We already know that Roman Reigns is entering the Royal Rumble at #1, forcing him to go the distance if he wants to retain his WWE World Heavyweight Championship. But one thing that bears mentioning is that whoever enters second is going to have to last just as long in the match if he wants to be world champ. More importantly, if we are playing out the storyline that Mr. McMahon is stacking the deck against Roman Reigns and rigged the lottery to give him #1, then wouldnt it make sense for the chairman to have a hand-selected enforcer as the #2 entrant to try to toss Roman early? Hell, shouldnt he stack the deck with the first three or four wrestlers in after Reigns? If Adam Rose is #2, then we know the creative team just isnt paying attention to details like this. But if we see Braun Strowman enter, followed by Luke Harper at #3, then we might be onto something here. But whoever is #2 will have a tough task on his hands, trying to eliminate the world champion in what essentially at that moment will be a title match for Reigns. All of this hopefully will make for an interesting and fun Rumble, so hunker down and enjoy.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
