F4WOnline is reporting that Sting has not officially signed a deal with WWE, but it’s almost guaranteed that he will sign soon. Sting is not expected to be rushed into a match at WrestleMania XXX, there has been discussions that he could be made the General Manager of RAW, which would keep him on TV & possibly lead to bigger matches down the road for 2014-2015.
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WrestleMania XXX Plans Change Due To CM Punk’s Departure
Source: PWInsider:
While CM Punk VS Triple H was planned for WrestleMania XXX, word is now that Triple H will be facing Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania XXX due to CM Punk’s departure.
CM Punk Leaving WWE
Dave Meltzer noted on Wrestling Observer Radio that CM Punk told WWE that he was going home right before RAW started Monday night. WWE Apparently didn’t see this coming, but did expect him to leave in July when his contract expired. Punk admitted in a interview last week that “everything was up in the air” in regards to his future with WWE when his contract expires.
ProWrestling.net reports that CM Punk seemed very disinterested in the current WWE product at his Wizard World Q & A session in Portland this past Friday during Royal Rumble weekend. Punk was very upset about Batista getting the WrestleMania XXX main event. While he said he is friends with Batista he admitted that it was Daniel Bryan’s year.
Punk made the comment, “I show up. Someone tells me what to do & I just go out do it & leave.” He also implied his recent work was not good & that he was down to using two moves a match. Punk reportedly came off despondent & unhappy with WWE.
WrestlingInc.com reports that WWE has removed Punk from almost all of their upcoming live events & television tapings on the events section of their website, although he remains on the Elimination Chamber page. It is not known if Punk is injured or if something else is going on.
Here is the last tweet from Punk on Monday night.
Kurt Angle Says He Will Return To WWE At Some Point
In a interview with The Sun, Kurt Angle said he sees himself returning to WWE, but doesn’t know when. Angle says he is happy in TNA. Angle’s TNA contract expires in September & he’s leaving his options open. He says he does have a desire to go back to WWE, but doesn’t know if it will be this year, next year, etc. Angle said that there are a lot of guys that he wants to wrestle there like Daniel Bryan, CM Punk or Triple H. Angle said that it’s not a bad thing to stay in TNA, but does have unfinished business in WWE & will go back at some point.
Jake “The Snake” Roberts Will Be Inducted Into The WWE Hall Of Fame
Jake “The Snake” Roberts will join the Ultimate Warrior in the 2014 Class of the WWE Hall of Fame.
RAW Recap
The Authority came to the ring. Stephanie McMahon talked about the Royal Rumble pay-per-view being one of the most satisfying Royal Rumble’s in history. The Fans Chanted Yes! Triple H mocked the fans & said it was to bad the fans didn’t get what they wanted. Triple H talked about the Royal Rumble pay-per-view, he talked about Randy Orton defending his title against John Cena, how Brock Lesnar destroyed Big Show & Batista winning the Royal Rumble Match. Stephanie announced that Orton will defend his WWE World Heavyweight Championship at the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view in the Elimination Chamber Match. Daniel Bryan came down. Bryan sarcastically told the fans to stop chanting Yes! because The Authority doesn’t like it. Bryan mentioned that even though he lost his match against Bray Wyatt it was one of the most memorable matches last night & everybody is talking about it. Triple H said it was a good little effort. Bryan brought up him not being in the Royal Rumble match. Bryan said lesson to these people, there is a Yes! Movement going on. Bryan said he asked them several times about being in the Rumble Match but they always said no. Stephanie said they didn’t want to put him in harms way. Bryan talked about how many times he had to face The Shield & The Wyatt Family by himself & had to wrestle more than once in one night. Triple H said that is why they didn’t want to do it to Bryan again & make him work twice last night. Bryan said they don’t care about his health or what’s best for business, all they care about is what’s worst for Daniel Bryan. Stephanie said they have others to think about. She asked Bryan if he thinks the people only came to see him. Bryan quizzed the fans on who they came to see. Bryan said the fans get to pick their favorite Superstars. Bryan said listen to these people. Fans chant Daniel Bryan. Bryan said he wants in the Elimination Chamber Match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Bryan said to Triple H that either one of them shouldn’t leave until he gets what he wants. Triple H said it sounds like Bryan has company. The Shield’s music hit & they made their way down toward the ring. Bryan got a chair & brought it back into the ring as The Shield came down. The Shield attacked Bryan, he tried to fight them off but the 3 on 1 attack was too much. Sheamus came down to Bryan’s aid but he was beaten down by The Shield also. John Cena came down to even things up. Cena, Bryan & Sheamus cleared The Shield from the ring.
Rey Mysterio & Sin Cara VS The Real Americans: Zeb Colter yelled at Jack Swagger during the match & slapped him across the face to fire him up. The Real Americans got the win.
Bad News Barrett atop his podium high in the air. He said he has some bad news & he talked about the Dolph Ziggler VS The Miz match tonight. He said it’s called the Battle of Cleveland. He said he is greatful it isn’t called the Battle for Cleveland. Barrett insulted Cleveland & said Cleveland is full of losers.
Sneak peek of the WWE Network show “The Monday Night War: WWE VS WCW”.
Fandango VS R-Truth: Xavier Woods did commentary. Emma was seen dancing in the crowd during the match. R-Truth got the win.
RAW GM Brad Maddox in the ring. He introduced Randy Orton to the ring. Orton said the champ is here. Orton talked about beating Cena last night. OPrton mention that he has to defend his title against 5 guys in the Elimination Chamber Match. Orton was upset about it. He said he deserves respect. Batista came down to the ring. Batista reminded Orton of the 3 things he is back for. Batista said one down 2 to go. Batista said he doesn’t care who he has to wrestle, he is walking out of WrestleMania as the WWE World Heavyweight Champion. Brock Lesnar along with Paul Heyman came to the ring. Heyman told Maddox that Lesnar’s patience is running thin & for him to tell The Authority that they have 2 choices, authorize a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match for Lesnar against Orton tonight or a match for Lesnar against Batista. Heyman said they want Triple H & Stephanie’s answer tonight or else.
Battle of Cleveland: Dolph Ziggler VS The Miz: Ziggler got the win.
Ryback & Curtis Axel VS The Usos: Usos got the win.
Kofi Kingston VS Alberto Del Rio: Del Rio got the win.
WWE Tag Team Championship: Cody Rhodes & Goldust VS WWE Tag Team Champions New Age Outlaws: During the match, Brock Lesnar came down to the ring. New Age Outlaws bailed & Lesnar attacked Cody & Goldust. Lesnar gave both of them a F5. Heyman said The Authority had 2 options & they chose option 3, Lesnar will face no one & this is what happens when Lesnar doesn’t get what he wants. Lesnar beat Cody & Goldust with a steel chair until it broke.
AJ Lee, Tamina Snuka, Aksana & Alicia Fox VS The Bella Twins & The Funkadactyles: Naomi pinned AJ. Funkadactyles & Bella’s got the win.
Jerry Lawler was in the ring for the 2014 Hall of Fame inductee announcement. Jake “The Snake” Roberts is the next inductee for the 2014 Hall of Fame.
Sneak peek of WWE Network show “WrestleMania Rewind”.
Promo for the return of Christian this Friday on SmackDown.
6 Man Tag Team Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match: John Cena, Sheamus & Daniel Bryan VS The Shield: Late in the match, the lights went out-The Wyatt Family is here. The lights came back on & The Wyatt’s are attacking Cena. Bryan & Sheamus help Cena. Cena, Bryan & Sheamus toss The Wyatt’s out of the ring. Cena, Bryan & Sheamus win by DQ & earn a spot in the Elimination Chamber Match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. After the match, The Wyatt Family is on the stage & The Shield are furious because The Wyatt’s cost them a spot in the Elimination Chamber Match.
RAW Preview
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.
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
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.
