Yeah, I got it too. You should just get mates over and split the cost. It's a great atmosphere too. Just have a couple of drinks and some food during the PPV.
I hope to hell Rey wins, but with Angle now a face, he'd pretty much have to go to Raw and hope Edge retains for him to be properly used.
Heel Rey won't work anywhere near as effective, as he plays the ultimate underdog so well and would light up Mania. They're not taking the strap off Angle that's for sure and he's so over on SD that people would probably still cheer him anyways.
My pick for the Rumble unfortunately is Orton. I hope Taker, Trips, HBK all stay away from it though. They'd be a bit stale in the ME.
Hope the Boogeywoogey wins too, but I can't see the self-proclaimed locker room leader jobbing to him right now
In short, my safe-bets for the Rumble are RKO & Trips, with the wild cards being Rey, RVD, Cena( if he doesn't beat Edge)