5 opponents that could've replaced Kane in the Universal Title match at the Royal Rumble 2018

#2 Bray Wyatt

This match was teased at the Royal Rumble 2016

In wrestling, credibility makes and breaks a superstar’s career. After suffering countless defeats at the hands of many legends and jobbers, Bray Wyatt’s credibility is at an astounding low. Therefore, the possibility of Bray Wyatt being a top tier main eventer in WWE is presently dimmer than his lantern.

Even though a career-defining feud with newly “Woken” Matt Hardy will be wonderful for the former leader of the Wyatt Family. WWE had already presented us with that supposed dream match on a random episode of Raw, which Wyatt had forgettable won. At this juncture, the only thing that can rejuvenate Wyatt’s foreseeable bleak future is thrusting him into a match with two of the hottest stars on Raw.

Kane was a monster of the glorious attitude era, who doesn’t need to main-event at one of WWE’s big four Pay-Per-View’s to define his career any further. The man in need of a career-defining performance is Wyatt. Even though wins and losses don’t hold that much importance in the world of WWE, Wyatt being the man to take the pin-fall, wouldn’t drive his career into obscurity any further.

Although the current main event is a meeting of beasts and monsters, Wyatt’s placement in this match isn’t as out of place as some might think of it to be. As he has confronted, provoked, and attacked Lesnar in the past, WWE can easily highlight the natural history between the two men. Also, WWE has a lucrative dynamic between Wyatt and his former protégé Braun Strowman. Unexplored angles and first-time matches could’ve been ignited at the Royal Rumble 2018.