(Newswire.net — November 29, 2018) — With the recent extravaganza known as Survivor Series now just a mere footnote in Wrestling history, the focus now begins to shift to what will take place next April when the WWE hosts its showpiece event.
That of course is none other than Wrestlemania, an event where blood, sweat and tears are shed in the bid to be the best wrestler on the planet. This is not for the faint hearted, and if you are of that disposition then perhaps playing bingo online is more for you.
One of the ways to book yourself in the upper echelons of the card is to earn the right to be called champion. Currently both Brock Lesnar and Daniel Bryan have earned that accolade as they hold the Universal and WWE belts respectively.
But if you are not someone who is holding the gold, then there is another route to immortality and that is by winning the 2019 Men’s Royal Rumble. 30 superstars will compete to be the last man standing, the question is just who will come out on top?
It is a question that is also incredibly difficult to answer for the simple reason that it is one of the most competitive fields in years. With a title shot at Wrestlemania up for grabs, the stakes cannot be any higher.
A quest that could be won by any number of entrants, take for example A.J. Styles. The former TNA and New Japan legend saw his year long reign as WWE Champion ended by Daniel Bryan just days before Survivor Series.
What better way to exact revenge then repeating the feat of last year’s Wrestlemania when he got the better of Japanese icon Shinsuke Nakamura in the WWE Championship clash. Styles will undoubtedly be one of the favourites, but he will also have an arrow on his back.
The self-proclaimed ‘face that runs the place’ will be a marked man during the Royal Rumble and he will have to withstand the likely challenge of stars such as The Miz or Drew McIntyre as they themselves look to break the current glass ceiling that is in the WWE.
For The Miz it represents the perfect opportunity to return to a first Wrestlemania main event since 2011 when the then champion got the better of John Cena, albeit via a huge assist from none other than The Rock.
Or could this finally be the time when Drew McIntyre finally announces himself as a truly elite member of the WWE. The Scottish grappler had lost his way somewhat over the past few years, but now his career is in the midst of a definite resurgence.
If McIntyre does not deliver then he will still have a number of opportunities in which to do so, the same cannot be said however for John Cena. ‘Big Match John’ is now in the phase of semi-retirement, and what better way to go out then by booking a place in the Wrestlemania main event.