WWE has announced that it garnered 719,000 total PPV buys for the first two months of 2013. This is an improvement from last year because The Rock was wrestling on both shows. The Royal Rumble PPV did 498,000 buys and the main event for the show was The Rock vs CM Punk for the WWE [...]
Each year the Royal Rumble marks the official start to the “Road to WrestleMania”. It’s usually around the time of year that storylines and feuds manifest that conclude on WWE’s biggest night of the year. Is it still necessary for them to stage a PPV event in between? Although the WWE is not known for [...]
The Royal Rumble winner has a choice of who he wants to face at WrestleMania each year. He has to choose between the WWE or World Heavyweight Champion. It’s usually a tough decision but John Cena appeared to have discarded the World Heavyweight title completely. After Cena beat Cody Rhodes in a standard match, he [...]
The best fiction movies are the ones with the surprise endings. Maybe it’s time the WWE took notice. When fan favorite John Cena eliminated Ryback to win the 2013 Royal Rumble, was anyone really shocked? The WWE leaned on the popularity of Cena for a month before the event, building up their audience in [...]
Well, it only took a few hours for Chris Jericho Wrestlemania 29 rumors to begin. Shortly after Jericho shocked everyone by returning at the Royal Rumble, it’s now being thought he may face Ryback as a heel at WM29. First, let me say that Jericho’s return was one of the best in history. It also [...]
If you have not heard already, John Cena became the only fourth man in history to win the Royal Rumble match more than once. He first won the match for the first time back in 2008 when he was the final entrant at number 30. You could say that this year’s Royal Rumble match was [...]
WWE and many fans were foaming in the mouth to see the epic counter between CM Punk and The Rock at the Royal Rumble for the WWE Title. It was an encounter that was hyped for six months. Sadly though, the match itself failed to live up to expectations. Punk was WWE Champion for 434 [...]
There’s an old saying that goes “Change is good”, for those who are open to embracing a different path. However, there is another saying that goes “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”, meaning that if things are OK why try to change it? Either one of these responses are the appropriate feelings that wrestling fans had when it [...]
Wade Barrett tweeted something interesting the other day suggesting that a popular former WWE star will be making an appearance at the Royal Rumble match this Sunday. Here’s what he tweeted: “Just bumped into Papa Shango at Hooters. Told me he’s entering the @WWE #RoyalRumble this year. Can’t wait, one of my faves.” This is [...]
