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While predicting it would be difficult, Seth Rollins could return sometime around March or early April to get involved in a massive feud. WWE would not keep a superstar like him on the shelf if Rollins is fully recovered for a match at the year's biggest annual event.

The go-home "SmackDown" ahead of the Royal Rumble ended in chaos, potentially a sign of things to come on Saturday at Royal Rumble. Drew McIntyre dragged Sami Zayn out of the ring during an 8-man tag main event featuring The Vision challenging Zayn,