As noted on this morning’s Wrestling Observer Radio, the plan as of the middle of this past week is for Randy Orton to win the Royal Rumble match. There is still plenty of time for Vince McMahon to change his mind but that was the plan as of mid-week.
The idea is that Orton would challenge Bray Wyatt for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania. Wyatt is scheduled to get a title run this year and if he is going to defend the championship at Mania then that would likely mean that he’ll be winning the title at the Elimination Chamber show in a couple of weeks.
There are other directions they could go with the Rumble finish but Orton was the plan as of this week. Earlier this week, Triple H noted that the winner would probably be someone that nobody expected to win.
