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Feed Triple H to him at the Rumble, then give H a win in February.

If we get the Joe from that main event at Takeover it could be an early MOTYC for 2016. Working heel really brings out the fire in Joe and I feel like having someone he can work stiff against will raise the level of Finn's game as well. Also I think Bayley can definitely pull a good to great match out of Jax, she proved she could carry Eva to a good match and Jax is a better worker right now than Eva in my opinion. The only reserve I have about Takeover is that I wish we were getting Jordan and Gable vs. The Mechanics, but Enzo and Cass getting their moment should be good too.

Might get some shit for this, but the DX vs. Rated RKO match is probably my favorite Survivor Series match of all time. I was the biggest HBK fan in the world back then, and seeing him sweep Rated RKO was all 9 year old me wanted. Watching it back now, it still holds up as a better than average comedy match, too.

It's easy. Brock wins the Rumble. We get the first good rumble in like 5 years, and Vince gets what he wants, a Brock-Reigns rematch at Mania.

I get that the goal of JBL's reign was to create a hated heel to get Cena over, but they could have done that like 100x better with Undertaker or Angle with his Heyman's Alliance stable.

Yup. I hate that reign with a passion, because Smackdown from ~2002 until then was the best product the WWF has ever put out in my opinion, and JBL's reign ruined it for me. He was a terrible heel champion with a horrible stable, especially compared to what we had gotten a little over a year before (the short-lived "Heyman's Alliance," with Big Show, Team Angle, and Kurt himself).

Don't forget Kurt, and if they had gotten Perfect some help before it was too late. Edge was a rising star, as was Rey, and don't forget HBK coming back. I would say build the Raw title scene around Edge, HBK, and RVD, and build the Smackdown title scene around Eddy, Brock, Perfect, and Kurt. Also, work harder to keep Austin, if only in a non-wrestler role, and maintain a good relationship with the Rock, so that he would consider a part time schedule. Booker T and Goldust should have gotten a longer run, too. They worked well together.

New Day standing tall was definitely something new and fresh. Pretty good episode of Raw in general, I liked the KO-Sin Cara segment especially. Kalisto-Owens for the IC Title would be a pretty cool angle for a future PPV.

I know it's early, but the way WWE has been letting them work, Lesnar-Taker in the cell might be one of the most brutal matches in the PG era. I'm definitely pumped for it.

If they don't go with the Shield triple threat, I think this would be the second best option, tied with Daniel Bryan vs. Brock Lesnar. Also, as a side note, I read on some sheetz a while back the plan to build Reigns up is now to go with the Shield triple threat this year, and then Reigns-Cena next year. Obviously to be taken with a grain of salt, but that's at least sort of logical.

I think that a 2005-style ending (actually on purpose this time) could work with Ambrose and Reigns. I think that would make a majority happy, as long as Daniel Bryan is eliminated in a fashion that isn't like last year. I think a good way for DB to be eliminated, if he's in it at all, is that he gets eliminated by someone high-profile (Rock, Lesnar, etc.) and goes on to have a match with them at WM. Wouldn't the 1994 Rumble finish be better? But of course the company may not like the fans' answer. Yeah, both ways would work.

Me too, but I have no idea who he should face. Lesnar-Cesaro would be an incredible match, but I don't know if it would draw.

I wouldn't have an issue with that. All of the other "major stars" in the WWE have two rumble wins, so I think Brock deserves a second.

I think that a 2005-style ending (actually on purpose this time) could work with Ambrose and Reigns. I think that would make a majority happy, as long as Daniel Bryan is eliminated in a fashion that isn't like last year. I think a good way for DB to be eliminated, if he's in it at all, is that he gets eliminated by someone high-profile (Rock, Lesnar, etc.) and goes on to have a match with them at WM.

Title says it all. Who do you guys think should win the 2016 Royal Rumble, and who do you think will win? If they aren't the same person, of course. For me, I think that it'll definitely be one of the Shield boys to set up the triple threat at Wrestlemania 32, and I think it should be Rollins, as he's been putting out good work in the ring as champion this year so far. I'll even go so far as to say that's when they'll complete his babyface turn, having him go coast to coast.

Sometimes rock just fits the character though. Like I can't see Kevin Owens coming out to anything other than rock, and I think both his indie theme and his WWE theme fit him perfectly. I definitely think Reigns needs a hip-hop theme, and I think Rollins needs some sort of EDM theme to go with his character. Not sure what I'd do with guys like Big Show, Orton, and Brock, though, as their themes are pretty well-established already.

He was talking about Kevin Owens coming out during the bad Ryback promo. that whole segment was weird. Owens did as well as he could but I can't figure out why the promo was based on a book Ryback's (and seemingly only Ryback) apparently read rather than y'know, the IC Title. You could cut out all the Big Show, Miz and Cesaro confusion on the past few Raws and actually had a build to this one, but ah well, hope they have some chemistry at least. I think Big Kev can get somewhat of a good match out of Ryback. I don't know why, but I picture their styles meshing well.

I think the Shield triple threat is the way to go for the title at Mania, and it would take a damn hot storyline to convince me otherwise.

I was pretty skeptical about this notion at first, but then on the "beat the clock" graphic, the time number was literally fucked up and off center. It's only a little thing, but that's way too dumb of a mistake to not be intentional.

Last August for Ambrose/Rollins to determine who would get to set the stip for SummerSlam. It was actually a good working of it, though, with a really good 15 minute Ambrose-Del Rio match (in what would be ADR's last RAW match) and a silly Rollins-Slater distractionfest that let Slater get a pin. Jeez, thanks for reminding me of how good that storyline was until they ruined it with Bray Wyatt at HIAC.

I only have a couple problems with Roman Reigns, and they're not even really problems. First off, he's just boring to me. He's not even bad in the ring anymore, but I just get bored with his matches easily. He never even pulls out new and different stuff for PPV matches, like Owens, Rollins, Cesaro, and others do. He's pretty disinteresting on the mic too; his promos are nothing to write home about. Mic skills are easily the best way to get over with the crowd, and that's why CM Punk and, to a lesser extent Ambrose have gotten over. Reigns just doesn't have that skill yet. Another reason he hasn't gotten over is that he has no relatability. Bryan, Austin and Punk, when they were faces, had this everyman quality to them that really helped them connect to crowds. I just don't really see that in Reigns. Also, when they broke up the Shield, he 100% should have gotten new entrance music and ring gear. That's an easy fix that they could do today, however.