10 Royal Rumble 2017 Entrants Who Won’t Enter 2018's

8. Big Cass

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Even if Mark Henry decides to stay behind the curtain, he'll at least be closer to the Rumble action than poor Big Cass.

After injuring himself in a Street Fight against ex-partner Enzo Amore last September, Cass will be forced to sit on his couch and watch the pay-per-view with the rest of us. A torn ACL means he has no chance of being involved. Maybe that's a good thing when analysing his limp 10-minute performance in 2017. Entering as #1, Cass was eliminated by Braun Strowman (get used to reading that name here) and wasn't booked to eliminate anyone himself. In terms of bland Rumble debuts, this was right up there.

2017 as a whole is one to write off for Cass. When he returns from injury some time following WrestleMania, it's important that WWE get back to basics with him. That attempt at a singles heel run last year was horrible, and made Cass look like a charisma vacuum to rival Giant Gonzales.

That's not a favourable comparison.

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