10 Shocks WWE Could Pull At Royal Rumble 2023

9. LA Knight Scores His Biggest WWE Victory

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On the subject of madness.

Everyone and their dog will have a betting slip with "£10" and "Bray Wyatt" on it heading into the Rumble. There's just no way WWE would have him lose his first actual match back in the promotion, right? Right?! Well, not so fast, because ol' 'Howdy' could pop up here too.

If you're willing to overlook the fact that this match is sponsored by f'n Mountain Dew (?!), then it'll be a fun ride. The "Pitch Black" stip hopefully won't involve blindfolds, but instead some spooky lighting that helps it stand out from the rest of the bouts on WWE's card.

The big shocker here would be an LA Knight victory, one aided by 'Uncle Howdy'. That'd keep Bray's inner demon war going with Howdy/Bo Dallas, and it'd springboard Knight onto bigger and better things every week on SmackDown.

That'd be great, because he's far too talented to be collateral then dumped back to the bottom of the pile.

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