5 Dark Horses who could win the 2017 Royal Rumble

#5 Cesaro

The Cesaro section is still loud and proud in the WWE Universe

Sheamus and Cesaro have worked the cheer/boo shtick into their tag team gimmick but let one thing be clear about it - it’s not that much of a shtick. The WWE universe is still firmly seated in the Cesaro section. We all love the Swiss Superman.

He has the stamina and freak athleticism to unquestionably conquer a match type like the Royal Rumble. He was the first-ever Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal winner and things should have skyrocketed from there... but they didn’t.

Cesaro’s career has been halted for various reasons over the years. He had an exciting and successful tag team run with Tyson Kidd as The Brass Ring Club, until Kidd succumbed to a potentially career-ending neck injury.

This left Cesaro without a partner and not much to do except consistently come up short in mid-card title matches. His recent teaming with Sheamus has led to tag team gold but they still feel like two singles competitors oddly paired together without any flair or real connection.

I mean they don’t even have a cool name like The Brass Ring Club.

Cesaro needs to reach that next level in 2017. The Royal Rumble could be that launching pad.

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