Thursday, January 25, 2024

2024 Royal Rumble | Predictions

Perhaps the greatest match stipulation and PLE in wrestling history, The Royal Rumble, will take place LIVE! from Tropicana Field in St Petersburg, Florida, this Saturday Night (Sunday morning here in the U.K) 

At the time of writing, there are four matches on the card, if there are more added, they will be talked about during the review. 

The Royal Rumble matches are always a lottery because you never know who will participate, this includes legends/hall of famers, we will not talk about any potential surprises/returns here because that will take away the fun of watching the event in all honesty, stay tuned for the review, let's get to the predictions, starting with the Women's Royal Rumble Match.

(Disclaimer: For both Rumble matches, two picks will be made, followed by the decision as to who the winner might be)

Women's Royal Rumble Match 
Pick One: Bayley - There seems to be some differences in the ranks in Damage CTRL, it seems inevitable that Dakota Kai will be the leader very soon, the match between Bayley and Iyo is most likely for WrestleMania 40, which will add more fuel to the fire. 

Pick Two: Becky Lynch - The Man failed to get revenge on Nia Jax after past events and will target winning the Rumble for the second time as a redemption arc, setting up a title match against Rhea Ripley at The Grandest Stage of Them All. 

Predicted Royal Rumble Winner: Bayley.

United States Championship 
Logan Paul (c) vs. Kevin Owens 
When the tournament to name a number one contender for the United States Championship was announced and Kevin Owens name was included, it was obvious he was winning it, in terms of his match against Logan? the thought is it will be decided due to someone helping the champion while the referee is distracted. 

Winner: Logan Paul. 

Men's Royal Rumble Match 
Pick One: Cody Rhodes - Ever since Cody lost to Roman at WrestleMania last year, the narrative on TV and social media, has always been that he must "finish the story" other stories available to follow in the WWE but here we are, it is a possibility he could win back to back Rumbles.  
 
Pick Two: CM Punk - Known as Pepsi to some, CM Punk has been one of the favourites to win since he returned to the company in November and has been linked with a World Heavyweight Championship Match against Seth Rollins, this will be subject to Punk winning and Rollins' injury status as time goes on. 

Predicted Royal Rumble Winner: CM Punk.

Additional prediction. 
NO clear winner of this year's Men's Royal Rumble Match, if Cody and Punk were eliminated at the exact same time. 

Undisputed WWE Universal Championship 
Roman Reigns (c) vs. Randy Orton vs. AJ Styles vs. LA Knight 
During this match, we will no doubt see close falls, interference from The Bloodline, basically shenanigans throughout and to be honest with you, when this was announced? the thought was LA Knight was going to take the losing the pin fall.  

Winner: Roman Reigns. 

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