WWE’s road to WrestleMania 39 will officially kick off with the Royal Rumble on Saturday at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
What was shaping up to be the first WrestleMania season of WWE’s new era has been complicated by Vince McMahon forcing himself back into power. While Paul “Triple H” Levesque remains in charge of creative, it’s hard to believe that McMahon won’t exert his influence as executive chairman at some point. At all levels, WWE was a much better place with McMahon out of the picture. Hopefully he’s truly only returned to pursue a sale of the company and will stay away from WWE’s day-to-day operations.
Saturday’s pay-per-view will provide the answer to the biggest decision that WWE has to make creatively: Who’s going to challenge Roman Reigns for the undisputed WWE universal championship at WrestleMania? Unless there’s a surprise like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson or “Stone Cold” Steve Austin returning, it should be Cody Rhodes or Sami Zayn who wins the men’s Royal Rumble match. Both are fantastic options to face Reigns on WWE’s biggest stage. With either Rhodes or Zayn, there’s an opportunity to tell one of the best stories in WWE history.
