The WWE Royal Rumble is only a few days away. Fans are speculating about what will happen, as it seems like the events are harder to predict than normal. The men's rumble feels especially big this year, as several of the top names are announced for the match. One such individual is Roman Reigns. His inclusion in the battle royal makes everything even more important this year.
On Saturday, February 1, Roman Reigns will enter the Royal Rumble for the first time in five years. The last time he stepped into the match, he was the final person eliminated. Drew McIntyre tossed him over the ropes in a step to set up his run to the WWE Championship. But it was Reigns who has been the dominating force since, and the most important person on the WWE roster.
Now, he doesn't have the WWE Undisputed Championship and he's on a quest to win it back. Should he be the favorite for the match? Depends on how you look at the rest of the field and the stories WWE is telling. But Reigns is certainly going to have several big moments on Saturday.
Every interaction that Reigns has in this match has the potential to lead to something big. Will he and CM Punk have a face-off moment? Who does Reigns eliminate and will they turn their focus to him? Who eliminates Reigns and gets the big momentum boost from that moment? Does he have a moment with a surprise entrant like Joe Hendry or Josh Alexander? WWE Creative have done such a great job building this Royal Rumble as a moment in which so many different things can happen, there is no way to predict how things will go down.
Reigns faces so many potential feuds coming into this match. Think about all the interactions he's had so far. There's certainly going to be a moment when he finds himself in the match with other members of Solo Sikoa's Bloodline. What about his own Bloodline members? Will Reigns eliminate them to get his way? All of these questions create excitement to see Reigns in his first Royal Rumble since establishing himself as the Tribal Chief.
While everything that Roman Reigns has been involved with hasn't been the best, many of the top moments from the last few years have involved him. A lot has changed since the last time he was in a Royal Rumble. His inclusion in this Saturday's match makes everything around it a bigger ordeal.