WWE Royal Rumble 2017: Predicting All 30 Entrants

13. Sami Zayn

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Sami Zayn's had a rough 2016, and that's not going to change anytime soon. For as long as he's in Braun Strowman's headlights, Sami's doomed, and the best his fans can hope for is that he at least goes down fighting against Raw's unstoppable behemoth.

He'll always have a strong fanbase, but Sami's post-Kevin Owens booking is running him into the ground. Thus, he'll enter the 2017 Royal Rumble as a giant underdog. It'd be a bold, ballsy move for WWE to put him over in San Antonio: Sami might yet have a main event-level career ahead of him, but now is not the time.

Odds of Winning: Slim to none.

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