How WWE Should Book Royal Rumble 2023 (Unfinished)

Hey everyone! This all started back with my first post on WWE’s Night Of Champions 2015 PPV, when WhatCulture’s early concept of “How WWE Should Book” videos inspired me to start directing the shows in my vision. As the quality and output of the company downgraded yearly, I decided it was time to try and help it improve. With these posts, I will do my best to craft compelling, larger-than-life characters, storylines and angles that captivate you, and matchups that will amaze you, all through the power of sensibility and logical booking. Sharing the fan-driven vision of a better WWE for all since 2015. Putting my best ideas forward and trying to get them seen. [Without further ado, here is how WWE should book: Royal Rumble 2023!](link to blog post goes here)

MAIN SHOW:

• 10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1... MOUNTAIN DEW PITCH BLACK!!!!! Er... I mean, BUZZZZZZZZZZZZ.

1ST MATCH: 2023 Women's Royal Rumble Match

NAOMI won the 2023 Women's Royal Rumble by last eliminating Rhea Ripley

Entry # | Entrant | Order Eliminated | Eliminated By | Eliminations | Brand

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2ND MATCH: Bray Wyatt vs. LA Knight (Mountain Dew Pitch Black match)

WINNER by MOUNTAIN DEW: Bray Wyatt

3RD MATCH: Bianca Belair (c) vs. Alexa Bliss (Singles match for the WWE RAW Women's Championship)

WINNER by PINFALL and STILL WWE RAW Women's Champion: Bianca Belair

4TH MATCH: Roman Reigns (c) (w/ Paul Heyman) vs. Kevin Owens (Singles match for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship)

WINNER by PINFALL and STILL Undisputed WWE Universal Champion: Roman Reigns

5TH MATCH: 2023 Men's Royal Rumble Match

CODY RHODES won the 2023 Men's Royal Rumble by last eliminating Seth Rollins

Entry # | Entrant | Order Eliminated | Eliminated By | Eliminations | Brand

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1 | Seth Rollins 

2 | Cody Rhodes 

3 | Chad Gable 

4 | LA Knight

5 | Santos Escobar 

6 | Ricochet

7 | Rey Mysterio

8 | Bobby Lashley

9 | Austin Theory

10 | Pat McAfee

11 | Drew McIntyre

12 | Logan Paul

13 | Jake Paul

14 | MrBeast

15 | Bad Bunny

16 | Ric Flair → Baron Corbin

17 | Booker T 

18 | Sheamus

19 | Omos

20 | Braun Strowman

21 | Rhea Ripley

22 | "Stone Cold" Steve Austin

23 | Kofi Kingston

24 | Edge

25 | Gunther

26 | John Cena

27 | Shawn Michaels 

28 | Karrion Kross

29 | Sami Zayn 

30 | The Rock

FINAL RESULTS:

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	Naomi won by last eliminating Rhea Ripley	30-Woman Royal Rumble match for a Women's Championship match at WrestleMania 39	60 minutes
2	Bray Wyatt defeated LA Knight	Mountain Dew Pitch Black match	10 minutes
3	Bianca Belair (c) defeated Alexa Bliss by Pinfall	Singles match for the WWE RAW Women's Championship	15 minutes
4	Roman Reigns (c) (w/ Paul Heyman) defeated Kevin Owens by Pinfall	Singles match for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship	20 minutes
5	Cody Rhodes won by last eliminating Seth Rollins	30-Man Royal Rumble match for a World Championship match at WrestleMania 39	60 minutes

 

MY WWE ELIMINATION CHAMBER 2023 CARD (February 18th, 2023; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Bell Centre)

No.	Matches	Stipulations
1	Roman Reigns (c) vs. Sami Zayn	Singles match for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship
2	Gunther (c) vs. Braun Strowman vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Karrion Kross vs. Ricochet vs. Sheamus	Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
3	Bianca Belair (c) vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Asuka vs. Bayley vs. Becky Lynch vs. TBD	Elimination Chamber match for the WWE RAW Women's Championship
4	The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) (c) vs. Kevin Owens and Edge	Tag Team match for the WWE Tag Team Championships
5	Rey Mysterio vs. Rhea Ripley	Intergender singles match with The Judgment Day BANNED from ringside
6	Cody Rhodes vs. Seth Rollins	Ambulance match

Well, that was the post. Thanks for reading! As always, let me know what you liked and/or what you didn’t like from the post, and what from the post you’d like to see actually happen on the show tomorrow night! Be sure to look out for my next post for the upcoming PPV, “How WWE Should Book Elimination Chamber 2023”. Enjoy the show, everyone.

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How WWE Should Book "RAW is XXX" Jan. 23rd, 2023 (Incomplete)

 

Hey everyone! This all started back with my first post on WWE’s Night Of Champions 2015 PPV, when WhatCulture’s early concept of “How WWE Should Book” videos inspired me to start directing the shows in my vision. As the quality and output of the company downgraded yearly, I decided it was time to try and help it improve. With these posts, I will do my best to craft compelling, larger-than-life characters, storylines and angles that captivate you, and matchups that will amaze you, all through the power of sensibility and logical booking. Sharing the fan-driven vision of a better WWE for all since 2015. Putting my best ideas forward and trying to get them seen. [Without further ado, here is how WWE should book: RAW IS XXX: Raw's 30th Anniversary!](link to blog post goes here)

> MY PREVIOUS BOOKINGS OF WWE SPECIAL TV EPISODES:

* 12/21/2015 Slammy Awards Edition of RAW: https://howwweshouldbookit.blogspot.com/2015/12/how-wwe-should-book-122115-slammy.html 

* 4/4/2017 SmackDown Live After WrestleMania 33: https://howwweshouldbookit.blogspot.com/2017/04/how-wwe-should-book-sdlive-after.html

* RAW 25th Anniversary Show: https://howwweshouldbookit.blogspot.com/2018/01/how-wwe-should-book-raw-25th-anniversary.html 

* SmackDown 1000: https://howwweshouldbookit.blogspot.com/2018/10/how-wwe-should-book-smackdown-1000.html 

* Jerry Lawler on commentary alongside Kevin Patrick and Corey Graves throughout the show. | The Undertaker starts off the show, Damien Demento comes out, segment ends with Undertaker delivering a Tombstone Piledriver to Demento, administering his own 3 count.

**1ST MATCH: The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) (c) (w/ Sami Zayn) vs. The Judgment Day (Damian Priest and Dominik Mysterio) (w/ Finn Balor and Rhea Ripley) (Tag Team match for the WWE RAW Tag Team Championships)**

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**WINNERS by PINFALL (and Sami Zayn fuckery) and NEW WWE RAW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: The Judgment Day**

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**2ND MATCH: Austin Theory (c) vs. Bobby Lashley (Singles match for the WWE United States Championship)**

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**WINNER by PINFALL and reunion of The Hurt Business, and NEW WWE UNITED STATES CHAMPION: Bobby Lashley**

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**3RD MATCH: Bayley vs. Becky Lynch (Steel Cage match)**

* Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky of Damage CTRL try to interfere towards the end of the match when thngs appear to be going south for Bayley, but The Bella Twins make an appearance to prevent that from happening. The Bellas and Damage CTRL brawl up the ramp to the back. Finish comes when Bayley is trying to climb the wall facing the rampway to escape the cage, but Becky Lynch climbs up after her, and delivers a Super Manhandle Slam to the mat for the pinfall win.

**WINNER by PINFALL: Becky Lynch**

**MAIN EVENT: ROMAN REIGNS' ACKNOWLEDGEMENT CEREMONY SEGMENT FT. ALL GENERATIONS OF THE BLOODLINE**

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>  FINAL RESULTS:

No. | Results | Stipulations | Times

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SEGMENT | RAW XXX kicks off with The Undertaker making his entrance as The Deadman, he cuts a promo recalling the history of Monday Night RAW. In a completely unexpected cameo that catches both The Deadman and the WWE universe off-guard, the man who Undertaker stood across the ring from in the very first RAW's main event, Damien Demento, appears to confront Undertaker. Demento cuts an angry promo, calling for the fans' respect for being the other man in the ring in the very first RAW main event, bitter that the fans don't remember his name as they do Taker's. Demento's speech, and his airways are cut off by a hand across his throat, when he suffers a chokeslam from Undertaker, followed by a Tombstone Piledriver. The 30th anniversary of RAW opens just as the first RAW closed, as The Undertaker administers his own personal 3-count on Demento in the middle of the ring. Undertaker picks the mic back up, simply says "Welcome to RAW XXX, Rest IN PEACE", and then slowly walks to the back. | N/A | N/A

1 | The Judgment Day (Damian Priest and Dominik Mysterio) (w/ Finn Balor and Rhea Ripley) defeated The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) (c) (w/ Sami Zayn) by Pinfall | Tag Team match for the WWE RAW Tag Team Championships | 20 minutes

SEGMENT: D-Generation X come out, consisting of Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Road Dogg, X-Pac, and they also bring out Ric Flair. The legends share some of their own personal memories in 30 Years of RAW, and the segment is interrupted by Seth "Freakin" Rollins. Rollins taunts them all, challenging everyone in the ring to meet him in the Royal Rumble match. Teddy Long then comes out, and declares that he wants to make a Tag Team match, pitting Shawn Michaels, Road Dogg and X-Pac vs. Seth Rollins, Ric Flair, and THE UNDERTAKA. | N/A | N/A

2 | Bobby Lashley (w/ The Hurt Business (MVP, Cedric Alexander, Omos and Shelton Benjamin)) defeated Austin Theory (c) by Pinfall | Singles match for the WWE United States Championship | 15 minutes

SEGMENT | Alpha Academy backstage interview, devolves into a battle of "SHOOSH!" vs. "DAMN!" as Ron Simmons appears.

SEGMENT | After the conclusion of the United States Championship match, Baron Corbin makes his way out to the ring, with JBL. Corbin gets on the mic to whine and complain about how he was *this* close to winning last week's 6-man elimination match for the title shot, Corbin goes on and on about how he's been getting screwed left and right over the past few months, and out comes Kurt Angle to interrupt. This turns out to be Angle and Corbin's first confrontation in the ring ever since Corbin retired him at WrestleMania 35; and there is tension in the air. The two men bring up their history, and Kurt runs Corbin down. The segment ends with the Olympic Hero delivering an Angle Slam to Corbin, and locking Corbin in the Ankle Lock until JBL eventually pulls him out of the ring to safety. Finally, Angle has gotten one back over on Corbin for retiring him years ago. | N/A | N/A

3 | Becky Lynch (w/ The Bella Twins) defeated Bayley (w/ Damage CTRL) by Pinfall | Steel Cage match | 20 minutes

SEGMENT | Roman Reigns' Acknowledgement Ceremony ft. every generation of The Bloodline  | N/A | Just as damn long as The Tribal Chief wants to go, Uce.