#4 The Undertaker
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With the Elimination Chamber set to be a SmackDown-exclusive event where the WWE Championship is on the line, this implies that a SmackDown Superstar will win the Royal Rumble. If not, then why wouldn’t it be used to determine the No. 1 contender instead?
The money matches that could take place in that scenario all revolve around some kind of combination of AJ Styles, John Cena, Samoa Joe and The Undertaker, with my gut leaning towards The Phenomenal One defending against The Phenom.
That is a match that has never happened before and considering how little time The Undertaker probably has left for his in-ring career, this might be the only opportunity WWE ever gets to put that match on. The creative team needs to have learned its lesson from the Sting debacle where it’s not a good idea to wait and be optimistically hopeful that things will work out.
Sometimes, it doesn’t, and you miss your shot.
The Undertaker winning the Royal Rumble makes a lot of sense as he can enter somewhat late into the match, not take any big bumps, eliminate a few big stars and then celebrate to end the night. Following that, he has a reason not to wrestle for February and March as he’s gearing up for his world title match and wouldn’t be in the Elimination Chamber.
The Deadman absolutely will not job out in any fashion and has always been someone who is given a featured role in the Royal Rumble matches he participates in—even if it’s a fun beatdown segment after he’s eliminated by Maven.
This year, he could be the one who overcomes the odds and takes Braun Strowman, Brock Lesnar, Goldberg or any number of huge threats out of the equation to be victorious.
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