WWE Royal Rumble 2017: Predicting the Full Match Card

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WWE Intercontinental Championship Match
The Miz (c) vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Luke Harper

The Miz is likely heading into WWE Royal Rumble with a title defense. He and Dean Ambrose have teased tension for the past few weeks after Maryse got involved in their Intercontinental Championship match. Then, after Miz beat Apollo Crews, Renee Young interviewed the A-lister, who called her out on “sleeping” with Dean Ambrose (they have recently gone more public than ever with their relationship). This led to the WWE interviewer slapping the champion and storming off.

Later on, Ambrose defeated Luke Harper with a rollup. However, the Wyatt Family would beat down the Lunatic Fringe after the match, potentially throwing Harper into the title hunt. So, putting all the pieces together may mean we’re getting a triple threat match for the Intercontinental Championship at Royal Rumble. The other option is a No. 1 Contender’s match with Harper and Ambrose to get to Miz at the PPV, but we’ll go with all three men involved since every match on this card is singles.

Given that WWE seemingly has no interest in taking the United States Championship away from Roman Reigns, this will be the only mid-card title match at the Rumble. It should provide plenty of entertainment as one of WWE’s top heels (Miz) looks to potentially have his most important title defense yet. This would also mark the second straight year that Ambrose was in an Intercontinental Title match at this event.