10 Wild Outside Bets To Win WWE Royal Rumble 2020
7. Jinder Mahal
"You want it to be one way. But it's the other way."
- Marlo Stanfield, The Wire.
Jinder Mahal is coming back, baby, and if you think WWE remembers that he was last seen mucking about in a golf cart, or that they can't reheat him with the time-tested prolonged absence/vignette one-two punch, then buddy, you are sadly mistaken.
Mahal signed a five year contract extension shortly before undergoing surgery on his injured patella, and historically, if WWE invests in a performer, they tend to push f*ck out of them, even if that performer is basic and has been stigmatised as a main event bust forevermore. There's another longstanding rule to consider - failed main event talents will become dancing fools - but that vascular look should see Mahal resurface in a featured midcard role at a minimum.
Happily, for those not entirely numbed by the WWE machine, the narrative picture demands a babyface Rumble winner, and so the complexion of both major title pictures should see Vince rein in the old impulses.
A Roman Reigns-sized beatdown on the post-'Mania SmackDown is a more likely scenario. Mahal was drafted to RAW, so if WWE was bothered about continuity, we may instead see Jinder Mahal Vs. Cain Velasquez at Money In The Bank.
Probability: 15%