WWE Royal Rumble 2017: Predicting All 30 Entrants

4. Randy Orton

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It seemed a safe bet that Randy Orton would be one of SmackDown's biggest stars following the Draft. He is, after all, one of the company's most tenured wrestlers, and an extremely reliable main event-level wrestler. Things haven't panned-out that way, however, and and he'll be in the tag division for the foreseeable future.

Orton's a guy they can elevate into title contention at any time. He's not a John Cena-level cash cow, but he's not far off, and there'll always be an outside chance of him winning any Royal Rumble he enters. As it stands, however, a victory in 2017 would be completely out of the blue, and would likely knock the Wyatt Family storyline out of sync.

Odds of Winning: Outside.

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