10 Potential WWE Royal Rumble 2018 Winners

10. Kurt Angle

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It is a choice that comes from way out of left-field, but the wrestling world in 2017 is a strange, strange place. 12 months ago, you would have got long odds on Kurt Angle wrestling in WWE again, let alone wrestling as a member of The Shield in a 5-on-3 TLC match. With that in mind, Kurt Angle winning the 2018 Royal Rumble can’t be ruled out.

The 'Olympic Hero’s role as RAW General Manager is on the line at Survivor Series, and the strength of the SmackDown Live team suggests his job is in serious jeopardy. Free of the responsibilities of the authority figure role, is this how Kurt Angle returns as a full-time wrestler on the WWE roster?

Angle has won pretty much everything there is to win in his wrestling career. One accolade missing from his cabinet is the Royal Rumble match, a runners-up position in 2002 his best effort to date. It would be an undeniably emotional moment if Kurt was able to scale that particular mountain in his home state on 28 January.

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