The Wrestling Observer is reporting that the current WWE creative plan heading into Wrestlemania calls for Jeff Hardy to drop the title to Edge. In what most consider to be a lock at this point, former TNA Champion Christian is expected to debut with WWE in the near future to somehow screw Hardy out of the title. He will most likely be revealed as the mystery attacker that struck Jeff Hardy in his hotel room at the Survivor Series PPV, and this will be the catalyst for a grudge match between Hardy and Christian at Wrestlemania. The WWE title, meanwhile, will most likely be defended by Edge against Triple H in one of two Wrestlemania main events. Of course these plans can always change, but as of now this is the direction in which creative seems to be moving heading into the Royal Rumble PPV.

Current plans call for the Mr. McMahon paternity angle to lead to a WrestleMania 24 main-event match between Triple H and Mr. Kennedy. At last word, the plan was for WWE to continue slowly dropping hints that Kennedy is the illegitimate child before finally revealing his identity during a three-hour Raw special in October.

Stephanie McMahon will be returning to television on a full time basis in the near future -- likely in October or November. She will be returning because her status as her father's heiress will become threatened due to Kennedy. Triple H would reveal his real-life marriage to Stephanie, thus disclosing that he is Vince's son-in-law. This would set the stage for the Raw main event at WrestleMania, which at last word is going to be Triple H as a babyface vs. Kennedy, likely for the title and with all the members of the McMahon family somehow involved. Shane McMahon has been told he won't be needed in the ring until around Royal Rumble, so he'll probably be Kennedy's first family victim.

USA Network executive Bonnie Hammer is said to be very satisfied with the angle. She is the one behind the idea of a three-hour Raw special in October.

Furthermore, WWE has a contingency plan in case the storyline bombs with the audience. It would be revealed that Kennedy faked the lab results in order to gain access to McMahon's money.