3 Wrestlers who could win the Royal Rumble and 3 who should not

Who can we expect to win the Royal Rumble in 2019?
Who can we expect to win the Royal Rumble in 2019?

Should Not: Any part-timer

The Rock will always be rumored to win any events to set up big matches.
The Rock will always be rumored to win any events to set up big matches.

One big mistake the WWE could make is having any part-time wrestler win the Royal Rumble.

That would include performers like John Cena, the Rock or the Undertaker.

While the Rock vs. Brock would be a big-money match, a lot would have to go right for the Rock to wrestle next April.

He'd have to get time off from whichever movie he's filming and knowing him, it's likely a huge action movie like Skyscraper or Rampage or Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. The Black Adam movie is coming out within the next two years and filming is slated to start at some point in 2019. He'd have to get the okay from the film producers for any match.

That's not an easy thing to get as the money behind the movies will look to protect their investments.

The Undertaker doesn't have much left in the tank and if he faces someone at Wrestlemania, it would be better suited as an attraction match rather than one of the championship matches.

John Cena will probably break Ric Flair's number of title reigns at some point in the future, but that could be saved to sell another PPV. It would be a huge moment, but he tied Flair's record at a Royal Rumble. Cena's a part-timer now and has been more focused on making movies.

When he does come back for an extended run in the near future, it can be focused around breaking the record.

If the brass want him to be cheered for breaking the record, it would have to be against someone other than Daniel Bryan or Brock Lesnar. Lesnar is still physically dominant over Cena and it would be hard for fans to cheer for either man.

Cena would probably have a hard time being cheered against Daniel Bryan, but if Bryan continues to commit dastardly acts, it could happen.

Needless to say, that would be a storyline that could carry a summer program leading up to a Summerslam title shot.

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