The thirty eighth version of WWE’s Royal Rumble takes place on Saturday at Tropicana Area in St. Petersburg, Florida. In contrast to many earlier years, the Rumble approaches with quite a few potential winners that may make sense as WrestleMania headliners.
Whereas there are solely 4 matches set for Saturday’s occasion, all 4 of them are intriguing in their very own manner, with the lads’s and girls’s Royal Rumble matches in addition to two championship bouts.
Undisputed WWE common champion Roman Reigns may also be in motion when he defends his championship in opposition to LA Knight, AJ Kinds and Randy Orton in a deadly four-way match. Additionally, Logan Paul will make the primary protection of his United States championship when he takes on Kevin Owens.
It will likely be an thrilling night time of motion as WrestleMania Season will get underway. Let’s check out who the CBS Sports activities consultants really feel will emerge victorious when the Royal Rumble involves Florida. The occasion streams reside on Peacock at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday with a kickoff present starting one hour earlier than.
2024 WWE Royal Rumble predictions
Males’s Royal Rumble Match
As at all times, we enter the Rumble matches not understanding each participant within the match. We do, nonetheless, know who the most probably winners are, with Cody Rhodes, CM Punk and Gunther all rising because the favorites in a deep discipline. Whereas Rhodes profitable, happening to WrestleMania and “ending the story” by beating Roman Reigns is smart, it is arduous to think about Punk not being the person pointing to the WrestleMania signal when the night time ends. Punk’s return was a large headline and he is a pure WrestleMania headliner. One among Punk’s greatest complaints about his first run with WWE was that he by no means obtained his “WrestleMania second.” WWE has an opportunity to right that this 12 months. CM Punk wins — Brent Brookhouse (additionally Shakiel Mahjouri)
Girls’s Royal Rumble Match
Bayley looks like the best lady to get the win on Saturday. WWE has spent appreciable time telling the story of Bayley slowly falling out with the group she based, Harm CTRL. With Iyo Sky as WWE ladies’s champion, Bayley may win the Rumble and select to go after one among Harm CTRL’s personal, successfully splitting from the group and establishing a compelling story of her going in opposition to everything of her former steady. Bayley wins — Brookhouse (additionally Mahjouri)
Undisputed WWE common championship — Roman Reigns (c) vs. LA Knight vs. AJ Kinds vs. Randy Orton
There’s not a lot query over whether or not Reigns will maintain on to his title on Saturday. A reign as historic as his shouldn’t be going to finish in a considerably random deadly four-way match simply months earlier than WrestleMania. The true query is, who will eat the pinfall? Given Kinds and Orton haven’t been pay-per-view opponents for Reigns throughout his run as champion, it is smart for them to stay contemporary by not being pinned by the champion. Knight has already had his shot and got here up brief. It appears smart for Reigns to retain his title by pinning Knight. Roman Reigns retains the title — Brookhouse (additionally Mahjouri)
United States championship — Logan Paul (c) vs. Kevin Owens
This could be the toughest match to name on the cardboard even when it may possibly solely go two methods. Saturday marks Paul’s first U.S. title protection since dishonest Rey Mysterio out of the title in November. Paul parading round with a WWE title is a improbable solution to market the product to Paul’s massive social media viewers. It is also arduous to think about Paul will fall brief in his first title protection. However, WWE is sorely in want of lively singles champions. Reigns and Paul aren’t common tv performers and world champion Seth Rollins is nursing a knee damage. It could be clever to provide the title to a high fan-favorite famous person like Owens. In the end, it feels too quickly to finish Paul’s reign. Anticipate him to win by way of shenanigans in preparation for one more look at WrestleMania. Logan Paul retains the title — Mahjouri (additionally Brookhouse)