Number One Contender Situation 

Reported by: Samir Nurmohamed of SmackdownCentral.com on Jan 09, 2001

At the current time it seems quite unclear on who Kurt Angle will
defend his WWF title against at WWF Royal Rumble 2001, the first
pay-per view event by the WWF in the New Year.
It seems as though Triple H will continue his feud with the Texas
Rattlesnake, Stone Cold Steve Austin, which makes it unlikely that
either of them will have a shot at the WWF title.

However, it seems that the best bet to face Angle would be either
one of the contestants from the WWF SmackDown fatal fourway match
between The Rock, Undertaker, Rikishi and Kane. 

Also, it is most likely that Rikishi and Undertaker will start a feud
with Angle, so the chances of seeing one of the two feud with Angle
are very slim.



Austin/HHH/Angle match at the Royal Rumble 
Reported by: Farouk Chakwa of Wrestlewire.com on Jan 09, 2001

As I reported earlier regarding the Austin/Triple H feud continuing
on RAW, it looks like it will build up to a match at the Royal Rumble.
The WWF feels that the Triple H vs. Steve Austin feud still has plenty
of more steam left and want to run it for a while, because there is
much money to be made from a marquee match-up like this. Although the
30-man Royal Rumble match itself is regarded as the main draw, the WWF
still has a title match at each event. Triple H and Steve Austin were
originally to have a one on one match for the title. However, if the
WWF decides to keep the title on Angle, look for a 3-way title match
at the Royal Rumble.