5 Reasons why a babyface should win the 2018 Royal Rumble  

#2 Sets up a long awaited Wrestlemania main event

The main issue with Wrestlemania is that it has not produced an excellent main event in years, could this be its solution?

WWE has been dominating the wrestling scene ever since they bulldozed WCW in the Monday night wars. Therefore, for many years Vince McMahon’s wrestling empire was at the pinnacle of ‘sports entertainment’. However, the landscape of professional wrestling has drastically evolved over the last decade and in 2018 the variety of wrestling is as vast as the ocean itself, as many promotions across the world helm some of the best combatants in the industry. Each of those wrestling promotions is successfully growing. Thus, they have created marquee pay-per-views for their marquee superstars who produced some of the best wrestling in the business today.

Events such as NJPW’s Wrestle Kingdom has produced an excellent wrestling product that is slowly changing the landscape of professional wrestling. Although, the quality of Wrestlemania has deteriorated over the last decade, “the show of shows” is still one of the most anticipated wrestling shows on the planet and that is only due to the foundation that the company built it on. Whether it was legend vs icon, unforgettable breath-taking action or history-making moments, Wrestlemania has produced brilliant conclusions to excellent programmes over the years and most of those rivalries began at the Royal Rumble.

The fact that WWE decides who is one half of the main event of Wrestlemania in the Royal Rumble match is why it might be the most important match on WWE's calendar. However, by WWE choosing wrong winners for so many years, it has resulted in some of the most underwhelming Wrestlemania main events in the PPV’s illustrious history. Royal Rumble winners such as Alberto Del Rio, Randy Orton, and Triple H, all went on to compete in disappointing matches that only added to a list of barely average World Titles bouts at Wrestlemania.

This year WWE should give that career-defining Royal Rumble win to a deserving babyface and by glancing at WWE’s list of legitimate faces, money Wrestlemania main events can be attained if WWE chooses the correct wrestler to win the 30-man battle royal. Larger than life main events such as the NJPW dream rematch of Shinsuke Nakamura vs AJ Styles, the final chapter in the exhilarating feud between Braun Strowman and Roman Reigns or a legendary veteran vs a rising talent such as Finn Balor will prevent another Wrestlemania from closing in disappointing fashion. More importantly, it can make Wrestlemania the “showcase of the immortals” again.