10 Potential surprise returns and debuts at the Royal Rumble 2017

6: Samoa Joe

Could the former 2-time NXT Champion finally get called up to the main roster?

The rumours of Samoa Joe debuting on the main roster have been doing the rounds since he first lost the NXT Championship to Shinsuke Nakamura at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II last August. It’s now January, 2017 and it finally looks like Joe is set to be called-up to the main roster.

Although there have been rumours of Joe interfereing in the WWE World Title match between AJ Styles and John Cena, it is much more likely that Joe will make his main roster debut as a surprise entrant in the 2017 Royal Rumble. Could Joe, the former 2-time NXT Champion, create an immediate impact and win the whole thing? We’ll just have to wait and watch.