WWE Royal Rumble 2017: 5 WrestleMania 33 Feuds That Could Begin
By Tim Sherry
Royal Rumble, WWE.com
5 potential feuds that begin at the 2017 Royal Rumble.
As Sunday’s Royal Rumble rolls around it’s time to start taking a look at how Wrestlemania 33’s card stacks up. The Rumble has been, and most likely always will be the most important pay per view as it comes to prepping for the biggest event of the year. Now obviously the winner of the match gets a guaranteed title shot at Wrestlemania, so there’s one match there. Plus already announced for the event is the obligatory side-show match between The Big Show and Shaquille O’Neal.
But how will the rest of the card work itself out? The difference this year as opposed to past years is the fact that in 2017 there will be two major shows between these two events, The Elimination Chamber from the Smackdown brand and Fastlane by RAW. Suffice to say, there will be plenty of time to push Wrestlemania’s story lines.
We’ve seen the Royal Rumble set up plenty of feuds in the past. Every year of the show has set up some sort of match that took place at the following Wrestlemania. From all the way back to the Hulk Hogan/Sid Vicious encounter playing out at Wrestlemania VIII to just last year when AJ Styles and Chris Jericho tangled at the Rumble and had a blow-off match at Wrestlemania 32, it’s a proven successful formula.
So what could start at this year’s Rumble? I have a few ideas. Now a couple of these potential feuds are a little far-fetched but could lead to terrific post-Rumble feuds. Ahead we break down 5 possible feuds in this category.