9 Burning Questions For WWE Raw (Jan 9)
The Undertaker and HBK return, Reigns defends his title and the Rumble creeps closer.
If part-timers and Hall-of-Famers are suddenly showing up on
Monday Night Raw en masse, then we must be on the Road to WrestleMania.
Indeed, WWE clearly is ramping up for its biggest shows of the year, Royal Rumble and Mania, and to do that, we’ve seen Goldberg and Brock Lesnar make appearances, either in person or through an advocate. But wait, there’s more.
Monday night, we’ll see two WrestleMania icons, the Undertaker and Shawn Michaels, show up and do God knows what. Unless Taker is launching a new post-Lesnar streak at 2-0 or HBK is coming out of retirement, then the “shocking” revelations from the two are limited. Still, knowing they are getting time means someone will be getting bumped.
But that clearly won’t be top acts like Jeri-KO and Roman Reigns, who have been joined at the hip recently, which means we’ll probably see Seth Rollins hanging around. There are plenty of other ongoing angles floating out there that should get at least a passing mention, as well as the business of every jabroni on the roster declaring their entrance into the Royal Rumble match.
With that said, let’s take a look at some of the big
questions that WWE will need to answer on Raw Monday night…
9. Who Will Declare For The Rumble?
Let’s just get this one out of the way. One of the
traditions this time of year is for seemingly every person on the roster to
announce that they are entering the Royal Rumble and will go on to headline
WrestleMania.
It’s a strange tradition, as you’ll get people like Big Show, who has been runner-up numerous times, past winners like Sheamus, and comedy acts like R-Truth all saying that they want to main event Mania. Some years, some wrestlers have had to qualify for the Rumble, while most of the time, a wrestler just grabs a mic and declares that they’re in.
So far, superstars like Braun Strowman, New Day and Chris Jericho have entered the Rumble, joining the two headliners, Brock Lesnar and Goldberg. (Baron Corbin is the biggest name from SmackDown who has entered the Rumble.) That’s a far cry from 30 superstars, so who else will announce their participation in the 30th Royal Rumble?