NGN's ROYAL RUMBLE 2015 PREDICTIONS

"The Road To Wrestlemania" begins tonight at the 2015 Royal Rumble. A night that will begin to set the stage for Wrestlemania 31, with the winner of the Royal Rumble match earns a shot at the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in the main event of Wrestlemania. A night in which, like Wrestlemania, anything can happen. Surprises, shockers, triumph, and heartbreak. Anything.

Of course, everyone has a chosen favorite or the person they know are likely to win the Royal Rumble match (as well as the others on the card), and we here at Non-Geeky Nerd are no different. Growing up it was a lot easier, pick Hogan, HBK, or Stone Cold to win, and chances are you'd be right.This year, based on crowd reactions, it is as hard as ever to really pick one. Rumor mills aren't helping the case either. Even the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match is a bit hard to determine. Yes, Brock is likely to be defending at Wrestlemania, but doesn't mean he wins the triple threat at the Rumble. Regardless, here are NGN's Royal Rumble 2015 predictions...

New Age Outlaws Vs The Acsension
Winners: The Acension
After the Legends beat down, it wouldn't really make sense to have them lose a match. Too bad things weren't different, having a run of legendary tag teams to run through with Legion Of Doom putting them over. Hey, perhaps we could see Animal mange these guys.

Bella Twins Vs Paige & Natalya Neidhart
Winners: Bella Twins
Won't lie, not really sure what the story line is here. Perhaps a feud between Paige and Natty will stem from this, giving fans a decent Divas match at Wrestlemania. What? Think they wouldn't do it to take a shot at CM Punk and AJ Lee? Perhaps not.

WWE Tag Team Championship Match
The Miz & Damian Mizdow Vs The Usos
Winners: The Usos
Losing the match, combined with a Rumble match mishap or swerve, and we got The Miz Vs Damian Mizdow before fans begin to grow tired of this. Plus, it is time to reward Damian Sandow/Mizdow for making everything thrown at him work. And he's been thrown some garbage since losing his MITB cash-in match against John Cena.

WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match
Seth Rollins Vs John Cena Vs Brock Lesner
Winner: Brock Lesner
Obvious answer. But, here is where it gets unlikely, next PPV is Cena Vs Rollins for the MITB briefcase. Cena cashes in on the winner of the Royal Rumble after they beat Lesner at Wrestlemania 31. Jonn's next reign ties him with Ric Flair. That alone will garner heat from the purists. And sets the stage for the heel turn that is over due.

2015 Royal Rumble Match
Surprise Entrants: Dudley Boys, JBL, Rob Van Dam (does he count as a surprise?)
Winner: Daniel Bryan
Roman Reigns isn't quite there yet. He is good, but not main event Wrestlemania good. With only a short period, they need someone who is proven, over with the fans, and able to steal the show. And up until his injury, Daniel Bryan was showing that was him. Also, makes for a better opponent to face Brock. Vince and the WWE would likely take the "David Vs Goliath" or "Underdog" route, but it would make sense in this situation (and not be overused like it was before and after Rey won gold). My Cena prediction is far fetched, but this opens the door for Daniel Bryan to face Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, Dolph Ziggler (heel) for the gold.

WRESTLEMANIA SEED PLANTED, OR ONE AND DONE?

If you caught Raw last night, then you are most likely aware of The Great One making a surprise appearance. If not, you missed out on what was one of the more exiting moments as of late. You missed out on the goose bumps from being electrified. Not even sure if the "dirt sheets" knew the The Rock would be making an appearance.

It wasn't a pure verbal segment either, although it was vintage Rock owning the mic. There was a nice small, one-sided exchange with The Rock layin' the smackdown on Rusev. It was short, yet made an impact. Now that is over, I can't help but wonder, "was that it?". It is almost a throw-back to have a legend make an appearance, run through the current monster heel, and then leave. However, The Rock himself has said he wants to be a part of Wrestlemania 31, after missing out on action for Wrestlemania 30 (other than the opening segment with Hogan and Stone Cold). It was apparently going to be Brock Lesner and Rock at 'Mania XXX, but that all fell through due to scheduling, and now The Streak is over. Anyway, with the rumor still being that it will be Roman Reigns squaring off with Lesner for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania 31. Who does that leave for The Rock?

If I were in charge of booking, I would have Rusev continue to mow through the competition, even Big Show. With Lana boasting the Russian propaganda. The once we hit the Royal Rumble aka The Road To Wrestlemania, we have Rusev and Lana begin to call out The Rock. The one man to get one on Rusev and go unpunished. It would be USA versus Russia with no real worries about the WWE pulling the plug like they did with Jack Swagger. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is a full-blown patriot, and if there were "issues" regarding the story, after match at Mania The Rock can simply leave again and return when the heat has died down. I don't see what the problem was with Swagger, but this is how I would go about it since it is how it is. Guess we will see once we do reach the Road To Wrestlemania at the start of 2015.

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