Predicting the Royal Rumble entrants 1-20

#3 EC3

He was Derrick Bateman in NXT, but now the world knows him as EC3...

The first surprise of the Royal Rumble comes from the former Impact World Heavyweight Champion, Ethan Carter III. EC3 recently left Impact Wrestling and also recently cancelled an indie date that just so happens to be on the same night as the Royal Rumble.

With Ed Nordholm enabling past Impact Wrestling stars to retain their gimmicks, I think the WWE will go with the EC3 name at least, and putting him in the Royal Rumble at number three makes complete sense.

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It would make the second time in three years a big debut happened in the #3 spot of the Royal Rumble (AJ Styles, 2016).

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I've been a passionate wrestling fan since I was a Little Stinger watching the NWA at my Grandma's house on Saturday nights in the 1980's.

Since the start of 2015, I have hosted a pro wrestling podcast called Lost In The Midcard with my good friend Matt Black where we cover all wrestling promotions.

My favorite wrestler of all-time is Ric Flair; while my favorite wrestlers today include Jon Moxley, Kenny Omega, and Kevin Owens.

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