10 Shocks WWE Could Pull At Royal Rumble 2023

6. Kevin Owens Does The Unthinkable

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"Cause Roman Reigns to take his eye off the ball".

Did you spot that sneaky line in the previous entry there?

It was deliberate, because all that drama between Sami/Solo/The Usos might make Reigns overlook one Kevin Owens before his own Undisputed WWE Universal Title defence.

Then...BOOM! Unpredictable title change.

Yes, it's unthinkable that Roman loses before WrestleMania 39. That pay-per-view is almost guaranteed to be a "final boss" scenario for his dual title reign, but which one? WWE still has time to do what they're doing with The Usos and split the Undisputed prize into two distinct belts again.

KO could win one of them in Texas, thus leaving Reigns free to defend the other (presumably the WWE Championship) at 'Mania. This is all sensationalistic guesswork, sure, but nothing is off the table during this time of WWE's year.

A title win may well be WWE's way of rewarding Owens for last year's Steve Austin success.

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