Miss WrestleMania Battle Royal Update

There's been a slight change to the 25 Diva Battle Royal at WrestleMania.


TWO DOWN

Gail Kim was removed from the WrestleMania XXV Miss WrestleMania Battle Royal graphic last night on Raw as she hasn't "officially" debuted yet. Her inclusion last week was a mistake.

Candice Michelle was also removed from the graphic, which may be a sign WWE doesn't expect her to be medically cleared from her ankle injury by the PPV. If so, that would be the second straight WrestleMania she would miss due to injury as she missed last year due to a broken clavicle.

FINAL THOUGHT

So with a large amount of ex-WWE Divas are saying no to the battle royal, what is the solution?

Kick two more Divas off - Yay!

Randy Orton Wins the Rumble

Randy Orton (pictured above, center) has defied the odds (even though there were none to begin with) and has won the 2009 Royal Rumble and is heading to WrestleMania 25 as the #1 contender.

RKO WIN

With the help of his trusted allies Cody Rhodes (pictured above, left) and Ted DiBiase (pictured above, right), Randy Orton was able to steal the win from Triple H.

Now, he heads to WrestleMania to challenge for either the WWE Championship or World Heavyweight Championship.

A LITTLE HELP FROM YOUR FRIENDS...

The Legacy stable were the overall dominants in this year's Royal Rumble.

If not for the stable, Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase would have never been in the Rumble, let alone be apart of the final four.

As Triple H was eliminating Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase, Orton was able to sneak in from behind and eliminate Triple H.

FORESEEN WINNER

With all the hype, and the McMahon Family feud - Randy Orton was an obvious choice the win the Rumble.

When rumours and reports starting printing that 'Cowboy' Bob Orton (Orton's Father) was going to be in the audience, things became even more predictable.

Of course, the SmackDown writers were trying to sway the thoughts of wrestling fans, by giving Triple H a slim chance of "over-coming the evil SmackDown Empire" and win the Royal Rumble after being chosen as the 1st entrant.

Notably, those plans were scraped at the very last minute.


FINAL THOUGHT

I'm glad Orton won - I would have liked to have seen Triple H and Orton have a longer battle though.

RVD Returns to the Rumble

"Mr. Monday Night" made a shocking surprise return at the 2009 Royal Rumble.

THE WHOLE DAMN RUMBLE

Word spread early on Sunday that Rob Van Dam was going to be backstage at the Royal Rumble, but that can also be said about Christian - whom didn't make his scheduled return to the WWE.

But, fans were rewarded when RVD's "One of a Kind" theme song hit the arena sound systems.

RVD was back, and entered the rumble, as number 25th.

MR ONE NIGHT ONLY

Fans instantly went with the thoughts that RVD was officially back in the WWE.

Sadly, that doesn't appear to be the case.

The Rumble was being held in Detroit, Michigan - RVD lives in Battle Creek, Michigan.

Therefore, RVD was able to drive and perform close to home.

So far, that's all RVD is going to be doing -- staying home.


FINAL THOUGHT

RVD was a pleasant shock to the Rumble, as there were points in the Rumble which were putting me to sleep.

Kane in the Rumble

It comes as no surprise that Kane is now officially in the 2009 Royal Rumble


BIG RED RUMBLE

Kane has been involved in every single Royal Rumble event since 1999.

This, in total, makes it his 11th Royal Rumble.

When you're in the business, and you're heading into your 10th hour long match on a yearly Pay-Per-View -- that's definitely saying something.

Kane has obviously been doing the right thing, management wise. If not, then WWE are running out of stars.

FINAL THOUGHT

If WWE plan the numbers right, we might have another Kane / Undertaker mid-Rumble battle on our hands.

If it does happen, it would be an instant classic.