WWE Royal Rumble 2017: Predicting the Full Match Card

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Royal Rumble Match

This is the annual over-the-top-rope match, the Royal Rumble. In most years, this has been for a spot in the WrestleMania main event, which wasn’t the case in 2016. However, the 2017 version of this match should see this go back to normal, except with an interesting twist since there’s a brand split.

Whoever wins the Royal Rumble match may be able to choose whichever brand’s top title he wants to go for. While WWE hasn’t gone out and said that yet, this would make the most sense and at least set up some intrigue over the next month. We could get teases of Dean Ambrose wanting to win, crossover to Raw, and take Kevin Owens’ WWE Universal Championship. Seth Rollins may even mention how he wants AJ Styles’ WWE Championship on SmackDown. That would then open up the floodgates for inter-promotional matches at WrestleMania 33, something that seems to be a given.

Besides this, the Royal Rumble match is always one of the most intriguing spectacles WWE puts on every year. There’s drama, surprise returns, and plenty of stakes on the line to set up the biggest show of the company’s calendar. It should resonate well in front of 60,000 fans, making the one shining moment for whoever wins feel even bigger as we near the beginning of April.