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WWE Rumors: Reported Original Plans For The Rock At Royal Rumble & WrestleMania

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WWE reportedly had a plan for The Rock at Royal Rumble and WrestleMania!

As we approach the closing of 2018, that means the build to the Royal Rumble in January and then WrestleMania in April is about to begin for the WWE Universe.





The company’s two most anticipated shows each year are always surrounded by loads of rumors, speculation and news regarding WWE’s plans, especially when it comes to who will win the Royal Rumble matches and earn their ticket for a title shot at WrestleMania. However, the planning for this year’s events has most assuredly seen changes due to a rash of injuries and unfortunate circumstances. For example, Triple H’s recent surgery (read more on that here) and Roman Reigns’ leukemia diagnosis.

Of course, Roman was the Universal Champion at the time of his announcement and according to a report by the WrestleVotes Twitter account, he would have likely held onto that title going into WrestleMania 35 or at the very least, would have been champion again by then.

According to WrestleVotes, WWE’s original plans for Reigns would have included a big showdown against his cousin, The Rock, who has not competed in a WWE ring since a very brief match against Erick Rowan at WrestleMania 32. Reportedly, the plan was for ‘The Great One’ to be a surprise entrant in the Royal Rumble Match, which he would have won, then gone on to face Roman for the championship at WrestleMania:

EA’s Take: I think a lot of fans actually thought this was going to be the plan and quite frankly, I think they would have crapped all over it. Still would have been fun though. Now the odd thing is, I don’t think they needed Rock for WrestleMania and because of injuries or other circumstances, they do need him and may not be able to get him. I’m not sure if the lure of a Brock Lesnar match would bring Rock back, although it’s certainly a big name bout, so maybe that could entice him. The problem would be, I don’t think there’s a good way to book that where fans will be okay with it. Either way, you’d still have a part-time champion.





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Mitchell’s AEW Continental Classic Update! (11/27/23)

What a start to the tournament!

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Did your picks win points?

The AEW Continental Classic is underway, with almost everyone competing. Check in here if you haven’t seen the winners and losers of week 1!

Here are your Gold League standings!

  • Jon Moxley: 1-0, 3 points
  • Swerve Strickland: 1-0, 3 points
  • Jay White: 1-0, 3 points
  • Rush: 0-1, 0 points
  • Mark Briscoe: 0-1, 0 points.
  • Jay Lethal: 0-1, 0 points

 

Here are your Blue League standings!

  • Brody King: 1-0, 3 points
  • Claudio Castagnoli: 1-0, 3 points
  • Daniel Garcia: 0-1, 0 points
  • Eddie Kingston: 0-1, 0 points
  • Bryan Danielson: Yet to Compete
  • Andrade El Idolo: Yet to Compete

 

My Thoughts:

Nothing too crazy, nothing too wild, this tournament only just got started. The only disappointing point is that they could not get Bryan “cleared to compete” Saturday night. Not sure how much of that is shoot given the bad eye, but this was kinda the problem of wanting him in the tournament over tons of other choices. Bryan wants to face Okada for WrestleKingdom 18, how is Bryan supposed to do that at his best if he’s also gonna be in a round robin, doing five top level matches in about as many weeks? And it takes away from Andrade being able to do something. Also a little surprised we didn’t even hear from Andrade on Saturday.

Now as we heard on Saturday, round two’s matches are set. Gold League will see Mark Briscoe VS Rush, White VS Swerve, and of course, Moxley VS Lethal. Nice variety there, a couple 0-1 guys facing off, as well as two 1-0 guys, and then 1-0 VS 0-1. No offense to Lethal, but he feels like an 0-2 going up against Moxley. Hard to call the other ones but that’s the fun of it. Meanwhile, Blue League sees Brody VS Claudio in a showdown to be 2-0, then Bryan and Andrade finally jump in, Bryan against Eddie and Andrade against Garcia. Sadly, feels like Eddie and Garcia are going 0-2, no way Tony Khan is booking Bryan and Andrade to lose their first shots.

In fact, that could be half the reason they did wait on those two, that’s almost too good for just a first round opener. But I still would’ve done it, same as NJPW does stuff like that for round robins, which this is all modeled after anyway.


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AEW announces Continental Classic entrants

The C2 is set!

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Tony Khan Reveals the Blue and Gold “Leagues!”

Originally livestreamed, Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone officially announced the twelve total entrants and divided them into the two round robin blocks known as the “Blue League” and “Gold League.” If you don’t feel like sifting through the almost 30 minute video, the groups are:

Blue League

  • Bryan Danielson
  • Andrade El Idolo
  • Brody King
  • Claudio Castagnoli
  • Daniel Garcia
  • Eddie Kingston

Gold League

  • Jon Moxley
  • Swerve Strickland
  • Rush
  • Mark Briscoe
  • Jay Lethal
  • Jay White

 

Tony Khan also explains the rules for the Continental Classic:

  • Every match has a 20 minute time limit
  • The winner of each match earns 3 points, losers earn 0, 1 point for a draw
  • EVERYONE ELSE is banned from ringside for true 1v1 action

 

Eddie Kingston also joined the selection special as his “life’s work” is on the line in this tournament, both the ROH World Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship on the line as part of the modern day North American Triple Crown Eddie, Tony Khan, AEW, ROH and NJPW are looking to create together. Gold League competes tonight on Dynamite while Blue League will have their start this Saturday on Collision. Look for more articles like this one to keep up with the Continental Classic standings over the next six weeks of tournament action!


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