Royal Rumble 2016

Blue_Dabadee

In terms of NXT superstar spot in the Rumble, it will probably go to Sami Zayn since there is not much for him to do on NXT anymore and he could eliminate Kevin Owens to continue where they left off on NXT.

Stereomaniac

Triple H

Wouldn't it be great if this year was the year where they have an NXT wrestler make his debut in he Royal Rumble and win the thing? Surely that's an option they'll have to use someday.

demanufactured

Stereomaniac wrote: »

Wouldn't it be great if this year was the year where they have an NXT wrestler make his debut in he Royal Rumble and win the thing? Surely that's an option they'll have to use someday.

Yep...but they would hype it up so much that you'd know it's going to happen...WWE doesn't know how to do suprise.

Stereomaniac

Triple H

It will be some surprise when word leaks out Vince has died, 8 months after he's actually passed.

Agent Coulson

Curtis Axel the second wrestler named to be in the Rumble.

Scavenger XIII

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Curtis Axel the second wrestler named to be in the Rumble.

Axel should have 2 lives since he's still in from last year.

CastorTroy

I'm hoping something similar happens again and he never officially gets eliminated. Just make it a long running joke. Like Big Show.

riffmongous

Stereomaniac wrote: »

Wouldn't it be great if this year was the year where they have an NXT wrestler make his debut in he Royal Rumble and win the thing? Surely that's an option they'll have to use someday.

Unless it was Joe or Devitt I wouldn't know who they were though

Furious-Red

Would be great to see Balor turn up. Would be cool if the lights go out where most people think its Taker but ends up being Balor.

Stereomaniac

Triple H

riffmongous wrote: »

Unless it was Joe or Devitt I wouldn't know who they were though

It would be even better in that case if most people had the same lack of familiarity.

PTH2009

Brock

I think wwe should of let Batista return in the 2014 rumble match not the raw before it. Imagine the pop if he came out then.

Angle returning would be cool for me and a wm match with Daniel Bryan or the rock would be cool

CastorTroy

So Carlito and/or Shelton Benjamin being rumoured again this year? Actually tempted to stay away from this thread to avoid any potential surprises

ricero

Brock

Love angle to come back and eliminate a few of the league of nation members. Then at mania have a new team angle made of himself swagger and chad and gable from nxt take on the league of nations

Agent Coulson

Uhaa Nation/Crews maybe to be the NXT guy to get a spot.

Dazzmondo

Ambrose

Well, with that announcement, the Rumble match has become very predictable imo. Bank on Taker getting eliminated from the match before coming back in to eliminate Cena, Triple H costing Reigns the Rumble (without being an entrant in the match), and Lesnar winning the title. Taker vs Cena and Triple H vs Reigns at WM is already set imo. Not sure who Lesnar will face though. Possibly a tournament at Fastlane?

Kinda disappointed tbh. A lot seem excited about the idea but the winner of the last 3 rumbles has been so obvious. I was hoping to see an outsider like Kevin Owens or Bray Wyatt get the win. Now, it's just as obvious as Reigns winning last year imo. Hopefully the match is good at least.

Pinkman

This is very bad booking on their part leading into Mania. It would have made much more sense for HHH to have returned last night on Raw and beat the crap out of Reigns with a sledge hammer and announce he is face him at the Rumble for the title. In the match have all sorts of ****ery with the McMahons and League Of Nation all interfering only for The Rock to return and help Reigns win the match. Have Lesnar win the Rumble and then you have your two main events. HHH vs The Rock and Reigns vs Lesnar. Obviously Cena vs Taker can happen either way.

The only way I am happy with HHH vs Reigns happening at Mania is if it means we get Rock vs Lesnar (as that is by far the biggest match they can have) but that is unlikely to happen.

How likely is it HHH enters at no.30 and becomes the WWE Champion for the 14th time?

brianregan09

Owens

Wouldn't it be great if Finn entered the Rumble and was down to the final four with HHH, Reigns and Lesnar and the Bullet Club flooded the ring and eliminated all of them leaving Finn as the new champion

Lithium93_

Brock

After last night's Raw, the road to Wrestlemania is off to a rocky start..

johnnysmack

johnnysmack wrote: »

My prediction for the rumble is roman reigns enters at number 1 and single handedly eliminates ever one else winning the rumble and goes on to face himself in the main event of WrestleMania. It'll be roman vs reigns, bit like superman 3. Believe that!

I was only joking when I said this. Now it's an actual possibility of him winning the rumble.

Lithium93_

Brock

johnnysmack wrote: »

I was only joking when I said this. Now it's an actual possibility of him winning the rumble.

Behold the great mystic Johnnysmack and his crystal ball :pac:

Stereomaniac

Triple H

I'm gettin excited for this, really. It's less obvious than last year's result I feel and seems interesting.

Bret Hart

Triple H

Bret too make a surprise return at number 10,still a travesty how he got screwed at the 94 rumble,story of his WWE career.

beakerjoe

Ive a sneeky feeling its Brock v Bray at Wrestlemania...sigh

Loughc

Owens

beakerjoe wrote: »

Ive a sneeky feeling its Brock v Bray at Wrestlemania...sigh

If that happens I will cancel my Network subscription on the spot. Bray isn't a threat to any full timer, let alone to Lesnar. It'd be the most obvious outcome since Taker-Bray.

beakerjoe

Loughc wrote: »

If that happens I will cancel my Network subscription on the spot. Bray isn't a threat to any full timer, let alone to Lesnar. It'd be the most obvious outcome since Taker-Bray.

I dont think Ill ever cancel my sub, too much great past content and NXT, even if the main roster is ****e its still great value.

But yeah it be an awful state if Bray gets involved with Brock, a waste of his dates.

gimmick

About the only way to salvage what looks like a complete cluster is to have Reigns come in at 29 to a chorus of boos. He cleans house. Number 30 is Brock.

beakerjoe

gimmick wrote: »

About the only way to salvage what looks like a complete cluster is to have Reigns come in at 29 to a chorus of boos. He cleans house. Number 30 is Brock.

Then Reigns dumps out Brock and we are back to boo's

riffmongous

Just to be clear, what is the policy on spoilers in this thread? Particularly relating to any recently signed wrestlers? I'm already avoiding the NJPW thread just in case

Bounty Hunter

Owens

spoilers should be put in spoiler tags but that NJPW story is everywhere (across a good few threads from the news thread, Balor thread and it's own one so avoiding that might not be easy).

If the title states *spoilers* you can expect people won't be using the tags and atm this one doesn't so I hope people use them until it does

riffmongous

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

spoilers should be put in spoiler tags but that NJPW story is everywhere (across a good few threads from the news thread, Balor thread and it's own one so avoiding that might not be easy).

If the title states *spoilers* you can expect people won't be using the tags and atm this one doesn't so I hope people use them until it does

Yeah well I know the basics of the NJPW story, but I haven't found out yet if everyone is going straight to NXT or not, so I am avoiding a few of the threads alright