10 Booking Steps Toward Cesaro Being WWE Champion

By Marcus K. Dowling /

3. Cesaro Is The Last Man Eliminated At The Royal Rumble

The 2015 Royal Rumble should ideally be Daniel Bryan's match to lose. Ideally, Cesaro (as the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal winner) would be the odds-on favorite, and to that end could go on a Diesel/Kane/Roman Reigns-type elimination spree. However, when the match would get down to Cesaro and Bryan (with a shot at WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar in the offing), Heyman himself could come down to ringside to persuade Cesaro to leave the ring. Cesaro, tired of being put-upon and blamed by Heyman, finally would punch him down off the ring apron. Of course, he turns around into a knee strike, and is eliminated from the Rumble.