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WWE Royal Rumble 2021 is less than 48 hours away from us and fans are hyped to witness which Superstars will win both the Royal Rumble matches respectively and earn themselves a world title shot at WrestleMania 37. There are no clear favorites for both the Royal Rumble matches this year, which makes it even more exciting for fans to find out who stands tall in the end.
Apart from the two over-the-top-rope matches, the pay-per-view this Sunday will also see WWE Hall of Famer Goldberg challenge Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship. On the other hand, Universal Champion Roman Reigns will defend his title in a Last Man Standing match against Kevin Owens.
In this article, let's take a look at five bold predictions for WWE Royal Rumble 2021. Be sure to comment down and let us know who you are rooting for to win the men's and women's match this year.
#5 Alexa Bliss enters the Royal Rumble match twice
One of the biggest favorites heading into the women's Royal Rumble this year is Alexa Bliss, who has been at her absolute best on Monday Night RAW. In the last few weeks, Bliss has faced RAW Women's Champion Asuka and in both the matches, she has shown two different sides of herself - first the smiling Firefly Fun House persona and the second a darker side that seems possessed by The Fiend.
An interesting idea at Royal Rumble this year would be if Alexa Bliss enters the match earlier as her Firefly Fun House persona and gets eliminated quickly, as she hasn't been portrayed very powerful in that persona. However, what would be interesting is if Alexa Bliss enters the Royal Rumble match once again as one of the final entrants in her darker and unstoppable persona.
We have previously seen WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley enter the Royal Rumble match in different personas, and Alexa Bliss could do the same. Moreover, she could go on to dominate the match in her darker persona and even go on to win it, setting up a WrestleMania match against Asuka.
#4 Brock Lesnar returns at Royal Rumble, gets eliminated by former NXT Champion
One of the biggest surprise entrants in this year's men's Royal Rumble match could be former WWE and Universal Champion, Brock Lesnar. It was at WrestleMania 36 where The Beast Incarnate made his final appearance for the company, dropping the WWE title to Drew McIntyre.
Reports suggest that WWE is planning a massive triple threat match for WrestleMania 37 involving Drew McIntyre, Brock Lesnar, and Keith Lee. That match could very well be set up this weekend at WWE Royal Rumble 2021. Last year, fans saw a massive staredown between Brock Lesnar and Keith Lee in the Royal Rumble match, however, Lesnar got the better of the former NXT Champion.
This year, Keith Lee could take revenge for that and go on to eliminate Brock Lesnar from the match, with both of them as the final two Superstars left, and win the 2021 WWE Royal Rumble. Lee could then challenge Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship and Brock Lesnar could make his way into the match somehow, making it a triple threat for the WWE title at WrestleMania 37.
#3 Rhea Ripley sets the record for most Royal Rumble eliminations in a women's match
One of the Superstars who the WWE Universe wants to see enter and also win this year's women's Royal Rumble match is Rhea Ripley. A former NXT and NXT UK Women's Champion, Rhea Ripley is reportedly done with the Black and Gold brand and is on her way to the main roster. That could start this weekend with Ripley entering the Royal Rumble match.
Even if Ripley doesn't win the match, she could be the iron woman or go on to set the record for the most eliminations in a women's Royal Rumble match. Currently, Bianca Belair and Shayna Baszler share this record with eight eliminations each, which they set in the 2020 women's Royal Rumble match.
Rhea Ripley is well-known to the main roster audience as she defended her NXT Women's Championship against last year's women's Royal Rumble winner Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 36. Many fans are still not happy with WWE's decision of letting Flair defeat Rhea Ripley but that could be corrected by giving Ripley a strong booking in this year's Royal Rumble match.
Rhea Ripley has all the potential to become a top Superstar on the main roster of women's on either RAW or SmackDown.
#2 Randy Orton disappears from the ring in the middle of the Royal Rumble match
One of the biggest storylines heading into Royal Rumble this year is that between Randy Orton, Alexa Bliss, and 'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt. Orton took the feud to the next level this past week on Monday Night RAW by interfering in the match between Alexa Bliss and Asuka and delivered an RKO to Bliss, costing her the match and the RAW Women's Championship.
The Fiend has been absent from WWE programming physically ever since Randy Orton 'burned him' in the middle of the ring at WWE TLC 2020. However, Alexa Bliss has clearly hinted at the presence of The Fiend around her, be it in her Playground segment or in the way she behaves.
The Fiend has been silent in a way so far, but Randy Orton took things a little too far by laying his hands on Alexa Bliss. The Fiend is sure to return to make Orton pay for that and that could happen this weekend at WWE Royal Rumble 2021. Randy Orton could enter the Royal Rumble, dominate the match for a while, only for the lights to go off and him disappearing from the ring with The Fiend's sadistic laugh echoing around the ThunderDome. The two can then feud on the Road to WrestleMania 37.
#1 Drew McIntyre squashes Goldberg at Royal Rumble 2021
Royal Rumble 2021 will see Drew McIntyre defend his WWE Championship against WWE Hall of Famer, Goldberg. Now, Goldberg has been on a 'streak' of returning to WWE and winning the world titles - Universal Championship at Fastlane 2017 by defeating Kevin Owens, and then by defeating 'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt at Super ShowDown 2020 last year.
It is very much a possibility that he does the same this year as well, defeating Drew McIntyre to win the WWE Championship at Royal Rumble 2021. However, what would be shocking and indeed a treat for the fans is if Drew McIntyre goes on to squash Goldberg within two minutes, giving him a taste of his own medicine at WWE Royal Rumble 2021.
Drew McIntyre has done an amazing job as the WWE Champion in the empty-arena era of WWE and letting him get a major victory over Goldberg would cement his title reign as one of the best. Not to mention, how much the fans would enjoy watching that. Drew McIntyre deserves to walk into WrestleMania 37 this year as the WWE Champion.
Comment down and let us know which of these scenarios would you love to witness this weekend at WWE Royal Rumble 2021?
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