ANYWAY!!! Onto the article...and of course, tonight is the...

And, let me tell you, I am soooooooooo excited ;D by it! It has been one of my favourite ppv next to wrestlemania ^^.
Now, I've been inspiried writing this by listening to a internet broadcast by "Skittlez" and "Mavsy" that you can download by clicking on this link (I found that by the way by going on lordsofpain.net ...its a good site...I recommend all wrestling fans look at this site for all the latest news)...
ANYWAY!! Onto the Royal Rumble (Honestly, im so excited!!!)
Yeah, for all those that do not know the matches, here are the matches for Tonights Rumble (which you can see at 8pm ET Time/1am in the UK)
1 30-man Royal Rumble match The winner will receive a world championship match of their choosing at WrestleMania XXVI
2 Christian (c) vs. Ezekiel Jackson Singles match for the ECW Championship
3 The Undertaker (c) vs. Rey Mysterio Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship
4 Sheamus (c) vs. Randy Orton Singles match for the WWE Championship
5 Michelle McCool (c) vs. Mickie James Singles match for the WWE Women's Championship
(c) - refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
In reverse order...here's my take on all the matches...and my predictions...

Now, if you haven't been watching WWE Smackdown recently...then, this segment shows the background behind this heated rivalry:
This was perhaps one of the best segments in a LONG while for any WWE Diva...especially since in my opinion, it has been getting quite stale...but anyway...
Michelle has been holding that title since July, and I feel that considering the amount of personal abuse Mickie's been getting, I think its finally time that Mickie gets the belt tonight. Personally, I want this match to be longer than a squash 5 minute match like it usually is for most diva matches...
Thing is tho, you might ask yourself..."Michelle has Beth Phoenix and Layla on her side now!?!?!" Well, I predict that Beth may turn on both of them, because...to be honest, I see no reason for Beth really liking Team "Lay-cool" except for the fact that the week before, Mickie and Beth had their own confrontations...Not only that, but I feel that Beth might want to get back at Lay-Cool for insulting/insinuating that Beth's "Muscular body" is not really "Womanly"...so yeah...

Now next up is...
For the WWE CHAMPIONSHIP...

VS

Personally, I find it originally confusing that the wwe are changing their usual tradition of having a heel/face feud into really two heels against each other...and this is on the back of a short Cena/Sheamus rivalry...And, although I am pleased that Sheamus is champion, Cena never truly put him over...in that Sheamus haven't claimed a legitimite victory against Cena during the "Tables Ladders and Chairs" last month or during the matches afterwards (Not pinning him, winning by DQ afterwards and Sheamus didn't "really" put Cena through a table...
(Btw...It was a "Tables" match for the wwe title...if you were confused)
Anyway...although we know its Randy Orton and he gets a much better reception than the "new-ish" Sheamus...I feel that Sheamus will retain the title. Why? Its because that I feel that they would use this as a launching pad for Orton's stable "Legacy" to break up by DiBase screwing Orton and DiBase and Orton can then have a feud leading up to Wrestlemania...Of course, alot of the Internet Wrestling Community (IWC) have been saying this will eventually be on the cards...but we shall wait and see...
I feel, at least for Sheamus's sake, that he has a "good" victory, because I feel that not many people really care for him at this present time, and its not really his fault...Its just that the fans can't really react towards someone so "new to the scene"...

Final Verdict: SHEAMUS TO WIN THE TITLE
The next main event match is...
VS 
This match is quite intresting from a wrestling purist's standpoint. I say this because Undertaker and Mysterio both have contrasting styles...and, I haven't seen matches between these two before...bar that fatal four way in Bragging Rights...I feel that I hope this match won't dissapoint, especially since both these wrestlers are really popular with the WWE universe and the build up to it has been quite good...One thing I hope for the Undertaker's sake is that I know that he's not 100% fit and he's being wrapped up by the wwe so that he doesn't have to wrestle as much...
Anyway, prediction time. Now, I feel there's going to be alot of interference in the match up...
Shawn Michaels might interfere, because he wants to win the Royal Rumble to face the Taker for "The streak" and for the title...so he may screw Mysterio. And also, Batista might "Yawn" interfere too...but meh...I feel that Mysterio, although he has alot of heart and stuff, I don't feel that he will be booked to win...so...
Final Verdict: UNDERTAKER TO RETAIN THE TITLENow for the (most likely) the match opener for the Royal Rumble...
VS
Now, Christian has been champion for months, and I feel, despite feeling that Jackson doesn't deserve the "push" for the title, it is inevitable that Christian will lose it eventually, and I feel the time is now to lose it...Why? Because, I feel that Christian needs to go onto bigger and better things (no disrespect to the ECW title of course) but he needs to return to the bigger brands such as Raw/Smackdown...especially with the prospect of Edge coming back ;D! Now ,of course, to suit his heel character, I think it would be best that Eezekiel would win via Regal helping him win it and NOT win it legitimately, because it would lose alot of credibility for Christian having faced much better "technical" in - ring performers...so...
Final Verdict: EEZIEL JACKSON TO WIN THE ECW TITLEAnd now...THE MAIN EVENT!!!!!

Yup, you guessed it...its the Royal Rumble match!!!
Now at the moment, there are 25 confirmed participants...so here they are in full:
2 Ted DiBiase Raw
3 Mark Henry Raw
4 Evan Bourne Raw
5 Chris Jericho SmackDown
6 CM Punk SmackDown
7 John Cena Raw
8 Jack Swagger Raw
9 MVP. Raw
10 The Miz Raw
11 Shawn Michaels Raw
12 The Big Show Raw
13 Triple H Raw
14 Carlito Raw
15 Kofi Kingston Raw
16 Shelton BenjaminECW
17 Yoshi Tatsu ECW
18 William Regal ECW
19 Zack Ryder ECW
20 Batista SmackDown
21 The Great Khali Smackdown
22 Kane SmackDown
23 Chris Masters Raw
24 R-Truth SmackDown
25 Matt Hardy SmackDown
This is quite a star-studded list, and I feel that it WON'T be either Shawn Michaels or HHH this year, I feel that its...wait a moment...
Hold the phone, lemme see...hmmm, why is it so Raw dominated?!?!?! And where the hell is Morrison/Macintyre?!?!!? The hell??? So anyway, I feel that these are my hot pics...and why...
owait...shouldn't I say who the other 5 could be in the Rumble, and why first!?!??! Yeah, i'll do that...
So...here are my hot picks on who I think will be the mystery entrants for the Rumble:
- Edge: This guy has been heralded by the WWE as "More or less recovered" in time...(if you want to believe what the internet is telling you of course) so, in my mind, I feel that Edge will indeed be at the Rumble...but, winning it? It would be nice...!
- RVD: I dunno about this guy...I have my doubts being there...but who knows...
- Booker T: It might happen...I mean, the WWE have no problems with him, and its been on the cards, so I won' be surprised if he shows up.
Now...WHO WILL WIN!?!?
Ted DiBiase: I don't think he'll win it...simply because, well, I feel that say if my theory is correct about DiBiase screwing Orton, then Orton would return the favour...so no...
HBK: I feel he has a realistic chance of winning, since considering he wants to face Taker at Mania...he could win it a 3rd time
















