New Column Added To Google Site: Ryan Owens Predicts The Rumble

Former Smash Wrestling columnist Ryan Owens has very kindly passed along his predictions for tonight's Royal Rumble PPV.

Below is a sample of his thoughts:

" Royal Rumble Predictamania: By Ryan Owens (29/01/2012)
Last year’s Rumble match was very exciting, not just cause of the 40 man format, but because there were some very exciting Rumble debuts (Nexus, Del Rio, Bryan, etc) and some even more exciting Rumble returns (Nash, Booker-T, etc). However, I don’t think the same excitement is generating from the build-up to this year’s event.


The Card

Kane vs John Cena :

For me, this feud was killed by "creative" trying to work Kane into this angle that Cena has to be meaner in order to beat the Rock, that Cena has somehow lost his inner ruthless aggression. This angle started when Piper, in a weak Raw segment post Survivor Series, called Cena to the ring and criticised him for allowing the Rock’s attack on him the night before, and the crowd’s reaction to that attack to just roll off his back.

What made this segment weak was when Piper tried to stir the crowd to boo against Cena, surprisingly not all of them responded the way he said they would. Note: this reaction was because outside of cities where pro wrestling somewhat matters (Toronto, New York, Chicago and Philadelphia) the crowd reactions to Cena are not all that venomous. The majority of crowds outside those types of cities are clearly in attendance, because they support the establishment of the WWE and John Cena is the establishment.

Piper ended the segment by slapping Cena in the face, while this didn’t prompt the cheers that I’m sure "Creative" was aiming for from the crowd, it can be interpreted that the point of this was to focus more on how Cena is not aggressive enough to face the Rock. This is where Kane’s angle with Cena picks up...."

To read the predictions in full, go to the following link:

https://sites.google.com/site/ringriot/home/columns/royal-rumble-predictamania-by-ryan-owens