WWE Fastlane 2015 Review

We're on the Fastlane to Wrestlemania. God how they wore that phrase out...

Greetings Ladies and Gents! It is I, The Shaman of Animation back again with another wrestling review. Tonight we're here to talk about WWE FastLane. Tonight's Event was...let's just dive in.

First up we have:

Oh for God's sake

Okay, it's time to vent here. Why in the blue hell are Big Show and Kane still on T.V.? Why are they still on roster? And most importantly, WHY IS THE CREATIVE TEAM PUTTING THEM OVER THEIR YOUNGER TALENT?!? Is the current roster so lacking in depth that you feel the need to keep putting these guys in matches. Every time I see The Big Show and Kane on T.V. nowadays, I lose total interest in whatever is going on screen and tonight was no different. On top of that, the match itself was pretty boring itself. After the match, we saw the return of...

I wish I could say I was excited for Randy Orton's return, but the wait for him to come back was so long and there were so many months where I thought: "Tonight's the night he comes back" that I just stopped caring and lost all enthusiasm for it...Long story short, after Wrestlemania, we need to get rid of Show and Kane.

Next match: Goldust vs. Stardust

This match felt like it should have been something more, but alas it was just build up to the obvious rematch at Wrestlemania. The match actually started good but then it slowed to a screeching halt and just became uninteresting...

Next: The Usos vs Cesaro and Tyson Kidd

This was honestly the first solid match of the night. I never noticed it until this match, but Cesaro and Tyson Kidd actually make a really great team. They had a lot of great combination moves throughout the match like that Boston Crab/Leg Drop move. The match started off a little slow but it picked up and turned into a B- match.

Next Up: The Triple H/Sting Confrontation

This was the one thing on the card tonight that I actually was excited for. It was Sting on a WWE Pay-Per-View and he was gonna be face to face with Triple H. So of course when he shows up he doesn't say a single word...at all...but he didn't need to actually cause Triple H did his thing on the mic and Sting's silent presence actually made the segment very entertaining. It ended with a brawl between the game and the Icon and Sting bringing out his trademark bat as he lays down the challenge for Wrestlemania and proceeds to lay Triple H out. Now the match is set: Triple H vs. Sting. THIS won't be the last time I talk about this match in this review.

I'm gonna skip over Ambrose vs Barrett (Match that meant nothing and it's obvious that they're gonna have a rematch at Wrestlemania) and talk about this next segment.

In the weeks before Fastlane, Bray Wyatt had been making cryptic (not really) and subtle (as subtle as a train wreck) promos challenging a certain person, tonight showed that that person he was challenging was indeed The Undertaker. All I have to say is: Why is this match a thing? First of all, what is there to gain from a Bray Wyatt/Taker match? Brock Lesnar broke the streak last year, you know, the reason we all watch Taker at Wrestlemania? On top of that, I've seen recent pictures of Undertaker and I can definitely say that the guy doesn't have another match in him. Even when he faced Lesnar last year, he didn't look like he was one hundred percent. I personally don't want the Undertaker in Wrestlemania 31, the guy has paid his dues, it's time to let him retire. But if you're going this extra mile, then I have a question, it's one that I've asked on Twitter: Why are both Sting and The Undertaker on the Wrestlemania 31 card, and they're NOT FACING EACH OTHER? That was one of the reasons I was willing to accept Sting vs Triple H, because that told me that Undertaker was done in the ring. But since he's going to be on the card you might as well give the fans the match. The commentators were going on about how Sting vs Triple H was a dream match everyone wanted to see but they thought it would never happen. No: it's not.

THIS is the Dream Match.

I'm going to wrap this up by saying that if it were last year, then Bray Wyatt's goal to become the new "face of fear" would probably mean a lot more, but as it is now, it seems pretty worthless.

John Cena vs Rusev

I won't go into detail about this match for the same reason I didn't go into the Ambrose/Barrett and the Dust Brothers matches, it was a sub par match that's obviously just building up to their rematch at Wrestlemania. Although, I will give props to the WWE, I was expecting the match to end in a No contest or a DQ just so Cena wouldn't look bad, but the fact that Rusev actually won against Cena is astounding, and the way is did is probably as close to a clean win on Cena as we were gonna get.

Now for the Main Event: Daniel Bryan vs Roman Reigns

I know some people are pissed at the ending to this match...

The match was easily the best match of the show. The selling from both guys in this match was top notch. As if I have to say it, Daniel Bryan put on a good show and, although I'm sure no one will want to, I'm gonna give Reigns the credit he deserves for the match tonight as he brought his A-game, this including more moves into his arsenal. The winner of the match, which caused a hell of a lot of controversy...was Roman Reigns. To be perfectly honest...I'm okay with this decision.

Now I know some of you might bring up my Royal Rumble review where I said that Roman didn't deserve the win and he wasn't ready for the Wrestlemania main event, I still stand by that, but I do have to give props for the WWE for sticking to their decision. Last year, the reason why Daniel being inserted into the main event of Wrestlemania was great was because it fed to the story of Daniel vs the Authority. This year, that simply wasn't the case: he was in the Royal Rumble and he got eliminated. Was it a giant mistake? Absolutely, but the WWE made the decision to have Roman headline Wrestlemania and they had to stick to it. And for doing that, they've earned respect from me as they easily could've gone back on that decision. Plus if they caved in and had D-Bry in the WM main event again, what's to stop the fans from making it so it happens every year? Does this win mean Roman's ready for WM? No. But I'm not too worried over it because as a certain COO likes to say, there is always a plan B...

WWE Fastlane was a bad show. The commentary was bad, the crowd was awful, and a lot of the matches just felt like a waste...

Til next time folks, I'm the Shaman of Animation saying: Is there a match I missed?

Nah... Take care folks...

  

  

Ed Edd n Eddy Hanky Panky Hullabaloo Review

Forget Fifty Shades of Grey, THIS is what people SHOULD be watching this Valentine's Day.

Greetings Ladies and Gents! It is I, The Shaman of Animation back again with a new review. Valentine's Day is here once again and...wait, Valentine's day is here once again...

Maybe next year....

Anyways, we're not here to dwell on being single today, we're here to review a Valentine's Day special! The special I'm talking about today is: Ed Edd n Eddy Hanky Panky Hullabaloo! Because this is a twenty-three minute special rather than a movie or a series, we'll be taking a slightly deeper look into the plot of this special, since I don't want to give everything away. Without further ado, let's dive in!

It's Valentine's Day in Peach Creek High and the Eds plan on spending it the only way they can: Double D gives everyone science themed Valentine's cards, Eddy plans on both getting money and getting kisses with a kissing booth, and Ed tries to avoid any and all affection from the opposite sex on this day with onion breath, paper bags that hide his face, and spiders. All of which mean nothing as May Kanker arrives to give Ed her Valentine's Day Card. The big Lug in return gets away from the blonde by trampling over her (Seriously, he literally tramples over her).

Double D later spots the Kanker in the janitor's closet crying her eyes out. Being the good natured guy he is, Double D hands her one of his Valentine's Day cards (That was totally meant for someone else), surprising the blonde. It's there when the madness begins as May and Double D are soon struck by an arrow of love by...cupid Sarah and Jimmy. 

This is really where my only issue with this whole special comes from: Why are Jimmy and Sarah, long established characters in Ed Edd n Eddy suddenly cupids? It's a very small and probably inconsequential thing (And probably not even the strangest thing to happen in the show), but I can't help but wonder. No one is able to see the two throughout the whole special but one IS able to sense them. But we'll get to that later.    

Everyone is rightfully confused as to why Double D and May are suddenly so lovey dovey with each other, especially the Eds and the Kankers (One of which, Marie, likes Double D). Everything comes to a head in the climax of the show where Ed and Eddy start a food fight with Lee and Marie in order to keep their friend/sister away from one another. This of course, gets the entire cafeteria riled up and into the food fight when Sarah and Jimmy decide to end all of the chaos by shooting EVERYONE with love arrows, creating odd couplings such as Lee and Kevin, Nazz and Johnny, and Eddy and Plank.

The day is saved by everyone's favorite Son of a Shepherd, Rolf who throughout the special could sense that the cupids, or mountain sprites, as he liked to call them, were the reason behind all of this madness. Rolf squeezes lemon juice into his eyes to see the two cupids and then defeats them using a mop and mop water...I wish I could say I was making that up, but I'm not. Then he goes on to fix all the love struck kids by throwing mop water at them.

Ed Edd N Eddy Hanky Panky Hullabaloo has the kind of humor that you came to expect from the series with a V-Day twist. If you're looking for something that'll give you a good laugh this Valentine's Day, this might be it for you.

Till next time folks, I'm the Shaman of Animation: Take Care...

Why Miles Morales SHOULDN'T be the MCU's Spider-Man (yet)

Sorry kid, it's not your time yet...

Greetings Ladies and Gents! It is I, The Shaman of Animation back with some more Superhero talk! If you've been living under a rock for the last twelve or so hours, Late last night, big news dropped that took everyone by storm: Marvel and Sony Pictures have strum up a deal that allows Spider-man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe meaning to put it in layman's terms, Spider-Man can now be in the Avengers Movies.

No longer will joke pictures like these be made. The dream is now REALITY!!!!

In this deal, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige and his own team will co-produce the movie with Amy Pascal, former Chairperson of Sony Pictures, while Sony will still finance, distribute, own and have final creative control over Spidey's film rights.The movie is set for 2017 and from the look of things, is set to be a complete reboot, meaning the previous two movies, The Amazing Spider-Man 1 & 2, are null and void. This of course has the internet abuzz and wondering who should be Spider-Man in the MCU. Not just who should be Peter Parker, but who should be Spider-man in the Marvel Movies period.

For those unaware, over his illustrious (and sometimes not so illustrious) Fifty years, there have been multiple versions of Spider-Man. You have Miguel O'Hara, the Spider-man of the distant future 2099. You have the character Spider-man Noir, and in recent years Doctor Octopus, one of Spider-man's fiercest enemies, has actually donned the mask before (Seriously Google Superior Spider-Man, then scratch your head in confusion as you ask yourself how the hell does that work?)  

But there is one Spider-man in particular that fans have been asking and clamoring for a lot as of late in the MCU: That Spider-man is Miles Morales. To give a brief back story, Miles was created in 2011 as a sort of response to people campaigning for Donald Glover to be Spider-Man in the 2012 Amazing Spider-Man movie. He is the Spider-Man in the Marvel Ultimate Universe, an alternate Universe to the main Marvel comic continuity. In the Ultimate Universe, Peter Parker had died and Miles after some stuff went down, took up the Spidey mantle. In his three and a half year life span, Miles has garnered a fanbase that would LOVE to see him in the MCU and with this new Spidey movie reboot, they feel as though now's the time...but, to be realistic, that in itself, is a bad idea; and here's why it is such...

The biggest reason why Miles shouldn't be the MCU's first Spider-man is because it would just muck up continuity. Peter Parker HAS to exist before Miles becomes Spidey; a lot, if not, all of Miles's origins piggybacks off of Peter Parker. The Spider that bit Miles and gave him his powers was injected with a formula that was created with Peter's blood. The reason why Miles became Spider-Man in the first place was out of guilt that he could've helped Peter the night he died and prevented his death.

Before some fans come out and say it: No. You can't just have the MCU say Peter was always in the MCU and he died off screen because that would cause a lot of plot holes and retcons. The biggest being: Where was Spider-Man during the Chitauri invasion in the first Avengers movie? Where was he when Utron was raising hell in Age of Ultron (That movie's probably in Post Production, the best you can hope for with Spidey is an after credits scene where he's bitten by the Spider). It's just too much to try and iron out.

As stated earlier, Miles is still a relatively young character in the sense that he's only been around for not even four years yet. What this means is quite simply, there aren't that many stories you could tell with the character vs the FIFTY YEARS of story that haven't even been touched yet with Peter Parker (I.E. Kraven's last hunt, a proper Venom story, a proper Sinister Six Story, and if Marvel and Sony REALLY want to go out there, The Clone Saga done right). Mayday Parker has more stories to tell than Miles Morales at this point.

Here's some Homework for you non comic readers, Google Mayday Parker Spider-Girl.

The Final reason why Miles is a no go is because...there isn't a big draw to Miles Morales outside of comic books. Now I'm fully aware that Name Recognition alone doesn't mean anything in Superhero movies as long as the movie and the characters are great and fun (Guardians of The Galaxy and Iron Man are more than enough proof of that). But the thing about that is while Iron Man and The Guardians were more obscure characters to the mass media before their movies, EVERYONE knows who Spider-Man is, and not everyone who knows Spider-Man read Spider-Man comics. So if a movie were to come out with this new kid Miles, it might turn them away because it's not the Spider-Man they know and grew up with.

To end this whole long winded post, THERE HAS to be an established Peter Parker before there can be a Miles Morales in the MCU. If Marvel were to jump the gun and just throw Miles in there, they're shooting themselves in the foot. There's still a mountain of stories that have yet to be told with Peter, so let's get to those before we introduce a new Spidey. In a perfect world, you'd have three Spideys in the MCU's future: Peter, then Miles, then Mayday.

Till next time folks, I'm the Shaman of Animation saying: Follow Spidey's new Twitter!! Take Care...

Fantastic Four 2015 trailer: Why the hate?

This reboot is completely your fault

Greetings Ladies and Gents! It is I, The Shaman of Animation back again with a new superhero discussion. Today. I talk about the new Fantastic Four trailer: My feelings on it, and why it got the response it's gotten. Now when it comes to this movie, I had been hearing and reading news on it and it seemed every time new news was dropped, it just kept sounding worse and I simply stopped caring.

Now not all of the news I heard was bad. I was on board with Michael B Jordan as Johnny Storm as I thought he would do a great portrayal of the cocky, showboating Human Torch. The cast was eyebrow raising because of their young appearances and of course the Sue/Johnny controversy, but hey, it'll be fine as long as they stay true to the characters, right?

But when I saw that trailer, it was pretty much everything I feared it was going to be: Dark and gritty. Now I won't get on a soapbox and proclaim I know everything there is to know about the Fantastic Four, quite frankly outside of their names and catchphrases I know nothing. But even I could tell from that trailer that the movie that was being promoted WASN'T the Fantastic Four. It just seemed like a generic movie. It looks like a generic Dark and Gritty superhero reboot and a generic Sci-fi movie. But as I watched the trailer, there was only ONE thing I could put the blame for this on. No, it wasn't Fox, it was one man: Christopher Nolan.

You see, when the Dark Knight came out in 2008, it was praised and loved by critics and audiences everywhere. But most importantly, it made a lot of money. Because of this, the big suits saw this and decided: "Hey! Let's make EVERY Superhero property dark and gritty!" And after that a trend started. Suddenly we saw more comic book mediums that tried to "Push the envelope" and try to copy the Christopher Nolan style without understanding WHY Nolan's Batman movies were loved among fans (I can't judge 'em. Haven't seen them in their entirety...nor do I desire to).

Nolan's Batman films, while they weren't comic book accurate, still stayed true to the core of Batman, and still respected the source material in spite of doing its own thing. That's something that people who are pissed at the fans who don't like the Fantastic Four trailer aren't getting. There's nothing wrong with straying from the source material of a comic book as long as you can tell that it's still the same superhero we know and love, just told in a different way.

Loved it or hated it, you never questioned whether or not The Amazing Spider-man 2 was a Spider-man movie.

If you took The Thing and Johnny Storm's Flame on out of that trailer, could you honestly sit there and tell me that this was a Fantastic Four movie? It's why the fans want the rights to the Four to revert back to Marvel Studios, because they know that they'll at least treat the FF the right way, with respect.

After seeing the FF trailer, I wasn't going to make a post on it because quite frankly, I didn't care. I had no interest in watching it before, I have no interest in watching it after the trailer, and I'm not going to hate watch it because if I don't want something as horrible as this getting sequels, I'm not gonna give it any more attention. This post was quite simply to rationalize all the hatred and why this reboot is indeed bad. If there are any FF fans reading this: If you don't want this reboot getting sequels, don't give it hate tweets, don't go to forums on it, and don't spend your money watching just so you can nitpick it. Bad Publicity is still publicity and you're only helping the movie that way instead of hurting it.

Till next time, I'm the Shaman of Animation saying: PLEASE don't let this film be the one to send Superhero movies back to the Dark Ages

Take Care...

Royal Rumble 2015 Talk

I give the WWE the benefit of the doubt and they pull this sh*t.

Greetings Ladies and Gents! It is I the Shaman of Animation back again with another wrestling review. Today's subject: The Royal Rumble...oh who are we kidding, besides the last two matches on this card, no one could give two sh*ts about the Royal Rumble. So let's just talk about those two matches.

Lesnar vs. Cena vs. Rollins

This match was easily the match of the night, these three guys were going back and forth and it was pretty hard hitting. I have to give props to WWE for really showcasing Brock as this unstoppable monster as he kept taking everything Cena and Rollins threw at him and he still came back for more. Plus that double German Suplex was AMAZING!. But to be frank, we all know who the real MVP of this match was: Seth Rollins! The reason he was in the match in the first place was to mix things up in the Cena/Lenar match/feud and he definitely did so. He and Cena had great in ring chemistry going into this match and he also made Brock look impressive. Not to mention, he was doing his own thing in the ring and it was fantastic to see! Seth had the two biggest spots in the match: The first being his splash to Lesnar through the Spanish announce table and the second was the Phoenix splash dive he performed on Cena near the end of the match. Quite frankly, this match cements Seth Rollins's position as one of the guys that will carry the WWE forward heading into the future. And now...let's address the giant ass elephant in the room...The Royal Rumble match.

Now the Rumble started off pretty good, with a surprise return from Bubba Ray Dudley making a surprise return along with returns from DDP and...The Boogeyman? And Bray Wyatt looked really strong early on in the Rumble. But then, everything took a turn for the worse when Daniel Bryan got eliminated. That alone told everyone who was going to win; and that winner was...Roman Reigns

Most of you don't think I deserve to win but...Oh F**K it...

Of course when this happened the internet took this about as well as they take everything...that is, not well at all, the backlash was so bad that Cancel the WWE Network was Trending on Twitter...twice. The two most frequent arguments on Twitter I've seen defending the fact that Reigns won the Rumble were: 'You wanted Reigns to win last year but you're mad he did this year' and 'Why are you guys mad, this is what you wanted: A fresh, young talent to get put over.'

1) The only reason Fans wanted Reigns to win last year was because they didn't want Batista to win and Reigns was the only guy they could latch on to in hopes of that NOT happening.

2) I said this on Twitter and I'll say it here: There's having a fresh young talent getting a push and winning the Rumble and then there's having someone who CLEARLY isn't ready for the main event spot and FORCING him into that position. Roman Reigns is the latter: His mic skills aren't up to snuff, his in-ring work needs some more fine tuning, and his character has just been handled BADLY; and while he did show improvement in the last two or three weeks, it's nowhere near enough to warrant this Rumble win. He needed another year before this jump.

And it's not just the fact that Reigns won that's bad about this, it's just the poor way this Rumble match was executed period. This match, excuse my crudeness here, made every face besides Reigns a little bitch and it pissed on EVERYTHING the WWE had been doing with their "big" faces up to that point. Again, Daniel Bryan, he came back from this life threatening, career ending injury and made this vow to win the Rumble and what happened? He was eliminated early in the Rumble in an anticlimactic manner. It's like they KNEW what was going to happen and try to get it over with as soon as possible just to make Roman look good.

But it's not just about Bryan, it's about Ziggler, and Ryback, and hell even Dean Ambrose. You had the Authority fire Dolph and Ryback, then you bring them back the Raw before the Rumble and THEN you made them compete in matches just to get in the Rumble and what do you do with that? You have Ryback eliminated by some nobody and then you have Dolph get eliminated a minute after he enters the Rumble. If that was what you were going to do, then what was the point of having Bryan come back? What was the point of Ziggler and Ryback coming back if you were just going to have them be throwaways in the Rumble match? And then you had Ambrose get bitched out as well By Kane and Big Show only to have Roman go and eliminate both of them at the same time!!

Then, you have Show and Kane after getting eliminated and start beating up on Reigns and who comes out to help his little cousin? The Rock. Of course, being the Rock, he got his pop from the fans when he showed up...and then the fans went right back to Booing Reigns. 

It was this moment here when The Rock realized...the WWE F**ked up...

So yeah, if you couldn't tell, I'm not happy about this Royal Rumble. Aside from the Triple Threat title match, it was a train wreck. The only positive I can think of besides that match is that Billy Gunn's still got it. I hate to sound like one of those guys but, the wrong guy won the Rumble.

And the worst part about all of this? This isn't Roman's fault, this is the WWE's fault for forcing him into this terrible position he's in. This is Vince McMahon's fault, for being out of touch and letting his ambitions get the better of him. Because of that, not only did a lot of faces look bad last night, he might have also put the nail in the coffin of Roman Reigns before he got the chance to improve and get to the level I know he can be at.

But that's all I have to say about this. Till next time everyone, I'm the Shaman of Animation saying: CM Punk must be at home laughing at this. 

That diss at me on Smackdown was cute Dolph. I'll just be over here training for UFC and writing for Marvel while you go job out at the Rumble.

Take care...

Shaman's Fave Four to win the Royal Rumble (2015)

For someone who calls himself The Shaman of Animation, I do a lot of wrestling related sh*t...

Greetings Ladies and Gents! It is I, the Shaman of Animation back with a new wrestling topic! Well, The Royal Rumble is right around the corner, and with the main event being turned into a triple threat match, it gives me more room and ideas for the four superstars who I think have the best shot at winning the Royal Rumble match. Now, these choices are based on what the WWE has laid out as far as story goes, who has the best story heading in to Wrestlemania, and my own personal preferences. So, without further ado, let's kick things off with a bit of a curve ball.

4. Roman Reigns 

I know some of you think I don't deserve to win the Rumble but to those people, F**K YOU!!

Now I know some of you who have read my blog before might bring up my previous wrestling post where I stated that Roman SHOULDN'T win the Royal Rumble. I stand by that word and I still don't want him to win... But let's be realistic, what I want is completely different from what the WWE wants; and we ALL know they want to do big things with Reigns in the future. If we were to look at things from a kayfabe perspective, Roman's been more successful match wise compared to Dean Ambrose when you compare their win to loss record. Plus, you have great scenarios for whoever wins the WWE title match on the PPV. If Seth Rollins wins, you can run with the angle of two former brothers in The Shield who have grown into their own (One's grown more than the other of course) and are now heading into the Wrestlemania main event. John Cena's and Brock Lesnar's scenarios both boil down to the young, hungry, up-and-coming star wanting his shot and he's ready to take it. The scenario would probably work better with Cena since it has been foreshadowed that the two would eventually have a match at some point down the road. Once again, I don't want Reigns to win the rumble, but just because I don't want him to doesn't mean I should rule him out as an option.

3. Dean Ambrose

Unstable and Ready to win a Rumble

Dean Ambrose, is simply great. When he was in the shield, and even when the shield initially broke up, I was among the many fans that thought that Dean Ambrose would have the most trouble finding his niche and connecting with the fans. But, I was proven wrong as Dean is one of the most popular faces in the company at the moment. The unpredictability of his actions have made him so enjoyable to watch on T.V. and this is only assisted with his impressive skills on the mic. He definitely has the character that could be a top guy and main eventer, and that's why I think he has a great chance at winning the Rumble. Not to mention you have two awesome situations if Dean were to win. First off you have the obvious choice and have him take on Seth Rollins. With the way their Hell in a Cell match ended, it's obvious that the story of that feud hasn't ended just yet and Wrestlemania is the perfect stage to bring proper closure to Rollins/Ambrose feud. Now that leaves Brock Lesnar, if you ask me, he's also a great opponent for Dean. I picture their match being something Akin to Undertaker vs. Mankind in a Hell in a Cell. Where you have Brock Lesnar, this unstoppable monster just beating the living hell out of Dean throughout the match, and Dean, being the lunatic we know him as, just keeps coming back for more with a smile. Only unlike Taker and Foley, there won't be a guy falling off a fifty foot high cage...or however tall the cage is. 

2. Dolph Ziggler

I got no catchy phrase for Dolph

Dolph, Dolph, Dolph. For years, fans, myself included, have been saying: "Push Dolph Ziggler!" Or: "This is the year where Dolph Ziggler's gonna get that push!!" Well I say 2015 is the now or never year for Dolph Ziggler. In the latter half of 2014, we've seen a massive upswing in his character. Starting from him winning the Intercontinental Title to his much known Survivor Series victory where he was the sole survivor and of course, he's been recently fired by the Authority. All these things indicate some type of big payoff for Dolph and what better payoff is there than to see Dolph winning the Royal Rumble match; and with his current predicament I know the perfect scenario for him to be in the Rumble match. Now let's say tonight The Authority decides to bring back the members of Team Cena they fired for the Rumble only, and the only way they can get their jobs back for good is if one of them wins the Rumble. Dolph Zigger, continuing the never say die character the WWE has recently built for him, Dolph has been pitted in the number 1-3 spot of the match and has to fight through everyone else and he somehow manages to outlast everyone. Now you have a great pathway set up for Dolph. The Authority, pissed that Dolph actually won, decides to put him in a Ric Flair like situation where every match he's in up to Wrestlemania, he must win or he's fired again; and when it's time for him to face the champ (It can be any champ you prefer really), you have him up the ante by saying if he wins the title, The Authority must bring back the rest of the Team Cena Survivor Series team. And now last, but certainly not least.

1. Daniel Bryan

All I can say is: YES!

Now to some, this choice might be obvious, and in my opinion its the best option the WWE has and it's the one that makes the most sense. Think about it, Daniel Bryan never lost the title in a match. So what better way to go about things than to have the guy who never lost his title come back from a near career ending injury and win the Royal Rumble? But, if Bryan does win, in my opinion, he can't face either Rollins (It'd more or less be a rehash of last year's Wrestlemania build with Bryan taking on The Authority) or Cena (It'd be a rehash of their Summerslam feud). He HAS to face Brock; from a booker's standpoint, it makes sense to me. People love Daniel Bryan because he's the underdog, the guy who against all odds has overcome the obstacles in both his professional and personal life. With that in mind, you pit him against the biggest obstacle the WWE has currently: Brock Lesnar, the guy who conquered the Undertaker's streak and beat the dog doo out of John Cena on Summerslam and conquered both him and Seth Rollins. Plus, with a master of the mic like Paul Heyman, you can build the match up to be about Brock Lesnar and how he's legit hurt people on Wrestlemania and bring up not only the Taker match but bring up Kurt Angle and how he had to get neck surgery after facing Brock on Wrestlemania 19. That way, with Brock built up high into the sky, it'll make Daniel beating him, that much sweeter.

But those are my four picks for the Royal Rumble. If you have anyone that should win, feel free to let me know. Til next time folks, I'm the Shaman of Animation signing off. Take care...