Royal Rumble 2017 predictions: Which WWE superstars will win?

But WWE fans have bemoaned a lack of initiative by the top brass after a tepid Rumble was won by main-event regular Randy Orton.

Randy Orton emerged victorious during the 30-man over-the-top-rope battle royal during Sunday’s Royal Rumble 2017 event at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

John Cena defeated AJ Styles to capture his sixteenth world championship, a mark shared only (according to revisionist history) by “Nature Boy” Ric Flair.

Who’s ready for the 2017 Royal Rumble?

At last night’s SmackDown Live, a match was made pitting Mickie James, Natalya and the current SmackDown Live Women’s champion, Alexa Bliss against the team of Nikki Bella, Naomi and Becky Lynch. I disagree, I think a caged Chris Jericho is going to find some way to help his friend below, and Kevin Owens is going to continue to survive as the WWE Universal Champion.

Women’s Championship (Raw) – Charlotte (c) def. Bayley via pinfall to retain the title: A thrilling match to start the show.

Styles has been a phenomenal champion since defeating Dean Ambrose at “Backlash” last September, but there’s something about Cena’s new persona since his return that’s intriguing. There’s always surprises in the Royal Rumble and you try not to get surprised, you try to see it coming but that’s what makes the Royal Rumble so fun. Sound off in the comments!

The WWE can likewise survey his condition in the match while not putting a considerable measure of beating to his body by having wrestle not over 15 minutes. We’re sure to have some legendary match-ups with superstars like the Undertaker and Goldberg already entered. They can’t go with Goldberg or Lesnar – as that’s too predictable – and Undertaker is too old to win, which is why I’m betting he comes out at number 30. They later revealed that it was part of the plan for Kevin Owens to win.

Unfortunately for Reigns, Chris Jericho was not the problem tonight as Braun Strowman sent Roman crashing through two tables to allow Owens to pick up the victory. This came before Undertaker and Goldberg join the fray just a few slots later. Swann accepted a match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship at the Royal Rumble.

John Saboor, WWE Executive Vice President, Special Events, said in a statement “We are excited to have Philadelphia serve as host to one of WWE’s biggest events of 2018”.

The arena also will host three other WWE shows that week.

Braun Strowman became a wrecking ball at No. 7 and eliminated Big Cass, Kalisto, and Mojo Rawley within seconds.

The company avoided the crowd turning on the match by inserting Tye Dillinger, rightly, thankfully, in at position 10.

An intriguing mix of legends and young superstars will compete in the 2017 Royal Rumble.

Despite the injuries and being at age 36, Randy Orton is the 2017 Royal Rumble victor.

Many fans may just be unhappy with the lack of returns/ debuts in the Rumble, but whatever their reason, they appear to have been very unhappy with the Royal Rumble match, arguably for the fourth year running. Even though the betting odds showed he was a favourite, Orton’s win came out of nowhere.