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Post by stephenvegas on Jan 25, 2008 8:48:37 GMT -5
Who do you think will win this year's Royal Rumble?
I'm predicting the Undertaker is going to win it for the second consecutive year.
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Post by Chewey on Jan 25, 2008 9:54:12 GMT -5
Undertaker is a good choice, since we've been talking about an Edge vs. Taker, Streak vs. Streak, championship match for a full year now.
However, we all know that HHH will be challenging Orton for the Raw title as well, and they have been building him up for this Rumble more than anyone else. If nothing else, I believe that Vince and HHH would want Hunter to come out on top so that they can immediately build on the Vince-HHH feud. I just hope that Orton doesn't get relegated to the role of "surrogate McMahon" for the big match.
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Post by Aquinas on Jan 25, 2008 10:44:45 GMT -5
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that I have a feeling that Kennedy is going to win. He's getting a huge buildup with his outstanding feud with HBK (they've put on some dynamite matches).....and maybe they will set up him getting his shot at the man who took away his MitB briefcase, Edge.
I really hope they don't have the Undertaker win AGAIN.
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Post by JED-SE on Jan 25, 2008 11:16:27 GMT -5
I think it's going to be Triple H. As Chewey has mentioned, they have been building this up for a while. I hope that whichever champ faces the RR winner at WM XXIV actually wins. There have only been 3 wrestlers since 93 that have faced the champ and not defeated him at WM. (Luger 94, HBK 95, and Rock 2000). Unfortunately, WM main events are far too predictable because of this.
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Post by gatekeeper on Jan 25, 2008 11:27:49 GMT -5
Unfortunately I'm gonna pick HHH.
He'll go on to face Orton at WM and win the belt......AGAIN.
HHH is one of the all-time greats but I'm SO sick of him destroying everybody all the time.
If I never hear the song "The Game" again, it'll be too soon.
(See, I don't think everything WWE does is awesome - just pointing that out)
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Post by Tournament Master on Jan 25, 2008 11:42:15 GMT -5
I'm going with Taker to join all-time greats Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels and Steve Austin as a back-to-back Rumble winner.
To me it makes more sense for HHH to work a bit longer to get his title shot, which he'll get at NWO in the chamber (lord knows he loves winning those). Besides that will give a bit more time for the Orton-Hardy feud, which is the hottest in the company right now.
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Post by Aquinas on Jan 25, 2008 11:53:26 GMT -5
Unfortunately I'm gonna pick HHH. He'll go on to face Orton at WM and win the belt......AGAIN. HHH is one of the all-time greats but I'm SO sick of him destroying everybody all the time. If I never hear the song "The Game" again, it'll be too soon. (See, I don't think everything WWE does is awesome - just pointing that out) I hope you're wrong, but I wouldn't bet money against it. I have a fear that HHH is going to pull it off too. Sure, he's a legend, but I agree about being sick of him. I give him serious props for putting over Flair in what was a really good match given Flair's diminished skills, but otherwise, he runs roughshod over everybody. |
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Post by Chris Ingersoll on Jan 25, 2008 12:10:12 GMT -5
Gotta go with HHH, mostly on the back of UT/Edge not needing the Rumble to set it up. It shouldn't need whatever contrived excuse they'll come up with for No Way Out to set it up either, but unless Vickie and Edge break up, that's what will happen.  I would like Kennedy to win and face someone at WM like he was going to before being suspended, but I sort of know better.  |
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Post by Chewey on Jan 25, 2008 19:06:12 GMT -5
Actually, I think booking Triple H to beat Orton at Wrestlemania is the correct booking decision. He hasn't rolled over a main event opponent in two years, so it's about time for him to take the belt again. My concern is still that Randy Orton will get relegated to McMahon's in-ring surrogate. I understand that it's Vince's company, and he wants to be involved, but every time he gets into the corner of another wrestler he's just taking the attention off the wrestler and putting it on himself. Orton will probably just be McMahon's sidekick for the rest of this spring... and a sidekick that bumbles all of his lines at that.
Afterwards, Orton's career will probably go right back to where it was before his Cena feud. While I'm no great Orton fan, it just seems dumb to me due to WWE's lack of top talent heels at the moment.
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Post by spiderbite on Jan 25, 2008 20:07:10 GMT -5
There's so much talent right now in the company that Vince shouldn't have to be involved in storylines. Jericho is back. JBL is back. Big Show is on his way. Hardy is hot. Orton is a top heel now. Kennedy is there, although he needs to continue bouncing back. Lance Cade will be back, helping the tag teams out some. Throw Umaga in. So much talent, Vince just isn't needed.
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Post by darkrider on Jan 25, 2008 20:18:34 GMT -5
yeah but when you're the boss. you can do what you want.  undertaker btw. |
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Post by hofclemens on Jan 25, 2008 21:12:13 GMT -5
'Taker with Trips earning his shot at No Way Out.
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Post by Matt on Jan 26, 2008 13:31:09 GMT -5
HHH
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Post by Atlas on Jan 27, 2008 8:34:44 GMT -5
Undertaker.
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Post by JimSteel on Jan 27, 2008 9:27:29 GMT -5
CM Punk who has been added
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Post by GalactiKing on Jan 27, 2008 15:56:04 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm going with Punk. I think they're going to go Edge/Punk instead of Edge/Taker.
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Post by Matt on Jan 27, 2008 23:06:00 GMT -5
Looks like no one got the right answer! ;D
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Post by Chewey on Jan 28, 2008 6:21:56 GMT -5
ha! yeah, no one even thought about cena being in one of the open spots.
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Post by stephenvegas on Jan 28, 2008 9:02:22 GMT -5
Yeah, even though I only listed 6 wrestlers in the poll, none of the 17 votes as of now even went to "other." It's understandable that nobody predicted Cena since he was supposed to be out for much longer than this. But I am glad I predicted wrong because Cena is back.
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Post by JED-SE on Jan 28, 2008 9:07:21 GMT -5
I'm probably going out on a limb here, but I wonder if Cena's injury was a work.
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undertaker btw.
