3 early picks for WWE Royal Rumble 2019 winner

The WWE Royal Rumble is the greatest stipulated event WWE puts on each year, it is full of energy and action. And it's safe to say that if you're a WWE fan, you generally feel an additional buzz of energy looking on as thirty men venture into the ring, and twenty-nine get thrown out.

The champ of the Rumble obviously acquires the opportunity to confront the present WWE or Universal Champion at WrestleMania, so to turn out successful at the Rumble is clearly a great opportunity, and becomes a career milestone.

Last Royal Rumble victor Shinsuke Nakamura landed himself a title match at WrestleMania, as well as a great storyline with SmackDown Live's WWE Champion AJ Styles that continued for quite a while.

Here are my top choices for the next Royal Rumble victor. I'm presuming that Roman Reigns and AJ Styles will be the Champions of their brands, with the latter maybe finding a replacement in the form of Samoa Joe.

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#1 Rey Mysterio Jr

Rey Mysterio made an appearance at the namesake Pay-Per-View, The Greatest Royal Rumble. It looked quite evident the returning Rey Mysterio might fetch the gold, only to be eliminated more or less early.

If the reports of Rey Mysterio Jr signing a deal with WWE are right, Mysterio will get a major push upon his landing.

This push could just be a title match waiting for him at WrestleMania. Its been really long since the last time the WWE Universe saw Mysterio topple down the greats with his athleticism and high-flying abilities. Lets hope if Rey Mysterio does make a return, he emerges as the Royal Rumble winner.

#2 Andrade Cien Almas

Andrade 'Cien' Almas

Andrade "Cien" Almas' run with NXT was an example of overcoming adversity. Despite the fact that Almas was scoring victories over names like Tye Dillinger and Bobby Roode, Almas never appeared to be progressing, that is until Zelina Vega came along.

From that point onward, Almas moved up in NXT and was finally promoted to SmackDown Live.

Almas' star power has never been higher, and the next step is to name Almas the 2019 Royal Rumble winner. Andrade has had great bouts with current WWE Champion AJ Styles, Daniel Bryan, and The Miz.

A win for Almas at the Royal Rumble would demonstrate that the future of WWE is unquestionably here.

#3 Seth Rollins

Seth Freakin Rollins

Seth Rollins had an exceptional run with his first WWE World Heavyweight Championship after he won it at WrestleMania 31 in 2015, cashing his MITB contract. Rollins never formally lost that title either, injuries sustained that November brought about Rollins dropping the title.

Ever since his return, Seth hasn't been in a top title feud since his loss to Finn Balor for the WWE Universal Championship way back in 2016.

Despite the fact that he's at present the Intercontinental Champion and has been in matches for the Raw Tag Team Championship alongside Dean Ambrose, a few (including me) would concur that Seth Rollins deserves more.

Lets see if The Architect will go on to bigger and better things after winning Royal Rumble 2019.