The Winner is...
Its Rumble week and I hope you’re excited. I am. Some may say two excited as I’m pretty sure my friends are going to ban me using the words Royal and Rumble in a sentence together. So it’s only natural that my wrestling column this week is about the good ol’ RR itself. Today I’m going to outline five possible winners of the rumble and how likely I think their chance is of winning is. So hold on to your hats and LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE...
1) Chris Jericho
Probably a lot of people’s choice to win the Rumble, Jericho looks like he’s emerged as the favourite to win on Sunday. He’s a high profile star who’s never won a Rumble before and is rumoured to be working with Punk at Mania. The WWE likes to give their top superstars at least one Rumble win so this could be Y2J’s year.
Likelihood of Winning: Probably the most likely of the lot.
2) Randy Orton
If Jericho is Raw’s number one pick to win. Orton has to be Smackdown’s. The Rumble is in St. Lewis, which happens to be Mr Orton’s home town. Also, if Bryan continues with the title all the way up to WM, there is going be very few babyfaces that Bryan could face. The top babyface on Smackdown is undoubtedly Orton, so the match seems perfect. The only thing that is getting in Orton’s way is the fact that he’s already won the Rumble. Only three guys have done it in the past so it’s not really an accolade that the WWE hands out to just anybody.
Likelihood of winning: The Most likely face to win.
3) Kane
If the inevitable doesn’t happen and Jericho doesn’t face Punk at Mania. Then it would be a conundrum to who he will face on the grandest stage of them all. Punk has already feuded with a lot of the top babyfaces in the company. All except Kane. Kane is currently keeping Cena warm for the Rock. Once he’s done with that he’ll still be on a role and a high profile match could still be on the cards. Plus, in the ‘by the numbers’ video aired on last night’s Raw, Kane was featured heavily, leaving me to think that Kane winning could be a possibility.
Likelihood of winning: It’s not probable, it could happen though.
4) Sheamus
There has been a lot of upper mid carders, all staking their claim for the Rumble. During the match, a lot of this will fall by the waist side; however the likely of these claims probably belongs to The Great White, Sheamus. They’ve been pushing Sheamus pretty strongly of late without giving him a proper feud. Normally not having a feud could be a bad thing, but during Rumble season this means that if he does win, they’re will be no loose ends that needs to be tied up.
Likelihood of winning: It’s a long shot, but crazier things have happened.
5) The WHC or WWE champion
Just here me out for this one, never before have they stated that the WWE or WHC could be entered into the Rumble, but this year they have. I could be reading way too much into this, but to me this hints at either the WWE champ or the World Heavyweight Champ winning on Sunday. Plus, with a lot of high profile matches already on the cards for Mania, this might be the year where they unify the two titles.
Likelihood of winning: Not likely at all, but it could happen.
Obviously, there are more people who have a chance of winning, but they’re the five scenarios I have outlined. What do you think? Do you think I’ve left out the obvious winner. If so, let me know.
Until next time, enjoy the Rumble.
Twitter: @glamgrunge
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