Royal Rumble Preview

The annual battle royal centered show is upon us once again and your boy could not be more excited. Why? Because I love the hell out of some battle royals. So in keeping with my goal of giving you, the loyal readers a preview of the upcoming Royal Rumble event.

Benjamin and Gable VS The Usos (Smackown Tag Team Championship)
Since turning heel and becoming the wardens of the Uso penitentiary, this former generic ass tag team has become my favorite act. While this new team of Shelton Benjamin and Chad Gable are basically American Alpha 2.0 I have enjoyed them. Particularly Chad Gable.

The things this diminutive grappler can do are just ridiculous. And given that the Usos have had a pretty lengthy run already I think that the time to make a change could be upon and the tag titles will finally be released from the Uso Penitentiary in this 2 out of 3 fall affair.
Winners: Gable and Benjamin

Sheamus and Cesaro vs Seth Rollins and Jason Jordan (Raw Tag Team Championship)
I think this could be the hardest one to predict all card. On the one hand it would be cool to see Jordan go full heel and attack Rollins if they lose.

"Daaaaaaaaaaaaaad!"

On the other hand this smarmy and self entitled thing he has going now is pretty clutch. IF the rumors are true about the health of Sheamus then time off is definitely warranted. I would expect Rollins and Jordan to retain and the teasing of the full heel turn by Jordan shall continue.
Winners: Rollins and Jordan

Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn vs AJ Styles (WWE Championship)
AJ Styles is one of the nest wrestlers in the world. The same can be said of Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens. Yet this feud has seemed....meh. Mainly because the focus has really been on Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan.

The biggest heel in the WWE right now is Shane McMahon. I know he's the face but dear lord he's been a dick and frankly I groan whenever he is on the tv. That being said I think we'll see a very good match but in the end AJ Styles is going to retain and hopefully, this leads to a date with Nakamura at Wrestlemania but I'll even take them going against each other at Fast Lane if it ends this feud.
Winner: AJ Styles

Kane vs Braun Strowman vs Brock Lesnar (WWE Universal Championship)
This is gonna be the who the hell cares match on this card. Kane has spent the last few years either in a tag team or administrative role and now he's a monster again. Braun Strowman is the most over guy in the match and the WWE just won't listen to the crowd.

And Brock, well when he wants to he can have an amazing match (See: Samoa Joe vs Brock Lesnar) but it seems that for the most part he's just mailing it in. I expect Braun to be a monster and get the crowd behind him even more, Kane will eat the pin and Lesnar will get the win to go on and lose to Roman Reigns at Wrestlemania.
Winner: Brock Lesnar

Women's Royal Rumble:
This is gonna be hard to predict given we don't know who all is in it. I would expect some NXT women to get some shine like the Iconic Duo and Ember Moon, possibly even Shayna Bayzler but that would just be to get the ball rolling on whatever they decide to do with Ronda Rousey. Some of the main roster women that should be in contention would be of course Asuka, Nia Jaxx, Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch, but the real one I am excited to see is Naomi. She is ridiculously athletic and some the spots she should be able to pull off will be amazing. In the end I expect it to come down to Becky, Sasha and Asuka. After the way Raw ended with Asuka standing tall I feel she's made more than a few enemies and that will be her downfall as the the Lass Kicker shall sneak a victory in.
Winner: Becky Lynch

Men's Royal Rumble:
We know we'll get a few legends in there, a few NXT call ups but unfortunately this thing is being telegraphed from a mile away how it's gonna end up. I think we can expect ad awesome spot from Kofi Kingston (past spots have included a handstand to avoid elimination and using an announce chair as a pogo stick).

Fly Kofi fly!

I think Baron Corbin is going to be showcased as a monster, we can epect some bog things from Fin Balor as I expect him to be in for one of the longest times to help establish him and the Balor Club. But as soon as Roman Reigns lost the Intercontinental Championship it was a foregone conclusion that he was winning the Royal Rumble. And thus we begin another season of "Hey isn't Roman awesome."

Roman Wins LOL

Winner: Roman Reigns

Well there you have it. Will any of these be correct? Probably not. But I watch far too much wrestling to not give you all my unsolicited opinion.