During the latest installment of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer discussed the betting odds for the Men’s Royal Rumble match for Sunday’s show. Meltzer believes that someone from the SmackDown brand will win The Rumble because Roman Reigns could earn his shot at Brock Lesnar’s Universal Title at the upcoming Elimination Chamber event.

The likely winners for SmackDown include Nakamura and Randy Orton, or perhaps Baron Corbin or even Rusev as a long shot. Nakamura and Orton have both been top favorites in the betting odds for weeks now and WWE previously had plans for Nakamura vs. Styles and Orton vs. Styles but those matches never happened.

The other possibility is that an outsider who makes a surprise entrant in the Rumble ends up winning.

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Coming out of this week’s RAW & SmackDown episodes, the following is confirmed for the January 28th Royal Rumble event from Philadelphia:

WWE Universal Title Triple Threat Match
Brock Lesnar vs. Kane vs. Braun Strowman

WWE Title Match
AJ Styles vs. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn

WWE US Title Tournament Finals
Jinder Mahal or Xavier Woods vs. Bobby Roode or Zack Ryder or Mojo Rawley

Men’s Royal Rumble Match
Participants: Elias, Randy Orton, Shinsuke Nakamura, John Cena, Finn Balor, Baron Corbin, 24 other wrestlers TBA.

Women’s Royal Rumble Match
Participants: Asuka, Naomi, Ruby Riott, Natalya, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Paige, Mandy Rose, Sonya Deville, Carmella, Tamina Snuka, Lana, Liv Morgan, Sarah Logan, 16 other wrestlers TBA. (The only women who have not yet officially declared who are on Raw or Smackdown are: Nia Jax and Dana Brooke)

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The Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio announced that Randy Orton vs. Nakamura vs. Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn vs. AJ Styles in a Fatal 5-Way for the WWE Championship will headline the Fastlane pay-per-view event on March 11th, 2018.

Here is the announcement:

WWE FASTLANE comes to Columbus for the FIRST time!

Witness the final WWE Pay per View before Wrestlemania 34.

See your favorite WWE Smackdown Superstars in action live including:

WWE CHAMPION – AJ STYLES VS RANDY ORTON VS SHINSUKE NAKAMURA VS KEVIN OWENS VS SAMI ZAYN IN A FATAL FIVE WAY MATCH FOR THE WWE CHAMPIONSHIP!

PLUS,

CHARLOTTE

BOBBY ROODE

BARON CORBIN

JINDER MAHAL

NEW DAY

THE USOS

DOLPH ZIGGLER

PLUS MANY MORE! (Card subject to change)

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Russo is joined on today’s show by his co-host Jeff Lane.

Russo opens today’s show speaking about the missed dropkick spot at the recent Ring of Honor show which featured The Young Bucks. Russo was vocal about his disapproval of this spot but he wasn’t trying to talk crap or looking to start fights, he just feels that we need to start calling these type of things something other than ‘professional wrestling’.

Lane mentions that on one of his shows this past week, The Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer was perplexed over people being on their phones while sitting ringside at wrestling shows. Russo says he doesn’t blame these people for being on their phones at all because they’re obviously bored out of their minds.

Ryan Satin of ProWrestlingSheet mentioned this past week that the Hype Bros were more deserving of a main card spot at Clash of Champions than the Triple Threat US Title match. Russo calls Satin a jackass, and mentions that Satin probably hates Baron Corbin because he was a football player and a legitimate athlete, and Satin can’t relate to that.

At another point last week, Meltzer said that RAW has probably been losing viewers in the last hour because of long matches which feature talents who aren’t over. Russo says that nobody’s over on RAW right now, so who are WWE going to put in the ring?

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Below are the early betting odds for Sunday’s Survivor Series event, courtesy of Bet Wrestling. These numbers will change multiple times between now and the event.

Note: For the favorites, the number represents the amount of money you would need to risk to win $100. For the underdogs, the number represents the amount of money you would win if you risk $100.

5 on 5 Survivor Series Match (Men’s)
Team Smackdown -167 vs Team Raw +120

5 on 5 Survivor Series Match (Women’s)
Team Raw -295 vs Team Smackdown +200

Champion vs. Champion
Brock Lesnar -500 vs AJ Styles +300

Champion vs. Champion
Charlotte Flair -155 vs Alexa Bliss +110

Tag Champions vs. Tag Champions
The Usos -250 vs Cesaro & Sheamus +175

Intercontinental Champion vs. United States Champion
The Miz -139 vs Baron Corbin +100

WWE Cruiserweight Championship
Enzo Amore -225 vs. Kalisto +155

The Shield -500 vs. The New Day +300

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As previously noted, Sin Cara suffered an injury in a Triple Threat Match against Baron Corbin and Sami Zayn at the WWE Live Event in Madrid, Spain on Sunday.

Sin Cara confirmed these these reports and revealed that he suffered an injury to his knee. He wrote on Twitter, “Due to an injury in my knee I am not competing at #WWELisbon. Apologies to those who attended. I hope to see them again soon”.

Por un inconveniente en mi rodilla no pude participar hoy del #WWELisbon. Disculpas a los que asistieron. Espero volver a verlos pronto

— Sin Cara (@SinCaraWWE) November 7, 2017

As of this writing, there is no timeline for his return. We will keep you updated if we receive any more information.

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Baron Corbin cut another promo on The Miz via Twitter to build to their Survivor Series match later this month.

Corbin starts off his promo by apologizing for his remarks about Maryse but quickly makes fun of The Miz for living in Maryse’s shadow. Corbin would then accuse The Miz of begging Maryse to come out of retirement so he can be relevant again. In closing, Corbin references Miz’s unborn child and says that at Survivor Series, The Miz will be calling him daddy.

You can listen to his remarks embedded in the video below:

Hey @mikethemiz my bad. pic.twitter.com/iMeXNljqh6

— Baron Corbin (@BaronCorbinWWE) October 31, 2017

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Survivor Series is a little less than a month away and several big money matches have already been announced. Champions will face champions. This is a rare occurrence.

Ideally these matches should be dream matches. The matches we won’t see too often because the opponents are on opposite brands. That’s not the case for this year. If this does not go well, this year’s event will be hated more than Survivor Series 2015. That’s saying something. But what exactly is so bad about the card?

The Matches Sound Awful

Most of the Champion vs. Champion matches sound dreadful. The only one I’m looking forward to is Shield vs. Usos.

I feel it’s important for me to say that I am a Baron Corbin fan. That said, whoever thought of this match-up needs to be strung up by their gonads. Baron Corbin v. The Miz? That’s a match that will put 13 thousand people to sleep. I enjoy both guys, but they are not meant to be paired together. I may love Cheetos and chocolate cake, but I’ll be damned if I put them together.

Both men are heels, and hated heels at that. While both are capable and competent wrestlers, they’re not the most exciting. They’re at their best when they feed off a more energetic person. You don’t pair them up together. The match has a very high chance of sucking, and the audience isn’t gonna care too much because they’re supposed to hate both guys.

Then there’s Alexa Bliss v. Natalya. While it’s not as unappealing as Corbin – Miz, it also doesn’t sound particularly good. The thought of cake-flavored milk is not the worst thing ever, but I doubt anyone would want to try it. Same goes for this match.

Alexa Bliss, while she has improved leaps and bounds, is still not the best wrestler. While Natalya is a veteran who grew up in the industry, I highly doubt that she can carry Alexa Bliss to a palatable match.

I’m not gonna say anything about Jinder Mahal v. Brock Lesnar because everyone’s already said what there is to be said.

Who knows, though? Maybe Corbin and Miz will put on a showstopper. Maybe they’ll give WWE their first 5 Star match in 6 years. Highly unlikely. But there is an obvious solution to this issue.

Have Someone Lose Their Title

I know it says so in the title. But yes, this is the solution. Unless WWE wants to win a Guiness world record for “Most People Asleep in a Stadium at the Same Time”, something needs to change.

I do not care if Roman Reigns beats the Miz a week before Survivor Series and pulls double duty as a captain and a champion. Heck, make it Jason Jordan or Matt Hardy. Or have Sin Cara beat Baron Corbin. I don’t care if Corbin and Miz win their titles back. Just don’t let them fight.

Smackdown also has the option of the Women’s Money in the Bank contract, but Alexa Bliss – Carmella doesn’t sound so good either.

Yes, I know I’m complaining a lot. I would like to apologize for that. I don’t even know why I care so much about this.

All that said, I hope the traditional 5 v. 5 Survivor Series matches are a lot of fun.

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The following are spoilers for tonight’s SmackDown Live episode, courtesy of PWInsider:

* There is talk of having Sami Zayn face Randy Orton tonight’s show. The winner of that match will join the SmackDown’s Survivor Series team.

* Dolph Ziggler vs. Boddy Roode is being planned. The winner of that bout would be added to the SmackDown team. This match may be a “best out of three falls” match.

Already confirmed for the show is:

* Baron Corbin vs. Sin Cara

* Sunil Singh vs. AJ Styles

* Huge Eight-Man Tag Team showdown

* Breezango segment

Check back here at 8PM ET for our live play-by-play coverage of the event.

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It’s been 5 months since Jinder Mahal shocked the world by becoming the WWE Champion. It’s been a long ride, and it hasn’t always been pleasant. Solid matches with Randy Orton have not been enough to save his reign. It’s been bogged down by tired promos that he repeated ad nauseam. Bad writing and an old-school but pedestrian wrestling style have undeniably stank up his reign. This Sunday, at Hell in a Cell, there will be some big changes, whether he retains or not. But we still have to ask: what is next for Jinder Mahal?

Dropping the WWE Championship

I hope that Jinder Mahal loses the title this Sunday. 140 days of Jinder is quite long, and I don’t think it should go on any longer. Besides, if (God forbid) he retains, who does he defend it against next? Sami Zayn is a non-entity, AJ Styles is locked in a feud with Baron Corbin, and Bobby Roode probably isn’t staying face for long.

It would be damaging for Shinsuke Nakamura to lose twice to Mahal. No one will take him seriously after that. Besides, you can’t have your heel be a racist and then win. You can only keep “building heat” for so long before people stop caring. And people have stopped caring. It would be a massive waste of the past three months to have Jinder defeat Shinsuke Nakamura.

I believe Mahal drops the title this Sunday. He gets his rematch at Survivor Series or Clash of Champions, and then poof, he’s gone from the title picture. But after that, what’s next for him? He can’t just drop down back to where he once was on the card. He’s not going back to being a jobber. He’ll be hanging around the upper reaches of the card for a while.

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