Every male participant announced for the Royal Rumble as of today

Finn Balor, Jeff Hardy, Jinder Mahal

Balor should be considered one of the favorites to win the Royal Rumble

Balor was a final four participant and the crowd was clamoring for him to win. Since he didn't, they were at least happy that Shinsuke Nakamura did instead of Roman Reigns again.

Finn is one of the top faces in the WWE and is someone around whom the company can be built along with Seth Rollins.

Look who just shut down all of Tony Khan's critics! More HERE.

Jeff Hardy has his longevity in the business despite his high-risk style. Like Mysterio, he'll be a favorite of the fans when he enters and they'll be disappointed when he's eliminated.

Jinder Mahal has dropped down far since he lost the WWE Championship to AJ Styles. He's still a good mid-carder and should have had a longer reign with the US title than he did.

The Superstar Shakeup hurt his potential run with the US Title when he was switched from Smackdown to Raw.

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Matt has written about professional wrestling for the past year but has been writing lyrics, short stories and novels in his spare time. He writes around 30-50 articles per month.

During his time on writing for Sportskeeda, Matt has written about a variety of topics including the history of the business as well as about the current stars and product. He follows numerous promotions like the WWE, AEW, ROH, MLW, NJPW, Championship Wrestling from Hollywood and WOW.

Studied Communications with a focus on writing at Framingham State University from 2000-2004.

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