i like the idea of ziggler winning the Rumble and being in both main events at WM when he cashes in his case then. won't happen though.

if they are smart they stick with Rock winning and beginning a road to WM as Punk starts up a feud with the Undertaker. only Vince knows though for sure!

Is the Rumble stipulation you have to fight for a belt or just "Main Event" Wrestlemania? Cause I could see Punk losing to the Rock, then winning the Rumble. Following RAW or soon thereafter saying he wants to face The Undertaker in the main event of Wrestlemania to finally prove that he is the best in the world.

You should apply at creative! Perfect fit.

Considering Rock vs Cena and Punk vs Taker seem to be happening I don't see how it is much of a stretch. The obvious route is having Cena win the Rumble then challenge the Rock, but we know Vince hates to let the smarks be right so he might have someone else win it (like last year with Sheamus instead of Jericho). How does Punk winning it here not make sense?

Punk isn't going to drop the belt, win the Rumble, and instead of getting his title back, challenge the Undertaker. They'd be throwing away 2 years of the title being the only thing Punk cares about. Come on bro.

it's weird that there's not a single rumor of any surprise rumble entrants at this time. we had all of last year's basically confirmed weeks in advance.

noooooooo taker.

it makes no sense if Rock just comes back to talk about being champion and have a run through to WM just to put people over and then job to Cena. also i think Dwayne swore to god he was winning which in super babyface land means he is winning.

Haven't watch any wrestling for over a month, but watch this with Big Wally, Girl Wally, and 6 Month Old Nephew Wally.

Cliffs on storylines? Especially Tag Title Feud?

The only one with a worthwhile personal storyline is ADR vs. Big Show. There was a Raw with champion's choice night, Big Show mockingly picked Ricardo as his opponent, ADR came to Ricardo's aid, later got a title shot and won the title on Smackdown in a surprisingly great match, and now here we are.

There isn't much of a build to the tag title match even though the teams have had random brawls and such for a while.

What's going on between Punk and Rock?

Rock cashed in Rock in the Bank six months ago and then CM Punk turned his back on the WWE universe.

There isn't much more to it, just some trash-talking promos.

Sigh. Okay.

Punk did hit a clothesline on Rocky that laid him out longer than Cena was down when Punk did the shoot.

random thought that probably wont happen

they can actually have bork interfere to cost rock the wwe championship, then interfere again in rr to eliminate rock, to set up rock/bork pretty hard. will never happen, but potentially leaves cena/taker and punk/austin

Punk/Austin is 100% not happening this year.

obviously

I'm obviously living in fantasyland, but if they're going to go with Rock/Brock at WM then I really think this is the time that CM Punk has to win clean. If he can't go over clean against someone that's wrestling his second match in like 18 months or whatever then it's better to just give the title to someone else. At some point his reign would have to be legitamized. After the match you can have Heyman taunt the Rock and set-up a Lesnar attack that "breaks The Rock's arm," and they build to Rock/Brock at WM with Heyman gloating about Lesnar ending HHH's and Rock's careers. Not really sure where that leaves Punk except for probably another match with Cena. Undertaker or Sheamus could be other possibilities.

If it is going to be Cena/Rock (for the title) and Punk/Taker at WM then somehow they need to get Punk out of the title picture and challenge the Undertaker. Punk saying once he lost the belt he realized being the best in the world wasn't just about holding the title but doing things no one has ever done before...it's really not that much of a stretch. Even in the real world beating Taker at WM would be way bigger than winning a title at WM (at this point).

Punk getting out of the title picture = Cena wins Rumble and Punk loses in EC. ez game.

Taker wins rumble, battles Punk at WM

And then when does Punk have his automatic title rematch?

Also, we know Vince hates for the internet to be right. Everyone and their dog thinks Cena is going to win the Rumble.

woooo Pro Bowl weekend, that means its Royal Rumble time.

Been basically clean since Raw 1000, don't plan on watching anything else until Wrestlemania.

If Punk won the Rumble and chose to face Undertaker (if that's even possible) there would be infinite whining about how WWE is burying the title.