WHAT IF? Hear me out, but what if R - Truth won the royal rumble this year?
bumboclaaaat No.13059736 View ViewReport Quoted By:
There are so many big names this year it's hard to really tell who's going to win the royal rumble this year, I also think it's about time we see a genuine surprise in the royal rumble. We were close once with Santino Marella, and Shinsuke winning was kind of a surprise...but R-Truth winning would be genuinely unforgettable for the shock value alone, he doesn't fit the mould of any previous rumble winners and that's what is so outstanding.
I reckon he wins it, and the Judgement Day could use this as a way to make him a recognized and official member, maybe give him some stupid title like CEO of shirt sales or something patronizing. From this, Damien Priest works his way around Truth to get his wrestlemania spot in exchange for membership in the judgement day.
Let's say Rollins is the champ at Mania, we could see a great match that's really close, members of the JD don't come out to help priest during this match. Rollins goes over, but after the match, priest gets a mic. He is talking to Rollins and thanks him for this wrestlemania moment. Seth is receptive after putting on a barnburner and goes to shake his hand. As they're shaking hands BAM, the JD jump rollins, everyone's beating him down and priest proclaims that the wrestlemania moment he meant was this one and bang, he wins the title after cashing in the MITB, leading Priest to be a top heel whilst giving Rollins a great showing by winning.
Shortly after this, it goes to priests head, truth is continuing to annoy him and one night he snaps at truth, maybe he costs them the tag titles somehow. Priest absolutely brutalises truth, maybe a conchairto as a nod to the OG creator of the JD, Edge.