7 Ups And 10 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Dec 28)
5. Odds-On Favorite?
Its statements like that that just make you groan about the announcers. Sure, Big Show is the largest wrestler on the WWE roster, but why does that make him the odds-on favorite to win the Royal Rumble? In fact, if you crunch the numbers, out of the 10 Rumbles Show has competed in, he has only entered one Rumble earlier than #22 (#6). Hes entered at #30 twice and #29 once. Hes been a runner-up twice. But Show has never won a Royal Rumble. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OvbB-goHbg The announcers made sure to mention during his match against Ryback talking about how Big Show won the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal earlier this year, but that alone does not mean hes a favorite in the Rumble. As the stats above bear out, hes had plenty of really good opportunities and has never won, so why now?
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.
