10 CRAZY Last-Minute Picks To Win WWE Royal Rumble 2022
2. Simone Johnson
If Gable Stevenson is an unknown quantity in the squared circle, that goes double for Simone Johnson. The 20-year-old is currently working at the performance centre, has no matches available for viewing, and has not yet begun the transition to NXT. It would be downright bizarre was she to win the Royal Rumble.
Except that she’s on course to become the first fourth-generation wrestler in company history. Simone is the daughter of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and is clearly an asset WWE has every intention of using. The hugely charismatic youngster has already been interviewed repeatedly for the network and provided she has a similar aptitude to her father, it’s a shoo-in we’ll be seeing more of her in the future.
WWE wants to remain in the Rock business, even as Dwayne himself seems less and less interested (he didn’t even phone in to Survivor Series 2021, the entirety of which was in his honour). Giving a Rocky Mavia-sized push to his daughter would no doubt help keep him onside.
What’s more, Simone’s presence could help in building the Bloodline story. Anything that gets WWE closer to Rock vs Roman will be a major positive in their book.