Royal Rumble Fallout

If you're not a big wrestling fan, you might should skip this column. I will be speaking of things you aren't familiar with and don't feel like explaining. Coming out of the Royal Rumble, Miggy and I were discussing the merits of the WWE and creative and what storylines were and weren't working. We then came to discuss what we'd do. I ended up putting together a whole outline on it. Keep in mind this is from post-RR (January) and some of this has changed.

• World Strap
• Orton retains at No Way Out—CLEANLY
  i. For the love of God is it too much to ask that your champion wins a match cleanly and looks dominant?
• HHH wins the Elim Chamber match to be the no. one contender
• Have Cena get a little dirt on him after NWO
  i. Punk Orton
• 3-way at WM
  i. Hunter wins by pinning Cena
• At WM, Flair wins the MITB match
• Flair cashes in on the next raw and loses to Hunter
• Cena is named no. one contender cuz he ‘lost’ at WM
  i. Cena/Hunter culminates at One Night Stand with HHH winning
• Orton then inserts himself into the title picture because he didn’t lose at WM
  i. Orton/HHH @ SummerSlam
• Tag Team
• Rhodes/Holly lose the belts under a cloud of scrutiny to Highlanders
• Have one of them turn
  i. If it’s Holly, he blames the kid for his loss and is going to make him pay by buddying up with William Regal and giving Cody ridiculous matches he could never possibly win
  ii. If you have Cody turn, it could become interesting. He blames Holly for losing his first belt. They go back to fighting each other only now Cody is winning their matches. Cody declares himself done with Holly and starts nipping at HBK’s heels for the IC belt
• JBL/Umanga are a dynamic duo after the EC match and win the tag gold
• London/Kendrick lay claim to no. one spot and ultimately lose by ONS
• Cryme Tyme return to feud through SS
• CT wins belts leading to Umaga/JBL feud
• IC
• Coming out of NWO and the EC Match, HBK and Hardy have beef
  i. This can elevate the belt to meaning something again
• Hardy and HBK fight for the belt in a Ladder match at WM
• HBK wins it
• Kennedy becomes no. one contender by having a great showing at the MITB match at WM
• Kennedy and Rhodes form an alliance to get the belt away from HBK
• Set up for Kennedy/HBK @ ONS where HBK wins
• Next night on Raw, Cody Rhodes vows revenge and defeats HBK
• Kennedy expects Rhodes to ‘Fingerpoke of Doom’ for him to get the belt
• Rhodes refuses and they beef leading to a SS match
• Y2J/Hardy
• Come out of the EC match with beef and feud through the summer
• Perfect for an Extreme Rules match at ONS

Like I said, some of this stuff has passed--Jericho already beat Hardy for the IC strap, but that still might be a good return angle for Hardy later this summer. This will be a recurring thing too. I have another one I put together pre-WrestleMania. I suppose, I'll do one around the PPVs from here on. And if WWE isn't your thing, no hard feelings skipping these posts. Otherwise, enjoy.