10 Last-Minute WWE Greatest Royal Rumble Predictions You Need To Know
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The berserk nature of the Greatest Royal Rumble has made making predictions for anything outside of the card itself utterly redundant.
In recent months, shows have promised potential surprises, shock appearances and even the odd turn or two along with the advertised matches. The Road To WrestleMania becomes something of a silly season for supporters, feeding a grand spectacle that rarely lives up to expectations.
There are no such expectations with the Saudi supercard. The company simply haven't allowed for it. There are seven title matches. Triple H and John Cena will compete in singles competition for the first time since 2008 and only the third time ever. 50 men - fifty f*cking men - will go to war in the eponymous main event. Rusev's off to the sunbed shop - or at least that's how it'll feel when he's getting stuffed in a coffin for five minutes our less. It's not about what audiences might get, it's about what they definitely will.
Quatity's not the issue, then, even if quality falls short. And it probably won't - WWE are at the front end of a 10 year agreement with the coutry, it won't be an internal interest for the show to be a catastrophe, no matter how shambolic it looks from the outside.
10. 205 Live (...on The Kickoff?)
Cedric Alexander could be the first victim of WWE's willingness to super-serve the Saudi crowd with title change upon title change, but the Cruiserweight Division needs stability far more than yet more upheaval should Kalisto regain the prize he briefly claimed from Enzo Amore in 2017.
'The King Of Flight' hasn't risen to the 205-and-under throne since, regrettably with good reason. Comfortably losing his title and feud to the 'Smacktalker Skywalker', Kalisto went back into limbo on the show before Triple H's reinvigoration of the struggling brand earlier this year.
The he's wrestled Alexander countless times already won't bother the mammoth international crowd if the pair are permitted to dazzle with the grace few others on the roster are capable of. An athletic spectacle (that as of this writing, won't be on the pre-show) would work wonders on this other-worldly stage. Perception is so often reality in wrestling, and Alexander's victory here - just as it was at WrestleMania - can at least look profound even if it isn't.