There's also the question mark of AJ Styles' impending debut. So who's it gonna be, folks? Only 13 names have officially been announced (plus the two pre-show winners), and I wonder if the undercard wrestlers will pull double duty. Lesnar, unless someone like Triple H is a surprise entrant and walks away with it (which would be utterly ridiculous). Unfortunately all but three of those aforementioned names are on the shelf and one of the remaining three hasn't a prayer of winning. Imagine a WWE Title Rumble with Reigns, Lesnar, Cena, Orton, Sheamus, Bryan, Rollins, Cesaro, etc. Were the roster not totally injury-plagued, this Rumble match could be great. **Note: Our esteemed (not really) colleague Brandon will be submitting his Uninformed Wrestling Picks a little later on, so keep an eye out for those**ĭan currently leads the predictions, 57/81 to 56/81. All Titles are on the line so at least there's a sense of urgency to the undercard bouts, and on paper they all look good. At least this year's undercard looks pretty solid despite all the injury-generated roster holes. Sadly, given how nonsensical RAW has been over the past few months, the 2016 edition doesn't bode all that much better, but perhaps we'll be surprised. 2011's Rumble was needlessly expanded to 40 participants (when there wasn't nearly enough star power to warrant such a change), 2012's Rumble was full of lower-tier wrestlers, plus ALL THREE ringside announcers, 2013's was far too predictable, and in 2014 & 2015 "the wrong guy" won and was summarily booed out of the building. Whether due to a thin roster, creative clusterfucks, backstage politics, what-have-you, there hasn't been a really strong Rumble match since 2010 in my view. While historically the Rumble has been one of the most enjoyable hours of WWE television all year, the last few editions have left a lot to be desired (That's putting it mildly).
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