Sunday, January 27, 2013 U.S. Airways Center Phoenix, Arizona The Royal Rumble 30 Man Over The Top Rope Battle Royal. The winner receives a shot at either the WWE Champion or World Heavyweight Champion at Wrestlemania. WWE Championship Match CM Punk(c) vs. The Rock World Heavyweight Championship Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. Big Show World Tag Team Championship Daniel Bryan & Kane (c) vs. Damien Sandow & Cody Rhodes YouTube Pre-Show: United States championship: Antonio Cesaro [c] vs The Miz
Honestly, at this point EVERYTHING is speculation. Rock beats Punk at Rumble, Cena/Rock at Mania, Cena wins. Very few ways that can be set up.
they dont really have to use the rumble for that he can just challenge the rock at wrestlemania. They could have the winner go for the heavyweight title or have a triple threat for the rock cena match.
the easy way out winners are taker or cena this is how i see it going down rock beats punk for wwe title and cena wins rumble thus cena rock 2 at wm for title or punk beats rock and number thirty in the rumble is undertaker he wins and challenges punk streak v title the shock winner would be chris jericho or lesner orton winning it = who cares ryback wont win it
I was looking forward to Rock/Punk promos quite a bit. Then, suddenly I realized something. There is absolutely NO WAY in hell that the WWE let's Punk off the chain for this. It'll be more of this respect nonsense and yada yada. The WWE needs to take the gloves off and let Punk cut a promo like he's able to. I do think however that he would destroy the Rock who could barely cut a better promo than Cena last year due to him being a big Hollywood star instead of a wrestler, er, entertainer anymore. As for the Rumble match itself. Lesnar wins.
Streak vs Title would do HUGE business. Punk and Taker have had good matches before too: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hH6t3KCX1Y]Undertaker vs CM Punk World Heavyweight Championship Submission Match Breaking Point 2009 - YouTube[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l2fE1hywiw]UnderTaker Vs CM Punk Hell In A CelI 2009 - YouTube[/ame]
I never understood why people feel the need to come into threads and crap on things? Anyway. I think that the E might do something interesting or they might just be the same predictable E. Either way, with the SHIELD in the WWE there's no way the Rock walks away with the title.
The title would get some big time rep if they did the right thing and let Punk win clean. No gimmick, the best now beats the old timer. Give the belt the prestige it's been missing since the Attitude era and then have Punk put it on the line vs Taker at WM. Rock and Cena can still have their storyline without the title. You can have Cena rub the loss in the Rock's face and let it turn hostile.
raw was taped this week i guess spoiler alert with kofi losing the ic title you would think this knocks wade barret out of being a rumble winner got me thinking..... anyone buy kofi kingston as the 2013 royal rumble winner?
Apparently the E is really big on Kofi and see's him as a World Title guy. I think it'll be a year or so but I wouldn't imagine it impossible for him to win the Rumble. I also don't think winning the IC title will knock Wade out of the possibility of winning the Rumble. They're mega high on him and a lot of folks had him winning last year. It depends on who the WHC is after the Rumble. I can't imagine them not having a WHC match at the Rumble so that'll tell you a lot.
How about have Barrett hold the IC title for a while, let Kofi stay in chase mode. It's a better mode for him as an uuber babyface. I am a huge Barrett fan, I think he's a money maker down the road.
I think that Barrett will be the MITB winner. And I agree that he should keep the IC title for a while and that him and Kofi should feud for a little bit. I think that Barrett and Cesaro should become a tag team and hold onto the IC, US and Tag titles. That'd be freaking AWESOME!
You can't do Punk Taker for the title at Mania. Taker can't be a full time worker and in my opinion Taker should never lose at Mania. I have Punk beat Rock at Rumble lose it to someone at the Chamber (Not sure who but not Cena) and then you have Punk Taker at Mania (Rumoured to be penciled in) Rock Brock and a WWE title match that hopefully don't have Cena in it
You think Vince McMahon uses any kind of logic? Odds are strong that Rock will beat Punk at RR and he can't do a full time schedule either. Between filming and doing press for GI-Joe, the Rock is overbooked for the Spring time. We'll be lucky to see him live on TV twice before the Rumble.
