WWE Royal Rumble 2020 will take place on Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT live on the WWE Network with the kickoff show beginning at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT. The following will propose a dream card almost two months away from a PPV that kickstarts the road to WrestleMania 36.
Who will main event WrestleMania? Like all the PPVs throughout the year, WWE Royal Rumble 2020 will probably have the same lackadaisical build up under the pretense that it’s intended to swerve the WWE Universe.
Although Royal Rumble 2020 should deliver shocking returns and a plenitude of surprises, the creative team should still be prepared, kick the new year off to a fresh start, and book the matches everyone wants to see with sufficient build up. This should not only apply to the Royal Rumble matches but also the many championship matches that may be distributed throughout the card.
Will they have such a New Years Resolution? Debatable, but why wait on the creative team to figure things out at the last minute on social media when we can figure it out right here right now?Based on the current booking situations with the WWE, the following will propose the ideal case scenarios for how the Royal Rumble 2020 card should look like on the road to WrestleMania 36.
Let’s hope this dream card comes true. Let’s get started with the WWE Royal Rumble 2020 Dream Card, kicking off with the Tag Team Championship matches.
The New Day (c) vs. RooDolph [SmackDown Tag Team Championships]
Assuming The New Day retain their SmackDown Tag Team Championships against The Revival at WWE TLC 2019, their next challengers should be the former Raw Tag Team Champions and current allies of King Corbin, Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler. This tag team was not involved in the number one contender’s match for a tag championship match at WWE TLC 2019 since they were busy helping King Corbin humiliate Roman Reigns.
Before The New Day won the SmackDown Tag Team Championships from the Revival in November, RooDolph defeated them in an old school tag match. This is a foretelling sign that a championship match could take place between these two tag teams.
If 50:50 booking serves this situation accordingly, The New Day should retain their championships in this bout. Besides, Kofi Kingston should have a lengthy tag title reign as a consolation prize for losing his WWE Championship to Brock Lesnar in a mere ten seconds or less.
Booking: The New Day are Still SmackDown Tag Team Champions
Viking Raiders (c) vs. Authors of Pain [Raw Tag Team Championships]
Assuming The Viking Raiders retain their Raw Tag Team Championships against The O.C. at WWE TLC 2019, their next challengers should be the former Raw Tag Team Champions and allegedly the current allies of Seth Rollins, Akam and Rezar from the Authors of Pain.
Most WWE fans have been salivating for these two enormous tag team to clash heads. With the Viking Raiders continually emphasizing their dominant winning streaks, it is only a matter of time until the raid becomes painful.
After months of sitting in a room and finally getting involved in a major storyline with Seth Rollins, the Authors of Pain should use this momentum to dethrone the Viking Raiders, especially since no other heel tag team on the Raw roster is believable enough to do it. Erik and Ivar are evidently running out of opponents to defeat and they need an actual challenge, which Authors of Pain are sure to deliver.
Booking: Authors of Pain Become The New Raw Tag Team Champions
Shinsuke Nakamura (c) and Sami Zayn vs. Braun Strowman [Intercontinental Championship]
Assuming Shinsuke Nakamura retains the Intercontinental Championships against Braun Strowman at WWE TLC 2019 via disqualification, Strowman should get a rematch for the championship at this PPV. However, there is a plot twist, in which Strowman must now defeat both Sami Zayn and Nakamura in a handicap match to win the championship.
Since Nakamura and Zayn defended the championship against The Miz at WWE Starrcade 2019, this situation seems plausible and more appropriate for the Monster Among Men. With the odds stacked against Strowman, it will make the him look indomitable once he wins the championship. In this bout, the best case scenario is for Strowman to pin Sami Zayn to win the championship.
While keeping Nakamura looking strong in defeat and having a legitimate reason for a rematch at the next PPV, this would also be Strowman’s grand opportunity to win his first singles championship in the WWE. It’s only a matter of time until the Monster Among Men reigns supreme and assures that everyone in the locker room ‘gets these hands.’
Booking: Braun Strowman Becomes The New IC Champion
Rey Mysterio (c) vs. Andrade (w/Zelina Vega) [United States Championship]
Assuming Rey Mysterio retains the United States Championship against AJ Styles and Randy Orton at WWE TLC 2019, his next challenger should be Andrade. Andrade has been stuck defeating jobbers on a weekly basis and has had enough history and show-stealing matches with Mysterio to warrant a fun-filled championship rivalry with him at WWE Royal Rumble 2020.
It has been long overdue for Andrade to win a championship in the WWE. Like Braun Strowman, this title match would be a great opportunity for Andrade to win his first main roster singles title, especially with some nefarious assistance from Zelina Vega at ringside.
In a passing of the torch moment, Andrade should become United States Champion with Zelina Vega as his mouthpiece and further show why he is the future of the WWE.
Booking: Andrade Becomes The New U.S. Champion
Bayley (c) vs. Carmella [SmackDown Women’s Championship]
Assuming Bayley retains the SmackDown Women’s Championship against Lacey Evans at WWE TLC 2019, her next challenger should be Carmella. While Bayley and Banks have been busy feuding with Evans, Carmella has been quite outspoken about how the SmackDown Women’s Division is being run. She had taken some shots at Sasha Banks on Twitter, pertaining to this.
https://twitter.com/CarmellaWWE/status/1200622613006934018
Clearly, there’s enough soup to stir the pot, but why is Carmella taking shots at Bayley and Banks? Well, many may not recall this but Bayley and Carmella were the best of friends in NXT and were so close that they named themselves ‘Baymella.’
However, Bayley has never teamed up with Carmella since departing from NXT and seemed to have found a new best friend in Sasha Banks on the main roster. Maybe Carmella is jealous that she lost her best friend, Bayley, to ‘money-making’ Sasha Banks?
Banks has continually talked about how she is making so much money. Maybe Carmella is jealous that Banks is money and she’s not anymore?
There are many interesting angles they could take with this storyline, and this probably explains why Carmella assisted Charlotte Flair in fending off Bayley and Banks months back. Carmella would be very useful in this rivalry, if she were to draw a rift between Bayley and Banks.
Carmella is definitely capable of using a manipulative strategy to draw Bayley and Banks apart and play mind games with Bayley to throw her off her game and get an advantage in a championship match. If this match were to occur, Bayley should retain her championship against Carmella, but the damage towards Bayley and Banks’ friendship would have already been felt and could lead to a championship match between them at WrestleMania 36.
Booking: Bayley is Still SmackDown Women’s Champion
Becky Lynch (c) vs. Asuka (w/Kairi Sane) [Raw Women’s Championship]
Assuming Becky Lynch keeps her Raw Women’s Championship at WWE TLC 2019, her next challenger should be Asuka. Last year at Royal Rumble 2019, Lynch failed to win back the SmackDown Women’s Championship from Asuka.
This year should be her year to redeem herself and collect that ‘one last debt.’ It has been a long time coming and there’s no other way to book it than a Lynch retention.
Considering that Asuka made Lynch tap out last year in their championship match, Lynch should do the same to Asuka with her Dis-Arm-Her submission manuever. This victory should clear Lynch’s head on the road to WrestleMania 36, where she should face the end of her year-long championship reign against either Ronda Rousey or Shayna Baszler.
Booking: Becky Lynch is Still Raw Women’s Champion
Bray Wyatt (c) vs. Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz [Universal Championship]
Assuming Bray Wyatt keeps his Universal Championship at WWE TLC 2019, his next challenge should be a triple threat match against Daniel Bryan and The Miz. Considering that Wyatt retained his championship against Daniel Bryan at Survivor Series and will most likely defeat The Miz at WWE TLC 2019, it seems that the most sensible route for the Universal Championship is to end this rivalry in a triple threat match.
Evidently, Bray Wyatt should unleash the Fiend for this match and win decisively. It would be neat if The Miz and Daniel Bryan’s families got involved in this match in some way, shape, or form. Irregardless of what happens, Bray Wyatt should retain the championship.
As the top merch seller in the WWE as well as the #2 draft pick on Friday Night SmackDown, he should not be losing his championship anytime soon unless it is to the #1 draft pick, Roman Reigns. That match can be saved for WrestleMania 36.
Booking: Bray Wyatt is Still The Universal Champion
Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Rusev vs. Bobby Lashley [WWE Championship]
Assuming Rusev and Bobby Lashley make it out alive at WWE TLC 2019, they could be in the wakes of a WWE Championship match against Brock Lesnar at Royal Rumble 2020. This may sound a tad rabid, but there has to be something good coming out of this infidelity storyline.
Bobby Lashley has been itching to battle Lesnar ever since he returned to the WWE. Meanwhile, Rusev should be involved in this match as the sole babyface to give the fans someone to cheer for in this bout.
It is very likely that Rusev and Lashley will cancel each other while Lesnar capitalizes on their fatuous scuffles to retain his WWE Championship. It is also possible that Lesnar battle Seth Rollins and Kevin Owens in a triple threat, but it’s better to save those two superstars for the Royal Rumble match.
Booking: Brock Lesnar is Still The WWE Champion
Women’s Royal Rumble Match
Assuming Becky Lynch and Bayley keep their championships, they will not be in the Women’s Royal Rumble Match. Considering that Becky Lynch won last year’s Royal Rumble, this will ensure a new Royal Rumble winner for 2020.
The final four for the Women’s Royal Rumble should be: Sasha Banks, Charlotte Flair, Shayna Baszler, and Ronda Rousey. Fellow Horsewomen Banks and Charlotte should team up to face two other fellow Horsewomen Baszler and Rousey, but Banks will most likely blind side Charlotte and eliminate her whenever she gets a chance.
Based on their historic match from Royal Rumble 2019, Rousey and Banks should be the final two members in the match. If Sasha wins, she should target SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley, especially after Carmella purportedly drew a rift in their friendship, as mentioned earlier. If Rousey wins, she should evidently target Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch, who dethroned her at last year’s WrestleMania 35.
Rousey should eliminate Banks to win the Royal Rumble match and challenge Lynch for a championship rematch at WrestleMania 36. If Rousey returns to the same PPV she debuted in the WWE in 2018, she is undoubtedly picking up the victory here in 2020.
For all the Sasha Banks fans out there, this may sound disappointing but there’s a silver lining. The next PPV after the Royal Rumble is the Elimination Chamber, the same PPV where Banks turned on Bayley at the top of the pod and the same PPV where Banks and Bayley won the Women’s Tag Team Championship.
It is quite clear that Bayley and Banks have a lot of history at the Elimination Chamber, and they would be better off sparking their feud on the road to WrestleMania with a turn at that PPV. This time around, Bayley should listen to Carmella’s voice inside her head and turn on Banks at Elimination Chamber to avenge what Banks did to her years ago.
Banks would then turn babyface again as the blueprint of Friday Night SmackDown and hopefully dethrone Bayley at Fastlane and retain the championship for the first time in her career at WrestleMania 36.
Booking: Ronda Rousey Wins The Women’s Royal Rumble
Men’s Royal Rumble Match
Assuming Brock Lesnar and “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt keep their championships, they will not be in the Men’s Royal Rumble Match. Consider this a blessing in disguise because it would be quite annoying to see the entire Men’s Royal Rumble Match in red lighting.
The final four for the Men’s Royal Rumble should be: Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, and Finn Balor. Based on their current rivalry, Rollins and Owens should be the final two members in the match. With Rollins winning the Royal Rumble match last year, getting eliminated by Owens this year at the last moment could really put Owens over big time.
On the other hand, it’s also possible that Owens and Reigns could be the final two so that both brands are represented. If Reigns wins, he should challenge Universal Champion Bray Wyatt so that he targets the championship he relinquished last year. If Owens wins, he should target WWE Champion Brock Lesnar so that he targets the championship that has eluded him his entire career.
No matter what scenario occurs, Owens should win the Men’s Royal Rumble Match. Not only has the WWE Championship eluded Owens’ career but he has also never gone to war with Lesnar on live television. That match up should be a treat at WrestleMania 36, and who knows? Maybe Owens will beat Lesnar better than Rollins ever did. With that being said, what are you gonna do when KO Mania runs wild on you?
Booking: Kevin Owens Wins The Men’s Royal Rumble