5 WWE Superstars likely to win Royal Rumble 2018

#2 Shinsuke Nakamura

Shinsuke Nakamura

AJ Styles shocked the entire WWE Universe when he beat The Modern Day Maharaja, Jinder Mahal and became the new WWE Champion just about a month before WWE's Tour of India. It completely came as an element of surprise and also gave us a chance to witness a dream match at Survivor Series 2017 between AJ Styles and Brock Lesnar.

At Clash of Champions, AJ Styles retained his title against Mahal. Now it seems that Styles is going to enter WrestleMania 34 as the WWE Champion. But who could prove to be a worthy opponent for The Phenomenal One at the grandest stage of 'em all? Well, the first name that would come to anyone's mind would be The King of Strong Style, Shinsuke Nakamura. Nakamura is a former 2-time NXT Champion and he brought the same momentum and charisma to SmackDown! Live on his debut to the main roster.

He has also scored clean victories over the likes of superstars like Randy Orton and John Cena. But his momentum came to a halt when he lost his opportunity to become the WWE Champion as he failed to defeat the then WWE Champion Jinder Mahal. Since then, Nakamura has not been booked up to the mark. He has been losing in all of the PPVs, irrespective of whether it is a singles match or a tag team match. But all the wrongs that have been done to Nakamura can be corrected by booking him to win the Royal Rumble match.

Nakamura has great in-ring capabilities and can provide a Match-of-the-Year worthy performance with AJ Styles. The proof to that is their match at NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom 10. Both of them were a part of the Money in the Bank match previously in the year and although none of them was able to win the match, there came a moment when the two had a staredown and collided with each other.

The crowd went berserk on the sight of it. Nakamura vs Styles at WM34 could do great wonders for the WWE and having Nakamura win the Royal Rumble match would be the stepping stone towards it.