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I am actually more interested in Stone Cold vs Roman Reigns. Holy moly this would be the biggest match in WWE history. I want Stone Cold to win. Stone Cold is definitely returning at Royal Rumble as its in Texas.
The Rock or Cody Rhodes or Sami Zayn. Who will win 2023 Royal Rumble?
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Can’t believe people are even entertaining the idea of Austin winning it. Yes we already know Austin is better than anyone on todays roster, but we really don’t need a guy who retired 20 years ago overcoming 29 active stars just to truly prove the point of how jobberish this current roster is.
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Yeah that would be awesome.
I don't know how capable Stone Cold is of putting on a match though.
Last year with Owens was great - but it was booked in a way where Owens would carry Austin, and he did. In a main event for titles vs Roman, it can't be booked like that, Stone Cold would have to do a lot more. I'm not one who cares about match quality more than spectacle, but there has to be a minimum for such a big match. Stone Cold also holds himself to such a high standard that he wouldn't do it unless he thought he could deliver a good match. So that's the big question mark for me.
Also - if the match did happen - Stone Cold beating Reigns for the titles at mania needs to 100% be a viable option. I'm not saying Stone Cold should definitely win - just that it needs to be 50/50 possibility. A bit like Cena/Rock - build it so fans legitimately believe it could go either way, if not it'll suffer if everyone assumes Stone Cold is just here to put Reigns over.
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Hopefully Cody.
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It's pretty much what I have been saying since April 2022. Cody will win the Royal Rumble 2023. He will fight Reigns at WM this April where he will also lose. Zayn has 0 shot to win the Rumble. The Rock is not returning at the Rumble. Nor is he going to fight Reigns at WM. People should move on and accept the fact that the Rock is done with professional wrestling as a wrestler.
People need to get with the program about 2 things; The Rock is done as a wrestler and Reigns is not losing the title at this year's WM.
People need to get with the program about 2 things; The Rock is done as a wrestler and Reigns is not losing the title at this year's WM.
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Also a fair point
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A personal fav not yet mentioned
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I'm getting this feeling that Cody will win the Rumble, Sami will win the Elimination Chamber and somehow they'll turn it into a fucking triple threat at Mania, do the old two falls/one for each title thing, have Roman win the first one and (hopefully) Sami win the second.
If Rock is available then obviously it should be him.
I don't see any way that Cody is not winning the Rumble unless they have some major kind of swerve planned.
If Rock is available then obviously it should be him.
I don't see any way that Cody is not winning the Rumble unless they have some major kind of swerve planned.
It's Cody or Rock. That's it. Realistically there's no other options.
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This is another example of what I have been saying. Unless you are booked super strong from Day 1 the IWC will view you as a joke.
Zayn has been strong midcarder since debut on main roster beating like of Bryan in a feud but because he did not get Reigns or Lesnar booking from day one people won't accept him as champion.
There is no such thing as being built up anymore
Btw Zahn lost to Knoxville and a million of his friends. Cena lost to Kevin Ferderline...
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Not saying I dont like Sami Zayn or that hes a bad wrestler but sorry he is not on the level of Daniel Bryan in terms of popularity and in ring work Bryan is head and shoulders better. I do agree with a lot of what you said I just never saw Zayn as a Main eventer in wwe and cant take him serious after all this comedy stuff the last few years. He can win midcard championships but if guys like Dolph Ziggler and a young Shelton Benjamin(just a few examples) cant get a proper world title run why should Sami? If he wasnt in the bloodline nobody would be saying he should be world champ. Perople just want Roman to be dethroned, so they will take anyone whos being put against him lol. I’m sure when Cody wins the belts all the people who were pushing for him to dethrone will turn on him eventually.
Rock can do it whenever he likes. Storyline is always there.
sami is one of the most over guys in the hottest storyline . He deserves it, kofi mania got it abs it’s a lot more over than that! Rey got a championship run, Eddie guerro wasn’t the biggest? Give sami the ball and see how it goes, A gimmick similar to Eddie’s would do him wonders, pulling of cheeky wins here and there
Whatever Sami lacks in in-ring skills compared to Bryan, he makes up for it with mic skills and character work. Also, even people who are onboard the Sami Zayn wagon knows that if he wins the world title, it's not going to be a lengthy run. Not every world title reign needs to last over half a year.
Cody! it will be the ultimate comeback story!
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I will give you that his mic skills are great and he’s been outstanding with the bloodline I just can’t take him serious but who knows maybe that will change
Oh Jesus the fact that anybody believes that Sami Zayn or Cody Rhodes have any legitimate chance of winning shows how delusional some people are. Zayn gets his shot at Reigns at Elimination Chamber, then teams up with Kevin Owens to dethrone the Usos. Cody Rhodes fights Seth Rollins for the vacant WWE Championship after Reigns gets stripped of it, Rock wins the Rumble and fights Reigns at Mania for the Universal Championship.
That's how it's going to go, doesn't matter if you like it, that's the current plan.
That's how it's going to go, doesn't matter if you like it, that's the current plan.
We'll come back to this post when Cody wins the Rumble and The Rock doesn't show up at the Rumble at all
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