering the Rumble and putting in a very good performance making himself look fantastic.

Charlotte to retain, but I hope Becky wins. More likely to keep the belt on Charlotte until Mania.

I think they are going to do a real swerve on the Rumble and have someone not named to win it. I could see Taker winning it for a retirement reign until Mania to lose to Reigns. Rollins could return early for a face pop and reclaim the title he never lost. HHH winning wouldn't create enough shock or interest as it is expected. Reigns winning is pointless and would be hated worldwide undoing some of the good work they have done with him. Lesnar winning would make sense as he is Brock but he doesn't need the belt. Wyatt would be interesting but after the year he has had it just wouldn't be right. As fantastic as it would be for one of the new signings to win it, I can't see them being that brave.
At the end of the day I will go with HHH but hope I am wrong and they go for the curve ball.
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#38 Posted on
0) Dudleys/Ascension/Henry and Swagger/Young and Sandow - (Tag Team 4-way for two positions in the Royal Rumble) - Henry and Swagger by World's Strongest Slam, likely choosing them due to announcers talking about this could be Henry's last Royal Rumble.

1) Del Rio/Kalisto (US Title Match) - Del Rio due to double stomp from the top turnbuckle.

2) Usos/New Day (WWE Tag Team Title Match) - New Day after Big E/Kofi doubleteam finisher after Woods' interference.

3) Becky/Charlotte (WWE Divas Title Match) - Becky wins title with roll-up after Ric is ejected for interference.

4) Ambrose/Owens (WWE Intercontinental Title Match - Last Man Standing) - Ambrose via hog-tying Owens, causing him to not get up at the 10 count. Owens has his vengeance on Raw the next night destroying every competitor in the ring after every match.

5) Royal Rumble Match for the WWE World Heavyweight Title - Surprises: Triple H, Kane, AJ Styles, and Samoa Joe. Longest: Reigns, Shortest: Axel, gets clotheslined right after stepping in and flying out. #30: Triple H. Last 4: Reigns/HHH/Sheamus/Lesnar. Final result: HHH eliminates Reigns (with lots of help).

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#39 Posted on | Instant Rating: 4.54
Triple H needs a few more title reigns, so that he can catch up with Cena and feud over who will be the first to break Flair's record.

Therefore, winner and new WWE Champion, HHH.
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#40 Posted on | Instant Rating: 6.13
Dudleys
Del Rio
New Day
Becky
Ambrose
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