The Royal Rumble Prediction Challenge: The Results

The results are in. The 2013 Royal Rumble has officially come to pass, and we now know that it will be (surprise, surprise) John Cena heading to the MetLife Stadium to headline WrestleMania 29.

As per Rumble tradition, last Sunday saw shocks, returns and also its fair share of predictable outcomes.

But how did YOU do with your predictions for the event?

Well, 150 of you entered the Royal Rumble Prediction Challenge, and after analysing the data, and collecting all of the results, we finally have our league table to see who came out on top in predictions for the big event.

Let me just say a huge thank you to all that took part in this challenge, and I do hope you will all join me in The Elimination Chamber Prediction Challenge which will be published within the next few days on B/R.

So, without further ado, here are the final standings for the Royal Rumble Prediction Challenge 2013.

1st - Dom Martin (101 Points) 

Congratulations, Dom! Managing to successfully pick eight of the Rumble participants, including the winner (Cena), three of the final four (Cena, Ziggler, Sheamus) and the final entrant (Ryback), proved enough to ensure a concise victory of four points.

2nd - Kelvin Ash (97 Points)

Kelvin finished second with an extremely impressive 97 points. Again predicting three of the final four participants, and Ryback as the final entrant, in the end it was only Dom's prediction of Cena entering the match at No. 19 which cost Kelvin the honour of topping the table.

As with nine of the top 10, Kelvin correctly selected John Cena as the winner of the Rumble match.

3rd - Dr. Hackenbush (96 Points)

Similar to Dom and Kelvin, Dr. Hackenbush correctly selected Cena, Sheamus and Ziggler as final four superstars, and Ryback as No. 30. In the end it came down purely to the number of eliminations of each superstar to decide second and third, though, with Dr. Hackenbush's selections managing one less than Kelvin's.

T4th - John Stocco and Mark Holmes (92 Points)

6th - Kyle Gregson (89 Points)

7th - Dillon Borchard (88 Points)

T8th - Jordan Turner and Sayan Cena (87 Points)

10th - Trey Lee (85 Points)

A full list of the final position of all entrants is available below. Since I've highlighted the top three, though, it's only fair that I also shed some light on the bottom three from the 2013 Royal Rumble Prediction Challenge

 150th - C**t Rubber (10 Points)

A lack of appearance from Eugene, The Repo Man and Chris Benoit cost this entry dearly. Only Cena, Jinder Mahal and Brodus Clay saved this entry from zero points.

149th - Josh Fry (14 Points)

Josh had two entries in the Prediction Challenge. His second attempt, however, didn't seem too farfetched. The fact that The Shield, Undertaker and Triple H meant that this entry was doomed before the match had even begun.

148th - Puppies (15 Points)

Much to my chagrin, the entrant named after my favourite Jerry Lawler catchphrase was not as successful at predicting the Rumble match as I had originally hoped. With Kermit the Frog, Vickie Guerrero and George "The Animal" Steele as part of his selections, this again, was an entry with no real hope.

The Final League Table for the 2013 Royal Rumble Prediction Challenge

1st	Dom Martin		101
2nd	Kelvin Ash		97
3rd	Dr. Hackenbush		96
T4th	John Stocco		92
T4th	Mark Holmes		92
6th	Kyle Gregson		89
7th	Dillon Borchard		88
T8th	Jordan Turner		87
T8th	Sayan Cena		87
10th	Trey Lee		85
11th	Zachary Wake		84
12th	Justin Williams		83
13th	Jerrick Braxton		82
14th	Joe Cianciolo		81
T15th	Jamie Nash		80
T15th	Mohammed Ali		80
17th	Mike Mulholland		79
T18th	Edwin Krapf		76
T18th	Mohsen Als-Leo		76
20th	Jay Nyuzo		75
21st	Mike Scott		74
T22nd	HEEL 2.0		73
T22nd	Trez Wiles		73
T22nd	Brandon Galanti		73
T22nd	Caleb Helmen		73
26th	Austin Edwards		72
T27th	Billy Prickett		71
T27th	Shean Bradley		71
T29th	Thomas Schneider		69
T29th	Marcus Whipple (2)		69
T29th	Rude Boy		69
T32nd	Lekshmi Punk		67
T32nd	Lewis Miller		67
T32nd	Tim Jackmon		67
T32nd	Brendan Ross		67
36th	Rich Isler		66
T37th	Alex Gutteridge		65
T37th	Team Drink It		65
T37th	Kyle Dudley		65
T40th	Travis Taylor		64
T40th	Hosea Williams jr.		64
T42nd	Rocky Vang		63
T42nd	Jeff Hardy		63
T44th	Osiris Jackson		62
T44th	Brandon		62
46th	Luke Brennan (2)		61
T47th	Raghu Subramanian (1)		60
T47th	Raghu Subramanian (2)		60
T49th	Luke Brennan (1)		59
T49th	Beckas Pinho		59
T51st	Bradd Pitt		58
T51st	Great Sasuke		58
T51st	Vincent Baldiconza		58
T54th	Raymond Li		57
T54th	Scott Waters		57
T54th	Marcus Whipple (1)		57
T57th	Bailey Reynolds		56
T57th	K M		56
T57th	Money Man		56
60th	Marcus Miller		55
T61st	Dave Harlan Jnr.		54
T61st	Hunico For WWE Champ		54
T61st	James Fink-Jensen		54
T64th	Richard Christon		53
T64th	Connor Walsh		53
T64th	Jack McKenzie		53
T67th	Sam Cook		52
T67th	The Logician		52
T67th	John Morrison		52
T70th	Andreas Boldsen		51
T70th	Omar S		51
T70th	Joshua Heath		51
T70th	Lee Woolsey		51
T70th	Ross Jarrar		51
T70th	Ryan Cox		51
T70th	Zak Mitchell		51
T77th	Joe Schmoe		50
T77th	Austin Hanover		50
T77th	Inner City Sweathog		50
T77th	Alan Carrillo		50
T81st	Abiyyah Razaan		49
T81st	Jake Weisslender		49
T81st	Matt Moore		49
T81st	Michal Zawistowski		49
T81st	Jamie Hartle		49
T86th	Charles Neil		48
T86th	Dr. Phil		48
T86th	Jacob Infante		48
T89th	Joma Cooper		47
T89th	Jordan Summers		47
T91st	Bring Back The Attitude		46
T91st	Devin Allen		46
T91st	Devin Johnson		46
T91st	Joe Horrell		46
T91st	Pankaz Singh Tanwar		46
T96th	Jackson Hoy		45
T96th	Macho Man Randy Savage		45
T96th	Dominik Krzyzanski		45
T96th	Ryan Gardner		45
T100th	Caetano Ceccon		44
T100th	Cody P		44
T100th	Jackson Sharp		44
T100th	Jadon Eugene		44
T100th	Braden Moles		44
T105th	Frank Peavey		43
T105th	Andy Kelly		43
T105th	Alberto Buckley		43
T105th	Sean Patrick		43
T105th	Teddy Jordan		43
T110th	H-Man Wells		42
T110th	Bryn Lowe		42
T112th	Victor Roque (2)		41
T112th	Jack Horton		41
T112th	Ian Kozlov		41
T112th	Jadon Rutman		41
T112th	Paul Jang		41
T112th	Stax Dunphy		41
T118th	Keith Greene		40
T118th	James Styles		40
120th	Alec Ventura		39
T121st	Ryoga Toran		38
T121st	Andrew Conklin		38
T121st	John O'Donovan		38
T121st	Brandon Lynd		38
T125th	Joe Houghton		37
T125th	Tyler Tripoli		37
T127th	Matt Snyder		36
T127th	Olli Seppala		36
T129th	Evan Behr		35
T129th	Michael Buitrago		35
T131st	David Woodley		34
T131st	Michael Richardson		34
T131st	Valentin Abt		34
134th	Storm Surge		33
T135th	Teddy Morrison		32
T135th	Tim Sillery		32
137th	Matthew Chippendale		31
138th	Blake DeLaGarza		30
139th	Charlie Bassett		29
140th	Mido HHH		28
T141st	Adam Sheperdson		27
T141st	Chip Turner		27
T143rd	Michael Logan		25
T143rd	Keiran Morley		25
145th	Josh Fry (1)		23
146th	Shaun Girling		22
147th	Victor Roque (1)		21
148th	Puppies		15
149th	Josh Fry (2)		14
150th	Clit Rubber		10

While I appreciate that this challenge was released extremely early, I am very glad for all of the comments, support and positive feedback received for this competition.

Undoubtedly, storyline developments recently (ADR winning the WHC) may have had some effect on predictions made, but despite this we still had some astoundingly accurate, educated guesses when it came to the Royal Rumble match.

While I will not be publishing individual entries in this article, the following is a selection of superstars who would have yielded the most points if selected for the Royal Rumble Prediction Challenge:

Winner—John Cena (19), 42 Points

Final Four—Ryback (30), 22 Points; Sheamus (11), 22 Points; Dolph Ziggler (One), 20 Points

No. 1—Dolph Ziggler (as above)

No. 2—Chris Jericho (10 Points, 13 if selected as Alumnus)

Alumnus—Goldust (Eight)/The Godfather (17), 10 Points

Raw—Kane (24), Nine Points

SmackDown—Cody Rhodes (Three), 11 Points

No. 30—Ryback (as above)

Now, please bear in mind with the above entries that I have listed the perfect entry in order to maximise the most possible points available (this has meant selecting Kane and Rhodes, instead of doubling up with the actual MVP for Raw—obviously John Cena).

This particular entry (provided that the corresponding entry numbers selected were correct) would yield 146 points. With that in mind, this makes Dom's winning entry of 101 points that much more impressive.

I do hope that everyone enjoyed the challenge, and I will be running a similar competition for the Elimination Chamber in February. If you do choose to take part, then scores will be carried over cumulatively, in addition to a brand new league table for WWE's next pay-per-view.

If you do have any suggestions for future challenges, please feel free to leave any thoughts, comments or feedback below.

Once again, thanks for reading and taking part!