10 WWE Royal Rumble 2017 Predictions 

10. Chris Jericho Is #1, Sami Zayn Is #2

Every Royal Rumble has to have someone step in at number one. It's an unenviable position, but it takes a special kind of worker - someone talented and popular, capable of starting the match out at a certain level of excitement so it never gets too slow.

This year, #1 will be Chris Jericho, who's already announced that he's going to win the Royal Rumble and challenge best friend Kevin Owens for the Universal Championship - that way, "they'll" still be champion after WrestleMania. His draw won't assure victory, but it will ensure that Chris Jericho will be the first man to log more than four hours of cumulative time in the Rumble match.

Number two - who really has just as hard of a time in the bout as #1 - will be Kevin Owens's former best friend, Sami Zayn. Zayn and Jericho have come to blows over their associations with Owens before, and that lingering bad blood will propel them to a wild opening 90 seconds.