10 things that need to happen

The Post's Joseph Staszewski explores the world of professional wrestling in his Tuesday column, “Post Match Angle.''.

The Royal Rumble provides WWE with excitement, drama, surprises, and a roadmap to WrestleMania.

The company's latest tournament, to be held on Jan. 27 at Tropicana Field (8 p.m., Peacock), will be the first under Endeavor's ownership, and everyone involved believes WrestleMania 40 in Philadelphia will be the best tournament in history. would hope to become So we'd like to throw some suggestions in the way of Triple H and Bruce Prichard on what we believe could create the perfect Royal Rumble show on Saturday in the post-match angle.

10. Give Jimmy and Jey Uso a Rumble moment

It's been a few months since the two brothers appeared together on screen, so give them and their fans the face-to-face moment they deserve. Maybe they'll let Solo Chicore break it up, but if they're going to fulfill their dreams of facing each other at WrestleMania, they could lay the next brick here.

9. NXT's Bron Breaker and Tiffany Stratton compete in their respective Rumble matches

Both of them won this award for their performances last year, and they may be the most capable players in NXT. You can make a star out of Breaker by having him attack people with spears here and there, and in Elimination he collects one or two. Give Stratton a chance to return to their original feud someday with elimination.

8. X-Pac and AJ Lee join as surprise legends

Sean Waltman has said there's no chance he'll play in the game, so I guess that's still a possibility. Lee is one of the wrestlers fans would most like to see return if he is healthy and a dog sitter is available for Larry. Even if it's a one-off, it will be a big moment.

7. Logan Paul forms a new faction.

Paul should defeat Kevin Owens and retain the United States Championship. Doing so with the help of Grayson Waller and Austin Theory would be great exposure for them if they team up and start a new storyline.

6. Naomi returns and Jade Cargill makes her Women's Rumble debut

Naomi, now known as Trinity, could be done with TNA after being eliminated from the Knockouts World Championship two weeks ago, and if she were to return, this feels like the perfect way . Cargill has been training her since signing her in September. This is the best way to get her to participate before Mania.

5. Brock Lesnar returns at #30 and eliminates Gunther from Royal Rumble

The Intercontinental Champion said this is a match where Lesnar needs to prove himself. He would be the perfect opponent at WrestleMania. Gunther needs to be eliminated because the Beast needs to feel like an obstacle for the Champion to overcome, rather than the other way around.

4. Becky Lynch wins the Women's Royal Rumble

Bayley's loss meant she missed out on Rhea Ripley's title shot in the eyes of Damage Control, and was replaced by Lynch, who would win a second Rumble. This is because it will be a challenge. It sets up a better babyface scenario for Elimination Chamber.

3. CM Punk wins the Men's Royal Rumble

Cody won last year, so it would feel corny for him to win again. Strike while the iron is hot for Punk and make the headlines of Punk winning the Rumble in his first televised match of his return and earning a spot in the main event of WrestleMania.

2. Roman Reigns pins LA Knight to retain the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship

Tribal Chief intends to stay, but a potential one-on-one match between him and Randy Orton or AJ Styles (neither of which happened during this match) will feed them. There's no reason to take it off the table. pin. A second loss would allow Knight to move on to other goals.

1. Rock interrupts Reigns' celebration

Their first meeting was saved until they could create a promo together, and Rock, now a member of TKO's board of directors, appeared on the video board from a jet and told Reigns that he would see him on SmackDown. If fans knew this was coming, it would probably get better ratings than a surprise appearance by The Rock on Friday.

serious business

The Young Bucks, namely Matthew and Nicholas Jackson, were at their best when they reached their unpleasant peaks, and in their corner with Renee Paquette, they may have achieved a new level of brashness and seriousness. She had the perfect response again. All of it.

The Bucks are getting the right results with their long-awaited gimmick reboot. They tout their importance as EVPs of AEW and show a bit of cruelty by comparing protecting AEW's legacy to Puckett potentially protecting his daughter. They even took a not-so-subtle shot at CM Punk while talking about rumors and why they wanted to wrestle with Sting.

Punk called them kids. Now, the Bucks characters are taking the EVP job more seriously, saying that somewhere along the line AEW lost its way and toxicity crept into the locker room.

“We started relying on yesterday's selfish, superficial, cancerous superstars,” Matt Jackson said.

Who could that be?

That causes a strange shift in why they want to wrestle Sting in Sting's final match, and basically what the icon represents: the last of a dying breed, and their desire to change the world in AEW. He wanted to destroy anything that did not match his wishes.

They want to say goodbye to Sting and everyone like Sting. At the very least, it adds to the question of whether Sting will win his final match. That's because if the Bucks win, they could target seniors such as Hardys, former WWE star Adam Copeland, Christian Cage, Billy Gunn, and Dustin Rhodes. .

ten count

After watching “Monday Night Raw” and seeing Gunter face off against World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins (who thankfully vowed to rehab his injury and head to Philadelphia), it's likely we won't see him at WrestleMania 40. I wanted to watch the two games that would be played. And a super fierce promotional battle between CM Punk and Cody Rhodes. This sold the Rumble in a big way, and I can't help but wonder what kind of business Rhodes Punk would have had in AEW if things had been different.

Few examples can compare to the size of a star on the level of Kazuchika Okada in the GOAT conversation – leave New Japan to come to the US Start a bidding war between AEW and WWE. My money is on AEW, but WWE's fantasy booking is much more interesting.

I believed from the beginning that Deonna Purrazzo would be the perfect foil for “Timeless” Toni Storm, and the short and unusual female live promo we got was like a great appetizer to that. It felt like. The toughness of Purrazzo's jersey withstood the Storm's absurdity and paranoia.

There's been some public grumbling about WWE moving Raw to Netflix in 2025, but that's understandable as there's always some grumbling from people who have to pay for content that's currently available for free. This is because I think so. The question is: Will Netflix raise prices for current customers to match the billions spent on Raw, and by how much? And what impact will that have? is.

It feels like Vengeance Day will be the catalyst for the breakup of Trick Williams and Carmelo Hayes, leading to a move towards wrestling at WrestleMania weekend's Stand & Deliver. They won the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic and Williams won the NXT Championship. everything looks good. If Hayes loses the NXT Tag Team Championship match, he will face Williams.

Samoa Joe was going to promote a lot of babyfaces in this run, and he accomplished that with Hook. The Long Island native faced the champion, took a ton of brutal punishment, and established his comeback as a big babyface by kicking out a minute late, with the crowd behind him. After cornering him against the ropes, he lost consciousness. Hook showed he belonged.

Josh Alexander is on the rise again in TNA, racking up wins over Alex Hammerstone and Will Ospreay. The latter is the highest ranking Alexander received from Dave Meltzer in his 3/4 star match.

We predicted in this area last week that Drew McIntyre would steal the Money in the Bank contract from Damian Priest and make money at WrestleMania. It felt even better after seeing R-Truth sacrifice Priest in his match with McIntyre by making a fuss over the briefcase, and Priest's harsh tone towards Rhea Ripley.

I thought Tuesday night's NXT show was great. A large number of storylines are significantly developed around the intense matches, using numerous storytelling devices both inside and outside the arena. William Regal will make a brief return to WWE TV as The Rock's daughter Eva becomes the youngest TV GM in WWE history at age 22.