We all know what’s going to happen Sunday night at The Royal Rumble don’t we? Roman reigns will win the rumble and Brock Lesnar will retain the championship in the triple threat, by pinning Kane while Strowman is out of the picture. Roman Reigns will then go on to Wrestlemania and face the Beast Incarnate for the the championship and heck, he may even be the guy to win it from him. And what of the Undertaker? After he had ‘retired’ he gave a very confused Raw 25th anniversary appearance that probably, maybe will see him take on John Cena at Wrestlemania? We all know that all of this is likely to happen…
but what if…
Here is another idea. Roman reigns will not win The Royal Rumble. Reigns has won it before and IT DID NOT GO DOWN WELL WITH THE FANS. And if WWE are anything, they are a company that listens to their fans (insert further sdarcasm here). Instead I propose Shinsuke Nakamura will emerge victorious. Since joining the WWE from New Japan, Nakamura had a fairly good push in NXT even becoming NXT Champion. However like so many others, once he crossed to the main brand, the recognition of his greatness has floundered, and WWE really haven’t done much with him over the last year. Now is his time to shine and I would very much like to see him win and perhaps feud with the incoming Ricochet (if he goes straight to Smackdown of course). But who will the Universal Champion be?…
Braun Strowman! I propose that Strowman will win his fight against Kane and Lesnar, and I see him pining Lesnar (A Kane pin fall won’t be a strong enough statement). We waited for so long to see Strowman / Lesnar… it should have been amazing. Instead it was just ok. And that’s not good enough. WWE (for once) have done exactly the right thing with Strowman. They paired him with a good mentor in Luke Harper, then when he was ready, moved him to Raw with an altered gimmick. They slowly built him up over the course of the year, where he has decimated everyone in his path… except Lesnar. Strowman is a star who commands the biggest pop and now is his time to take the title from him. There are rumours of Lesnar’s departure and who better for him to drop the title to? It is likely that Vince McMahon will want one more Wrestlmania fight from Lesnar, which brings me to…
The main event at Wrestlemania will be a triple threat; Lesnar Vs Reigns Vs… The Undertaker. Think about it. Undertaker is done. He has maybe one more match left in him for the WWE. The Wrestlemania streak was broken by Brock Lesnar, and then he was defeated again by Roman reigns. NO! Not good enough! The Undertaker deserves more. Mark Calaway deserves more to recognise his legendary status and commitment to Vince and the WWE. We know he is coming back for something, we just don’t know what or when. But what would be a more fitting send off, than to see him get retribution and get the pin against Reigns and Lesnar at Wrestlemania, for his final WWE match. Chokeslam and Hell’s gate submission to reigns followed by a last Ride and Tomb Stone Piledriver to Lesnar for the win… It would be perfect.
Rest. In. Peace
Chris
@cw_stagg
