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Post by cabbageboy on Dec 21, 2013 11:07:59 GMT -5
I can't see them dragging out this Cena/Orton/Bryan thing until WM though. It just doesn't have the legs and there are 2 different PPVs to resolve it. Punk is really the only logical choice to win the Rumble itself. Punk can face Orton in a semi fresh matchup, HBK vs. Bryan, and Cena can face HHH in some "Battle for WWE" type deal.
Guys like Roman Reigns and Big E. Langston just aren't ready to main event yet. Reigns is still too closely aligned with The Shield and Big E. needs a solid IC run before doing anything more. If anything I can see the US/IC titles unified between now and then and maybe do Reigns vs. Langston for both belts.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2013 11:25:16 GMT -5
Daniel Bryan may or may not win the Rumble.
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 21, 2013 11:26:56 GMT -5
If WWE books according to their usual logic, Punk will win the Royal Rumble, face Orton at Wrestlemania, and lose
Bryan will face HHH at Wrestlemania, and also lose.
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Post by r. on Dec 21, 2013 11:28:40 GMT -5
THAT'S JUST UNPOSSIBLE!
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Dec 21, 2013 11:32:38 GMT -5
Should Bryan win the Rumble? If the storyline wasn't booked so bizarrely then yes. That's the proper ending based on the story that WWE has crafted. If Bryan doesn't beat HHH or Orton at Mania, the story is incomplete.
Will Bryan win the Rumble? Seriously doubt it. They've done the match four different times. At this point, Punk is the more logical winner.
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Post by StuntGranny® on Dec 21, 2013 12:13:03 GMT -5
I've said it before, but I honestly expect Cena or Sheamus to win. Sheamus seems the most likely, in my opinion.
They're not going to do anything unpredictable and probably won't do anything that makes sense. When we accept that, we will numb the sting of disappointment that will surely come following the Royal Rumble.
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Post by Super Nintenjoe KBD on Dec 21, 2013 12:23:29 GMT -5
Id enjoy that triple threat but I can imagine WWE thinking that it puts them in too similar a positionas WMXX with Brian=Benoit.
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 21, 2013 12:31:00 GMT -5
If I was booking things, Daniel Bryan would vow to win the match, and HHH would be determined to stop him.
HHH would first make Daniel Bryan wrestle a series of qualification matches in order to even get into the Rumble, each more unfair and stacked against him than the last.
Bryan would get through all of them.
HHH would then engineer a rigged draw, so that Daniel Bryan draws #1. It will be shown afterwards that all the balls in the draw basket were #1, and Bryan was the only person forced to draw the number from that basket.
Bryan would draw #1 and the match would start. As the match progressed, it would be obvious that some guys were intentionally targeting him, as HHH had paid them off, but Daniel Bryan would survive and win the whole thing.
In the time between the Rumble and Wrestlemania, HHH would force him to wrestle in highly unfair matches, screwing him over time and time again.
Eventually at Wrestlemania, Bryan destroys Orton and wins the title. He then goes onto have a lengthy title reign where, like Bret in his first reign, he simply fights anyone willing to challenge him. A proper fighting champion.
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Dec 21, 2013 12:35:10 GMT -5
If I was booking things, Daniel Bryan would vow to win the match, and HHH would be determined to stop him. HHH would first make Daniel Bryan wrestle a series of qualification matches in order to even get into the Rumble, each more unfair and stacked against him than the last. Bryan would get through all of them. HHH would then engineer a rigged draw, so that Daniel Bryan draws #1. It will be shown afterwards that all the balls in the draw basket were #1, and Bryan was the only person forced to draw the number from that basket. Bryan would draw #1 and the match would start. As the match progressed, it would be obvious that some guys were intentionally targeting him, as HHH had paid them off, but Daniel Bryan would survive and win the whole thing. In the time between the Rumble and Wrestlemania, HHH would force him to wrestle in highly unfair matches, screwing him over time and time again. Eventually at Wrestlemania, Bryan destroys Orton and wins the title. He then goes onto have a lengthy title reign where, like Bret in his first reign, he simply fights anyone willing to challenge him. A proper fighting champion. I wrote a little "Road to WrestleMania" scenario of my own before SummerSlam last year, and this was pretty much WORD FOR WORD how I had it going down (complete with the Orton screwjob at SummerSlam itself) as well. Bravo!
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Post by paywindah on Dec 21, 2013 13:02:31 GMT -5
Don't be surprised if Bryan is not even in the Rumble match. I'm expecting them to put him against Bray or the Wyatts, possibly with a "lose and you have to join them" stip to give him something else to do since they aren't letting him anywhere near the main event for the road to Mania.
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Post by gnr123 on Dec 21, 2013 13:23:32 GMT -5
I don't see why Bryan shouldn't win the Rumble. Would it make sense for it to be Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton at WrestleMania for the WWE Championship? Of course. But, it's been done already many times already. My fantasy booking mind say's that it'll be awesome for, instead of it to be Orton vs. Bryan, have it be Bryan vs. Lesnar. Think about it? Have Lesnar be the 30th entrant in the Royal Rumble, and have the last two be down to Bryan and Lesnar. On one hand, you have the 5'10 150 pound submission wrestler, on the other hand you have the 6'3 250 pound "beast incarnate." But, surprisingly, Bryan eliminates Lesnar, much to the dismay of the Authority.
Than, have Lesnar win the Elimination Chamber, basically bulldozing over everybody like Goldberg in 2003. He wins the belt, and he has to defend in against the Royal Rumble winner, Daniel Bryan. You have your classic David and Goliath match, and you have Daniel Bryan beat the odds (like he did at the Royal Rumble) and he wins the belt from Lesnar.
Than that free's up Cena for Taker. And you have use Orton to be Triple H's wrestler in a match for the control of the company. And with Vince (and this is only due the recent reports) a returning Dave Batista.
If the main event does not involve Daniel Bryan (or fellow indy darling CM Punk) you will hear it. You did at Survivor Series, it wouldn't surprise me if the WrestleMania crowd let their voice's be heard of their displeasure with the main event if it involves Triple H or John Cena. And Bryan's not in the WWE Championship match. It's like in 2005, instead of pushing Cena since he was very over, they continue to push Kurt Angle in the main event scene despite the fans supporting Cena.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2013 13:25:19 GMT -5
Please use spoilers for threads like this one. Thanks.
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Post by MichaelMartini on Dec 21, 2013 13:26:31 GMT -5
It might fail in execution though, Triple Threat matches usually aren't all that good. They've been good at Mania though. Show/Edge/Cena and HHH/HBK/Holly were great.
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Post by metylerca on Dec 21, 2013 13:27:24 GMT -5
If I was booking things, Daniel Bryan would vow to win the match, and HHH would be determined to stop him. HHH would first make Daniel Bryan wrestle a series of qualification matches in order to even get into the Rumble, each more unfair and stacked against him than the last. Bryan would get through all of them. HHH would then engineer a rigged draw, so that Daniel Bryan draws #1. It will be shown afterwards that all the balls in the draw basket were #1, and Bryan was the only person forced to draw the number from that basket. Bryan would draw #1 and the match would start. As the match progressed, it would be obvious that some guys were intentionally targeting him, as HHH had paid them off, but Daniel Bryan would survive and win the whole thing. In the time between the Rumble and Wrestlemania, HHH would force him to wrestle in highly unfair matches, screwing him over time and time again. Eventually at Wrestlemania, Bryan destroys Orton and wins the title. He then goes onto have a lengthy title reign where, like Bret in his first reign, he simply fights anyone willing to challenge him. A proper fighting champion. I like this and I want it known that I like it before I deconstruct it. The only problems with this are that WrestleMania never has rematches from recent matches on it as the main event. It hardly has rematches as any match on the card, TBH. The closest was Orton/HHH at 25. But even then the last match they had was Extreme Rules the year prior. Same with Austin/Rock who had a match in late-98 on RAW that didn't amount to anything. This is the major flaw with just about everyone's fantasy booking for Mania. It's fine, it makes sense, but it just doesn't suit what they actually push for WrestleMania. And even with WWE's crackhead booking since SummerSlam, I see no reason for them to just toss Bryan and Orton against each other at WrestleMania. Another flaw with fantasy booking (that gets complained about when it doesn't play out on screen) is that people leave out WWE's insistence on pushing former stars in huge roles for the main 3/4 matches. We're almost guaranteed a Cena main event, a Brock headline match, Hunner doing something in-ring, Undertaker, Orton and Punk. Those are all people they'd rather push instead of Bryan and to expect or fantasize about Bryan squeezing through the cracks to wind up in a high profile WrestleMania match is crazy. Bryan might win the Rumble, but then he'd be dicked out of his Mania title shot at Elimination Chamber somehow to set up a semi-high profile revenge match. They won't "risk" a WrestleMania moment on somebody they clearly didn't see enough upside to even push in the dead months of Fall. The best odds are to bet on Punk, a returning superstar, or John Cena for the third time. Not the most exhilarating of options, but easily the most bankable in the eyes of WWE. And with that said, I'd love if what you posted actually happened because it'd show confidence in Bryan's ability to be a star rather than have his character be "guy who has potential to be a star."
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2013 13:28:33 GMT -5
Please use spoilers for threads like this one. Thanks. Where are the spoilers? Are you on about Smackdown spoilers? The rules on here are that once something has been aired in the US it doesn't require spoiler tags. EDITjust remembered next weeks Raw + Smackdown are pre taped, are these what are being spoiled?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2013 13:33:22 GMT -5
Please use spoilers for threads like this one. Thanks. Where are the spoilers? Are you on about Smackdown spoilers? The rules on here are that once something has been aired in the US it doesn't require spoiler tags. EDITjust remembered next weeks Raw + Smackdown are pre taped, are these what are being spoiled? The thread title is a huge spoiler. It's not fair to us regular wrestling fans to have our dreams broken by an wrestling insider like OP.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2013 13:38:56 GMT -5
Where are the spoilers? Are you on about Smackdown spoilers? The rules on here are that once something has been aired in the US it doesn't require spoiler tags. EDITjust remembered next weeks Raw + Smackdown are pre taped, are these what are being spoiled? The thread title is a huge spoiler. It's not fair to us regular wrestling fans to have our dreams broken by an wrestling insider like OP. There's a lot of them here. Hell every time I watch RAW it seems like someone spoils the results of a Cena match ahead of time.
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Post by Some Guy on Dec 21, 2013 13:57:56 GMT -5
If I was booking things, Daniel Bryan would vow to win the match, and HHH would be determined to stop him. HHH would first make Daniel Bryan wrestle a series of qualification matches in order to even get into the Rumble, each more unfair and stacked against him than the last. Bryan would get through all of them. HHH would then engineer a rigged draw, so that Daniel Bryan draws #1. It will be shown afterwards that all the balls in the draw basket were #1, and Bryan was the only person forced to draw the number from that basket. Bryan would draw #1 and the match would start. As the match progressed, it would be obvious that some guys were intentionally targeting him, as HHH had paid them off, but Daniel Bryan would survive and win the whole thing. In the time between the Rumble and Wrestlemania, HHH would force him to wrestle in highly unfair matches, screwing him over time and time again. Eventually at Wrestlemania, Bryan destroys Orton and wins the title. He then goes onto have a lengthy title reign where, like Bret in his first reign, he simply fights anyone willing to challenge him. A proper fighting champion. I think they've botched it too much at this point, but I would have been okay with the Rumble being a Hunger Games 2 type scenario with Bryan. Half of them are trying to eliminate Bryan at all costs, but for some reason half the guys won't touch him and it's revealed that they see him as the leader to the opposition of The Authority, and eliminating him would be killing the ideal they have been trying to build on.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2013 14:10:33 GMT -5
No one's going to give you hate responses because you're such an independent thinker.
They're going to give them to you because of how annoyingly you worded your post in this "I know you smarks think this, but I got news for ya!" fashion, and THEN tried to go "don't hate me cuz I'm different, you guys". At least I am.
Bryan is the hottest star in the company right now, that's why people think he's winning the Rumble. I didn't think it was happening month or so back, but now I can definitely see it.
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Post by The Ichi on Dec 21, 2013 15:54:03 GMT -5
It's going to be Punk. I am known as the guy that predicted Alberto Del Rio winning it in 2011, I have credentials.
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