Despite the hit WWE took last week with John Cena going down with a serious injury, the company actually started the year strongly, with a hot Intercontinental Championship feud, the return of Chris Jericho, the announced return of Brock Lesnar and a wild close to the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match. That title match ending resulted in an unprecedented announcement that the world title would be defended in the Royal Rumble match, the first time the championship will be defended in the Rumble (the title was vacant and up for grabs in 1992). All of that contributed to a decent amount of intrigue and interest in what was coming next for WWE. And the question has to be asked: Can WWE keep it going? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k35ZCvNW2Ag With the loss of Cena but return of big names like Brock, Y2J and presumably others (Triple H, the Rock (even in a non-wrestling capacity), etc.), can WWE draw fans in as the Rumble draws near?
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
