5 best candidates to win the 2020 WWE Men's Royal Rumble Match

The WWE 2020 Royal Rumble is on Sunday and as of this writing, it could be anyone's game. The Royal Rumble is generally the most exciting match of the year for almost every fan.

Similar to Seth Rollins last year, it appears Roman Reigns seems to be who the internet community seem to think may come out on top once again, but that is merely speculation. Looking over the current entrants in this years match, here are who I believe are the top five best candidates to win the men's Royal Rumble match this year.

#5 Roman Reigns

As mentioned, Roman Reigns is the speculated favorite to win the Royal Rumble match as of right now throughout the internet wrestling community.

Reigns has also been speculated to potentially be facing 'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt for the WWE Universal Championship at WrestleMania, which is what brought on his Rumble speculation. It is certainly not impossible for Reigns to lose the Rumble and earn his Championship match another way at WrestleMania, but I to am among those who believe we will see 'The Big Dog' standing tall as a two time Rumble winner this weekend.

Reigns is certainly not a bad candidate either. He has won over a lot of his former doubters who booed him out of the building at the 2015 Royal Rumble and Reigns has only had one World Championship reign over the past three and a half years, so he is probably due another shot.

#4 AJ Styles

I still find it hard to believe that the greatest star in TNA Impact Wrestling history, AJ Styles, has just completed four years with WWE. It was a signing no one ever thought would happen and he has gone onto become a 2 time WWE Champion, 3 time WWE United States Champion, and has wrestled some of the best matches in company history.

Among the few things that Styles has yet to accomplish in WWE is to win the Royal Rumble match and main event WrestleMania, but now could be his time. A big reason as to why Styles has not previously won the 30 man match is because his 2016 WWE debut is the only time the 'Phenomenal One' has actually competed in one. Styles has been such a remarkable WWE Champion that he spent the 2017 and 2018 Rumble events defending the gold, and 2019 challenging for it.

In my own personal opinion, I don't think AJ Styles will be winning the Rumble match, but you never know when WWE could plan a surprise like this. In the past, superstars like Sheamus didn't seem like they were anywhere near WWE Championship plans for Wrestlemania until he won the Rumble seemingly out of nowhere, and a surprise booking like this could happen again, but for AJ Styles.

#3 Braun Strowman

Surely I can't be the only one who finds it so strange that Braun Strowman has not yet become a World Champion in WWE?

He has seemed to be in prime position for it for at least two years now, yet something seems to be stopping WWE from pulling the trigger on him. Well, despite so many stops and false starts to a main event run, Strowman's organic rise in popularity and physical peak is enough to make it very believable for him to be a WWE World Champion at any point.

There is no better way for a superstar of these attributes to rise to the very top than to win the Royal Rumble match, so why not 2020 for the 'Monster Among Men'?

Strowman has had his battles in the past with Brock Lesnar and has proven he can go toe to toe with 'The Beast' on every level and I don't think many would have a problem with Strowman challenging his former mentor Bray Wyatt either. Unfortunately I can't see it happening on Sunday, but there are very few better candidates than Braun Strowman.

#2 Drew McIntyre

Drew McIntyre has been the future of WWE for a long time now.

Whether it was during his early days in WWE as a young Intercontinental Champion, his time tearing it up on the independent scene and in Impact Wrestling or the past few years as NXT Champion and climbing his way up on RAW, McIntyre has been ready to ignite the main event scene. The now seemingly babyface Scottish Psycopath has also been on a roll as of late with some big victories and has had many behind the scenes in the business, including Kurt Angle, say he will be WWE Champion in 2020.

I think WWE have a major opportunity here to make an even bigger star out of Drew McIntyre by having him win the Rumble. McIntyre has all the tools, is ready to claim that spot and with his skill and physical attributes, could be a very imposing threat to Brock Lesnar, especially seeing as they have never competed together.

I think winning the 2020 Royal Rumble is a long shot for McIntyre, but he is one of very few who may be believable enough to topple 'The Beast' this decade.

#1 Kevin Owens

I think WWE has a very rare opportunity with Kevin Owens. With his recent feud with Shane McMahon, representing NXT at TakeOver: War Games and occasional worked shoot promos, Kevin Owens could be WWE's next big anti-establishment superstar.

This is a huge fan favorite gimmick that has been bestowed on some of wrestling's most popular stars of all-time such as Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, DX, the nWo, CM Punk and today with Becky Lynch. Although KO is currently feuding with RAW's top heel Seth Rollins as of this writing, his anti-establishment ways have taken a back seat lately.

Other than a big of a change in promos to help bring KO back up, another big way to do so is for Owens to win the Royal Rumble match. Owens would instantly shoot up to the top and could be a worthy adversary to Brock Lesnar. With KO having been a heel for most of his WWE run, he is one of very few superstars to not have had the opportunity to step into the ring with Brock Lesnar.

Kevin Owens is capable of being the next big rebel in WWE, but could use the help of a Royal Rumble victory and WrestleMania Championship match with Brock Lesnar.

Edited by Habil Ahmed Sherule