Predicting each brand's remaining representatives for the Royal Rumble matches

The first entrants for the men's Rumble match
The first entrants for the men's Rumble match

10 RAW Men

Heyman announced that Lesnar would enter the 2020 match as the #1 entrant.
Heyman announced that Lesnar would enter the 2020 match as the #1 entrant.

With such a loaded roster on Monday nights, I thought they would have had some qualifying matches since only 10 spots could be open to each brand. Instead, several stars either announced their participation in the match or were announced by graphic on RAW.

As we all know by now, Brock Lesnar will be entering the match at No. 1 and won't be defending the WWE Championship. It's somewhat disappointing that he won't be battling against someone in one-on-one action, but that opponent would have likely lost to The Beast anyway. We now will likely see Lesnar's WrestleMania opponent set up in the match by whomever eliminates the Beast.

Drew McIntyre also put himself into the match while the likes of Randy Orton, Ricochet, Rey Mysterio, AJ Styles and Erick Rowan were also announced as RAW representatives. That leaves three spots for several talented and deserving wrestlers. The likes of Kevin Owens, Samoa Joe, Aleister Black, Andrade, Buddy Murphy, Lashley, Seth Rollins, Humberto Carillo and Rusev all could take part in the match.

The main factor is if the likes of Rusev, Lashley, Rollins, Owens and Joe all have matches prior to the Rumble match itself. Rollins won last year so he's not going to win this year. He might not even be in the match. There might be a Joe/Owens vs. the Authors of Pain match prior to the Rumble which would also take Owens and Joe out of the match. If that's the case it would make sense for Black, Murphy and Andrade to have the last three spots.

10 RAW entrants: Lesnar, Orton, Ricochet, Rowan, Mysterio, Styles, McIntyre, Buddy Murphy, Aleister Black, Andrade

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