Hi and welcome to the Royal Rumble predictions blog. The first pay-per-view of the year is fast approaching, It's also the pay-per-view debut broadcast for BT Sport here in the U.K. Lets get to the match predictions in no particular order. Here we go!
United
States Championship Match - Andrade (c) vs.
Humberto Carrillo
Predicted Winner: Andrade.
Sheamus vs. Shorty G
Predicted Winner: Sheamus.
Roman Reigns vs. King Corbin (Falls count anywhere match)
I have a sense this feud will (unfortunately) carry on to
Elimination Chamber and end there. Predicted Winner: King Corbin.
SmackDown Women's Championship Match - Bayley (c) vs. Lacey
Evans
I’m undecided as to who wins this match, I sense this will
end in a disqualification after Sasha Banks gets involved. Predicted Winner:
Lacey Evans (by disqualification)
Raw Women's Championship Match - Becky Lynch (c) vs. Asuka
Becky will get her “revenge” from the loss at last years
Rumble event.
Winner: And still Raw Women’s Champion: Becky Lynch.
Universal Championship Match - "The Fiend" Bray
Wyatt (c) vs. Daniel Bryan (Strap match) Could we see a new champion here?
Sure. I have a feeling the Universal Championship match at ‘Mania could be a
triple threat match (more on that later down the line) in the meantime, this is
my prediction. Predicted Winner: And still Universal Champion: “The Fiend” Bray
Wyatt.
For the two Rumble matches, I have chosen three potential
winners each. Here we go!
Women's Royal Rumble Match
Pick 1: Ronda Rousey – She lost at WrestleMania last year
and hasn’t been seen on on WWE TV since. This is a great time for her to return.
Pick 2: Shayna Baszler – Its time for her to be called up or
called down to the main roster, depending on how you look at it. Shayna, like
Ronda, has unfinished business with “The Man” after she was attacked during the
closing stages at Survivor Series.
3rd and final pick: Nia Jax – Continuing the
Becky Lynch theme here. Nia winning the rumble and challenging the current Raw
Women’s champion would be great as it continues the story from when Nia
accidentally broke Becky’s nose prior to 2018 Survivor Series. if you remember
that far back. Also, the promos and match would be entertaining to watch that’s
for damn sure.
All three women are strong candidates to win, very much looking
forward to seeing what happens.
Men's Royal Rumble Match
Pick 1: Roman Reigns – Roman hasn’t been anywhere near the
Universal title picture since he returned from illness. The journey to the top
could begin with a win here, which I see happening to be honest.
Pick 2: Drew Mcintyre – If Roman doesn’t win then I hope
Drew does. The guy has been pushed, then de-pushed and so on. Now is the time,
starting with a big win here. He deserves to be holding the title right
now. 100%!
3rd and final pick: Kofi Kingston – I picked Kofi
because he is yet to have a rematch for the title, the way to set that up is to
have him eliminate Brock in the match as part of a redemption story, the scenes
would be incredible. The crowd would love it. There’s your WWE title match at
WrestleMania right there.
As you may know, The Royal Rumble event is my favourite on
the WWE calender. I will be watching to see what happens. Enjoy the show. I’ll
be back with the review-ish during the midweek. We are now on the road to
WrestleMania. Thanks for reading.