10 Potential WWE Royal Rumble 2016 Winners

Who has the best shot at walking away the victor?

With a new year right around the corner, the question that's on every WWE fan's mind this time of year is sure to be "who will win the Royal Rumble?" It's the single, most exciting match of the year and, unlike years past when the winner is usually quite predictable, the 2016 edition is a realistic possibility for several superstars to walk out victorious. Months in advance, fans try to accurately predict not only the winner of the Royal Rumble match itself, but the participants for the main event of WrestleMania. This year's expectations received a bit of a shakeup recently when Roman Reigns surprisingly won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship on Monday Night RAW in Philadelphia the night after TLC. Many fans expected this year's WrestleMania to be the setting for Reigns' championship culmination, but that victory took place much sooner than many had originally thought. Even still, Roman Reigns is far from a lock to walk in to WrestleMania 32 as WWE Champion, but what's even more uncertain is the man that will win this year's Royal Rumble. Like any multi-man elimination match, some competitors' chances are better than others, but the following article takes a look at the top 10 superstars with the best chance of winning the annual battle royal. Assuming these 10 WWE superstars officially enter the 2016 Royal Rumble Match, they are listed in order of their probability of winning, from smallest to largest...

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A former stuntman for Paramount Pictures, Matt enjoys sports, water skiing, driving fast, the beach, professional wrestling, technology, and scotch. At the same time, whenever possible. Having attended many famous (and infamous) shows including WrestleMania XV, In Your House: Mind Games, and the 1995 King of the Ring, Matt has been a lifelong professional sports and wrestling fan. Matt's been mentioned in numerous wrestling podcasts including the Steve Austin Show: Unleashed, Talk Is Jericho, and Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard. As a former countywide performer, Matt has been referred to as Mr. 300 for his amazing accomplishments in the world of amateur bowling. He is also the only man on record to have pitched back-to-back no hitters in the Veterans Stadium Wiffle Ball League of 2003.