Rumble winner 2015

[Madagascar Fred]

who will win it? will we get another victory for a guy that really doesnt need the rub? again someone who already won it? or a big W for a young & hungry future star (major LOL!)?

[king1836]

Roman Reigns.

[Giul T.]

I can't think of any other former WWE wrestler that's going to make a movie soon, so I'll say Antonio eliminating Roman for the win.

[The IWC WORLD Champion]

I think Roman Reigns push will have burnt out by then when Survivor Series fails to break all records. Probably will be one of the main 4 or a returning Punk.

Would like to see Luke Harper repackaged and pushed by then, or maybe someone like Ryback or Big E get a serious push.

[Deleted]

Jess McMahon's rotting corpse.

[Instant Classic]

I'd love for Cody Rhodes to win.

[Push R Truth]

In this day and age I think one of the major problems resulting from unifying the titles is that any chance of a real surprise victory from the Royal Rumble is gone. The WWE won't put ANY risk into their Main Title Match at Mania.

I fully expect the next 10 Rumble Winners to be either previous Rumble Winners or have already been WWE World Heavyweight Champion.

[Bub (BLM)]

Randy Orton. Gotta push the up-and-comers.

[The IWC WORLD Champion]

I would prefer it is they just stopped making the rumble winner an automatic WM headliner.

[kevin]

Feb 6, 2014 12:28:43 GMT -5 Push R Truth said:

In this day and age I think one of the major problems resulting from unifying the titles is that any chance of a real surprise victory from the Royal Rumble is gone. The WWE won't put ANY risk into their Main Title Match at Mania.

I fully expect the next 10 Rumble Winners to be either previous Rumble Winners or have already been WWE World Heavyweight Champion.

That is why I went with ADR. I could see them promising him the record for Rumble wins in return for signing another contract. Though a Bryan win would be more likely right now.

Of new people I think Reigns is the favorite but that Big E and Ryback both have a shot.

By far the funniest scenario would be Punk making a return after one year on a newly signed 4 month contract getting the win.

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Feb 6, 2014 12:28:52 GMT -5 Bub (BLM) said:

Randy Orton. Gotta push the up-and-comers.

Seconded. I tried to think of "what's the dirt-worst, 'same-old-s**t' option they could go with" and this is where I arrived.

The amount of faith I have in WWE's booking is such that I would put money on this.

[543Y2J]

That Young Knockout Kid Hulk Hogan!!!

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

Feb 6, 2014 12:32:18 GMT -5 The IWC WORLD Champion said:

I would prefer it is they just stopped making the rumble winner an automatic WM headliner.

Honestly with the part timers around, the title match probably won't headline anyway. So what I'd like to see is for the Rumble win to be an "upset" of sorts with a lower carder winning if. They get the title match, lose, but still have the rub of going toe to toe with the champ at WM to give them kayfabe credibility.

[shaker]

Using some past history to predict a trend, you had:

2008 - Cena. Helped really cement him as THE guy. He may not have "needed" it, but it helped him.
2009 - Orton. Was pretty over then, had a good storyline to it. Fine with this one, too.
2010 - Edge. Also didn't really need it, but he was super over coming back.
2011 - Del Rio. Oh God.
2012 - Sheamus. Cemented him as a main eventer, no big issue here.
2013 - Cena. Didn't need it, should have given it to someone else and had them challenge for the WHC. But I understand why they did it.
2014 - Batista. Oh God, part II.

So 2015 will either repeat 2012 and cement a guy who's already pretty secure in the main event. Or it'll continue the trend of "Didn't need it" and give it to Cena/Orton/Batista again/HHH.

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Feb 6, 2014 13:30:59 GMT -5 shaker said:

2013 - Cena. Didn't need it, should have given it to someone else and had them challenge for the WHC. But I understand why they did it.

The way I see it, they kinda had to, not just for Cena, but to protect the rest of the roster. Anyone else would look dumb if they voluntarily chose to turn down an opportunity to wrestle THE ROCK in the main event of WM for the company's top prize in favor of curtain jerking for the B-Title in the 5th most important match on the card.

[shaker]

Feb 6, 2014 14:00:00 GMT -5 CATCH_US IS the Conversation said:

Feb 6, 2014 13:30:59 GMT -5 shaker said:

2013 - Cena. Didn't need it, should have given it to someone else and had them challenge for the WHC. But I understand why they did it.

The way I see it, they kinda had to, not just for Cena, but to protect the rest of the roster. Anyone else would look dumb if they voluntarily chose to turn down an opportunity to wrestle THE ROCK in the main event of WM for the company's top prize in favor of curtain jerking for the B-Title in the 5th most important match on the card.

Yup, and that was my reason for understanding it. I still think they could have written some other way around it, but I understand why it happened.

[Rican]

A returning Bobby Lashley

[mrbananagrabber]

HHH.

[Some Guy]

I have thought Roman Reigns would win the 2015 Rumble since around Summerslam last year, and I'll stick to it.

[Deleted]

Austin.