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I am a huge Christian fan, but I don't want him to win this year. He isn't going to be in it anyway if recent reports about him possibly not being ready even for Wrestlemania are to be believed. I really just don't want to see any returning superstar winning the Rumble this year as it's already been done twice in the last 3 years, and many, including myself, consider that a bit too much. That rules out Christian, Triple H, The Undertaker and Chris Jericho. I'm going to assume that the losers of the championship matches won't be in the Rumble as they usually aren't, which rules out Randy Orton, Edge, The Miz and Dolph Ziggler. The only superstars I can then see realistically winning are any of the following. John Cena, CM Punk, John Morrison, Kane, Sheamus or Alberto Del Rio. No way Mysterio is winning again, hopefully. I don't think the CM Punk-John Cena feud needs the title on it, but neither does Sheamus vs Triple H - both possible matches for this years Mania. - but all of those men could feasibly win it. I'd love Punk to win it though as he has been consistently great for a good while now. Kane is another who I think deserves the win, he finally got a decent title run this year, and a Rumble win would be a nice thank you to him for his years of service, although as I suspect he doesn't plan to wrestle for much longer, it could be considered a waist to give him the win. This brings us to John Morrison and Alberto Del Rio. Morrison has been getting better and better and his title match against The Miz a few weeks ago on Raw was outstanding. He is a bit like Jeff Hardy imo, but with much more to him than the crazy bumps Hardy relied on too heavily. And he isn't a messed up idiot, but that's another matter. Del Rio on the other hand is a relative newcomer, and has been very impressive so far, and could easily be given the Rumble win to take him to that next level, and it could lead nicely to a Del Rio vs Edge match at Mania. There are several men who could win, I'll just be happy if it isn't a returning superstar or Mysterio! But my main picks in no order are Punk, Del Rio, Kane and Morrison.

Yeah 60 seconds will be far too quick between entrances. Imagine if Undertaker was to return, by the time he had made his way to the ring, the next 2 particiapants after him will already be in the match

Always been 1m 30s between entrances so don't see them adding ten wrestlers and increasing the time between entrances tbf

Apparently this years Royal Rumble is going to be 40-man instead of 30-man. Really am not a fan of this, the Royal Rumble 30-man match is a tradition. Changing it in any way, for me, takes the biscuit.

My thoughts on the Nexus situation, spoilered as it pertains to this coming Friday's Smackdown. I'm wondering if this whole Nexus divide is actually a huge swerve, and they are all together as one still. They have said they are going to be stronger than ever and they've said for a long time that there is a greater cause or something like that. And Punk himself said something along the lines of taking over the WWE. So you have Punk leading his guys on Raw, and Barrett leading the others on Smackdown along with their newest recruit (Ezekiel Jackson). Then when the time is right they regroup. Barrett was never ousted from the group, he just went to Smackdown under that ruse so they could slowly take over the WWE? Just a thought.

Yeah, I did wonder why it took him so long to raise his arm towards Punk when everyone else had had theirs up for about 15 seconds, but I don't think there's a turn in the works atm. I do think that he is one of the most promising of the group to have a good future in the WWE. Barrett stands out more than anyone, then Gabriel, then the rest.

Reckon there's a good opportunity for Cena to turn heel with the return of Triple H. They won't do it, just a thought I've had as to a possible way they could do it. HHH returns and has his little feud with Sheamus while Cena continues his feud with Nexus, showing a couple of signs of getting annoyed that no one ever comes to his aid when he gets beaten down by Nexus. Cena gets eliminated by HHH in the rumble, who later gets eliminated himself. Cena starts to turn and attacks someone random (Mark Henry, R-Truth - take your pick) He has a couple of segments involving Triple H that lead to them taking on two heels and Cena gets beaten down when Triple H is taken out. The next week Cena and HHH team again, and Cena suddenly assaults Triple H and beats him down. The next week he comes out and says if it wasn't for him their might not even be a WWE now, because of him standing up to the Nexus, everyone else in the WWE still has a job yet none of them come to help him when he gets beaten down, then says Triple H had the nerve to eliminate me from the Rumble when if anyone deserves to fight for the championship at Mania, it is Cena. Cena says where was Triple H when Cena was standing up to the Nexus and says even when Cena was fighting for everyone, there were still people booing him but Triple H comes back to the heroes welcome, well he's had enough, he's sick of the fans, he's sick of fighting everyone elses battles and he's sick of Triple H.....

<p>It can't possibly be Jericho though. He's been in the ring when emails have come through, and more to the point emails that have csrewed him. It can't realistically be Jericho or any other current superstar. </p><p> </p><p> It could well be Cole although the points you raise for it not being him are good ones. I honestly can't realistically think who it can be. The anonymous gm has voiced his dislikening of Bret Hart, so it can't be someone who is a strong face for example.</p><p> </p><p> No doubt it will turn out to be someone that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

<p>I'd say it's pretty much 50/50 as to whether or not they actually know who the anonymous gm is going to end up being, if not 50/50 then more towards the end of them not having a clue.</p><p> </p><p> The only thing is, it has to be a heel whoever it is. It won't make sense now for it to be someone like Austin, Shawn Michaels or anyone like that.</p><p> </p><p> The things the gm has said that I remember, in particular when he bad mouthed Bret Hart would make it silly for it to end up being someone like Austin/HBK/Jim Ross. I just can't honestly think of who it could realistically be although for now it's doing its job getting everyone to hate Michael Cole. It could actually be him.</p>

Bennet?

Of course we should speculate, that's what events like this are for

As long s if Taker's streak ever is ended, it isn't through any foul or dodgy means then fair enough. They won't end his streak lightly and they will hopefully think very seriously about who should end it, as long as the person who beats him does so fairly.