WWE Royal Rumble 2017: Match Grades for the 30 Battle Royal Entrants
Source: WWE.com
9. Big Show
At this stage in his career, Big Show isn’t going to be providing any lengthy matches or be involved in a feud that nears the main event scene. He is going to have standoffs like he did with Braun Strowman, however, to add to a highlight reel and put over a younger star that has some similarities to the Giant.
Show would stay in the Rumble to work with Strowman and get eliminated. It didn’t seem like it would be the last of these two going head-to-head either, The World’s Largest Athlete did his job here and proved to be an asset for this Royal Rumble.
Grade: C
10. Tye Dillinger
The one (somewhat) surprise of the Royal Rumble match would be NXT star Tye Dillinger entering at No. 10. Of course, he’s called the “Perfect 10”, so his spot would make all too much sense here, even if he wouldn’t do much.
Dillinger didn’t stay in for long. His most significant moment came when he and Sami Zayn tried double suplexing Braun Strowman, but failed miserably.
This seemed like a one-off for the Canadian wrestler, who may have work left to do in NXT. We’ll see what his future is and if he shows up on Raw or SmackDown in the coming days.