Layin 'da SmackDown - SmackDown results for January 31, 2014

The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) show up, sore from the fact that The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, Erick Rowan) cost them their Elimination Chamber slots. Vickie Guerrero shows up to try to fix the problem, but so does Triple H, who then tells them to let it go. The Shield are still itching for a fight, and the audience want it too. He makes it official: The Shield vs. The Wyatts at Elimination Chamber.

Antonio Cesaro beats Dolph Ziggler to go on to the Elimination Chamber.

WWE Network original program WWE Countdown is previewed.

R-Truth guests on commentary for the next match.

Fandango beats Xavier Woods. R-Truth saves Xavier from further abuse by Fandango.

Rybaxel (Curtis Axel and Ryback) beats The Prime Time Players (Darren Young and Titus O'Neil). After the match, Titus O'Neil turns on Darren Young, calling him "dead weight" before attacking him. The Prime Time Players are no more.

Alexander Rusev and Lana are coming to the main roster!

Zeb Colter guests on commentary for the next match.

Christian beats Jack Swagger to go on to the Elimination Chamber.

Renee Young interviews Christian..for whom it's now and never for a WWE World Heavyweight Championship!

Kofi Kingston beats Damien Sandow.

Cody Rhodes beats "Road Dogg" Jesse James. The Brotherhood (Rhodes ad Goldust) brawl with the New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg," "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn).

The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, Erick Rowan) send a message to The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) via the TitanTron.

The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) beat Rey Mysterio, Daniel Bryan and Sheamus.

Final Impact - Impact Wrestling recap for January 30, 2014

Bedlam is in the back at the start of the show!

Magnus comes out with Ethan Carter III and Rockstar Spud. Magnus brags about the removal of AJ Styles and Sting. Kurt Angle and Samoa Joe come out and clear the ring. They're tired of "the screwing of the herd," and Magnus challenges them to a tag match against him and EC3. If Magnus and EC3 win, Joe and Angle are gone for good. Samoa Joe adds to the odds: if they win, they get a shot at the World title. Magnus accepts, but Dixie shows up...and says no, as the new investor is coming shortly and she can't risk Magnus losing the title. Magnus accepts anyway, and the match is on for later tonight.

The new investor is here...

Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards protect the investor's identity...

Velvet Sky and Madison Rayne beat Gail Kim and Lei'D Tapa. Chris Sabin barges in and demands an apology from Velvet for last week. Velvet tells him they're through!

Samoa Joe and Kurt Angle go after Bobby Roode!

Bobby Roode is spared in the end, though, after Samoa Joe tells him to think about who hired him.

"The Cowboy" James Storm comes out and calls out Gunner. Gunner knows Storm would have done what he did, and that he fought beside him like a Marine Corps buddy. They get back on the same page, but Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels and Kazarian) show up to verbally crap on them. They challenge them to a match with the World title briefcase on the line. They accept!

"The Cowboy" James Storm and Gunner beat Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels and Kazarian).

Dixie Carter is worried about who the new investor is...

Dixie Carter's attorney knows nothing about the new investor. Meanwhile, Bobby Roode wants a World title shot at Lockdown, but Dixie won't give it to him. Roode gives her one week to give it to him, and until then...no more favors.

Eric Young is prepared to tag with Abyss, but ODB is more worried about Eric. Abyss shows up. He's ready.

Rockstar Spud plans to hit the ring to get answer about the new investor.

Rockstar Spud enters the ring. He's here to find out who the new investor is, and calls him or her out. The American Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) show up, and Spud wants answers. The Wolves are unintimidated by Spud, who slaps Richards. Spud gets beat down promptly, and is told to wait just like everyone else. As for the investor, he's interested in the main event, and if anyone interferes in it, they're fired!

During Eric Young and Abyss vs The Bro Mans (Robbie E and Jesse Godderz) for the TNA Tag Team Championships, Abyss attacks everyone, including the ref and Eric Young. Eric grabs a mic and challenges Abyss to one more experiment: Young vs Abyss, next week, in a Monster's Ball match!

Bully Ray rolls a casket to the ring.

Samuel Shaw and Christy Hemme go to Sam's place...and it appears one room is a Christy Hemme shrine.

Bully Ray comes out with the casket. Once again, he blames Mr. Anderson for his downfall. He challenges Anderson to one last match: a casket match. Anderson shows up and not only accepts, but also beats Bully up!

Magnus isn't thrilled to have Ethan Carter III as a partner, and Ethan is jealous of Magnus.

Samoa Joe and Kut Angle beat Magnus and Ethan Carter III after Joe gets Magnus to tap out to the rear naked choke. Joe is now #1 contender for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Dixie is furious! Samoa Joe tells Magnus to shine his belt, and Kurt thanks the Glasgow, Scotland crowd as he is heading to the TNA Hall of Fame! Dixie wants to see the investor now...and it's none other than Montell Vontavious Porter...MVP!

Wednesday Night's Main Event - Main Event recap for January 29, 2014

Alberto Del Rio beats R-Truth.

Aksana, Alicia Fox and Tamina Snuka meet The Bella Twins (Brie and Nikki Bella) and Natalya...and Natalya calls Tamina a man. Ouch.

AJ Lee guests on commentary for the next match.

Natalya beats Tamina Snuka...then AJ Lee and Tamina attack her. Suddently, The Funkadactyls (Cameron and Naomi) show up and give Tamina a beat down!

Triple H states that the rematch between The Brotherhood (Cody Rhodes and Goldust) and The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) will happen again next week on Raw...in a steel cage!

Big E Langston and The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) beat 3MB (Heath Slater, Drew McIntyre, Jinder Mahal).

Raw Deal - Raw recap for January 27, 2014

Triple H and Stephanie McMahon sow up. Triple H makes fun of every last one of us for not getting what we wanted last night. He and Stephanie announce that the WWE World Heavyweight Championship will be defended in the Elimination Chamber next month. Daniel Bryan shows up, and mentions not being the Royal Rumble match. Stephanie McMahon says it was due to his well-being, but Daniel Bryan mentions that he's been put in two matches in one night many times before. He wants in on the Elimination Chamber match, and stares down Triple H after saying that neither he nor Triple H will not leave until he gets what he wants. Triple H sics The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) on him. Bryan has a chair, but it doesn't save him. The returning Sheamus shows up to take them on but is quickly overwhelmed until John Cena shows up to even the playing field. The Shield is quickly tossed out of the ring and they retreat.

The Real Americans (Jack Swagger and Antonio Cesaro) beat Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara. During the match, Zeb Colter slaps Swagger.

Bad News Barrett makes fun of The Miz, Dolph Ziggler and Cleveland.

"The Monday Night War" is previewed. It's coming soon to the WWE Network!

Xavier Woods guest on commentary for the next match.

R-Truth beats Fandango.

Brad Maddox introduces Randy Orton to the ring. Orton talks about how he's still champ and how angry about being in the Elimination Chamber match. Batista shows up to say he's gunning for the title and to tell Orton to deal with it. Then Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman show up. Heyman gives Maddox two choices: put Brock against Orton tonight...or put Brock against Batista. He must decide tonight...or else.

The Miz and Dolph Ziggler wear local sports jerseys before their match.

Dolph Ziggler beats The Miz to win The Battle of Cleveland.

The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) beat Rybaxel (Curtis Axel and Ryback).

Alberto Del Rio beats Kofi Kingston.

During The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gun) vs The Brotherhood (Cody Rhodes and Goldust), Brock Lesnar shows up with Paul Heyman and destroys the Brotherhood. Since Lesnar didn't get his match for tonight, he punishes The Brotherhood even more with a steel chair.

The Funkadactyls (Cameron and Naomi) and The Bella Twins (Brie and Nikki Bella) beat Aksana, Alicia Fox, AJ Lee and Tamina Snuka.

Jake "The Snake" Roberts is the second WWE Hall of Fame inductee for 2014!

Christian returns this Friday on SmackDown!

The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, Erick Rowan) interferes in The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) vs John Cena, Sheamus and Daniel Bryan only to be outgunned by Team D-Bry. Bryan, Cena and Sheamus win by disqualification and go on to the Elimination Chamber match, much to the chagrin of The Shield.

WWE Royal Rumble 2014

Vickie Guerrero and Brad Maddox draw the seeds for the Royal Rumble match.

The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) beat The Brotherhood (Cody Rhodes and Goldust) to win the WWE Tag Team Championships!

Bray Wyatt beats Daniel Bryan in a well-received match.

Renee Young interviews Paul Heyman. He guarantees Brock Lesnar will beat Big Show tonight and become WWE Champion once more!

Brock Lesnar beats Big Show in a very nasty match.

Renee Young interviews Randy Orton, who says he and he alone is the face of the WWE. He calls Bray Wyatt a Duck Dynasty reject in a rocking chair. He plans to dominate tonight...and beyond.

Randy Orton retains the WWE World Heavyweight championship against John Cena after The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, Erick Rowan). The Wyatt Family then attacks Cena.

Renee Young interviews The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn). After 14 years, they're tag champs again...and proud of it!

Batista wins the Royal Rumble, with Roman Reigns being the last person eliminated. CM Punk lasted the longest, and Roman Reigns eliminated 12 men, breaking Kane's record of 11.

Kane takes CM Punk out of the Rumble by pulling him off the apron, and puts him through the Spanish announcer's table.

Kevin Nash and JBL made surprise Rumble returns, and Alexander Rusev shows up to represent NXT.

El Torito shows up to become the smallest man in the Rumble.

Roman Reigns eliminated Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins along with Antonio Cesaro.

CM Punk

Seth Rollins

Damien Sandow

Cody Rhodes

Kane

Alexander Rusev

Jack Swagger

Kofi

Jimmy Uso

Goldust

Dean Ambrose

Dolph Ziggler

R-Truth

Kevin Nash

Roman Reigns

The Great Khali

Sheamus

The Miz

Fandango

El Torito

Antonio Cesaro

Luke Harper

Jey Uso

JBL

Erick Rowan

Ryback

Alberto Del Rio

Batista

Big E Langston

Rey Mysterio

Layin 'da SmackDown! - SmackDown recap for January 24, 2014

Big Show and Rey Mysterio beat The Real Americans (Jack Swagger and Antonio Cesaro). Paul Heyman then shows up and says Brock Lesnar will beat Show on Sunday.

Bad News Barrett shows up to badmouth The Miz and Brodus Clay.

The Miz beats Brodus Clay, then goes after Bad News Barrett...but can't.

AJ Lee beats Cameron. When Tamina Snuka goes on the attack, Naomi comes to the rescue.

The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) plan to win the Royal Rumble match and headline WrestleMania.

Rybaxel (Ryback and Curtis Axel) hands Los Matadores (Fernando and Diego) their first loss.

CM Punk shows up. Despite his #1 position, he still plans to win the Royal Rumble match. Kane shows up to wish Punk luck...not. Punk makes fun of Kane, saying he lost his manhood along with his mask.

The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) beat The Prime Time Players (Darren Young and Titus O'Neil). Bray Wyatt plans to destroy Daniel Bryan on Sunday, but Daniel Bryan shows up and sticks it to Bray Wyatt.

Kofi Kingston beats Fandango.

The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) and The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) vs The Brotherhood (Cody Rhodes and Goldust), The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) and Big E Langston is thrown out after the match goes out of control...and it spirals down even further as other Superstars charge the ring to start an impromptu Royal Rumble match to close out the show!

My predictions for WWE Royal Rumble 2014

The Brotherhood (Cody Rhodes and Goldust) (c)

vs.

The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn)

 for the WWE Tag Team Championships

The Royal Rumble kick-off brings us The New Age Outlaws. They came back to help CM Punk against the Shield...twice. But the third time, they turned on him and now plan to strike out once again to become TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD!!! But they have The Brotherhood to take on if they want to do this...

My prediction: The Brotherhood will probably retain.

2014 Royal Rumble Match

Here are the known participants:

Batista
CM Punk (entering at #1)
Alberto Del Rio
Big E Langston
The Miz
R-Truth
Xavier Woods
Kofi Kingston
Cody Rhodes
Goldust
Rey Mysterio
Fandango
Roman Reigns
Seth Rollins
Dean Ambrose
Erick Rowan
Luke Harper
Damien Sandow
Jimmy Uso
Jey Uso
Jack Swagger
Antonio Cesaro
Wade Barrett

My prediction: Really hoping that CM Punk wins this one. Screw the odds.

Randy Orton (c) vs. John Cena

for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship

(pinfall or submission only)

As if the no-DQ match from TLC wasn't enough, there just has to be a rematch since John Cena lost the old World Heavyweight title to Randy Orton the first time around. Now that the title is unified, it's for all the marbles...again...and this time, it's a straightforward regular wrestling match that's pinfall or submission only.

My prediction: Orton will probably retain again.

Big Show vs. Brock Lesnar

Shortly after TLC, Brock Lesnar returned...and Paul Heyman returned with him. With Brock Lesnar absolutely destroying Mark Henry and threatening to absolutely destroy anyone who gets in his way solely with his own presence, Big Show took on Lesnar...and threw him halfway across the ring like a rag doll! Later that week on SmackDown, it was on.

My prediction: Big Show will knock Lesnar out.

Daniel Bryan vs. Bray Wyatt

After betraying The Wyatt Family after a steel cage tag team match, Daniel Bryan reveals he joined the family to hit Bray Wyatt where it matters the most...both physically and mentally. Since Wyatt's cronies are both in the Royal Rumble match, it's just him and Bray in another one-on-one match...one that Daniel Bryan hopes to win...

My prediction: YES! YES! YES! Daniel Bryan all the way!