5 Takeaways from WWE Backstage (January 21st, 2020)

#2 Royal Rumblings

Will mayhem ensue this Sunday?

All of the panellists gave their two cents regarding winners of both Rumble matches. Punk said that he wants "Keith Lee to win because he had a tremendous showing at Survivor Series and to me, he's a big fish in a little pond right now". He also felt that "you need to follow up on stuff like this and strike while the iron is hot"

Paige continued her love affair with Otis, picking him while Christian gave the unpopular opinion of picking Brock Lesnar. Captain Charisma wanted to "see him back it (no worthy competition on RAW) up" and he wanted to see "what he's going to do if he wins it. Is he just going to take the night off or go after the Fiend or Daniel Bryan?" Renee Young chimed in with "why is everyone sleeping on Drew McIntyre?"

For the Women's Rumble, Paige picked Kairi Sane while Punk chose Sasha Banks. He felt that Banks "has got a thing going on with her friend Bayley and it would be interesting to see if she'll wrestle her friend or stab her in the back".

Christian picked former NXT Women's Champ Shayna Baszler because "when Brock walks into a room things get uncomfortable real quick. Shayna has that same type of aura". He claimed that "she has a bit of a chip on her shoulder right now and I think this the time for her to step in".

Lynch and Asuka will also face off this Sunday and Punk added that "Asuka is Becky's Joker" because great heroes need great villains opposing them. He liked how the Empress of Tomorrow was "the kind of thorn in the side of Becky Lynch as the one who has her number" because we "get to see different things come out of Becky".

Christian liked Asuka's confidence and in turn the "vulnerability that Lynch is showing" because the Man "still says she's not the best". He also felt that because of that, "we have layers to this story that haven't even unfolded yet". He also reminded us that "when Becky caught fire, Asuka was the Champion".