Royal Rumble 2014 Predictions vs. Results:
- The Rhodes Family vs. The New Age Outlaws (WWE Tag Team Championship Match)
Prediction:
[hide]The Rhodes family wins this one.[/hide]
Result/Comments:
[hide]The NAO win the Tag Titles.
Now why the **** would these two guys get the tag belts--wait, who's in charge again? RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT. Now it makes sense.
At least these guys are relevant again, plus it pretty much cements the tag team division's revival.[/hide]
- Big Show vs. Brock Lesnar
Prediction:
[hide]Nice way to set up Show to get bodied at the PPV. That's exactly what's going to happen. (Although Show's imitation of Heyman was godlike lol)[/hide]
Result/Comments:
[hide]As expected. Pretty sure Show won't be imitating Heyman anytime soon, especially not with 4358490285 welts on his back after all those chair shots. Ouch.[/hide]
- Daniel Bryan vs. Bray Wyatt
Prediction:
[hide]Daniel Bryan, free. Pretty sure the rest of the Family's going to try and assert themselves, but Daniel's going to ride that huge wave of momentum from the past few months and win it.[/hide]
Result/Comments:
[hide]Bray Wyatt takes advantage of a concussed DB and wins.
Easily match of the night. Some great storytelling here.[/hide]
- Randy Orton vs. John Cena (WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match)
Prediction:
[hide]Cena Wins LOL[/hide]
Result/Comments:
[hide]After a run-in by The Wyatt Family, Orton retains.
Well, they had to set up for their eventual WrestleMania match somehow. Why not here?
Who really wins this match, though? The Pittsburgh crowd. Goes to show how professional both guys were to have to go through that all throughout the match. Also, Cena played off it by doing some heel-like tactics of his own.[/hide]
- The Royal Rumble
Prediction:
[hide]Batista wins. They didn't bring his ass back for nothing, especially not some random feud with Alberto Del Rio. Although CM Punk at #1 might make things interesting.[/hide]
Result/Comments:
[hide]As expected. Batista DID win, although the crowd reaction was less than stellar. A lot of folks were definitely behind Roman Reigns throughout the Rumble and expected him to win.
Also, WWE trolling their own fans by not putting Daniel Bryan in the match is a HUGE way to decrease their PPV buyrates. You have a huge gold mine in the bearded goat and you waste it. Even HE said in an interview that he wanted to be in the Rumble match and Triple H told him no.
I just feel bad for Rey Mysterio, who was the last guy to come out. He unjustly ended up being a victim of circumstance. I'm pretty much thinking he also felt Daniel should've been in.[/hide]
Overall, this year's Royal Rumble is proving that WWE's PPVs are on a huge downward spiral. So long as Trips is in charge, it looks like it's going to stay that way, even with the WWE Network set to launch next month. No one's going to be willing to pay $10/month if they keep screwing people over like this.