Jumpin said:
Damien Priest's first title reign may have been lacklustre, but his second title reign will be stellar.
I foresee him winning the rumble and main eventing Wrestlemania within the next 3 years. He's probably #4 down from Roman, Cody, and Walter - and it's probable that not one of those three will be in the Rumble match next year: Cody and Walter are champs and Roman will be involved in some major bloodline feud. I think Punk, Drew, and Seth make up the next tier down - and they could win, it'll be 4 years since an ultra-established guy won the men's rumble (Edge in 2021). It feels a bit like when the Rock won the first time, it didn't matter the way it did in May 2000 - while it was Backlash, it was the Wrestlemania main event in all but name and date - at the very least, a Wrestlemania calibre win. Priest's next win will be akin to The Rock's 2000 win, while his first win was the Rock's lacklustre 98 reign (I mean, it was something, but he was more a surrogate title holder for the corporation and the belt kind of disappeared from relevancy).
As of today, I think Rhea and Priest are the most likely Royal Rumble 2025 winners. |
I dunno. Problem is that Priest is a bit on the older side, as he's already over 40. WWE has no problems focussing on older people, if they're already stars, but I'm not sure I see him getting that level of push. I think Priest's reign might be a one and done. And, nothing wrong with that, as it's far better than 99.9% of those who get in the business will ever do.
If we're making way too early predictions, I'm gonna go with Bianca Belair and Big E.
