Live WWE Royal Rumble Discussion Thread - Saturday January 28th 2023

[Dale]

Saturday January 28th 2023
8pm ET, 5pm P, 1am GMT

CONFIRMED CARD


30 MAN ROYAL RUMBLE MATCH
Confirmed Entrants (15)
Seth Rollins, Bobby Lashley, Austin Theory, Baron Corbin, Cody Rhodes, Omos
Kofi Kingston, Ricochet, GUNTHER, Rey Mysterio, Santos Escobar, Braun Strowman, Karrion Kross, Sheamus, Drew McIntyre


30 WOMAN ROYAL RUMBLE MATCH
Confirmed Entrants (6)
Candie LeRae, Rhea Ripley
Liv Morgan, Raquel Rodriguez, Shayna Baszler, Zelina Vega

UNDISPUTED WWE UNIVERSAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Roman Reigns (c) vs. Kevin Owens

WWE RAW WOMENS CHAMPIONSHIP
Bianca Belair (c) vs. Alexa Bliss

PITCH BLACK MATCH
Bray Wyatt vs. LA Knight​

 

[Dale]

Bray Wyatt vs. LA Knight (Mountain Dew Pitch Black Match)​

At Royal Rumble, Bray Wyatt will battle LA Knight in a Mountain Dew Pitch Black Match, as the mysterious Uncle Howdy continues to add fuel to the fire of the explosive conflict.

A contentious conflict has grown between Wyatt and Knight ever since they first stood face-to-face backstage on SmackDown. The exact nature of that conflict, however, has been open to constant speculation.

Wyatt has insisted that he has not been responsible when Knight has been kidnaped, tormented or attacked backstage. Wyatt also claims he is in constant conflict to stop himself from being consumed with his dark past.

The ominous Uncle Howdy suddenly appeared before the WWE Universe as both adversaries were in the ring together. This added more questions than answers, though, as it was unclear whether Wyatt was vindicated by the sudden turn of events.

Regardless of Uncle Howdy’s involvement, Knight emerged on the Dec. 30 edition of the blue brand as Wyatt was apologizing for snapping and attacking a cameraman the week prior with the goal of putting him out of his misery. After Bray aggressively accepted the challenge for a matchup at Royal Rumble and tensions quickly escalated, Uncle Howdy suddenly appeared and attacked Wyatt with Sister Abigail!

What will happen when Wyatt and Knight go head-to-head in a Pitch Black Match? Will Uncle Howdy play a role in the match?
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[Skyefire]

I suspect that this Pitch Black match is going to be some ridiculous cinematic match and is going to totally suck.

 

[Chris]

 

[Dale]

Coincidence ​

 

[Order]

There is now way I'm believing The Rock is returning to win the Rumble...

 

[Cwalker]

Man that poster is very….

Electrifying

 

[Sabretooth]

I’d be too scared the fans would boo if Rock won the rumble

 

[Dale]

Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns vs. Kevin Owens​

Brace yourself for major disruption on The Island of Relevancy when Kevin Owens challenges Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at Royal Rumble.

The longstanding rivalry between Reigns and Owens spawned an incredible series of brutal Universal Title showdowns over the past few years, including a Steel Cage Match, a Tables, Ladders & Chairs Match, and a Last Man Standing Match.

Now, KO has again found himself at odds with The Head of the Table and The Bloodline. He recently teamed with “The Greatest of All Time” John Cena to hand Reigns and Sami Zayn a tag team loss on the final SmackDown of 2022.

Still seething over the defeat, the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion accepted Owens’ challenge for a title matchup at Royal Rumble.
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[Y2Jayne]

Cody on the poster

 

[Marty McFourth]

Reigns/Owens is one of those match-ups you can't really go wrong with. I have always enjoyed their chemistry together. One of my favourite matches they had was actually at another Rumble event too, the 2017 one. Owens took a brutal chair bump in it.

Spoiler

 

[Sabretooth]

Roman and KO have faced off at the Rumble twice before. Kinda crazy.

 

[Dale]

Skipping through some old Royal Rumble matches on Youtube, currently on the 2016 one and R-Truth enters and busts out the ladder and climbs it to retrieve the belt / case and gets immediately eliminated

 

[Y2Jayne]

 

[Wiseman]

Can't believe Cody is going to join Schism, didn't see that coming....