2017 Pro Wrestling Thread

Anybody else feel like Styles HAS to win Sunday? Cena's just being a dink in character and it feels like he has to lose.

I also think Reigns is going over and jeez if they put belts on Cena and Reigns the same night they might lose the crowd at the Rumble. Again.

 

Only if they have Kane or Big Show win the Rumble, too.

 

Batista's got another new movie coming out.

 

I'd imagine they want Cena to win his 16th at WM.

 

Have a bad feeling Cena's finally going over unless something strange happens.

Also, strong feeling that Samoa Joe will enter the Rumble this year and get his "call-up" to the main roster. Hell, in a wild theory, I could see him winning it despite all the odds and big names in it.

I see Goldberg and Brock eliminating each other to set up Brock over Goldberg at Mania. Hell, maybe even do a 3-way dance at Mania, Brock, Berg, Taker so Taker can bury all of them finally.

 

FWIW, the house show I went to the last week had a triple threat with Cena-Styles-Corbin as the main event.
Styles won via a low blow and then a pin.
Might mean nothing, but that close to the Rumble it might be an indicator of something they have planned.

 

All this campaigning Ellsworth is doing to get into the Rumble, I'm going to go out on a limb and say his music will play and he'll begin to make his entrance ... only to get flattened from behind by someone like Samoa Joe (or some other surprise entrant), who will then take his spot.

 

I figure Ellsworth would be the guy who lasts two seconds this year.

 

My picks for the Rumble:

-- Tag title match: Gallows and Anderson. They gotta get the belts on these guys.
-- Sasha Banks def. Nia Jax
-- Bliss/James/Natalya def. Lynch/Bella/Naomi
-- Neville def. Rich Swann for cruiserweight title
-- Charlotte def. Bayley by DQ or countout
-- Styles def. Cena (they'll set up Cena for the record at 'Mania)
-- Owens def. Reigns (I really think this might go the other way, but I can't bring myself to type in a Reigns win)
-- Finn Balor makes a surprise return and wins the Royal Rumble and takes on Owens at 'Mania for the belt he never lost

Also, how the hell are neither the IC nor the U.S. belts being defended?

 

SmackDown's women's title isn't up for grabs, either. Something had to go, I guess, since it's going to be a four-hour show.

 

And the Rumble itself is an hour of that, and then on top of THAT they have to work in matches from both shows.
Jericho is already involved in two matches (the Rumble and Owens-Reigns) as well, so it's not like the U.S. champion isn't a prominent part of the show. The IC championship, when they do have a solid feud going, is a puzzler, though. Would much rather see Ambrose-Miz than the cruiserweights or the six-man women's tag.

 

That's the one that baffles me most. It's a four-hour show with a two-hour pre-show. That allows for at least two matches in the preshow if they want. Heck, they could fit three in. How can they not have time for an IC title match?