The Final Cut

- Below is the final card for tonight’s WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view. Remember to join us at 8pm EST for live coverage from St. Louis.

30-Man Royal Rumble Match
The Miz will enter as #1

WWE Title Match
Dolph Ziggler vs. CM Punk
Special Referee John Laurinaitis, Vickie Guerrero & Jack Swagger are banned from ringside.

Cage Match for the World Heavyweight Title
Mark Henry vs. Big Show vs. Daniel Bryan

John Cena vs. Kane

- World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan recently spoke with Marvel.com. Here are a few highlights:

His best match in WWE:
“Actually, if you had asked me this question a few weeks ago, I’d have a different answer for you. I actually wrestled William Regal on an episode of WWE Superstars, and it is without a doubt one of my best matches that I’ve ever wrestled. He was a huge mentor for me during my career, and to be able to have a match with him and have it go over so well was really rewarding.”

His dream opponent at WrestleMania:
“It would have to be Mr. WrestleMania himself, Shawn Michaels. The guy has not had a bad WrestleMania yet and I think we’d have a really entertaining match that fans could get behind. I also spent a lot of time under his wing, training and again, like with Regal, I think we’d put on a great match.”

- WWE Hall of Famer Road Warrior Animal, who was rumored for tonight’s Royal Rumble match, told Extreme Pro Wrestling Radio this weekend that he was contacted to appear but didn’t have enough time to sort out all the details so he won’t be in action. Animal did confirm that his son and St. Louis Rams linebacker James Laurinaitis will be in attendance with some of his fellow Rams.

- The Rock is being advertised for the February 27th RAW Supershow from Portland, Oregon. The announcement was made on a local advertisement during Friday’s SmackDown.

WWE’s website is featuring an article on David Otunga’s recent victory in court. Otunga talks more about his legal past in the following excerpts:

“I actually worked as a full time trial lawyer in Boston while in my third year at Harvard Law School. Most people couldn’t have handled trying to graduate from the most prestigious law school in the world while trying cases full time, but I’m obviously not most people.’

“I don’t have time for a full caseload because I’m a globally recognizable WWE Superstar and Official Legal Counsel to Executive Vice President of Talent Relations and Interim Raw General Manager, Mr. John Laurinaitis. But I like to stay sharp.”

“I’ve tried twenty cases and I’ve won them all. I have a perfect record. What else would you expect from someone like me?”