7 storylines that WWE might build on the road to WrestleMania 34
The 2018 Royal Rumble is now on the history books and the road to WrestleMania 34 has officially begun. Vince McMahon and Co have done a great job in giving the WWE universe exactly what they wanted as we can call this year's Royal Rumble the best in the last five years.
The Royal Rumble marks the beginning of the road to WrestleMania 34 and the speculations are already rising sky-high. Each of the matches in the Royal Rumble card had a different story to tell the fans, and the WWE has done a very commendable job in executing the stories.
WWE used the right mixture of Wrestling and Drama in each of the matches and they have succeeded in getting the fans invested in the program going into the grandest stage of them all, in April. It will be interesting to see how the WWE executes the storylines and build up the matches for WrestleMania 34.
With that said, let's analyze how the WWE will carry the storylines on the road to WrestleMania 34.
#7 Bobby Roode, Dolph Ziggler & The United States Championship
The United States Championship picture got a little bit interesting when Dolph Ziggler seemingly relinquished the title and walked out of the WWE.
This led to a US championship tournament to crown a new champion. The tournament was won by Bobby Roode when he defeated Jinder Mahal in the finals to win his first US Championship.
Ziggler was absent from television for a while and only wrestled at a few house shows. This led to speculations that he was set to receive a big push and the WWE might pull the trigger on a possible Royal Rumble win for "the Show-off".
That did seem like a possibility when he entered the Royal Rumble as the final entrant and surprisingly the crowd was dead silent when they heard Ziggler's music and the show-off didn't last too long in the match. We have to wait to find out how Dolph Ziggler explains his actions on the next episode of SmackDown Live.
The possible scenario going forward will likely feature Ziggler and Roode feud over the United States Championship. An undisputed champion may be crowned on the next SmackDown exclusive PPV Fastlane on March 11th leading to a final match at WrestleMania 34.