10 Possible Swerves For WWE Royal Rumble 2019

8. AJ Styles Regains The WWE Title

AJ Styles WWE champion
WWE

Bearded bastard Daniel Bryan is heading for a WWE Title defence at 'Mania, or so the common perception goes. He'll wrap up his issues with AJ Styles at the Rumble, squeak through Elimination Chamber in February and then be raring to go in New Jersey.

Unless...

Styles has become a super-worker since joining WWE. He was always great before in TNA and New Japan, but he's even better now, and he's firmly entrenched in the promotion's system as a reliable champ who can defend on every house show, TV episode and pay-per-view going. Perhaps WWE will want that again.

It'd be quite the swerve if AJ bagged the belt for a third time and left Daniel Bryan weeping into his beard oil or Brie Bella's arms. Every good heel needs some comeuppance every now and then, and this could be DB's. The only problem with this one is that Triple H claimed there'd be no automatic rematches, so Bryan would have to find something else to do at WrestleMania.

Advertisement
Contributor

Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.