6 potential winners of the 2018 Royal Rumble

#2 Shinsuke Nakamura

Can the King of Strong Style become royalty once again?

Of all the guys on this list, Shinsuke Nakamura is the person I want to win the most.

Nakamura is one of the best pro-wrestlers in the world today and most certainly one of my favourites to ever lace up a pair of boots. Sadly, his main roster run has been pretty lacklustre thus far. A Royal Rumble win would be just the thing to bring Nakamura up to the level he should be at.

Think about it - he comes in, starts throwing kicks around like it's going out of style, his flexibility and ring-awareness prevent people from getting him over the top rope, and hell, he could even eliminate a guy with his entrance taunt. I don't know about you, but I would mark out for that.

Of course, his victory would then set up a match with AJ Styles at WrestleMania. WWE clearly knows we want this match. After all, the two got a massive pop when they teased a one-on-one match at this year's Money in the Bank PPV, and Styles even directly alluded to it at a house show in Florence, Italy (this exchange ended up on WWE's Instagram as well). And those two have already proven that they can create magic between one another - just watch their match at Wrestle Kingdom 10 to see what I mean. It is absolutely fantastic.

And just imagine what Nakamura's WrestleMania entrance will look like...my goodness, that's a beautiful sight to imagine.

Anyway, as I said before, this is my most desired scenario for the Road to WrestleMania. Even though babyface vs. babyface matches aren't entirely common for a WrestleMania main event, putting these two in a match at anything less than the Grandest Stage of Them All would be a disservice to both men. The kids would go home happy, the IWC would go home happy, it's a win-win!