The Arizona Republic reports that next year’s Royal Rumble event will be held in Phoenix, Arizona at Chase Field on Sunday, January 27th.

The stadium is able to hold 48,519 people for a baseball event. This is the first time WWE pay-per-view event held in a Major League Baseball stadium since 2003’s WrestleMania XIX, which was held in Seattle’s Safeco Field.

The weekend will also include NXT Takeover and post-Rumble editions of RAW & SmackDown. Those events will be held at the nearby Talking Stick Resort Arena.

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WWE could be making the WrestleMania 35 location announcement as early as next week.

According to the Twitter account WrestleVote, who is linked to breaking several stories in the past, an announcement regarding next year’s WrestleMania 35 location will be made next week.

The account tweeted, “WrestleMania 35 location announcement is coming. Finally, everyone will know the stadium. Date looks like 4.7.19. You will all find out next week!”

WrestleMania 35 location announcement is coming. Finally, everyone will know the stadium. Date looks like 4.7.19. You will all find out next week!

— WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) January 18, 2018

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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 Independent published an article about the possibility of WrestleMania coming to London.

In the piece, they reference a survey that WWE sent out this week to individuals that attended WrestleMania 33, asking for their interest in future venues. It listed locations like New York City and Toronto.

The article points out that the last major show held in England was SumerSlam in 1992 and it drew over 80,000 fans at the Wembley Stadium. The event headliner saw the British Bulldog defeat Bret “The Hitman” Hart for the Intercontinental Championship.

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