Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Who will Win the 2011 Royal Rumble?


The WWE's 2011 Royal Rumble is a little over three weeks away and one winner will be getting their ticket punched for a main event match at Wrestlemania. Determining just who that winner will be depends a lot upon who is in the Rumble match and who the champions are for Wrestlemania 27. Here's a look at some potential winners from either Raw or Smackdown.

Raw winners: John Morrison, Daniel Bryan, Sheamus, John Cena, CM Punk

Surprise winner: Triple H

Smackdown winners: Alberto Del Rio, Drew McIntyre, Rey Mysterio, Big Show

Surprise winner: The Undertaker

John Cena, Big Show, Rey Mysterio and Sheamus have been in major Wrestlemania matches before. Guys like Daniel Bryan, John Morrison, CM Punk and Drew McIntyre haven't headlined a Wrestlemania so they might be tough choices here. Based on Raw's match involving The Miz and Morrison, they could draw some interest from fans as a main event title match if it were No DQ or something unique. The fans of the WWE Universe really were into the Falls Count Anywhere match this past Monday so it could come up again. Another fan suggested the possibility of Daniel Bryan vs The Miz at Wrestlemania. Seems like a long shot, but could be a good one with the former NXT pro versus his NXT rookie.

In the past several years there's been two surprise winners who returned from injury to win the Rumble - John Cena and Edge. That leaves the door open for the potential of an Undertaker or Triple H appearance in The Rumble. Maybe both? Either guy is capable of winning since they've done it before. They're both former champions and surefire Wrestlemania headliners.

It really will be interesting to see exactly who is holding the WWE and World Championships before the big event. The fact that Randy Orton and Edge will likely be competing in the championship matches at Royal Rumble, rules them out from being winners of the Rumble match, but doesn't exclude them from being the title holders for Wrestlemania. Does WWE have enough confidence in The Miz to headline a Wrestlemania main event title match? We'll find out based on whether or not Orton defeats him at the Rumble for the WWE title.

So who will win the 2011 Royal Rumble? The Raw picture seems so bizarre right now with John Cena "day-to-day" and CM Punk's feud with Cena. On Smackdown, the title holders and contenders are much more established. Unless Kane defeats Edge on Smackdown, it appears Edge should be the champ at WM27. I'll go with Alberto Del Rio to win the Rumble and go on to challenge Edge for the World title at Wrestlemania. Del Rio will win his first major title while competing on the grandest stage of them all. He's had the push and has that JBL like entrance and pompous nature to his character. He seems in line to win the title and have a big 2011. Not only that, they showed his ring announcer entering a battle royal this past episode of NXT and getting eliminated first. Notice it wasn't Del Rio getting tossed out of the ring?

What do you think? Del Rio to win the Royal Rumble or another superstar?

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