2009 Royal Rumble - Early Analysis
So who will win the Royal Rumble 2009 edition? It's still too early to really predict a winner for the 2009 Royal Rumble since the competitors for the match have yet to be announced. We can most likely draw up a short list of potential winners, based on common sense though. We know that it's mostly comprised of Raw and Smackdown competitors, since it seems ECW is doing its own title thing, the ECW Homecoming. The Royal Rumble winner usually chooses whether they want to compete for the WWE title or World Championship. Last year's Rumble winner, Randy Orton, ended up choosing to go against Triple H, and lost at Wrestlemania 25.
First, let's take a look at the WWE title picture. The Celtic Warrior Sheamus holds the WWE title after becoming the quickest champ in WWE history. Granted he won by shoving Cena down off the corner of the ring through a table. It's not exactly a clean win, nor is it cheap either. However, it's hard to see Sheamus holding onto the title until Wrestlemania 26, where the Rumble winner would challenge him for it. So we might assume that Cena is champion by Wrestlemania, or maybe someone new, such as Kofi Kingston, Randy Orton, Big Show, HHH or Shawn Michaels.
Then there's the World Heavyweight title, currently held by Undertaker. He's been feuding with Batista, but as of last night's Smackdown title match against Rey Mysterio, it appears we may get a Triple Threat match for the title, at the Rumble. That doesn't leave us too much in terms of competitors from Smackdown it seems. Drew McIntyre is Intercontinental champion. John Morrison will face him at the Rumble. We're left with maybe CM Punk or Chris Jericho. I'd speculate on Chris Jericho as the biggest potential winner of the Rumble from Smackdown this year. In fact, I don't believe Jericho's accomplished a Rumble victory yet, but someone can correct me if wrong.
Another thought lingering is the always possible "surprise return" by a guy we haven't seen from some time. A couple years ago, it was John Cena who returned in surprise fashion at MSG in NYC to win the Royal Rumble. If it were anyone this year, I'd go with Edge to make a surprise return. Jeff Hardy's a possibility, but that's tough to say after the recent headlines he made with a drug arrest. WWE seems to favor him still by pushing his DVD's and giving him a Slammy award, so it's not out of the question.
It seems we are really left with a short list of possible winners. It will depend on whether or not DX is defending their titles at the Rumble, or entered in the match. Five potential winners as of now: Kofi Kingston, Randy Orton, Big Show, Chris Jericho, CM Punk with Edge as a longshot surprise winner.
Feel free to leave your thoughts on who could win this year's 2009 Royal Rumble!
First, let's take a look at the WWE title picture. The Celtic Warrior Sheamus holds the WWE title after becoming the quickest champ in WWE history. Granted he won by shoving Cena down off the corner of the ring through a table. It's not exactly a clean win, nor is it cheap either. However, it's hard to see Sheamus holding onto the title until Wrestlemania 26, where the Rumble winner would challenge him for it. So we might assume that Cena is champion by Wrestlemania, or maybe someone new, such as Kofi Kingston, Randy Orton, Big Show, HHH or Shawn Michaels.
Then there's the World Heavyweight title, currently held by Undertaker. He's been feuding with Batista, but as of last night's Smackdown title match against Rey Mysterio, it appears we may get a Triple Threat match for the title, at the Rumble. That doesn't leave us too much in terms of competitors from Smackdown it seems. Drew McIntyre is Intercontinental champion. John Morrison will face him at the Rumble. We're left with maybe CM Punk or Chris Jericho. I'd speculate on Chris Jericho as the biggest potential winner of the Rumble from Smackdown this year. In fact, I don't believe Jericho's accomplished a Rumble victory yet, but someone can correct me if wrong.
Another thought lingering is the always possible "surprise return" by a guy we haven't seen from some time. A couple years ago, it was John Cena who returned in surprise fashion at MSG in NYC to win the Royal Rumble. If it were anyone this year, I'd go with Edge to make a surprise return. Jeff Hardy's a possibility, but that's tough to say after the recent headlines he made with a drug arrest. WWE seems to favor him still by pushing his DVD's and giving him a Slammy award, so it's not out of the question.
It seems we are really left with a short list of possible winners. It will depend on whether or not DX is defending their titles at the Rumble, or entered in the match. Five potential winners as of now: Kofi Kingston, Randy Orton, Big Show, Chris Jericho, CM Punk with Edge as a longshot surprise winner.
Feel free to leave your thoughts on who could win this year's 2009 Royal Rumble!
Labels: Batista, Big Show, Chris Jericho, CM Punk, D-Generation X, John Cena, PPV Matches, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio, Royal Rumble, Sheamus O'Shaunessy, Undertaker, WWE PPV's
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