WWE Royal Rumble 2019 - 10 Most Likely Winners

We're apparently getting a repeat winner this coming Rumble. Who could it be?

Royal Rumble 2019 Rey Mysterio
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As we march forward to the end of the calendar year, the gossip is coming hot and heavy in the wrestling world. We're now getting to the point where we're hearing serious rumor and innuendo about WWE's most important season that stretches from the Royal Rumble to WrestleMania.

This past week, WrestleVotes, a usually reliable insider, hinted that WWE was planning to have the winner of the 2019 Men's Rumble match to be a "repeat winner." So immediately, this dashed the hopes of anyone hoping Daniel Bryan would finally win one of these darn matches. Oh well.

Of the past Rumble winners who aren't dead, retired, or massive bell-ends that there's no way in hell people would stand their presence (looking at you, Alberto), there are plenty of options when it comes to a repeat winner.

That said, some of these options are so unrealistic, we'll table them right here. Brock Lesnar will probably be too busy prepping for UFC in early 2019, and Sheamus is a midcard tag wrestler at this point.

Other than that, though, there's plenty of past Royal Rumble winners who could win the match next year and main-event WrestleMania (or go on in the midcard if they're challenging for the WWE title).

10. Roman Reigns

Royal Rumble 2019 Rey Mysterio
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Can you imagine? The absolute audacity of those madmen if this were to happen.

Right now, what's preventing the possibility of Roman Reigns from winning his second Royal Rumble is the fact that he's currently Universal Champion. He was forced to defend his world title in the Rumble match in 2016, so if WWE embody the definition of insanity, then they very well might do the same thing over again.

Still, WWE are always going to contrive a way to have Reigns chase after another coronation, so you can never fully count out the idea that WWE will be cheeky enough to contrive a way for THE BIG DAWWWWWG to lose his title, and then win the Royal Rumble to earn his shot to get back the title.

If that scenario were to occur, it would be likely that Roman loses his title to Braun Strowman at TLC in some manner that doesn't involve Roman getting pinned. Keep in mind, what I've just charted out for you comes from the most cynical and defeatist part of my WWE-loving brain.

But hey... WWE have been known to be way worse than your imagination.

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