3 Candidates to win the 2019 Women's Royal Rumble Match

2019 promises to be an absolutely massive year for WWE's women superstars. They have a mainstream sporting icon in 'Rowdy' Ronda Rousey. They have captured lightning in a bottle with 'The Man' Becky Lynch, who is promising to be a truly transcendent Superstar. And they have the single most talented women's roster in WWE history.

The 2019 Women's Royal Rumble Match can set the tone for what women can achieve in WWE in 2019. Last year's first ever Women's Royal Rumble Match was a massive success. The second one promises to be even better.

So the question then is, who are the favorites to win this match? It is never too early to speculate, so let's get straight to it.

This article lists 3 women who would benefit the most from winning this match.

They are women with existing credibility, and their victories would bring more eye-balls on the entire women's revolution.

It is assumed that both 'Rowdy' Ronda Rousey, and Asuka, will remain Raw Women's Champion, and Smackdown Women's Champion, respectively, when the match takes place. As such, they have not been considered as possible victors.

Shayna Baszler

The Queen of Spades would make an immediate impact by winning the Royal Rumble

Shayna Baszler is a bada**. The two-time and current NXT Women's Champion may not be the absolute best wrestler, but more than makes up for it with her legitimacy, aura, and superb character work.

The problem is that she is 38 years old, and has a whole lot of wear and tear on her body due to her days as a women's MMA pioneer. There is a very small window for WWE to get the best out of Shayna Baszler, and they would be best served by legitimizing her right off the bat.

That way, she can be used in a few high-profile feuds to make use of her obvious charisma. Furthermore, she will be more useful in a gate-keeper role after that if she is a former Royal Rumble winner; victories over her will mean more if she herself is legitimized beforehand.

Who would she challenge?

The answer is obvious.

Asuka.

The feud writes itself. Two unstoppable juggernauts. Two bada**es. Two legitimately terrifying women. Book it.

Charlotte Flair

Charlotte Flair is the single most decorated women of the modern era of WWE, and one of the most decorated women of all time.

Her accomplishments are numerous. 7-time women's champion. NXT women's champion. First ever women's falls count anywhere match. First ever women's Hell in a Cell match. Two pay-per-view main-events, the only woman to do so. Part of two rivalries; versus Becky Lynch, and Sasha Banks, that could be considered legitimately great. First ever main roster last woman standing match. Three high-profile WrestleMania championship matches. I could go on. And on. And on.

As such, it would be the most natural thing in the world for Charlotte Flair to add Royal Rumble winner to her list of accomplishments.

Who would she face?

She could rematch with Asuka; their WrestleMania match earlier this year was excellent.

Or, she could face 'Rowdy' Ronda Rousey.

It doesn't really matter, both are likely to be excellent.

Becky Lynch

Becky Lynch has captured lightning in a bottle.

She was given the ball, and boy, has she run with it. She is quite simply put, the most popular star in the company, irrespective of gender, and it is not even close.

Crowds everywhere absolutely adore her.

Becky Lynch is on the cusp, on the very precipice, of main-event super-stardom, the likes of which transcend the WWE, and enter the main-stream.

She recently lost her Smackdown Women's championship, freeing her up to compete in this match.

What if like in the first ever women's Royal Rumble match, Becky started the match? And what if she lasted the entire match, eliminating Nia Jax last to win it? And what if after, she chose to challenge 'Rowdy' Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania?

Becky Lynch winning the match is the best thing for Becky Lynch, that much is obvious.

It is the best thing for the WWE, as it allows them to pit their most popular star against their most main-stream star.

And it is the best thing for the match because Becky winning instantly adds more eye-balls on it.

Agree? Disagree? Think someone else should win? Let us know in the comments below.