5 Reasons why a babyface should win the 2018 Royal Rumble  

#3 Gives validation to a rising star

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It takes many years to build up a well-rounded wrestler and WWE is a company that has all the resources to create a successful superstar from scratch, and down at Full Sail University, WWE has done just that. Whether it was bringing in an influx of the most popular wrestlers on the planet, sparking a revolution for women’s wrestling in the promotion or giving the company their future World Champions, NXT has ensured that WWE’s future has an abundance of treasured babyfaces and loathed heels.

However, as soon as these once valuable prospects debut on the main roster, they automatically fall into a pit of obscurity because WWE's creative team controversial booking derails the momentum these superstars worked hard to achieve on the yellow brand. However, this year’s edition of the Royal Rumble match will be infiltrated by former NXT talent, to be more specific wrestlers such as Bobby Roode, Shinsuke Nakamura and Chad Gable will make their long-awaited debut in the 30-man melee and WWE has to use this opportunity to draw attention to those underutilised babyfaces.

Over its elongated history, the Royal Rumble match was a medium for giving talent on the rise that final bit of momentum that sends them over into World Champion status. The match has served as a transitional phase from breakout star to certified main eventer for superstars such as Steve Austin, whose 1998 Royal Rumble win arguably made him one step closer to becoming the hottest star in all of professional wrestling, Rey Mysterio, a deserving superstar that was finally cemented as a main eventer when he gave an outstanding performance in the 2006 Royal Rumble match, and Batista, whose picture-perfect feud with Triple H was only possible due to his ascension in the 2005 Royal Rumble match.

That all-important Royal Rumble victory helped turn those veterans into legends as the scorching hot momentum they acquired paved the way for them to reach the apex of their popularity and become World Champion. This year WWE has countless babyfaces that are one Royal Rumble victory from being the freshest prospect heading into Wrestlemania season. Instead of WWE doing a Survivor Series repeat and building up part-timers such as Shane McMahon, Triple H, and Kurt Angle in the Royal Rumble match, they rather give that validation to rising babyfaces that desperately need that momentum just like the countless legends before them.