10 Primary Dynamics in WWE Royal Rumble 2017 Match

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6. Sami Zayn’s quest for self-gratification

Sami Zayn may have just qualified for the Royal Rumble match this past Monday night on Raw, but there may not be anyone more determined to walk out with a victory in San Antonio than “The Underdog from the Underground”.

Though Zayn’s only recent nemesis — Braun Strowman — is likely going to have his hands full with another star in the match, which we’ll get to later on, you can bet these two are going to cross paths at some point or another.

In many ways, Sami Zayn’s mindset heading into Sunday is going to be a lot similar to when he went into Roadblock: End of the Line to face Strowman, or when he went into the Last Man Standing match that followed a number of weeks later.

People have been sleeping on this man for far too long — to such an extent that his entry into the Royal Rumble this year wasn’t a given like it was for so many others — and if anyone’s going to have a chip on their shoulder in this one, it’s Zayn.

As such, you can expect Zayn’s interaction with Strowman and just about anyone else in this match to be passion-filled. Each year, we see somebody go the distance as the Iron Man of the Royal Rumble, and there’s no reason why that role shouldn’t belong to Sami this year, considering this guy still feels he has something to prove in WWE.