Its odd that Bubba does not like being a singles guy. The one thing TNA did right was make me see how awesome he could be at it.

That would be the most obvious way to debut them.

I'm happy that Charlotte vs. Becky Lynch is happening in Orlando. I hope there is some "NXT pride" flowing tomorrow.

We needed this thread a whole week ahead of time as opposed to 1-2 hours ahead of time because WHY?

Reigns\Brock is the only one's with a chance.

Why did you wait a whole week after the thread was made to raise your concerns about this matter?!

Why ask why?

Try Bud Dry.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD MORNING ROYAL RUMBLE!!!

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<font color=goldenrod>I like how half of the Tipsters entries have Triple H winning the Rumble, all from the #30 spot. That would make it just about the most predictable Rumble "surprise entrant" ever.</font>

Got a stupid insistence on looking for wrestler nicknames.

Well, rumours of HHH being injured aside, it's one of the few ways we get to a HHH/Reigns at WM. But then again Brock could be 30 in full heel mode leading us to Reigns/Lesnar II. The odds of it being anyone else seems pretty slim to me unless they decided to go in a totally different direction as a company than they have been.

<font color=goldenrod>Oh I know that Reigns, Triple H, and Lesnar are the only three realistic winners. It's just funny to me that the announcers will surely be all like OHMYGODIT'STRIPLEHICAN'TBELIEVETHIS!!! when his music hits and it'll be treated as this massive surprise even though basically the entire audience is expecting it.</font>

He was in line for the bucket to shit in where he lives

We needed a "today in wrestlers birthdays/death" because WHY!?

To be honest, with the injuries and lack of other believable matchups, it is literally the only story with long term build that they have. So unless they go for a big surprise, this is the easiest way to make that one long-term story match happen.

Would love to see Bray do it personally, not just to legitimise him, but to build to a title match with Lesnar at Mania. It could be very intriguing, put Bray on that level and have the believability of Lesnar having problems with them as a group.

Then you could just have Triple H costing Reigns in some way to continue the build to their match, which honestly, doesn't need the title

I think Reigns vs Lesnar is the much better option. There is absolutely no intrigue behind HHH vs Reigns for the title main eventing WrestleMania. Feels like a SummerSlam main event. HHH isn't a guy who should be closing out Mania at this point. He's the "co-main event" guy. Add to that the fact that no one would buy him walking out of WrestleMania as champion and it just doesn't work.

Reigns and Lesnar have unfinished business. A year ago they set out to find out who the better man is and it was ruined by Seth Rollins. Now there's no MITB winner to get in the way and they can settle it once and for all. It would be better if Lesnar was still carrying his unbeatable aura from after he ended the streak and squashed Cena to take the title... but it's the best story they could tell while actually making people question the outcome.

Also, you'd think the title being on the line would actually raise the interest of the Rumble but for some reason I'm feeling this less than usual. And I'm usually someone who is looking forward to the Rumble even when I haven't been into the product leading up to it.

They might press a panic button of sorts and throw whatever Bullet Club members they have in there to generate some excitement and talking points. There just aren't enough viable winners in there at the moment. I think that is the problem.

The list of possible winners was small enough, but when it is for the title, there are even less.

I think they should go with a surprise winner maybe. Bray could win and have Tamer challenge him for one more shot at glory in his home state. Then you have a Lesnar match and Reigns-HHH to hold that up. Not ideal, but not bad under the circumstances.

It got to 4 pages so obviously people wanted to talk about it. Dont see a problem with it being started early.

As much as I can't stand when they throw the title on a guy after jobbing him left and right instead of building him up to it...

Bray Wyatt winning would be fucking amazing.

0 chance of it happening... but, yeah.

Kofi elimination idea...

He gets tossed out by Reigns but Big E and Xavier, who were already eliminated but stayed at ringside, catch him. They start dancing around the ring, holding Kofi like a big baby and celebrating the save when Jericho, who they eliminated earlier, comes out and chases them to the back. For the next 20 minutes or so, we get occasional cutaways to the back where Kofi is standing on crates and stuff, trying to escape back to the ring while being stalked by Jericho as Big E and Xavier try to protect him.

Get kofi some stilts or a pogo stick

Maybe theres a bicycle under the ring in tribute of dusty rhodes
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Not only that, but I think Reigns has had more chemistry with Bray than anyone else. When they were feuding last year, I got the feeling that Bray could potentially be The Rock to Reigns' Austin. Granted I felt that a lot more strongly between Ambrose and Rollins when they were feuding, but they aren't the guys wwe is going eith atm.

On the flip side, Triple H would look really dumb from a character stand point if he came out earlier than 30. Authority already showed they are willing to rig a spot Rumble to punish a guy they hate so why not also rig another spot for their benefit.

It doesn't guarantee a Triple H victory but makes his odds a lot better especially if the ring has more anti-Reigns guys in it when #30 happens.

I figured it would make the most sense if they want a massive heel for Reigns.

21 superstars already announced leaves 9 suprise spots.

The WWE put up a vid speculating on Austin being a surprise then i looked on my Calendar and its beer can appreciation day..so..lol

The others they speculated on

Rollins - unless hes got mutant superhealing powers i doubt it
Bryan - ??
Taker - pretty likely Im guessing
Sting - again, like Rollins, i doubt it
Goldberg - least likely of them all which says something

If it is RVD, I riot

They've only got AJ. Anderson and Gallows are't done with NJPW yet.

Dunno what it is about the Rumble but I love it, really up for this. Triple H is predictable, but will prob still mark if Motorhead hits at number 30.

I really should want to see as much current guys in there as possible too, but I have to admit, I love the surprises, even if its just for the entrance pop.

I guess AJ could be the beginning and they could hint at more

Angle screws over TNA and shows up 2 weeks early?

Glad James Steele is on TPWW today, so we can get his reaction when Triple H wins the Royal Rumble. If Steele survives the experience.

Lol if they send Waltman out there to receive 0 reaction.