How many legends will return to the ring?

@TicketDrew, a wrestling insider, recently tweeted that Raw 25 would feature a legends battle royal at the Manhattan Center. During an appearance on X-Pac's podcast, Scott Hall stated that the WWE office asked him to bring his wrestling gear, only adding fuel to this fire.

A Battle Royal would also be an interesting way to utilise Superstars such as the Dudley Boyz and MVP who can't anchor segments on a show of this magnitude.

Will the Roman Empire fall?

On a recent episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer suggested that Roman Reigns would lose the Intercontinental Championship to The Miz at Raw 25.

The Georgia Tech product is currently pencilled in to dethrone Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania and is certain to drop the Intercontinental title before the Show of Shows. The Miz has also proven to be a more-than-capable Champion; he will likely carry the IC title into WrestleMania and defend it in a multi-man match.

Will these two titans of wrestling finally square off at WrestleMania?

According to a report from Cageside Seats, The Undertaker and John Cena will set up their WrestleMania match at Raw 25.After his exit at WrestleMania 33, most people assumed that The Deadman wouldn't wrestle again. However,
it now appears that he will step back into the ring in New Orleans, the sight of his first defeat at the Showcase of the Immortals, for one last match.A match between John Cena and The Undertaker has been rumoured for several years and doesn't have the same allure without the Streak.

Daniel Bryan could be the biggest surprise of Royal Rumble weekend

Whether you put stock in betting odds or not, you cannot argue that when it comes to predicting outcome in WWE matches, they have been fairly accurate in the past.
However, when those same odds skyrocket someone like Daniel Bryan to the third favourite spot for winning the Royal Rumble, I don't blame people for being cautious.

Roman Reigns is currently favourite to walk out of Wrestlemania 34 as Universal Champion

This is the first of two betting odds stories, and believe it or not, this is the most likely of the two, despite being for an event that's several months away, with a match card that hasn't been finalised yet.

But don't let a little thing like announced matches get in the way of the bookmakers predicting who will be Universal Champion at Wrestlemania, with the odds currently overwhelmingly in the favour of 'The Big Dog' Roman Reigns.

Pete Dunne also cancels an indy show during Royal Rumble weekend

While we're on the subject of wrestlers linked with the WWE pulling out of independent obligations on Royal Rumble weekend, there's a strong chance that Pete Dunne will be appearing in the Royal Rumble, or NXT TakeOver, the day before.

However, this one seems a little less covert than EC3's pulling out, as the promotion that Dunne was scheduled to appear for, Britannia Wrestling Promotion, outright stated he couldn't make the show because WWE had called Dunne back to America ahead of the Royal Rumble weekend.

WWE signing War Machine almost didn't happen

One of the big recent additions to the WWE roster this week were the tag-team War Machine, who'd made quite the name for themselves on the independent circuit and are set to become stars in a WWE ring.

However, it has been revealed that the popular tag-team almost didn't make it into the WWE because there were fears over Raymond Rowe passing the company's extensive medical test, as he'd received a previous neck injury that could have disqualified him.