#1 Surprise Winner
Let’s face it; the last few Royal Rumbles have been very disappointing. It’s been a while since there has been a winner that the majority of the fans were genuinely pleased with. So how great would it be to have Shinsuke Nakamura – someone who is universally liked by the fans, to win this year’s Rumble match?
Plus, he would be a shock winner. One of the problems in recent years is that the path to WrestleMania has been far too predictable. Having Nakamura come out of NXT and shock the World by winning the Royal Rumble would go some way to making up for the recent underwhelming winners of this event.
Obviously there have been NXT superstars in the Rumble match over the last few years, but nobody who has had a chance of walking out victorious. Therefore nobody would expect Nakamura to outlast 29 other men to get the win, especially considering he is the current NXT Champion.
It would be a welcome surprise if this were to happen and would also benefit WWE’s main roster moving forward.
