Royal Rumble WWE Royal Rumble 2015: Early Match Card Predictions for the Pay-Per-View

[Just Kevin]

No, I'm not shitting on your point, I get it, actually. It's quite possible of happening, but it seems meh to me.

Yeah, having him defeat Show before the actual Rumble match would make him look badass, in the eyes of those ultimate marks. Not in mine, though.

Yeah, with the whole Show not getting knocked down by the Superman Punch thing that happened.. I figure the ending to the Rumble will be Reigns hitting Show with a Superman Punch that knocks him over the top rope.. and Cole and Lawler screaming "He hit him so hard he flew out of the ring!".. just seems like a WWE thing to do.

 

[Prince Bálor]

Yeah, with the whole Show not getting knocked down by the Superman Punch thing that happened.. I figure the ending to the Rumble will be Reigns hitting Show with a Superman Punch that knocks him over the top rope.. and Cole and Lawler screaming "He hit him so hard he flew out of the ring!".. just seems like a WWE thing to do.

Yeah, I can definitely see that happening, but I doubt it'll come to Reigns/Show being the last two men.
Reigns will definitely be in the final four, and probably winning, sadly. But then again, it's okay if he wins the Rumble and then goes on to conquer The Beast, as long as Rollins cashes in on him that very night at WM31.

 

[The GOAT]

While reasonable, I hate almost all of this. Ziggler being in a long time with Rollins imo is pretty much a guarantee, but New day beating Star/golddust and Uso's beating miz/mizdow is pretty well set in stone. Lesnar winning cheap will be a horrible bummer to make him not look like the beast he was the last time he destroyed Cena....and Rusev vs Ryback I think will be great, i'm generally interested on how it ends up going down. I expect Big Show to help Rusev or someone else no one gives a shit about.

Either way, not too juiced for this RR tbh, isn't Fast Lane an app? Is that 100% certain as the next ppv after RR?

Obviously Brock Lesnar should win clean to look as unbeatable as possible heading into his match Reigns at Wrestlemania, but I could just as well see them having Cena's Wrestlemania opponent (Rusev being the obvious candidate) interfering and costing Cena the title to plant the seeds for their match at Mania. They might figure Lesnar beating the Streak and decimating Cena the way he did at Summerslam is more than enough to sell him as a huge threat to Reigns without feeling the need to job Cena out to Brock cleanly for a second time.

As for Fast Lane, I haven't seen any posters or commercials for it yet, but tickets for it went on sale almost two weeks ago, so it's more or less certain at this point, yes. Word is they're moving the Elimination Chamber PPV to June now.

I see Miz & Sandow splitting at Fast Lane and having the singles match at WM, looking at what would be on the card there's definitely room for that match to take place.. I think Miz & Sandow retain at RR and then the Ascension immediately enter as powerhouses or someone other than the Usos ends up champs.

Maybe, but with all the rumored/planned matches that we're already hearing about for Wrestlemania - Lesnar/Reigns, Sting/HHH, Undertaker/Wyatt, Cena/Rusev, etc. - I question whether they'll be able to make room for a Miz vs Sandow match on the card. And to add to the previously mentioned lineup, we'll likely get Nikki/Brie for the Diva's Title, a Tag Team Title match of some sort (probably The Usos dropping the straps to The Ascension), maybe an Intercontinental Title match (they've been making steps this year to repair the damage done to the prestige of the title), and then there's talent like Orton, Ambrose, and Rollins that you just know will end up somewhere on the card as well. And they don't typically have more than seven or eight matches on the main card these days.

 

[Crimson]

As I can see, they're keeping Seth Rollins vs Randy Orton for Wrestlemania 31, and I'm so fine with this decision. It's a big match with a great rivaly in the back, and deserves to take place on the greatest place of them all, WM.

I see Rollins being one of the last competitors in the Royal Rumble then Orton returning in that match. At Fast Lane, had a filler match with different opponents. As I heard, Orton will face Kane and Rollins will have a six man tag team match.

These are just rumors so far, the plans can quickly change.

 

[Prince Bálor]

As I can see, they're keeping Seth Rollins vs Randy Orton for Wrestlemania 31, and I'm so fine with this decision. It's a big match with a great rivaly in the back, and deserves to take place on the greatest place of them all, WM.

I see Rollins being one of the last competitors in the Royal Rumble then Orton returning in that match. At Fast Lane, had a filler match with different opponents. As I heard, Orton will face Kane and Rollins will have a six man tag team match.

These are just rumors so far, the plans can quickly change.

Yup, Rollins vs Orton at WM31, that seems to be the case.

Quite frankly, I don't see Rollins participating in the Royal Rumble match.
There's no point in having Rollins in the Rumble, simply because he's already got his secured title shot with that MITB briefcase... Unless they're planning on taking that briefcase away from him at the Rumble, which I would absolutely hate. Don't put him in the Rumble match for the sake of him just being there.

Rollins will most likely face Ziggler at the Rumble, Orton's gonna interfere to screw Rollins out of the victory and continue the feud all the way through Mania.

EDIT: Totally forgot Ambrose vs Rollins needs to culminate at Mania! Fuck, that feud's been sidetracked, but they could easily pick up on it.

So, Rollins could face Orton at Fast Lane, since it's a filler PPV after all, and then face Ambrose at WM31.

 

[Crimson]

Rollins will most likely face Ziggler at the Rumble, Orton's gonna interfere to screw Rollins out of the victory and continue the feud all the way through Mania.

Yes but how about Fast Lane? They need a filler.

 

[Prince Bálor]

Yes but how about Fast Lane? They need a filler.

They could always redo it. RINSE, WASH, REPEAT. That's WWE's mantra after all.

- Fast Lane, eh? LOL

It's the Memphis Grand Prix... I'm wondering what sort of cars the superstars are gonna be driving...

 

[Snowman1]

I just love how Rollins has beef with like 18 different guys right now.

There's still unfinished business with Ambrose and Rollins. I'd rather see them blow THAT off at WM and do the Orton match now. What else would Ambrose be doing at Wrestlemania? There's also Roman Reigns and Ziggler in the wings, too. And still Cena because he's allowed to get an infinite amount of revenge against somebody who screwed him out of one of his unlimited number of title shots before giving him one more.

Think there's a good chance he'll have the belt coming out of this show, if story continuity tells us anythahahahahahaha... sorry, I tried.

 

[Prince Bálor]

I just love how Rollins has beef with like 18 different guys right now.

There's still unfinished business with Ambrose and Rollins. I'd rather see them blow THAT off at WM and do the Orton match now. What else would Ambrose be doing at Wrestlemania? There's also Roman Reigns and Ziggler in the wings, too. And still Cena because he's allowed to get an infinite amount of revenge against somebody who screwed him out of one of his unlimited number of title shots before giving him one more.

Think there's a good chance he'll have the belt coming out of this show, if story continuity tells us anythahahahahahaha... sorry, I tried.

How the fuck did I forget about Rollins vs Ambrose at Mania 31? Oh wait, that feud hasn't been sidetracked at all.

Still fantasy booking it to be Ambrose vs Rollins for the WWE-WHC at WM31. Hey, one can dream!
But I'll be cool with it if we got Rollins/Ambrose, Reigns defeating Lesnar, Rollins cashes in that same night and all's perfect.

CENAWINSLOL ain't happening at the Rumble, bro... Or at least I'm hoping it doesn't happen, you never know what SuperCena is capable of.

 

[Snowman1]

How the fuck did I forget about Rollins vs Ambrose at Mania 31? Oh wait, that feud hasn't been sidetracked at all.

Still fantasy booking it to be Ambrose vs Rollins for the WWE-WHC at WM31. Hey, one can dream!
But I'll be cool with it if we got Rollins/Ambrose, Reigns defeating Lesnar, Rollins cashes in that same night and all's perfect.

CENAWINSLOL ain't happening at the Rumble, bro... Or at least I'm hoping it doesn't happen, you never know what SuperCena is capable of.

I can see it happening for 2 reasons... one of which is the boring ass WWE reason of media appearances, talk shows, etc. You don't put Brock Lesnar on those, lol.

But if the plan is "Lets make as big a star out of Roman Reigns as we can",... going up against Cena is really the perfect matchup. Cena is WWE's second-biggest heel (behind the company itself) in the eyes the fans, and think of the added heat he'll get for getting his 16th title reign and tying Ric Flair's record on top of the "Wait, so you broke the fucking streak to put over John Cena!!!!?!??!!?!?!??!?!?!?!?" additional insanity - yeah, a Wrestlemania crowd would want nothing to do with Cena that night. And as much as we may root against Cena 2.0, the dude will be the biggest conquering hero since he was Not Batista at the Royal Rumble.

Plus, Brock Lesnar is leaving the company after WM, we know this. Lesnar putting over Reigns is too predictable and would make too big of a monster out of Reigns (you're already calling him Cena 2.0, imagine how much more like that he'll be after going over Brock) while there is ALWAYS the "CenawinsLOL" in the front of our minds with every big Yawn match.

Someone had the perfect idea, though. Reigns vs Lesnar main events WM, they have a hard-fought battle (have no idea how good that match would be, lol), Roman fights his hardest and eventually is able to hit multiple spears, so Lesnar still kicks out. He sells a bit and eventually just F-5's Reigns to prove young valiant Roman just bit off a little more than he could chew... then Lesnar starts looking hobbled and then in a blur... BAM! Curbstomp to Lesnar! Rollins cashes in! New Champion.... even though Reigns did all the hard work.

 

[Prince Bálor]

I can see it happening for 2 reasons... one of which is the boring ass WWE reason of media appearances, talk shows, etc. You don't put Brock Lesnar on those, lol.

But if the plan is "Lets make as big a star out of Roman Reigns as we can",... going up against Cena is really the perfect matchup. Cena is WWE's second-biggest heel (behind the company itself) in the eyes the fans, and think of the added heat he'll get for getting his 16th title reign and tying Ric Flair's record on top of the "Wait, so you broke the fucking streak to put over John Cena!!!!?!??!!?!?!??!?!?!?!?" additional insanity - yeah, a Wrestlemania crowd would want nothing to do with Cena that night. And as much as we may root against Cena 2.0, the dude will be the biggest conquering hero since he was Not Batista at the Royal Rumble.

Plus, Brock Lesnar is leaving the company after WM, we know this. Lesnar putting over Reigns is too predictable and would make too big of a monster out of Reigns (you're already calling him Cena 2.0, imagine how much more like that he'll be after going over Brock) while there is ALWAYS the "CenawinsLOL" in the front of our minds with every big Yawn match.

Someone had the perfect idea, though. Reigns vs Lesnar main events WM, they have a hard-fought battle (have no idea how good that match would be, lol), Roman fights his hardest and eventually is able to hit multiple spears, so Lesnar still kicks out. He sells a bit and eventually just F-5's Reigns to prove young valiant Roman just bit off a little more than he could chew... then Lesnar starts looking hobbled and then in a blur... BAM! Curbstomp to Lesnar! Rollins cashes in! New Champion.... even though Reigns did all the hard work.

I agree 110% here.

- Roman Reigns could become a huge star in the future, he's got a great look and this presence about him that feels like 'badass', but they've been rushing him to stardom just like they did with Ryback, in my opinion. This thing may as well fail... Not that I'd lose sleep at night over it or anything. As far as Reigns defeating Cena at WM31 goes, what are the odds? There's only a handful of guys Cena's put over clean. Personally, while Reigns doesn't really tickle my fancy, him defeating Cena clean would bring me joy. However, I doubt they'd just let Cena go through Lesnar, then tie with Flair's record and then job to Reigns cleanly at Mania. I wouldn't be surprised, though.

- I have no idea, man. Maybe Brock won't be done with the 'E after WM. Nothing's for sure. We'll see, though.
If Lesnar/Reigns scenario does happen, like all of us have been assuming, and when Reigns defeats Lesnar, I'll be fine with that... (And this is something I've said a million times) That works with me only if they let Rollins cash in on Reigns that same night.

- I like this idea, too. I pretty much like any scenario that involves Rollins cashing in on Reigns at WM31.
What if they decide to let Rollins cash in on Lesnar or Cena at the Rumble, though?
Let's just say Cena defeats Lesnar, has his 16th WC tied with Flair's record, then Rollins would come out and cash in on him... But I doubt it's gonna happen. Because Brock wouldn't really have something relevant to do at WM31, and his contract expires the night after post-WM Raw episode, I believe.
But we'll see what happens.

 

[Crimson]

What if Reigns botches and accidentally gets eliminated from the Rumble? That's the only way he can get eliminated.

 

[Prince Bálor]

What if Reigns botches and accidentally gets eliminated from the Rumble? That's the only way he can get eliminated.

Then Vince would come out, all pissed off, get into the ring, tear his quads again and probably restart the match... Much like he did when Cena and Batista fucked up back in 2005's Royal Rumble. lol

 

[Leo C]

I'll probably not watch Cena vs Lesnar. Other than that, hm, the Rumble match will be as usual, we'll have a tag match with no build, a Divas match with no build, and I guess maybe one more? Orton/Rollins I'd be fine with.

 

[Prince Bálor]

I'll probably not watch Cena vs Lesnar. Other than that, hm, the Rumble match will be as usual, we'll have a tag match with no build, a Divas match with no build, and I guess maybe one more? Orton/Rollins I'd be fine with.

I'll definitely watch Lesnar vs Cena, if Cena jobs again, time well spent.

The Rumble match should be good, despite who ends up winning it. *cough* Reigns *cough*

The Tag Match does have a build, but it's a crappy one, as well as the divas match.

As far as Orton/Rollins goes, I think they might save it for Fast Lane. I see Ziggler vs Rollins at the Rumble, with Orton interfering. But we'll see how that one goes.