WWE Royal Rumble 2017: 5 Last-Minute Potential Winners
By Bryan Heaton
WWE.com
3. Braun Strowman
There’s one very simple reason that Braun Strowman is one of the favorites to win the Royal Rumble: physics.
At nearly seven feet tall and well over three hundred pounds, Strowman is quite literally a mountain of a man. (So, his nickname is fitting, at least.) Try getting that guy over the top rope and to the outside.
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The split from the Wyatt Family due to the draft was possibly the best thing to happen to Strowman. He transformed from a lackey into a real monster on the Raw roster. He has decimated all challengers in his path, sometimes two or three at a time.
Strowman has shown time and time again that he is a force to be reckoned with. He’s only got a handful of losses to his name, most in multi-man matches or via some kind of shenanigans. Yet he’s never received a title opportunity of any kind.
A Royal Rumble victory for Strowman would continue his development into a main event player. Getting a world title match at WrestleMania would be the biggest feather in Braun’s cap. The only potential downfall would be the quality of a potential title match – does anyone really want to see Braun vs. Roman Reigns?