WWE Royal Rumble 2017: Predicting Odds for All 30 Potential Entrants
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3. Braun Strowman
Six months ago, Braun Strowman ran through jobbers and called for better competition. Now, he has had to go through Sami Zayn and clashed with some of WWE Raw’s top stars over the past six weeks. This includes Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Chris Jericho, and most notably, Roman Reigns. It certainly has not been done for no reason, as it seems like the push of Strowman to the main event scene is about to come to fruition.
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The culmination of the path to getting the Mountain of a Man to this point would be a Royal Rumble match victory. It would cement the first time ever that he would get a chance at a WWE World title. Getting it at WrestleMania 33, of all places, would be a plus toward his career. Winning is the icing on the cake.
For this to happen, Reigns would likely have to win the Universal Championship in his match with Owens. Then we would have one of the likely co-main event bouts set up for the Grandest Stage of Them All on April 2.
To give Strowman the win here would put plenty of faith into him being able to handle a potential 10-15 minute singles match. We saw him do this with Zayn at Roadblock, but there were also distractions to let the time fly by. If WWE feels he has improved enough to handle this pressure-filled stage, then there is a solid chance of him getting the win.