4 Early Predictions for WWE Royal Rumble 2019

#2 Seth Rollins will win the 2019 Men's Royal Rumble Match

Seth Rollins

After dropping the Intercontinental Championship to Dean Ambrose this past Sunday at TLC, I believe WWE is going with Seth Rollins vs Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship and this is the perfect way to set that up.

This year's Royal Rumble feels wider open than in recent years, with no clear-cut favorite. However, I feel the two favorites as of this moment are Rollins and Drew McIntyre. Since Daniel Bryan turned heel to win the WWE Championship, no one seems to have any idea who he will face if he is still champion by then, but I feel that will be determined in the Elimination Chamber. I believe a RAW superstar is winning this year, and Rollins is that man.

The story also writes itself. Rollins is the man who cashed in on Lesnar and won the WWE Championship back at WrestleMania 31 and their match later that year was interrupted by The Undertaker, who was seeking revenge on Lesnar for breaking the streak the year prior. WWE will also go with the story of Rollins wanting to bring the title back to RAW and on television for his brother Roman Reigns, who is battling a real-life illness. It's too good of a story to pass up for WWE and it sounds like a better match than Strowman v. McIntyre.