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Batista won the Royal Rumble Match which puts the WWE World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton in his sights. Will Raw bring the first face-off between Batista & Orton?

Sheamus returned with a vengeance in the Royal Rumble Match, eliminating Big E Langston & effectively serving notice to the WWE locker room. With no rivalries claiming his attention of yet, the playing field is wide open for The Celtic Warrior heading into WrestleMania season. Odds are the rowdy Irishman will seize the moment as he only can.

It would appear that The Shield’s unity is in question for the first time in their collective history after what transpired in the Royal Rumble Match. Can The Hounds of Justice keep from mauling one another before WrestleMania?

The New Age Outlaws defeated Cody Rhodes & Goldust for the WWE Tag Team Championships. Can Cody & Goldust pull themselves together & keep their fell-good story running? Or is it up to another tandem to take out the New Age Outlaws in the weeks leading up to WrestleMania?

Yes, Batista won the Royal Rumble Match, but the Royal Rumble pay-per-view was undoubtedly Bray Wyatt’s night. He got to make a vicious example of Daniel Bryan, he cost John Cena the WWE World Heavyweight Championship & saw his Family throw down in the Royal Rumble Match itself, eliminating a “Wrestling God” & a little bull before all was said & done. Last night Bray Wyatt truly made good on his famous warning. He’s here. What he does next, particularly where Cena is concerned, will be must-see.

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Mick Foley Had Some Harsh Words About The Royal Rumble

Mick Foley had some really bad things to say about the Royal Rumble pay-per-view last night on Twitter.  Here is one of his tweets from last night.

Royal Rumble Results

Kickoff Match: WWE Tag Team championship: The New Age Outlaws def. Cody Rhodes & Goldust to become WWE Tag Team Champions for the 6th time.

Bray Wyatt def. Daniel Bryan:

Brock Lesnar def. Big Show:

WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match: WWE World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton def. John Cena: The Wyatt Family distracted Cena costing him the title. After the match, Bray Wyatt proclaimed his clan “the creators of the new world” before putting Cena to sleep with Sister Abigail.

Batista won the Royal Rumble Match: There was some surprise entrants in the match. There was Sheamus, Kevin Nash, Kane, JBL, Alexander Rusev & El Torito. CM Punk, Batista, Sheamus & Roman Reigns was the final 4 in the match. Kane came back out & pulled Punk out & chokeslammed him through the Spanish announce table. Reigns eliminated Sheamus. Reigns eliminated 12 Superstars & broke Kane’s 13-year-old record for the most competitors eliminated in a single Royal Rumble Match. Batista eliminated Reigns to win the Royal Rumble Match.

The fans were upset that Daniel Bryan wasn’t in the Royal Rumble Match & that Batista won it. Batista wasn’t happy that the fans booed him & he mocked Daniel Bryan & flipped off the fans. The fans also booed for most of the Orton/Cena match too. Mick Foley had some bad things to say about the pay-per-view as well.

Ed’s Perspective : It’s Time To Rumble

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Without a doubt, The Royal Rumble is my favorite match each year.

As I put together the information in this post, I did one thing very intentional, and that was not look at any of the so called experts and their predictions.

This is a DTRT exclusive article with most of the factual information coming from WWE.com.

Beginning in 1988, on national TV and not PPV, the brainchild of WWE Hall of Famer Pat Patterson had it’s debut.

Since then, 753 entrants have taken part in what this year will be the 27th annual event. An amazing 455,107 fans have attended the previous Rumbles.

I can’t speak for the other 455,106, but I had an awesome time watching Sheamus win the 2012 version live in St. Louis.

A couple of other interesting bits of Rumble history: HBK has a record 39 eliminations. That is followed closely by Kane with 37 eliminations in his 14 different Rumble matches, and an amazing 11 in 2001 match alone.

For the CM Punk fans who might be depressed by his #1 slot, Rey Mysterio lasted an astonishing 62 minutes and 12 seconds and HBK won the 1995 Rumble from the #1 position.

So, print your scorecard now , look at the following list, check out the predictions of the DTRT staff at the end, and

Let’s Get Ready to Rumble!

As of the Jan. 20 edition of Raw, the following Superstars have been announced as official entrants in this year’s 30-Superstar Royal Rumble Match:

Batista
CM Punk (Director of Operations Kane declared Punk will enter the match at No. 1)
Alberto Del Rio
Big E Langston
The Miz
R-Truth
Xavier Woods
Kofi Kingston
Cody Rhodes
Goldust
Rey Mysterio
Fandango
Roman Reigns
Seth Rollins
Dean Ambrose
Erick Rowan
Luke Harper
Damien Sandow
Jimmy Uso
Jey Uso

Exclusive DTRT staff predictions:

John – Batista

Vanessa – CM Punk

I really hope Daniel Bryan pulls double duty cuz if so I’ll pull for him. If not I pick punk..

Trevor – Batista*

I say Batista only because of his current WWE deal puts him in a position to be in the spotlight. Do I think he deserves it? No, he came in last week and now most likely to main event Wrestlemania. This is one time I really hope my prediction is wrong.

Ed – Roman Reigns

All indications point to Batista, so I’m hoping that the creative minds go with someone who has earned the shot to headline Wrestlemania 30.

CM Punk On His Contract & Ultimate Warrior Hall Of Fame Induction

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Ariel Helwani of MMAFighting.com interviewed CM Punk. Punk said that his contract expires in July & that he doesn’t know if he will stick around after it expires. Punk said that “everything is up in the air.’

Punk also said that he threw his name in the hat to induct The Ultimate Warrior at the Hall of Fame. Punk said Hulk Hogan appears to be the favorite to do the induction but noted that they hate each other.

Sheamus & Chris Jericho Will Be In The Host City Of The Royal Rumble This Weekend

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This weekend, both Sheamus & Chris Jericho will be in Pittsburg, PA, which is the host city for Sunday’s Royal Rumble. They are appearing at the World of Wheels Auto Show. Sheamus will be there tonight from 6pm-8pm & Jerich will be there on Saturday from 12pm-3pm.

Will they be entering the Royal Rumble Match? I guess we will find out Sunday.

Sting’s Message After Impact Match Suggests Turning To Prayer

Following his match on TNA Impact last night in which Sting put his contract on the line against the world heavyweight championship , and lost. Sting posted a cryptic message on his official Facebook page. “When contemplating what’s around the corner, try taking it all to prayer… it may help.”

That was soon followed by a new cover photo featuring an old quote from his time in WCW. “The only thing that’s for sure about Sting is nothing’s for sure.” written in white text with a plain black background.

This comes after growing rumors and reports from sources like The Wrestling Observer Newsletter that claim Sting has been in serious talks with the WWE for some time even to the point where they are coming up with “Monikers” for him such as “A man called Sting”.

If Sting were to sign with WWE this would be the first time the legend has ever worked with the company, as Sting has turned down offers dating back to the buyout of WCW in 2001.

The ultimate dream match for years has been a WrestleMania encounter between The Undertaker and Sting. As many feel Sting is similar to Taker in persona.

Here’s the match from Impact last night

Could Sting Be Coming To WWE?

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Wrestling Observer Newsletter is saying that WWE officials reportedly have believed for months that Sting was coming to WWE this year & that it’s been talked about even more like it’s going to happen recently.

 

Hulk Hogan Says 2014 Is His Year

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Hulk Hogan said 2014 is his year. Hogan twitted the following on Tuesday night:

Update On The WWE Scooby-Doo Film (With Artwork)

The following extras will be featured on WWE Studios’ “Scooby-Doo: WrestleMania Mystery” DVD and Blu-ray that comes out on March 25th:

* Behind the Scenes with Scooby-Doo and the WWE Gang: A behind the scenes look at the voice recording sessions with the cast of WWE.

* Wrestle Maniacs: Bonus “A Pup Named Scooby-Doo” Episode.

Both DVD and Blu-ray will have a run-time of 1 hour and 24 minutes, including extras. A new synopsis has also been released, courtesy of WrestlingDVDNews.com:

“This all-new original movie delivers endless action with Scooby-Doo, Shaggy and the rest of the gang! The mystery begins when Shaggy and Scooby win tickets to WrestleMania and convince the crew to go with them to WWE City.

But this city harbors a spooky secret – a ghastly Ghost Bear holds the town in his terrifying grip! To protect the coveted WWE Championship Title, the gang gets help from WWE Superstars like John Cena, Triple H, Sin Cara, Brodus Clay, AJ Lee, The Miz and Kane.

Watch Scooby and the gang grapple with solving this case before it’s too late.”

Here is new artwork for the DVD, courtesy of Amazon.com:

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Thanks To WrestlingInc.com contributor Marc Middleton