Royal Rumble just took a lot of stories in new exciting directions so we’ll see what’s
going on with Cody Rhodes, Bray Wyatt, and much more
Let’s start things off with the men’s Royal Rumble match
The men’s Royal Rumble had a few minor surprises, but didn’t really contain some of the major
surprises that fans were expecting
But the 2023 Royal Rumble match did have some outstanding individual performances
Such as Gunther, who entered at number one and and ended up being the runner up
So to go from entrant number one to the final two is a strong look for Gunther and definitely
shows that his time is coming up soon
He’s currently on a great run ad intercontinental champion, but if this Royal Rumble performance
told us anything about him, it’s the fact that it’s only a matter of time before Gunther
breaks into the world title scene
Maybe Gunther could already be looked at as an early favorite for next year’s Royal
Rumble match
Speaking of Gunther, there was also that explosive face off moment between him and Brock Lesnar
Gunther versus Brock Lesnar has been all over reports in recent months as a match that WWE
was heavily considering for 2023
So if this face off moment here during the rumble was a test to see how the crowd reacted,
the crowd reaction definitely passed the test
Gunther and Brock Lesnar’s face off was one of the loudest reactions of the night,
it most definitely seems like the fans would love that matchup
But Gunther isn’t Brock Lesnar’s focus, at least not for the time being
Bobby Lashley and Brock Lesnar continued their storyline during the Royal Rumble match itself
Bobby Lashley eliminated Brock Lesnar pretty fast from the Royal Rumble match, which Brock
was extremely heated about
So it looks like we’re definitely getting that third match between Lashley and Lesnar
The only real question left to wonder about is if that match will happen at Elimination
Chamber or Wrestlemania
A feud of this size definitely seems like it deserves to end at Wrestlemania, so they
may decide to extend it until then
But getting back to the Royal Rumble match itself, it ended up being won by Cody Rhodes
Fans are still curious on why WWE spoiled Cody Rhodes’ entire Royal Rumble return
weeks in advance
Fans gave a pass to WWE for spoiling Cody Rhodes’ return because everyone figured
there was probably a bigger debut or return in the rumble that was the actual surprise,
but that wasn’t really the case
So looking back at it, it does seem a bit strange to announce his Royal Rumble return
beforehand
Even if it was predictable, It definitely would’ve been a bit more fun to have that
mystery intact and not truly knowing if Cody was actually returning during the rumble or
not
But they announced him beforehand and gave him number 30, so there was no mystery behind
the number 30 entrant either since everyone knew it was Cody
So those were just some smaller pet-peeve issues
But Cody ends up going one on one with Gunther for a nice amount of time until he’s finally
able to eliminate Gunther and win the entire Royal Rumble match
Now things are different this time around
Over the last few years, the Royal Rumble winners always had a few weeks to make a decision
between the two world champions and decide who they will face at Wrestlemania
But since Roman Reigns has both world titles, there is no real decision and mystery there
for who Cody Rhodes will pick
Cody Rhodes will most definitely be facing Roman Reigns at Wrestlemania
But like we’ve been seeing with The Usos, WWE is now treating undisputed title as two
separate pairs of titles
So it’ll be interesting if that’s the twist here, that Cody Rhodes can only select
one title to go after at Wrestlemania
So if that’s the case, that sort of brings the decision factor back into play
Cody is still locked in facing Roman Reigns, but maybe he does have the choice between
the WWE title or the Universal Title
And if that’s how it plays out then maybe Cody Rhodes goes with the WWE title
That’s the more historic title, that’s the same title that his father got close to
winning, but never actually did
So it just makes more sense for Cody Rhodes to challenge Roman Reigns for that same historic
title that his father was chasing decades ago
So if that’s how the decision plays out then maybe we’ll get Roman Reigns versus
Cody Rhodes strictly for the WWE title and maybe that’s how WWE splits these world
titles up
If they do decide to go down that route with Roman and Cody, it does make you wonder if
Roman will be working double duty and defending his Universal Title against a Smackdown superstar
on the other night of Wrestlemania
Roman Reigns working double duty at Wrestlemania 39 has been a long time popular fan idea,
but reports claim that there’s not a lot of truth behind that theory right now
So that’s the only two options here
Roman Reigns versus Cody Rhodes versus will either be for both titles or maybe just the
WWE title
So it’s highly possible that Roman could drop the WWE title here in the coming months
But it’s the Universal Title that he may hold onto for just a bit longer
By the time Wrestlemania 39 rolls around, Roman will be just nearing 1000 days as champion,
so maybe WWE wants to get him to that historic milestone before having him drop the title
1000 days as champion is extremely rare to see in WWE.
It may be a while before we see that again or we maybe very well never see it again,
so that may be milestone they’re trying to get Roman to
But whether it’s for one title or both, Roman Reigns versus Cody Rhodes appears to
now be a look for Wrestlemania 39
WWE will have the better part of two months to build that story up between Roman and Cody,
so it should be another great ride to see that feud unfold
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Let’s get into one of the other big moments of the night and that was the long waited
transition pay off for Bray Wyatt
For months, we’ve seen Bray Wyatt fight his evil urges and try to be a better changed
man
But it was LA Knight who kept pushing him and pushing him until he finally broke down
again and entered his old ways but in a new twisted way
Everyone wanted to know what Bray Wyatt was going to come out as at the Royal Rumble
Was it the Fiend, was it an Uncle Howdy mask, was it a new monster?
Well Bray Wyatt came out with what appeared to be a regular new look, just a bit of some
makeup and body paint
But like the tagline of this match has been saying all along…
when the lights go out, you don’t know what’s going to appear
So the second the lights went out, we finally saw Bray’s actual new look
Bray’s makeup and body paint glowed in the dark and lit up in many different colors
He had a full upper face mask in this glowing makeup and his arms were also covered in several
glowing colors and designs
Bray took care of LA Knight pretty fast in the match, but then the action really picked
up
Bray Wyatt put on a new mask following the conclusion of the match
Bray then took LA Knight over to an area inside the crowd that had some tables set up
Bray set LA Knight up on the those tables and Uncle Howdy appeared from high above and
dropped a massive elbow on LA Knight that ended with flames going off
Bray Wyatt posed right there over LA Knight and Howdy, and even Bray’s real life Firefly
Funhouse puppets appeared high above on the surface that Howdy jumped off from
So this was the first time that Bray’s real life puppets have been seen since Extreme
Rules, the first night of Bray’s return
Everyone thought the puppets would be play large roles in Bray’s story, but they fully
disappeared from October until January’s Royal Rumble event
But now that Bray Wyatt has fully embraced his evil ways again, maybe the puppets will
hang around this time around and we’ll maybe see what’s actually going on with them
The big fan of theory was that some real life WWE superstars would take over the real life
Funhouse puppets
Such as Alexa Bliss, everyone assumed from the start that she was going to fill in the
role of Abby the witch
So now that the puppets have resurfaced, maybe that theory can come back into play
And Since we’ve now been introduced to Bray Wyatt’s new monster, this story is about
to pick up even more
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