I reckon 'Taker will win it and then win one of the titles at WM as a send-off before he calls it a day.
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Royal Rumble
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Ernest
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That is my pick, Undertaker to win and challenge Reigns at WM
The_Viper
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You say that, but I remember reading an interview or podcast somewhere that Vince and co. decided Seth would cash in against Brock and Reigns DURING that Mania.
Noooooooooooooooooooo.
Lenny Rider
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Have they forgiven Hulk Hogan yet?
pacman
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Think it'll be a Raw guy and will depend on the title match so if Reigns wins the title I'd go for Strowman, if Owens retains I'd say Finn or maybe Zayn as an outside bet.
emphyrian
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Yeah thats right. The rumour is that Reigns wasn't getting the crowd over enough and decided half way through the Reigns/Lesner match that Rollins would cash in money in the bank for the win. So even if its a sure safe bet anything can still change even during the match.
Vatican Citys No.2 Keeper
Rebels & Albion
Confident this has every chance of being one of the better Royal Rumbles in recent years. Last year wasn't bad, but I thought 2015 was booked horrendously (not a problem with Reigns winning, but the way it happened) and 2014 was soured by the lack of Daniel Bryan. Impossible to say there is a definitive favourite this year. For me it'll be one of Braun Strowman, Chris Jericho, Finn Balor (if cleared to return) or Undertaker winning. Expecting Big Cass to get the most eliminations as well.
Can see Samoa Joe and Tye Dillinger (TEN!) making their main roster debuts. As far as surprises go, Kenny Omega would be amazing, but with his comments about his ambitions in New Japan I can't see it. Angle is a possibility IMO despite him saying he won't be in it. Jake the Snake would be a cool one as well. Can't see anything topping my reaction after AJ Styles' appearance at #3 last year. Surreal having seen one of his last indy appearances v Zack Sabre Jr a week before that.
Also have the not-so-small matter of PROGRESS Chapter 43 earlier that afternoon, which will no doubt be awesome as always! Will probably go and watch the Rumble at Walkabout in Brighton that evening. If any other NSC-ers want to pop over and say hi, I'll be wearing my PROGRESS battle jacket, so won't be hard to miss!
As someone who has been a massive fan of the UK Indy scene in the past 2 years (mainly PROGRESS) am glad to see the interest in it has taken off in late-2106/2017 what with the WOS reboot and the WWE UK Championship tournament.
FWIW, Pete Dunne, Tyler Bate and Trent Seven were pulled by WWE from the PROGRESS/WxW cross-promoted show in London for Saturday, so every chance they could fly-in for NXT or even one of them pop up in the Rumble; Though on the other hand it could be just because that show on Saturday is being live streamed on IPPV on FloSlam, which is something they're not allowed to be a part of because of the contracts they've signed AFAIK.
If there's anything you should take away from all this, it's that you should go check out PROGRESS! To say it changed me as a wrestling fan is an understatement!
Can see Samoa Joe and Tye Dillinger (TEN!) making their main roster debuts. As far as surprises go, Kenny Omega would be amazing, but with his comments about his ambitions in New Japan I can't see it. Angle is a possibility IMO despite him saying he won't be in it. Jake the Snake would be a cool one as well. Can't see anything topping my reaction after AJ Styles' appearance at #3 last year. Surreal having seen one of his last indy appearances v Zack Sabre Jr a week before that.
Also have the not-so-small matter of PROGRESS Chapter 43 earlier that afternoon, which will no doubt be awesome as always! Will probably go and watch the Rumble at Walkabout in Brighton that evening. If any other NSC-ers want to pop over and say hi, I'll be wearing my PROGRESS battle jacket, so won't be hard to miss!
As someone who has been a massive fan of the UK Indy scene in the past 2 years (mainly PROGRESS) am glad to see the interest in it has taken off in late-2106/2017 what with the WOS reboot and the WWE UK Championship tournament.
FWIW, Pete Dunne, Tyler Bate and Trent Seven were pulled by WWE from the PROGRESS/WxW cross-promoted show in London for Saturday, so every chance they could fly-in for NXT or even one of them pop up in the Rumble; Though on the other hand it could be just because that show on Saturday is being live streamed on IPPV on FloSlam, which is something they're not allowed to be a part of because of the contracts they've signed AFAIK.
If there's anything you should take away from all this, it's that you should go check out PROGRESS! To say it changed me as a wrestling fan is an understatement!
Tyrone Biggums
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No he wouldn't, the majority fans would lose their shit if he put himself over another bunch of stars.
Tyrone Biggums
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I'd have Baron Corbin ahead of all of them bar Strowman.
If I was booking i'd have these two as the final two left in the ring.
Both legit big men and both legit heels. It would also provide a situation where you actually wouldn't know which one would win to get the big push as they both are probably in line for a push up the roster into a main event.
Boston28
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Samoa joe being called up from nxt and winning to go on to mania and face aj and cena in a triple threat is my shout. But vince likes to wake up the morning of pay per views and change is mind on the result like he did for the women's hell in a cell match a couple of months back so a good chance we are all guessing before he has even made his own mind up!
I see Shinsuke Nakamura lost the NXT Championship at TakeOver last night...I wonder if that means he'll be showing up this evening?
Chris_Highwind
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Would be a bit odd if he does - the story of the NXT title fight was very much Roode badly injured his leg so wouldn't make sense storywise for him to be fine the next night and fight in the rumble.
But this is WWE creative so who knows
SUIYHP
The King's Gull
Definitely possible, he's been in NXT for over a year now.
crodonilson
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Randy Orton now 1/25 to win the Rumble, incredible!
Money been steaming him for him all day.
Money been steaming him for him all day.
albionalex
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That's a pretty big giveaway then.
I'll be tuning in via the Network tonight - can't imagine really why anyone would pay Sky Box Office prices for a one-off event when you can get far better VFM via the Network, with all the thousands of hours of stuff available as well as the Rumble.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
Just starting now
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
First match up - SIX Women's tag Nikki/Becki Lynch/Naomi v Alexa Bliss/Mickie James/Natalya
Boston28
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I can't take any match seriously that has Nikki Bella in it, I can enjoy it but just can't take it seriously.