#DORK 33: Royal Rumble Preview

Wrestlemania 31 Odds

(Odds courtesy of Bovada.)

WWE World Heavyweight Title Match

Brock Lesnar (champ, +130)

Roman Reigns (-170)

**That was pre Lesnar announcement that he wasn't going to the UFC.**

Updated Odds for Title Fight

Brock Lesnar (champ, -130)

Roman Reigns (-110)

Singles Match

The Undertaker (-350)

Bray Wyatt (+225)

Singles Match

Sting (-700)

Triple H (+400)

Singles Match

Seth Rollins (-135)

Randy Orton (-105)

United States Title Match

Rusev (champ, +275)

John Cena (-450)

Intercontinental Title Ladder Match

Daniel Bryan (3/2)

Dean Ambrose (9/4)

Dolph Ziggler (8/1)

Bad News Barrett (champ, 9/1)

Luke Harper (20/1)

Stardust (25/1)

R-Truth (35/1)

Divas Tag Team Match

A.J. Lee & Paige (-350)

The Bella Twins (+225)

Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal

Damien Mizdow (5/4)

Sheamus (7/4)

Ryback (6/1)

Mark Henry (8/1)

Big Show (12/1)

Curtis Axel (18/1)

Kane (18/1)

The Miz (18/1)

Titus O'Neil (25/1)

Fandango (25/1)

Goldust (40/1)

Heath Slater (40/1)

Jack Swagger (40/1)

Sin Cara (40/1)

Zack Ryder (50/1)

Adam Rose (50/1)

Darren Young (50/1)

Konnor (50/1)

Fatal 4-Way Match

Tyson Kidd & Cesaro (7/4)

The New Day (11/4)

Los Matadores (5/1)

The Usos (6/1)

And be sure to listen to the Keefer Madness: Wrestlemania 31 Preview tonight at 9:55 on 98.5 The Sports Hub. 

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The Sport Brief's Royal Rumble Odds

*Not official odds, these are The Sports Brief's very own

Roman Reigns 3/5

Daniel Bryan 2/1

Dolph Ziggler 10/1

Bray Wyatt 12/1

Rusev 15/1

Luke Harper 15/1

Bad News Barrett 16/1

Dean Ambrose 17/1

Cesaro 17/1

Big Show 18/1

Kane 20/1

Big E 22/1

Chris Jericho 25/1

Adam Rose 30/1

Kofi Kingston 33/1

Fandango 35/1

Sin Cara 45/1

Jack Swagger 48/1

Xavier Woods 49/1

Goldust 50/1

Bo Dallas 55/1

Stardust 60/1

Tyson Kidd 70/1

Connor 75/1

Viktor 75/1

Booker T 100/1

Road Dogg 100/1

The Bunny 100/1

Jamie Noble 1000/1

Joey Mercury 1000/1

(Not confirmed list of entrants, guess work by The Sports Brief.)

WWE Night of Champions Picks

Brock Lesnar over John Cena for WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Cesaro over Sheamus for United StatesChampionship
A.J. Lee over Paige and Nikki Bella for Diva's Championship
Dolph Ziggler over The Miz for Intercontinental Championship
The Usos over Goldust & Stardust for Tag Team Championship
Randy Orton over Chris Jericho
Mark Henry over Rusev
Roman Reigns over Seth Rollins

Look for potential run-ins:
Bray Wyatt during Ziggler-Miz
Harper & Rowan during Tag Titles Match
Dean Ambrose during Reigns-Rollins

WWE World Heavyweight Title Ladder Match Set

Boom.

The field is set for the World Hvt. Title #LadderMatch at #MITB! #RAW #BattleRoyal #StretcherMatch pic.twitter.com/vVRgtSOgtb

— WWE (@WWE) June 17, 2014

Money In The Bank = Sunday, June 29th at the TD Garden

Seth Rollins Turns on The Shield

Junes 2, 2014 on Monday Night Raw... Seth Rollins turned his back on Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose... The Shield.  After beating the pants off Evolution the night before at Payback, Batista quit, but then bam!  Rollins joins Triple H and Randy Orton.

Did not see that coming.  But worse than that, it shouldn't have happened.  No need.

The Shield was not going to last forever.  They all should move on to great individual careers at some point.  But they couldn't have done that together or continued their faction for a little longer?  Yes they could have.  They didn't need to only have 6-man tag matches.  Push them all for individual belts, but they all help each other retain, why not?

Rollins is bad-ass.  Reminds me of a Hardy Boy meets CM Punk.  Not bad.  I still think all three will be good, but there was still more to be had here.  Either the individual careers while staying together or a long program vs. the Wyatt Family (I know they fought before).

If this is just an idea to keep Triple H and Randy Orton at the top of the card, then it stinks.  If they really showcase Rollins and give him a big push while also pushing Ambrose and Reigns, then ok, we'll see.

Why do this on a boring edition of Monday Night Raw?  I know it was after a PPV, but it seemed lack luster.  A faction of this magnitude should have split at SummerSlam at a minimum.

Some surprises are great in wrestling, but I'm not sold on this one.  Couple questions...

• Do Ambrose & Reigns stay together?
• Do Ambrose & Reigns add a 3rd guy?  Maybe a 3rd and 4th (Usos?)
• How long does this "new" Evolution stay together?
• CM Punk coming back or what?
• Is Randy Orton going to be in a lot more main events? Bo-ring.

So we'll see how this all shakes out.  I'm going on record that I'm not a fan, but I'll be watching and hopefully proved wrong.