WWE Royal Rumble 2017: Predicting Odds for All 30 Potential Entrants
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4. John Cena
John Cena has a similar situation to Roman Reigns, as both have World title matches before the Royal Rumble bout. With wins, they would each be taken out of the evening’s main event, which is a realistic scenario. If so, this would be Cena’s 16th World championship win, tying him with Ric Flair for the total that WWE recognizes.
There is always a chance of AJ Styles defeating Cena, though. That would probably place the Face That Runs the Place into the Royal Rumble match and make him an instant favorite to win it all for the third time.
If Cena wins the Royal Rumble match, one would have to think he would not be facing Styles for the fourth time. The more likely scenario would be the Phenomenal One losing the WWE Championship sometime in between, thus opening up a new opponent for the Leader of the Cenation at WrestleMania 33. That would make this match against whomever that Superstar may be a main event possibility.
If I had to guess, Cena is going to walk out of the Royal Rumble pay-per-view by defeating Styles for the title. That would take him out of the match later on and make the evening’s winner his potential opponent for WrestleMania 33.
However, “because I’m John Cena” stands here. Seriously.