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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Dave Meltzer indicated in the latest issue of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter that WWE could be pulling the trigger on a heel turn for Daniel Bryan.

As seen on Smackdown Live this past week, Daniel Bryan put AJ Styles in a handicap match against Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens with the WWE Championship Title on the line at the upcoming Royal Rumble event. This came off in a heelish manner and it’s normally something a heel authority figure would do instead of a babyface.

Meltzer believes that the company could be trying to minimize the amount of WWE fans that could potentially watch Bryan on the indie scene or another promotion by turning him. Basically, they are trying to hurt his mainstream appeal and value by having him exit the company as a heel, which probably won’t work very well if Bryan does in fact leave WWE.

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John Cena, who is scheduled to return to WWE at the upcoming RAW 25th anniversary show, is scheduled to work the RAW brand after the Royal Rumble.

As previously noted, Cena is being advertised to appear at the upcoming WWE Fast Lane event and will also be appearing in the 30-man battle royal match at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view event.

Cena was originally rumored to be the next challenger for the WWE Championship, however those plans seemingly changed after the company decided to put the title on AJ Styles. It remains to be seen what they do with Cena once he returns.

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As seen on Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown Live, Daniel Bryan announced that AJ Styles will defend his WWE Championship Title against Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn in a 2-on-1 Hadicap match at the upcoming Royal Rumble pay-per-view this month.

Owens took to his Twitter account after last night’s SmackDown main event and reacted to the announcement. He wrote, “I like how checking on a referee’s well-being is enough of a reason for @shanemcmahon to put his hands on his top superstar. Thankfully, @WWEDanielBryan is a normal person who understands that such kindness and talent should be rewarded. #ThankYouDaniel #NextWWEChampion#YEP”

I like how checking on a referee’s well-being is enough of a reason for @shanemcmahon to put his hands on his top superstar.

Thankfully, @WWEDanielBryan is a normal person who understands that such kindness and talent should be rewarded. #ThankYouDaniel #NextWWEChampion#YEP

— Kevin Owens (@FightOwensFight) January 3, 2018

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WWE heads to the Amway Center in Orlando, FL for tonight’s episode of SmackDown Live. The following matches are confirmed for the show:

* The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper & Rowan) vs. The Fashion Police (Breeze & Fandango)

* US Title Tournament Match: Xavier Woods vs. Aiden English

* Smackdown Tag Team Title Match:  The Usos vs. Shelton Benjamin & Chad Gable

* Non-Title Match: WWE Champion AJ Styles vs. Sami Zayn

* Dark Matches: WWE Champion AJ Styles vs. Jinder Mahal in a Street Fight and Randy Orton and Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn

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As previously reported, Dave Meltzer mentioned in the latest installment of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter that AJ Styles probably won’t be facing John Cena at next year’s WrestleMania but instead The Undertaker was one of the names rumored as an opponent for Cena on the card.

It’s worth noting that the @WrestleVotes Twitter account, the same account that broke the story about Neville walking out on WWE, mentioned that Undertaker vs. Cena is not definite but it’s certainly “on the table” as a match being discussed for next year’s show.

Hearing Taker vs Cena is not definite but certainly "on the table". Many in WWE are still convinced Taker is done, hip surgery or not. Could be a result of his direct relationship with Vince. He only needs to tell him, & no one else. And Vince keeps everything w/ Taker hush.

— WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) December 29, 2017

Speaking of Undertaker vs. Cena, there is a poster floating around on the internet for the match. That poster is a fake and was made by a fan several months back.

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Here are the early betting odds for Sunday’s WWE Clash of Champions event, courtesy of Bet Wrestling:

WWE Championship
AJ Styles(c) -415 vs Jinder Mahal +295

WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship
Charlotte Flair(c) -675 vs Natalya +425

WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship
The Usos(c) -245 vs The Field(The New Day, Shelton Benjamin/Chad Gable and Rusev/Aiden English) +175

Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn -300 vs Randy Orton and Shinsuke Nakamura +220

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While John Cena is currently being advertised for the Christmas edition of RAW on December 25th, he’s also being advertised for the December 30th SmackDown Live Event. Cena is scheduled to face AJ Styles in Jinder Mahal in a triple-threat match for the WWE Championship Title.

As previously reported, Cena took time off from WWE television after Survivor Series to work on his non-WWE commitments.

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Ross opens today’s show by clarifying his recent remarks in which he suggested that Hulk Hogan will probably return to WWE at some point in the future. Ross received backlash from some people who felt like he was dismissing Hogan’s past usage of the “N” word, and Ross says that couldn’t be further from the truth. He simply believes that Hogan is a huge part of WWE’s past, and it makes sense to him for both parties to reunite at some point in the future.

Ross points out that he called the first ever Clash of Champions with Tony Schiavone many years ago, and all the talk about this upcoming Sunday’s show is bringing back a lot of great memories for him. He also adds that he’s really looking forward to the WWE Championship match between Jinder Mahal and A.J. Styles because in his opinion, Styles is still the greatest in-ring worker in the world.

Ross announces that he and Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler will be making appearances on the 25th Anniversary edition of Monday Night RAW on January 22nd. He’s not quite sure what they’ll be doing on the show yet, but he’s just happy to be involved.

Chris Jericho makes a surprise call into the show to promote his upcoming Cruise. Ross takes this opportunity to ask him about his recent physical interactions with Kenny Omega. Jericho says it was great to finally work with Omega and calls him a great worker. He also says he was very happy with how their entire angle played out, with Omega being busted open and bleeding everywhere.

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Everyone’s favorite Demon King isn’t doing a whole lot on Raw right now. After an amazing performance against AJ Styles at TLC, Finn Balor was chokeslammed into oblivion by the real Demon, the Demon Kane. Prior to that, he was stuck in a seemingly endless feud against Bray Wyatt, and it did nothing for either man  (except maybe reveal that Finn should not wear gray trunks). Just last Survivor Series, he was cannon fodder for Team Smackdown. Yowch.

Let’s face it, Balor’s not doing much. He could use a change in scenery. He could move to Smackdown.

Raw Doesn’t Need Him

At times, it seems like Raw is really just hogging all the big names. Sure, Smackdown has AJ Styles and Randy Orton, but Raw has all three members of the Shield, Samoa Joe, Brock Lesnar, Braun Strowman, and Finn Balor. To put things into perspective, Balor is billed at 5 ft 11. The average height of the rest of the name on there (excluding Finn) is around 6 ft 3. It seems almost everybody else literally stands head and shoulders above him. He is going to get lost in the land of giants.

Strowman just seemingly turned face and is unleashing all hell on anybody who dares to trifle with him. WWE clearly sees potential in him, so he’s at the forefront of Raw almost every Monday night. The Shield are WWE’s golden boys, so they get their fair share of time as well. Those guys are pretty much untouchable right now, so it’s Balor who is led to the slaughter most of the time, be it against Kane, Samoa Joe, or even Elias.

It almost seems that The Extraordinary Man Who Can Do Extraordinary Things  is expendable. This would be sort of okay if he was a midcarder who puts on competitive showings against top talents but ultimately loses. That’s not who Finn is. He’s the inaugural Universal Champion.

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