December 24, 2007 Observer Newsletter: Armageddon 2007 recap, Benoit family lawsuit against WWE

The road to Wrestlemania, through the Royal Rumble, had a few changes made over the past week, which changed the finish of the HHH vs. Jeff Hardy match at Armageddon on 12/16 in Pittsburgh.

In the build for Wrestlemania, at least based on this week’s concept (and all of this changes weekly), whomever wins the Rumble will not be able to pick the champion he faces but will have to face the champion of his brand. Then the other brand would have the Elimination Chamber. I can see this becoming an annual tradition because annual traditions draw better, and No Way Out has been a very tough draw sandwiched between Rumble and Mania, and this will make it more relevant. Based on the Chamber being originally a Raw match (which obviously could change, since the participants in the match originally were based on the idea HHH would win the title from Orton in the Rumble, which is no longer happening), that would indicate a Smackdown winner of the Rumble, who would have almost surely been Undertaker.

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