3 Wrestlers who could win the Royal Rumble and 3 who should not

Should not: Bobby Lashley

Bobby Lashley and Brock Lesnar should have faced off over the summer.

A portion of the WWE Universe has clamored for Bobby Lashley and Brock Lesnar to collide ever since the former returned to WWE the night after Wrestlemania 34.

While that would have the potential to be a good match of strength vs strength, the alignments of both men don't set up for the potential of the match happening next April.

Lashley recently turned heel when he and his manager, Lio Rush, relished in the fact that they put Kevin Owens out of action.

It would be hard to turn him again so quickly. And Lesnar is hard to cheer for unless he's fighting against a heel group that can beat him down or is counter to Paul Heyman. Neither is happening any time soon for the Beast.

While both could play on the fact that both had success in the MMA world (obviously Brock had more), Heyman would destroy Lio/Lashley on the mic.

That would make it hard to cheer for Lashley.

The match could have happened over the summer when Roman and Bobby were feuding for the right to face Brock at SummerSlam. They missed the boat on that front though when they once again had Reigns triumph and face Lesnar.

Things might have changed had they gone the other route. They didn't and things have happened beyond everyone's control that has drawn out Raw's blueprint as it currently is with injuries or shifted alignments.

The timing wouldn't be right for a Brock/Bobby Wrestlemania showdown and a Lashley triumph in the Royal Rumble would likely infuriate the fans once again.

The WWE won't care about that, but the perception won't do them any favors.They gained some good will back when Nakamura won last year and a Lashley win would just erase that.