10 HUGE WWE Royal Rumble 2019 Predictions You Need To Know

10. Rusev Vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

There's been an awful lot of consternation about Shinsuke Nakamura's stars-to-the-gutter journey between last and this year's Royal Rumble, but the hard realities have been all too apparent when he's actually wrestled.

There were many reasons why his programme with AJ Styles fell far below expectations, but 'The King Of Strong Style' seemed content enough to play the ballshot baddie at the expense of the quality bar the pair could have shot for had they been particularly inclined. A US Title run at the tail-end of the year saw him hidden away, but it was the lack of general complains that made this AWOL spell particularly sad.

Ironically, Rusev too is in a far worse position than he was this time last year, though the crushing inevitability of WWE's failure to capitalise on 'Rusev Day's momentum in 2018 feels slightly less of a shock. He'll win here, but it won't particularly matter by the time the actual pay-per-view gets underway.

Winner - Rusev