How Do You Spend Your Sundays?

I am not going to critique John Cena's promo on Raw. Let me just say that it was not what I was expecting. The WWE was promoting that Cena was going to address the fans all night. The closing segment was either going to go to him or The Rock to further his own feud with CM Punk. I think they should have let The Rock and CM Punk close it. That isn't based on a feeling that the WWE Championship matters should be closing shows at all times. Around this time of year, you can understand wanting to hype the Rumble match. Cena's promo just didn't deserve to close the show. When the commentators were hyping it, they kept talking about this being Cena's year. You would think Cena would come out and do a serious promo about winning the Rumble and turning this year around as compared to 2012. Instead, he does a comedy promo on Sundays. It was like everyone wasn't on the same page on what should have been done. I am not going to rate it out of 10 or rip every aspect of the promo to shreds. I am just saying that it was not the type of promo I was expecting and it did not deserve to close the show. They easily could have had that huge rumble in the ring to preview the Royal Rumble match come sooner and have The Rock being laid out by The Shield end the night.

Who wins the Rumble? Despite not giving a serious promo and making it seem like a win this Sunday would mean everything to him, John Cena is probably still the favorite. Cena wins a title opportunity at Wrestlemania and The Rock wins the title from Punk. What better way for Cena to turn the year around than avenging his loss to The Rock from last year's Wrestlemania and winning the title for the first time in over a year at the same time? I would also say to keep your eye on Dolph Ziggler, but he really doesn't need it when he already has a guaranteed title opportunity with the briefcase. There is such a thing as trying too hard to make someone look great or credible. The WWE should just pull the trigger and go for it. Let him win the title. Aside from those two, no one really seems to have the major focus on them. Then again, Sheamus didn't have that major focus on him last year. He had a ton of momentum from winning matches, but not much hype was on him to win. You can imagine Randy Orton winning the match and challenging a heel that ends up with the World's Heavyweight Championship before Wrestlemania, possibly Ziggler. Ryabck would have been a very real possibility if Big Show still held the title. That would be an interesting match. In the end, Cena still seems like a good bet. One thing for sure, Jinder Mahal ain't winning anything.