WWE Royal Rumble preview

Read on for my suggestions of what to do at tonight's WWE PPV.

Kickoff:

I think each team in the Kickoff match should have a promo segment before the match, even if they're pre-taped. The Rumble and the WWE Title should be so important Young and Sandow are willing to team up to earn a place in the match, despite them barely knowing each other. Heck, Young and Sandow could probably be a fun team. Give it a whirl. The Dudleys can talk about how despite their decadess of experience, neither of them have been WWE Champion. Henry can talk about how he's going to be the World's Strongest Champion, and Swagger can say he's doing it for We, The People. Point being, WWE needs to do more to give us reasons to care about these guys and this match. Anyway, I think Bubba and D-Von have earned this nod. And, hell, they've earned the right to put someone through a table tonight. Maybe Bo can do a victory lap right into a 3D outside of the ring for that spot? That'd be great.

Royal Rumble:

- Charlotte vs. Becky:

Becky also needs a big promo about getting out of Charlotte's shadow and all that kind of stuff. Becky fights valiantly, and gets Charlotte in the DisArmHer. Dad helps the Champion get to the ropes to break it, and a distracted Becky eats Natural Selection or whatever the neckbreaker is called now. The Flairs celebrate after the match, but Becky attacks from behind. Charlotte escapes to safety, but Ric taps to DisArmHer. He shows up on Raw in a sling. This, coupled with Paige returning to taunt her former partners, sets up a PCB triple threat at Fastlane. Meanwhile, Team B.A.D. enjoys their demise and we lead to Sasha going for the title at WM32. Sasha can taunt Charlotte about wrecking her friendships already, etc. 

- Del Rio vs. Kalisto:

Del Rio wins here, but later loses the title on TV due to Wyatt interference to set up LoN vs. the Wyatts at Fastlane and WM32. There's a former TNA and IWGP Champion who could be an ideal champion... I'd pencil in the Dragons to be in the tag team title picture for Mania, so I don't think I'd put the belt back on Kalisto unless Sin Cara's going to be out a while. Kalisto vs. Breeze could be fun while the former Hunico recovers. The "so ugly he has to wear a mask" thing is obvious, but doable.

- New Day vs. Usos:

New Day wins in memory of Francesca. They should be champs going into WM32.

- Ambrose vs. KO:

These two beat the holy high hell out of each other. Ambrose wins. I'd push for Owens vs. Taker at WM32 so a younger guy gets the rub at that show. Ambrose vs. Y2J makes sense for that night. Jericho will need to bring his heel A game to make up for what we've seen lately.

- Rumble match:

Their hands are pretty tied here. Personally, I like HHH entering when Reigns is at the end of his rope (say, around entry number 25) and throwing over the physically spent hero. "If you want something done right, you've got to do it yourself" says the new champ on Raw. Reigns vs. HHH for the gold in Dallas. I know, I'm not crazy about a part-timer holding the title for WM32, either. HHH won the Rumble 14 years ago. What does it say about WWE's progress that he's a top choice to win this year? I'm hoping for Brock vs. Rock at Mania. Unless Rock's going to prevent HHH from walking into WM32 the champ so the two of them face off instead, that's the direction I'm least resistant to. The other big options are "Super-Roman" winning from number one or another part-timer (Brock) leaving Orlando with the title, neither of which I care for that much. 

More wrestling coming up.