10 Shocks WWE Could Pull At Royal Rumble 2018

At the time of writing, we don't even know who (if anyone) will challenge AJ Styles on the Royal Rumble under-card, making the task of predicting whether he will emerge with the WWE Title still around his waist a difficult one.

Logically, however, it seems more likely that the winner of the men's Rumble itself will come from SmackDown - Raw's WrestleMania world title match between Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns being set in stone already.

The company also seems to favour traditional a face versus heel dynamic on the Grandest Stage of Them All, meaning that putting the belt on a heel (likely Kevin Owens) in January could open up more options in the role of challenger.

Besides all of that, there's a chance that Vince McMahon still harbours one or two doubts about whether AJ is really up to the task of headlining 'Mania. They could well decide to replace him with a more "trustworthy" champion at the last-minute.