2010 Royal Rumble

The 2010 WWE Royal Rumble is upon us. Only 33 more hours left for what is, in my opinion the most exciting PPV of the year. The Rumble has provided some great memories, and the fact that so many guys are involved in the match makes it harder to pick a winner.

I've never been to a Rumble show but have seen the better part of the live, I gotta pick the 2001 event as my favorite not so much for the matches although it was a solid show, but more for the fact that I had Wrestlemania X-7 tickets so the Rumble had so many implications on the storyline development for that awesome April night in Houston.

Boston is in for a wild ride tomorrow night. We've got only 4 matches scheduled, and I do believe they'll get a 5th on the card, but that seems enough for a 3 hour show as now there will be 40 men in the Rumble Match (more on that later)

1st off we have the WWE Divas Championship match with Natalya defending against Lay-Cool in a 2 on 1 handicap match. Nattie has been impressive for the last 5-6 months; I know she's an awesome wrestler but she has been really connecting with the fans and that match with Melina last Monday was pretty darn good. On the other hand we have Lay-Cool who has been a good act for the past year (BTW any time Layla shows up on my screen is a good thing) and have put on good matches, besides their out-of-the-ring antics are pretty fun to watch and easy to hate. I really hope the keep the title on Nattie but the way the switch them around this days I expect Lay-Cool to pick up the win, and then have a blowup between them.

Up next we have Dolph Ziggler challenging Edge for the World Title. Ziggler has been as good a wrestler can be in the WWE in the last 4 months, and having Vickie helping out getting heat is great; i fun this guy solid and fun to watch in the ring, easy to hate... give him some time and he may very well be what his theme song says. His opponent is none other than the Rated-R Superstar, Edge, who is coming of a brutally bad feud with Kane which ended in a World Title Win; we all know Edge is solid in the ring and will make Ziggler look great. I hope they give this guys a good 20-23 minutes to tell a nice story in the ring with Edge picking up the win in the end -for the record I could care less of the no-spear rule for the match- Ziggler does have World Champion written all around him but I don't think they want to start the Road to Wrestlemania with him as champ, not in 2011 at least.

The final singles match will be The Miz defending his WWE Title against Orton. A quick FYI, this feud has done absolutely nothing for me and did not catch my interest. I love the Miz as champion, they have showed a darker, more violent side that gives him credibility. Not a fan of Orton as champ and think he is more interesting when chasing the title. As with the last match, I'm not sure WWE wants to go with Miz as champion leading into WM; although he does get a ton of press outside the WWE, so this is really a toss-up in which I would enjoy seeing The Miz go over and retain the WWE Title.

And now it's time for the Royal Rumble match, still get chills when I hear that. You know you are in for a little more than an hour of a fun, unpredictable, entertaining and pretty memorable match. Last couple of years we have had the return of Cena and Edge to win it all, could this be a signal for a HHH comeback? Will Alberto del Rio make good on his promise and win it? Will Mark Henry win it all after his push on RAW (before someone flames me, this is a joke!) How will the Corre vs Nexus storyline work out? Could we have an Undertaker sighting leading into 'Mania? Who will we have as a returning Superstar taking part in the Rumble? -Booker T seems likely, HHH, Wade Barrett said something of Papa Shango although that seems like a joke by the Brit-. At which other time during the year do we have a PPV with so many questions to be answered? Only at the Rumble. By the way, my pick for the rumble is Cena, although I'd love for Del Rio to make good on his promise; if HHH were to return he'd be penciled in to win.

The 40 man Rumble is just a gimmick to call it the biggest in history, does nothing to help the match but its a good thing to have 10 more guys make a payday; the thing I fear is that they will be cutting people shortly after. Lets see how this plays out.

I absolutely love WWE marketing. This is the most important PPV in the history of mankind and will change the face of history... until next month.

Hope we get a great show tomorrow in Boston and kickoff the Road to Wrestlemania with a bang! I'll be back with my thoughts on the show tomorrow night.

MrKhakbaz out!