We all know CM Punk is owed a favour by Paul Heyman. Now, what if this favour isn’t only limited to Roman but the entire bloodline? And if so, what if Punk asks Paul to persuade Jey to give up his WrestleMania title shot to him?

This thought came to me a while ago and I wanted to put it here before RAW starts! The chances of this happening is probably 0, but what if we get something like this?

It sets up her vs tiffy perfectly and who better to be the first 2 time winner than her

First of all I want to acknowledge that I understand the logic of some of those against Jey winning however I respect all opinions.

Jey winning was unpredictable, different, and in my opinion well deserved. He wasn't my first choice to win. I didn't want Punk or Cena or Roman to win because it would've been way too predictable and they still have plenty of star power and time to reach their goals. It's literally beautiful that someone as kind and hardworking as Jey is finally getting the rub here.

That being said I think some of the people up in arms about him winning are just overreacting and upset because their picks didn't win. It's ashame too because it's coming off as people hating on Jey. He is one of the most popular superstars on the roster, cool entrance, top merch seller, and has had an incredible story unfold across his career. To say he doesn't deserve to win just because you don't like the guy or that he doesn't have enough moves in his moveset alone is ridiculous to me. WWE is a business at the end of the day only thing that matters to them is who they can make a good amount of money off of.

I was wondering now that we don't got the part time champions going, we could open it up to be defended at the elimination chambers like before. This could be one of the ways the new champions show they are the workhorse's that they say they are, Can make them look dominant or a good way to lose it without seeming weak, like the Champ could still eliminate more but gets outsmarted or something.

I also believe champion elimination chamber is especially needed for the Women, getting Rhea & Tiffy to fight 5 other wrestlers and with Rhea's selling they can easily elevate other talent here which the Women Division needs desperately, & with Tiffy someone who needs to prove herself what better way than the elimination chamber.

Or possible have the Midcard title have to defend it on them instead of the Main title's to elevate the women's & Men's belts cause lets be honest the current champions need it, to provide prestige to the champions.

The fact that in recent years its for a number 1 contender match was sad tbh, Roman having a 4 year reign without defending the title in one of them really hurts his legacy IMO. Like why run away from one of the hardest trial as a champion especially when your portraying yourself as dominate? (Imagine him stacking up the other 5 members when he was on the stack em)

I just miss the title being deafened at the chamber the matches were always nail biting and suspenseful

Cody's title run seems bland tbh and owens really deserve his time

He may be over with the crowd but it takes more than that to be world champion material. The dude is mid-card level and shouldn't be getting a world title match at WrestleMania. Any world title match he has at Mania will not be a money making match.

People are completely overlooking the fact that Jey vs Cody is possible. At the ladder match on Saturday we saw Cody acting very heelish after beating Kevin (rubbing the win in his face and all of that). What if Sami Zayn confront Cody, saying he shouldn't have gone that far. Cody could get frustrated and attack Sami and now you have a reason for Jey to challenge Cody at wrestlemania. This would mean Jey vs Cody and Cena vs Gunther at wrestlemania.

Ik Jey stated that he's entering the rumble to challenge Gunther but that could've just been WWE's justification to logically get him in there. It'd also make a lot of people feel better about Jey losing a title shot last week and gaining it on Saturday. Idk to me this is way more interesting than Jey vs Gunther but tell me what u think.

The regular fan does not understand professional wrestling. We the Internet Wrestling Committee do.

They only care about mundane stuff like flapping their little arms up and down to a little song.

We IWC understand wrestling skills and moves are the most valuable trait any wrestler should have. Not what entrance they have or what stupid garbage they spit on the mic.

What's a "wrestler" who only knows kicks can do?

WWE needs to learn to cater to the Internet Wrestling Committee over the regulars.

The IWC is the true backbone of the business of professional wrestling. We are more experts even more than the people who run the WWE, much less the regular fans. Hell, some of us have been in this business decades longer than some of the showrunners. We know what's best for business. We know how to professionally book shows. The people running WWE, AEW, and other feds are amateurs.

Because the regulars outnumber the IWC and pay more money does not make them smart.

The undisputed fact is WWE would be infinitely more better if they let the adults run things.

Royal Rumble matches thoughts and feelings:

Women's Rumble: Perez at #3? Didn't expect that. Dang girl!!! Uh oh...Lyra had a wardrobe malfunction. Green eliminating everyone....but not really...LOL! Why is Zoey wearing Los Garza face paint? Green with the 1st elimination! YES!!! Bianca stacks 'em up! Zoey botch into a decent recovery. Why is Sonya also wearing face paint but Bayzler didn't? Dupri looking GOOD! Ok now I need Jade to come clobber Namoi....PLEASE! WHYYYYYYY!!!! Why is Parker here? So many better competitors. So sick of the push for her. Piper NOOOO...not Chelsea! THANK YOU GRACE!!! She is a freakin' BEAST!!! Uh oh....the crack has begun between the Tag "Champs". ALEXA IS BAAAAACKKKKKK!!!! Still not sure who is winning this. Liv...Alexa...Bayley....Bianca...Iyo??? Um....ok....Vaquer? Really? Why? Stratus??? Uh...ok. Didn't expect that. LIV...NOOO! WHY??? UGHHHH! Not "her". Well call it a night...here comes your winner. Why? Because Flair has everything handed to her on a silver plate. That pyro just proved it. Even Wade called it. Like a bad case of cramps....the "golden girl" has returned. Uh...ok. I thought why didn't Giulia appear in the match when Vaquer came out. That's when I remembered that she was the champ and thought...oh yea, that's why. Now here come Giulia...weird. This is another reason why I don't like Giulia. Bye Grace. What??? Nikki Bella? Why? Y'all need to GET OFF NIA!!! And that's what you get when you mess with Nia. COME ON NIA!!! NOOOOOO! I knew it. That's GARBAGE! The one person who had no business winning this match. The one person who did nothing to deserve this opportunity. Guess it's time to start watching something else. Nice. Way to respect the women refs of WWE Flair...you suck. Entitled brat.

Tag Title match: I love MCMG and DIY. Great athletes and performers. Sadly bad placement for this match. It just didn't go over in Indy as well as it should have thanks to following the Women's Rumble match. Any other night this would have been Awesome, but tonight it was just good. Glad to see DIY retain. Loved the fake tag.

Undisputed/Winged Eagle title Ladder match: "This little ladder is a menace." LOL! Fans were really into this one. Great looking match with some really tense moments that made me cringe at the pain these 2 inflicted on each other. I'll never understand how KO and Cody didn't seriously injure themselves with that Fisherman Buster onto the ladder. Cody SNAPPED and KO was busted open! DING! ALABAMA SLAM into the ladder!! Cody wins but why did the ref hold the ladder for him? Never seen that before...Weird. I get why Cody won, but I'll be honest, I was pulling for KO. Hope he's ok.

Men's Rumble: Let's see if I get angry with this result too! Here's hoping Joe Hendry starts at either #1 or #2 so he can get a full entrance with the fans waving their hands. OH CRAP....PENTA and REY!!! For a second I forgot this was an over the top elimination match. Did Penta touch both feet or only one? Melo is so GOOD! Santos with a 619. Uh oh....it's OTIS. Chad is in trouble. Someone in the front row just got one of Gable's teeth as a souvenir. The Dogs are Barkin! Breakker is a BEAST! Love watching this guy! What? One shot and Tozawa is out? Come ON! Speed??? Really? Bye Speed...LOL! This was about as ridiculous as McAfee getting in and getting right back out. Why does Sheamus have a circle on his crotch? Fatu is a BEAST! Thanks for coming Kaiser! Joe Hendry has ARRIVED! I BELIEVE! OTC...what a POP! NO Joe NO!! BREAKKER SPEARED ROMAN!!! NO BREAKKER!!! ROMAN VS FATU!! Here comes DREW! So 2 of the 4 possible winners are in the ring. Why did they change Finn's music? His other music was so much better. How is Penta still in this? And Penta is gone just like that. Styles is BACK! There's a MONSTER coming! Bye FATU! Strowman and Fatu is not over. CENA!!! Oh no...hope Finn is ok. How does it seem like the entrants started showing up really fast the closer we got to the end? Like Cena got in the ring and 5-10 seconds later, here comes Punk. What the heck??? And with that...all 4 possible winners are in the ring. Once Punk gets in the ring, it seems like it takes forever to get another entrant. Take everything back....Dirty Dom is my pick to win this! Lol! No DOM no! I may be messed up in the head but I want to see Logan Paul win this, especially since Drew got eliminated. It's getting crazy. OH DANG!!! That camera shot!!! Romans gonna kill you Seth. Didn't see THAT coming! Paul eliminated Punk after he eliminated Rollins and Roman. Looks like Cena for the win. COLE losing his voice! NOOOO! Not EVEN one of the people that should have won. WHY??? I don't care who your family is...I don't care how many people buy your merchandise. This stupid push for someone that's simply a clown act with a stupid catch phrase is DUMB. Uso was so much better without the yeet crap but fans are stupid and love being a part of something. That's why Uso won. Cole...watch your mouth.

Other thoughts: ...and just like THAT, I'm annoyed with Pat again. He was completely right....it's NOT about YOU. It's about the WWE, so shut up Pat and let the Superstars get the spotlight!!! Michael Cole loves "Meat Sticks". "Lots of protein"....I can't beleive they went there. Dang that's a long path to the ring...SHEESH! Nile should be facing Lyra for the title. I wrote this before she eliminated Lyra. Good job calling out Cole for being a Bayley Fan Boy all of a sudden. Should have known that all the reports about Bliss not coming back would be WRONG!!! I gotta stop listening to that garbage. Man I could have went the rest of my life never seeing Flair back in WWE ever again. That ref in the tag title match must be a former NXT ref because he was the worst. What the heck was all that NFL crap for Pat about? Guess he forgot...It's NOT about YOU! Anyone else see Zayn coming at Cody for what he did to KO? Penta gives me La Parka vibes and I LOVE IT! Hulk Hogan needs to show up...get booed out of the ring and toss everyone out...just because! Royal Rumble is my favorite PPV/PLE of the year but I only have one thing left to say...worst Royal Rumble EVER!

Anybody interested on joining me and a pal on our pro wrestling podcast we have going on?

I know a lot of us are confused why the raw vault is missing a lot. I myself rewatching and was on 01. however, let's us be thankful once again for internet archive. It doesn't get the recognition it deserves. But ALL years are there. You're welcome for the temp work around till netflix steps up.

And currently deciding who I’ll print next.

Let me explain !

Gunther vs Jey : Gunther the champion is built up to be one of the strongest and greatest wrestlers today. him losing the belt to jey would absolutely tarnish everything about him. I think the only person who should get a crack on him is Bron Breakker

Tiffany vs charlotte : Charlotte’s returning and getting a gift ticket to win the royal rumble is absolutely insane, her beating Tiffany would be a tragic move by the writing team, I do believe that Tiffany should hold on to the belt for a while and they should make her beat charlotte and push young talents like her

Charlotte being 17 times world champion while Cena is only 16 is a menace.

What do you guys think ?

Unlike other unpopular Rumble winners, this year there seems to be no one clear alternative, like Daniel Bryan winning over both Batista and Reigns. That was one of the things that made this rumble so great compared to so many from years before: anyone could've won it. For me, my logical pick was Punk, since he couldn't get the main event last year, but there's always Elimination Chamber to think about. Then of course there's Cena, but in my opinion I wouldn't want him to win, for booking purposes. Let's have him chase the championship all year long, maybe win at Summerslam at the latest. So again I ask, who would YOU have picked to win?

He was the runner up in the 2023 event

He was number 3 in the 2024 event

World Champion during the 2025 event

He needs to win it next year

Discussion for tonight’s WWE RAW!

Tonight:

• Jey Uso to appear

• Charlotte to appear

• Elimination Chamber qualifying matches

Now that the Rumble has been and gone, we can start to dream about what we might like to see at Mania. I’m probably going to be entirely off-base with my picks, but here are some of the matches I’d like to see on the card (and note, this isn’t my entire card, just some of what I think would be entertaining):

Cody vs Cena – this, to me, would feel absolutely epic and would be a worthy night 2 main event. I could absolutely see the crowd favouring Cena in a similar way to how Hogan had the crowd on his side at WM18 against The Rock. Now, as for whether we get Cody going in as the challenger after Cena wins EC, or whether Cena goes in as the challenger to try and claim number 17 is a tough one, because I think both could potentially be amazing.

Roman vs Rollins – they seem to be ready to pull the trigger on this one, following the Rumble brawl. This doesn’t need a title as far as I’m concerned, just a complete blood feud, possibly in Hell in a Cell, or even as a Last Man Standing match.

Jey vs Gunther – people are calling for Sami to be added to this to improve the match quality, but I can’t see how they’d write him into it. Plus, I do think that Jey can make this one work; he can definitely sell offence and can also pull off the babyface comeback pretty well, and if they click chemistry-wise, then they’ll send the crowd home happy as the night one main event.

Flair vs Tiffany – I think that this could potentially be one of the best women’s matches in a long time. Flair can put on an amazing match on the big stage, as shown numerous times in the past. I’d actually like Tiffany to retain, as it would elevate her massively.

Punk vs Owens – they have such a history of real-life heat that I think a no disqualification match between the two would be incredible. It would be a shame to not have Punk involved in the main event, but this would be one of the bigger matches on the card, no question.

Breakker vs Paul vs Styles vs Knight vs Sheamus vs Drew vs Priest vs Balor – this one sounds ridiculous on paper but I think an IC title ladder match would be a good way to go because it ensures that big names aren’t left off of the card. Plus, this would be a tough one to call in terms of picking a winner, and I always like matches like that.

Nakamura vs Mysterio vs Penta – I’d hate for Nakamura to be given a lacklustre title match, and I could definitely see this one being high-quality. I can’t wait to see Mysterio and Penta inevitably worth with each other, might as well put some gold on the line for it.

Rhea vs Bliss – I don’t think that Morgan would be the right way to go because of how long they’ve been feuding for, and now that Bliss is back, it would make sense to take advantage of her huge popularity and give her a title match.

I’ve left off some of the other championships because I find them a bit more difficult to predict. They could go many different ways with the men’s and women’s tag matches – for the men’s, I have a feeling that we see the Hardy Boyz as something of a send-off, but I’m not sure which set of titles they’d go for. I also can’t predict a women’s IC or US title match, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Grace is involved in one of them. I also wouldn’t be surprised if some of the above titles get contested on SmackDown or Raw the week prior to Mania, rather than being on the card itself.

Sounds like a perfect opening match if you ask me.

I know there's a lot of Cena marks around here who want to see him face Cody Rhodes or Gunther at Wrestlemania for a championship..... but it shouldn't happen at all!

Cena has long reached the point in his career of not needing another championship, nor does he need to take the main event spotlight away from other contenders.

If he were to face Cody Rhodes at Mania, it could potentially have a reverse effect on Cody with all the fans turning against Cody and booing him. We don't need another "passing of the torch" moment at Mania when we already saw it last year.

If he faces Gunther, it would either result in an unnecessary loss for Cena with Gunther retaining (which nobody wants) or an unnecessary title reign for Cena that would only last a couple days...... all the while killing the credibility of other contenders.

I'd much rather have Cena compete against another hated heel character like Logan Paul or Jacob Fatu for Wrestlemania. It'd be much better for everyone!

I feel like Bianca should’ve eliminated her instead of liv because they have unfinished business and I feel like she should’ve been 30 instead of Nicki

Hell he’s not even the worst winner in his own family lol

Cody is no longer “the white meat” babyface he was last year. He hasn’t been a super babyface since using the chair to beat Kevin Owens at SNME but there were maybe even glimpses before then.

And now it’s even more apparent. Especially after what Punk said in the ring last Monday about how he would eventually get burned out from being the goldenboy. We’re seeing it in real-time.

If Cody Rhodes is going to do it, going to turn into “Homelander” what better guy to do it against than Jey Uso? A guy who is as babyface as babyface gets.

Idk but I’m down to see this play out.