WWE WrestleMania 30: Dolph Ziggler & Cesaro Added To Battle Royal

This past Monday's edition of Raw saw Hulk Hogan announce the Andre the Giant memorable battle royal that will see 30 men compete to win a trophy that has Andre's image on it. Currently on WWE.com it lists Ryback, Big E and Curtis Axel as the first three competitors in the match. Two more superstars have been added to the match in the last couple of days. At Tuesday's Smackdown tapings, Dolph Ziggler entered himself into the battle royal also. He's somebody that has a lot of talent, but has no current direction and his TV time has been very inconsistent in the past several months. Perhaps a good showing in the battle royal could be the spark that Ziggler needs to become a top guy again. It would be a welcome sight to see Ziggler in a bigger role going forward. Another man that has entered the battle royal is Cesaro, which was confirmed via a report from PWInsider from the German version of Raw where Cesaro spoke about the match. He's a guy that WWE has really been focusing on of late after his impressive showing at February's Elimination Chamber PPV in the main event. He's on the verge of a babyface turn while splitting with his Real Americans partner Jack Swagger, so that issue will likely continue at WrestleMania. Cesaro's definitely a favorite to win the battle royal. In the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, which is available at F4WOnline.com, Dave Meltzer mentioned others that could be a part of the battle royal also. Those individuals are: Kofi Kingston, Damien Sandow, Justin Gabriel, Great Khali, Titus O'Neil, Darren Young, Bad News Barrett, Sin Cara, Big Show, Mark Henry, Fandango, Alexander Rusev, Xavier Woods, R-Truth, Brodus Clay, Heath Slater, Drew McIntyre, Jinder Mahal, Rey Mysterio, Santino Marella, and Zack Ryder. When you include the five names up above that's a total of 26 names in the match. It would seem like Jack Swagger is also likely if Cesaro is a part of it, so that's another name we can add. Perhaps some of those names would be removed if they decided to include some NXT performers or if they want to bring back some legends as a surprise. Others could be a part of the match depending on whether or not they have other matches at WrestleMania. It's important that WWE releases names for the battle royal so that fans can get excited about it, but it's unlikely that they'll release all 30 names because they will want some surprises too. We will continue to update you as more names are officially released for the Andre the Giant battle royal match.
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