WWE Royal Rumble 2017: Predicting All 30 Entrants

22. Dean Ambrose

Royal Rumble 2017
WWE.com

You could forgive Dean Ambrose for being utterly fed-up with life at the moment. Running into AJ Styles on SmackDown has done him no favours whatsoever, and while Dean's been able to get under the WWE World Champion's skin with James Ellsworth, he has continually fallen short in big-time matches with the Phenomenal One.

Dean's Ellsworth affiliation blew-up in his face when Jimmy the Chin deliberately cost him the World Championship at TLC, and if the past few months are anything to go by, Ambrose is set for a very frustrating Royal Rumble build-up.

Still, he'll be a big favourite if he enters. There's a chance Dean might become World Champion by this point, but if not, he's a safe bet as a winner, and one the fans would accept wholeheartedly.

Odds of Winning: Favourable.

Channel Manager
Channel Manager

Andy has been with WhatCulture for eight years and is currently WhatCulture's Wrestling Channel Manager. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.