5 Reasons why Shayna Baszler should win the 2020 Women's Royal Rumble 

The Road to WrestleMania has begun, and the Women’s Royal Rumble match will determine one of the challenges for the two top Championships in the company at WrestleMania 36. The Women’s Royal Rumble match stole the show in 2019 as Becky Lynch appeared to take part in the match after her loss to Asuka earlier in the night.

This year the Women’s Royal Rumble match will once again be one of the biggest matches, as it will involve some of the top women in the company and hopefully give us some of the biggest surprises, returns, and new inclusions of the night.

With a huge opportunity on the line, we can’t help but think that two-time NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler should be the woman to win the match.

In this article, we will look at the 5 reasons why 'The Queen of Spades' is the best woman to go on to win the Royal Rumble match in 2020.

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#5 She has the momentum

She's had two extraordinary reigns as the Champion

First thing's first, Shayna Baszler won the NXT Women’s Championship twice and managed to have the longest combined reign with the title in the brand’s history. Baszler’s second reign with the title, which lasted over 400 days, is also the single longest reign in the NXT Women's Championship history. 'The Queen of Spades' is an incredible wrestler who improved significantly in her second reign and upped her game inside the ring and on the mic.

Keeping that in mind, we’ve seen the company book Baszler to win more matches than she loses, and this has allowed her to dominate her opponents in a way no other woman has been able to in WWE. Out of all the women in WWE, she has been seen as the toughest to beat, as we saw all other champions from RAW and SmackDown lose more often than Baszler.

This has given the former NXT Women's Champion the needed momentum to enter the Royal Rumble match and emerge victorious, as no one will doubt her abilities to win the grand match and go on to challenge in a huge WrestleMania 36 matchup.

#4 A move to RAW or SmackDown is in the cards

She's taken down women from both RAW and SmackDown

Shayna Baszler joined NXT over two years ago in July 2017. Since then, we’ve seen her become one of the most lethal women in wrestling. Less than a year later in April, she won her first NXT Women’s Championship which she held for almost five months. Her second reign came soon after, as she defeated the same woman who previously bested her for the title, Kairi Sane.

In all this, Baszler became a brand of her own in NXT, and each appearance helped her become a more iconic character on the Black & Gold brand. During the build-up to Survivor Series, Baszler was effectively shown as a force who could take down any woman in sight.

With her second NXT Women’s Championship coming to an end in December, one can safely say that she has achieved it all in NXT, and beaten just about every Superstar in the process. Now that Rhea Ripley is the NXT Women's Champion, Baszler needs to move on to find more challenges and more competitors and she can only do that on RAW and SmackDown.

As we see fresher faces appear in NXT, Baszler seems to be too strong of a competitor for newer Superstars. RAW and SmackDown house some of the most talented wrestlers in the industry, and Baszler can really match up well with them. This will especially be true, if she wins the Royal Rumble and picks one of the brand’s top champions to compete with.

#3 There are very few better choices

Many of the women are either not being pushed enough or are out injured

Outside of NXT, there are very few women WWE have built up in 2019 who seem lethal enough to even take down one of the champions on RAW or SmackDown.

Lacey Evans was heavily built by WWE late last year and in early 2019, but failed to make the impact that the company was looking for her to make. Asuka seems like the most threatening woman on RAW, but is likely heading toward a RAW Women’s Championship match with Becky Lynch at the event. Ember Moon could have been another great pick, but her rise was also watered down by the company, and she is currently injured and may not make it back in time for the Royal Rumble. Last but not least, Sasha Banks is one of the top competitors on the main roster, but has aligned herself with SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley and it doesn’t seem like the company will change direction with her anytime soon.

With most of the threatening women out of the picture, Shayna Baszler currently looks like the lone top female talent who can be a legitimate threat to the champions of RAW and SmackDown. Winning the Royal Rumble will award her a ticket to challenge any Women’s Champion in WWE, and could prove to be the reason why she moves to RAW or SmackDown for good, as she is desperately needed by both brands.

#2 She’s already defeated the two top current Women’s Champions

Baszler took down the RAW and SmackDown Women's Champions at Survivor Series

At Survivor Series, NXT competed with the Superstars of RAW and SmackDown for the very first time, and the Champion vs. Champion matches were more spiced up than ever before. We saw NXT pull off a heist at the event, and win the most matches to officially become the supreme brand of the company.

Shayna Baszler, along with Becky Lynch and Bayley, headlined the event in a battle between the company's three top female champions. Baszler managed to win the match after she made Bayley tap. This was a great match which allowed the women of WWE to shine once again, and since Baszler won the match, it’s safe to say that the company is ready to heavily invest in her and make her the next big thing.

With a victory over the two women under her belt, it seems like Baszler already has a legitimate case to challenge either woman for their titles. However, a victory at the Royal Rumble followed by a match at WrestleMania 36 will definitely make things even sweeter for the former MMA fighter.

#1 To continue her rivalry with Becky Lynch

These two women need to have a go at each other

In the build-up to Survivor Series, we witnessed a couple of intense promos and segments involving RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch and NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler. Even though Bayley was also a part of the match, her build-up did not have as big an impact on the clash.

After Baszler made Bayley tap out at Survivor Series, Lynch did not stop and punished 'The Queen of Spades' to signal that their rivalry wasn't quite over yet. Lynch dropped Baszler onto the announce table and then delivered a leg drop through it to make both an impact and a statement. With that in mind, the company will be looking to take this rivalry forward sooner rather than later and make it into a big money-making affair.

To tell the story perfectly, they must allow Baszler to win the Women’s Royal Rumble just like Lynch did in 2019. This would allow Baszler to make the easy pick of challenging Lynch for the title, just like Lynch did during Ronda Rousey’s reign.

A match between the two at WrestleMania 36 could potentially be a show-stealer, and therefore the company needs to make the story as grand as possible to make the impact of the match as great as it can be.