WWE Royal Rumble 2017: Predicting Odds for All 30 Potential Entrants
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11. The Miz
2016 turned into the Miz’s year and may have been the breakout star. He stole the show during the first six months of the brand split with an impressive WWE Intercontinental Championship reign, as well as taking the belt the night after WrestleMania 32.
As of now, the early direction for the A-lister seems to be a title rematch with Dean Ambrose for the Royal Rumble pay-per-view. Pending the result, though, we could see Miz enter the Royal Rumble match and have a better shot than most of the other listed WWE stars at winning.
If WWE is taking Miz’s success in 2016 seriously, he will be made to look like a contender in the Royal Rumble. He may not come near the World title on SmackDown (yet), but this match may be an intriguing way of creating the bridge toward that happening, potentially after WrestleMania 33.
Giving the former Tough Enough star a chance at winning this match is not the craziest thing, but this will probably be saved for a bigger name (more on that soon). He may never win the Royal Rumble, but he should lurk around Tuesday night’s main event scene soon enough.