15.
RUMORED: TRIPLE H VS BRAUN STROWMAN.
FOLLOWING THE EVENTS THAT TRANSPIRED AT SURVIVOR SERIES, MOST WRESTLING FANS ARE EXPECTING
TO SEE TRIPLE H TAKE ON BRAUN STROWMAN.
ALTHOUGH SOME BELIEVE THAT THE FORMER WILL FACE KURT ANGLE, RUMORS CLAIM THEY COULD COMPETE
AT ROYAL RUMBLE BEFORE TRIPLE H TAKES ON "THE MONSTER AMONG MEN."
AT SURVIVOR SERIES, ALL THREE SUPERSTARS WERE APART OF TEAM RAW UNTIL TRIPLE H BRIEFLY TURNED
ON KURT ANGLE SO HE COULD HAVE ALL THE GLORY FOR HIMSELF.
STROWMAN WASN'T IMPRESSED WITH HIS ACTIONS, REFUSING TO REMAIN SILENT AS HE ATTACKED TRIPLE
H IN RETALIATION.
THE FEUD WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO SLOWLY BUILD UP BEFORE THEY CLASH AT WRESTLEMANIA 34, AS
RUMORS HAVE RECENTLY CONFIRMED.
THE ENTIRE WWE UNIVERSE ISN'T NECESSARILY CONVINCED WITH MANY WANTING A DIFFERENT OPPONENT
FOR STROWMAN.
AS HE CONTINUES TO GET OVER WITH THE FANS, A WIN OVER TRIPLE H COULD ONLY HELP HIM WHILE
A LOSS MAY NOT BE SO BENEFICIAL.
14.
WOULD LIKE TO SEE: SASHA BANKS VS BAYLEY.
IN 2015, SASHA BANKS AND BAYLEY MADE HISTORY WITH THE LONGEST MATCH IN WOMEN'S HISTORY
AT NXT TAKEOVER: RESPECT.
THE 30-MINUTE IRON MAN MATCH WAS ALSO THE FIRST WWE EVENT TO BE HEADLINED BY A WOMEN'S
MATCH, WHICH HAS SIGNIFICANTLY HELP IN THE RISE OF THE WOMEN'S REVOLUTION.
SINCE THEY BOTH JOINED THE RAW ROSTER, THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CAPTURE THE RAW WOMEN'S
TITLE WHILE BEING INVOLVED IN MANY STORYLINES TOGETHER.
THEY HAVE REMAINED FRIENDS ON SCREEN EVEN WHEN THEY WERE BOOKED TO FIGHT ON RAW, ALTHOUGH
FANS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR ONE OF THEM TO TURN HEEL ON THE OTHER.
IT HASN'T HAPPENED YET BUT IT MAY TAKE PLACE SOMETIME BEFORE WRESTLEMANIA TO BUILD UP FOR
THE ANTICIPATED REMATCH.
IT'S UNLIKELY TO BE A TITLE MATCH BUT THAT MATTERS VERY LITTLE CONSIDERING THEIR IN-RING
TALENT AND CHEMISTRY, ALTHOUGH WWE HASN'T HINTED ABOUT A POTENTIAL BOUT IN RECENT TIMES.
13.
RUMORED: SETH ROLLINS VS DEAN AMBROSE.
WE HAVE SEEN SETH ROLLINS AND DEAN AMBROSE COMPETE NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE YEARS, BUT
THEY HAVE NEVER DONE IT AT THE GRANDEST STAGE OF THEM ALL.
AFTER HAVING REUNITED THIS PAST SUMMER, THEY HAVE BEEN APART OF THE WWE TAG TEAM DIVISION
FOR A FEW MONTHS BUT RUMORS CLAIM THAT THEY MAY BE HEADED FOR ANOTHER BREAKUP.
THIS PAST YEAR, WE HAVE WITNESSED SO MANY TEAMS SPLIT UP, SO IT'S LIKELY THAT THE
COMPANY WILL SAVE IT FOR 2018 WITH ROYAL RUMBLE BEING THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO BEGIN PREPARATIONS
FOR THEIR WRESTLEMANIA BOUT.
THERE PROBABLY ISN'T GOING TO BE ANY CHAMPIONSHIP INVOLVED WITH THE FEUD BEING EVEN MORE PERSONAL
THAN USUAL.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE MATCHES THAT FANS ARE HAPPY TO SEE EVEN IF IT HAS OCCURRED PLENTY
OF TIMES SINCE THEIR GREAT IN-RING CHEMISTRY ENABLES THEM TO DELIVER AN OUTSTANDING MATCH
ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT.
12.
WOULD LIKE TO SEE: TRIPLE H VS BOBBY ROODE.
WHILE RUMORS CLAIM THAT TRIPLE H IS LIKELY GOING TO FACE BRAUN STROWMAN OR KURT ANGLE
– TWO MATCHES THAT FANS WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEE – MOST WILL AGREE THAT BOBBY
ROODE COULD BE AN EVEN GREATER OPPONENT AT WRESTLEMANIA 34.
ROODE HAS BEEN COMPARED TO TRIPLE H DUE TO HIS STYLE OF WRESTLING, HEEL ANTICS AND OVERALL
CHARISMA BUT HE HAS YET TO TAKE THAT BIG STEP TO PLACE AMONG THE TOP SUPERSTARS TODAY.
AT 40 YEARS OLD, ROODE ISN'T GETTING ANY YOUNGER AND WWE HAS TO GET THE MOST OUT OF
HIM BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
IT COULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM, AS WELL AS ONE OF THE MOST INTRIGUING STORYLINES.
AT SURVIVOR SERIES, WWE DID TEASE A POTENTIAL MATCH BETWEEN THEM WHEN THEY SQUARED OFF IN
THE TAG TEAM CONTEST WITH BOTH MEN TRADING SIGNATURE MOVES IN THE RING.
WITH ROODE ON SMACKDOWN AND TRIPLE H ON RAW, THE FORMER WOULD HAVE TO EITHER SWITCH BRANDS
UNLESS WWE GOES FOR A GOOD OL' INTERBRANDED MATCH.
11.
RUMORED: JOHN CENA VS THE UNDERTAKER.
FOR YEARS, WE HAVE HEARD RUMORS ABOUT JOHN CENA CHALLENGING THE UNDERTAKER FOR A WRESTLEMANIA
MATCH ALTHOUGH THEY NEVER CAME TO FRUITION.
AT WRESTLEMANIA 33, IT APPEARED THAT THE UNDERTAKER WAS PASSING THE TORCH TO ROMAN REIGNS AFTER
LOSING TO HIM.
IT WAS SAID THAT THE UNDERTAKER HAD FINALLY RETIRED BUT RECENT RUMORS CLAIM THE DEADMAN
WILL BE RISING ONCE AGAIN AS HE IS SET TO APPEAR ON THE UPCOMING 25TH ANNIVERSARY RAW
SPECIAL.
IF THE UNDERTAKER DOES WRESTLE ONCE AGAIN, THERE ARE TWO POTENTIAL OPPONENTS THAT FANS
HAVE WANTED TO SEE HIM FACE AT WRESTLEMANIA: JOHN CENA AND STING.
THE LATTER IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY AT THIS POINT, LEAVING CENA AS A REALISTIC OPTION.
IT IS NOW OR NEVER FOR THIS DREAM MATCH WHICH HAS PREVIOUSLY TAKEN PLACE, BUT NEVER AT THE
BIGGEST STAGE.
ACCORDING TO RUMORS, WWE MIGHT FINALLY DELIVER WITH THE LONG-AWAITED BOUT.
10.
WOULD LIKE TO SEE: BROCK LESNAR VS BATISTA.
LIKE IT OR NOT, A SHOWDOWN BETWEEN BATISTA AND BROCK LESNAR WOULD BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST
DRAWS FOR WWE.
IT'S BEEN A DREAM MATCH FOR SO MANY YEARS AS THEY ARE TWO OF THE STRONGEST AND MOST
DOMINANT SUPERSTARS IN WRESTLING HISTORY.
WHEN BATISTA WAS IN HIS PRIME YEARS, LESNAR HAD LEFT THE COMPANY TO PURSUE A CAREER IN
THE NFL AND THEN THE UFC.
BATISTA HAD FILLED IN LESNAR'S SHOES FOR YEARS BEFORE LEAVING THE INDUSTRY DUE TO FRUSTRATION
WITH THE CURRENT PRODUCT.
BATISTA WENT ON TO BECOME A HOLLYWOOD STAR JUST AS LESNAR HAD RETURNED TO THE WWE.
WITH BATISTA REVEALING RECENT DISCUSSIONS WITH WWE ABOUT A POTENTIAL RETURN, WE MAY
BE SEEING THE LONG-AWAITED MATCH.
GIVEN A CHOICE BETWEEN THIS BOUT AND THE RUMORED MAIN EVENT OF BROCK LESNAR AND ROMAN REIGNS,
I THINK IT'S SAFE THAT THE MAJORITY OF FANS WOULD PICK THE FORMER.
9.
RUMORED: CHARLOTTE FLAIR VS RONDA ROUSEY.
CHARLOTTE FLAIR IS CERTAINLY LIVING UP TO HER FATHER'S LEGACY WITH 6 TITLE REIGNS
IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, INCLUDING HER CURRENT SMACKDOWN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP.
SHE HAS BEEN THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SUPERSTAR DURING THE WOMEN'S REVOLUTION, BUT HER NEXT
CHALLENGE COULD COME FROM OUTSIDE OF THE SQUARED CIRCLE.
AFTER HAVING MADE A CAMEO APPEARANCE AT WRESTLEMANIA 31 TO TAKE OUT THE AUTHORITY, RONDA ROUSEY
APPEARS TO BE HEADED BACK FOR A MATCH AGAINST CHARLOTTE.
WITH A UFC RETURN APPEARING TO BE UNLIKELY AT THIS POINT, ROUSEY HAS HINTED THAT SHE
IS READY TO STEP INTO A WWE RING DURING A BRIEF VIDEO IN WHICH SHE MET FACE TO FACE
WITH SOME SUPERSTARS.
WHILE MANY WOMEN HAVE ACCEPTED ROUSEY'S CHALLENGE, RUMORS CLAIM THAT WWE WANTS CHARLOTTE
TO BE HER OPPONENT AT WRESTLEMANIA 34.
WHILE WE HAVE NO CLUE WHETHER THEY CAN PULL OFF A QUALITY MATCH, IT WILL CERTAINLY BE
HUGE FOR THE WOMEN'S DIVISION ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO MEDIA OUTLETS.
8.
WOULD LIKE TO SEE: KURT ANGLE VS THE MIZ.
IN RECENT WEEKS, WE HAVE WITNESSED PLENTY OF HEAT BETWEEN THE CURRENT RAW GENERAL MANAGER
KURT ANGLE AND THE MIZ.
WITH ANGLE BEING RECENTLY CLEARED TO COMPETE ONCE AGAIN, HE HAS BEEN APART OF TWO TAG TEAM
MATCHES ALTHOUGH HE HAS LOOKED SLUGGISH FOR THE MOST PART.
DESPITE HIS HEALTH CONCERNS, RUMORS CLAIM THAT ANGLE IS PREPARING TO COMPETE IN A SINGLES
MATCH WHICH COULD TAKE PLACE AT THE UPCOMING ROYAL RUMBLE.
WHILE FANS WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIM COMPETE AGAINST THE LIKES OF NAKAMURA, AJ STYLES, SAMI ZAYN
AND KEVIN OWENS, THAT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE LIKELY AT THE TIME.
A REALISTIC YET INTERESTING OPPONENT FOR HIM WOULD BE THE MIZ, WHO HAS A REPUTATION AS
A SAFE WORKER AND COULD DELIVER A MEMORABLE MATCH WITH ANGLE.
THEY ARE ALSO BOTH GREAT ON THE MIC, WHICH WILL SURELY DELIVER SOME ENTERTAINING PROMOS
AND SEGMENTS DURING THE BUILD UP.
7.
RUMORED: ALEXA BLISS VS ASUKA.
THIS PAST SEPTEMBER, ASUKA MADE HER LONG-AWAITED MOVE FROM NXT TO THE MAIN ROSTER, JOINING
MONDAY NIGHT RAW WHERE SHE HAS CONTINUED TO DOMINATE.
AFTER HAVING DEFEATED SEVERAL SUPERSTARS INCLUDING EMMA AND DANA BROOKE, ASUKA IS RISING THROUGH
THE RANKS AS FAST AS WE ALL EXPECTED.
WITH ALEXA BLISS CURRENTLY REIGNING AS THE RAW WOMEN'S CHAMPION, RUMORS CLAIM THAT
SHE MIGHT HOLD ON TO THE TITLE UNTIL WRESTLEMANIA WHEN SHE FACES ASUKA.
A MATCH BETWEEN THE TWO HAS ALREADY BEEN HINTED, AS BLISS ADDRESSED ASUKA'S UNDEFEATED STREAK
BY SAYING SHE WOULD BE THE ONE TO END IT.
IF THE MATCH DOES TAKE PLACE AT WRESTLEMANIA 34, IT WILL CONTINUE THE TREND OF GREAT WOMEN'S
MATCHES THAT HAVE BEEN BOOKED IN RECENT YEARS.
ASUKA WAS THE GREATEST NXT WOMEN'S CHAMPION AND IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SHE
GETS HER HAND ON BLISS' RAW CHAMPIONSHIP.
6.
WOULD LIKE TO SEE: KEVIN OWENS VS RANDY ORTON.
RANDY ORTON ISN'T THE MOST EXCITING WORKER THESE DAYS WITH FANS LOSING INTEREST IN THE
13-TIME WORLD CHAMPION.
HOWEVER, THEY HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT HE WON'T BE GOING ANYWHERE ANYTIME SOON.
HE HASN'T HAD MANY MEMORABLE FEUDS AS OF LATE, BUT A RIVALRY WITH KEVIN OWENS COULD
CERTAINLY CHANGE THAT.
OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, THEY HAVE BEEN TRADING INSULTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH ORTON MAKING
JOKES ABOUT OWENS' WEIGHT, WHILE THE LATTER REPEATEDLY CALLED HIM BORING.
ORTON HAS BECOME A BETTER PROMOTER ON TWITTER THAN ON THE MIC, BUT IF THE ONLINE FEUD CARRIES
OVER TO THE RING, IT WILL CERTAINLY DRAW THE ATTENTION OF FANS.
ALTHOUGH MANY BELIEVE THAT OWENS WILL BE BOOKED TO FIGHT SAMI ZAYN, IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT
WE HAVE SEEN THAT MATCH MORE THAN ENOUGH TIMES.
OWENS COULD BE THE ONE TO BRING THE BEST OUT OF ORTON IN A POTENTIAL WRESTLEMANIA FEUD.
5.
RUMORED: BROCK LESNAR VS ROMAN REIGNS.
AS SOON AS WRESTLEMANIA 33 CAME TO AN END, RUMORS WERE FLYING THAT THE MAIN EVENT OF
THE NEXT ONE HAS ALREADY BEEN DETERMINED WITH A REMATCH BETWEEN BROCK LESNAR AND ROMAN REIGNS.
AT WRESTLEMANIA 31, THEY COMPETED FOR THE WWE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP ALTHOUGH
NEITHER WALKED OUT AS CHAMPION WITH SETH ROLLINS CASHING IN HIS MONEY IN THE BANK BRIEFCASE
TO WIN.
LESNAR HAS BEEN THE WWE UNIVERSAL CHAMPION SINCE DEFEATING GOLDBERG AT WRESTLEMANIA AND
HE WILL LIKELY HOLD ON TO THE BELT UNTIL THE 34TH EDITION OF THE EVENT.
ROMAN REIGNS IS CURRENTLY THE WWE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION BUT HE'S LIKELY TO MOVE ON TO CHALLENGE
LESNAR SOON AS HE COULD ONCE AGAIN WIN THE ROYAL RUMBLE.
FANS AREN'T EXACTLY EXCITED TO SEE THE REMATCH ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE COME TO ACCEPT THAT IT'S
ALMOST GUARANTEED TO HAPPEN AT THIS POINT.
4.
WOULD LIKE TO SEE: JOHN CENA VS SAMOA JOE.
THERE IS HISTORY LINKING JOHN CENA AND SAMOA JOE AS THEY TRAINED TOGETHER IN THE EARLY
2000S, WHILE THE FORMER WENT ON TO BE SIGNED BY THE WWE SHORTLY AFTER, JOE HAD TO WAIT
UNTIL 2015 AFTER HAVING HAD AN IMPRESSIVE RUN ON SEVERAL PROMOTIONS.
WITH JOHN CENA LIKELY OUT OF THE TITLE PICTURE, THERE ARE SEVERAL OPPONENTS THAT WOULD MAKE
FOR A DREAM MATCHUP AT WRESTLEMANIA 34.
AMONG THEM IS SAMOA JOE WHO HAS ONLY WRESTLED CENA PRE-WWE AND THEN MORE RECENTLY AT HOUSE
SHOWS.
THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THEY COULD DELIVER A CLASSIC MATCH AND POSSIBLY STEAL THE SHOW,
BUT IT'S UNKNOWN WHETHER WWE IS INTERESTED IN BOOKING IT FOR THE BIGGEST EVENT OF THE
YEAR.
MANY FELT THAT CENA WAS MISUSED AT THE PREVIOUS WRESTLEMANIA BUT THIS COULD BE THE PERFECT
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE UP FOR IT AND A LACKLUSTER YEAR.
3.
RUMORED: AJ STYLES VS SHINSUKE NAKAMURA.
IF THERE IS ONE RUMOR THAT THE MAJORITY OF WWE FANS ARE HOPING TO COME TRUE, IT'S THE
SHOWDOWN BETWEEN AJ STYLES AND SHINSUKE NAKAMURA AT WRESTLEMANIA 34.
ARGUABLY THE TWO BEST WRESTLERS IN THE WWE TODAY, THEY HAVE PREVIOUSLY MET IN 2016 WHILE
WRESTLING FOR NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING.
THE MATCH DIDN'T DISAPPOINT AS NAKAMURA CAME OUT ON TOP TO RETAIN THE IWGP INTERCONTINENTAL
CHAMPIONSHIP.
WITH AJ STYLES CURRENTLY HOLDING THE WWE CHAMPIONSHIP, RUMORS HAVE IT THAT NAKAMURA MIGHT BE HIS
CHALLENGER AT WRESTLEMANIA.
THIS PAST NOVEMBER, BOTH MEN HINTED TOWARDS A FUTURE MATCH WITH FANS CHANTING FOR A WRESTLEMANIA
BOUT.
IT WAS POSTED ON THE OFFICIAL WWE INSTAGRAM PAGE WITH THE FOLLOWING CAPTION "DID #WWEFLORENCE
JUST MAKE A #WRESTLEMANIA MATCH!!? @AJSTYLESP1 & @SHINSUKENAKAMURA SEEM TO AGREE!"
2.
WOULD LIKE TO SEE: BRAY WYATT VS BROKEN MATT HARDY.
IT SEEMS LIKE WWE HAS SLOWLY BUT SURELY KILLED THE HYPE BEHIND BRAY WYATT WHO HAS BEEN STRUGGLING
FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
FANS ARE STILL HOPEFUL THAT THE COMPANY WILL MAKE THINGS RIGHT AS THEY ONLY NEED TO IMPROVE
HIS BOOKING.
THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY MAY BE PRESENTING ITSELF WITH MATT HARDY'S UNDERGOING TRANSITION
INTO HIS BROKEN PERSONA.
THE CHARACTER HAD GAINED HUGE POPULARITY OUTSIDE OF THE WWE, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO USE IT
UNTIL RECENTLY DUE TO LEGAL ISSUES.
WITH THE ONGOING PROMOS ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND HARDY'S ACTIONS ON RAW, HE
WILL SOON FULLY ADOPT THE PERSONA.
BEFORE REJOINING THE WWE, FANS DREAMED OF A FEUD BETWEEN BRAY WYATT AND BROKEN MATT
HARDY, WHICH IS REALISTIC NOW THAT THEY ARE OF THE SAME BRAND.
IT'S UNKNOWN WHETHER THE COMPANY HAS A SIMILAR POINT OF VIEW AS FANS DO, BUT THAT WILL LIKELY
BE DETERMINED BY HARDY'S SUCCESS OVER THE COMING WEEKS.
1.
RUMORED: FINN BALOR VS THE MIZ.
THE FEUD INVOLVING BRAY WYATT AND FINN BALOR DIDN'T GO AS WELL AS FANS HAD HOPED; IT
FAILED TO CAPTURE THE WWE UNIVERSE'S ATTENTION.
OF COURSE, HAVING WYATT PLAY HIS OWN SISTER DIDN'T HELP MATTERS.
AS FOR THE MIZ, HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME MINOR FEUDS BUT NOTHING SPANNING MORE THAN
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT COULD BE CHANGING SOON.
RECENT REPORTS CLAIM THAT A FEUD MAY START SOON BETWEEN THEM, BUILDING UP TO A FUTURE
WRESTLEMANIA MATCH.
THE MIZ IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE BEST HEELS ON THE ROSTER AND COULD ELEVATE BALOR BACK
INTO THE TOP SPOT.
SINCE RETURNING, BALOR HASN'T SET THE WORLD ON FIRE WITH SOME DOUBTING THAT HE IS OVER
ENOUGH TO BE ONE OF THE MAJOR PLAYERS AND HE IS UNDOUBTEDLY LOOKING TO PROVE ALL DOUBTERS
WRONG.
IF WWE FOLLOWS THROUGH WITH THEIR PLANS, BOTH SUPERSTARS WILL HIGHLY BENEFIT FROM THIS FEUD.
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