01-06-2003, 09:36 PM
Should be good tonight as they missed last week and Rumble is 2 weeks away.
Quote:Tonight's RAW in Phoenix, Arizona is expected to build towards the January 19th Royal Rumble pay-per view a great deal. Due to the holiday season, WWE missed a week that they would usually have to build towards the PPV, and they're expected to make up for it tonight.
According to various reports, we should see all, or at least close to every participant in the Royal Rumble from the RAW roster announced on tonight's show. If only 14 participants are announced from RAW, expect Damaja from OVW to be number 15, even though it doesn't necessarily mean he's jumping straight to the main roster on the RAW brand. Damaja won a spot in the Royal Rumble by defeating Nova on an OVW show.
Don't expect Shawn Michaels to have a big role in the Royal Rumble match. There have been whispers in the wind that he isn't feeling so well after his two out of three falls match at Armageddon. He is looking to dodge ring-time until WrestleMania, although it's possible that someone sold him on the idea that the Rumble match work-load would be shared with 29 others.
Rhyno will be hosting the RAW party from The World in Times Square, New York tonight. There haven't been any mentions of live cutbacks during RAW, but Rhyno is well on his way to recovery from neck surgery and should be back to television soon.
Obviously, expect more build-up between Triple H and Scott Steiner. They've done the stare-down, they've done the arm-wrestling, it should be interesting to see what else is left. There is tonight's show as well as RAW next week, so they have a lot of time to continue to heavy build-up for this one.